Sentences with phrase «acting as a check»

And if his own ambitions stray too much from the public good, then hopefully the «discipline of the market» will act as a check on the tech visionary himself.

Shareholders want the ability to ensure good governance at the companies and to be able to act as a check on managers» control.

Part of its fruitfulness for me has been that it acts as a check on theology's being too doctrine - centered, and not taking account of the imaginative and the practical.

This would act as a check, as a limit on excessive tuition increases.

It thereby acted as a check on power of Rome's patrician class.

The government is set up with divided powers to act as checks and controls against each branch.

Caroline Pidgeon, the deputy chairwoman of the transport committee in the London Assembly, an elected governing body that acts as a check on the mayor, said that all these factors have led to a «perfect storm» of congestion.

I agree on the higher age limit (neccessary to ensure people with a decent amount of life experience of some sort get elected to a chamber that is supposed to be composed of experts), but is 100 people really enough to act as a check on 650 people in the Commons and a government of 100 + ministers?

Under state law, each major party has one commissioner in each county, and they are to act as a check and balance to each other.

He also said the Senate has always acted as a check on the liberal Assembly controlled by downstate Democrats.

The gene encodes a protein called PD - 1 that normally acts as a check on the cell's capacity to launch an immune response, to prevent it from attacking healthy cells.

The Westminster system is based on the principle that the elected parliament should act as a check on the executive.

Contains 50 double - sided activity cards and a contents card that can act as a check off list.

«It's the job of the judiciary to act as a check and balance on the legislative and executive branches of government,» union President Joanne McCall said in a statement about the appeal.

The video was essentially acted as a check - in with all of the studios that are currently working on a new Star Wars game.

The CUAA also advocates the creation of «the Associates of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art» as prescribed in the charter of 1859, to promote the work of the school within the broader community and to act as a check on the Board of Trustees.

If the academy can not check itself, its population have no business acting as a check on society, and on power in particular.

Holdren argued the scientific peer - review process already acts as a check on bad science, further arguing a red team exercise is a «right - wing» plot against climate science.

This significant procedural right is likely to play an important role in acting as a check on abusive access requests.

By speaking out as we have this week, the CBA is acting on your behalf to defend the rule of law in Canada and the role of the courts as impartial decision - makers who act as a check against the power of the state.

Although the FISC has only recently become the target of criticism, it was originally created in 1978 to act as a check on the power of the executive.

A recent string of well ‑ deserved thrashings in court have demonstrated that the Supreme Court is truly an independent, non ‑ partisan body, able to act as a check on the Harper government's actions.

As part of the executive branch of the government, one of the governor's roles and responsibilities is to act as a check - and - balance on the Legislature: The governor can veto bills that are harmful.

External scrutiny, from the media for example, while sometimes unnecessarily intrusive, acts as a check and balance on unhealthy or even criminal behaviour.

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Its new app, Swarm, acts as a social heat map to help its users find nearby friends and check in to share their location.

It's also worthwhile to check out secured credit cards and credit builder loans, which may ask for a deposit of funds to act as your spending limit on a card or deduct a monthly amount to save for you.

Act Like a Corporate Officer When the corporation's owner signs her name to checks, contracts, or correspondence for the corporation, she must always indicate that she is the president to show that she is not acting on her own but as an agent of the corporation.

But activists, she added, «can act as an important «check and balance» on management that has lost its way.»

Activists, said Michelle Edkins at BlackRock, «can act as an important «check and balance» on management that has lost its way.»

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Although strong bipartisan support has been voiced for the JOBS Act amendments, Aguilar's negative sentiment echoes that of Senator Carl Levin (D - MI) who said, «It's as if the SEC is jumping out of an airplane today, and then proposing to check the safety of its parachute on the way down.»

They act as a mix of a savings account and a checking account.

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According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act [1], credit checks can only be conducted for legitimate business needs such as credit transactions, account review or underwriting of insurance.

By the way could the «BrainWashing» be from the uses of those Funny Shampoos and Products which are said to contain so many bad chemicals that could lead to cancers??! Any way I thought brainwashed one's are less human affectionate, rather acting as Robots in many ways so better check who does appear like that...!

You act as if Peter was the only eyewitness the people would have been able to check on..

As James Wilson wrote, in America there was introduced «into the very form of government, such particular checks and controls, as to make it advantageous even for bad men to act for the public good.&raquAs James Wilson wrote, in America there was introduced «into the very form of government, such particular checks and controls, as to make it advantageous even for bad men to act for the public good.&raquas to make it advantageous even for bad men to act for the public good.»

5:19 — then read, no, I will write what it says, then you check it out:» The acts of sinful nature are obvious; sexual immorality... I warn your as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.»

From the limitation of offering assisted suicide to terminally - ill patients whose prognosis is only six months of life, to the so - called «safeguard» of having two doctors check the patient has a «clear, settled, and voluntary» wish to die (and, er, as we all know, a two doctor requirement was such a powerful safeguard in the Abortion Act!)

Knowledge of the historical Jesus is, then, important in that it can contribute positively to the formation of the faith - image, i.e. it can help to provide faith with its necessary content, and in that it can act negatively as a check on false or inappropriate faith - images, or aspects of a faith - image.

To survive in the early days, Strackbein explains that she acted as the personal banker for the company, exchanging checks between Koetz and herself.

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You ring up to request a crib and then when you check in they act as if it is the first they have heard of it.

You and your colleagues will act as publishers, to manage your site and check content before it goes live.

And, perhaps most importantly, there is that powerful act of Sitting that acts as a magnet drawing those I love close by for a snuggle, or a book read, or a check - in and a chat.

around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!

The way to know if you are truly acting as your child's emotional partner, and in alignment with your authentic parenting style is to check in and see how you feel after resolving a conflict with your child.

Ana, the issue is that the sulfites in grapes MAY act as a trigger... this may not, however, be the case for all children and it seems that they are not a problem for your child (although it's always good to check with your doctor to be sure).

Past recommendations helped foster rule changes, including penalties for all hits to the head, a delay in body checking until the 14 - and - under level and the elimination of dangerous acts, such as checking from behind.