Sentences with phrase «given little»

Karen Lebacqz said that despite the growing numbers of single persons, the church has given little attention or support to their sexuality, and a new ethic is desperately needed.

The academic suspicion of cosmic teleology that this book has addressed and challenged has given little or no consideration to the possibility that the human level of emergence may itself become a new subsidiary in which a yet higher level (or levels) may take up residence.

They are in the early stages of being responsible for themselves, and most have (as yet) given little or no thought to being seriously responsible to or for others.

He adds, «Where we might have hoped for a level of calm analysis and civic, even civil, discussion of the case in all of its humanity and complexity, we have been given little more than banner headlines, orchestrated press conferences, serial fascination with priestly deviancy, and plaintiff strategy.»

However, you knew that, given a little time, the brain activity would come back.

It is understood that, unlike the priest, he probably had no pack animal at hand, and therefore could have given little practical help to the wounded man.

This charge was prominent in the Atomic Energy Commission's statements and decision, but was given little weight by the Personnel Security Board (the Gray Board), which after extensive hearings found «no indication of disloyalty... and eloquent and convincing testimony to his deep devotion to his country» and «a high degree of discretion reflecting an unusual ability to keep to himself vital secrets.

It is a view which, obviously, looks back to the primeval myth of the divine schooling of man in the ways of civilization, and forward to the whole basic theory of the wise men, a matter of such high importance for an understanding of Israel's concept of the relations of God and man that it must now be given some little examination.

Anyway, the book has finally been released and Aric has given us a little glimpse of its content with a guest post today.

There are few things that annoy me as much as people who get up to speak when they have given little or no thought to how those hearing their words might be in a completely different life - stage and circumstance to them.

True, there are not yet concentration camps, but the civil liberties community (as they like to call themselves) has given little indication to date that it would put up much resistance to the idea.

There is also a fourth form of self - consciousness, here termed «pure,» which has been given little attention in Western philosophic works.

Man was quite rightly given little encouragement to think that his eternal salvation could be won by his own unaided efforts, for it was the gift of divine grace.

Each one was given a little beanbag pumpkin, and set it on a number from 1 to 12.

You have been given a little tiny bit of ground.

They were given little to eat or drink, were constantly guarded, and raped again and again.

I would posit that, based on the many stories I hear from women who have left evangelical churches, it's far more likely that abuse is flourishing in patriarchal homes and churches where women are given little voice and little recourse; it's just getting swept under the rug rather than named and confronted.

This has given little edge to either the bull or bear argument on a technical basis since last week's drop.

When the U.S. payments deficit pumps dollars into foreign economies, these banks are being given little option except to buy U.S. Treasury bills and bonds which the Treasury spends on financing an enormous, hostile military build - up to encircle the major dollar - recyclers China, Japan and Arab OPEC oil producers.

The noise in markets today (to be given little weight) is the «news» of the latest Tweet, or how close an employment report came to consensus estimates, etc..

The central bank says it is proceeding with a plan to raise interest rates in coming months but has given little indication of whether 2018 will see three or four increases.

Before running, he was given a little pep talk by one of the organizers.

A CEO on whose watch a company kept getting into one scrape after another would generally be given a little time to fix the situation and then get bounced in the absence of improvement.

Ideas to make your company more friendly to a broader range of talent can appear «radical» at first, but given a little thought, they turn out to be just good sense.

The replies were terse, leading Guthrie to believe his firing was given little forethought.

The survey found that workers feel like they're given little guidance for understanding what's expected of them.

And dopamine is generated, which gives us a little high and it kills pain.

Give it a little more time and be patient.

It's fairly typical that your customers, competitors and industry will take note of your final «instant success» and marvel at how easy you made it look, and give little consideration for the bumps, bruises and cold nights on a mountain ledge you may have suffered along the way.

«Any organization that is not cautious is capable of giving a little leeway to high performers.

With many like - minded people in the same room, you are bound to meet someone that will give a little golden nugget that may change everything for you or you may stumble upon a great strategic alliance or a future business partner.

President Mario Draghi gave little indication about the next steps for monetary policy in the euro zone during a speech on Wednesday ahead of a key meeting between central bankers.

«So for one of my Christmas presents from Kanye, he gives me this little box with a Disney Mickey toy, Apple headphones, Netflix [and] Amazon gift cards and Adidas socks,» Kardashian says, as her camera pans over the box of gifts.

Maybe putting on a concert T - shirt under your suit gives you a little jolt of secret rock»n' roll energy throughout the day.

Give us the little thing we're asking for — a way to bypass your security software — or we'll take whole thing: Your crown jewels and the royal seal too.

«One of the first things they do at Officer Candidate School is give you a little notebook with a green cover,» Rooney says.

«The guidelines may give some a little bit of confidence, but I don't think it will give them enough to bank these folks,» Pishue said.

He'd let me help out and give me little projects.

«You need to decide — do I want to get to the end of this and feel rubbish, or can you really give yourself a little bit of time to keep a little bit there?»

Replying to a non-urgent but simple email and removing it from my inbox gives me a little shot of dopamine every time.

The show needed someone to set the piece up, give a little background on the industry and talk about the robbery.

Understand that as something grows, you have to give a little piece of it away almost every day.

«It would allow the airlines to hopefully pass something back to consumers but also give them a little bit of a cushion for the next downturn,» he told «Closing Bell.»

She left her job two years ago to stay home with our kids, which gives us a little more balance.

I gave a little more, and bit by bit I got pulled along until all these things have fallen into place.

Outwardly I may be cursing a lot, but in the back of my mind I'm telling myself, «You can do this,» and giving myself little pick - me - ups to control the situation.

We will work a little harder, try one more time and overall give a little extra.

«I wish I could give a little more,» Zolkos can be heard saying to the officers on the video.

But if you'd like to get replies to your emails a little more often — whether they're one - on - one messages to colleagues or marketing messages that you're sending to thousands of people — you might give this little trick a try.

They're willing to give a little to get something back later.