Sentences with phrase «stood the point of»

This has been a long - standing point of contention not just between provincial governments, but countries too.

From my stand point of view, the Republicans should be focused on try to help and support this country Regards Juan Apenado

People look at this from the stand point of NOW... the early religious building were built to overwhelm and scare people so as to control them... early religious structure were not for the people to ENTER... they were places where the priest visited to SERVE THE GODS THAT LIVE OR VISITED THERE... AND GET MESSAGES FROM THE SECRET UNSEEN GODS to convey to the people... this goes back even before the great Egyptian temples and gods... way way back into prehistory.

Now I will agree with the stand point of banning fully automatic weapons, there is no sense in owning or using a fully automatic weapon.

C) your arguing from the stand point of a religious male, thus you have no say so.

«I'm a deputy communications director of the NDC and I'm saying that is the stand point of the NDC and our response to the call by the clergy and those mounting pressure on the EC to change the voter register,» Boahene stressed

For a long time I never under stood the point of sensory bins.

The primary stand point of this nutrition states that if the food choices were good for our ancestors and allowed them to evolve, than we can't go wrong with them.

We realize the benefits, both financial and from a pedagogical stand point of «going open» and plan to curate OER resources with teachers of all grade levels and content areas over the next few years.

I look at sales from the stand point of making connections and building relationships.

My article was written from the stand point of a listing agent that is hired to complete a short sale for a seller should not let an investor (buyer) take over the short sale.

How can we take this process, not only to move the business forward from the stand point of its own growth, but also in terms of the impact that we, that's «we» as in Seventh Generation, want to have on the world around us.

The effect of the amendment, from a stand point of reasonableness, would appear to be intended to give greater flexibility to the arbitrators in determining which method of valuation is appropriate upon termination of the lease of those works and erections that are in use and are to be valued.»

For instance, I come from the stand point of emotionally focused therapy, but other counselors might use very different methods.

My article was written from the stand point of a listing agent that is hired to complete a short sale for a seller should not let an investor (buyer) take over the short sale.

Carolyne undoubtedly it will take some time before my idea becomes a reality, but I think a solidly built, well insulated prefab home is a good idea from a practical and economical stand point of view.

Not exact matches

Some of the posts may not immediately stand out as advertisements on your feed, which is the whole point.

Called «Seeso,» the service will launch widely in January, at which point members can pay $ 3.99 per month for ad - free access to a full library NBC comedy programming — from new episodes of Saturday Night Live and Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show to all past episodes of classic shows like The Office and 30 Rock — along with a slate of new original series and stand - up comedy specials.

A few things stand out about this particular rate change: first, the magnitude of influence that just a quarter percentage - point change had on the stock market; second, the current rate with an upper range of.50 % compared to the various long - term averages of about 5 %; and third, the rate remains historically low, with only minute incremental changes, despite the relatively good news we continue to read about the economy.

The disintegration of investment in nonresidential structures and machinery and equipment subtracted almost a full percentage point from GDP; only 2009 and 1982 were worse in that regard, and neither of those years stand out as high points in Canada's economic history.

He points to the ratio of probable workers (ages 25 - 64) to probable retirees (ages 65 and over), which currently stands at four to one, as it has for the past three decades.

In 2006, Elon Musk enacted his own version of pointing to the stands, publishing a seemingly impossible 10 - year plan:

A video published on the Toronto Star website showed the man standing in front of the Ryder van, pointing an object at a police offer, asking him to «shoot me in the head.»

Sobeys changed the things Safeway customers, employees and suppliers didn't want changed, like house brands, point - of - sale systems and long - standing relationships, and didn't alter those that needed refreshing, like the fading state of the stores.

«As Facebook's Messenger platform develops and more chatbots and businesses build on it, it stands to reason that M could become part virtualized assistant, part power networker, where recommendations and connections with other chat bots, online and even at point - of - sale, stand to be made,» he writes.

On a visit to Fortune's office Wednesday, the health system executive painted a mostly rosy picture of the modern, efficient health system he sees in America's future — though he did note a few pain points that stand in the way.

As many have pointed out, the video may have just ended the 22 - year - old's career, standing to deplete his following of nearly 4 million Twitter users, 16.1 million Instagram followers, and 15 million YouTube subscribers.

Alan Middleton, a professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business, points out that the big banks now train tellers to upsell whenever they've got a customer standing at the wicket or asking a question on the phone.

«Most people who are fresh out of college have very little leverage in the negotiation process, because you typically can't point to any concrete workplace results you've accomplished yet,» said business consultant Dorie Clark, author of «Stand Out.»

Standing on the podium was great, but what I really loved was the process of getting to the point where you could stand on that top step.

He also saw that his exclusive relationship with Yamaha — by that point, says Reimer, FXR had become the business's de facto house label — stood in the way of extending the brand to riders who preferred other snowmobile companies.

I'm not here to condemn education, but I'd like to give you my point of view to clarify where I stand on this issue.

Having a strong creative with a really crisp point of view that is timeless and stands out, and that you feel reflects who you are as a company, provides huge bang for the buck.

Of course, one of the long - standing selling points of leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careerOf course, one of the long - standing selling points of leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careerof the long - standing selling points of leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careerof leading business schools is the unrivaled access they provide to lucrative, highly selective careers.

That applies literally: The simple action of looking at a workstation from the same vantage point (as opposed to sitting or standing across from the trainee) will make your training more effective.

«Startup Garage focuses on the seed - stage of funding — getting to the point where you can stand up in front of investors and ask them for $ 250,000 or half a million or maybe a million,» Zenios says.

Equities analysts don't doubt that's the case, but point out that for such large, diversified companies, the gaming business remains a junior part of their operations (although they're huge by any stand - alone measure).

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.

«What's the point of reading an email while you're standing in an elevator and you can't do anything about it?»

The goal is to have all of our efforts align, as he is focused on processing our work from an operational stand point, while I am mainly focused on new business development.»

Mnangagwa's firing was a seminal event, as it pointed — rather explicitly — to the Mugabes» effort to eliminate from the top levels of the ZANU - PF anyone who stood in the way of Grace Mugabe's path to the presidency.

When he sent a cold email with a speaking invitation to Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures, he spent hours brainstorming a subject line that would stand out — minus annoying emojis or exclamation points.

From inside the crown of the Statue of Liberty he stood in awe, gazing out at the sea of skyscrapers, shining like metal and glass exclamation points, punctuating the urban skyline.

He pointed to five specific «failures» of GOP leadership, including its inability to «repeal any aspect of Obamacare or defund it» and the «record [national] debt that they failed to stop or take a tough stand on.»

One of the points that stood out for me was turning blog post into PDF with PowerPoint.

In her community, where gun ownership is considered a fact of life and a point of pride, she's bravely taking a stand as one of the few voices advocating for change in her area.

According to Fidelity, one of the largest administrators of retirement plans in America with ~ 7 million accounts, the average IRA balance — including both traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs — stood at $ 81,100 at the end of 2012, up 53 % from 2008 when balances hit their lowest point since the market meltdown.

As the plurality pointed out in Roy, our decisions in the unemployment cases stand for the proposition that where the State has in place a system of individual exemptions, it may not refuse to extend that system to cases of «religious hardship» without compelling reason.

Among stand - alone carriers, Koodo Mobile ranks highest in customer satisfaction for a second consecutive year, with a score of 765, improving by 13 points from 2012.

Slip an iPad into Square Stand to make a countertop point of sale.