Sentences with phrase «considerable sympathy for»

His lordship had considerable sympathy for the claimant's parents.

In reaching that conclusion the judge highlighted that, while there was considerable sympathy for the claimant, all the circumstances of the case had to be considered.

That said, I have considerable sympathy for the view that this judgement was so unforeseeable as to engage the rule that no unforeseeable penalties should be imposed, but that question is largely academic.

It wears its left - wing politics on its sleeve and turns the tried - and - tested «idealistic good guy vs corrupt bad guy» narrative on its head, by showing considerable sympathy for the Democrat incumbent Cogswell is trying to unseat, while all the while encouraging you to vote for its protagonist.

Unlike some critics of process philosophy, I am not convinced that a «substantial self» is a necessary precondition of moral responsibility; 14 furthermore, I have considerable sympathy for Hall's claim that narrowly moral concepts tend to be overemphasized in our culture at the expense of concepts of aesthetic or experiential value.

I have considerable sympathy for that view, adding that Romney basically agrees with them too.

I should admit that I, for one, feel considerable sympathy for Nietzsche's plaint, «Nearly two - thousand years and no new god» — and for Heidegger intoning his mournful oracle: «Only a god can save us.»

Thinking this through with considerable sympathy for the LDS leadership, it occurred to me that we Catholics might reflect more seriously on what is really required of us with respect to baptism, especially of infants.

I admit to considerable sympathy for such a vision of life, but we can see here why Lutherans have been such poor institution builders.

Not exact matches

For the others, I have considerable respect and at least some sympathy — but somewhere along the winding trail from natural law to theological doctrine, he and I part company (though I'd happily tag along as what the Communists used to call a fellow traveler, if he'd tolerate the company).

A study, moreover, carried out in loving detail and with a considerable amount of imaginative sympathy for the heretics.

The players Wenger signed to strengthen the team, namely Mustafi, Xhaka and Kolasinac are simply not good enough for an aspiring top four team.They along with Czech and Ospina should be the first to be shown the door along with all the players currently out on loan.The Club would take a big bit in terms of resale value but it would free up considerable wages to be utilised in bringing in better quality defenders.Anybody who sees a bright future for Arsenal with Mustafi at Centre Back has my sympathy.

To be very clear, while the public does oppose the future rate of increase of «Green Taxes» into 2020 by 60 % to 18 %, considerable cross-party sympathy exists for specific measures in their current form, (see graph on bottom left).

It takes considerable persuasion («It's about closure»), and one shameless pitch for sympathy, but soon the game is on.

The principal intellectual and moral argument that advocates make — and for which I have considerable sympathy — is similar to that of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) backers: giving needy kids a boost up the ladder of educational and later - life success by narrowing the achievement gaps that now trap too many of them on the lower rungs.

It was a position that won them considerable public sympathy and, ultimately, with the help of a large and successful rally in Albany, won them both private space for all three Success schools and a clear victory over the mayor, who appeared utterly unprepared to handle the consequences of the fight he started with the sector.