Sentences with phrase «changed by its absence»

Nothing within your book will be changed by its absence.

Not exact matches

This absence should not be surprising, given the change of venue represented by the addition of religious studies departments to secular university curricula.

The meaning of change is linked to the meaning of time though change appears to be more fundamental because time is generated by change, i.e., an absence of change is an absence of time, and time more than change is mind - dependent.

There is a general pattern in the fossil record of sudden appearance of new forms followed by «stasis» (i.e., absence of basic evolutionary change).

The absence of stable communities makes it difficult to transmit adult values to youth who are then chiefly formed by an ever changing youth culture.

Thermal stability was shown in 1992 by the absence of significant changes in peroxide values and fatty acid composition when both forms of flaxseed were heated for 60 minutes at either 100 °C (212 °F) or 350 °C (662 °F).

By changing those variables you can easily adjust the time of the dough fermentation to fit to your absence from home.

Wenger explained Kolasinac's absence by saying that he had changed the formation.

We are likely to see the same team that struggled against Hull apart from the enforced change caused by Obiang's absence.

On Saturday, in a fixture United could ill - afford to lose if they were deadly serious about regaining their top - dog status in England by clinching 12th Premier League title, Ferguson made no less than seven changes to the team which won so convincingly at The Bridge for the visit of Fulham, with the likes of Edwin Van Der Saar, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney handed some valuable respite, though the latter was enforced on Sir Alex as Rooney served the first of a two - match suspension, which could be a blessing in disguise in the long run especially as United cruised to victory with a 2 - 0 win over Fulham in his absence.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

The deafening silence around climate change in the US presidential campaign has left leading climate scientists baffled by the absence of debate about the «greatest issue of our time».

A letter from Smith and the shadow welfare secretary, Debbie Abraham, to the Northern Ireland secretary, James Brokenshire, warns: «This measure is being introduced in the absence of a functioning executive in Northern Ireland... To impose such changes from Westminster, especially through the back door of a statutory instrument without scrutiny even by committee, is completely at odds with principles of the devolution settlement as agreed under the Good Friday agreement and subsequent agreements, including Fresh Start.»

«In view of the assurances by Lord Rennard about the change in his circumstances and the time he spends in Eastbourne, and in the absence of any definition of «main address» in the current guidance to the House of Lords» members expenses scheme, I have come to the conclusion that I should not uphold the complaint,» wrote Pownall.

Indeed, it is legally possible for such changes to be enacted by the House of Commons alone, given its capacity, under the Parliament Acts 1911 — 49, to legislate in the absence of the Lords» support.

Arguing against mitigation by appealing to uncertainty is therefore misplaced: any appeal to uncertainty should provoke a greater, rather than weaker, concern about climate change than in the absence of uncertainty.

For anyone who's ever struggled with feeling worthy to express themselves through art, or been discouraged by the absence of inspiration, I'm not being hyperbolic when I say this book might just change your life.

Thermal stability was shown in 1992 by the absence of significant changes in peroxide values and fatty acid composition when both forms of flaxseed were heated for 60 minutes at either 100 °C (212 °F) or 350 °C (662 °F)»

Notable by his absence is Toby Kebbell as Victor Domashev, the film's version of Doctor Doom, the arch-nemesis of the Fantastic Four; my issues with the changes being made to him will be detailed later in this column.

Another possible approach for academies is to change the sick pay schemes to prohibit contractual sick pay for absence during investigations, although legal advice should be sought first by any academy considering this.

Payne: «Lack of time, the hurried pace of change, the absence of assessment, false buy - in or no buy - in, and the ambiguity of some of the new roles introduced into schools by reforms (what exactly is an instructional coach?

It lays out approaches to maximize the opportunities presented by recent changes at the state and federal level, including CALPADS new attendance data collection for 2016 - 17 school year, and new chronic absence reporting requirements in the Every Student Succeeds Act.

To change the current thinking and practice related to student absence, states, districts and schools must begin by helping educators to understand the causes of their students» absences and, next, by helping them address absences with proactive, positive, problem - solving strategies.

Mechanical changes are notable by their absence, and Maserati has removed choice from buyers» engine options - a 404bhp twin - turbocharged V6 is the only unit available.

If there occurs an unintentional lane drift, determined by trajectory change and the absence of turn - signal activation, the system will deliver a visual warning and a haptic warning — the subtle introduction of torque from the electric power steering (EPS) system.

If an unintentional lane drift occurs, determined by trajectory change and the absence of turn - signal activation, the system will deliver a visual warning and a haptic warning — the subtle introduction of torque from the electric power steering (EPS) system.

The absence of long - time tire company exhibitors and the changes brought by a global recession, however, made it apparent that it is time to meet with tire companies and better understand their changing needs.

The change was explained in part by the absence of word - of - mouth success stories such as Fifty Shades of Grey and The Hunger Games in 2013.

The tender offer will be conditioned on the following: (i) BVF's nominees being elected to the board of directors of Avigen (the «Board») at the Special Meeting (or otherwise appointed) and constituting a majority of directors on the Board, (ii) the Board redeeming rights issued under Avigen's poison pill, (iii) Avigen not committing to any strategic transactions or capital - depleting actions, pursuant to the process described by Avigen on January 14, 2009 (or otherwise), and (iv) other customary conditions such as the absence of a suspension in trading or any material adverse change at Avigen.

The analysts are probably right as long as there is an absence of resource conversion activities, e.g., changes of control, going private or massive restructurings such as the impending separation of assets by Cheung Kong and Hutchison - Whampoa into two new companies; one a real estate holding company and the other an industrial - utility holding company.

Making the switch from an advisor to the discount brokerage, in the absence of any other changes as implied by the ads would not only leave clients paying the exact same amount, they would also be paying it while getting no advice whatsoever.

Separation anxiety can be caused by a nervous disposition, a scary experience when left alone (such as a house burglary or taunting by construction workers), moving, re-homing, changes in the family (the loss or exit of a family member, for example), a particularly traumatizing experience (for example, a dog attack, or being hit by a car), or regular, overlong absences.

Older pets may find it more difficult to adjust to these seasonal absence, or they may have an underlying medical problem that is exacerbated by stressful change.

Themes of transformation, presence, and absence, and the human ability to withstand pressure caused by quick changes of altitude, have been recurrent concerns for Strachan.

The ripples around the world are making a positive difference by exposing the absence of sanity in the proponents of climate change denial everywhere.

QUOTE 3 (in that same page range): «The absence of an attributable climate change signal in losses also holds for flood losses» is followed by the conveniently omitted phrase «although some studies did find recent increases in flood losses related in part to changes in intense rainfall events (Fengqing et al., 2005; Chang et al., 2009).»

It's perfectly reasonable to be alarmed at plausible threats posed by unprecedented changes in the atmosphere and biology of the earth wrought by human activity, even in the absence of absolute proof of a connection between individual storms, extinctions, and economic catastrophes, and rising levels of CO2.

Over-abundance of koalas at Cape Otway is a complex long - term issue brought about by their love of Manna Gums, their reluctance to change food source, favorable climatic conditions and an absence of predators.

in the meantime, in the absence of reliable climate models or any certainty of «how much climate may change,» how many trillions should we spend and how far backward must modern industrial civilization be propelled by imposing draconian co2 emissions cuts?

Thus, the positive λSW of the CMIP5 ensemble average and the resulting energy accumulation by enhanced ASR under GHG forcing can be expected based only on the robust physics of the water vapor feedback and the surface albedo feedback in the absence of any changes in clouds... ``

That property of water could be enough to enable the weather processes overall to stabilise the whole process and is one of the reasons why oceanic temperature is, always has been and always will be the primary atmospheric temperature driver and will always reduce or possibly neutralise any effect of an enhanced greenhouse effect in the absence of really huge changes caused by astronomic or geological processes.

The mechanism by which the effect of oceanic variability over time is transferred to the atmosphere involves evaporation, conduction, convection, clouds and rainfall the significance of which has to date been almost entirely ignored due to the absence of the necessary data especially as regards the effect of cloudiness changes on global albedo and thus the amount of solar energy able to enter the oceans.

Unlike the scenarios developed by the IPCC and reported in Nakicenovic et al. (2000), which examined possible global futures and associated greenhouse - related emissions in the absence of measures designed to limit anthropogenic climate change, RCP4.5 is a stabilization scenario and assumes that climate policies, in this instance the introduction of a set of global greenhouse gas emissions prices, are invoked to achieve the goal of limiting emissions and radiative forcing.

In the absence of concerted efforts to reduce the threats posed by heat waves, increased humidity, degraded air quality and degraded water quality, climate change will increase the health risks associated with these phenomena.

In fact it was only because she'd been away from the atmosphere for so long that she was appalled, on returning to the surface, by how much the climate had changed during her absence — a shock that sparked her passionate interest in the political race to save humanity's breathable commons.

Proposed supporters of climate alarmism methods to combat global warming by reducing carbon dioxide emissions are not only scientifically unfounded - in the absence of extraordinary characteristics of modern climate change, but also incredibly expensive in economic terms.

If the change is done based on correctly estimated external costs, it will be beneficial in the long run, but it it's done in absence of such externalities, it will have negative influence on the well - being, because it means in that case that some behavior is replaced by a less beneficial behavior.

RCP8.5 is a scenario of «comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions «brought about by rapid population growth, high energy demand, fossil fuel dominance and an absence of climate change policies.

To counteract this imbalance, the temperature of the surface - troposphere system would have to increase by 1.2» C (with an accuracy of «10 %), in the absence of other changes.

«In the absence of an effective global response, annual economic losses due to climate change are projected to exceed US$ 400 billion by 2030 for the V20, with impacts far surpassing our local or regional capabilities,» said Cesar Purisima, Philippines finance minister.