Sentences with phrase «changes clear language»

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I believe that organisations have not seen a clear business case for change but the work we have done articulates the advantages of diverse boards in a language that businesses will understand.

«After the long and painful campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, I understand every impulse to stay clear of the turmoil, to watch but not to intervene, to ratchet up language but not to engage in the hard, even harsh business of changing reality on the ground.

For instance, there might need to be clear admissibility criteria for postdocs that might possibly include standards for English language ability, a change in the locus for making the offer of acceptance, and a shift of the overall responsibility for postdocs from an individual professor to an academic unit.

Another of the authors, Stephen Levinson, comments, «This is a bit of an unexpected finding, since many have thought that grammar might give us deeper insight into the linguistic past than vocabulary, but there is still some reason for caution: we compared highly conservative vocabulary with an unfiltered range of grammar variables, and the language family is unusual for the way it diversified during colonization of successive islands, But what is clear is that grammar and vocabulary changes are not closely coupled, even within branches of a family, so looking at them both significantly advances our ability to reconstruct linguistic history.»

Since 1995, the website has provided clear definitions for anyone confused by the ever - changing language of the internet.

Once the survey was done, Huntington and the other 50 middle and high schools that took part in the initiative were given reports in clear, accessible language that summarized the results, plus a set of resources and customized strategies that teachers and principals could use to make changes based on their results.

Andrew Lachman, executive director of the Connecticut Center for School Change, the nonprofit that organized the rounds group in Connecticut, says Elmore made it very clear when he first started working with the group that their language needed to be strictly descriptive.

Another change Thiesfeldt announced Wednesday is to include clear language regarding the Common Core State Standards — to either ensure school districts know they don't need to use them or to ask the Department of Public Instruction to adopt new standards altogether.

Tip of the Hat to union watchdog and critic Mike Antonucci for noting that, on the final day of the 2014 Representative Assembly, NEA members approved yet another change to the evaluation language, this time making it abundantly clear that standardized tests can never be used.

While it isn't clear exactly what she will do if she becomes president — as platform language does not necessarily translate into policy — supporters of those reforms are furious at the changes, highlighting a rift in the party over how to improve K - 12 education.

He also said the committee changed some of the language on strategies for turning around struggling schools because «it was not clear we have the power to simply abrogate [union] contracts» affecting those schools.

The purposes of the revision is to make the organization and language of the regulation clearer, to incorporate guidance and interpretations of the rule into its text, and to update the rule to include new provisions responding to changes in technology, the testing industry, and the Department's program.

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A final thought: If, in this digital realm, we're not truly purchasing content, but rather «borrowing» it at a set price, and according to someone else's changing rulebook, we as consumers we deserve to know this up front, in clear and obvious language (unlike Amazon's clear references to «buying» books, and all the assumptions of ownership that go with buying books).

While the language of this new law is being criticised by both supporters and opposers for not being clear as to what constitutes as cruelty, it still seems to be making a positive change in the Land of Smiles.

-LSB-...] The bylaw comes back before Maple Ridge council for discussion at a workshop meeting on Oct. 15, and Munz hopes councillors will have a change of heart and steer clear of any breed - specific language.

The bylaw comes back before Maple Ridge council for discussion at a workshop meeting on Oct. 15, and Munz hopes councillors will have a change of heart and steer clear of any breed - specific language.

This accessible book presents in clear, jargon - free language the science of global change, including human - induced climate change, the ozone hole, acid rain, and air pollution.

Drawing a clear link between population growth and climate change, Adrian proposed a more comprehensive and holistic definition of sustainability than is often used, describing it as «the most over-used and misunderstood word in the English language today».

The phrase I've italicized is the same as the language that the ABA recommended in 2012 when it approved a change to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make clear that lawyers have a duty to be competent not only in the law and its practice, but also in technology.

On at least three different occasions during the hour and a half negotiation either I or the opposing attorney asked for language in the agreement based on nothing more than our clear expectation that the family court judges could not be expected to follow case law on what is a change of circumstances or not giving precedential value to a temporary order at the final hearing.

You'll want to consider the longevity of each bylaw, how clear your language is, and how difficult bylaws might be to change later.

The reports would need to track relationships between regulations and keep up to date by using a technology solution like machine learning, artificial intelligence or natural language processing to collect this information and provide clear, structured and actionable reporting on regulatory changes.

Nor is there any disagreement about the fact that retirement benefits can be changed even after the employee has retired, provided the contractual language allowing the employer to do so is clear and unambiguous.

The majority is absolutely correct that absent «clear and definitive language» to the contrary, the nature of the offence does not change.

In light of the statutory history, the contemporaneous external sources, and the principle that Parliament does not create new offences except through clear and definitive language, the much more plausible reading of the 1954 amendment is that it was the meaning of buggery, not bestiality, that underwent a change.

Government proposals to replace the current Practice Direction on Protocols with one written in «clearer language» have been criticised by the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) which sees no benefit in the change.

Using clear and concise language, this workbook offers awareness - enhancing exercises and practical help for recognizing, sorting out, and changing the way painful emotions can be handled.

«The language is, unless there's clear and convincing evidence of domestic violence,» there is no change in shared parenting responsibilities.