Sentences with phrase «cites encouraging examples»

He cites encouraging examples of the reconciliation of those who were first scandalized, once they had actually become familiar with such new departures as the church at Assy or the chapel at Vence — familiar, that is, not by observation but by worship itself in these buildings.

David Macauley, the CEO of Virgin Health Bank QSTP, cited the encouraging example last November of a woman in Spain whose diseased windpipe was replaced with one grown in the lab from her own cells.

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Ben Sand and Peter Taylor, analysts at the Winnipeg - based Frontier Centre for Public Policy, cite evidence that the Children's Fitness Tax Credit, for example, doesn't encourage more children to play organized sports.

Bonvillian and Weiss both cited the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, as one example of an effective government innovation incubator that encourages the development of technological solutions in a legacy sector.

«The increased use of potato chips and other Lay's products as a part of the regular fare served by restaurants and sandwich bars should be encouraged in a concentrated way,» Dichter said, citing a string of examples: «potato chips with soup, with fruit or vegetable juice appetizers; potato chips served as a vegetable on the main dish; potato chips with salad; potato chips with egg dishes for breakfast; potato chips with sandwich orders.»

Among other reforms encouraged by Race to the Top, Washington, D.C., adopted a new teacher contract that raised salaries across the board while adding performance pay, and New York City increased its allotment of public charter schools, to cite just two notable examples.

At least one New York state lawmaker cited Mr. Schwarzenegger's example in encouraging Gov. David Paterson, a Democrat, to make that state's Race to the Top bid a priority during a possible special session set to focus on New York's dismal budget situation.

As another example of a totally unacceptable TPP provision, Chan cites the leaked text of the chapter on «regulatory coherence,» that would encourage business - friendly, cost - benefit analysis before environmental or other regulations are promulgated.

However, he noted that for the plan to be effective, other changes across the board have to be made, citing the example of free electricity given to farmers who add to the problem by overdrawing the supply of groundwater through electrical pump sets.On top of privatization measures, Singh encouraged local governments to take an active role in determining local needs and strategies for water conservation, drawing on the large South Indian metropolis of Chennai as a prime example: «We have the impressive example of Chennai city that had a city - based, neighbourhood - based strategy.

Mr. Ganguly encouraged people to pledge platelets for helping dengue stricken patients; citing example of his daughter.