Sentences with phrase «as background facts»

Ask students to form groups and decide what material from each book they can use as background facts and what they can use to form an interesting story.

2) were using the consensus position as a background fact of the abstracts and papers, your post is utter nonsense.

The mentions this as a background fact, but does not rely on the existence of these guidelines as a requirement for the constitutionality of checkpoint stops.

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Despite his success, Corrin has no previous background in food operations; in fact, before launching Freshii, Corrin worked as public relations representative for Oscar de la Renta in New York City.

While Apple is known primarily for its focus on music, the fact that Schusser also has a background in tech acquisitions — such as Shazam — and will work part of the time in Culver City suggests that Shazam and movies could become a serious part of Apple's ambitions, as opposed to just bonus content for music lovers.

As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy requireAs the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus, with some recent studies and popular media coverage pointing to investors from Asia as one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy requireas one of the drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?

In these words he disingenuously glides over the fact (known to himself) that the earliest of those «other works,» Shakespeare's Religious Background, was published as early as 1973, when Eamon Duffy was presumably merely a student and when he might even have been influenced by my book» in which I devote a whole chapter to the «English Jesuits.»

You do realize that the entire article we are commenting on is one long proselytizing piece from a Christian making opinion claims that the less intelligent may take as fact because the writer has a background in science.

As a matter of fact, [B] to [F] can be seen as forming the background Whitehead sets up in order to state his own opposite opinion in [AAs a matter of fact, [B] to [F] can be seen as forming the background Whitehead sets up in order to state his own opposite opinion in [Aas forming the background Whitehead sets up in order to state his own opposite opinion in [A].

As it happened, the texts reflect a relatively brief period of the dominance of a variation of Enlightenment thought — although, to be sure, those texts must be understood, as the framers certainly did understand them, against the background assumptions of what in fact was a Christian society and culturAs it happened, the texts reflect a relatively brief period of the dominance of a variation of Enlightenment thought — although, to be sure, those texts must be understood, as the framers certainly did understand them, against the background assumptions of what in fact was a Christian society and culturas the framers certainly did understand them, against the background assumptions of what in fact was a Christian society and culture.

Students of old school, hard news, print journalism learn a writing method known as the «inverted pyramid,» in which the raw facts are presented up front, and are given the most real estate, with all the other information and background details trailing off behind them.

So it seems all the more difficult to accept the Bible as authoritative just because somebody — tradition or the early Church — says so, when in fact these somebodies did not know as much about the Bible's history and background and diverse elements as we do today.

In fact, if someone really wants to stretch this verse, they may use it as justification for skipping church to «worship» with their family at home, while the football game is playing in the background.

Rather, its actuality resides in the fact that it is the permanent background» (AR 461; ETR 176, 178) or «condition» (ETR 176) of identifiable events and as such does not itself occur or exist.

So, for example, T. W. Manson claimed that `... if God did in fact speak to us through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus it is vitally important to know as fully and as accurately as possible what sort of life and death and resurrection became the medium of divine revelation», (T. W. Manson, «The Life of Jesus: Some Tendencies in Present - day Research», The Background of the New Testament and its Eschatology, ed.

As background, we should reflect upon certain facts.

Melissa is a full time nutrition researcher and health writer who honed her fact finding and research analysis skills from an extensive background as an award winning and professionally trained journalist.With a lot of misinformation, hype, and pseudo science floating around the health, nutrition, and weigh loss industry, Melissa's ability to uncover fact filled and research backed information makes her an invaluable addition to our team at Bembu.

Product 360 provides the opportunity to attach product information, brand videos, interesting facts and background stories to a product's barcode, as a way of creating consumer awareness and teaching consumers about the product / brand upon scanning a barcode.

And a point of technicality: my science training and background means I am careful to state facts as facts, and conclusions, opinions, etc. prefaced as such.

The fact that we are an American group, gives us some background in some areas of sports marking that aren't as cultivated in Italy.»

So we all know the background as to our injuries and the fact that Arsenal need to beat Zagreb while Munich are destroying Olympiakos (we hope!).

She's not a registered nurse — in fact, no formal training is required — but likely has some sort of medical background as well as infant - care experience.

My interest in this whole issue comes from the fact that if our law courts especially the highest court in Ghana, Supreme Court that is supposed to be final place in the country to deliver justice to all manner of persons regardless of one's political affiliation, religious beliefs, ethnic background etc in a just and fair manner is now seen to be turning into a place where citizens of Ghana who may belong to certain political affiliations do not feel confident or have trust in their handling of critical national issues in view of some of these «partisan» pronouncements on the part of some justices, then where would we be heading towards as a country?

Even as he voiced support for proposals generally backed by Democrats — including expanded background checks and raising the age limit to 21 for some gun buyers — the president peppered his remarks with inaccurate facts about mass shootings and gun policy.

In the end, that lady decided to withdraw her application, but the fact that someone who is strong in the variety world wanted to back it is, to my mind, proof that increasingly, when people from whatever background look at the Government, there is a smile on their face as they contemplate our achievements.

Background / positions: Thompson, who served as the city's comptroller from 2002 to 2009, came surprisingly close to beating Mayor Bloomberg in 2009, taking 46 percent of the vote — despite the fact that Bloomberg spent more than $ 100 million of his own fortune on the campaign.

Last week, Cuomo, who has feuded with the mayor at every turn, told the Observer that the comptroller's scathing audits of his economic development programs were not valid given his background as a state assemblyman, despite the fact that he appointed DiNapoli to oversee the city's homeless shelter system.

I was lamenting the fact that an African American official has such poor relations with folks who are from the same cultural background as he, that he needs the intervention of someone from another race in order to connect with communities of color...» Mueller accuses Bryan of using bullying tactics.

Voters will like the fact that policy is being put forward and the condemnation of Brown and Labour will be there in the background as a subliminal narrative.

We exclude them primarily because whole milk and full - fat yogurt are not the norm, and we want to make the test relevant to as broad an audience as possible — people who might not be well - versed in picking apart nutrition facts, comparing brands, and having the background knowledge of what they mean.

Great idea to use the moss mat as a background filler and I love the fact that the knobs you used to hang your garden don't match.

In fact a lot of individuals enter incorrect details on the online dating services trying to show that they are extremely rich and also try to portray wrong details about their educational background and their physique as well.

The fact that the narration track can sync with the movie as it plays in the background is a new feature for the Disney Movies Anywhere App and one that greatly enhances existing technology.

Irony isn't new in literature (in fact it's as omnipresent as background radiation, the problem these days being how to escape it) but for John McTiernan, directing a script by Shane Black and David Arnott, it's still a new toy.

Of all the major horror franchises, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre has been pretty poorly served despite being eight films in, and still filmmakers and studios can not move away from trying to give a definitive background on main antagonist Leatherface, a fact given credence by the eponymous title which, in any other franchise, would be seen as being definitive but this being the schizophrenic series that it is, this is the second movie in it to bear this title, the other being 1990s Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III.

Helium and Zodanga are impressively exotic and well - realized, and are not carbon copies of each other — while there are similarities in their designs (besides, of course, the fact that one walks around), there are enough marked differences for them to be believable as individual cities sharing the same world and background.

To put it another way, while I'm more than sympathetic to Jonathan's desire to read Karen Ordahl Kupperman's book about early America before weighing in on The New World (I speak as one who read four different books about feudal Japan before writing my review of The Last Samurai a few years back), I think it's also essential to keep in mind the fact that most audiences who see the film will come to it with very little, if any, historical background, and that to a certain extent the film even asks to be read ahistorically.

They tweeted background articles on Pakistan and Syria, as well as fact - checking sites to prove or repudiate statistics that the candidates presented.

As texts compete for attention with soundbites, scrolling headlines, tweets, and vines, writers and readers alike are seeing the value of text that uses visual design features to organize ideas, provide background, and emphasize key facts in ways that make it easier for readers to engage a topic thoughtfully.

Ask questions inviting a variety of opinions that they can support with facts or background knowledge that they already have, such as:

If basic literacy is in fact necessary for a teacher to be effective in the classroom, the victims of this policy will be the students; in New York City, minority students will be its primary victims, as most students taught by minority teachers are of the same background.

The fact that this sector is already integrated into the broader higher education system, through federal aid and some state aid programs, suggests that these policy levers might be used to better leverage the private sector to further policymakers» goals, such as increasing educational attainment overall and for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

«The trouble is that by not requiring knowledge of any specific book or facts, reading tests have contributed to the false impression that reading is mainly about having skills such as being able to summarize, and not about background knowledge,» noted Lousiana's state superintendent of education, John White.

On a more personal level, as a student himself Woo experienced racism and bullying due to the fact there were few children of Asian background in his suburban Sydney primary school in the early»90s.

«What stood out for us about Jenny was the fact that she teaches astronomy and is already familiar with NASA resources, as well as her educational technology background,» Olson says.

As research, education, and training move rapidly to a self - serve delivery model, the onus is ever - increasingly on the individual to use a solid background in critical thinking in order to discern facts, uncover undisclosed specifics, verify sources of information, and clarify the specifics of a given proposal or narrative.

Nevertheless, the fact that blacks stay in school at least as long as whites from similar socioeconomic backgrounds seems inconsistent with the idea that the youth culture of blacks is much more anti-academic than that of whites.

The fact that AYP doesn't focus on low educational achievement for young men of all backgrounds, the most - persistent symptom of the nation's education crisis, has allowed districts to continue practices such as overlabeling of young men as special ed cases that toss more futures into the abyss.

«Obviously, a child considered poor in the United States may be regarded as relatively wealthy in another country,» he wrote, «but the fact that the perceived problem of socio - economic disadvantage among students is so much greater in the United States — and in France too — than the actual backgrounds of students also suggests that what school principals in some countries consider to be social disadvantage would not be considered such in others.»

15:20 Dr. Montecel closes her speech: «The Quality Schools Action Framework speaks to the need and possibility of engaging citizens, leaders and policymakers around high quality data that call all of us as members of the community to act, to establish common ground, to strengthen education, and finally and most importantly and fundamentally, to align our values with our investments in the school system: fundamentals and features that we know are needed — from teaching quality, to engaged students, engaged parents and families, and a high quality, authentic curriculum so that students in every neighborhood and of every background can in fact have equal educational opportunities.»