Sentences with phrase «dominated by questions»

Whether you believe energy supply and R&D needs more or less government intervention, a different, more positive discussion could have been dominated by questions about how to get more energy to more people for less cost.

This week has been dominated by questions of replication and of what standards are required to serve the interests of transparency and / or science (not necessarily the same thing).

With nearly all the newspaper commissed opinion polls covering the Conservative leadership election, it's easy to forget that the Labour party conference was also dominated by questions about their party leadership — when exactly should Tony Blair step down, and should Gordon Brown replace him?

Climate change was an issue little discussed by the mainstream media during the election campaign, dominated by questions of economic competence, the NHS and leaders» personalities.

The first round of the Tory leadership contest is on Tuesday and the last few days have been dominated by questions about David Cameron's past — specifically whether or not he ever used drugs at university.

Returning from vacation, his off - topic Q&A at a press conference (focused on removing construction sheds from NYCHA facilities) was dominated by questions about the governor and their relationship.

She was «concerned that the event would be dominated by questions about her resignation last week, and did not want to say anything else on the subject, according to a spokeswoman for Progress».

Mr Blair is likely to raise this issue in today's meeting, which was planned before the Middle East crisis exploded but will no doubt be dominated by questions of how to resolve it, including plans for an international stabilisation force in the region.

The new PM's first half - hour session was dominated by questions about Afghanistan, the economy and developments in Israel and Cumbria.

Migration is a difficult concept, especially within a political climate dominated by questions over immigration and movement within the European Union.

The young Luther did almost certainly suffer from a «troubled conscience» in some form, but it evidently did not cause his theological work to be dominated by the question, «How can I get a gracious God?»

A fashionable view is that he does not want the early months of his prime ministership to be dominated by the question of Europe, especially when he and George Osborne will be battling to bring down Britain's spiralling budget deficit.

Scottish politics at this time was dominated by the question of constitutional reform.

Blair's second Queen's speech was dominated by the question of Lords reform, mention of which by the monarch resulted in «an unprecedented ripple of disapproval from peers, calls of «Shame» mingling with «Hear, hears» from assembled MPs», as Michael White reported.

Not exact matches

How to... These are the two words that will come to dominate webpages everywhere as webmasters will now seek to answer the questions that could be posed by potential traffic and customers seeking answers.

She tackled this question by writing about her experience at the World Bank working with clients in the Middle East, highlighting her confidence in being able to present as a woman even in environments that were dominated by men.

In 2012, shares of Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. tumbled 20 percent in one day — 34 percent over three days — after a conference call dominated by tough questions from financier David Einhorn.

And some of us are troubled by the shallow reasoning that has dominated the political discussions surrounding this move, as though the threadbare idea of equality were enough to settle every question concerning the long - term destiny of mankind and as though the writings of the anthropologists (not to mention the poets, the philosophers, the theologians, the novelists, the sociologists) counted for nothing beside the slogans of Stonewall.

The terminology favored by the movement is itself indicative of the degree to which modern scientific questions and secular modes of thought dominate the discussion of creation: Bible science, creation science, scientific creationism, creation research, origins research.

The point that emerges from Anna Foa's researches, however, is that the question of access to this huge archive has quite wrongly dominated the whole controversy of what the pope did or didn't do for the Jews for many years, with frequent insinuations that the archive's inaccessibility was motivated by attempts to suppress the shameful secrets it supposedly contains.

But in an age dominated by technique, Hamlet is a healthy reminder that the care of souls is not a mechanical matter of input and output, and pastoral counsel is not a question of applying a handful of rules.

I hope the good Sisters and Nuns stick to their guns and cease to take the scrutiny and questioning by the male - dominated leadership of the Church.

The last two centuries were dominated by economic questions; the next century will be the age of ecology, in which the organism of the earth will become the all - determining factor and will have to be taken into consideration by everyone.

«When our mindset is neither dominated by an anxiety regarding the weakening of one's own positions nor closed to possibly necessary corrections, then all sorts of questions, which early on were raised solely from an apologetical perspective, can now be raised on their own merits, with an honesty and open - mindedness, which is decisively necessary for all theoretical reflection.»

But this is a historical question; what is important in this context is the fact that the subsequent development of Greek, medieval and modern philosophy was largely dominated by the contrast between the timeless realm of Being and the temporal realm of change; in this sense, it was a continuation of the dialogue between Parmenides and Heraclitus, with Parmenides having an upper hand.

We can talk about how well we played, and we did, but the only thing anyone outside of the fanbase will remember, or see, is a 50 - win team that was mostly dominated, lost 4 - 1, and a performance by our starting goalie was so bad that it was making me start questioning whether Bob should get the Vezina.

For disadvantaged students, however, especially those whose stress - response systems have been compromised by early experiences of adversity, this question can feel vital and urgent, often dominating their experience of school.

A lengthy, well - researched, and powerful article in the Spring 2015 issue of the NCAA's Champion magazine, not only reports the belief of many top concussion experts that the media narrative about sports - related concussion trace has been dominated by media reports on the work of Dr. Ann McKee, which was the centerpiece of PBS Frontline's League of Denial, but Dr. McKee's, however belated, mea culpa that «There's no question [that her autopsies finding evidence of CTE in the brains of most of the former athletes were] a very biased study,» that they involved «a certain level of... sensationalism», that there were «times when it's overblown» and went «a little too far.»

So many Tory MPs, so many questions on Europe - I wonder when the last time there was a PMQs so dominated by one single subject.

After a prime minister's questions dominated by Liam Fox, and a statement from the leader of the House all about Liam Fox, it came as something of a surprise to see the man himself bustling quietly into the Commons chamber.

Not a startling revelation, but it does pose some questions as to how young politicians integrate into a system traditionally dominated by more senior generations, and cope with being in the public eye in an increasingly volatile political environment.

Young Labour's Question Time is dominated by one topic — education.

The state Senate in 2018 will likely be dominated by politically focused questions: Who will control the chamber by the end of the year?

The questions came at the first of these two joint Senate and Assembly public hearings, but the talk was dominated by the contamination of drinking water in Hoosick Falls, as well as issues that have developed in Petersburgh and Newburgh.

Tony Blair hits back at David Cameron during another prime minister's questions dominated by rows about law and order.

An Assembly hearing on fantasy sports betting was dominated by a debate over whether the practice was legal — a question at the center of an ongoing legal battle between AG Eric Schneiderman and FanDuel and DraftKings.

So Farage doesn't mask his anger the Tory - dominated out group is sidelining both, the officially sanctioned leave team erupting when the leader of the Purple Shirts was invited by ITV to answer questions from the public — one strategist issuing sinister threats against television executives.

Plus: as the SNP prepares to elect a new deputy leader, Libby Brooks looks at a contest that has been dominated by one question: when should Scotland next vote on independence?

But unlike his Republican colleagues in the region, who are hearing demands from constituents for face time to ask tough questions, Tonko was greeted by a friendly audience with questions about how he plans to navigate a Washington dominated by the GOP.

The last Labour leadership contest was dull, dull, dull: dominated by seemingly endless staid hustings where contenders took it in turns to answer one worthy question after another from audiences made up of loyal party members.

While I'm sure an early election would be dominated by the issue of Brexit, there would be other issues at play too, so a question like this will over emphasise the impact of Brexit policy.

The commissioner said in a statement this week that the first two forums on the topic — held in Poughkeepsie and upstate Whitesboro — had been «co-opted by special interests whose stated goal was to «dominate» the questions and manipulate the forum.»

A new Norwegian diet intervention study (FATFUNC), performed by researchers at the KG Jebsen center for diabetes research at the University of Bergen, raises questions regarding the validity of a diet hypothesis that has dominated for more than half a century: that dietary fat and particularly saturated fat is unhealthy for most people.

As in the rest of Europe the city's culture was dominated by the avant - garde: an intellectual movement that questioned all forms of knowledge, in particular classical intuitive notions of space and time.

This stage is dominated by a fraught but unavoidable question: Was it good?

While surprising, this extreme quest for love makes viewers question how far they would go to find their own soul mate in a world increasingly dominated by social media.

dominates the proceedings with its equally simple - minded guardians, leading to a never - in - question showdown with «The Moose» -209 — remote - piloted by evil villain Jackman — that Blomkamp assembles in his progressively more grating staccato style.

He struggles to relate to the melancholy, uncertain bomb tech Capa who questions whether or not his bomb will even work and finds himself increasingly haunted by the ever - oncoming sun, to the point where it dominates his dreams.

Heady questions that are touched upon in this allegory of our era's heated struggle between religion vs. science that so dominates many of our medical and scientific research that could potentially save humanity (it's not a coincidence that the Icarus expeditions have scientists, environmentalists and psychologists), if not for the fact that some of their methods are deemed morally reprehensible by people with devout beliefs.

That world is sadly and loudly dominated by schools with a remarkable sameness, and we don't hear a lot of policy - makers questioning how innovative they are.