Sentences with phrase «controlled by means of»

Children's behavior was controlled by the means of guilt, threats and spanking but also other forms of punishments like being locked up in dark closets or dark rooms.

In rejecting the idea that Korolekh's behaviour could be controlled by means of a court order, the judge said, «Given the breadth of her misconduct, any compliance order would involve the Court in managing every aspect of Ms. Korolekh's life from her manner of speech, her music, her dog, her gestures and her menacing presence in the courtyard, as well as the more obvious need to enjoin any physical assaults or mischief to property.»

In a world where women are controlled by means of a band on their wrists limiting them to 100 words a day, no longer allowed to work and urged to take become «pure» in the new national religion, Dr. Jean McClelland is struggling to adapt to her new life.

Again drawing inspiration from a smartphone, the system is controlled by means of a touch - sensitive sliding control.

This enables much of the hard - drive MMI navigation plus system to be controlled by means of a touchpad.

It is controlled by means of a high - resolution touchscreen including proximity sensor, while LED light strips provide an additional indication of the charge status.

Here, the conventional shock absorber fluid is replaced by a magneto - rheological fluid whose viscosity can be controlled by means of an electromagnetic field.

The valves are controlled by means of cam followers and feature maintenance - free, hydraulic valve clearance compensation.

The direct injection system with spray - guided combustion, which was introduced into series production by Mercedes - Benz as the first automotive manufacturer, employs a multiple injection process which is precision - controlled by means of an electronic system.

Hoping to connect with the local inhabitants, the research group, headed up by the cigarette smoking Dr. Grace Agustine (Sigourney Weaver), is growing their own avatars: living creatures created from human and Na» vi DNA, which are controlled by means of brain waves.

To avoid this in a real glasshouse, temperatures are often controlled by means of ventilation or even cooling.

Character can not be understood in Kerschensteiner's terms as an organization of self - control by means of the accumulation of maxims nor in Dewey's terms as a system of interpenetrating habits.

The Problem: Certain M - Class SUVs may have been built with faulty brake switches that may prevent drivers from deactivating the cruise control by means of a light tap on the brake pedal (greater pressure, along with using the cancel or off buttons, will still deactivate the system).

The designers have done without a steering wheel, pedals and center console in favor of drive - by - wire control by means of a joystick, thereby creating new design options.

Precise control by means of a rotary slide valve enables the ideal temperature window for the engine and transmission to be reached rapidly.

[FN135] However, in another section the county defines «at large» as (1) «a dog off the owner's premises, not under a person's control by means of leash, cord or chain...»; or (2) «a cat which does not exhibit identification by a collar and a current county rabies license tag.»

Adjusted mean score on the WSAS at 12 weeks was lower (better) in the intervention group than the controls by a mean of 3.0 points, which was not statistically significant (95 % CI − 7.3 to 1.3).

Not exact matches

Bottom line: while an ongoing recession at the time of the election does not always mean that the incumbent party will lose control of the White House, it spells DOOM by better than a 2:1 ratio.

The math is simple: More firms leaving than arriving means a shrinking percentage of business is being controlled by entrepreneurs.

The quality of your life is controlled by the meaning you give these things.

And what this often means is that they can take control of that system that's normally used by that tax professional,» Barlow said.

If you can possibly stomach it, switching from a more command - and - control style to motivating your team by helping them understand the meaning of their work will probably help you get the most out of your younger team members.

ABUJA, March 7 - Nigeria's parliament passed legislation on Wednesday meant to help authorities tackle money laundering and funding for terrorism by allowing its financial intelligence unit to operate free of state control.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

It means that they can potentially control the flow of digital information, favoring content that aligns with their corporate interests and steering people's opinions over time by regulating how fast content of one type or another gets delivered.

What was meant to be a new, decentralised form of money that lacked «systemically important institutions» and «too big to fail» has become something even worse: a system completely controlled by just a handful of people.

Until, of course, you remember the culture - induced myopia I described yesterday: Myerson still has the Ballmer-esque presumption that Microsoft controlled its own destiny and could have leveraged its assets (like Office) to win the smartphone market, ignoring that by virtue of being late Windows Phone was a product competing against ecosystems, which meant no consumer demand, which meant no developers, topped off by the arrogance to dictate to OEMs and carriers what they could and could not do to the phone, destroying any chance at leveraging distribution to get critical mass...

In the realms of both cultural development and technical innovation, ignorance and inflexibility are the enemy; Giancarlo stresses that the upcoming generation «see virtual currency — along with social media — as a means to bypass control by a failed generation of leadership.»

«History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance.»

It's difficult to separate these changes from long - term trends (especially since gun homicides have generally been on the decline for decades now), but a review of the evidence by RAND linked milder gun control measures, including background checks, to reduced injuries and deaths — and that means these measures likely saved lives.

This means talking about the Fed's «instruments of monetary control,» which include devices for regulating the total quantity of bank reserves and circulating Federal Reserve notes, and also for regulating the quantity of bank deposits and other forms of privately - created money that will be supported by any given quantity of bank reserves.

The lack of proper controls by JPMorgan over the activities of its G10 spot FX traders meant that misconduct went undetected for a number of years.

Cryptocurrencies are digital means of exchange which are created by the solution of complex Mathematical problems, and which are used to effect peer - to - peer transactions without the control of a centralised government agency.

It's obvious that the Old Testament rules were made up by the community leaders — some for good reasons particular to that situation and others as a rather heavy - handed means of control.

You racists only look at their point of view without looking at ours?Think logically, the media is mainly controlled by Zionists, so that means they're media is BIAS.

jesus jokes mean most people aren't afraid of god and the people who want us to be afraid of god because HE»S NOT REAL and its funny to laugh at people who think he is real... religion was invented by men in power to control the masses.

Readers should understand that various alliances of Western - controlled AIDS activists that make up this «community» are by no means representative of any sort of national or naturally aggregating population.

In the place of right and wrong — concepts accessible to all citizens — we get «healthy,» «productive,» «inclusive,» and other catchwords, the meanings of which are controlled by experts and subject to endless redefinition by the chattering class.

People are taught and to clarify what I mean by this, I'll give the example of an abusive home: So Little Joey is born to parents where Dad totally control's the home.

They are found to be a very Rich & Powerful Groups and Mother of Groups that control lives of Millions... Now Finding Peace means that we should think on how to get those Master Keys or Super Master Keys of Super Powerful Groups that are to be gathered all in one Ring lock that works to getting them to work towards One Purpose only and that is on how to make Human Life better Globally and that by investing in them human populations worldwide not minding their Race or Faith or Political interests such will work towards Building Bridges between all Nations holding and calling one Message of Love and Sharing in some form of Brotherhood that works towards a Greener Planet Earth!?

Such theorists as Mary Daly appear to employ goddess imagery as a symbolizing of the Verb which is divine power within us and sustaining the universe, but increasingly, revolutionary feminism insists that religion is both an expression of the self and the means by which we control the inner self.

The production of knowledge, decemination of information, and coqunication of the data are very much controlled by the TNCs, the industrialized states, and the global news agencies of the West through the highly sophiscated electronic means.

In recent years there has risen a new type of the same concern in that the advancement of human ability to control and manipulate the natural forces by means of science and technology has created life threatening situation in terms of the pollution, nuclear weapons, and intervention of the natural process with the unforseen consequences.

Repressive regimes often ally themselves with a particular religion as a means of control, and consequently encourage the punishment of those who won't abide by the tenets of said religion.

This is an unconscious process by which normal social controls, which have had little meaning to Joe in the advanced stages of his alcoholism, are reestablished.

The facts of human perversity are only too plain, and it is by no means clear that by any processes within our control or within reasonable forecast human nature may be fundamentally improved.

, and by working to lower the occurrence of unwanted pregnancies in the first place — which means better sexual health education in schools, funding for birth control measures and education about using that birth control, promoting research into methods of safe male birth control, and creating an environment where the women in your life can come to you to discuss safe sexual choices.

Yet through all these diversities of phrasing — whether faith was thought of as a power - releasing confidence in God, or as selfcommitment to Christ that brought the divine Spirit into indwelling control of one's life, or as the power by which we apprehend the eternal and invisible even while living in the world of sense, or as the climactic vision of Christ as the Son of God which crowns our surrender to his attractiveness, or as assured conviction concerning great truths that underlie and constitute the gospel — always the enlargement and enrichment of faith was opening new meanings in the experience of fellowship with God and was influencing deeply both the idea and the practice of prayer.

Formerly, even when the means for the control of life were known, they were screened by ignorance and secrecy.

Pro-Life relates to many issues: insurance for those who can not afford, gun control, illegal drug traffic, poverty (homeless, elderly, etc. widows and orphans)... we are becoming pawns used to dominate the politics of losers who can not justify their candidacy by any other means.