Sentences with phrase «at least a couple of respects»

With all due respect, Arbitrator Norman's reasoning in this decision is flawed in at least a couple of respects.

This report is noteworthy in at least a couple of respects.

Not exact matches

Interestingly the NICs, the fastest growing economies of Asia, such as South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China and in a sense Hong Kong, have been those which did not respect democratic elections at least for a couple of decades.

Cuomo has said that his goal is to «transform» government in New York — and in at least a couple of key respects, he's off to a good start.

Recent research has cast doubt on each of these premises, but Odd Couples notes that we are exceptional in at least one respect: how we distinguish men from women.

Less successful are materialistic valley sister Debbie (Danielle Harris) and Donnie (Flea)-- the former at least receiving a couple of redemptive moments (her relationship with tribesman Buku (Obba Babatundé) is carried with a sort of nonchalant respect that allows for the flowering of a friendship across cultural — and linguistic — barriers) while the latter is basically just a purveyor of a «wedgie dance» (that doesn't register much past the diaper and sleepover set) and possessor of a signature soundtrack sting so frenetic it sets teeth on edge.

It demands close attention to factual details that matter; a winnowing out of details that don't matter; a reliance on concrete facts coupled with a disavowal of breezy generalizations and characterizations; a building up of facts into step - by - step arguments from which conclusions naturally follow; the marshaling of reasons that will earn the respect even of an opposing audience; a dialectical approach in which countervailing facts and counterarguments are carefully disarmed; a defense not of the first positions you might take, but of the best ones; and, at least in your early development as a legal writer, a stripped - down style that contains not a whiff of ornate embellishment.