Sentences with phrase «than the distraction of»

This decision by CAF should be applauded as it favours the continent's World Cup representatives, allowing them to make the most of that international break to prepare for the challenges to come, rather than the distraction of a qualifier.

I personally doubt that any improvements that might have occurred subsequent to radiation were due to more than the distraction of the procedure or some undiagnosed, underlying cause (such as infection or cancer) that could have been treated less drastically.

Not exact matches

With a reputed vacancy rate of less than 2 % on more than 40 million square feet of industrial, office and retail property in the GTA, the company is known for moving fast, despite the high - octane distraction of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Fidani's pet project.

After more than a decade at Salesforce, I've seen the number of distractions at work grow along with the pressure to continually pack your pipeline with viable leads and new business.

Your cause has to be louder than all of our distractions.

Rather than ban certain sources of distraction outright, measures should be put in place to ensure they don't generate into tools for mishap.

Which, as it turns out, can be a long - term problem (and distraction) to an entrepreneur — most of whom would prefer building their company rather than working to shed those extra pounds.

The suit would subsequently be tossed out, refiled, and eventually dropped by Tarantino, who now admits that the legal saga ended up serving as more of a distraction than redress.

A spokesman for Pershing Square said declined to comment other than to point to its proxy statement, which didn't mention the talk about Ackman's ability to cause media coverage but did say Ackman told ADP it was in the company's interest to avoid the distraction of a board fight.

The Good Society ends with an appeal for a democracy of attention rather than distraction.

Rather than shrugging off an awareness of our sinfulness, and regarding our temptations as tiresome distractions, we should face up to both.

Once one has settled upon one's own mediocrity and despaired of doing or being anything great, one sets one's heart on nothing more than distraction.

If I had decided to chime in I would have recommended reading Ian Bradley's fine book Abide With Me: The World of Victorian Hymns (1997), where he details the heated debates in 19th century England over whether to have choirs, and if so, if they should be kept at the rear of the sanctuary in order to «back up» the congregation in its worship rather than being a visual distraction in the front.

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

As with Paul's discussion of the «thorn in the flesh,» God often does not remove the deprivations and difficulties of our lives, in order to show us that knowing him and his grace more than offsets these distractions.

In this world, gratitude to the past and obligations to the future are replaced by a near - universal pursuit of immediate gratification: Culture, rather than imparting the wisdom and experience of the past toward the end of cultivating virtues of self - restraint and civility, instead becomes synonymous with hedonic titillation, visceral crudeness, and distraction, all oriented toward promoting a culture of consumption, appetite, and detachment.

Rather than being explicit and showing his hand, he practices slight of hand, distraction, illusion, and diversion in order to keep his customers entertained and paying.

Farrell comments: «In this famous passage, Faust again reenacts the Enlightenment's annihilation of traditional, religious, and metaphysical culture and at the same time curses the results: the mind recognizes itself as a slave of «make - belief,» of «smug» self - delusion; it recognizes the phenomena of the natural world as no more than a source of distraction and confusion; and, given these recognitions, heroism, family life, love, even greed and intoxication lose their allure, nor can the Christian virtues offer consolation.

It's not like it's in the back or kinda hidden away or next to something; it's in the very front of the room and almost completely alone which means you're looking in that direction more than anywhere else so you'll notice it immediately and can see it the entire class period to the point it can become a distraction.

The US is a secular country not a christian country.Our country was founded on the principles of freedom fo religion and seperation between church and state.I am a muslim, I can tell you that the reason men and women don; t pray in integrated environments is to avoid distractions and to focus on the prayer not because women are less than men.I personally don; t want to be praying next to a woman because all I'll be thinking about is her and not god.Jews also do the same thing in temples by seperating between men and women in temples.A house of worship is built solely for that purpose, worship!

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.

That will be less of a distraction than a long run in the FA Cup, so maybe he took a bigger chance with his FA Cup selection than he usually would, in the hope that his first team would be fresh to face Chelsea.

Appreciate everything he's done for us, but his recent antics make me think that he's more of a distraction now than he is a contributor.

At this point he's more of a distraction than anything else, and I for one will not be sad to see him go.

Berry has not featured for the Union for more than six months, telling PhillySoccer in a recent interview that he had «[tried] to be a good professional about it and not make a big fuss or too big of a distraction, but it has taken way too long [to get a move]».

To be first in something is better than being second and Mourinho will always chase glory to the point of distraction.

In Guardiola's risk assessment, the league is as good as won, so the United game has become nothing less than an irrelevant distraction in the midst of six crucial days between Wednesday's first - leg at Anfield and next Tuesday's return game at the Etihad.

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.

More than once she prescribed immediate retail therapy and dragged me out in pursuit of some much - needed distraction.

Children with sleep - friendly bedrooms — dark, cool and quiet, with no TV or computer — tend to sleep better than those with lots of distractions.

A slower - than - normal letdown reflex is often a sign of stress or distraction, Rothenberg says.

It's never right to shame moms, because like mom Anya Kamenetz wrote in TIME, using her phone while breastfeeding is something more of a necessity than a distraction.

It takes repetition, consistency and most of all we need to find a replacement, or distraction that helps him focus on something other than eating in that moment.

In a BabyCenter survey of more than 3,000 moms, half reported letting kids younger than 3 play with their smartphone — mostly as a distraction.

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.

Her fear is that anything other than an outright majority will hobble his plans with the distractions of coalition government.

«In a world of the constant distractions of television and computer games, it is more important than ever to encourage youngsters to read.»

Before today's speech, it was rumoured that, because of the distractions of the Scottish referendum and «The English Question», Miliband would this year be relying on flash cards, rather than delivering his usual note - free tour de force.

It's been more than a distraction for Boughton — it's become the focus of his campaign.

One of the bigger distractions in this year's local elections, other than the Berky business, was the hassle in Gardiner over U.S. Postal Service employee Kathy Miller's status to run for county legislature.

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.

«Despite provisional licence holders in this study averaging a driving experience of more than two years, the detrimental effects of mobile phone distraction showed P - plate drivers had an increased probability of failing to detect a pedestrian.»

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

When you're depressed, it can feel easier to retreat inward into the world of your depression, rather than reach out to others and seek healthy distractions.

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.

Continue to take personal inventory, and when getting sucked in by distractions and to do lists, more work than I can handle, promptly admitted it and allowed Spirit to support managing the balance of work and my life.

But with technology, busy lives, distractions and the glow of TVs and computers keeping us wired, it can be easier said than done to get a full night's rest.

Rather than feeling bored and searching for distractions, you'll feel inspired to create and spread your ideas for the sake of enjoyment, without worrying about impressing others.

It's been easier for me to go to a group class of traditional lifting where I know I'll be missed if I don't show up, than to keep to a schedule just for myself in a busy place with constant distractions and demands.

Meditators, on the other hand, demonstrate superior performance on tests of self - regulation, resisting distractions and making correct answers more often than non-meditators.