Sentences with phrase «rather than the performance»

Even the images that stress preparation rather than performance, theologizing and disciplining, imply a subsequent service relationship to people.

JW's effort to make music participatory rather than performance - based struck a chord with Crouch, who also signaled his awareness that JW is rooted in its own particular neighborhood and could not be easily replicated elsewhere: «It made me want to move to Kansas City.

It is understood that Chamberlain may have more fans at the club based upon his humorous approach and media work, rather than his performances on the pitch.

The way I see some of the ratings are based on the player's reputation rather than his performance in yesterday's game.

I'm sorry but I've heard Merson's opinions of Arsenal for more than 10 years and he comes across to me to be what I consider to be an unintelligent flip - flop reactionary pundit who will within a game judge a team based merely on the score line — rather than the performance in front of him.

The Ox is a fan favourite at the club, but arguably more so for his off the field antics and personality rather than his performances on the pitch.

I have always personally quite liked Jenkinson, although I'm not sure if it's his passion for the club that impresses me more rather than his performances.

For the most outstanding actor in a drama series, Jon Hamm's status as the clear cut favorite can likely be attributed to more to Mad Men's seven season run rather than his performance specifically in the final season.

Having studied the Index over the last few months, and in particular over the recent January transfer window, it seems far easier to predict a player to win media buzz rather than performance buzz,

At this stage of the season, it's all about points rather than performances.

Based on the belief that learning must be personally meaningful rather than performance - driven, the Waldorf curriculum harmonizes with children's developmental phases and needs.

Do you think that U.S. education policy should work on improving the science - math performance of the children at the bottom, overwhelmingly from low - income families and racial and ethnic minorities, rather than the performance of all children?

Collette's most recent outings (Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Shoes, The Last Shot) have been fairly disappointing (due to the films rather than her performances), and it's interesting to note that she was in the thriller Like Minds right after this.

Liam Neeson will never find a weighty challenge in taking on Bryan Mills, his performance coming across as stale, probably because he still more wrapped up in nailing down the American accent, rather than the performance.

Will's boss, Steven Jacobs, is ably played by David Oyelowo, however his character's moods and motivations are frustratingly irregular, a flaw which is down to the screenplay rather than his performance.

Coupled with a compensation scale that rewards seniority rather than performance, certification may well make the profession more attractive to graduates seeking a less demanding line of work.

For today's public school teachers, unlike most professionals, time in the saddle rather than performance determines where they work, how much they are paid, and whether they can be fired.

Moreover, collectively bargained contracts placed a premium on characteristics such as seniority and credentials rather than performance, further depressing the opportunities for the high - aptitude teacher.

It explores the concept that schools need to have a learning, rather than a performance, orientation with reflection at its heart.

There has been ongoing litigation about the disproportionate impact of teacher layoffs on the state's most impoverished schools, some of which face losing most of their teachers if layoffs are based on seniority rather than performance.

Public schools are asked to be competitive and act more like private entities, but there is little comparison to the flexibility of the private sector in forcing public schools to furlough teachers based on seniority rather than performance or other important educational considerations.

«Aggregated data won't show grade & school - site specific issues,» he continues, «which can cause Districts to focus strictly on average daily attendance (ADA) rates rather than performance predictors, such as absences and lost learning time.»

NEW YORK — As different states seek their own methods for evaluating a profession whose job security has long been determined by experience rather than performance, New York State is moving to develop tougher criteria for teachers that would give state standardized test scores more weight.

Dynamic mode makes the ride harsher without a perceptible improvement in actual vehicle dynamics — a typical move for modern sport and luxury coupes, based on customer focus - grouping rather than performance.

In keeping with the R - Class's luxury - transportation mission, traction control is all - weather rather than performance based, and we noticed no lack of traction on wet roads.

The suspension has been modified to deliver a softer ride, rather than the performance feel of past versions.

Described as a «style rather than performance» statement for the new Civic line - up, the RS will be one from the top in the local model offering.

While most hybrid drivers would prefer to emphasize efficiency rather than performance, an Audi customer may not be concerned about paying his gasoline bill.

However, the «turbocharged» attribute hints towards fuel efficiency rather than performance.

When it came to powering the Talisman, it seems as though Renault went the way of efficiency rather than performance, with a variety of small - displacement gas and diesel powerplants and a low, 0.27 drag coefficient.

Plus, this engine is built for efficiency rather than performance.

Both Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX and Google's Nexus 7 closed the gap on 10 - inch tablets, providing Retina Display graphics and fast quad - core processors and making the major difference size rather than performance.

This would make marketing and promotion the true factor involved, rather than actual sales, just as marketing and promotion is the true factor involved in the Oscar race, rather than performance / quality.

At 2.2 GHz and 2.3 GHz for the Phenom 9500 and 9600, respectively, AMD's new chips will need to rely on price, rather than performance, to entice buyers to choose those chips, or systems based on them, over Intel's 2.4 GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600.

A substantial portion of the company's value is driven by operating businesses rather than the performance of the securities portfolio.

Second, when a hedge fund charges excessive management fees, which are based on size of assets under management, rather than performance fees which are based on how much money they make for you, a hedge fund manager tends to focus more on growing AUM rather than generating the highest possible risk adjusted returns.

Although capable of learning, this breed was designed for companionship rather than performance.

They were bred for companionship rather than performance.

[11] Dogs bred for show rather than performance tended to develop more exaggerated and extreme features to meet breed standards.

The reason we recommend Bluehost rather than Performance Foundry is simply because of the price.

Whether it has what it takes to rescue the failing legacy of its sibling Wii U, it would rest on luck rather than performance.

It is a pity that all we see are little vignettes in the murky roundels shot through the front - loader's lens, rather than the performance itself.

The music course at Cambridge is very theoretical, focusing on essays and analysis rather than performance and composing — you didn't actually have to do any playing as part of the degree course.

The associate pay hike is creating pressure for law firms that raised salaries for competitive, rather than performance, reasons, Rusanow writes in the Am Law Daily.

Other studies by Leah M. Christensen explored how law students become mastery - oriented learners by focusing on learning in law school as something valuable and meaningful in itself by fostering a love of learning, rather than performance - oriented students who learn for the sake of meeting an identified goal or need.

So performance is tied to the financial markets rather than the performance of the mutual life insurance company directly.

Logitech has clearly put most of its focus into the G433's looks rather than performance.

Sony dedicated a few brief sentences on the Snapdragon 845 in their launch of the Xperia XZ2, but focused primarily on Gigabit LTE rather than the performance capabilities of the new CPU and GPU.

The OS might still become that, if others follow Motorola's example, but current trends show that people are interesting in only matching the price of the Moto E, rather than its performance.

Nvidia Max - Q Design - Nvidia has teamed with laptop manufacturers to create Max - Q, a new design specification which focuses on efficiency rather than performance.