Sentences with phrase «based on whim»

This second incident, however, outraged and embarrassed Tiggeman, who believed that it was wrong that Southwest seemed to arbitrarily apply the COS policy to her based on the whim of the gate representative:

Your selection should not be based on whim or purely on the physical appeal of a pet.

Stop getting dogs based on a whim.

You buy and sell based on whim and emotion.

«What's different now is you have a reliable system that is not just based on the whim of a principal, but on the basis of who is doing a great job,» Weisberg said.

We have all made snap decisions based on a whim or even, as with cloth diapering, based on our baby's health, the family budget, or the ever - present environmental concerns, only later to wonder what in the world we were thinking.

Somehow this is akin to the culture in many companies where you have a new program every quarter based on the whims of the Chief Executive.

Hmmmm, a religion based on the whims of a Roman procurator??? Maybe we should rethink the importance of the crucifixion and concentrate on the Beat - itudes!!!!

Hmmmm, a religion based on the whims of a Roman procurator??? Maybe you should rethink the importance of the crucifixion and concentrate on the Beatitudes!!!!

truthfollower01, it appears that you do not believe there is any absolute standard for morality, yourself, but, instead, believe actions that would otherwise be regarded as immoral can be regarded as moral based on the whims of your god.

And remember, all opening dates are subject to change based on the whims of the studios.

For example, an artist could go from a starving nobody, and based on the whims of social circles, catapult to social elite in a very short time.

«Before you jump in, ask yourself if you really want to invest based on the whims of a friend,» Zajac said.

Today, its price fluctuates based on the whims of financial markets.

The state kicked in around 13 - 15 % per year (changed based on the whims of the legislature).

But why would Nintendo wish to downgrade itself to a business model that is based on the whims of bored iPhone or Android users?

You can't run a business based on the whims of staff motivation.

The trial judge ruled that members of a Parish can change over time and therefore the Parish could not simply choose to sever itself from the Diocese based on the whims of the congregation at any particular time.

Think of Tezos smart contracts like an organism that keeps growing, learning and changing based on the whims of users, now emboldened with the power of digitized Greek gods.

Not exact matches

The team discovered that many customers loved the honor - based system that Howard's uses, but felt having to use cash or check made dropping by on a whim inconvenient.

I picked up this book on a whim based solely on its title and a quick scan of the back cover.

The point here is not to make major business changes on a whim based on something a customer — or even several customers — does or says.

Since they buy securities based sometimes on little more than a whim, they are apt to sell for the same reason.

The vagaries of a banking system with many smaller participants relying heavily on a market - based system of funding could be mitigated by an evolution to fewer nationwide banks backed by FDIC charters - and therefore not be as affected by the whims and fluctuations of capital markets.

While Western politicians make their moves based on short - term electoral whims, Bejiing's leadership plays a chess match that spans multiple decades.

Humanism is opposed to this ideology, not only because it's always based on unprovable religious superstition but because humanists believe strongly that the fate of humanity is not subject to divine whims but rests with humanity itself.

Don't do it as a would be spiritual «whim» based on the ramblings of a few bored and famished believers desperate for a glimpse of the one and only true God.

My dear, read for your self and before you throw such statements, attempt to tackle the points I made throughout this form on merit basis, not whims and desires (or ignorance as is the case in your comment).

Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro Carambula, the director of the Rome office of Human Life International, told LifeSiteNews «that the banning of bullfighting in Spain... even as [the government promotes] abortion, represents a triumph of newly invented moral values based on arbitrary «progressive» whims and social fads.»

that's not how you do things, you prove rational ideas, things that are based on the world around us, not emotions, or fleeting whims..

These guys have a bad habit of making major, kingdom - wide decisions based on personal offense and whims, and should not be crossed.

If the answer to question 2 is «Yes» then the ruling is correct and the non-related benefits of the health insurance the company was giving their employees out of charity where the employee did not contribute is within their rights to modify and adjust based on any company policy whether it be faith based or just a CEO's whim.

Popular snacks called antojitos, or «little whims,» are usually eaten with the fingers, and are nearly all based on corn.

I made this hearty grain salad on whim based on what I happened to have in my pantry one lazy Sunday afternoon.

We also aren't, so far, at the mercy of the whim of a single oligarch or dictator, and that means that we're existing and prospering on the basis of our own strength.

Some of my favorite books I picked up based on the cover, some of my favorite albums bought on a whim.

Of course, parents must make a decision based on the best possible outcome for each individual child and the family as a whole, and not at the whim of a young child.

Commenting on the launch of a consultation by the Secretary of State for Education on professional development for teachers and calling for expressions of interest in a College of Teaching, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK, said: «This Government can establish whatever framework it likes for professional development but unless teachers are given a contractual entitlement to access such development, the current system of inequality and ad hoc arrangements will continue, with access being on the basis of grace and favour and the whims and preferences of individual employers.

For centuries, our senior police constables have made operational decisions not at the behest of government and the political whims of the day, but based on their professional view of how best to uphold the law and keep the peace, dealing with everything from petty theft to major terrorist plots.

In a statement she said she «had been led to believe» that attendance at the closed - door meetings was «based on constitutional roles and not simply the whims of the governor.»

We like to think that humans are supremely logical, making decisions on the basis of hard data and not on whim.

So we're going to engineer our children based on our egos, our creativity, our whims.

Yet basing the design on good science instead of whim will strengthen the healing nature of nature.

Time can mean many things, but Hillis's machine needs to track a particularly messy version: Earth - surface clock / calendar time, which is based on a byzantine agglomeration of astronomical rotations, orbits, and perturbations of hugely varying lengths, overlaid with arbitrary cultural whims about how to divide it up.

It starts with her time in college and her decision to make a plant - based blog on a whim (funny story there).

I really love these blue pumpkins (called Jarrahdale based on my research) and the personality they bring to the space but I bought one on a whim and then when I went back to get more (because I realized how much I loved their uniqueness) they were all gone (insert big «ole crocodile tears here!).

This top has a base of black, Upon which you'll find needlepoint trim, A little bit of ric rac, That seems to be placed at a whim, And a lack of fit details anywhere on the back.

Teachers made the same wages as car washers; autocratic principals harassed teachers on a daily basis; and teachers could be fired on a whim.

In other words, education funding, according to Malloy, should be based on our leaders» political whims rather than on what kids need.

We will turn teachers into «at will» employees who can be fired at the whim of a principal based on little more than test scores.