Sentences with phrase «was the point behind»

Eliminating the dull jobs, plus the dirty and dangerous ones, has in fact been the point behind the entire history of technology.

That was the point behind a previous submission of mine to this journal, «Don't exaggerate!»

City could have been a point behind us with a game in hand and we be fighting for 4th again.

A must win now Spurs are a point behind us in third and Stoke are looking like real giant killers.

Tottenham were a point behind their nearest and dearest, but were at home against Fulham, while Arsenal had the trickier game, away at West Bromwich Albion, the last game of soon - to - be England manager Roy Hodgson's reign.

Inter are a point behind, whilst their city neighbours Lazio are only ahead of them on goal difference.

Liverpool, who are a point behind second - placed United having played a game more, are 5 - 1 with bet365 to win next year's title, which would be their first success since 1990, while United, who have not won the title for five years, are rated 6 - 1 chances with the Stoke - based firm.

Besides, Barcelona needed to win the match because they were some points behind than Real Madrid and by winning this, the current winner of Spanish league has reduced the point difference with Real.

Liverpool dropped points yesterday against Sunderland and if Arsenal beat Bournemouth tonight then they will just be a point behind the Reds.

City are currently fourth with 64 points, while United are a point behind in fifth, and both have six games to play.

Madrid are a point behind fierce rivals, Barcelona.

That loss against Swansea really ruined their shot of banning a top five finish this season because now even if they beat 5th placed United though would still be a point behind the Red Devils heading into the final round of matches.

The beginning of the game starts with a bit of mystery: who are the girls being kidnapped and what is the point behind murdering the cop?

And that is the point behind the above titled session which will be occurring in just over two weeks at the 2012 CALL / ACBD Annual Conference that is, to understand what the statistics truly say, or do not say, in their entirety.

That is the point behind CEO Tim Cook shifting and shoring up duties for some of his closet managers.

Have you ever left an interview and wondered what was the point behind some of the questions?

Not exact matches

They also report that social media is the second most likely way U.S. Millennials will learn about a new product (26 percent of respondents), just 3 percentage points behind TV advertising (29 percent).

The conversation was described as light - hearted and short, but vigorous — with White House officials pointing to a broader strategy behind the thinking of not firing the director.

The idea behind it is to coach speakers out of pointing, pounding their fists or looking too aggressive.

US government sources were quick to point out to journalists that Israel must have been behind the hits.

The question that remains unanswered is at which point Trump policies become an embarrassment for those who have lined up behind Trump's promise to cut taxes and regulation, or indeed the Wall Streeters who have joined the administration.

Love responded: «He was three steps behind the 3 - point line — I knew I had to guard him there.

After all, this is a game - changer, but it also points to governance shortcomings at universities, which can be behind the curve and bloated.

The reasoning behind all of these actions — shoring up streaming rights, decreasing losses, etc. — point to Spotify potentially planning an initial public offering for sometime next year, as has been reported.

But when it came to the point where someone's like, «All right, it's time to leave your entire life, your family, everyone you know behind and go to another planet forever until you die,» people would probably say, «Uh, actually... no.»

At the moment, everything in a car from a design point of view is based on a 100 - year - old package — engine in the front, and a driver holding a steering wheel behind.

But, as analysts have pointed out, it's not the device that matters, it's the platform behind it.

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like the actual concept of the game is very different from that behind Scrabble where letters are rearranged to spell words and points are awarded based on careful mapping of the letters on the design of the board.

You always hear about the «overnight success» of a lot of businesses, but what most people don't see is the years of behind the scenes blood, sweat, and tears that go into pushing a business to that single point in time.

The Harper government is in effect asking Bell, Telus and Rogers (which owns Canadian Business) to play with one arm strapped behind their back, while allowing Verizon (and other foreign companies) to pick and choose their targets, entry point and timing.

Here's the point; if you don't harness mobile technology to help eliminate your reliance on pen and paper, you risk falling behind your competitors that do.

Moreover, the Internet's contribution to Canada's GDP is expected to grow to 3.6 % by 2016, at which point the country will be even further behind the expected average of 5.3 %, sliding to 12th.

We also make a point to talk to our vendors» technical people, so that we know what the knowledge base is behind their products.»

With a traditional point of sale system, the cashier is stuck behind the cash register, giving potential shoplifters plenty of opportunity to head out the door with a shirt or piece of jewelry.

The authors of the new report aren't shy about pointing out the factors they believe are behind America's slide into unhappiness.

Among the pundits, the New York Times» Paul Krugman has come out behind Clinton, while Noah backs Obama, on the grounds that if all the plans are, as Noah maintains, gradually introducing socialized medicine, there's no point in antagonizing a large bloc of voters with a mandate.

Hudson Square Research analyst Jeffrey Logsdon points out that this year's movie crop is smaller than in the summer of 2013, but the bigger factor behind the current summer slump could be quality.

The response has been overwhelmingly positive, with most people pointing out the impressively seamless blending job behind the «no makeup» look.

Student loan debt in the U.S. is $ 1.2 trillion and nearly a quarter of that is delinquent to the point where people are months behind in their payments.

Craft buyouts tend to lead to broader expansion — Goose Island and Blue Moon became national brands; Elysian and Ballast Point aren't far behind.

Bhide also points out that Solomon CEO John Gutfreund was «fired just for delays in reporting bad behavior» to the Fed — and that «Skilling is behind bars» for «puffery» and a failure to be forthcoming.

Ironically, this last point is largely why many others are avoiding the public markets — they don't want the public market scrutiny on their businesses, much less have to reveal anything they're doing behind close doors.

That question can go in many directions: (1) they may not know their conversion rate (pain point); (2) they will certainly be curious what their peers are achieving, in comparison to themselves (pain point); and (3) any smart manager will want to learn how to improve their business if they are lagging behind (pain point).

His gestures illustrate what he's saying vs. the rehearsed chopping, and he gets out from behind that podium and walks, not aimlessly like too many, but strategically for impact, either between points, or to open and close.

Yes, that's nearly 20 points behind Clinton, but for a candidate with views that are on the fringe of American politics, it is remarkable.

«If he can position himself and get recognized as the man behind Alibaba, which he did by getting into the paper and onto TV — at that point he knew that was the best time to make a move and do something.»

Watching the New England Patriots — trailing 21 - zip in the second quarter, down 25 points in the third, 19 points in the hole with less than 600 seconds to go in regulation — rally to win the Super Bowl in overtime, I couldn't help but wonder if there was some mysterious science behind «the miraculous comeback»: something measurable, or at least point - to - able, that captures the transformation of human spirit that drives an individual — or, more inexplicably, a team of separate beings — to see «victory» when «loss» is flashing all around them.

Robin Beinenstock, an analyst with Bernstein Research, points out that BT Group has had major issues around pension funding, but the worst is behind it.

Instead of showing all of the special effects and revealing major plot points, the video was more of a teaser that focused on the process behind the making of the movie — emphasizing the real sets and practical effects, and de-emphasizing the CGI effects which were widely criticized as removing the humanity and realism of the prequels.

They were brought on to create a database with thousands of labels and hundreds of data points behind each wine, says Jennifer Simonetti - Bryan, one of the five Masters of Wine, who now is in charge of curation and currently manages the wine team.