Sentences with phrase «rather than positive ones»

But the effusive mania of the photographs and cartoons in the adjacent rooms carried through to the paintings, making it difficult to read them as neutral statements rather than positive ones.

Why does Mr. Barr assume that the teacher is having a negative impact rather than a positive one?

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Practically, looking around you, seeing no one, and taking that as an opportunity for inner reflection, rather than outer isolation, can only be a positive for you.

Even though research shows that actively managed mutual funds regularly underperform their benchmarks, Morningstar analysts are 20 times more likely to give a positive rating to a fund rather than a negative one.

Third, a sales pitch under these conditions is more likely than not to make the experience for the «buyer» rather negative, and any person with common sense will tell you that a negative experience takes multiple positive experiences just to make up for the one negative.

The positive and the negative must both be present in the mind before there can be any choice, and in every act of the will there is preference — the desiring of one thing rather than another.

They call them peddlers of religion, and they do not mean that in a positive way, but rather are referring to people they believe are trying to push their own agenda of a psuedo - religious toxic mix of some sort of religious something, politics, power, control, personal profit (think $ $ $) and efforts to feel good about ones self while at the same time looking down on neighbors (condescension) rather than loving neighbors.

«but more profound scientific knowledge will lead you a few of you to God», rather than being so positive about something you can't be positive about... especially since, I would never be one of «God's followers, believers, whatever», even if I saw him face to face and shook his hand.

In fact, they approached Ireland exactly like Washington lobbyists approach their targets, but Ireland, unlike Washington politicians, had no idea what this phenomenon was, had no native antibodies against this new virus, positive rather than negative, and had no idea how one might resist it, assuming one wanted to.

In other words, I read Helen's post as making a partially aesthetic claim rather than a purely positive one, with the positive subclaim restricted in scope.

I'd rather see a positive advertisement for it than a negative one against something else.

In the midfield, (including RWB & LWB) we have a whole bunch of tweeners... none offer the full package, none make sense in our manager's current favourite formation, except for Sead on the left and Ox on the right, and all of them have never shown any consistency for more than a heartbeat... Sead, who I'm including in this category because of our present formation, looks like a positive addition, minus his occasional brain farts, but I would rather see what he could do in a back 4 before making my mind up... Ox, who has never played better, which isn't saying much considering his largely underwhelming play in previous seasons, seems to have found a home in this new formation; unfortunately, can we really expect this oft - injured player to handle the taxing duties that come with said position over the long haul, not to mention, it looks like he has no intention of staying... Ramsey has relied on the empathy that stems from his gruesome injury years ago and the excitement that was generated a few years back when he finally seemed to put in altogether, but on the whole he has been a big disappointment (neither he nor the Ox have scored enough to warrant a regular spot)... Wiltshire should be put on a weekly contract then played until he suffers his first injury, if and when that occurs he should be shipped - out and no one should very be allowed to say his name on club grounds ever again... Elnehy & Coq are average players who couldn't make any of the top 7 teams currently in the EPL... both have showed some great energy on the pitch, but neither are top quality and no good team can afford to have that many average players on their bench playing the same position, especially with Coq's injury history / discipline concerns and Elheny's headless chicken tendencies... as for Xhaka, his tenure here so far has been incredibly underwhelming... we know he has some skills to provide the long ball but his defensive work is piss poor and he gives the ball away too cheaply and far too often... finally, the enigma himself, Ozil, so much skill with his left foot but his presence has been more frustrating than uplifting... in many respects his failure has been directly related to the failure of this club to provide him with the necessary players up front, minus Sanchez of course, and unless something drastic happens very soon his legacy will be largely a negative one (much like Wenger's)

One of Guardiola's accomplishments as a coach rather than a manager of Manchester City, is how much of a positive influence he has had on the often vilified Raheem Sterling.

Rather than get preoccupied in these homes with what parents are doing wrong, we just zero in on this one positive moment, and then we make the moment salient to parents by slowing things way down.

Something that can be missing in this discussion though is how to give girls a positive image of their own sexuality, rather than just trying to resist the negative ones.

She was always friendly and positive and referred to my baby affectionately as a «sweet little one» rather than using a medical term like «fetus.»

Rather than look at old - fashioned discipline, we look at positive parenting and how it can help you set boundaries for your little one.

I love how we are working so much side by side as a team helping one another rather than fighting and going through daily power struggles; which I've experience several times when I'm NOT practicing Positive Discipline.

Further, Gottman coins the phrase «turning toward «one another to describe how couples can learn to react in a positive way to another's bids for attention rather than «turning away» - which generally involves ignoring a partner's bid, or acting preoccupied.

This supportive guide provides step - by - step advice for a compassionate and emotionally aware process — one that focuses on positive connection rather than relying on gimmicks, pressure, or rewards (which usually backfire).

While the most common association with the term remains a Predator - like «killer» drone, tomorrow's associations are likely to be more positive — of a toy drone used to take drone selfies (or «dronies), or of a «burrito bomber», rather than an actual one.

This differs from either positive or pessimistic accounts in that rather than subscribing humans to one predominant characteristic (good or bad), it stresses the pivotal role of emotional and contextual factors which shape human behaviour and morality.

A political broadcast on the eve of the election has been described to me by senior Scottish Labour figures as one of the worst they had ever seen: focusing on damning Nicola Sturgeon as a «broken record» rather than emphasising a positive Labour message.

Medical treatment that targets human proteins rather than ever - mutating viruses may one day help HIV - positive people whose bodies have built a resistance to «cocktails» currently used to keep them healthy, according to a Keck School of Medicine of USC researcher.

As other experts have also repeatedly warned, the need to win grants and tenure encourages researchers to pursue conservative projects that are likely to produce positive results and publications, rather than the risky ones that may result either in striking scientific advances — or in unsuccessful outcomes that journals are unlikely to publish.

«When policies seem to encourage good choices, rather than limit bad ones, we see a much more positive response.»

We may be fearful, or impatient, or reactive, and only by becoming aware of these negative states, can we explore more positive ones that will leave us feeling empowered rather than defeated.

To get new healthy habits to stick — forever — make your goals specific and concrete, focus on the positive behaviors you're going to start rather than the negative ones you want to stop, and enlist close friends and family members to help support you and keep you accountable along the way.

Not one of them has restored us to health, and that's because each one is underpinned by profit motives, rather than scientific evidence that manipulating macronutrients, or eating specifically for your blood type, or putting your body into some kind of unnatural state, is a positive or sustainable way to live.

Even if you're positive you have one, though, head to your gyno rather than asking her to call in an Rx — you might really have interstitial cystitis, which has similar symptoms, but can't be treated with antibiotics.

With wrist - bags named as one of the fall / winter must - haves, I'm positive this one will soon lose it's dust and start being glorious rather than being hid under a pile of clothes in my wardrobe — shame on me!

Being positive is one of my greatest attributes - grateful for everything I have rather than focusing on what I don't.

The positives of investing in this sector are clear: it will grow, it caters to a need rather than a want, and it simplifies one of the most basic human needs: love.

Giving this site a shot, keeping a positive outlook as one never knows... As for me, I enjoy working out, staying fit, playing sports rather than watching, visiting family and friends and refusing to let this situation define me.

He should always search for the positive points rather than worry about the negative ones.

Rather than simply listing run - out - of - the - mill horror movies due out this year (30, by my count, but I'm positive there's more), I decided to take a look at the ones that I'm preparing myself for.

Since we're to apt to believe political lies from people who would rather sling mud than affect positive change, shallow sound bites and sensationalized media reports, we end up not getting the person at the top that we really want; we get the one we deserve.

I'll leave out any negative reviews, because I'd rather focus on the mainly positive responses I had to this year's selections (in other words, I did see more films than the ones listed below).

Quite to the contrary, the outstanding athlete is the «star,» extra effort is applauded by one's fellows, and the informal group rewards are for positive achievement, rather than for restraint of effort.»

The existence of an orderly learning environment throughout the school — established through positive rather than negative means, whereby there are high levels of teacher consistency about how it is «enforced» and structures in place to ensure that all students are known well by at least one adult in the school — is a fundamental precondition for improved teaching and learning to occur on which the subsequent improvement in student learning outcomes can be based.

I've found that one positive side effect of this is most students seem more likely to actively engage in classroom discussion because they are being reminded of and rewarded for what they do know, rather than being confronted with what they don't know.

That is why paradoxes in Singapore are creative tensions rather than destructive ones, and result in positive rather than negative developments.

In one study the commentary cites, parents who consistently praised their toddlers for effort, rather than for talent or innate traits, were found to have children with positive mindsets five years later.

A second approach that is surfacing in a few states is the use of a positive metric, one that attempts to measure the percentage of students who have good attendance, rather than the percentage chronically absent.

• 93 % of educators reported using at least one strength - based strategy - such as talking supportively to students who are struggling, communicating high expectations to students and focusing on positive things students do rather than negative things - at least monthly to engage and reach their students.

While many schools struggle to meet students» needs, manage student's behavior, and encourage a positive morale... the tendency seems to have become one of reaction, rather than action.

The tactics advocated by Project Appleseed aren't exactly incendiary: One memo on the Web site advises those wrestling with uncooperative schools to «try to make your group activities positive and constructive, rather than negative, threatening, and critical.»

Across the continent, people were lining up by the millions on one side or the other of a new binary system, being told they were «positive» or «negative» as if they had turned overnight into protons and electrons and everyone spoke of subatomic physics, rather than of who was going to live and who was going to be shunned, endure terrible suffering, and die.

Try making your thesis statement a positive statement rather than negative one.