Sentences with phrase «considerable debate as»

There has been considerable debate as to how loot boxes should be handled by publishers in the wake of EA's controversial mechanism in its game «Star Wars Battlefront II» — using loot boxes as a way to achieve power - ups early on in the game than intended.

That phrase was open to considerable debate as to its meaning.

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However, the distortion of the debate by Trump and other politicians creates a danger that resources will be misdirected from more pressing infrastructure needs, such as aged water pipes leaching lead and schools - or from projects that will have a considerable regional economic impact.

Either way, there is considerable debate among economists and trade experts as to whether trade deficits are always a bad thing.

At the same time the Liberal Party, and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, have made environmentalism a major component of their election platform through a policy initiative known as the Green Shift — an initiative that was the source of considerable discussion and debate in the lead - up to the election.

In fact, it is still a leading form of debt in the United States as well as a considerable topic of debate in politics.

The character of the imperial cult, at least in the eastern empire, is the subject of considerable debate at present, as can be seen by a cursory examination of the two most significant works on the subject: S. R. F. Price's Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor and Steven Friesen's Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial Family.

Considerable debate is going on as to how much influence the religious right has, the extent to which it influenced the results of the 1980 election, and how many people listen regularly to right - wing preachers on television.

Simon Rose, Fusion Flexibles» managing drector said, «Considerable thought and debate has gone into the decision to adopt one name especially as both Mercury Packaging and CPS Flexibles were strong and long - established brands.

In considering the 61 recommendations of the food labelling review to formulate an agreed, all of government response, Forum members acknowledged the challenge faced by the Review Panel as it considered issues which generated considerable debate during the Review.

Her impressive performance in the debate and her potential role as a decisive partner in any potential coalition government meant she gained a considerable amount of attention.

«When the review into LIBOR is looked at, it will of course include this market [the oil market], and will aim to publish conclusions by the end of September... as a result of this debate, and the arguments from my Hon. Friend [Robert Halfon], I will also write to the FSA about concerns raised today... It is absolutely right that we enhance transparency in the oil and commodity markets... It is clear from the data that there is a considerable time - lag involved [between oil prices and petrol prices].

The precise function of alpha - synuclein has been the subject of considerable debate, partly because it is abundant in red blood cells as well as in the brain.

The Senate is using the top level assumptions that are in law as part of the Budget Control Act (BCA) enacted last year after considerable debate over raising the debt limit.

Possible Reasons for the Lack of a Protective Effect of Dietary Fiber in Some Trials There is considerable debate and speculation as to why clinical inter - vention trials on the relationship between fiber intake and colon cancer have not shown the expected beneficial effect of fiber.

One of the major challenges is the considerable debate about how to define and measure various aspects of social and emotional development, as demonstrated by the confusing and contested terminology, and overwhelming number of measures available.

There had been considerable internal debate at Porsche as to what sort of car this new «super 911» should be.

Interpretation of this policy, as you can imagine, drives considerable debate.

In fact, it is still a leading form of debt in the United States as well as a considerable topic of debate in politics.

Warren Buffett took the opportunity Friday to lend his considerable intellectual weight to the debate about buy backs, saying, «I think if your stock is undervalued, significantly undervalued, management should look at that as an alternative to every other activity.»

In this state of relative non-recognition within the discourse and debate around art and culture in general, the subject of the «reductive» as a possible antithesis to the overpowering reintroduction of representational painting and at the same time to the emergence of the focus on new media, technology and photography, has regained considerable strength over the last decade within an international frame of cultural production and commerce, as well as through the firmly held lone positions of artists like Mosset, Charlton, Armleder, Morellet, Palermo and others throughout the 80's and 90's.

And it is infuriating - as a public relations professional - to watch my colleagues use their skills, their training and their considerable intellect to poison the international debate on climate change.

In his personal manifesto, «Slamming the Climate Skeptic Scam,» he writes «it is infuriating — as a public relations professional — to watch my colleagues use their skills, their training and their considerable intellect to poison the international debate on climate change.»

Climate change may have already contributed to the extinction of a small number of species, such as frogs and toads in Central America, but the role of climate change in these recent extinctions is the subject of considerable debate.

As a result, there has been considerable debate and disagreement over exactly how many tropical cyclones we missed in the earlier parts of the records, e.g., compare Landsea, 2007 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); Mann et al., 2007 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); Holland, 2007 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); Vecchi & Knutson, 2008 (Open access); and Landsea et al., 2010 (Open access).

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1] published an interesting proposal arguing for the creation of loose leaf law reports, which, at the time, generated considerable debate concerning the merits of ditching bound volumes in favor of publishing cases as single - issue slip opinions to be filed away in drawers.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

There was considerable debate, I recall, at the time whether employers were required to pay employees who entered quarantine as a precaution but were not actually sick.

The Minister described s. 87 as a «big step forward» because the Family Relations Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 128 [FRA] did not provide any guidance on setting a valuation date and there had been considerable criticism of the broad judicial discretion to determine the date: BC, Legislative Assembly, Official Report of Debates (Hansard), 39th Parl., 4th Sess., Vol.

Tangentially, I believe that when Nixon resigned the Presidency, there was considerable debate over to whom he should submit the letter, as there was neither law nor precedent to guide.

Seventh, the question of whether non-purely economic factors (such as fairness, corporate size, and the rights of workers) should be factored into competition analysis is gaining increased traction in a number of jurisdictions, and undoubtedly will be a subject of considerable debate in the years to come.

Considerable time can be spent in debating whether particular pieces of legislation can be characterised as special measures or not, and whether this allows the rights or benefits to be reduced.