Sentences with phrase «than a collection of»

The acceptance of HTML by Web page designers has allowed them to think of a document as a way of accessing information, rather than a collection of static pages that can only be read when downloaded.

Companies and institutions often appear monolithic from afar but the reality is that they're nothing more than collections of people trying their best to work together.

The 75 companies that were featured on our Top Company Cultures list demonstrate that culture is so much more than the collection of happy hours or perks you offer.

Indeed, Apple's gadgets are far more than a collection of great products.

The laws of DNA, RNA the living force within cells than makes them more than a collection of atoms and molecules but makes them vibrant and capable of actions point to an intelligent first cause.

A$ $ uming the bible is more than a collection of stories written by men is your first mistake.

Too many priests simply want laypeople to submit to church authority and tradition, and too many laypeople regard Orthodoxy as nothing more than a collection of rituals from which they pick and choose what works for them.

Morality has an objective aspect but that objective quality is to be measured against the world God created more so than any collection of inspired writings.

True, so why don't you do us all a favor: Keep your God, and admit that the Bible, the Torah and the Qur «an is nothing more than a collection of myths and fables.

There is no evidence that the bible is anything more than a collection of ancient, middle - eastern myths.

Christan beliefs are based on nothing more than a collection of Bronze and Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology, much of it discredited, that was cobbled together into a book called the «Bible» by people we know virtually nothing about, before the Dark Ages.

As modern knowledge advances and hitherto insoluble problems are solved, a good deal of religion will be seen to be based on false premises, to be inadequate for modern conceptions of the universe, or to be little more than a collection of superstitious taboos.

At a purely physical level these words are nothing more than a collection of meaningless particles of graphite.

Accepting the most extraordinary claims imaginable based on nothing more than a collection of this mythology that was cobbled together during the Dark Ages is a pretty foolish thing to do.

There is no proof that the bible is anything more than a collection of middle - eastern myths, derived from oral tradition, edited by men with a definite agenda, transcribed repeatedly and translated by individuals of varying skill.

This book is more than a collection of apocalyptic horror stories; it is in the authors» characterization a «can - do» book: a book about what you [meaning all of us] tan do to help restore the work ethic.»

If matter is all there is, then ultimately what you think of as your mind is nothing more than a collection of neurons firing inside your skull.

By your standards of what can or can not be defined as a historic symbol, museums would be nothing more than collections of dirt, rock and water.

Why would they think that our holy book, the Bible, is anything more than a collection of ancient writings that has little or nothing to do with them?

Some of the highest - IQ people in our world stay up late at night trying to find new ways to convince us that we are nothing more than a collection of appetites.

Fourth, I would have left you a book a little more consistent, timeless and independently verifiable than the collection of Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology you call the Bible.

Tolstoy, for instance, is an epic writer, whose books overflow with physical details and frequently threaten to overflow their own narrative structures and become as vast and as inconclusive as life itself, while Dostoevsky is a dramatic writer, whose books are full of fraught and urgent voices, at times almost disembodied, trapped in situations of immediate and pressing crisis, and surrounded by a physical world usually having no more substance than a collection of painted canvasses or pasteboard silhouettes at the back of the stage.

Forth, I would have left you a book a little more consistent, timeless and independently verifiable than the collection of Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology you call the Bible.

Infinite divisibility in this context can never yield more than a collection of independent reactions.

As different as we are and as many functions as we serve, we are far more than a collection of parts.

The above beliefs are based on nothing more than a collection of Bronze and Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology, much of it discredited, that was cobbled together into a book called the «Bible» by people we know virtually nothing about, before the Dark Ages.

Religion is nothing more than a collection of made up stories for primitive minds that were vexed when they could not undersand what made rain fall, oceans swell, stars pass.

Second, if I did, I would have left you a book a little more consistent, timeless and independently verifiable than the collection of Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology you call the Bible.

The above beliefs are based on nothing more than a collection of Bronze Age and Greco - Roman Middle Eastern mythology, much of it discredited, that was cobbled together into a book called the «Bible» by people we know virtually nothing about, before the Dark Ages.

Look, if I did exist, I would have left you a book a little more consistent, timeless and independently verifiable than the collection of Iron Age Middle Eastern mythology you call the Bible.

Harvested from the fruit - fall of giant Bertholletia excelsa trees, Brazil nut extraction involves little more than collection of pods («cocos») from the forest floor, a practice which has been found to increase the abundance of Brazil nut trees across the landscape.

A team is more than a collection of talented individuals.

Last season's Padres seemed less a team than a collection of individuals.

At this stage in its history, basketball is little more than a collection of carbon and rubber.

With bettors bailing on the Cowboys, severe weather everywhere and extremely low NFL totals, this weekend is looking more like an episode of «The Twilight Zone» than a collection of sporting events.

To be perfectly blunt, the «other side» of this issue is nothing more than a collection of old myths and deliberately deceptive research that's utterly undeserving of recognition (except perhaps in the context of a discussion about modern - day quackery or the like).

More than a collection of boozy recipes — though there are plenty of those — Arnold's first book is a crash course in, and celebration of, mixed drink chemistry.

If the Greenland settlement was originally an effort to find and exploit the prized natural resource of ivory, rather than a collection of independent farmers, the society would have needed more top - down planning than archaeologists had thought, says Christian Koch Madsen of the Danish and Greenlandic National Museums in Copenhagen.

He understands and treats the body as one integrated system rather than a collection of independent organs, in order to identify and address the root causes of disease.

In many ways, our emotional lives are nothing more than a collection of stories that we tell ourselves about ourselves.

As a Naturopathic Doctor I appreciate that people are more than a collection of individual parts.

His holistic approach treats the body as one integrated system, rather than a collection of independent organs, in order to identify and address the root causes of disease.

What better, than a collection of polished spring dresses to debut my (very pale) gams!

It's so much more than a collection of beautiful pottery pieces, though.

Because the narrative is so episodic, it's very easy to remember Volume 2 (like its predecessor) as nothing more than a collection of bits.

What makes Magnifique work best as album experience, rather than a collection of individual songs; any shapeless moments are grafted onto the studier elements in the listener's memory, leading to a rewarding overall experience in spite of the lulls in the action.

But, had they infused some dimension and personality, the film would be more than a collection of talking heads and hollow narratives.

Rather than a collection of set pieces the action stays in one place and just bumps it up a notch every couple of minutes.

It isn't without intelligence, it's just that it doesn't connect all of the dots necessary in the narrative development to be anything other than a collection of interesting scenes that never coagulate into a force to drive its cynical message home.

No more than a collection of bad ideas, abysmal portrayals, and cheap rip - offs of more successful comedies, Anchorman is for all of you out there who think Ferrell is great, or loved Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Old School.