Sentences with phrase «reference points because»

Kass chose Broadway as a reference point because she finds it definitively American, optimistic, and personal.

The number of directors that would effectively direct a corporation is probably not the correct reference point because being directors is not mostly what benchers mostly do.

«People want a copy of it to use as a reference point because of all the data that's in it.

Not exact matches

In referencing Genesis 12:1 - 3, Calvinists often point to Genesis 18:17 - 19 as proof that Abraham was divinely chosen by God because.

Hittinger correctly points out that this new Thomism finds its point of reference in the human experience: «The Church has held Thomas as the master because humans themselves thirst for the kind of wisdom Thomas pursued and taught.

Just because something becomes law does not make it «right», as you atheists are all too quick to point out when referencing «Don't ask, don't tell» or something.

HotAirAce - I have a little time, so let me school you, Infinity has a starting point which is it's reference point, because of this infinity can be devisible by it self, which is I / I = 1.

So in reference to the orginal article and my first point, I would only echo Pascal's Wager: if I live life accepting of God and «love my neighbor,» but it turns out to be wrong because there is no God, I have no regrets; if I live life unaccepting of God and He does exist, well I guess Ghandi and I will be sharing a room...

Are we still at this point in history where people are being ridiculously unaccepting of scientific fact to the point where they are even referencing studies that they can not come up with a source for simply because they do not exist?

The foundation will exist as an entity in its own right within Church law, and Fr Trafny explains: «This is an important step, because we are moving from being a simple project to merge learning between the pontifical universities in Rome to being a new entity recognised by the Holy Father as a reference point for all dialogue involving science and faith.»

Even though the Church of Rome acquired particular respect because of its association with the apostles Peter and Paul and eventually became the point of reference for the whole Church, the relationship among the local churches and with Rome was not understood in the sense of jurisdictional superiority or subordination.

So either somebody «invented» this quote because it makes a cool point in a sermon, OR the reference in wrong.

Because the laws took the Bible as their reference point, it was possible to upheld liberty of conscience while at the same time restraining external acts like blasphemy which were inimical to good order and government.

We can not grasp eternal time because we have no reference point for time without beginning or end (i.e. time centered reference point).

First of all the word is «servants» not «slaves» which was a reference to all that were in servitude (including slaves) because Paul had previously made the point that we were ALL the same, (Jews / Gentiles, Bondman / Free).

They can not even begin to understand where I am, because it is so far from any reference point that they have.

She chooses Thomas Aquinas as a principal point of reference, principally because she sees Aristotelian background as favouring a consideration of other creaturely kinds, but she pays particular attention also to Hans Urs von Balthasar.

I didn't tend to ask too many questions, not for lack of interest but because she my only point of reference.

Just because your primary point of reference is SU and the draft, doesn't mean that Ennis is focused on it the same way.

Please understand that my issue with your article is specifically with reference to infants, my toddler also cries at times, and even though I always talk to her about what is going on and let her know that I am there for her when she is ready for me to hold her, she does at times cry without me holding her because that is her choice, she might be mad at me and doesn't want me to hold at that point.

The scientist - authored book Authoritative Parenting, which Sax references in his book, points out that authoritative parents should be willing to negotiate and change their demands when their children reasonably object and that it is authoritarian parents who, «if challenged, threaten punishment and give «because I say so» as a reason for compliance.»

Kids like things to be predictable and if you can give them lots of info upfront it helps them ease in because it's somewhat familiar to a reference point they already have.

Even the Ayatollah Khomeini's infamous edict made no reference to any theological point, not least because his Shiite creed gives no credence to the story of scriptural interpolation upon which Rushdie's offending book was based.

Andrew Selous (Con, seemingly stretched) makes another critical point about freedom of religious belief with reference to someone who came a cropper because of a Faceboook message.

Speaking at Thursday's SUNY board meeting, Cuomo referenced his past efforts to advance women's rights in New York: the Women's Equality Act, a 10 - point bill that has failed to pass the Legislature for two sessions because of a controversial abortion plank.

Najarian pointed out some of the technical headaches that leap seconds cause: they can not be preprogrammed into software, for example, because they are typically announced only six months in advance by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service in Frankfurt, Germany.

Single - frequency receivers can be used but, because of the errors introduced by the atmosphere, they can only measure movement relative to local reference points, such as each other.

The genomic data is important, say researchers, because it serves as a key reference point for when and where the parasite existed in humans, and provides more information about the evolution of human disease.

This means that the zebra fish are reluctant to swim away from objects because they risk finding themselves in a situation where they have no points of reference in their surroundings.

«It will always be a little problematic because they're not mature, but it will be an important point of reference,» she says.

«For me, he is a reference point,» says Franceschi, «because [early on] it was not easy to have clear ideas about the direction that aging studies should take.»

A feng shui practitioner ascertains the facing orientation of your home because it will dictate how qi flows in and around it, and serves as a reference point for all subsequent computations.

It's as much about what they're telling us as what we're telling them, because they bring things from different reference points and that's really important if we're going to remain a premier institution in terms of fashion education.

I bring up the Silent Hill reference purely because the game put a grainy filter over the world at this point.

The two closest points of reference for Gerontophilia, Canadian indie stalwart Bruce LaBruce's latest, happen to be Xavier Dolan and Gregg Araki — though it's not because of the gayness.

I bring this up because, as a novice when it comes to Chinese painting and Chinese movies, not to mention Japanese cinema, I depend on cultural reference points — and priorities for them — that are substantially different from Li's.

Western reference points are a constant trap, a temptation for Westerners viewing Hong Kong movies — not necessarily because the influences aren't there but because focusing on them makes the indigenous elements much more difficult to tease out and understand.

And because Rick wanted so many blank moments and dead stares like that, it was a really good point of reference.

It has been a great honour but also a great responsibility because you are suddenly turned into a point of reference to a large number of teachers.

Inquiry within this phase of the group interactions is subtle; people here can become sensitive to their cultural norms; ways of acting and thinking they assume must be true because they are their only point of reference.

This «how to» book is one to keep on the shelf closest to the height of your hand because you'll be reaching for this book again and again as a point of reference.

One main concern is reference bias, or the effect of survey respondents» reference points on their answers.37 Students, for example, attending competitive schools often rate themselves as having less self - control or as less hardworking because of their schools» rigorous expectations.38 Accordingly, some experts caution that using SEL to classify schools could ultimately punish high - performing schools while rewarding low - performing schools.39 Additionally, teachers may misinterpret behavior, erroneously rely on first impressions, or incorrectly equate their opinion of a student with the student's social - emotional skills.40

Establishing clear learning goals is referred to as a lead strategy because it is difficult if not impossible to implement the other five strategies without the reference point provided by clear, common learning goals.

These cases have tested a chief selling point (pardon [or underscore] the business reference) of VAMs: that they will effectuate, for example, teacher termination with greater ease because nobody besides the advanced statisticians and econometricians can argue with their numbers derived.

At this point I am patting myself on the back because I remembered Marx despite not having read him since 1982, and I provided a short but comprehensive explanation, working in a reference to a popular teen book and a movie series.

Even if if were it wouldn't matter because they won't leave Apple (unless Prada starts making smartphones, bonus points if you get the reference).

That's because Verizon's 5 - year historical P / E has averaged out to 14.8, which is practically the same as the ratio of 15 that was used as a reference point in the first step.

I think it will be worthwhile to share with you that October paper (reprinted below), particularly because the points were made by reference to various securities in the TAVF portfolio.

It's also not obvious how people reach their individual reference points, but regardless, all individuals penalize themselves for not reaching their particular reference points much more than they reward themselves when they do actually reach them, De Giorgi says, because «while you may like reaching your reference point, you don't like reaching it as much as you dislike not reaching it.»

Because the average risk - averse investor holds the average portfolio asset allocation, this becomes a reference point in determining how a specific individual's investment portfolio asset allocation might diverge from that of the average investor's asset allocation.