Sentences with phrase «as noble a reason»

As noble a reason as that might seem to some, perhaps just as good is that Kick - Ass 2 is so wretched that it not only shouldn't be seen by kids, but pretty much anyone else, save perhaps for those completely titillated by any feeble rails against political correctness for the sake of seeming hip and edgy.

Not exact matches

In a recent reconstructive essay on Hinduism, Sudhanshu Ranade suggests a connection between the not - so - noble function of «the political branch of Hinduism» in Vedic times, and «the trap the BJP is leading us into today».9 This involves the task of consolidating a hierarchically - ordered socio - political structure for Hindu society reflecting true religious Dhanna and controlling these classes / castes in order «to keep people in their place [so as] to keep them from getting above themselves».10 Perhaps this is the reason that nationalism, in its Orientalist form, is so pervasive in contemporary India.

The two schools of philosophical thought represented on this occasion were Epicureanism and Stoicism: the former, discounting reason and advancing pleasure through experience, or self - satisfaction at the highest and noblest human level, as the true impetus for living; and the latter, exalting human indifference, or submission to the exigencies of existence through rigid self - discipline, treating with sublime disregard good fortune and bad fortune alike.

While the noble, food - curious pursuit of previously - unexplored flavor combinations is as good a reason as any to start getting creative with your pesto, it's definitely not the only reason.

Noble underlined that the absence of Dimitri Payet can not be used as a reason for losing the first - leg tie.

«It is for this noble reason that our organisation felt to celebrate the state and Mr. Governor on this investiture ceremony as a sign of appreciation towards making education the bedrock of development.

Just as unsettling, though for less noble reasons, is the suicide humor (albeit delivered by a fish) tossed randomly into «Horton Hatches the Egg», a cartoon that as a whole is the least faithful of all the adaptations on the DVD — while the gag of following «now I've seen everything!»

Find reason there for the caricatured white trash pastiches serving as Maggie's family (and additional pathos in Maggie's need for a father figure), the boxing - trainer archetype, the old fighter Scrap (blind in one eye and living in a tiny room at the gym), the evil Drago Eastern Bloc nemesis, and the rags - to - riches sports story into noble - cripple tropes that worked in 1962 with Requiem for a Heavyweight.

It's always we can fire no teacher ever except for extreme offenders and maybe 2 a year statewide for quality, or we can have evil power mad principals fire teachers because they cost too much as they age or for speaking out on a noble social issue or for personality reasons.

It's all part of a noble effort to make drivers fall in love with Chrysler's utilitarian creation once again, or at least give consumers compelling reasons to take a long, hard look at a stigmatized (unfairly so, as we've always maintained) segment of the people - hauler market.

That the consumer preference has shifted towards e-books is another reason behind the move as Barnes & Noble sources revealed they wish to apply themselves more in the e-book business.

As for why Barnes and Noble has suddenly decided to slash prices — well, there are a few reasons why the move makes plenty of sense.

It may be near as we know it, but there is no reason Barnes and Noble's eBook infrastructure and talent can't be extended.

Barnes & Noble has its reasons for omitting these features, but anyone who has ever used maps or videoconferencing on a tablet knows how handy these features can be — and their absence may cause some consumers to drop the Nook HD from consideration as a general - use tablet.

Barnes and Noble still operates a strong college textbook selling presence, but as B&N pointed out in relation to this particular store closing, most college students buy their textbooks on campus; B&N actually operates a number of campus bookstores for that reason.

The second reason is Barnes and Noble was very smart with its development of the Nook as a platform.

As Amazon and Barnes & Noble have recently created tablets which are running customized versions of Google's Android, this is one reason Facebook is adopting a similar strategy.

The company cited «the region's market changes» — i.e., competition from Amazon (s AMZN), Barnes & Noble (s BKS) and Kobo — as the reason it won't launch here.

It just goes to show that any act is noble and good as long as it is being done for the «right» reasons.

The scientists report there is no special reason to use gold (nor platinum which was used as the second electrode to complete the circuit)-- other than that these noble metals happened to be lying about the lab.

The linked article takes note of the fact, as will all of you, that there is a potential for abuse here: if good people can scrape databases for noble access - to - justice reasons, bad bottom - feeders can scrape those same databases to sell people expensive services they do not need.

Here's one reason for my optimism: This week, respected appellate advocate Jeff Nobles joined us as a partner.

By keeping your Noble Oklahoma driving record free of as many traffic offenses and points as possible, you eliminate the reasons for your auto insurance provider from implementing drastic hikes in your insurance premiums.