Sentences with phrase «entrenched positions in»

Entrenched positions in pure, falsifiable science are difficult enough to overcome, but here we have something much more fundamental at work.

The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Opuni - Frimpong, is cautioning against parties taking entrenched positions in the ongoing debate on proposals for a new voters» register.

In light of signs that the military council will attempt to entrench its position in the new constitution, the article ends with the following thoughts:

The publisher had earlier entrenched its position in the academic book market by procuring the law book publisher, Hart, in September in an all cash deal worth # 6.4 million.

Not exact matches

Now, with its market share established and its position looking to be firmly entrenched, Amazon is entering a new phase in its master plan.

So rather than learning from our mistakes, we tend to double down and get further entrenched in our position as a defense mechanism.

And maybe they were good long ago, but too often these days they serve merely to stifle progress, entrench the positions of giant corporations and enrich those in the legal profession, rather than the actual inventors.

All they would do is entrench the positions of the big players — the legacy media outlets in the case of ancillary copyright, and funnily enough Google in the case of the user - generated content proposals.

What is worth noting, though, is that regulations like the GDPR entrench incumbents: protecting users from Facebook will, in all likelihood, lock in Facebook's competitive position.

On this point, I am convinced, the LCMS has entrenched itself in an untenable position.

It is therefore regrettable that discussion on the subject of Church music can often become polarised, with some debaters appearing entrenched in their positions.

It is understandable that both sides seem to be entrenched in their own position, but did anyone ever think that both are correct, and that the truth lies somewhere in the middle?»

Sarasota native, Anthony Aviles, has been entrenched in the hospitality industry from a young age first getting his start in working numerous positions in the five - star restaurant at The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort.

Yet — you knew there was going to be a yet — at a time when we are so often entrenched in our positions, when political positions have become intractable stances, when certitude is a modern hallmark, here comes Sandgren.

You each become entrenched in your position, and that's when the fighting starts.

And there are three reasons why they are likely to attempt to stick to this position: they know there are dangers in policy U-turns (think Lib Dem commitments to oppose student fees); commitment to the renewal of Trident is entrenched in some parts of the party, even if key members of the leadership understand the downsides; and it would be seen as weakness if they succumbed to pressure from smaller parties with less credibility and electoral support.

Over the past decades, Ghana has positioned itself as a pillar of stability in the sub-region, with relatively strong institutions and entrenched democracy.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

It has no councillors in the seat and it struggled to compete with Labour's entrenched position.

Both candidates accused one another of being too entrenched in the system to be in a position to cast themselves as the outsiders they both claimed to be, and concerns about campaign donations from questionable donors arose on both sides of the campaign.

«I want to be Staten Island's Borough President because I understand how to use the position to advocate for Staten Island in a way that the entrenched political machinery has not been willing or able to do for the past 30 years.»

And why should some leading women in our society be found pushing positions that only go to entrench this status quo?

Enugu and Ebonyi State chapters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday, insisted on entrenching zoning of political positions in Nigeria's constitution.

«In the same corollary, the position of Lagos State on restructuring remains the same as stipulated in the manifesto of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, which states that «The APC shall initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit»In the same corollary, the position of Lagos State on restructuring remains the same as stipulated in the manifesto of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, which states that «The APC shall initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit»in the manifesto of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, which states that «The APC shall initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit»in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit».

Speaking at the unveiling of the statue, located on Obafemi Awolowo Way by the Lagos Television (LTV) junction in Ikeja, governor Ambode said the party's position, as stipulated in its manifesto, seeks to amend the Nigeria Constitution with a view to devolving powers to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit and that the State supports the restructuring committee of the party going round the country to achieve same.

«There are people in very entrenched positions who will never be shifted, nor should they be.

'' Indeed, I have no plans to entrench myself in the position as it is a privileged post; at a point, I would have to leave and there is no better time to do so than when the applaud is very loud,» Nyantakyi told the Graphic Sports.

He added: «This is actually an extraordinary opportunity to get things done where, perhaps where things are more formal, and people are in more entrenched positions, that's more difficult.»

This was a lively, sometimes ill - tempered verbal contest with the two politicians remaining in entrenched positions.

To restore the public trust in public service, he's leading the effort to bring ethics reform to Albany by helping to pass a constitutional amendment stripping officials convicted of a felony of their taxpayer - funded retirement and instituting term limits on legislative leadership position, ensuring no one can accumulate entrenched power and use it to his or her advantage.

Sani noted that when Nigeria finally attained democratic rule in 1999, none of those who suffered in the hands of the military while struggling to entrench democracy in the country got any political position.

The presence of the Church of England in the House of Lords entrenches a privileged position for one particular branch of one particular religion.

The administrators are typically entrenched in their positions and powerful.

He appointed the late Mildred Cohn to a tenured faculty position in his department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in early 1960, when she had been struggling to earn a faculty position for several decades because of well - entrenched gender discrimination in U.S. academia, despite her sustained, brilliant research accomplishments.

It felt unrealistic and unhealthy to set up an example where debate simply meant bludgeoning your opponent and entrenching yourself even more deeply in your position.

Since you're entrenched in the day - to - day details of your position, it's easy to tell when you're experiencing roadblocks.

Elected officials became entrenched in their political positions once more.

f. Entrenching incumbent publishers» favorable position in the sale and distribution of print books by slowing the migration from print books to e-books;

So in 2012 did we all lose sight of the reader and retreat into entrenched, outmoded and uncertain positions?

Art historians have been too entrenched in binary positions to write this history until now.

«We're in the fortunate position of having been able to wait for what we think is the right time — clear rules, backloading appearing to be addressed, clarity that the emissions regulation is entrenched and expanding and that the ETS will remain a core part of EU policy,» he said.

Whilst I doubt you want to completely leave your own «tribe» (as others phrase it) you are willing to listen to those from the other «tribe» and I suspect may ultimately be happier in one of your own making that lies somewhere between the two firmly entrenched positions

These positions are entrenched, reflecting vastly opposing ideologies in relation to both climate change and international relations, thus precluding any meaningful intervention.

Yet it's so entrenched that any expression of skepticism endangers one's own position, even in a completely different field.

The believers in the second referenced Position Statement have been entrenched too long.

Some of the comments on these pieces give a sobering indication of just how entrenched the denialist position is becoming in Australia.

All that does is entrench someone in their own position.

The loss of tax revenue involved — as well as the strength of the entrenched position of marriage (and its new counterpart, civil partnership)-- make it unlikely that these rules will change in the foreseeable future.

But remember that the market is fluid — you don't want to entrench an anti-competitive position in which some surveys are «in» and some are «out».

If anything, they become even more entrenched in their positions, the very definition of radicalization.