Sentences with phrase «serve as a contrast»

The beige polka dots on your dress serve as a contrasting trim around the hem and at the shoulders of your little one's knit frock.

Modern Shanghai provides the wired world look; one shot inside a ringed - shaped illuminated hotel is beautiful in design, while the economically broke India serves as the contrasting playground of devastation but also serves as a place of freedom.

The supporting cast carried the day and were excellent, but unfortunately they served as a contrast and made us even more aware that the lackluster leads were being out - shined.

These are also mostly made from wood or fabricated wood, and can either match your bedroom furniture or serve as a contrast to your other pieces.

These conversations exist to serve as a contrast to the more substantial Marston and Bonnie, both of whom listen in with visible disdain.

He created a new European setting that served as a contrast to earlier locales, a combat system based around the dispatching of enemies as opposed to encouraging players to abstain from battle, and an over-the-shoulder camera perspective.

The contract both sets the condition for the projection of the typist's imagination as she pauses to gaze out the window and serves as a contrasting foil of the limitlessness of the landscape whose use it aims to contain.

It then wanted to serve as a contrast to the sad state of current affairs, with an own vision of a future full of hope built on a mythology and aesthetics full of blackness, science fiction, the idea of liberation, surrealism and pop.

It then wanted to serve as a contrast to the sad...

A more saturated palette on the painting above the bed serves as a contrast point and a reminder of just how light and delicate the rest of the room is.

Not exact matches

In contrast, the plants located in Mexico face greater erosion of preferences when serving the US and Canada as the TPP experiment applies deeper integration.

With earnings season ramping up, brewing giant Anheuser - Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) and restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) served as an exercise in contrast as investors reacted to their respective quarterly reports.

Nevertheless, FED officials generally would need additional data points to conclude the formation of a new trend (the famous saying of «3 data points form a trend»), but even slightly stronger optimism over inflation would already serve as a stark contrast vs. market speculation of outright deflation followed by Federal Reserve implementing negative rates, or completely ruling out rate hike for the next 10 months.

All save a handful of commercial banks today are, in contrast, able to supply deposits only, so that only base money itself can serve as currency, that is, circulating money.

In contrast, these pretenders flash their own self - serving piety and worldly success as evidence of proper faith.

In contrast, traditional Catholic churches serve vast numbers of people who have little or nothing in common, and they are often impersonal «supermarkets for the sacraments,» as some liberation theologians call them.

The interplay of the various qualities I have been considering yields, at a more complex comparative level of feeling, the generic contrasts which serve as the data of religious experience.

IF I belittle those who I am called to serve, talk of their weak points in contrast perhaps with what I think of as my strong points; if I adopt a superior attitude, forgetting [that God made us different and He has given me all that I have], then I know nothing of Calvary love.

For example, are there ways in which such conventional contrasts as «theory / practice» or «academic / professional» or «objective / subjective» serve as much to obfuscate issues as to clarify them?

A society that safeguards both community and contrast needs some vision that will serve as a lure, that will be a goad to action, and that will offer a goal that is worth achieving.

I suggest you serve it with a fresh cherry coulis and some fresh mint, as it brings an interesting contrast.

The lavender sugar topping comes out crunchy on the bottom and serves as a good contrast to the soft baked fruit on top of the upside - down muffins.

In this recipe, the butter and the sour cream batter are infused with bay leaves, which serves as a nice contrast to a sweet orange glaze, made with orange juice, zest and liquor.

Pea protein powder, by contrast, contains as much as 27g of higher quality protein in a comparable serving.

We eat with our eyes first, and I think the dark color of the bowl serves as a very attractive contrast to the noodles.

Don't skip on the fresh herb garnishes for this recipe; they will serve as a good contrast to the curry.

The lemon in the chicken is subtle and fresh tasting, which serves as a nice contrast to the tangy parsley sauce.

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In contrast, I would suggest there is simultaneity of witnessing and testifying in space and time in midwifery care (apart from the paper work which serves as testimonial and can be defined as a legal act).

Longer - serving MPs by contrast have fewer incentives to please the leadership as they may have already have been sacked, resigned or overlooked for government office and are thus freer to decide according to their personal beliefs.

But Singas, who has worked as a prosecutor in Queens and Nassau and served as former District Attorney Kathleen Rice's chief deputy, contrasted her 24 years of trying criminal cases with Murray's record, and said she was best suited to tackle public corruption.

Queens» Weprin, the third candidate given a decent shot at prevailing, cites his 16 years in the State Assembly prior to joining the Council in 2010 to claim his bona fides as a progressive, but lays greatest emphasis on two other factors — use of his Albany know - how to advance the city's interests there and the eight years he is still qualified to serve in contrast to the term limits most of his rivals face in 2017.

From these lectures, published this year by Princeton University Press as The Nature of Space and Time, Scientific American has culled excerpts that serve to compare and contrast the perspectives of the two scientists.

In contrast to targeting genetic sources of dysfunction, Levin believes electrical manipulation could serve as a larger - level and more efficient control dial for brain development.

Regardless of the outcome, though, the plan will be nonbinding, serving primarily «as a parade banner that lawmakers can use to highlight their spending and policy priorities for the public and to draw contrasts with political opponents.»

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This multi-purpose high - contrast visible and near - infrared (R - to K - band) instrument is not only intended to serve as a VLT - class «planet - imager» instrument in the Northern hemisphere, but also to operate as a technology demonstration testbed ahead of the ELTs - era, with a particular emphasis on small inner - working angle (IWA) coronagraphic capabilities.

This result contrasts a previous finding interpreted as marked insensitivity to the physical volume of food served from a self - filling soup bowl [26].

Set aside until needed (I prefer to serve it cold as a contrast to the hot cheese, but it's up to you).

In contrast, Yogurt Burst Cheerios — marketed as a «memorable breakfast sensation» — contains only 2 grams of protein per 3/4 cup serving (about 2.7 grams per cup).

For this off the shoulder top, I need a color that complements the navy, but also serves as a nice contrast.

It's because the black serves as a great backdrop for a contrasting color to shine.

Until the Quiet Comes is right up there with Cosmogramma (though maybe a touch behind), and it serves as a nice contrast.

Raleigh's naivety serves as a stark contrast to the other men's impending fear as the tension rises and the attack draws ever closer.

Serving as a great contrast to the broke wannabe actor are the onslaught of cameos made by Amanda Seyfried, Jason Ritter, Aubrey Plaza, Jake Johnson, and Michael Cera, all basically playing themselves as highly successful people in Hollywood.

In contrast to his scene - stealing performance in «Mud» — which primarily served as comic relief — this dark role comes as a shock, but proves what a capable young actor he is.

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The finale conjures up enough awe and solemnity to serve as an appropriate finale and a dramatic contrast to the lighthearted (relative) innocence of «Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone» all those magical years ago.

Still, despite strong performances from both actors, «Doubt» never really achieves anything beyond serving as the backdrop for a series of electrifying face - offs between its contrasting lead characters.

Phiona's success ironically serves as sad contrast to her impoverished life.