Sentences with phrase «style points rather»

However, even these are too cute for their own good, with far too many examples of moves that go for style points rather than for victory.

Not exact matches

«At one point I recognized that Warren Buffett, though he had every advantage in learning from Ben Graham, did not copy Ben Graham, but rather set out on his own path, and ran money his way, by his own rules...» I have just quickly glanced at Bronte Capital's blog post, but I am sure Todd Combs and Ted Weschler were not hired because they lived and died by Buffet's word but rather because they manifested the teachings of value investing in their own styles.

Whether in style, out of style or creating our own style, we must choose to be image bearers of Christ that point the attention of others to our great Creator, rather than ourselves.

But it's typical of people who have issues with strong women to point to their style rather than content.

I should agree with Buri and I should say that the point of the Christian gospel is to «re-present», as Ogden puts it, that possibility; to «re-present» it in starkly human terms, under human conditions, in Jesus as what I like to style «the classic instance» of what God is always «up to», rather than the totally other or the sheer anomaly, as so many (including Bultmann, presumably) would wish to regard him.

What in an older kind of philosophy would have been called the chain - of - cause - and - effect is here seen as being very much richer; it is a congeries of occasions, events, pressures, movements, routes, which come to focus at this or that point, and which for their explanation require some principle that has brought and still is bringing each of them, rather than some other possible occurrence, into this particular concrete moment of what we commonly style «existence».

In don't want to get into analysing his style of plat of lack of goals but rather point out someone in feel we missed out on..

Arsene Wenger likes to pass the ball rather than cross it in the box which is what he wants and the direct style is only played by Arsenal when they need points on the board.

Tottenham made a point of pressing high up the pitch and forcing City to go long rather than keep it down and play their usual style of football, and so Pep Guardiola will undoubtedly have plenty to think about heading into the second half to get his men back into the game.

Maybe if you approach the subject in a different manner people would actually be able to look at your points in an educational view rather than attacking one type of parenting style and making them feel bad in their beliefs.

If you look at fashion as a gestalt experience, and filter it with your own point of view rather than the label name, you'll always have your own style, and everyone else will always be jealous.

I'm not particularly short waisted and yet I found tying the straps short to create the high neckline is more of a necessity rather than a style choice so that I could get the waist to hit me at the right point.

In conclusion, there are melodramatic spells, as well as some focal unevenness, spawned from hurrying past certain plot aspects that really aren't all that needed in the first place, being not much more than supplements to the rather repetitious bloating that makes this overambitious effort too overblown for its own good, though not to the point of completely dismissing its engagement value, as there is enough sharpness to the production designs, cinematography and score work to provide striking style, as well as enough story value, brought to life by inspired writing, direction and acting, - particularly by leading lady Halle Berry - to make «Alex Haley's Queen» a rewarding near - epic study on the struggles faced by the mulattoes who struggled to fit into a post-slavery society that was rich with racial tension and plenty of other life challenges.

Of course, the entire point of Machete Kills is that its protagonist — a self - styled secret assassin too - often referred to as a Mexican James Bond — does rather a lot, his willingness to chase, kill, destroy and inflict serious damage the reason for his cinematic being.

Finally, high school students will also have a «Grab n» Go» style service, but point (s) of sale will be located in the hallway rather than the cafeteria.

There is, admittedly, some disagreement among our staff on this point, but this author feels that the wheel centers on the 2019 Bullitt Mustang's standard 19 - inch Torq Thrust - style wheels should be painted satin black, rather than the gloss black seen on the show car.

From an adult point of view, Beddor gets top marks for creativity and plot, but loses points for a clunky writing style that tends to read like a concept for a computer game rather than a finished book.

For novels, fictional anecdotes in nonfiction, and true stories told in a narrative style, I highlight areas where you can «show, not tell,» use active voice rather than passive, and weave in more sensory details and point - of - view characters» observations, thoughts, and feelings.

She pointed out that paying for an editor sooner rather than later can accelerate our learning curve, so if we have the money to pay for mentor - style editing, we could do it any time.

Not only can you earn all of the bonus points, but from time to time Hilton puts out offers to get double or triple bonus points, rather than just the 5 bonus points from the Earning Style option.

Because Capital One works on a cashback or travel reimbursement - style reward system, rather than transferring points to airline and hotel programs, the value you get with this card is fixed.

Rather than attacking them directly, the idea is to latch onto them, and climb up their huge frames in a more platforming style — finding and smashing circular weak points, which allow the fight to progress to the next step, before finally ending the creature.

However, recent job postings on the Bungie website seem to point toward an action RPG style of game rather than a shooter.

The battery life of the console, when away from the charging point for some on the go style fun, is a rather paltry 2.5 hours to 6.5 hours depending on the game.

[17] Rather than using the character models and graphical style of Advent Children, which by that point had been developed using ten - year - old technology, the team decided to create new designs and models for characters: Nomura wished to balance the realism of Advent Children with deformed stylization.

Presentation is once again a strong point, but it has been toned down in comparison to the rather loud, American style appearance of the previous game.

Skill trees have been expanded and with the steady flow of upgrade points, it's not long before you're building a set of core powers which amplify rather than define your play style.

It now relies on an upgradeable pool of Focus Points, rather than on a D&D - style «one - and - done» approach.

The meeting point between fashion, design and fine art is interesting, and there is a naivety that fits this painting style with 21st Century culture as a whole, rather than sitting as something aloof.

Nevertheless, although Sunstein's categories are meant to reflect American rather than Canadian constitutional interpretative styles, they provide an interesting starting point by which to analyse the analogous personalities found in Canadian judicial writing.

I'd like to believe I have a characteristic and identifiable writing style and tone of voice, and at this point I find that second - guessing myself too much on style harms rather than helps the columns.

Another pain point that's been resolved is that the keyboard cover offers a kickstand, rather than the previous folio - style that only offered two different viewing angles.

A huge factor in the success of a relationship is good communication.1 If you and your love interest have similar communication styles, such as both being willing to talk openly about points of conflict rather than one of you withdrawing, and you can openly communicate despite whatever language or cultural barriers exist, that's a point in favor of your relationship.

The point is not to change who we are fundamentally, but rather to embrace our strengths, shore up our blindspots, and adapt our styles to be more effective when leading across a variety of different people and situations.