Sentences with phrase «close tie of»

Obviously this close tie to Jesus separates Christ from Amida just as would any close tie of Amida to a mythical Indian prince.

The close tie of these colleges to the churches began to weaken in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

It certainly provides me with the right background for discussing my claim about the incredibly close ties of science to religion.

Have not the closest ties of blood and friendship been destroyed in the name of religion?

They vastly increased in number but retained close ties of kinship.

One thing she steered clear of though was the close ties of Mayor Byron Brown, who she's challenging this fall, to Garner and Grassroots.

A month after the fundraiser, the Times Union profiled the close ties of Nicolla and Jennings and the many professionals who attended that event and, in some instances, were deeply involved in the city's political and business landscape.

the close ties of indigenous people with the land must be recognised and understood as the fundamental basis of their cultures, their spiritual life, their integrity and their economic survival.

Indigenous groups, by the fact of their very existence, have the right to live freely in their own territory; the close ties of indigenous people with the land must be recognized and understood as the fundamental basis of their cultures, their spiritual life, their integrity and their economic survival.

Not exact matches

Located outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, Nellis has close ties to its neighboring city.

In an SEC filing, she recommended that shareholders not re-elect director John Hagenbuch because of his «close ties to Mr. Wynn.»

Arredondo tied a cloth tourniquet around one of Bauman's legs and pinched Bauman's bleeding artery closed on the other.

It was also worded in an unwieldy way, putting Ms Mead's fate in the hands of Mr Lemon whom she had never met and had close ties with other family members, which was unreasonable, Master Sanderson said.

Here is hoping that Japan will find a way of establishing better ties with its closest neighbors.

The Tal Afar offensive will target an area which is close to Turkey and home to a sizeable population of ethnic Turkmen, with historic cultural ties to Turkey.

National security hawks have long alleged that Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of his namesake firm, has uncomfortably close ties to the Kremlin, despite his insistence otherwise.

His reported close ties to US presidential candidate Hilary Clinton are not popular in certain corners of the French press, while there are also allegations he used public funds to finance his own presidential campaign.

Polls there are close; the Real Clear Politics average of polls has the race essentially tied: Trump has a scant 1.8 percentage point advantage, well within the margin of error.

Perhaps most shockingly, footage emerged of Free Syrian Army rebels (FSA), the group with arguably the closest ties to Washington, ordering US Special Forces out of the town of Al - Rai in northern Syria, screaming in the process that «Christians and Americans have no place among us.»

He plans to develop an app, or software that allows members of congress to build closer ties with their constituents to ensure they are descriptively represented.

President - elect Donald Trump's Wednesday morning press conference was always going to be a must - watch event on the heels of bombshell (and unverified) claims about his close ties to Russia and other, far more lewd allegations.

The hearing wrapped up about a half hour ago (you can watch it on C - SPAN), but Senators skeptical of his nomination questioned Gottlieb's close financial ties to the health care and biopharma industries, which have paid him millions in speaking and consulting fees over the years.

Martin Diedrich, founder of the popular Kean Coffee in Orange County, California, says that he can go years without actually checking the official price of coffee due to his close, almost familial, ties with farmers.

«Ties with a close network of people create a safety net.

Take something as terrible as the surprising death of a close friend: you might be sad, but if you can find a way to construe that event as filled with meaning — perhaps it leads to greater awareness of a certain disease, say, or to closer ties with the community — then it may not be seen as a trauma.

The creator of» relationship consulting,» Bain has built its business on the close ties that it develops with chief executives.

The deal also will require a large amount of new debt issuance, although there are no financing conditions tied to closing.

While much of the venture capital activity in the United States is concentrated in Silicon Valley, in recent years a sector of the economy with closer ties to Washington, D.C., than San Francisco has been upping its investments in start - up technology companies — America's defense industry.

But Lynn Turner, former chief accountant at the SEC, told me «Given the level of regulatory capture and close ties to the securities industry at the current SEC, it is quite possible, if not likely, the SEC will allow the Carlyle IPO to move forward, to disastrous effect.»

The Mozilla meeting quickly moves from software progress reports, which don't seem to ignite much interest, to a discussion of what Mozilla can do to create closer ties to the thousands of volunteer programmers around the world who are largely responsible for developing Firefox and Mozilla's other, lesser - known products.

To complicate matters for India, its erstwhile ally Russia, which has become a close friend of China, is showing interest in establishing closer ties with Pakistan.

Oberhelman continues to keep close ties with his alma mater, Millikin University (class of 1975).

Much of his success came from Libya, where he forged close ties with the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, while expanding the company's footprint in Algeria and the Middle East.

Ben Aissa reportedly had close ties to Saadi Gadhafi, son of the now deceased Libyan strongman, and played a large role in helping SNC - Lavalin secure work in the country, such as a $ 500 - million airport in Benghazi.

The Japanese Red Army, a communist militant group which had close ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in which Carlos was the head of «special operations», was demanding that French authorities free one of its members who had been arrested at Paris Orly airport two months early.

The reaction of Middlefield Capital's Dennis da Silva to Ghosh's appointment was typical: «To me it just reeks of the status quo,» da Silva said in 2010, highlighting Ghosh's close ties to the Li Ka - shing empire.

The total compensation is tied to the closing of Disney's planned $ 52.4 billion acquisition of film and TV assets from Twenty - First Century Fox and meeting performance targets.

The Kamens claim the main thing that distinguishes their foundation from other brain tumor foundations is their focus on pediatric brain cancer specifically, as well as their close ties with pharmaceutical and biotech companies working in the fields of immunotherapy and target gene therapy.

In recent months, Google executives have said that thanks to a host of new advertising efforts tied to professional clips, YouTube was inching closer to profitability.

U.S. retailer Walmart Inc is in early - stage talks with health insurer Humana Inc about developing closer ties, with the acquisition of Humana being discussed as one possibility, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Beyond Trump's tariff threats, investors have also been put off by the sudden departure of senior administration officials with close ties to Wall Street and the business community.

Beyond the actual gas project and LNG sales, China's state - run shipping conglomerate COSCO has also secured a 50 percent stake in the four LNG shipping carriers serving Yamal.90 Chinese engineers and workers have been deployed to the Yamal Peninsula to help construct surrounding infrastructure, which includes a Chinese - produced polar drilling rig.91 Moreover, a Chinese oil and gas rig producer now provides Russia with about 60 percent of its imported oil rig supplies, indicating that China is becoming a dominant player in this sphere.92 Chinese media recently hailed Yamal as an example of China's construction and engineering prowess and a symbol of its transformation into an Arctic player.93 In return for China stepping into support the project, senior officials from Novatek, the main shareholder of the project, announced that the first LNG shipment would symbolically go to China.94 But a British subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas purchased the first shipment of Yamal LNG and sold it to France's Engie, which then shipped the cargo to its Boston import facility for American use.95 Western sanctions on Novatek, Russia's largest independent national gas producer and a company with close ties to the Kremlin, made Yamal's pivot to China possible, as sanctions forced Russia to find an alternative source of investment and technology.

Wall Street has started to rethink its close ties with gun makers, especially since the shooting in Parkland, Fla., in February that left 17 people dead and touched off a series of protests and boycotts against companies linked to the firearms industry.

As a result, more marketers will start to measure the ROI of their blogging efforts using closed - loop analytics — to understand their blog's impact on lead generation and customer acquisition and tie their business blogging efforts to the bottom line.

According to a new white paper commissioned by the Department of Defense, Beijing is encouraging Chinese companies with close government ties to invest in American start - ups specializing in critical technologies like artificial intelligence and robots to advance China's military capacity as well as its economy.

There are, of course, many sophisticated hackers in Russia, some with close government ties and some without.

As a result, roping in investors with close ties to the state can help convince authorities it's willing to put the government's interests ahead of its own.

In November of last year, the nonprofit watchdog group, Public Citizen, issued a detailed report which found that 44 Trump administration officials have close ties to the Koch brothers.

All this, combined with the close ties with Alliance, means Flexado has doubled in 2015 in the Netherlands,» he said, adding that the company is also pushing into new locations outside of its native Dutch borders.

The Republican Governors Association and its tax - exempt arm have maintained close ties to some of America's most prominent companies, which have poured millions into the campaigns of Republican governors since 2008.