Sentences with phrase «by encouraging a response»

I've been gratified by the encouraging response given my initial American Liberty posts, in which I outline my theory of the five American conceptions of liberty.

Not exact matches

While I am encouraged by NBC's response to date, I am in awe of the courage my client showed to be the first to raise a complaint and to do so without making any demands other than the company do the right thing.»

«It's still very early in the process but we are encouraged by the initial consumer response,» CEO James Quincey said on the earnings call.

Given that most politicians» main aim is just to stay in power, the knee - jerk policy responses by the regime of the day is not encouraging, so pondering their reaction to a significant % of the electorate panicking about their mortgages is nightmarish.

Management warned that while their results last quarter were helped by encouraging consumer responses to new varieties like Sam»76 and Angry Orchard Rose, it's too early to gauge whether those varieties will be able to sustain their strength over the long run.

We had a great turnout, and I was so encouraged by the response.

The leader encourages response by recognizing the hands that go up — «There's one in the back.»

It was further encouraged by the Holy See's approval in 1922 of the dialogue Mass, at which the congregation would together say responses to prayers of the priest.

It's been nine months since the release of Evolving in Monkey Town, and I've been profoundly encouraged by the response I've received from those of you who see your own stories reflected in its pages.

Imagine the response by some Christians if Feuerstein walked into Starbucks, «tricked» the barista into writing a religious phrase from a different faith on the cup, encouraged people to start a movement and then underscored his point by showing off the handgun he'd snuck into the store.

I've been especially encouraged by the words and actions of Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the SBC, who took a trip to the border last week and who wrote a really powerful challenge to Christians regarding their response to the child refugees.

Roof claims that we have adopted a «reflexive spirituality» by necessity — deliberately cobbling together our own responses to the need for wholeness and encouraging others in similar efforts.

Holy Week encourages the enhancing of one's awareness of the tragic dimension of life, and Easter (followed by Eastertide) depicts the Christian response to this tragic dimension.

After writing a blog post last week urging Christian conference leaders to pursue diversity in their speaker lineups, I've been so encouraged by the response, and in particular by the number of majority - culture leaders who have added their voices in support.

There are some encouraging signs of the beginnings of a response by the churches.

This week I asked for you input on how to handle certain types of speaking invitations and was blown away by your thoughtful, encouraging, and diverse responses.

The MP explained that he was on the side of the «innocent» people being caught up in the violence and encouraged a response that would show the UK's intolerance of such behaviour: «The only way of stopping someone who continues to be violent, destructive, murderous and surgical in the way that they carry out their actions against innocent people is to stop them being able to have the capabilities to be able to do it and I think that's what we're targeting and I would hope that the Prime Minister and the President of the United States will be targeting the weapons of war and by doing so taking away the ability to wage war.»

Encouraged by positive response from consumers, the brand announced during this year's National Association of Convenience Stores show in Chicago, Ill., that it's converting one of its most popular — and money - making — SKUs to the new line.

While consumers remain cautious and volumes, sales and margins are still under pressure, Watkins is encouraged by the response to some of the new products, particularly the - $ 2 slim - line cans.

The response from major retailers has been encouraging, with Coles and Woolworths responding to public concern about the treatment of animals raised for food by committing to stock fewer factory farmed products.

But the Welshman has been encouraged by the response of his squad to his arrival and believes they are committed to keeping the club up.

The group was launched in December 2007 in response to a recognition by Totnes Children's Centre, working in partnership with Devon County Council Children's Services and South Hams District Council, of the need to support the needs of fathers and encourage them to become more actively involved in their children's learning.

And parents often unwittingly encourage jack - in - the - box behavior by their responses to the behavior.

In response to the aforementioned study, obstetric care providers are now being encouraged by reproductive and women's health experts to provide extra support for women who have undergone cesareans in their efforts to breastfeed.

Instead, AP focuses on the emotional well - being of the child by fostering sensitivity and encouraging a quick response to any issues which might cause undue stress.

The Global Digital Citizenship: Encouraging Safe and Responsible Online Use Forum - hosted by FOSI and Telstra, partnering with Google, Microsoft, and the Australian Communications and Media Authority's Cybersmart Program - will explore issues including the state of online safety around the globe, how to promote the idea of online citizenship and Australia's response to cyber safety in a global perspective.

Though the video garnered a few negative responses, with some calling it «sick» and «tasteless,» she says she's been encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response she's received on the campaign trail, not only because she's a mom, but also because she's a 38 - year - old woman in a field of older men.

In response to a recent sampling event held at Orchard Park Middle School by HUMAN operator partners NFL player Jon Corto and his wife, Jen, reporter and doctor Peter Ostrow said of HUMAN's machines: ``... reading that LCD screen may encourage the kids to start reading labels, then they'll realize that the snacks they enjoy don't have to be loaded with fats, processed foods, and sugar.

In response to feedback, we have clarified what is meant by midwife - led care and have stressed the multi-disciplinary network of care providers; have added information to the Abstract about the lack of effect on caesarean section; and revised the Abstract's conclusions from «All women» to «Most women should be offered midwife - led models of care and women should be encouraged to ask for this option.»

This was demonstrated by the encouraging online response to the Sun Columnist Kelvin MacKenzie's wretched piece earlier this week conflating the Channel 4 News journalist Fatima Manji's decision to wear a hijab with terrorism.

Perez Williams is encouraged by the response her campaign has received since announcing her candidacy last week.

Burns said the committee had held talks with the leaders of the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems in the Lords and had been encouraged by the response.

The statement said «though the government has till date not issued a comprehensive response to the Lecture delivered by Dr. Bawumia a fortnight ago, we are encouraged by the suggestions made by the Head of the Economic Management Team and Vice-President, H.E. Kwesi Bekoe Amissah - Arthur, over the weekend in Sunyani, that the government is still studying the Lecture and will in due course respond comprehensively to the Lecture.»

After the last of more than 20 residents spoke Thursday, Mr. Russell said he was encouraged by the information exchanged at the forum, and the response of the community.

In response to a question by one of the workers, Dr Fayemi said the ministry would adopt its own whistle blowing arrangement in order to encourage more information on illegal mining activities in the sector.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has called on HMRC to allow taxpayers a limited number of defaults before incurring a penalty for late submissions under the new proposals for digital tax reporting.1 This can be achieved by allowing those taxpayers a short extension period on those particular occasions.2 The CIOT says such an approach to penalties is more consistent with HMRC's five principles for penalties than alternative penalty regimes that HMRC recently consulted on.3 The CIOT has said that this «cumulative suspension» penalty regime is more likely to encourage compliance, penalise non-compliance and be a proportionate response to late filing.4 HMRC is yet to publish details about the level of the penalties, although it has confirmed that this will be a fixed penalty, irrespective of the size of the business.

In response, Councilman Patrick Withers proposed and the board approved the drafting of a memorializing resolution which will encourage that proper procedures are taken by the County Highway Department to ameliorate the situation and ensure that Samuel Road is accessible to first - responders.

She continued that she had been reassured and encouraged by the response she received after approaching Labour's chief whip, Nick Brown, a week ago with her claims and informing party leader Jeremy Corbyn's office about them on Monday.

Sagarin hopes that the results, appearing in the 26 October issue of Science, will encourage others to look for environmental responses to global warming in data sets collected informally by individuals or communities, like a bird - watcher's records.

Instead, it uses information the CDC posts in the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) database, launched in 2006 by a number of science institutes and universities worldwide (including WHO, the CDC and the Max Planck Institute for Informatics) to encourage data - sharing in response to the global spread of the H5N1 avian flu.

«After just three treatment cycles, we saw tumor markers plummet and some patients» tumors shrink significantly in just nine weeks,» said Gayle Jameson, nurse practitioner and principal investigator of the clinical trial, who is highly encouraged by the response.

Harry Potter also appeared to encourage opposition to punitive policies — gauged by responses to questions about the use of torture, killing terrorists, and support for the death penalty — though the effect size was small.

Lo was encouraged by the variants because retroviruses are extremely mutable pathogens that change their gene sequences again and again in response to immune system efforts to kill them.

In trials, telaprevir and boceprevir elicited response rates that were 20 to 30 percent higher than those seen with the older regimen — pegylated interferon plus ribavirin — by itself, an encouraging result.

By encouraging interaction among these initiatives, researchers are learning not just how the myriad cells of the brain work individually, but how they work in concert to produce behavior — as well as how the neural circuitry of behavior is modified in response to different forms of learning.

And that concern has also encouraged various scientific bodies to form committees (always the first response by a bureaucracy to any problem!)

Furthermore, saturated fat has been shown to have numerous positive effects on health, such as improving liver health by encouraging the liver cells to get rid of their fat cells, improving the immune system's response by helping white blood cells to recognize and destroy invaders more effectively, enabling the absorption of fat - soluble vitamins by acting as their carriers, as well as improving hormonal activity by providing the building blocks for a variety of hormones that are essential to human health.

Unlike caffeine, which is a stimulant that encourages a specific response within the body, adaptogenic herbs help the body adapt to stress by nudging it toward balance.

Generally, all that we need to know about them is that when given in larger doses, prebiotics tend to stimulate a colonic response by encouraging bacterial growth, helping with issues such as constipation.

If your fibromyalgia is triggered by a sensitive immune system response, turmeric can help reduce inflammation and encourages your body to respond normally to pain, rather than overreact as is the typical case in fibromyalgia.