Sentences with phrase «shape by»

It is the Thomistic conception, or the general ways of thinking about God given definitive shape by Thomas, that Hartshorne takes as his chief rival, and he takes one of the basic recommendations of his position to be that it succeeds at those points where Thomas fails.

His actions and words are mainly recorded as taking shape by the seashore, on the open road, or in a friend's house.

«Respect for authority, tradition, station, and education eroded,» writes Hatch, and as a result, «American Protestantism has been skewed away from central ecclesiastical institutions and high culture; it has been pushed and pulled into its present shape by a democratic or populist orientation.»

We re-discover the meaning of heroism and friendship as we see the two hobbits clawing their way up Mount Doom; we see again the endless evil of greed and egotism in Gollum, stunted and ingrown out of moral shape by years of lust for the ring; we recognize again the essential anguish of seeing beautiful and frail things - innocence, early love, children — passing away as we read of the Lady Galadriel and the elves making the inevitable journey to the West.

«After going through treatment for cancer I started to get in shape by weight lifting, but this left me feeling bulky and manly.

We try to foster greater innovativeness at our businesses with new programs or processes, we scheme to get in shape by making healthy lifestyle changes, we strive for the good life by trying to accomplish more and be happier.

So while the autonomous technology is still evolving, Ford wants to test its new business model centered around logistics so that it can lay the groundwork for a new era shaped by self - driving cars at the company.

HRM structures vary widely from business to business, shaped by the type, size, and governing philosophies of the organization that they serve.

Well, that — and a childhood shaped by strict discipline.

By allowing subscribers to swap cars with the push of a button, BMW is trying to appeal to consumers whose shopping and transportation habits have been shaped by Silicon Valley giants like Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbnb Inc..

Canadians» attitudes about housing have long been shaped by government policies and the tax system.

And while our personalities are shaped by genetics, «there are still habits you can practice to get better at social interactions,» he notes.

Using cutting edge 3D modelling software, the building's design has been shaped by a lack of space in the surrounding environment.

«The first point of interaction is shaped by the color, and color is the most memorable sense,» says Leslie Harrington, a color consultant and the executive director of The Color Association, which does color forecasting, education, and advising for brands.

In many companies, employee training is often shaped by a small group of in - house experts.

Our cultural attitudes are unconsciously shaped by our collective history as much as they are consciously shaped by our current context.

The principal argument for that being the case is habit formation: the idea that «our habits are shaped by the way that consumer technologies, such as smartphone apps, are designed to be as addictive as possible.»

We are all shaped by our environments.Surround yourself with people who inspire you and challenge you.

That simple act, evoking a response from another mind, is a key feature of early childhood development and remains «deeply rewarding,» Siegel said, satisfying primordial instincts shaped by our evolution as a social species.»

«People have largely been shaped by what happened in the 1980s and»90s, where everyone expected 10 % returns,» says the president of Toronto's Weigh House Investor Services and author of New Rules for Retirement.

Consider Red Wing shoes, Faribault Woolen Mill Co. and Duluth Pack.These Minnesota - based businesses have been shaped by the cold and rugged surroundings.

Nowadays, success is shaped by each person's unique wants, needs, and circumstances.

Our passions begin with our interests, and our interests are shaped by information and experience.

Children are shaped by many influences.

«How we behave in relation to altruism and giving is shaped by a lot of different factors,» said study co-author Sarah Smith of the University of Bristol.

It comes down to understanding operant conditioning, which describes how our behavior is shaped by consequences.

This Sino - Indian geopolitical jostling is also being shaped by the broader shift in global and regional strategic equations.

Company culture is shaped by every single person who is a part of the organization.

It advances the idea that leaders are shaped by their direct environment.

Critics say people are shaped by what they read (psychologists calls this confirmation bias).

The authors draw on Walker's experience, which was shaped by an «ability to build relationships and an efficient and effective social network,» they write.

As long - time Google reporter Danny Sullivan points out, changes to the results may also be shaped by recent search activity in response to the controversy, and the arrival of new websites optimized to return queries about the Holocaust.

Both insist they are mere platforms that are informed and shaped by the input and desires of their users.

Employees born in the 1950s were shaped by intense innovation, from the postwar space race to Beatlemania to the civil rights, antiwar and women's movements.

Although high finance obviously has been shaped by the Industrial Revolution's legacy of corporate finance, institutional investment such as pension fund saving as part of the industrial wage contract, mutual funds, and globalization along «financialized» lines, financial managers have taken over industrial companies to create what Hyman Minsky has called «money manager capitalism.»

We recognize that every financial institution is different, shaped by its activities, size, history and culture.

The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, which has given over $ 1 billion in grants so far, has been strongly shaped by Susan, who has served as board chair.

My view of monetary economics was shaped by my experience auditing his class in the Fall of 1978.

The Republican health care plan has been shaped by those restrictions since the beginning.

Those closest to Mr. Draghi say his economic views have been shaped by his challenges at the Italian finance ministry in the 1990s, when Italy was expelled from the euro zone's predecessor, the European Exchange Rate Mechanism and, like Greece today, came close to bankruptcy.

Canada's past has been shaped by various waves of immigrants coming from the Asia Pacific region.

Part of the change is shaped by Tacoma's growing population in the region, and a desire by Simon to maintain the mall's relevance, the documents submitted to the city say.

He starts with the EIA estimates of costs of different generation sources, realizes that with those numbers the GEA mix is cheaper than what it replaces according, declares that «it is likely to be the case that the new estimate has been shaped by political pressures within the Obama administration» and therefore dismisses them, and then shops around for a prediction more in keeping with his desired conclusion.

The American restaurant business has been shaped by many entrepreneurs, so determined to realize their dreams of owning a hot dog cart or starting a restaurant that they sell everything they own to raise cash.

Second, the traditional story implies that lending volume has something to do with the cost of funds. There is some truth in this proposition but I would argue that the greater truth is that lending is a demand - driven process shaped by expectations and changing asset valuations (or at least perceived valuations), which is why borrowing in the US is currently in the toilet. Demand just isn't there.

Millennials are the first generation of Canadians whose world will be shaped by the «rise of Asia» for the entirety of their adult lives.

The Trump administration's economic policy decisions are being shaped by national security concerns.

The Washington bill, which was shaped by advice from Rolf and Hanauer, would require people or companies that find work for and transfer payments to independent contractors — Uber, say, or a middleman who works with farm laborers — to contribute to a pool of money managed by an independent nonprofit.

By winning on the web, PayPal was actually disadvantaged when it came to competing in mobile, because its incentives were already shaped by a different problem.

Birth order is not decisive when it comes to an individual's life achievements, but personality is shaped by experiences, and individuals have different experiences due to birth order, said Ben Dattner, a NY - based organizational psychologist.