Sentences with phrase «stand for much»

These vibrant and carefully crafted color images quietly stand for much more, and suggest a sense of beauty and order in a world that is often less than serene.

However, this doesn't stand for much because it borrows so heavily from established and well - known directors.

Sin - Dee storms off in a murderous rage to find her rival and Alexandra reluctantly tags along, swearing she will not stand for much «drama.»

He does not stand for much that is not universally acceptable.

The Middle East will not stand for much longer the U.S. grabbing a bigger slice of the prized Asian market, says ING

He stands for much of what is wrong in today's world: greed, acquisitiveness, and covetousness.

As Mr. Hawkins rolled through positions directly affecting public workers, calling Common Core «a test - and - punish regime,» responding to a question about how to pay for the new Tappan Zee Bridge by saying a greater priority should be given to public transportation, and urging the creation of a State Bank to avoid having to go to Wall Street for financing of capital projects, it seemed like he stood for much of what they and their unions would like to see implemented.

I will probably dress up for that one, since it will be an older demographic and I highly doubt people will be standing for much of the time, so heels would be allowable.

That means Black Panther stands for much the opposite of what its namesake political movement advocated.

This time, the Performante label stands for much more than fancy wheels, loud stripes, and 15 or 20 extra horsepower.

Bitcoin maintained a 45 % share of the total crypto market on Thursday, where it has stood for much of the week.

Not exact matches

Mocial is just a mash - up of mobile and social, but what it stands for is a much more complex and important set of ideas and requirements.

They're thankful for the government's help but would much prefer to stand on their own.

But those universities that are left standing, he says, will have to do a much better job at identifying talented students, who can't afford to pay $ 61,000 a year for school.

Priest put his company philosophy in place «as soon as I was hiring a full - time employee because I was hiring her from a much bigger company and her question was, «what do you stand for,» so she challenged me.»

When he stands before a crowd and declares, «It shifted from «I can't run for leader because I love my kids too much» to «I must run for leader because I love my kids too much,»» it is enough to grow a Grinch's heart three sizes.

But for Legere (it's pronounced «ledger»), wearing T - Mobile's distinctive color palette is all part of a serious business strategy he introduced when he joined as CEO back in 2012 — and a way to stand out from much larger competitors AT&T and Verizon.

As much as it's significant to speak for yourself and stand by your point, it's also necessary to avoid pointless arguments at work.

She added that much of her time on the show was her «standing up there forever in these terribly uncomfortable and inexpensive five - inch heels just waiting for someone to pick my number so I could go and sit down.»

Thank you for standing watch, thank you for doing so much good for this country, do that good as long as ever you can.»

Uber subsequently emailed users to make clear that the company thinks President Donald Trump's immigration ban is «unjust, wrong, and against everything we stand for as a company,» though much of the damage may have already been done.

The government's Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has released its report on e-commerce in Canada, titled «Pursuing the Promise,» and it paints the same picture we've known for some time now — that despite Canadians being among the most prodigious users of the Internet, they really aren't doing much online business-wise.

«Shakespeare this ain't, and Gears 3 struggles at times with its forced attempts at heart - string pluckery, but I can forgive it as much; gore - starved guns adorned with toothy chainsaws easily atone for any cheesiness suffered along the way... the Gears 3 story continues with what amounts to a blood - drenched tale of woe, suffering, loss and absolution, cathartica that stands out in harsh relief when framed by the»80s era Schwarzenegger - ness of most of the dialogue.

Concurrently, OPEC (which is basically Saudi Arabia) announced price cuts for certain regions they sell to and began privately telling their contacts around the world that they could stand to sell oil for much less than had been initially thought.

The biggest one to date for a biosimilar product in the U.S. — the treatments have only been around for a handful of years in America despite widespread and long - standing availability in Europe and other regions — Renflexis may ultimately not do much to curb health care and patient spending, as the Wall Street Journal «s Charley Grant points out in an astute note.

But since the population of San Diego is so much smaller, it stands to reason that there aren't as many entrepreneurs in San Diego competing for each deal as there would be in New York.

Another restaurant meal isn't going to stand out in someone's mind as much as going white water rafting, for example.

But while the image of Sundberg's house standing alone in a field of destruction has become an icon for the ICF industry, selling concrete houses to North Americans faces some much stiffer challenges than mere 200 - kilometre - per - hour winds and an eight - metre tidal surge.

CD stands for certificate of deposit, which you can buy from a bank and is guaranteed to pay interest over a designated period of time — usually much more than a savings account would.

But what's worse for most investors is they have no clue how much they stand to lose when it inevitably happens.

«When you're dealing with something like the bankruptcy issue, where all lenders stand pretty much in the same shoes, it shouldn't be a surprise when the smaller and larger banks find common cause,» said Steve Verdier, a lobbyist for the Independent Community Bankers Association.

OTTAWA — The federal government stands to raise as much as $ 280 million in revenue off provincial carbon taxes in Alberta and B.C. in the next two years despite claims carbon taxes would be revenue neutral for Ottawa.

For all this, fans gave him the nickname «Bitcoin Jesus», a Biblical charge that seems to hold as much significance now, even as his standing in the community has changed.

But unlike in the personal computer or server market, where Intel and AMD fought for dominance (more truthfully, AMD tried to at least achieve profitability), or the smartphone market where Qualcomm has taken out competitors ranging from Texas Instruments and Freescale on the application processor side (leaving Apple, Samsung, Broadcom and Mediatek standing), this market has a much wider variety of players known for their embedded processors and microcontroller.

It should be no surprise that they loathe gold so much; in its honesty and integrity, it is the exact antithesis of everything they stand for, are, and do.

When Marc Garneau next informed the House that he «entered politics to counter the public's perception that politicians are on the take» and that «regrettably, the member for Parry Sound — Muskoka is making that extremely difficult,» there was much grumbling from the government members and the Speaker stood to call for order.

The minimum transaction rate for each trade stands at 10 dollars which is much lower than other trading platforms.

Currently, total trade between Mercosur countries and Canada totals about $ 8 billion, however that stands to grow exponentially if an agreement is reached (for reference, trade with Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Chile totalled $ 48 billion despite these countries much smaller economic size due to bi-lateral agreements with Canada).

BHAGAT: Look, let be careful about paying too much attention to a single quarter, but as it stands right now consensus expectations call for the very cyclical energy and materials sectors to be the winner.

SEO stands for search engine optimization — that much has stayed the same.

The 1930s is the one that stands out to me but even the 1990s decade would have led to a much different experience for the periodic investor had the high returns of the end of the decade occurred at the outset.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk stood in front of a gathered crowd of several hundred people yesterday to unveil his latest, much - ballyhooed vision for the future: a world powered by his company's solar roofs, with a Powerwall 2 battery on the wall and a Tesla automobile in the driveway.

«Smaller, stand - alone payment systems for which there are many substitutes — like bitcoin — should generally require much less intensive oversight and regulation because they pose much less risk to the Canadian financial system as a whole,» Deslongchamps told the news publication.

It wouldn't be smart for Romney to try to play an exaggeration of Reagan (who actually spent much of the 1980 campaign explaining that he was a basically peaceful guy who was willing to stand up for America) to Obama's wimpy Carter.

I had hope for the new Pope with his emphasis on helping the poor (the importance of social justice is one of best things the Catholic Church gave to me even if I don't agree with most of their stands:)-RRB- but I don't much will change their stories of embezzlement, telling the Nuns on the Bus to settle down and the history of hiding and transferring pedos from church to church doesn't help them either.

I've never had a car statue — for that matter, here in New York, I don't have a car, which pretty much moots the issue of how much inverted irony my life can stand.

For that stand we receive much persecution.

What really needs to happen, is for Christians that advocate rights for the LGBT community to stand up, and speak out, with as much force and righteousness as those who preach hate.

Not much... he could've done the same thing by going in front of his congregation wearing flesh - colored underwear, sticking his tongue out, standing up on the baptistry and twerking... then crying foul when he gets fired... what this tells me is that we're all idiots for being so predictably drawn into these types of stories... this is shameless self - promotion, plain and simple... and he wins because we're dupes...

Alas, standing up for the the truth brings much disdain for the one doing so.