Sentences with phrase «to point to something»

You want to be able to point to something fantastic and say «I did that.»»

The fact that the bag is proudly toted by high school students (as a stylish backpack alternative) and senior citizens alike would seem to point to something of a sociological anomaly.

Cameron points to something called the Hawthorne effect, a phenomenon identified during experiments conducted in the 1920s and 1930s at the Hawthorne Works, a factory outside Chicago.

If sex is an icon that points us to something far greater that itself, how have we lost sight of the icon?

Soon as one side declares an injustice the other side can point to something and it is almost always very similar.

That's not entirely implausible, but Keister has hardly pointed to something unique to conservative Protestantism.

In 1984, Ronald Reagan could say that it «was morning in America again,» and more substantially, by decade's end, other center - right politicians and pundits could point to something of an American return, after the «Great Disruptions» of the 1960s and 1970s, to patriotism, to aversion to socialism, to more moderated personal mores, and to religion.

if you put a ring around the bottom part of the Z then that is all we know — we know the love we receive in the church and we know about Jesus on earth — he points to something else but that is all unknown, unproven, etc..

Wondering in viewing these questions if the sacrifice that blood represents to God gives value to violence... that shedding blood even in violence doesn't just mean the end of something but points to something precious with God.

It points to something true, yes, and contemporary Europe remains profoundly indebted to its Christian past.

If we want to indicate a white thing or a man, we have to point to something like Socrates; but if we want to indicate Socrates, we point to Socrates.

We have reason, we have critical faculties, we have a more - or-less developed moral sense, we have intuitions and intimations which point to something beyond the here - and - now.

What we commemorate before Easter is what we experience in this life; what we celebrate after Easter points to something we do not yet possess.

Hence, when the mind is considering something like «justice» or «Paris» it is pointing to something beyond itself

There is no evidence for a god, and there is no evidence that people have ever experienced anything inside their minds that pointed to something that was objectively true OUTSIDE of their minds, but which could not be experienced by others unless they too had a «personal experience» of it.

If you think 9/11 was bad, all signs point to something worse is coming.

That the question is a viable one points to something that may be less obvious to those outside of Orthodoxy's circle, and that is that the Orthodox in America are in the process of figuring out just who we are.

We could say, «Money» or «fame» or «health» but really, these are pointing to something else, something hidden, that people want: HOPE.

It gives itself only by silently pointing to something else, something finite as the object of direct regard.

You speak on what is «True Doctrine», could we also point to something such as the Consti; tution and the daily court room arguments of lawyers and clerks who feel that they alone know and understand the true meaning of the what the framers when they wrote the laws of this land?

As the Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 5, the mystery of marriage points to something beyond both the couple and the institution itself, to a greater and more beautiful reality of Christ's relationship with his Church.

But sometimes symbols point to things that really happened and Christianity points to something that is more than just one of many ancient belief systems.

although i believe the gospel story points to something in the movement of time... historical... i think it is pointing beyond it, like a lens, into the reality i'm trying to explain in point # 3.

It is these little nuances with life that points to something that science and atheist can not fully explain no more than the Pastor of the local church, after a storm, looks upon his town and has to field questions of «why my house» while at the same time having to field «Thank the Lord my house was spared.»

If I were forced to point you to something, then you might take a look at something called New Thought Christianity.

I've been told that my art points to something beyond, something eternal, something infinite, that it is emotive and oriental and courageous.

The question I want to raise is this: Is the crank element — what I shall hereafter refer to as «crankitude» — that manifests itself in the work of Kurzweil and Leibowitz merely a reflection of personal idiosyncrasy or does it point to something more significant?

Their hinted common origins, in fact, point to something greater beyond either.

The historical argument is parallel here, but the emotional difference points to something else at play: Roman polytheism is a dead religion, no one seriously expects it being espoused, it's symbols can only be historic in nature.

They understood that this must be pointing to something bigger and better that could truly take care of the sin problem.

It specifically points to something which happened.

Yet his justification for these excellent conclusions would seem to be very shaky, and in fact points to something less than omniscient and omnipotent God.

This leads us to a second general remark: for the primitive, symbols are always religious because they point to something real or to a structure of the world.

can you point me to something similar to prove that «science is the mind of god»?

21 For Teilhard the world is diaphanous of a transcendent God, who reveals his presence by means of signs whereby the evolutionary process points to something beyond itself.

Sort of points to something if you ask me.

Does that point to something about our team?

Every other season points to something too, then what you do is try to find the average.

It was a claim that's easy to dismiss given the sheer amount of evidence that points to something rotten at the heart of FIFA, but, even in a very minor sense, does Blatter have a point?

I remember one day being absolutely shocked when my then - five - year - old boy pointed to something (I forget what now, but I remember that it was pink) and called it «A GIRL TOY — it's not for BOYS, Mommy!»

Over the course of her first year, a typically developing baby will learn how to: hold her own head up; roll (both ways); grab things with her hands and fingers; crawl; find your voice in a crowd; clap; wave; smile; laugh; get your attention; point to something interesting; eat solid food; grab her feet; grow teeth; recover from illness; some will learn how to walk and talk; and master countless other milestones.

Respond to your baby's attempts at conversation by acknowledging when he points to something and by talking back when he begins to babble.

You can also look at the pictures and point to something and ask your child to tell you what it is.

Which points to something one of the SBM folks wrote the other day: «In my experience» is one of the most dangerous phrases in medicine.

Show him an object or point to something else in the room and it's likely that he'll drop what he's doing.

Try and point to something they may find interesting and engaging.

An available hand to write or even just to point to something is not always a viable option while holding two littles.

When you're in a new environment — a coffee shop, an airport, or the corner market — point to something and ask, «What's this?»

A handful ofpoliticians in each generation can point to something achieved due to theirpersonal efforts, pushing it forward.

Mr. Seabrook, the union leader who has been a proud obstacle to plenty of the reform efforts aimed at Rikers Island by Mr. de Blasio over the last several years — he filed court documents to try to stop a new use of force policy and has held City Hall press conferences decrying the mayor's policies and telling him to «shape up or ship out» — pointed to something that would probably be an even larger obstacle to closing down the city's controversial jail complex: resistance from residential neighborhoods who don't want inmates nearby.