Sentences with phrase «fact of the matter seems»

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«As a matter of fact, he also seems to have worked as a plumber a long time ago...»

American social movements, it seems, remain immutably Puritan no matter what commonsense fact (the goodness of beer, the heterosexual character of marriage) they are directed against.

In fact this provision may cause some confusion or be difficult to apply since it seems to suggest that in this case (the word «only» is very powerful) the matters referenced in s 2 (3) are cumulative (i.e. that the «and» in this case must be conjunctive (which is counter intuitive given the parallel structure of the provisions)-RRB-.

The outcomes of physics experiments and astronomical observations seem so matter - of - fact, so concretely and immediately connected to underlying reality, that they might let us gingerly sidestep all of these issues concerning motivated or sloppy analysis and interpretation.

Many of you seem to be thoughtful articulate peolpe, however, I must call out the fact that many of you presuppose our system as the best possible system (by system I mean our capitalist society) ie it does not matter to great degree which party you espouse they still work within the confines of a system.

It seems very matter of fact.

So for them matter, which might otherwise seem to be our source of humiliation, is in fact the very source of our exaltation and of God's greatest glory.

We haven't posted much about the whole Paula Deen thing around here, because all the sources just seemed too questionable to justify the sort of matter - of - fact reporting to which many...

He seemed thereby to compromise their unspoken professional agnosticism and to mix religious matters with matters of fact.

However this may be, his many references to Jesus seem to me of singular interest; and as a matter of fact I believe that Whitehead was and remained a Christian, although not an «orthodox» one.

Well since a Jew's first contract is with God then the kids should understand that they'll never be able to play in the NCAA or the NBA or any pro sport for the fact of that matter since those organizations seem to play games on the sabbath.

Funny but it seems that no matter how many facts are given to Christians about gays they still come back with the same bigoted arguments so they are incapable of learning?

Reflection or meditatio does not naturally recommend itself to us; as a matter of fact, since most of us are energetic «doers» and high pragmatists, reflection seems like a most unproductive pastime.

As a matter of fact, there seems to be a secular ecumenism developing in the public square, but based upon mass capitulation to pagan values.

As a matter of fact, employees probably seem friendly because they are encouraged to put into action the biblical principle of «second mile service».

Now we may be looking at different problems here, or have different considerations in mind; but from where I view the matter, Bultmann's own statements seem to evade the crucial aspect of change in scientific thinking affecting the vision of our world; and his position, as amplified by Ogden's comments, seems to me simply not to square with the facts, as one may glean them from hearing scientists talk among themselves.

In their objective world of fact and truth and matter and money, the church's world of mystery and meaning and risk and relationship seems silly.

Yes, well, though there is some truth in that perspective, the fact of the matter is that most of the New Testament seems to lead us to believe that God truly is in charge, not just in name, but in practice as well.

As a matter of fact, the Modernists seem to share this doubt; they themselves do not claim to know the truth!

No matter what sort of morality you are measuring, religiosity, doesn't seem to provide any benefits at all and, in fact, is correlated more closely with societal dysfunction rather than societal health.

Only at particular times and places would it seem that, as a matter of fact, the veil of nature can grow thin and rupturable enough for such effects to occur.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding as well when it seems like all you want to consider is the cold hard facts of matter without accounting properly for the human condition to misunderstand them completely and yet be able to draw out useful meaning though imprecise, anyway, and the impact such actual conditions have on your objective reality, which isn't if you exclude them.

It seems to me that the reason he is neglected is that» even though he has many things of value to say that are radical in the sense of getting to the root of the matter» he often goes too far (is «radical») in the sense of reaching conclusions that are too extreme in fact and that lose their practical value in application.

The fact that Atwill had neither scholarly credentials (he's a retired computer programmer) nor a jot of support from any academic in historical studies didn't seem to matter.

«The Data of Science,» begins with a sentence which certainly seems to support my suggestion that Whitehead strongly favors phenomenalism: «Our perceptual knowledge of nature consists in the breaking up of a whole which is the subject matter of perceptual experience, or is the given presentation which is experience — or however else we prefer to describe the ultimate experienced fact» (PNK 59).

This seems to me the central matter and one can not take it too lightly especially in view of the fact that, in Carnap's treatment of modalities, only the modal property «contingent» correlates with the «factual» taken as a semantical property; all other modal properties correlate merely with L - forms.

At the last minute, four national churches, including the largest, the Russian Orthodox Church, declined to attend — a fact that, notwithstanding the protests of the Council's supporters, seems as a practical matter to undercut the Council's significance.

But Bultmann seems to assume that if this is so we can not believe in the virginal conception as a matter of historical fact (sense 2) on grounds of faith: faith can not, in his view, extend the area of historical belief, but only add an invisible divine lining to such an area of historical belief as historical reasoning (sense 1) adequately supports.

As a matter of fact, I've resigned myself to the fact that I may be buying a lot more ingredients online since there are so many things I just can't seem to find in central PA..

The excuses, the barbs he was slinging, the fact that he seemed determined to be the centre of attention and grab the headlines no matter what.

Anyway you can not progress at Arsenal... As a matter of fact, good players seemed to get worse as soon as they touch the Emirates pitch.

The player himself has made no secret of the fact that he would prefer to move to the current Spanish champions and so once Barcelona entered the fray then it seemed to be just a matter of time before Nolito moved to the Nou Camp.

As a matter of fact, his career now seems very threatened and this might spell the end, just like King's case.

there is some suggestion that wenger is backtracking on his fervent stance regarding what players would be staying at the club for the remainder of the season... some might deduce that this is all part of a much bigger, more elaborate plan... by shifting the blame wenger is attempting to, not so slyly, flip the narrative... by doing so he hopes to evoke empathy from his most ardent supporters, while attempting to rally any fence - sitters, whose faith was waning unless a more legitimate agent of blame emerges... unfortunately, and incredibly insulting to the fans, when wenger attempts to spin a tale and / or tries to eat his own words, he doesn't seem to play it all the way through in his head, so invariably gaping holes emerge... say we believed his version of the truth, would that not make him either an incredibly well - paid custodian of destruction or a spineless jellyfish because what manager worth his weight in salt would stay at a club that didn't give him final say after 20 years of supposed «success»... no matter the answer, neither bodes well for us... how ironic, in a way, since many pundits claim this team has lacked a «spine» for some years now... so whether we win, lose or draw on Sunday is frankly immaterial, as the problems will remain, and although it will be easier to digest if we left the Pool with 3 points, it might just be the worst result for the betterment of this club... a fact that both breaks my heart and baffles the mind

The fact of the matter is it seems that if wenger was offered another 2 years the majority would be on board with that and I personally cant see how, if some of the fans are this delusional and would rather see us slowly decline then maybe arsenal deserves what it gets in the long term.

Here or not, Wilshere has no influence on our seasons, year after year... As a matter of fact it seems that while injured we get better runs because Wenger is not tempted to f*ck up and put him in the first team (15 first games: 5 wins in total... This is where we lost the league).

Finally, those closest to recruiting in Memphis seem to be more matter of fact that Jeffries is flipping (especially if Penny has some success next year) and that Wiseman needs some work to be flipped.

The fact of the matter is that everyone outside of those who dislike North Carolina men's basketball seems to want those to go away as quietly as possible.

They may not seem as flawless as they did a year ago, but much like last season, Juventus» spotless record makes Roma's relatively innocuous struggles seem malignant, but the fact of the matter is, Roma are in as good a position as we could've possibly hoped, especially given how much turnover there was on the back line.

@kel koscieny is 6.1 vermalen is 5 11, checck your stats before rainin abuse on wenger, and as a matter of fact i can't seem to remember anyone getting the best of vermalen in areial duel last season.

Clearly a balance has to be struck between such expense and bringing in new players and while Tottenham seem bound to enter the transfer market at some point before the window closes, Levy recognises the importance of team spirit and the obvious fact that only one club can win the league title no matter how much money is splashed about.

This is really a big matter that tricked all Arsenal fans including myself whether these two lads are relieble or not.To me Rosicky's injury wasnt so terifying except the fact that he needed a long 18 months to recover, anyway i still beleive he can still do what he used to do, i prefer him more than Nasri as he is more faster and he's got a good striking force when he hits the ball, to sum it up, he used to be one of my favorite, Lets see whats gonna happen!!!! As for Dudu, the terifying action of the injury cant still get out of my mind, it seems like it was my own leg, so thats why im always fearfull!!

«Though it is unfortunate that education in the country seems to be on decline but as a matter of fact, we must muster efforts to strengthen the superior legacy which we are known for.

(City of London police statement) The fact that he was being penned in by police at the time seemed to have little bearing on the matter.

The fact that King will miss the opportunity to weigh in on legislation regarding education policy seems to matter less since Cuomo and lawmakers have become more aggressive in crafting it themselves, in spite of education leaders» opinions.

However, that fact seems irrelevant to Ms. Paul, who neither attended the Town of Ramapo meeting on January 15th where the matter was discussed, or issued a statement on whether she is in favor of or against the development.

Gabaldón added, «It's one of those magical moments of research when, once you open your mind enough, you can surrender to the evidence in the data and discard what you had considered as a proven fact to adopt an entirely new paradigm, no matter how implausible it seems at first.

The fact that — with the exception of Aboriginal people — very few Australians had any experience of dingoes did not seem to matter.

A fair bit of the cosmos — 22 per cent of it, in fact — seems to be made of invisible dark matter, whose extra gravity helps to bind stars together in galaxies, and galaxies together in clusters.

As a matter of fact, Sharyn, there don't seem to be any other studies linking artificial sweeteners to dementia.