Sentences with phrase «arbitrary limits of»

I'm not interested in a capsule wardrobe per se — I'm not sure I understand the arbitrary limit of using only X number of clothes.

In 1979 the Supreme Court of Canada established an arbitrary limit of $ 100,000 that could be awarded for the most serious and devastating of injuries.

All have won, and all should have prizes, and readers, but I have imposed on myself an altogether arbitrary limit of five nominees.

Not exact matches

Most of our «limits» are arbitrary and self - imposed.

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.

The abolition of arbitrary difference continues its advance — abolishing limits on the marriage right based on the gender pairing of the couple, and now abolishing differential access to bathrooms based on a person's gender self - identification.

There is an important sense therefore in which the test of application beyond the immediate origin may not have to be anything more than «conceivability,» in which the stretching of an idea to its limit and applying it may not be arbitrary.

To attempt to justify this by transforming the epistemological problem of «uncertainty» into an ontological fact is simply a way of mobilizing the present limits of scientific knowledge in order to assert an arbitrary philosophical thesis.

There is, of course, an intrinsic indefiniteness in nature, described in physics by the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, but this is no arbitrary uncertainty; it is a precise limit concerning the relationship between momentum and position for each particle.

But it is arbitrary to limit political theology to the sphere of Kantian hegemony.

Each of these concepts is under attack today, to a point where it is forgotten that their purpose is to limit, not expand, the arbitrary use of power.

How, in other words, if there is no eternal ground of values, can your own strict standards be anything other than arbitrary, conventional, historically limited human concoctions?

We might also note that the moral limits for the regulation of individual behavior have over recent decades become increasingly arbitrary as the notion of the public good has become a more psychological, more subjective, and thus a more confused, notion.

If the participation of persons in world mission is lacking or is limited by arbitrary rules, all areas of the church's life will suffer.

Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny today upheld the assault weapons ban portion of New York's SAFE Act, but struck down several other provisions — including the seven - round magazine limit, calling it «largely an arbitrary restriction that impermissibly infringes on the rightsguaranteed by the Second Amendment.»

The chorus of criticism is clear: setting an arbitrary rule that you have to maintain a surplus radically limits the chancellor's room to manoeuvre when there are economic problems.

The Greens» limit of ten times on the differential may still appear arbitrary - why not five or 15?

WHEREAS, limiting the number of rounds to seven versus ten is arbitrary and capricious; has no correlation to public safety, unfairly burdens law - abiding gun owners; and puts an undue burden on gun manufacturers to retool their manufacturing plants; and

The letter is designed to keep insurers from placing arbitrary limits on the number of naloxone doses that are covered since fentanyl can be up to 50 times more powerful than heroin and it can take multiple doses of naloxone to reverse a fentanyl overdose, Cuomo aides said.

Cuomo also announced a directive to the New York State Department of Financial Services which took action to stop insurance companies from putting «arbitrary limits» on the number of naloxone doses covered by a plan.

For example, managing a given watershed may make more sense than managing the amount of global freshwater consumption to stay below an arbitrary, sustainable «limit» of 4,000 cubic kilometers per year.

Using this new framework, policy makers can now examine this topic in a more analytical manner and develop guidelines based on fundamental principles of economic fairness rather than arbitrary limits.

Area 6A has a southern boundary through an area of limited exposure, its western boundary is Lake Turkana, and its northern boundary is an arbitrary line separating it from Area 2 in the west and Area 4 in the east along which there is little exposure of Pliocene or Pleistocene strata.

But even according to Loren Cordain, author of The Paleo Diet, a «paleo» diet could be as high as 40 % in carbs, a far cry from many of the low carb diets today (which condemn all carbs to the point of even putting restrictions on fruits and veggies to meet some arbitrary carbohydrate gram limit).»

Less impressive is the only - too - obvious back - projection, but the smart idea of an admittedly arbitrary 60 - minute limit before the crew start growing back to normal size generates cumulatively effective tension as debut gal Raquel Welch provides the glam and ever - reliable Donald Pleasence offers more than a hint of twitchy menace.

There was nothing more frustrating than having to try to complete two missions on opposite sides of the map in a short amount of time, and I'm glad that these arbitrary time limits aren't constantly hanging over my head any more.

Sometimes Avil may be given random tasks, but they're all generally either save X amount of civilians or prevent X amount of watchtowers from being destroyed, along with arbitrary time limits and the like.

Congress should work to limit arbitrary and regressive subsidies, even when they are politically popular, rather than pander to demands for even more of them.

«Free from the artificial limits of grade requirements they push on beyond these arbitrary boundaries.

For charges brought for inefficiency, the arbitrator can only consider the following: (1) whether the evaluation failed to adhere substantially to the evaluation process, including, but not limited to providing an corrective action plan; (2) there is a mistake of fact in the evaluation; (3) the charges would not have been brought but for considerations of political affiliation, nepotism, union activity, discrimination as prohibited by State or federal law, or other conduct prohibited by State or federal law; or (4) the district's actions were arbitrary and capricious.

While some say capping the number of charter schools controls the quality of education, others say the caps are arbitrary and limit opportunity.

TCTA was pleased to see that the proposed rules expanded the list of laws from which districts of innovation can not be exempt, but noted that the list was arbitrary and didn't include particularly important provisions like class - size limits, student discipline measures, teacher and parent rights, and teacher benefits.

This arbitrary system to turnover public schools to private interests limits the rights of state and local elected officials.»

in the face of rising productivity and affluence, older workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs; the setting of arbitrary age limits regardless of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage of older persons; the incidence of unemployment, especially long - term unemployment with resultant deterioration of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the younger ages, high among older workers; their numbers are great and growing; and their employment problems grave; the existence in industries affecting commerce, of arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age, burdens commerce and the free flow of goods in commerce.

There are lots of them I grant you but an arbitrary speed limit enforced by huge fines does not prevent them causing accidents nor does it stop drink driving or all sorts of other crimes which cost a lot more to combat so don't pad government coffers so easily.

If it is not safe then they should be prosecuted for dangerous driving not simply exceeding an arbitrary limit which takes no account of weather, vehicle, driver, time of day or any other factor that has far more bearing on stopping distance than one or two mph either way.

It's a mode of being as well as an age: the time when you gain both independence and an agonizing knowledge of the limits of independence, the toil and arbitrary luck involved in going anywhere.

Amazon is using the augmentation to the TOS to suspend the ability or to impose arbitrary limits on how much content can be delivered to your Kindle e-Reader, Fire tablet or any of their apps.

One of these was an arbitrary limit on the number of stocks in my portfolio.

Although recent legislation helps consumers in some ways by limiting credit card fees and requiring credit cards to notify customers in advance of arbitrary rate increases, many credit card companies are raising interest rates to recoup the income they're losing due to caps on penalty fees.

Given the simpler, mechanical nature of the Graham / Schloss approach, an arbitrary upper limit on the number of stocks in my portfolio seems unnecessary and probably raises my opportunity costs.

Instead of homeless animals dying due to lack of space, an arbitrary time limit, lack of exposure, untreated medical conditions, undesirable physical traits, age or physical disability, they are saved and adopted into loving forever homes.

These arbitrary limits would create criminals out of pet owners and fine violators hundreds of dollars per offense.

Perhaps it isn't fair to draw an arbitrary limit on the number of breeds that can be shown.

I'd rather play a brilliant game for five hours — particularly as my spare time is becoming increasingly limited and valuable — than go through the boring process of retracing my steps, collecting items through the same levels for another five, just so the developer can meet some arbitrary number of hours or fear being told their game is too short.

This fruit collection mechanic replaces the spaceship parts - seeking of the original and makes for an impeccable solution to the problem of how to re-create the urgency of the first Pikmin game without giving the game an overt and arbitrary time limit.

While I don't believe any aspect of the game's resources was limited to make you spend money on boosts or slots, this arbitrary time limit clearly exists to milk money from the playerbase.

The only use I could see that [i] Odama [/ i] even has for the time limit — other than as an arbitrary inflation of difficulty — is as an impromptu scoring device (every 100 seconds you have left over after each board results in an «extra ball») that could easily be replaced by an actual score tally.

Taken together with the way it locks off so much content until you hit arbitrary levels it feels bizarrely restrictive, forcing players into a grind - like trajectory that gradually dishes out tools that make gameplay more interesting, even as the deliberately limited combinations of rules, maps and modes chip away at the initially intoxicating sugar rush appeal.

You'll be told that you failed some objective that you never knew you had, be given objectives that don't make much sense, or have arbitrary limits imposed on you that you won't be aware of until it's too late.