Sentences with phrase «than practical value»

More than a decade ago, there was more promise than practical value to the term.

At that price, it may offer more promise of things to come than a practical value.

Not exact matches

Based on his studies during the 1960s and his practical experience in the early 1970s, Milken was determined to focus, first, on future cash flow rather than the past as reflected in book value and reported earnings; and second, to consider human capital part of the balance sheet.

Recently, Singer repeated this assertion in an interview in the Journal of Practical Ethics, arguing that people with serious developmental and cognitive disabilities have less value than animals with higher capacities, strongly implying that we can treat them accordingly (my emphasis):

Accompanied — almost drowned out — by the kids» rock band, the words point out the practical value of the recommended behavior, rather than exhorting.

From Peirce's claim that we can make our ideas clear by considering their conceivable practical effects, to James's notion of truth's cash value in experiential terms, to Dewey's own view of the practical character of reality, the message seems to be that philosophy has more to offer than a therapeutic stance toward social issues and a rhetorical presentation of new suggestions.

The Pragmatist version of this tends to see no other intelligibility in such objects than their practical potentialities for us, famously collapsing the «fact — value» distinction.

Like so many time - honored parental expectations, household chores have a value more significant than the practical issue of household maintenance.

2.8 million) will be available in 2005 — although the small size of the increase makes its value symbolic rather than practical.

There remains more practical value in his «taxonomy» of forty - nine teaching techniques than in four years of most ed schools.

9 • solve one - step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher • recognise, find and name a half as 1 of 2 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • recognise, find and name a quarter as 1 of 4 equal parts of an object, shape or quantity • Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [for example, long / short, longer / shorter, tall / short, double / half]; mass or weight [for example, heavy / light, heavier than, lighter than]; capacity / volume [for example, full / empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter]; time [for example, quicker, slower, earlier, later]; • measure and begin to record the following: lengths and height; mass / weight; capacity and volume; time (hours, minutes, seconds) • recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes • sequence events in chronological order using language (for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening) • describe position direction and movement including whole half quarter and three quarter turns PLUS MANY MORE OBJECTIVES!

Retained value is improving and the reality is it's now more of a talking point than a practical financial reason to reject the car.

While the gearhead in me might better enjoy the smart power delivery of thar turbocharged Volvo S60, the practical dad in me values the interior space and luxurious materials of the Lexus ES300h more than the grunty - yet - efficient Volvo powertrain.

The problem I have with it is its usefulness, as the speaker basically said that if the answer didn't match observations then that just meant the constraints were wrong (or possibly the prior - he did not insist on a uniform one) which implies it doesn't have any practical predictive value, as there seems no way of knowing which constraints are the right ones other than by checking if the answer looks good... Rumour has it that one of the later speakers may be going to say it is not useful for our sort of climate research for some reason... it will all be on video at some later date for those who are interested.

«business background in engineering or some similar field where practical judgement is accorded more value than theoretical expertise,»

Clients value his ability to present practical solutions rather than simply providing a recitation of the law.

All recruiters value practical experiences more than educational qualifications.

In the working world, reliability and practical features bring more value than pomp and circumstance.

The practical knowledge I got from the class really helped set me up for success here, but even more than that I valued the chance to network with fellow agents who were starting out.