Sentences with phrase «called upon because»

Speaking to Attiku, he disclosed that the idea of the interim Government did not come up during their long conversation with the president adding that he had already retired to his master bed room when he was called upon because of the arrival of the president who was already in his living room.

We have a great second stream squad but they seem bogus when called upon because they only lack match fitness, not quality.

In 2007, the military called upon me because the number of casualties was increasing in Afghanistan.

Not exact matches

That's a concept called cloud computing, named because, once upon a time, diagram - drawing tools used a picture of a «cloud» as the icon to represent the internet.

This is because there hasn't been a so - called «killer app» that keeps people interested enough to spend hours upon hours wired up to their headsets.

A year and a half ago, upon its approval by nearly 200 nations, The San Diego Union - Tribune Editorial Board called the Paris climate accord an achievement lacking in accountability because it would not punish countries that failed to live up to its high...

Because of its expertise and ongoing involvement with questions concerning the financial books and records of public companies registered with the SEC, the Office of the Chief Accountant is often called upon to assist in addressing issues that arise in the context of Commission enforcement actions.

In addition, the banks themselves became more cautious and less willing to lend to each other, both because of the uncertainty surrounding the exposure of each institution to these problems, which is only now being slowly revealed, and because each institution was unsure the extent to which the lines of credit they had provided were going to be called upon.

«I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.»

Because, my God, though I lack the soul - zeal and the sublime integrity of your saints, I yet have received from you an overwhelming sympathy for all that stirs within the dark mass of matter; because I know myself to be irremediably less a child of heaven than a son of earth; therefore I will this morning climb up in spirit to the high places, bearing with me the hopes and the miseries of my mother; and there — empowered by that priesthood which you alone (as I firmly believe) have bestowed on me — upon all that in the world of human flesh is now about to be born or to die beneath the rising sun I will call down thBecause, my God, though I lack the soul - zeal and the sublime integrity of your saints, I yet have received from you an overwhelming sympathy for all that stirs within the dark mass of matter; because I know myself to be irremediably less a child of heaven than a son of earth; therefore I will this morning climb up in spirit to the high places, bearing with me the hopes and the miseries of my mother; and there — empowered by that priesthood which you alone (as I firmly believe) have bestowed on me — upon all that in the world of human flesh is now about to be born or to die beneath the rising sun I will call down thbecause I know myself to be irremediably less a child of heaven than a son of earth; therefore I will this morning climb up in spirit to the high places, bearing with me the hopes and the miseries of my mother; and there — empowered by that priesthood which you alone (as I firmly believe) have bestowed on me — upon all that in the world of human flesh is now about to be born or to die beneath the rising sun I will call down the Fire.

Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Just as the primitive Christian could call upon his hearer to rejoice in the Crucifixion because it effected the advent of the Kingdom of God, the contemporary Christian can announce the glad tidings of the death of God, and speak with joy of the final consummation of the self - annihilation of God.

I believe he did this not merely because of man's short - or long - term effect upon others, but because of his destiny in the dimension which follows what we call «death.»

The Christian today is called upon to say No to God because God himself has ceased to be present in history.

In the last church I attended, I was called upon to preach from time to time and I found it very difficult because the education gap in our church was so wide.

Such distinctions are necessary — not only because to call upon the state to love» is self - contradictory, insofar as the state's actions are rooted in power and not voluntarism, but because the claims of love are rooted in sectarian acknowledgment as opposed to universal norms of justice.

Because faith can so easily degenerate into superstition and self - deception, it calls upon skepticism as its ally in its unceasing attempt to purify itself from superstitious and deceptive elements.

Instead of joining in a hue and cry against a churchman for engaging in this system in which every one of us is implicated, from which even the bishop's salary is derived, or hiding our Christian faces in shame because his hypocritical enemies hold him up as a «horrible example,» the clear call of Christ is that his followers should make a frontal attack upon the pagan system itself, and demand that our economic order shall give way to an economic order embodying the principles of the kingdom of God (July 17, 1929).

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

Because these men so despised the prophet, Elisha called upon the Lord to deal with the rebels as He saw fit.

He calls attention to (1) the degeneration in syncretism of the old Yahweh faith prior to the appearance of the eighth - century prophets; (2) a kind of «emancipation» from Yahweh in increasing dependence upon the maturing structure of the political state; and (3) the dissolution of the old tribal social order with the shift of economic power to the cities, the increasing inability of the farmer, because of the burdens of heavy taxation, to maintain himself as a free man, and the growing concentration of land in the hands of a few wealthy urbanites (cf. Isa.

In fact, he chose to call his philosophy the «philosophy of organism» because he based it upon a theory of the real relatedness of things.

It is ironic, really, because in the church calendar, the seasons of Advent and Christmas call us to reflect upon and celebrate what Christians believe was the most radical act of humility of all time - the incarnation.

This article is arguably hypocritical as well as stomach - churning, since it begins with the suggestion that «Because of the amazingly diverse multicultural contexts in which pastoral ministers are called upon to work today, it is impossible to prescribe one liturgical model that will be always and everywhere appropriate»: this flexible and open - minded liturgist then proceeded to argue in The Tablet that only the Mass of Paul VI is always and everywhere appropriate and that its very existence automatically abrogated all previous liturgies for ever: presumably those who prefer the older form are not to be given the dignity of a group or «culture» to be catered for by his free and easy multicultural ways, but are to be simply dismissed as a bunch of liturgical perverts.

In this sense, Aquinas is properly called the «first Whig» because his ethics and his politics did lay claims upon the future, did inspire, down the ages, a search for political institutions worthy of the rational, consensual dignity of humans.

Walt's Foreign Policy article is flawed because it ignores this corrective aspect of American history, just as it downplays American generosity: whenever a catastrophe strikes the world — an earthquake, tsunami, famine, epidemic, or emerging genocide — America is the first to be called upon.

The person upon whom we were calling mentioned that he wasn't sure whether he was an alcoholic or just a heavy drinker because he had never taken a morning drink.

The kind of preaching we are thinking about calls for even greater preparation because dependence would be upon the relationship rather than upon a manuscript.

Perhaps it is the calling of some families to console because intractable grief is visited upon them.

Fascism and communism can dare to ask, and can be fairly sure of receiving, from their followers today a response which Christianity now hardly dares to ask, because it can not longer be sure of its hold upon the people who call themselves Christians.

The sweetest words of comfort will be lost, because when the truth appears, the earth opens itself to swallow up Korah and his company, who took it upon themselves to become priests without the call of God.

You know, we who CHOOSE to believe in REALITY and who choose a morality based upon HUMAN love, compassion, mindful awareness, and LOGIC as opposed to a salvation - based transactional morality - exchange entered into with a petty, arrogant, childish, vengeful, MYTHOLOGICAL «Sky Father» in the hopes that, should we live a «good» life according to «His» contradictory, hypocritical, and inconsistent «rules» (or Commandments, or whatever you enjoy calling them) or else spend «Eternity» burning in everlasting torment in «Hell» you know, because «God» loves us so much.

On the contrary, it is because of our need, our lack, our godlessness, that we call upon God.

They see it almost as an insult, because they know about the millions of so - called christians in America who judge others by political affiliation, by income, by race, who only help people who are similar to themselves, who only befriend non-christians when it helps them or if they see an opportunity to convert, etc. - in short, the millions upon millions of Americans who call themselves christians yet do not even attempt to follow the teachings of Jesus.

Upon reaching the New World, Christopher Columbus was one of the first Europeans to encounter the fruits of Capsicum species, calling them «peppers» because they had a spicy hot taste unlike anything else in Europe at the time.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

Wenger did treat him very badly, Wenger has no excuses, when called upon, Perez performed a lot more than Welbeck and i'll even say Walcott because of what he added to the team.

Officially, Juan Cuadrado is still a Chelsea player, but they can not call upon him this season, because he too was rejected by Jose Mourinho.

We need to utilise that throughout the season and make sure everyone's ready because you can be called upon at any time.»

simply because the solution that most pundits and fans alike were calling for, for over 3 season was stumbled upon, yes Le Coq was stumbled on and not a master stroke by Wenger.

People may vary on how they define «outlier» depending upon their specific industry — in my work I typically view outliers as things more than 3 standard deviations from the mean (standard in many industries because 99.7 % of data falls within + / - 3 standard deviations)-- but nobody in his right mind calls 1.1 standard deviations an outlier because that would exclude over 25 % of the data.

That is because they have lost their two away games in the group so far and so they will need to call upon their home form, which is pretty impressive.

At this stage his contribution was minimal because of the work being done in front of him and I'm not sure he'd really been called upon when we had the audacity to provide a repeat of last season and take the lead.

I've called upon some celebrity mom and pop examples to help give you a better idea of their parenting style, because these celebs embody their zodiac signs to a tee!

«It's why I think John DeFrancisco should have been the majority leader and maybe should be called upon to be the majority leader right now because kowtowing to Andrew Cuomo will get you nothing more than defeats,» McLaughlin said.

Mayor Bloomberg, who was in black tie for a hastily - called 2:15 a.m. press conference because he missed his own post-White House Correspondents Dinner after - party in Washington, D.C. (along with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly), to return home upon hearing the news of he smoking SUV discovered in Midtown, said the city was «very lucky» to avoid what could have been «a very deadly event.»

«I am calling upon him to take those donations out of his $ 27 million campaign coffer and donate them to a worthy institution that treats children with life - threatening allergies who can't afford EpiPens or with pediatric cancers like leukemia and Hodgkin's who are suffering because of generic drug shortages that he causes,» Long said in a statement.

But the site's not in business to make the big bucks; it earns its keep in the love showered upon your Editor and all of our fine guest authors and in the occasional Europe trip we are called upon to make because of our work here.

«The army needs to train because in the event of being called upon by the civic authorities, we will know what to do.

«Because the Commissioner may be called upon to render a decision under New York State Education Law, we can not comment on this matter.»