Sentences with phrase «accepted a limit on»

d. Accept the limits on our current knowledge and just stop there, without invoking a magic act by any god to fill the current gap in our knowledge.

Nevertheless, a nation should include at least such elements as common commitment to the rule of law, generally accepted limits on political power and rhetoric, belief in constitutional governance, the rights of citizens, etc..

The biggest was certainly the decision by the Russian government to endorse the Kyoto Protocol, thus allowing the treaty to take effect and leaving the United States and Australia alone among industrial nations in their refusal to accept limits on greenhouse - gas emissions.

They are bursting through it with ideas and approaches that place higher student achievement and genuine college readiness first — and accept no limits on the school and learning designs that might best bring them about.»

To pay for that insurance, you must agree to accept a limit on your profits.

There, India and China are likely to face pressure to accept limits on their greenhouse emissions.

For energy companies willing to accept some limits on warming gases, one goal is to firm up a market for tradeable credits earned by companies that make sharp cuts in emissions or plant or protect forests, which absorb carbon dioxide.

We have thus accepted a limit on our emissions and at the same time provided an incentive to our partners in developed countries to be more ambitious.

Framed in this way, total emissions of a trillion tonnes of carbon will lead to a most likely warming of 2 °C, a somewhat arbitrary, but widely accepted limit on the amount of warming that the world can endure without a high risk of catastrophic consequences.

The third party was underinsured, and the plaintiff accepted the limit on the third party's policy.

Some people are quick to cry «discrimination» at the slightest sign of differential treatment; others are more willing to let things slide — to accept limits on their behaviour at work, for instance — in the name of tolerance and balance.

Not exact matches

Additionally, former MCX CEO Dekkers Davidson went on record saying that an exclusivity agreement requiring that MCX members only accept CurrentC was limited to «months.»

The idea is to accept that the company's perimeter is compromised and focus on limiting the damage and protecting the most valuable assets.

The EU and others had been asked to spell out what limits they could accept on the amount of steel they export to the United States, how they would address the issue of excess production of steel and aluminum and how they would support the U.S. before international bodies like the World Trade Organization.

Buffett seldom interferes with management and has accepted limits in the past to provide assurances that he doesn't plan to exert excessive influence on companies where he is a major shareholder.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

While Mr. Levitt did not succeed in splitting auditing from consulting, the industry accepted strict new ethics rules and limits on the audit business.

We strongly encourage the federal government to reconsider the current limitation on charities that prevents them from investing as passive investors and not business owners in a widely offered and accepted investment asset class of Limited Partnerships.»

South Pacific Plantation Management Limited, a business in Efate Island, Vanuatu, has started to accept bitcoin for one acre farm - lets on Malekula, a South Pacific island which is part of the Republic of Vanuatu.

If the Department finds that borrowers with outstanding loans were defrauded, and is only now accepting applications for relief, it should not limit relief based on how long it took to set up a process for applying for relief.

The distribution of Marriott Vacations Worldwide common stock is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions including but not limited to the Registration Statement on Form 10 for Marriott Vacations Worldwide common stock being declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Marriott Vacations Worldwide common stock being accepted for listing on the NYSE and the other conditions described in the Information Statement included in the Form 10.

On the flip - side, as an atheist I have come to accept that the time I have on this planet is limited and preciouOn the flip - side, as an atheist I have come to accept that the time I have on this planet is limited and preciouon this planet is limited and precious.

satans aim was to stop the fulfillment of the seed that would crush satan underfoot.This hybrid between the angels and man created giants abominations in Gods eyes.They also were a threat to Gods people as can be seen by the giants in the land of caanan after the flood.If we agree on that then there is no way that Eve would have had intercourse with satan [false doctrine of the seed of satan -RCB- because the blood lines were still untainted by angelic beings or satan at the time of Noah maybe that is also why the genealogy of Christ is well presented with no surprises apart from Hagar and Ruth these two were gentiles that shows Gods mercy grace was always there to all nations he accepts people by faith not by race.Prior to the flood the mixing of the angels and man must have been widespread after the flood these beings were present but in limited numbers and God told his people to destroy them as they were abominations but they were a threat to Gods people.It would be interesting to hear what the rabbis had to say on this matter as i would think the stories would have been past down from generation to the next.Especially regarding the flood.God promised he would never flood the earth again but a time is coming when the earth will be judged not by flood but by fire Jesus is our ark and we are safe in him.brentnz

To assent to the rules of engagement prescribed by liberal public reason is to accept a voluntary and arbitrary limit on how deeply one is willing to think, which then becomes an involuntary limit on how far one is able to see.

Some thinkers confined themselves to a limited number of prophetic sayings, because of the spread of invented sayings which cast doubt on many widely accepted sayings.

This understanding of the limited scope of scientific method had been generally accepted since Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781); but in nineteenth - century evolutionary parlance it took on the specific meaning that «all beginnings and endings are lost in mystery,» a phrase that became commonplace in the sciences and social sciences as a way of dismissing or circumventing probing questions that sought to assess the larger implications or consequences of scientific analysis.

On the contrary, what she needed was for the minister to be both an accepting and a firm father - figure from whom she could gain strength in controlling her own behavior and in relation to whom she could establish her own constructive limits.

Polk's suggestion of a self - limiting on the part of the all - determining God Pannenberg accepts as compatible with his understanding of God's power as love; still, in other respects the conceptual foundations of their two doctrines of God appear to diverge widely.

It's you because you won't accept that not being God yourself, your concept of a day is limited to those we have here on Earth.

Can it be right to accept limits even on the good we might accomplish?

They argued that in the 19th century the church rightly condemned the understanding of religious freedom that was based on continental liberalism, but that in the 20th century the church could accept religious liberty, understood as a civil right of immunity under a limited constitutional government.

As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

If we do not limit democracy to only the official election of leaders on the national level and as the main criterion, then we can accept the fact that democracy can have many different forms.

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

«We're hoping this will impact everyone — that it will shed a little bit of light on the special needs community and help more individuals with special needs be accepted and not limited,» Lucas» father, Jason Warren, said.

On the other hand, if you do not accept these qualities of history and are free to transcend the limitations of tradition and disregard the counsels of ancient wisdom, your social inventiveness is limited, if it is limited at all, by nothing but elemental common sense and common prudence.

God has accepted the lowly limits of human existence, especially those imposed on human beings by the exercise of oppressive political power omnipresent in history.

To be sure, all cosmologists accept that there are some regions of the universe that lie beyond the reach of our telescopes, but somewhere on the slippery slope between that and the idea that there are an infinite number of universes, credibility reaches a limit.

With the debt limit set to be hit in a matter of hours, Republicans and Democrats in Congress reluctantly accepted the president's demand for the sequester, and a revised version of the Budget Control Act was passed on a bipartisan basis.

Please note, I accept brand sponsorships on a very limited basis, and only if I truly love and believe in the product or company.

Dean Foods, Nestlé USA, Dannon, Saputo and Kraft Foods are among scores of US dairy processors calling on the Senate to accept a version of the 2013 Farm Bill that omits a program designed to periodically limit milk supplies.

The ACCC has «accepted a court enforceable undertaking from Cabcharge Australia Limited (Cabcharge) under which rival payment processors (third parties) will be able to process Cabcharge cards on their own in - taxi payment terminals».

For example, Bovada (a square sportsbook) won't accept wagers of more than $ 1,000 on futures while Bookmaker or Pinnacle (both market - setting sportsbooks) take $ 50,000 limits.

Since Bovada is considered a «square» book, let's see how the odds are stacking up at Bookmaker, a «sharp» book that accepts higher limits on political props (between $ 1,000 to $ 10,000).

This is particularly interesting since they accept limits between $ 1,000 and $ 3000 on their Gold Medal odds which is significantly higher than other books.

A full dinner with alcohol as a single item on the menu is one thing — but be careful you know your own limits and weak spots before accepting invitations to beer fests, wine tastings or cocktail parties.

The department is accepting public comments through April on a proposal announced last month that would require school meals to reduce sodium by half, serve more vegetables and whole grains, limit saturated fats and switch to low - fat milk and dairy products.

Parents need to accept the feelings of jealousy, resentment or anger that a sibling might have, while setting limits on hurtful actions.

Trade unions will have to submit to an annual audit of their membership and accept new limits on their spending power in election campaigns.

This has not been the previous practice, would be very limiting and would go beyond what international humanitarian law currently provides (unless one accepts the ICRC view in principle IX of its interpretive guidance on direct participation in hostilities see further discussion here).