Sentences with phrase «rather than a weak one»

Is it enough just to keep the Taliban at bay or is it of vital importance that Afghanistan is a successful state rather than a weak or failed state?

New York is ranked among the states assigning strong rather than weak budgetary powers to the Executive.

The Liberal Democrat push for higher wealth taxes is getting stronger rather than weaker.

We will continue to be stronger together rather than weaker apart.

«In rats that have taken a lot of cocaine, craving becomes stronger rather than weaker as the withdrawal period gets longer,» Wolf says.

Arguing against mitigation by appealing to uncertainty is therefore misplaced: any appeal to uncertainty should provoke a greater, rather than weaker, concern about climate change than in the absence of uncertainty.

To that extent, he stresses to her — and us — the importance of being strong and limber, rather than weak and frail.

Argan oil is richest in monounsaturated fats, rather than the weak polyunsaturated fats or extremely stable saturated fats.

For some women with prolapse, the problem is actually short, tight, overly active pelvic floor muscles rather than weak pelvic floor muscles.

The decision not to go public before now has been based on internal considerations rather than a weak public market, Waldorf said.

Pulling like a strong four (rather than a weak six), the 2.5 - liter, inline five - cylinder engine doesn't really have a sweet spot anywhere in the power band, and sounds about as tuneless as an engine can.

The fact that oil prices represented a supply story rather than weak demand did not stop many from hitting the recession panic button.

Based on my sense that the institution performs a valuable service, I hope that will lead to an IPCC that is much improved, but also stronger and more credible rather than weaker than the one of recent years.

The constraints mean that any appeal to uncertainty must imply a stronger, rather than weaker, need to cut greenhouse gas emissions than in the absence of uncertainty.

They show specific types of action and present your information with a powerful statement, rather than a weak one.

The jobseeker uses strong verbs in statements like «earned recognition» and «arranged meetings» rather than weaker alternatives like «was recognized» and «had meetings.»

The MPI is a weighted average of current production indexes for low - rent, market - rent and for - sale units, and can vary from 0 to 100, where any number over 50 indicates more builders report stronger rather than weaker conditions.

Not exact matches

But for Poloz, that would be attacking a symptom of the post-crisis malaise, rather than the cause, which in his view is weak exports and business spending.

Its weak because the left shoulder is a consolidation rather than a clear change in trend.

Whether you're a boss, an entrepreneur, a scientist, or a mentor, you have to look at your weakest moments as opportunities rather than limitations.

Many choose the weakest candidates, which suggests to DeHart that they are threatened, rather than inspired, by top performers.

In all of the above cases the entrepreneur who is susceptible to the confirmation bias will look for information and analyze it in a way that will yield: 1) fewer competitors rather than more, because it increases the viability of the start - up, 2) underestimation of the capabilities of the competition because stronger competitors will make life harder for the entrepreneur, 3) view of the company's product as fully addressing the needs of the customer because otherwise the start - up is at a weaker position in the marketplace, and 4) need for less resources rather than more because it generally makes raising the money easier.

When choosing countries to invest in, Langham looks at the price - to - book ratio of the national stock indexes rather than price - to - earnings, as it's difficult to predict profits in a weak economic environment.

Turn weak sellers into cash sooner rather than later.

My impression is that much of the activity in new orders reflects inventory building rather than final demand, and weak retail sales are consistent with that.

Persistently low interest rates, weak inflation and a lack of supply relative to demand for bonds leaves Rieder advocating for equities rather than the fixed income market.

What we're seeing is a fairly conventional policy maker who is being led by fairly weak data to reasonably conclude that we don't need to raise rates very quickly, but also to conclude that we should start this process sooner rather than later.

These requirements do not force complete balance on an annual basis: they generally focus on budget projections rather than realizations, so deficits can still occur when economic conditions are unexpectedly weak.

Though these times are frustrating for our shareholders — and, remember, that includes all of the portfolio managers — these periods of weak performance have been opportunities for additional investment rather than reasons to give up on our investment philosophy.

According to U.S. best practices, nonprofit boards should be comprised of at least five people who have little overlap with an organization's staff or other related parties.70 However, there is only weak evidence that following these best practices is correlated with success, and if they are correlated, that may be because more competent organizations are more likely to both follow best practices and to succeed — rather than because following best practices leads to success.

Lagarde also said that in countries with weak institutions and unstable national currencies it may be preferable to move to a digital currency rather than adopting the currency of another country such as the U.S. dollar.

I've posted more than once about the Obama Administration's often rather weak and sometimes contradictory attitude toward religious freedom.

That he was a weak leader, listening to his men rather than God, is obvious.

In doing so, you are basing your argument upon appealing to the exception rather than the rule which makes for a weak argument in my opinion.

The poor have reappeared in most countries, and governments have become instruments of the rich and powerful working to advance their interests, rather than seeking justice for the poor and weak.

I have come to believe this has made us weaker rather than stronger.

In Him we have the freedom — rather than the obligation — to be weak in order that His strength and might may continue to save and preserve us.

If the framers of the Constitution had been more morally courageous in identifying slavery as an evil, or if the later compensatory amendment had rooted liberty in a common human nature rather than on weaker procedural grounds of equality under the law, then perhaps the expansion of protected classes and arbitrary rights would not have advanced so stridently.

If being weak minded means that I trust Christ as my crutch to take me to heave (and much more than a crutch) than I would rather be weak minded than to be strong like Sue... and spend eternity in Hell.

DH «I am in favour of recovering the biblical understanding of shaming in the sense that «God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong» 1 cor 1:27... as an encouragement to anyone who is a victim (and therefore considered weak in the eyes of the world) that there is a greater power to call on in order to shame... any person in a position of power in the church that is using their power to oppress rather than serve... Does that help or hinder?»

Of those that are viable, you might want check for weak spots, as some only offer suggestions rather than commandments.

I really feel for those who are struggling with adultery and it seems the reoccuring question is the same.Will God forgive me if i have committed adultery and the answer is yes we all are sinners and we all have sinned no sin is worse than the other to God.If you are feeling bad because for what you have done then it is the holy spirit drawing you to him repent and turn from your sin.God wants all of us to draw near to him to get our hearts right to stop making the same mistakes over and over again.If you feel weak he gives the strength to deal with it rather than trying sort it out on our own.He forgives us because he loves us but we may have to bear the consequence of our sin like David and his family suffered for his choices regarding his affair with bathsheba but God forgave him for his sin.

One of the standard criticisms of virtue ethics is that it is weak when dealing with issues in applied ethics, in contrast to deontology or utilitarianism, and this because virtue theorists focus on good or bad agents rather than right or wrong acts.

Christianity is not an economic system, but it has a faith and ideal which puts upon any system the demand that it honor rather than exploit human personality, that it operate as a technique to provide for the material well - being of all the people and not for the exploitation of the weak by the strong.

What would happen if this practice became a priority rather than something we lessen to «luxurious» or for those who are weak.

The disabled are treated as the weak to be served, rather than as fully committed, integral members of the Body of Christ and the human family; the specific contribution which they have to give is ignored....

But since the theory is presented authoritatively rather than as a tentative system of hypotheses, «theory» seems too weak, and «ideology,» better.

Perhaps I would rather be guilty and weak in myself, than strong in Him whom I can not understand.

The righteous one associates with the weak rather than with the powerful.

Tribal and nationalistic deities in particular have commonly been associated with the dominant customs and the ruling class, have been regarded as committed to the support of national policies, have become often gods of the powerful rather than of the weak, of the rich rather than of the impoverished, of the existent system rather than of social reformation.