Sentences with phrase «than a distraction from»

However, it was more important to avoid distractions from academic work than distractions from spiritual formation.

As the founding document of Union shows, such a school would quite deliberately be set in the midst of a major metropolitan center on the grounds that this environment was necessary to, rather than a distraction from, its proper academic purposes.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's press release is little more than a distraction from more fundamental problems, according to advocates and people familiar with the system.

Hathaway is game, but she's unable to make Kyle seem like anything more than a distraction from the better subplots, like the young cop Blake (Joseph Gordon - Levitt), who has his own theories on Dent and Batman's true legacy.

They've often amounted to little more than a distraction from online play, with uniformly laid - out missions, meat - headded braggadocio and preposterous cinematics.

His trophies and queries while interesting and mildly thought - provoking amounted to little more than a distraction from the main quest.

This bill is nothing more than a distraction from the reality that clean energy is here to stay.»

For the very last time — point of use solar is little more than a distraction from the main game which is to shut down coal.

The Economist seems cynical, questioning the purpose of the initiative, and wondering whether providing this information is anything more than a distraction from real policing issues.

Not exact matches

With everything from social networks to reality shows in the mix, the potential for distraction is greater than ever.

More often than not though social follow and share buttons should go on the confirmation page to reduce distraction from your CTA.

That if that's their calling of the Lord than should be on salary but a moderate salary not a salary that makes them rich but of a modest lifestyle sure if they have a family living in a home that meets their needs and these millionaire status like cars where your above the people Jesus lived a very conservative life for a reason so that he was not a distraction too his assignment of preach the Gospel being a good example and staying away from any appearance of filthy lucre as we see displayed today as he he who preaches the Gospel if they have no other charge from the Lord than they should live of the Gospel

This is a view so obviously contrary to Catholic doctrine as to be no more than a convenient distraction from the main issue.

Suffice it to say, the new mandate hasn't made anybody happy and has garnered plenty of vocal detractors (and rightly so), from US Lacrosse, the sport's national governing body (which, among other things, called the mandate «irresponsible» and premature), to coaches (who don't see the flimsy headband approved by FHSAA — what one longtime game official told The Times looked «more like a thick bandana» — as serving any purpose and no more than a «costly distraction to parents and the players»), to game officials (one told The Times that the only effect the headgear was having on the game was to cause delays because the headbands were prone to falling off) to the athletes themselves, who say all it does is get in the way of their goggles.

Other things that worked is to make sure milk is warm enough, put baby in swing with mobile on as a distraction and she is semi-upright, have baby in a good mood (feed her just after she gets up from a well - rested nap; and wait about 15 min longer than her regular breast feeding schedule so she's hungry.

The huge sunshade is bigger than most — a bonus to protect your child from the sun or to help him or her sleep without distractions.

However, a recent report from Friends of the Earth entitled «A Dangerous Distraction» was highly critical of the CDM, suggesting that rather than reducing global emissions or benefiting developing countries, offsetting was merely leading to more ingenious ways to avoid cutting emissions.

Feigning surprise and seeking to blame the Seneca Nation for understanding and following the Compact to the letter is nothing more than an attempt at distraction from the truth,» he said.

In a 90 - minute closing argument, Christopher P. Conniff, a defense lawyer, told jurors that the case against State Senator Dean G. Skelos and his son, Adam, amounted to little more than distractions, snippets of conversations taken out of context, and self - serving lies from two central witnesses.

While all distractions impair a driver to some degree, texting while driving draws eyes away from the road for longer than fiddling with the radio or even dialing on a cell phone.

Daley's scientific frustration stems from more than just the distraction of alternative techniques.

Despite distractions from our television screens and smartphone devices, the United Kingdom is embracing sport more than it ever has before.

Your favorite tunes are more than just a distraction from all the huffing and puffing — researchers have found that matching the tempo of a workout to music with a strong, fast beat can increase ones capacity for exercise by 15 percent.

Having more than one person in the shot provides too much of a distraction from the main story, which should be you!

If you are going to pick more than one app to increase the pool of people you get to choose from, know that this might only add to the confusion and distraction but that you should try for apps that have a point of difference.

Missteps like this prevent The Overnight from becoming more than a distraction - pleasant enough to watch but not permanent enough to remember.

In 1985 Neil Postman published a book, «Amusing Ourselves to Death, «in which he argued that of the two great dystopian novels from the first half of the 20th century — Aldous Huxley's «Brave New World» and George Orwell's «1984» — it was actually the former, whose weapon of governmental control was distraction, rather than the latter, whose weapon was dictatorship, that was the more prescient and more deadly.

Visually appealing and off - kilter enough to remind even the worst cynics that games can actually have a fun core and work out from there — rather than building something then trying to figure out the fun part — BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger offers an interesting distraction, which might not be enough for hardcore fighting fans (who probably played the game to exhaustion years ago), but I'm not one of those people so I actually had some fun with the game.

When it comes to Hollywood blockbusters, that's often the best one can hope for, and Scott Pilgrim might almost be described as a better sort of misogynistic film because if offers distractions from its misogyny rather than foregrounding it as so many others do.

Every scene is constructed with a need for mass appeal, targeting slapstick for the kiddies and plenty of old film references for the adults, and almost all of these are a distraction from the main story, rather than a means to enhance the characters or plot.

Also, while the film, of course, doesn't have the luxury of an extended TV series, Wright had the opportunity to include more personal touches than the character of Churchill's typist (Lily James is an extended, unnecessary distraction), who is there to put up with his eccentricities (including famously dictating letters from inside a bathtub), outbursts, and yet buoy him when he is feeling down.

The comedy is supposed to be grounded by Aaron's relationship with his med school sweetheart Daphne (Elisabeth Moss from «Mad Men»), but it serves more as a distraction than as a source of heart.

If there's an exception, it's a scene in which the mighty Thor finds himself in a sticky predicament in which his escape plan doesn't seem to place him in any less danger than the situation he was escaping from in the first place, but that's a minor distraction.

Most of the famous faces are little more than cameos, and so you will have to spend more time with Coop's (Michael Showalter) failed attempts at romance (with Lake Bell) than anybody wants to, but there are so many distractions from the «plot» of «First Day of Camp,» that the piece rarely drags.

More often than not the employment of handhelds and security footage is a distraction and when coupled with lighting schemes intended to disorient or obfuscate what's around the corner from the audience it is a downright detriment.

Contact: Susan Payne Carter: 845-938-0856, [email protected], United States Military Academy Jackie Kerstetter: 814-440-2299, [email protected], Education Next Computer use in college classes reduces final - exam grades New study finds that technology can be more of a distraction than a learning tool August 17, 2017 — The vast majority of college students carry laptops or tablets from class to class.

More than just helmets, harnesses and muddy boots, and more than just distraction, fun and sport, intelligent outdoor learning integrates motivating and challenging activities with clear learning and PSD outcomes, and the immersion of a young person in a friendly and safe, away - from - home environment.

Lecturer in Literacies Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Stewart Riddle, told The Conversation the review has been little more than a political distraction from addressing serious concerns about equity in our schools.

Whether they cut the colossal down to comprehensible size, carve out a cross-section from a concealed interior, or control distractions competing for cognitive load, contrived experiences are imitations that teach better than the realities they imitate.

Professionals who will be affected by proposed changes often see new policies and regulations as distractions from or add - ons to their «real work,» and therefore interpret those policies to fit their needs.245 Rather than being passive recipients of policy, they are actors in the process of making policy.

High school teacher and instructional coach Tony Winger laments how traditional classroom grading practices lead to grades becoming a distraction from learning — a commodity students feel they work the system to attain — rather than a clear message to students and parents.

Where governance is weak, it is unlikely to improve if senior leaders do not know what «good» looks like, or simply do not accept its importance, viewing it as a distraction from the task of improving teaching and learning, rather than central to sustained school improvement.

Geared toward light vehicles (cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, minivans, and other vehicles rated at not more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight), the guidelines proposed today are the first in a series of guidance documents NHTSA plans to issue to address sources of distraction that require use of the hands and / or diversion of the eyes from the primary task of driving.

Meanwhile, among the findings from NHTSA's first nationally - representative telephone survey on driver distraction released earlier this year, more than three - quarters of drivers reported that they are willing to answer calls on all, most, or some trips.

That chameleon - like flexibility makes the Volkswagen hatchback a better value than sedan rivals like the WRX STi or Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, and — for the time being — it's a nice distraction from any discussion of dirty diesels.

The petition argues that «many view the absence of robust communication tools on e-readers as a welcome break from distraction rather than as a limitation,» and that the mandate to make devices accessible to disabled people would «convert e-readers into something they are not: a general purpose device.»

Orson & Co.'s new app - based platform eLumination allows authors to get very creative with the additional features in their ebooks, such as music, videos, even the background display of the page, but more importantly, it allows readers to ignore these features if they do not feel they are anything other than a distraction, detracting from the reading experience.

Read the manuscript from beginning to end without distractions, rather than stopping to edit or re-write

More distractions than an e-reader: Getting into a book requires disconnecting yourself from your environment a little bit, which can be difficult if your reading method issues a regular stream of notifications popping up on your screen.

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