Sentences with phrase «sense of the tone»

From a very early age they get a sense of tones and how music is made.

The journalist should be able to give you a sense of the tone and thrust of the piece.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a rather frustrating film to review as it's a piece of immense quality, boasting impeccable performances, a strong sense of tone and a stellar score, but, in the end, there's just no denying that this simply isn't a film for me.

20th Century Fox delivered a solid first trailer for the film back in June, but this new one rocks a stronger build and offers up a much clearer sense of the tone of the film, better supporting the humor and quips.

I'm not saying the first one wasn't good enough, but this new one offers up a much clearer sense of the tone of the film.

Each of these commercials tries to give a sense of the tone of each story.

If that doesn't give you a true sense of the tone here, nothing will.

Not exact matches

If being skinny and toned is your goal, staying away from foods that include lots of dietary fat seems to make sense.

Often, the tone of an organization is set by the little things -; conversations by the water cooler, friendly exchanges in the elevator, and even a shared sense of «office humor,» like little games played among co-workers.

The sense (again, to those who were interpreting questions and tone) was that the judges were less hospitable to the notion that Zhang's work was a mere (and direct) extension of the UC team's.

Michael's positions may carry the tone of classical religious rhetoric, but if we assume this whole notion of «God» to be true, then they actually make sense.

But just before the dismissal, the tone was changed as Cardinal Wuerl, speaking without notes, delivered this admonition with a sense of urgency: Continue Reading»

In this sense, there is something other than a change of tone.

But I sensed from the tone of the message that this person truly cared about my well - being and that his heart genuinely breaks for people like me who seem incapable of simply accepting what we are told.

He had been taught to read in a way that maximally engaged the body and senses: reading aloud, seeing and hearing words, simultaneously moving the lips and projecting the words with one's breath — an expressive art of tone and emphasis.

If you can read Galatians with the idea that Paul was writing with a somewhat sarcastic, or ironic, tone of voice, the letter will make a whole lot more sense to you.

The true doctrine of sense - perception is that the qualitative characters of affective tones inherent in the bodily functionings are transmuted into the characters of [external] regions.

«These lists give us a sense of the authors» respective proclivities and reflect the general tone of each series.

With a sense of distance and irony, the novel's personal and retrospective narrative takes the tone of a regretful eulogy and / or apology.

While I agree that the sacralization of motherhood has been harmful to women's sense of themselves, I wonder whether the authors» testy and sarcastic tone might end up paralyzing the very women they wish to empower.

When we sense its presence, it is like a tone of a man's voice or a light in a man's face, and we know that across the centuries we have for an instant seen Jesus and heard him speak.

The eyes are a direct pathway to the inner being of a person; their messages therefore are revealing, (b) Let one person say the other's name repeatedly, changing the tone and intensity, until that person senses that it «feels good» or affirms him.

Emily Stimpson's book has a joyful «Pollyanna» tone to it: in her descriptions of how a hectic and necessary time of housework helped to cure heartache, or how a true understanding of motherhood and fatherhood enriches all our lives, or why good friendships mean so much, one can sense the joyfulness of a life lived with Christ.

Last year, an article in The Daily Mail which was positively dripping with schadenfreude (oh, how his enemies have relished his downfall) could barely restrain a sense of admiration, despite the article's vicious tone:

Thus perception, in this primary sense, is perception of the settled world in the past as constituted by its feeling - tones, and as efficacious by reason of those feeling - tones (PR 182, 184).

We prehend other actual entities more primitively by direct mediation of emotional tone, and only secondarily and waveringly by direct meditation of sense (PR 214).

Specifically, monadic relations consist in quality of feeling or the relation of some feeling - tone to itself, dyadic relations consist in sense of reaction or the relation of some feeling to what it feels, and triadic relations consist in mediation, habit or, in cognitive individuals, thought or the relation of one feeling to another through a third.

Nurse Tisdale tries to «gauge» the woman, tries «to get a sense of the words and the tone» she should use.

The notes, relatively extensive bibliography and the tone of the introduction lead one to expect a work of scholarship, but this is belied by the lack of any rigorous interrogation of sources, too many unsupported claims and lack of any real sense of argument.

The tone of the word is for me contained in the sense of finding one's complement.

I sense by the tone of your message that you don't really fancy the idea.

Once in a while the right idea, presented with the right words and in the right tone by the right person at the right time, can change one's sense of himself.

He was a total beast as Portugal beat England in the group stages and has been one of their main men throughout, sensing danger, making tackles and setting the tone for the Portuguese team.

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy principally involves PLACE - creating a Playful, Loving, Accepting, Curious, and Empathic environment in which the therapist and parent attune to the child's «subjective experiences» (feelings, and thoughts) and help the child make sense of them by reflecting back and validating those experiences to the child by means of eye contact, facial expressions, gestures and movements, tone of voice, timing and touch.

If he senses that your voice is going up an octave and you are desperately reassuring him, then he's not going to be hearing your words, but rather your tone, which is one of alarm and stress rather than calm and reassurance.

Lake and Epstein, or, as they would probably prefer to be called given the «girlfriend» tone of the book, Ricki and Abby, set out to awaken the inner birth goddess in every pregnant woman, but more in the fabulous and fearless sense of goddess than in the crunchy or new - age meaning.

(gain weight faster, have better motor skills, coordination, increased muscle tone, and sense of balance) 2 Get a better view of the world!

When she heard this, I sensed the change in the tone of her voice.

As I go back to their books to check page numbers, I'm struck by the tone of austerity and the sense of suspicion of natural parental warmth and compassion.

You may want to tone it down a tad — one 2002 paper suggested that parents skip the time - outs, but that the technique's use of «predictable, immediate, and salient consequences «makes a whole lot of sense.

- Relief from colic, wind, constipation and teething pain - Develops body awareness and coordination - Helps develop trust and build a sense of security - Increases relaxation and encourages deep sleep - Helps tone floppy muscles - Strengthens bonding and communication - Reduces crying and emotional distress - Boosts circulation and regulates temperature - Stimulates baby's digestion, nervous and lymphatic systems - Helps baby to feel loved, valued and respected - Increases recognition of facial and emotional expressions which supports development of social skills - Helps with language, memory and concentration

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The shift in tone also helps the baby identify when they are hearing sounds meant specifically for them, which gives them a pleasurable sense of being included.

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Long before she can speak clearly, your baby can understand and make sense of what you are saying by listening to the tone of your voice and observing your facial expressions.

«That is really sort of extraordinarily tone - deaf thing to say, because ordinary folks know: you have a sense of what's right and what's wrong.

As for the tone of the venture, Nixon has demonstrated an ability to balance serious talking points with levity and a sense of humor.

With each singing in discordant tone, proving to be more Nigerian than the other while promoting tribal loyalties as against common sense of nationhood.

Bill Burton, spokesman for the Obama campaign said: «If the best they can do is a series of answered questions set to the aspirational tones of our campaign in a ham - handed Web video, I sense this is going to be a long general election for the status quo crowd in Washington supporting John McCain.»

The point of everything I just wrote is that, I sense a generalisation tone from this article that if a person decides to do a PhD, then they must be already heavily considering a job in academia; and that having to find jobs elsewhere is considered the «alternatives» and some kind of failure of not getting a teaching position in a university.