Sentences with phrase «abandoned the idea of»

However, they have quietly abandoned the idea of allocating a portion of any surplus in excess of $ 3 billion to the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, without giving any reasons as to why.

Some churches have even abandoned the idea of having a full - time resident pastor in favor of having specialized leadership teams.

Someone might have said, of course, to deflate the questioner: The Court itself has abandoned the idea of the right to privacy when it comes to abortion, sexual intimacy, and so forth.

But, if anything, reassessing the religious traditions that you were brought up in, finding it wanting but not wanting to abandon the idea of spirtuality altogether would seem to require just a little more thought than mindlessly adopting the traditions you were brought up with.

It was fascinating, and I think important, to see the development over the centuries of the philosophical rift which eventually grew between science and religion, as a result of which many scientists (although by no means all) abandoned any idea of a Creator God.

He once remarked that his work was built on the detrita — abandoned ideas of others who went before.

And when he takes refuge in prayer to God, he abandons the idea of an omnipotent God and confesses that he can not perceive God.

The Quakers have abandoned the idea of an ordained ministry.

But because the church must learn to be the community of faith, we must abandon the idea of the church as an institution of power.

This will mean abandoning an idea of a «moral majority» or a «silent majority» within the nation, even when we find ourselves winning an election or a court case.

The Plan continues as a manifesto of good ideas and community and smallholder needs even though the federal government has abandoned the idea of a national food plan.

The Slammer had injured his back in a tournament at Havana the week before and on the morning of the third round the pain was so intense that he abandoned any idea of going out on the course.

They probably should just abandon the idea of college football in Illinois entirely at this point.

We abandoned the idea of nice restaurants.

Park commissioners have not abandoned the idea of building a recreation center on the commons land.

The British government has abandoned the idea of Trump addressing the joint Houses of Parliament when he comes across the pond for a state visit later this year after objections by MPs led by the Commons Speaker John Bercow.

Yet, after 13 years of a Labour government, levels of inequality are higher than before it came to office, and there appears to be little recognition that, for reasons of both fairness and sustainability, we need to abandon the idea of pursuing ever greater, unrestrained economic growth.

We have to abandon this idea of matching Labour's public spending plans.»

State lawmakers have abandoned the idea of completing a state budget one week ahead of schedule, legislators were due home in their districts late Thursday without agreement on a new spending plan.

Even though Oak Creek officials abandoned their idea of using eminent domain to acquire his land, Earl Giefer said he is worried he will become a target of city zoning enforcement.

Then and again on Friday morning, Alistair Darling pushed back and the prime minister was finally forced to abandon the idea of installing Ed Balls at Number 11.

The Liberal Democrats meantime are said to have abandoned the idea of putting up candidates at all on the grounds that they can't afford to contest elections in which they have little hope of winning even a single seat.

A company called Virxsys, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is resurrecting the long - abandoned idea of using a weakened version of HIV as a vaccine.

So should we abandon the idea of protoplanets smashing into each other during the solar system's youth?

But the new data showing that a large fraction of epigenetic signatures of ethnicity reflect something other than ancestry suggests that abandoning the idea of race and ethnicity altogether could sacrifice a lot of valuable information about the drivers of differences in health and disease between different communities.

His solution was to abandon the idea of a rigid mirror entirely and build a thin, flexible one supported by computer - controlled actuators on a rigid frame.

Nelson meanwhile abandoned the idea of using a single large mirror in favour of a system comprised of multiple small hexagonal mirror tiles that are carefully shaped and controlled by computerised actuators to constantly maintain the ideal reflecting surface.

That's why it's important to remember that, no matter if you're still thinking dieting is the solution to fat loss, simply want to eat healthier or have abandoned the idea of losing weight completely with no hope left whatsoever, there exists a supplement that will help you and leave you with your jaw wide open at the results you'll achieve.

I ended up abandoning the idea of doing it in my Rubbermaid pitcher made of Tritan and found a good deal on some Bormioli Rocco Fido glass jars at Christmas Tree Shops, and Bormioli swing top bottles at TJ Maxx.

So much and so deeple engrained is the idea that if anyone wants to become a faster runner (s) he feels (s) he has to abandon the idea of sacred health, because than strengthtraining and plyometrics gain importance and takes time away from the times atletes used to run.

When he met with the three American heroes from the train — Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos — he abandoned the idea of hiring professional actors and cast the men to play themselves.

With Dead Rising 4, we have a reboot that abandons the idea of a thoughtful beat»em up that encourages time management and feels like survival is a challenge.

She reveals that Kieslowski considered but abandoned the idea of a U.S. remake.

Her musical «career» requires that she work a day job as a grocery store cashier in order to make very modest ends meet, yet she also abandoned the idea of writing original songs or otherwise doing much more than playing other people's music, so whatever burning ambition she may have once had has long since been dampened.

My family had abandoned the idea of public education decades before I was born.

After it announced it will abandon the idea of a young - dedicated brand in the US by abandoning the Scion brand, Toyota needs to issue a recall for some of the vehicles sold under the Scion brand.

But the engine never reached production and BMW abandoned the idea of a V - 16 altogether.

Will developers abandon the idea of creating platform specific apps (at least as far as these two contenders are concerned)-- and if that's the case, whynot move toward a completely platform independent technology like HTML 5 that would also then cross iOS devices off the list?

Once you accept this — and it's clear that many people do not — then it's wise to abandon the idea of selecting individual companies and simply embrace the market as a whole.

The conversation, the laughter and the memories can be had for pennies on the dollar when you abandon the idea of a large - scale vacation and focus instead on how to make your family vacation one to remember.

That isn't to say that all inexperienced investors should abandon the idea of managing their own money.

For that reason, we abandoned the idea of 3D for PSIV.

Female characters in games became something of a hot topic last year after Ubisoft revealed it had abandoned the idea of having a female playable character for Assassin's Creed Unity.

Abandon the idea of First Person Shooters!

While Lara Croft's first expedition uncovers an island prison run by years of stranded inmates, she also discovers a landscape that abandons the idea of singular globetrotting digs offering a sterile glimpse into frozen pockets of time, instead uncovering a complex web, where the strings of history intertwine around a mystery beating a rhythm of madness heard across the entire island.

In contrast to the previous parts of the game, this title completely abandons the idea of illegal races and transfers the action to professional racing circuits.

Uncentered, unattached and featuring constantly evolving parameters, these objects were primarily artistic experiments that expressed an earnest belief in the utopian power of art at a precise time when the West's reigning art ideology had definitively abandoned the idea of utopia as such.

Fecteau's first solo exhibition at Galerie Daniel Buchholz presents eight new pieces significantly larger than his previous works, that seem to have abandoned the idea of the «model / non-model».

The two worked back and forth for more than a year, developing the sound - image collaboration, with Brody responding to Gron's expansive score by abandoning the idea of strict repetition, adding new animation, color development, and (virtual) camera movement, though retaining the underlying premise of a looping animation cycle.

, and it likely would not mean that we abandon the idea of substantial positive feedback in the climate energy balance.