Sentences with phrase «by unequal»

As I discuss in Chapter 2, the native title system is currently supported by an unequal power dynamic that promotes the external decision - making processes of governments and breaks down internal decision - making and conflict management processes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The presumptions would not apply if it is established that the interests of the child would be better served by the unequal division of parenting time or parental responsibility.

There was a legal joint tenancy here; but in equity it was a tenancy in common created by the unequal contributions to the purchase price.

The presence of clathrates at a given site can often be determined by observation of a «bottom simulating reflector» (BSR), which is a seismic reflection at the sediment to clathrate stability zone interface caused by the unequal densities of normal sediments and those laced with clathrates.

Main Entry: so · cial · ism Pronunciation: \ ˈsō - shə - ˌli - zəm \ Function: noun Date: 1837 1: any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods 2 a: a system of society or group living in which there is no private property b: a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state 3: a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done.

Suspension — Front: independent by unequal - length double wishbones, coil springs and telescopic dampers.

Instead, the catchy tunes are composed by unequal - length intake pipes, a free - breathing exhaust, sparsely applied insulation, and a few strategic holes in the firewall.

This problem is caused by unequal grip of the tyres.

Lack of access to high quality summer learning opportunities has real consequences — more than half of the achievement gap between lower and higher - income youth can be explained by unequal access to summer learning opportunities.

PAIR researchers recognized, as stated in the final report, that results from PAIR were limited by unequal distribution of professional development training that resulted in deficient student work documentation in the early stages of the project.

Furthermore, cells in which MELK had been depleted displayed asymmetric division (Figure 6G), characterized by an unequal allocation of cell mass into daughter cells.

Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wealth.

David Miliband, the Cabinet Office minister charged with writing the Labour manifesto, admitted: «Our country remains deeply scarred by unequal life - chances,» citing the pay gap between men and women and for certain ethnic minorities.

The case for EVEL appears to be founded upon the view that the natural equilibrium, long understood to successfully balance the parliamentary constitution of Westminster, has been profoundly undermined by unequal and unfair programmes of devolution undertaken by successive UK governments.

It reveals that too often midwives report their efforts are constrained by unequal power relations within the health system.

As for the humanitarian situation, it is characterised by the unequal division of salaries, as illustrated by the famous UNDP sketch: the champagne glass.

Fundamentally, they constitute an understanding about how blacks should respond to the great philosophical and political problems created by our history of degradation, more recently followed by our unequal citizenship.

Not exact matches

By the latest numbers, almost 35 percent of parents plan to give their children unequal bequests.

Some ads list a preference for men, others try to lure male applicants by describing the attractiveness of future female co-workers, while many more place unfair and unequal demands on women applicants.

More significantly, Catalyst found that unequal pay starts with the first job, and widens over time, even after accounting for job level, industry, child bearing and career aspirations, according to the results of the study by authors Nancy M. Carter and Christine Silva.

The government's findings put the city behind New York as the world's second-most unequal city in terms of income, according to the household income distribution report released on Friday by the Census and Statistics Department.

While some metros flourish, albeit in an unequal manner with gains primarily made by knowledge workers, entire metros stagnate.

To put it bluntly, the notion of consent is arguably meaningless by itself as the arbiter of legitimate sexual and marital relationships because of the potential for manipulation, coercion, and abuse in a situation where there are deep - rooted and unequal social power relations (e.g., the President of the United States [not] having sexual relations with a besotted young intern or, as here, a parent and an adult child contracting a marriage).

Also, there is nothing wrong with being sexually aroused by naked men or women, the disturbing thing with the unequal power of division (or lack of division) of power in society produces systems where women continuously lessened, by objectification (more than) men.

Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, and Unequal by Andrew Hacker Scribner's, 272 pages, $ 24.95 The shockingly violent reaction to the Rodney King verdict, destined to be remembered as the great Los Angeles Riot of 1992, has provoked more intense discussion among the American....

The projects were also marked by rigid racial discrimination, with Boston's relatively small African - American population housed in separate and unequal projects in minority neighborhoods.

Since these «mixed» ventures may not always be the churches» most direct or effective way of fulfilling their central function of explaining the ultimate meaning of life to their adherents — and certainly not if muffled by the requirements of public fisc — perhaps churches should be less eager to enter into what can at best be but a very unequal partnership with the public, and less tenacious in clinging to «mixed» institutions rather than letting them spin off to nonsectarian auspices.

Election is perpetuated and realized in covenant.6 Covenant in the Old Testament is the working contract between unequal parties, initiated by the senior partner in the act of election.

Data released today by Project 3:28 shows an unequal gender balance at major Christian events and conferences.

They suffer not only from unequal access to education and training, but also from discrimination by their employers.

A famous measure features an unequal balance, normally three beats balanced by two, that is, 3:2.

The greatest miracle was the revelation of the Qur» an which was transmitted by the Prophet in passages of unequal length at different times over a period of twenty - three years.

Faced with Catholic clericalism, Orthodox binding, European Protestant devastation, confrontations with old and new paganisms, the irrelevance of much of American Protestantism, and ominous signs that, by standards of human judgment, the church was unequal to its task, the editors relied on a secret for hope.

In the Old Testament, covenant is the working contract between unequal parties, initiated by the senior party in the act of election.10 And in prophetism, the concept of election covenant is basic to the interpretation of Israel's existence.

Socialist healthcare this, free handouts this, equal pay for unequal work that... even this poor elderly man has been overwhelmed by this nonsense.

Would you really want an Officer who by giving special treatment to the women subordinate to him knowingly puts his male soldiers at greater / unequal harm?

The policies applied in recent years and initiated by the «global leaders» present at the Davos meetings, policies defined by the GATT / WTO (World Trade Organisation), by the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the World Bank, have led to a distribution of resources which is inefficient, unequal, and unjust.

Law is anti-discriminatory in the sense of repairing social disadvantage by the equal treatment of unequals.

As Eisgruber and Sager admit, however, there are at least two kinds of cases in which it appears that unequal treatment of religion is required, both by the Court's precedents and by our intuitions.

It's used a lot by big teams who play the smaller ones with not so good players or unequal financial resources when they know they will batter them.

Next, it was to deconstruct some carefully - worded claims in a press release by a company named Unequal Technologies touting supplemental helmet protective pads utilizing so - called CRT (concussion reduction technology).

Because of the damage to my right side, my left side tried to overcompensate by producing extra milk, and the unequal distribution of milk, combined with the damage to my milk ducts meant that constant clogged ducts; and that meant constant bouts of mastitis.

It is now a staggeringly unequal place, even by London's standards.

Having generated an approving cheer in relation to the unequal formal departure date she dared to tell none other than the deified Jacob Rees Mogg that the European Court would inevitably have some jurisdiction during the transition phase, or what she calls the implementation phase (a phrase coined by David Davis to make the process seem more positive).

Make it illegal for health insurance companies and businesses to offer family plan medical insurance but give seperate and unequal medical insurance to the spouse in the family plan by method of a spousal carve out.

Some of these provisions are feared by politicians owing their careers to, inter alia, unequal voting rights and the umbilical cord binding them to vessel owners, the major beneficiaries of the deeply discriminatory management of Iceland's natural resources.

Observers and activists attribute the North Korea's malnutrition and occasional starvation problems to food shortages — which at times have been massive — and more fundamentally to the unequal distribution of food caused in large measure by the North Korean government's deliberate decisions and policies.

[62] She further argued for measures to make it easier to negotiate settlements in equal pay cases, for improved access to justice by waiving tribunal fees for a limited period, and to close loopholes whereby outsourcing and insecure working conditions often lead to unequal pay for women.

The race riots in Burnley in 2001 were partly caused by resentment over unequal council spending, a new report finds.

«By banning salary history, we can break the weight of this unfair, unequal cycle and work to achieve fair pay for all women in this state,» said Cuomo in a statement.