Sentences with phrase «believed challenged their authority»

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As he grew older, he used the authority he had acquired to challenge those of his colleagues who believed that discussions of religion were beneath their dignity.

He allows the sorrows in this world to happen, because, if you believe, his authority was challenged, and to put it simply, he said to humans, like a parent would say to a child.

Believing — evidently fervently — that a radical rabbi challenged authority and managed to get himself nailed for his efforts thus making him a messiah, is obviously ludicrous.

I also do not believe it will be at all easy to change the leadership of Labour so soon after electing a new leader in such a short space of time - It shouldn't be discounted also that Corbyn could do very well as party leader in the next few years and stop dead in their tracks any attempts by his rivals within the party to challenge his authority.

Bernard Lacour, a longtime school reformer who works with local school councils and consults with New Leaders on placement issues, believes that the obstacles thrown up by council dynamics and the predisposition for experience may be exacerbated by system politics, the advantages of incumbency, and fear among local councils that their candidates will be challenged by the board of education and their authority taken away from them.

There is authority elsewhere that certain ordinances that do not allow a «grandfathering» period could constitute an illegal taking of property and I certainly believe those ordinances should be challenged.

I don't mean the sort of respect that is old fashioned «teaching by authority», where you accept and memorize everything I say because I'm the teacher and I said so; I actually tell my students not to believe what I way just because I'm the teacher, to challenge it, to test it, and then when it makes sense or corresponds to their experiences in the labs (which at least spot check the concepts, although such checks can not be exhaustive) accept it and build a strong conceptual understanding.

He — and the Cape Town authorities — believe that not visiting Cape Town and the Western Cape now would only make this challenging situation worse.

* recognize your current, habitual patterns of communication * challenge and change your stories about the other parent * deepen your understanding and management of your emotional responses * manage your ego instead of blaming the other parent * understand how you use and abuse power and authority in a relationship * listen as an act of being present * become curious when you believe you already know the answer * ask questions to confirm your understanding of what is being communicated before you respond.