Sentences with phrase «by laudable»

In a sermon titled «the man and his works», Bishop Oyonude Kure said the late Ogbemudia by his laudable achievements as an administrator lived an exemplary life worthy of emulation.

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Even leaving out the idea I was also taught, that removing oneself from the system was a laudable act of counter-cultural liberation, with which I still have some sympathy, to teach one's children oneself, being able to choose curricula and readings and customize the teaching to every child's needs and gifts, is the kind of thing I was taught, by teachers of impeccable liberalism, to praise.

I hope their laudable objective will not be hindered by the fact that they've all apparently been assigned and branded with religious and ideological identities before they're even old enough to comprehend the meaning of them, let alone make an informed decision for themselves.

With all their laudable effort to understand the integrity of the Scriptures, both Old and New, and to insist on the basic unity of the Bible; with all their recognition of the place of Jesus within the setting of Jewish piety and religious thought, these scholars sometimes fail to see that the very truth about God which the Bible as a whole affirms, and above all that which the New Testament says about Jesus himself, can be smothered by sheer biblicism and thereby made meaningless for those to whom the gospel should be a living, vitalizing, and contemporary message.

According to his tax records, President Obama gave about 14 % to charity last year, a laudable amount by any measure.

Despite the BBC's laudable attempt to be fairly faithful to the Gospels they certainly don't hold to the Christian affirmation that «the Father of mercies willed that the incarnation should be preceded by assent on the part of the predestined mother» [Catechism, 488].

Much of this work is laudable, no doubt, but some of it, like Racists Getting Fired, is simply a way of demonstrating one's own righteousness by punishing people uninitiated in campus speech protocols.

The intention is laudable, no doubt, but if we are really talking about God, He is not awaiting a promotion by us.

One of the benefits of secularization in this field has been that it has shown up the fact that much that has passed for Christian prayer was in fact a form of magic, by which the Christian was attempting to operate supernatural forces to bring about his own ends, however laudable they might have been.

What the disciples wanted to do with the ointment by selling it on behalf of the poor was laudable, but not as laudable as what the woman did with it.

Sometimes Canon Redford's arguments suffer a loss of vigour because their presentation is complicated by a perhaps laudable but ultimately distracting attempt to reference as many other scholars as possible.

The result is superficial women formed by meaningless choices, worthy of stereotype, rather than laudable women of character, worthy of respect.

It is our opinion that, while encouraging women to breastfeed is a laudable aim, it is by supporting those who can and want to breastfeed, and not by punishing those who can't, that we will reap the benefits we all want to see in our society.

This laudable transformation quest can not be undertaken by a few African States acting independently or in weak organised partnerships», says Mrs. Alakija.

We believe that the recent decision by government to re-introduce trainee allowance for nurses is a laudable idea and we commend government for that.

Mr Armah - Frempong stated that last year a substantial number of farmers in the District registered with the programme, a laudable social intervention instituted by the President.

Although adopting the caterers» model for service provision is a laudable, it said appropriate storage facilities and the quality of food prepared could not be guaranteed having recognized the limited supervision and monitoring by programme officials.

The proposed pipelines aren't in the best interest of the Hudson Valley and would be at odds with Gov. Cuomo's laudable renewable energy goals — 50 percent by 2030.»

This move by Speaker Heastie and the Members of the New York State Assembly, controlled in Albany by the Democrats is laudable.

He thanked the Governor for granting 75 per cent waiver on revenue payable by the institution to the State Government, saying the gesture, among other laudable initiatives, were worth commending and shows his passion for the development of the education sector.

On the proposed one district one factory by the NPP flagbearer, Prof. Agyeman - Duah, said the policy was laudable and should be encouraged except that, it could not be done in even eight years.

Whilst our initial mission to rid Afghanistan of al - Qaeda was laudable and understandable, our policy since has been undermined by two factors — lack of clarity as to the continuing mission, and subsequent confusion as to our real enemy.

«We must applaud and support this laudable and bold initiative by the government», the statement reads.

References to Hooters and Kill Bill are one thing — and the Uma - tization of the formerly helpless fairy - tale princesses (voiced by Amy Sedaris and SNL actresses Maya Rudolph, Cheri Oteri and Amy Poehler) is at the same time the movie's singular adult - reference set piece, and a laudable message of empowerment for little girls.

The screenplay by Nelson Gidding (The Haunting, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure) stays mostly faithful to its source material, which is laudable given the fact that it would have originally seemed to most writers to have been unfilmable without injecting a great deal of action.

However, The Theory of Everything was produced by Working Title, and is made with laudable focus, honesty and restraint.

Played nicely by an earnest Thomas Brodie - Sangster — part of an all - around laudable cast — Donald is brimming with all of the expected angst and confusion that afflicts any teenage boy.

Rosamund Pike and Julianne Moore, while excellent, are by no means the only laudable elements of their respective films.

The goal was laudable enough: All 50 million students in nearly 100,000 public schools would be proficient in reading and math by the end of the 2013 - 14 school year.

This laudable goal has never been reached by any other nation or by any state.

Finally, I roundly reject the suggestion, as stated by Rick Hess, that «Race to the Top may have done as much to retard as to advance its laudable goals.»

Black and Hispanic 4th grade math scores leaped forward by 18 points; in reading these gains were a laudable 13 points and 9 points.

To be attained by 2015, these were, of course, entirely laudable — e.g., «eradicate extreme poverty and hunger» and «achieve universal primary education» — and they have definitely influenced the priorities of various UN agencies, other governmental and multilateral aid providers, and private philanthropies.

But along with a similar initiative launched last year by the administration to expand educational opportunities for Native American kids (and slowly revamp the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education), the new effort does bring attention to the low educational achievement among young black children — especially young black men — and reinforces Obama's generally laudable record as School Reformer - in - Chief.

Johnson's own laudable efforts to pass civil rights legislation, as much driven by his own morality as by political calculations about winning higher office, waned after he felt that Martin Luther King and others didn't cater enough to his prodigious - yet - fragile ego.

The change of 20 and 30 scale score points, respectively, by Arizona charter eighth graders is especially laudable, as no state even came close to posting similar gains during that same timeframe.

Some laudable elements, but provisions dilute support for principals The American Federation of School Administrators, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals — representing school leaders in the nation's 100,000 elementary, middle, and high schools — issued the following statement is in response to the discussion draft by Sen. Lamar Alexander -LSB-...]

This time around, we have the folks over at Core Knowledge, whose otherwise laudable effort to improve the nation's woeful reading curricula is often overshadowed by the penchant of its advocates to dismiss other reforms.

The manifesto (which did have some laudable goals) was trashed by all but the most - stubbornly pro-status quo of pundits.

While recent attempts by the teacher unions to «correct» the flaws in the Malloy administration's teacher evaluation system are laudable, the fact is that Malloy's system can not be fixed because it is inherently dependent on standardized test scores that fail to evaluate teachers on factors that are within their control.

By focusing solely on the fact that Teach For America alumni are playing their proper (and laudable) roles as participants in civil society on behalf of children and communities, Malkin fails to pay any mind to the great work that the organization and its recruits do on a daily basis in providing kids with high - quality teaching.

Equally laudable is the concern shown for mother earth, what with the entire ebase being fed with solar power, never a bad idea in a place that is referred to as a cold desert and is showered by ample sunshine for most parts of the year.

Farrell tracks Nixon's ascent from a love - starved, romantic, yet Machiavellian youth to a president whose laudable legacy — civil rights, international ties with China, crucial environment laws — is overshadowed by the infamous Watergate scandal.

While carefully choosing titles of local interest by local authors is a laudable goal, will our readers flock to get the latest Indie, library curated eContent?

Judging by your definition, even the laudable Google Nexus One, HTC Desire HD, and the HTC Evo aren't noteworthy because they don't have the «DROID branding.»

While it is equally important to see how Big Five published authors are continually releasing their bestselling titles and earn a laudable status, several graphs signify the increasing popularity of eBooks not only published by indie authors, but for the ones done by small or medium publishers, and Amazon imprints.

We find that what constitutes «excellence» for managers is most often not the case for investors... While financial «excellence» is defined by Watermann and Peters is a laudable management achievement, we find that it tends to produce a high - priced stock with potential for downward mean reversion.

The developer's more laudable quality is in taking the medium's first principles (as laid down by Pong, Pac - Man and others) and spinning them into fresh, vivid shapes.

Atmospherically it is gloriously, unyieldingly miserable and at times positively harrowing, demonstrating an astonishing and enormously laudable refusal to compromise by developer Quantic Dream and publisher Sony.

The jurors — painter Rocio Rodriguez, actor and mixed - media artist Masud Olufani and photographer Jerry Siegel — elected to show more work by fewer artists for this year's biennial juried exhibition, a laudable decision that makes for a richer experience.