Sentences with phrase «rather than the utility»

While Graham and others questioned the PSC's ability to arbitrate environmental rather than utility issues, the commission's lawyers questioned whether the plaintiffs had legal standing since the organizations fighting the subsidy were mostly from the lower Hudson Valley, which is some four hours away from the nuclear plants.

The Sony Corporation deliberately shaped their foray into home robotics to foster relationships based on affection rather than utility.

As overalls came into style and started to be worn for looks rather than utility, the fit of the garment tightened and modern overalls nowadays are often slimmer and accentuate the body curves rather than hanging from it.

«If you look at Durango, people call it the Charger of its segment, because everything else is front - wheel drive, car - based platforms that emphasize more the flexibility of the packaging rather than the utility of the packaging,» he says.

This bill applies to any dog, cat or other animal kept for pleasure rather than utility, in any household, animal shelter or agency.

However, most patent applications fail on the basis of novelty, rather than utility or functionality, so it can help to do a patent search to make sure that your invention is unique.

Only for people who want to buy a device for showing off rather than utility.

But since inflation is expected to remain at about 2 percent per year for the foreseeable future, commercial real estate investors are advised to look at the overall performance of a property or pooled investment fund rather than its utility as an inflation hedge, says Martha Peyton, CRE, managing director and head of Global Real Estate Strategy and Research at TIAA - CREF in Newport Beach, Calif..

Not exact matches

In addition to launching the digital coin - trading platform, Byrne said he is in contact with two countries about launching an overseas trading platform for coins that are considered «utility» tokens rather than «securities.»

Utilities in Ontario are buying gas from newly prolific suppliers in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia rather than Alberta.

Rather than debate their utility, we should focus on how we can minimise the pain of the inevitable adjustment and maximise the benefits of our resource economy for all Canadians.

In the years leading up to last fall's boom of interest in crypto, Silver says that he used to be heckled at every conference he spoke at, but that now, «rather than being booed off the stage and being told that everything was a utility token, I was wrong, that I was killing innovation, and that I was this horrible person,» people are actually listening.

Companies in mature industries like consumer staples and utilities have fewer growth opportunities so they can share cash flow with investors through dividends rather than plow it all back into projects.

Unlike more defensive sectors (such as utilities), price gains for mature tech stocks have largely been led by earnings growth rather than by multiples expansion.

In a new collaborative report, «An Underappreciated Disruptor,» Morgan Stanley's Utility and Clean Tech analyst, Stephen Byrd and Shared Mobility & Auto analyst, Adam Jonas, argue that the price of both solar and wind energy, as well as new storage units, have reached a point where renewable energy can finally become a dependable rather than an unpredictable source of energy.

Yet rather than taking this opportunity to run these banks as public utilities and lower their charges for credit - card services — or most important of all, to stop their lending to speculators and gamblers — governments left these banks operating as part of the «casino capitalism» that has become their business plan.

Safal Niveshak approach is more towards practical utility rather than bookish knowledge.

Consequently, since the SEC report was issued, well - organized ICOs typically have highlighted the utility function of the tokens, rather than investment opportunities — and have required U.S. participants to meet qualified investor requirements.

medical bills and utilities for girls / women who keep their babies rather than abort... and they pay for counselling and living expenses for those who DO abort.

Nature, therefore, is to be looked upon as sacred, rather than as a mere agent of utility for human needs, towards which human beings are called to relate with a sense of duty.161 The arrival of the harvest, as may be noted from the case of the mustard seed, asserts that the time has come when the blessings of the Kingdom of God are available for all including non-human creation.

Even though he did make what might be called a «theological» contribution8 regarding «God's Utility Function,» clearly he should be counted as a «naturalist» rather than a «theist.»

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

They are: rationalization, which tends toward sterile intellectualization and robs life of its character and vitality; estheticism, which cuts off true communication by maintaining an esthetic distance in order to dominate, rather than to support, others; capitalism, which tends to deper - sonalize people by providing for their hedonistic needs in order to support production and consumption regardless of its human utility; and nationalism, which tends to make national things sacred and in doing so to create idols out of them.31.

In this increasingly influential school of thought the various «factual» descriptions of an object, rather than describing its nature, simply redescribe its utility.

He needs to be your third option, and he needs to embrace a more utility role as a rim runner and pick and pop guy, and passing guy, rather than trying to be a big time scorer or creating for himself.

Juventus have played like three billion games per week since January, and this happens to coincide with a switch in formation that includes having four designated attackers, and Juventus don't actually have many true attackers (due to a strange midfielder fetish; I'm sort of a Rincon fan, as much as that can be true, and of course hindsight is 20 - 20 but it would've been nice to spend that cash on a utility attacker rather than another central midfielder), all of which means Higuain has been logging a lot of minutes.

... The Chancellor said HM Revenue and Customs has prevented utility firms from claiming tax breaks on payments made by their customers rather than themselves.»

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

So you operate as a public utility at cost for public benefit, rather than for private profit.

Extended the Power for Jobs program and the «energy cost savings benefit program» through the end of 2007; allows all PfJ participants to elect to begin receiving benefits through the savings reimbursement option, rather than a contract continuation; PfJ participants with contract extensions are eligible for a rebate of any excess costs (PfJ rates compared to rates available through their local utility) incurred after January 1, 2006 under their PfJ contracts (Part U).

To reach that goal, the utility would be wise to heed some of the criticism leveled in the audit, rather than tout its customer satisfaction score.

Utility executives and smart grid advocates agree that apart from the smart grid projects funded by $ 4 billion in federal stimulus grants, most current smart grid investment is going into improving the efficiency, reliability and profitability of power supply, rather than reaching consumers directly.

Rather than pursuing the centralized power systems favored by big utilities and international lending agencies, the initiative encourages the private sector to develop small independent grids in remote regions.

As gas becomes dear, utilities across the world are opting to build coal - fired, rather than gas - fired, power plants.

The developmental processes underlying these two types of distolingual cusp are unknown, and the validity of the distinction is based on phylogenetic utility and homology rather than cusp position, as in other mammalian groups.

Our research team recently expanded the utility of the transposon directed insertion sequencing (TraDIS) method by applying a physical separation of a transposon mutant library mediated by fluorescence activated cell sorting, rather than a fitness - based selection.

It is not expensive, you can find great sources on ebay, and even if it was expensive, I'd rather spend whatever is necessary to keep the functionality of my Body Temple highly efficient with the best fuel I can give it, than to spend it on, let's say petrol at the gas station, or the electricity to power the utilities in my house.

Sean explained, «The utility of perceived conscientiousness in predicting how well students do aligns with other research showing that it is how hard students work, rather than their IQ, that is the best predictor of academic grades, but the bigger story is that there is no accuracy at all unless you control for attractiveness bias.»

Rather than merely a place to meet academic needs, the school has become a place for families to come for assistance with needs such as groceries, utility bills, and health care.

[3] To further increase the utility and validity of evaluation systems, states should require that evaluation instruments differentiate among various levels of teacher performance rather than only giving binary satisfactory / unsatisfactory ratings.

Despite the X3's competent chassis, it's not a car you're likely to use out of anything other than utility - and in that scenario, we'd still rather opt for BMW's own outstandingly well - rounded 5 - series Touring.

The Dodge Caliber is part SUV, part station wagon and, in Dodge's words, part baby Magnum.Dodge refers to the Caliber as a sport tourer rather than a crossover utility vehicle... Read more

What is it?It's noble, perhaps even brave, of Kia to stick with the good ol' minivan rather than forcing utility customers into an androgynously styled three - row crossover (though Kia...

In addition, Ford announced that its global utility line - up will be the company's first hybrids powered by EcoBoost rather than naturally aspirated engines, furthering improving performance and fuel economy.

Honda chose to buy an existing sport - utility to get in on the demand for the vehicles rather than spend the time and money to build a vehicle from scratch.

A balanced chassis plus all - independent suspension and lively powertrains, all tuned for stability and response rather than quiet comfort, make for a fine - handling car, never mind it's a sport - utility vehicle.

It's not as rugged as most other sport - utilities because it is built on the Civic car chassis rather than on a truck chassis.

But it does seem to be holding its own in a world that has grown to prefer pickups and sport - utilities rather than cars — especially two - door cars.

The Edge uses a sedan - based platform rather than a truck chassis, which enables a comfortable, car - like ride while offering the cargo capacity and utility of an SUV.

BMW marketed the X5 as a Sport Activity Vehicle (SAV) rather than a Sport Utility Vehicle SUV, to highlight its on road ability in spite of its size.