Sentences with phrase «against encroachment»

A patent may be critical in protecting a business against encroachment by competitors or may be used by a business as a bargaining chip if it is accused of infringing a competitor's patent.

It should also go without saying that having strong client relationships is the best defensive tactic to guard against encroachment by competitors.

And to protect these fundamental rights against the encroachment of tyranny and the abdication of reason.

Revivalists did not hesitate to point out what they claimed to be inconsistency on the part of those Puritan descendants who fought to retain their liberty against the encroachment of possible bishops but refused to extend full liberty to their fellow believers who could no longer worship with them.

If depersonalization turns out to be the greatest single threat in the future, it can be strongly argued that the church has the special role of warning about this and safe - guarding the personal dimension against encroachment in the name of efficiency, progress, or technological necessity.

While Dostoevsky would surely admire the papacy's stance against the encroachment of materialistic rationalism, his main problem with the pope was that he acted as a temporal lord rather than as the preacher of the Christ whose Kingdom is not of this world.

The amendment was intended to safeguard the right of individuals to exercise freedom of conscience in religious matters against encroachment by the federal government, and to ensure that such concerns would remain under the control of the several states.

unfortunately, we must be ever vigilant against the encroachment of that belief in government attempting to supress the rights of their fellows and insinuate their beliefs into curriculum.

Formed toward the end of the 1950s, two of these groups remain active today: the FARC (Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces), which draws its primary strength from campesinos in the south, and the ELN (Army of National Liberation), whose strength is greater in the north among oil workers, indigenous groups defending their habitat against encroachment by the oil industry, and the Afro - Colombian population.

If the liberty they protect is largely negative, largely a defense against encroachment, it is still the indispensable condition for the attainment of any fuller freedom.

«For the right of all men to the opportunity for self - maintenance, a right ever to be wisely and strongly safeguarded against encroachments of every kind.

As he put it, «The law gives to capital an immense advantage in permitting its consolidation in great centralized corporations; and neither law nor justice can forbid laborers to combine, in order to protect themselves against the encroachments of capital, so long as they abstain from, that use of violence and rely upon reason and moral influence.»

From the 16th century when Francis Xavier decided to cast his lot with the East against his own Western culture, to the 19th century when Christaller singlehandedly promoted Akan culture, to the 20th when Frank Laubach inveighed against the encroachments of American power in the Philippines, missionaries in the field have helped to promote indigenous self - awareness as a counterforce to Western cultural importation.

City planning should make ample provision for parks and trees, and federal and state parks and forests should be steadfastly maintained against all encroachments by commercial and utilitarian interests.

Such Catholic rigor was part missionary zeal — to spread «the word» — and part defense against the encroachments of an increasingly secular world.

The Penan people in the region have opposed logging in their rainforest for the past three decades, repeatedly blocking roads and taking direct action against encroachments.

Not exact matches

Turnbull courts Pacific leaders amid China push: Malcolm Turnbull is using talks in London to reassure Pacific leaders and push back against Chinese encroachment.

New York will remain steadfast in pushing back against federal encroachment efforts like the [Office of the Controller of the Currency's] proposal to impose a one - size - fits - all national bank charter that increases risk and seeks to usurp state sovereignty.»

It appears to me that they have been brainwashed to think that «prayers» have been «banned» when they actually haven't... and have been fooled into thinking that using illegal encroachment against the First Amendment is a way to counter this false idea and give them a «victory» for «Jesus» or something equally insane.

Their task is to seek their own good, and the pursuit of that project means primarily the defense of their land against further encroachments and, where possible, the recovery of lands that have been illegally taken from them.

Scruton is spot on in the opening paragraphs as he describes the encroachment of government, and it is that encroachment that conservatives are against.

During the period of Reconstruction the Protestant ministry played an important role in developing Southern defenses — emotional and spiritual — against Yankee encroachment.

Sara, probably would have donated it if we didn't have to constantly fight against religion's encroachment into government.

He can get away with snap - anticipating in college where not every QB had mastered the offense, but the NFL is an entirely different beast and he'll probably rack up plenty of encroachment / offsides penalties when up against a vet QB who can quickly change things up on the fly.

Last September I told you how conservative Texas Congressman Ted Poe introduced the BAKE SALE Act («the Bringing Awareness and Knowledge to Exempt Schools Against Legislative Encroachment Act») to gut new federal standards and allow schools to sell... [Continue reading]

The protection of civil liberty against authoritarian encroachment by all political parties is a key political battleground.

Astorino has portrayed the issue as one of standing up for home rule — and suburban New York — against federal encroachment.

Individual members of the GOP have to feel the hypocrisy of supporting state takeover in education while running on platforms against government encroachment in health care and taxes.

Drawing inspiration from classical portrait painting of the 17th - century Dutch Golden Age to explore the relationship between her subjects and their environment, Dumas often presents her subjects as heroic, engaged in a struggle of sorts against their marginalization or confinement, and against the spatial and psychological encroachment of people.

The Rainforest Foundation UK and the Global Canopy Programme are taking a similar approach in Congo and Cameroon, respectively, helping communities map their lands to protect against illegal loggers and other forms of encroachment.

Any instruction of defence counsel attempting to balance the insurer's interests against the defended policyholder's interests is seen as an encroachment of the policyholder's rights — a reflection of the boundary - based American approach to contract law.

He meant vigilance against increasing government encroachments on our freedoms.

The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has announced their intention to take their case against Bill Whatcott, a Christian fighting the encroachment of homosexualism, to the Supreme Court of Canada.

In the face of unrelenting corporate development and encroachment onto Indigenous territories, grassroots movements are persistently mobilizing against the various tentacles of the tar sands industry.

It's designed to fight back against Chromebook encroachment in the classroom, by offering a comparable level of manageability and security — including a single - minded, some might say limiting commitment to Windows Store apps.

A conflict with Samsung would be inevitable, as the Korean giant would fight back against Google's encroachment on its hardware turf.

It protects against claims from various defects such as another person claiming an ownership interest, improperly recorded documents, fraud, forgery, liens, encroachments, easements and other items that are specified in the actual policy.

Title insurance Title insurance protects you against title fraud, errors in public surveys, encroachment issues with neighbours and more.