Sentences with phrase «rather than the result»

Focus on the ritual, rather than the result.

Rather than its results, most investors focused on KKR's decision to pull the trigger on a long - considered move to convert from partnership to corporation status, trading double taxation for greater simplicity and willingness among investors to put their money into the private equity company's shares.

He may have no eyebrows, but I would believe that was due to excessive plucking he did himself in preparation for the notorious drag balls the Vatican is world renowned for, rather than the results of some botched medical experiment, intended or not.

But if there has always been a realm of finite actualities, and if the existence of such a realm (though not with any particular order) is as eternal and necessary as is the existence of God, then it also makes sense to think of eternally necessary principles descriptive of their possible relationships... [T] his correlation between freedom and intrinsic value is a necessary one, rather than a result of divine arbitrariness (PTE 711).

My lack of belief in God is more a result of Christians being just normal people like me, rather than a result of a few Christians being mean.

Their well - intended programs to alleviate juvenile delinquency or ease the burdens of the aged overlook basic truisms: that the human impulse is to achieve; that children, like septuagenarians, respond to need more quickly than to praise; and that do - gooders all too often are egotists seeking applause rather than results.

Too often churches and church organizations overlook basic truisms: that the human impulse is to achieve; that children, like septuagenarians, respond to need more quickly than to praise; and that do - gooders all too often are egotists seeking applause rather than results.

A quality performance against the leaders being the key rather than the result.

While this might not have been entirely down to his role as captain and heartbeat of a wonderful Netherlands side — he was coming into the tournament off the back of a league title with Barcelona — the significance of the World Cup to the award can be seen in the voting patterns rather than the result.

That Mayasich is little known outside his home state is an accident of time and place rather than the result of any limitation in his skills.

I think the club and us fans need to be objective and not pessimistic coz at the moment all those saying wenger in are using their moods and how they feel towards arsene rather than results.

«But I would focus on the performances they have put in against Liverpool, Stoke and now Chelsea, rather than the results.

City have now been undone again after being closed down and forced to defend, so Pochettino could reasonably argue that December's humbling was simply a bad day and a one - off rather than the result of flawed tactics or the start of a new, one - sided dynamic between the clubs.

A man who regarded football as an art form rather than a results business — a philosophy which made him great, yet ended up triggering his downfall.

He is now the player who has committed the second most fouls in the Premier League after Kevin Davies and has eight yellow cards, most of them professional fouls committed out of desperation whilst chasing back, rather than a result of a desire to enforce himself physically in the middle of the pitch.

At this age, it's better to focus on the process and discovery rather than the result.

An example of praising efforts rather than results would be to say, «I like the way you you kept trying hard when you were struggling with your math.»

Obsessing about process rather than results is a frequent trap in the nonprofit / advocacy space.

Sorry, but it seems like the British Election Study data are just data from their studies (surveys and such), rather than the results of the elections.

But sadly the Euro Hawk is not been the first defence project to create enormous costs rather than results.

To date, the executive they jointly lead has distinguished itself by inaction rather than results, and this is very unlikely to change in the run - up to the 2010 UK general election and the 2011 assembly poll.

They are waiting, The party needs to remember the lessons he taught if it is to look forward to a victory at the next election, rather than a result that is currently anyone's guess.

Our results don't really allow us to accurately predict the size of the effect — they're more about providing evidence that the relationship is actually causal, rather than the result of confounding or common risk factors.»

BN: At least five psychology journals are inviting people to submit plans for replicating specific studies, which will then get peer - reviewed on the basis of their designs [rather than their results].

Some theorize that material changes to a society's resources or subsistence strategies lead it to become more hierarchical; others believe that hierarchy is the cause rather than the result of these changes.

I couldn't have asked for a more graphic illustration of the importance of making the team work, and the power of being process -, rather than result -, orientated (something rather alien to most scientists, I would guess).

In practice, it is the requirement that the physical constants (particle masses and other fixed properties of the universe) emerge directly from the laws of physics, rather than resulting from improbable cancellations.

They propose that aneuploidy is a driver of cancer rather than a result of it.

But an alternative explanation could flip this theory on its head: perhaps the brain changes in obese individuals are the cause of obesity, rather than the result.

Could plaque buildup in the brain be the cause rather than the result of the debilitating neurogenerative disorder?

Because the breast tissue studied wasn't from tumors, the research suggests that excess quinones might cause cancer rather than result from the disease.

In fact, he says its slowing could be mainly due to natural variability, rather than a result of climate change.

In an erudite collection of essays on art that sparkle with his sardonic wit, the English novelist Julian Barnes wisely observes: «An artist's career... is more likely to be a matter of obsessional overlap, of ferrying back and forth, of process rather than result, journey rather than arrival.»

Citing studies in cities where many more runs were canceled en route rather than resulting in treatment of patients, two academic physicians writing in the journal Neurology concluded it could be a «tall order» for MSUs to achieve a return on investment for individual health systems and communities.

«But the effect of caffeine seen in this study is more likely due to what the caffeine is in, rather than a result of caffeine itself,» Roslin suggested.

We provide an overview of the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and explore nutrition as a «symphony» of interactions rather than the result of individual nutrients or mechanisms.

Some experts have argued that even a simple glance at a person is a better metric for what many would deem as ideal weight rather than the results of any mathematical formula.

When you finally achieve these goals, you see that awareness of the process itself, rather than the result, is the most important thing.

We always look for the «organic» search results in the main body of the page there (which have got where they are through merit) rather than those results on a tinted background around the edges of the page, which are there because companies have paid to have them there, regardless of how good they actually are.

We know very little about Luke other than that he comes from a rough background and doesn't like to play by the rules; by the end of the movie, alienation seems to be his actual goal rather than a result of his circumstances, and despite the number of times (too many) that Rosenberg positions him in Christ - like poses of agony, we're not sure exactly which of our sins he's dying for.

While Burack argues that global education's believers «exercise a strong degree of influence among textbook publishers,» many of the problems he describes with the treatment of global diversity are a reflection of the textbook production and marketing process rather than the result of a conspiracy among educators.

In this case you are aiming at course completion rather than the results.

When offering praise, what if teachers or parents emphasized the effort involved in an activity rather than the result?

«One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.»

Regulators and legislators are making a fundamental mistake in mandating the technology they want, rather than the results they want.

It was something that happened rather than the result of active planning and tireless pursuit.

She admits to feeling the pressure of what she calls her own «Greek chorus» to produce another runaway bestseller, but tries to focus on the work rather than the result.

After all, we now grade on trying rather than results.

So not pirating is a conscious choice based on good nature and availability of legitimate purchase options rather than result of DRM.

«This slowdown continues to be largely the result of massive delays in processing foreclosures, rather than the result of a housing recovery that is lifting people out of foreclosure,» notes RealtyTrac CEO James Saccacio in a statement.