Sentences with phrase «in pragmatic terms»

He receives an overview in pragmatic terms of the key elements of LPM and learns why the other firms» approaches have not worked.

The rationale is set out in pragmatic terms in Ursula Becker v Finanzamt Münster - Innenstadt [1982] CJEU (Case 8/81) as follows: `... in cases in which the Community authorities have, by means of a directive, placed Member States under a duty to adopt a certain course of action, the effectiveness of such a measure would be diminished if persons were prevented from relying upon it in proceedings before a court....»

In pragmatic terms, a person is suitable to serve in the presidency if they pass 80 % — 95 % of the expected standard.

In pragmatic terms, this means it is not always necessary to know why a whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Moreover, religious observers and publicists create for themselves pseudoreligious absolutes out of political machinery and programs that are more wisely and effectively viewed in pragmatic terms by the diplomatist.

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His 30,000 - foot view examines wealth management in the context of human behavior — a complement to the pragmatic, short - term, and money - centric model that drives much investor activity today.

Being, to use your term, pragmatic about it, I admit my ignorance and posit that the answers to any and all of your questions have absolutely no bearing on whether or not I believe in a god or gods.

The «truth» of a construal of the God - world relationship is a mixture of belief (Ricoeur calls it a «wager»), pragmatic criteria, and what Philip Wheelwright terms a «shy ontological claim,» or, as in Mary Hesse's striking remark, «God is more like gravitation than embarrassment» (Arbib and Hesse, 5).

Next, the soul gives us real intelligence — the ability to know the truth and value of things absolutely rather than just in terms of their pragmatic use for ourselves.

There are very pragmatic reasons why we should confront this matter with more honesty and long - term commitment than we've done in the past, but the main reason goes beyond self - interest.

In historiogenetic terms, the republic has moved so far toward the pragmatic that historical reality is experiencing a Hegelian distortion, exemplified by a «progressive» desire on the part of elements of the elite to move toward «empire» and the perverse influence of foreign ideologies.

And third, we intend to evaluate the pragmatic value, in terms of the task of ministry, of Kaplan's idea of God and that of process theology based on the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead.

Yet even in areas where pragmatic and secular terms typically rule the debate, charity remains at the forefront of Novak's concerns.

One of these is the pragmatic model of truth, according to which the truth of something is assessed in terms of its functional value or its usefulness.

In less prosperous and less romantic times, Christians have viewed marriage in more pragmatic terms as God's good gift of providing a partner with whom to work and live and make lovIn less prosperous and less romantic times, Christians have viewed marriage in more pragmatic terms as God's good gift of providing a partner with whom to work and live and make lovin more pragmatic terms as God's good gift of providing a partner with whom to work and live and make love.

The document then avoids any further reference to «ridding the world of evil» and proceeds generally in somewhat less emotive and more pragmatic (but nevertheless grandiose) terms to discuss and project foreign - policy objectives.

I will maintain that even though data are indeed theory - laden, it is possible to make pragmatic distinctions between more theoretical and more observational terms in any particular context.

The cities of which Mayernik writes» and I have been blessed to have spent time in all five» and others like them captivate us to this day; and whatever else can be said about such places, they demonstrate, in the author's words, that «the costs of building great cities can't be justified in purely pragmatic terms.»

While it's not new news that he prefers to adopt a more pragmatic approach and is rigid with his tactics in terms of wanting his forward players to also put in shifts for the team defensively, we've seen how it can have a negative impact as it could be attributed to Alexis Sanchez's poor form since arriving at Old Trafford in January.

The club's transfer business has been presented to us as a pragmatic purchase of proven Premier League performers (but then so were Ayew, Fonte and Snodgrass) when in fact it is no more than a short term survival strategy.

As a result, the process of devolution has proven largely unplanned, piecemeal, and pragmatic, an open - ended process that lacks clarity in terms of its purpose, procedure, or extent.

Although it is true that Tehran's support to the Assad regime is strategic and part of a long term alliance, the proposals of the Iranian - sponsored conference suggested a set of pragmatic and political steps to exit the civil war scenario in Syria.

While there may be double - dealings in Pakistan's counter-terrorism policies towards in the region — some of which may be justifiable in pragmatic or relative terms — but the prevalence of the same within Pakistan's domestic sphere is hardly acknowledged by outside observers.

Given the deep interdependence between the two, they can only benefit in the long term by remaining pragmatic and in a relationship that essentially mirrors symbiosis, which in nature refers to a prolonged association that is mutually beneficial.

Cuomo also reflected on the death of his father on the first day of 2015, when he was sworn in for a second term as governor and what it means to be a «pragmatic progressive» in elected office.

TL; DR: Europe is a) merely being pragmatic about the situation and b) acting in its long - term self - interest.

Its pragmatic wing, composed mainly of labor union leaders who supply much of the WFP's budget, saw a Cuomo second term as inevitable and wanted to be in the best possible deal - making position for the next four years.

Bush was widely seen as a «pragmatic caretaker» president who lacked a unified and compelling long - term theme in his efforts.

I think it would be in the Conservatives interest in making sure they could build a pragmatic long term working relationship with the unions.

In a 2007 interview with Computer Weekly, Miller advocated a «pragmatic,» «long - term» approach to information technology, and that projects should «keep to a path that has strategic coherence, rather than bending every which way with the monthly or quarterly demands of the business.»

I approach it with a high moral purpose but also a strong pragmatic one for the economy in terms of building jobs.»

A second highly knowledgeable source, calling the Brooklyn - based Jeffries «a very pragmatic guy,» said that the well - regarded two - term congressman «has got to be aware that Cuomo can't necessarily deliver for him in the Democratic primary, especially with what's been going on.»

As with climate change, the only pragmatic option is to concentrate efforts to fulfil people's desires and demands in a way that protects natural ecosystems as far as possible — not to try to challenge patterns of consumption per se by insisting that they are unsustainable, even if this appears to be the case in the short term.

Let's let Wikipedia explain: «Flexitarianism is a term used in the United States to describe the practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.»

The paper concludes that in light of this and other evidence of long - term anthropogenic change, we need to be more pragmatic in our conservation efforts rather than aiming for impossible «natural» states.

Better than a 7 - or 30 - day, extreme, detox regime with sometimes questionable rationale or products, we all benefit from long - term, ongoing pragmatic lifestyle changes that include minimising our exposure to environmental toxins while making sure we stay well hydrated, eat a balanced and varied diet along with ample vegetables and fruit, and support our bodies with the addition of health - promoting nutrients that include ones known to support detox (biotransformation) pathways in the body.

Yes, Chiuri wants her dream rooted in reality — and she is quite pragmatic about learning a new culture, in terms of both a new company and a new country — but, with Stephen Jones's masques de bal, Red Riding's hoods, stars sparkling on the models» faces, and Edward Scissorhands on the soundtrack, she is clearly still in love with fairytales.

Compiling these accounts (in a book that included some of the Titsch photographs), Mr. Keneally told «the story of the pragmatic triumph of good over evil, a triumph in eminently measurable, statistical, unsubtle terms.»

It was also a period in which Schepisi started to come to terms with the pragmatics of international filmmaking, a set of lessons and experiences that have marked his subsequent, tenacious career as both a jobbing director — he has taken over a number of projects such as Mr. Baseball (1992) and Fierce Creatures (1997)-- and a filmmaker whose work displays an intermittently consistent thematic and visual style.

As a result of her independent voting record, her leadership in school reform efforts, and her pragmatic approach to fiscal problems, Tamar was overwhelmingly re-elected to a second term on the Board of Education in 2011.

But a pragmatic analysis of the way the game functions suggests that there is no real choice here: riding is inferior in terms of travel time when revisiting (since the fast travel is instantaneous) and disadvantageous when first exploring, because either nothing is found or the player must stop constantly and dismount.

In more monetary or pragmatic terms, we design and print a color announcement that is mailed to about 700 venues across the United States.

(3) Abstraction has been described as «unknowable» before (in terms of all - black canvases, or seeking out the unperceivable), but here, in the context of feminist mark - making, «unknowable» has a more pragmatic use.

It's very pragmatic in terms of the relationships that it fosters between artists, curators, critics, and so on.

In 2004 Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow published a paper in Science in which they argued that a pragmatic, but still difficult, way of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 levels over the long term was via the implementation of seven «stabilization wedges» over the next 50 yearIn 2004 Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow published a paper in Science in which they argued that a pragmatic, but still difficult, way of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 levels over the long term was via the implementation of seven «stabilization wedges» over the next 50 yearin Science in which they argued that a pragmatic, but still difficult, way of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 levels over the long term was via the implementation of seven «stabilization wedges» over the next 50 yearin which they argued that a pragmatic, but still difficult, way of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 levels over the long term was via the implementation of seven «stabilization wedges» over the next 50 years.

Just the right balance of enthusiastic support; pragmatic advice about very real issues like zoning, codes and how to construct a safe and sound house; and a wellspring of experience and expertise, all very helpful for planning, building and living long - term in a tiny house.

This outlook goes unchallenged because of a perception that environmentalism is a pragmatic solution to purely scientifically - defined problems, and a belief that it can be answered in purely scientific terms.

In its statement, the Global Climate Coalition said its reorganization was «part of a long - term initiative to refocus the public debate on climate policy to the issues at hand - namely, a policy contest between the unworkable Kyoto Protocol versus a more pragmatic and viable solution to the climate issue that relies on technology, innovation and American ingenuity.»

WoW... I am simply amazed at Lomborg... not that he buys the whole CAGW argument, he always did, but he struck me as someone more pragmatic in terms of how to deal with the potential impacts of warming.

Thus it makes pragmatic sense to me to focus our attention on a medium term adaption policy, whilst investing heavily in cleaner cheap sources of baseload energy, such as thorium fission and gen4 fission reactors and, in the slightly longer term, nuclear fusion reactors.