Sentences with phrase «aim of protecting»

These plans are designed with the single aim of protecting the income of an individual for his family by providing a lump sum benefit in the event of the individual's death.

«We find that the criminalisation of the wearing of a full - face veil is a measure that is disproportionate to the aim of protecting the idea of «living together» — an aim that can not readily be reconciled with the Convention's restrictive catalogue of grounds for interference with basic human rights.»

While the interference pursued the legitimate aim of protecting the interests of his creditors, such a measure could not remain in place over a long time without periodic reassessment of its justification.

With a passion and dedication to the free and open source software movement she set up the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) in 2010, with the aim of protecting the rights of internet users and software providers in this rapidly moving sphere.

Our organizations are committed to working with officials at all levels to reduce emissions of heat - trapping pollution, and to work with health agencies to promote research on effective interventions and to strengthen the public health infrastructure with the aim of protecting human health from climate change.

Komodo National Park, located between Sumbawa and Flores, was founded in 1980 with the aim of protecting the endangered Komodo dragon.

More involvement of local communities is planned as well as more research projects, but these are reliant on the short term aim of protecting the Shark Reef, so that is currently where most effort is focused.

The FDA blends law and science with the aim of protecting consumers.

Professor Vasile is leading the Stardust Network, an international, EU - funded programme comprising researchers and leaders from 20 different institutions, with the purpose of advancing research into the manipulation of asteroids and space debris, and the aim of protecting the planet and space assets from catastrophic impacts.

The MoJ started rolling out restrictions on smoking with the aim of protecting non-smokers from the effects of passive smoking, not only on health grounds but also to reduce the likelihood of legal action being brought against the prison service by inmates and employees alike.

LCGB is a member of the Baby Feeding Law Group and supports Baby Milk Action in its aim of protecting breastfeeding and protecting babies fed on formula milk.

Lion built that position with the aim of protecting the contracts that see WCB produce and package Lion branded cheese products.

For decades, successive governments have worked to improve the way Canada develops and manages regulations, with the aim of protecting the public interest and supporting business competitiveness.

Not exact matches

Although there is a long history stretching back to the 1990s of legislation aimed at protecting religious minorities, a new batch of bills has cropped up in reaction to state movements to grant LGBT people the right to marry.

Traders are taking out a growing number of put options to sell crude, a strategy aimed at protecting against a drop in prices after a sharp rally since December.

Those have included fewer sales events and the departure from many department stores like weak Macy's locations, even if that hurts sales in the short term; the aim is to protect profit margins and stave off the cheapening of the brand.

Companies in London and later the U.S.developed a sophisticated understanding of risk aimed at protecting people against large losses, disasters, and death.

Moyo told the civil service that the army was moving to protect them against the purge, and told the judiciary that the aim was to «ensure that as an independent arm of the state you are able to exercise your independent authority without fear of being obstructed as has been the case with this group of individuals.»

The tourism town, where the majority of Miami - Dade's estimated 11,500 housekeepers and other hotel workers are employed, may soon be the nation's next city to enact laws aimed at protecting hotel workers from assault or improper advances by hotel guests.

Tariffs and floor prices are, after all, protective measures aimed — on the face of it — at protecting U.S. solar businesses from cheap imports.

During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global competition.

When JPMorgan first started to talk about the botched trades — some of which are still open positions they are trying to unwind — the bank said that they had grown out of hedges aimed at protecting the bank against losses on the bank's large bond portfolio.

IBC Flood Factor interactive booths aim to raise awareness of flood risks and educate homeowners on how they can protect their property from flood damage and prepare themselves for emergencies.

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Bank bailouts have been aimed at protecting local institutions, as discussed earlier, and the Japanese government is buying stocks of Japan - based corporations to help company balance sheets, but also giving them a competitive advantage over the subsidiaries of foreign outfits.

Morgan Stanley and Principal Financial Group Inc. were among banks and insurers that rallied after a U.S. appeals court struck down a sweeping Obama - era rule that aimed to protect millions of Americans from conflicted investment advice.

Haaretz: With help of popular taboo - breaking book, Haredim teach children about sexual abuse The success of a new book aimed at helping ultra-Orthodox parents teach their children how to protect themselves from sexual abuse is a strong indication that a community once reluctant to acknowledge the crime is now beginning to face reality.

The religious objections have mostly aimed to protect God's sovereign freedom to do what He pleases with his creation, a freedom which, the dissenters argue, would be limited by the existence of universal and unbreakable laws of nature, or indeed of inevitable laws of history or human behaviour.

Here we arrive at a paradox that Jerry Z. Muller's anthology of conservative thought richly highlights: conservatism is that theory which aims to protect sound practice against corrosive and corrupting theory.

He would also have maintained that being conservative is not primarily a political disposition and that in focusing excessively on politics we necessarily neglect the very forms of life we aim to protect.

Francis» visit to Chile and Peru aims to highlight immigration, the suffering of indigenous peoples and protecting the Amazon rainforest.

Under the Smith decision, churches are not protected by the Free Exercise Clause against these laws, because the laws are of «general application» and are aimed at restricting «socially harmful conduct.»

Against that, the displaced people claim the right to life (Art 21 of the Constitution)... One of the aims of the struggle is to protect the material base for creative life - centred life - sustaining activities.

Not only do these laws ensure the continuation of society through the rearing of subsequent generations; they also aimed to protect the rights of men and women.

When used justly» and in the American system this means at its basis to protect the essential goods of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness at which American democracy aims» coercive force is not an evil at all but an instrument of good.

Nevertheless, the law given to Moses aims at protecting the wife from arbitrary domination by the husband, even though according to the Lord's words it still carries traces of man's «hardness of heart» which was the reason Moses permitted men to divorce their wives.

How a generation of children, sexually abused overseas, aims to protect others before it happens.

The Plants Protecting Plants project is another one of Rodale Institute's several ongoing experiments aimed at improving soil health.

Dr Gladys Kalema - Zikusoka, founder of Gorilla Conservation Coffee, the game - changing for - profit social enterprise which aims to improve the livelihoods of coffee farmers whilst at the same time protecting mountain gorillas in Uganda, has just been recognised by this year's prestigious SEED Awards.

Launched last week, the project is part of the Wellcome Trust's # 5 million Our Planet, Our Health programme, which aims to improve human health while at the same time protecting a world struggling to cope with the effects of climate change.

Ute Woelke, vice president of strategic regulatory affairs for flavours and head of global raw materials, said the aim was to help food makers clean up their label and «protect their business».

We aim to promote and develop the profile the Scottish organic food sector across the UK and EU while protecting and upholding the organic integrity of all products produced by their members and certified by OF&G (Scotland) to the SOPA organic standards.

In a radical revamp of its risk assessment process, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) could publish confidential data if deemed essential to protecting public health, according to draft rules aimed at boosting transparency and trust in science.

In the lead - up to Christmas, which is a very important time for Irish cream liqueur sales, the campaign aims to restart a conversation about the uniqueness of the product category, its importance to Ireland, and the need to protect it against fake products.

Through the new project, the involved parties also aim to anticipate future phases with lower vanilla market prices and protect the economic situation of the local vanilla producers.

He played the second half of the season with a harness protecting three broken ribs, but it did not affect his passing aim, his judgment or, most important of all, his cool courage.

United aimed to protect their unbeaten home record in the league this season against a West Ham side with a proven pedigree away from home, having already collected the scalps of Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City and Chelsea.

West Ham have a five match unbeaten run at home to protect on Saturday, but they aim at the weekend won't just be to stretch this confidence building home run of theirs but more about attaining all three points on a ground where they've recently been quite formidable and against an opponent seriously struggling for results, form and confidence.

The 4 -3-1-2 formation is effectively one that aims to protect Pirlo at the base of a central diamond in midfield; Pirlo, the deep - lying playmaker or regista

The paper aims to help organisers and volunteers be aware of the statutory benefits available and protect against inappropriate donations.