Sentences with phrase «examples of adopting»

It worked well and was, says Fuller, an early example of adopting a more sustainable lifestyle to cope with resource shortages — something we could usefully emulate today.

I was devastated and blubbed like a baby for the loss because he was my special baby and in some case an example of adopting something can be an incredibly gut wrenching thing when you lose something you have invested a lot of your life in to give them a better life.

By setting the example of adopting a dog who would be otherwise euthanized just because of his age, you can help create the climate that will enable the U.S. to attain that goal.

Examples of adopted baseline periods include 1931 to 1960 (Leemans and Solomon, 1993), 1951 to 1980 (Smith and Pitts, 1997), or 1961 to 1990 (Kittel et al., 1995; Hulme et al., 1999b).

Switzerland, in particular, serves as a great example of adopting crypto - friendly policies within the European context.

Not exact matches

«I may tell them, for example, that if they adopt a certain trademark, there's a 15 percent chance that a larger company will come after them, but that they also have a 60 percent probability of success,» she says.

Following are examples of industries that are already adopting blockchain solutions with a great degree of success.

Taking the plight of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or «drones» as an example, Bunger sees police forces 15 years behind the military with ground - based military just starting to adopt robots.

For example, a number of Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs) have been set up to, in the words of NHS England, «deliver a step - change in the way the NHS identifies, develops and adopts new technologies.»

The problem is when investors adopt theories and models that embed the most optimistic assumptions possible, run contrary to historical evidence, or embed subtle peculiarities that actually drive the results (see, for example, the «novel valuation measures» section of The Diva is Already Singing).

A popular example of a large firm that has successfully adopted this approach is Semco, a large Brazilian manufacturing firm.

Examples include Vancouver Sun's Adopt - A-School program, the CKNW Orphans» Fund, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vancouver, Ronald McDonald House BC, and the Quest Food Exchange, among others.

The name «Butterfly Effect» was adopted due to the most popular example of how a chain reaction of events can unfold and have unintended consequences.

Mark Driscoll's ministry is a very good example of the Church being influenced by the world and adopting worldly practices.

For example, the Federal Housing Administration, created in 1934, «adopted a system of maps that rated neighborhoods according to their perceived stability... Neighborhoods where black people lived were rated»D» and were usually considered ineligible for FHA backing.»

[8] e.g. Frank McAveetyMSP, Adoption and Children (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1, Evidence Session 7 June 2006 gave the «perfect example» of a woman in a long - term same - sex relationship, who herself was adopted: ``... the woman is in a stable relationship, understands what it is like to bring up children in difficult circumstances, cares passionately and possesses moral values that are as strong as those of anyone around this table.

In the 1960s, for example, it adopted an inerrancy clause in its statement on Scripture in a show of solidarity.

The CBS network, for example, adopted this policy in 1933 after it was involved in legal problems caused by the radio broadcasts over its stations of the controversial priest.

When, for example, at first in the 19th century down to Pius XII the Church adopted a very reserved attitude to any inclusion of the human bios in the idea of evolution, that was motivated, and rightly so, by a fundamental conception of the nature of man which for good reasons required to be defended.

Some examples: that «every single organic being around us may be said to be striving to the utmost to increase its numbers»; that «of the many individuals of any species which are periodically born, but a small number can survive»; that it is to a mother's «advantage» that her child should be adopted by another woman; that «no one is prepared to sacrifice his life for any single person, but... everyone will sacrifice it for more than two brothers, or four half - brothers or eight first cousins»; that «any variation in the least degree injurious [to a species] would be rigidly destroyed.»

In 2005, members of the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist adopted a formal proposition questioning whether the sign of peace might be better placed elsewhere in the Mass, for example at the end of the prayer of the faithful and before the offering of the gifts.

In particular, although the second specific example of logical construction turns out to fail, it nonetheless indicates the more general approach to realism that Russell adopted, captured chiefly in the early period in his theory of descriptions.

Two other examples were Matteo Ricci (1552 - 1610), who adopted the opposite path to de Nobili by assimilating into upper - class Chinese society during the Ming dynasty, coming to China in 1580, eventually undergoing a profound cultural transformation as a Confucian scholar; and Charles de Foucauld, who served in the French army in the Algerian war where he witnessed moving scenes of Muslim personal piety, leading him to regain his own Christian faith, and becoming in everything a Tuareg Bedouin nomad.

Different traditions may, therefore, adopt different attitudes, for example, to the use of contraceptives.

For example, stockholder action is a strategy in which owners of stock in a company which advertises on TV seek to get the company to adopt a policy not to place advertising on violent programs.

Or perhaps we are to adopt the position that though Christians in the past may have produced examples of art that glorified the incarnate Christ by giving aesthetic concretization to the more abstract words of Scripture, it is regrettable that they did so.

These are a few examples of symbolic rituals that could be adopted today in lieu of water baptism which might do a better job of representing our full identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and which, when we undergo them, would cause people who know us and observe what we are doing, to ask us why we would perform such a bizarre and morbid action.

Its beauty as found in the enjoyment of a human observer, for example, results from the patterns adopted by societies of individuals none of which can enjoy that particular form of beauty.

This position is very persuasive, and has been adopted by a number of thinkers, for example, Leibniz in the seventeenth century, Kant in the eighteenth, and Whitehead in this century.

To me, for example, one of the most exciting recent developments in Spinoza scholarship is Carlos Fraenkel's argument that Spinoza could have adopted a more conciliatory approach to biblical interpretation, one that would reinterpret the Bible in accordance with his teachings, thus mitigating their heretical tone.

A church - state conflict arises when government adopts a policy that has the effect of restricting freedom of conscience or of imposing on all a policy essentially based on the ethos of a particular religious tradition (example: a law outlawing contraception or mandating devotion to Mary in a public school).

May I remind us all that Jesus gave us the example of how we can all adopt this attitude, and translate it into laying down our lives for John McArthur, and his detractors?

There I voiced my total dissent, because it seemed to me that the conference had not tackled any of the basic problems of our society, had simply affirmed purely purely demagogic theses (for example, those about the so - called underdeveloped countries), had proposed remedies some of which were in fact inapplicable, and had adopted a theology of revolution without taking theological thought at all.

Scholz is an example of the switched - on grower working with wine makers, adapting and adopting, adding value, contributing to the Barossa brand, to stay ahead.

Adopted by an Italian father and Polish mother, his menu includes examples of his own Korean heritage (raw diver scallops with buttermilk, poppy seeds, white soy and chive), his mother's cooking (hand - torn pasta with snail sausage, garlic, crispy chicken skin and pecorino), and the German cuisine of the Mid-Atlantic (caper - brined trout with smoked potato salad, pepperoncini, crab, trout roe and chive oil).

I think it must be just another example of the anti-Arsenal stance often adopted by the football media in England, where they love to knock anything Gunners related and especially love to have a go at our French manager Arsene Wenger.

For example, Parent Match hosts a monthly Twitter chat where we bring together people such as leading adoption attorneys or the heads of organizations like Help Us Adopt to talk to adoptive parents quickly and easily online.

Some of the first heartbreaking examples of attachment disordered children to garner worldwide attention were the children adopted from Romania and other East Bloc countries.

As an example (adopted from fellow PT blogger Laura Markham's excellent «10 Alternatives to «Consequences»») that includes elements of most of the suggestions offered up till this point, the parent might ask: «I get that you don't feel like brushing your teeth tonight, and I can really sympathize with that.

For example, parents can be overjoyed that they were able to adopt a child while the child may have a range of feelings about it.

For example, for parents - to - be of adopted children, consider an adoption baby shower theme.

Since 1981 when the International Code was first adopted, IBFAN has documented thousands of examples of follow - up formula promotion.

The Russian government has recently implemented more rigorous health requirements for adopting parents — a history of psychiatric disorders, drug and alcohol addictions, tuberculosis, and infectious diseases, for example, may disqualify potential parents.

For example, there is emerging evidence that parents who experience anxiety are inclined to adopt an overprotecting style of parenting.

Several examples of the work of IBFAN groups were mentioned: the collaboration in Argentina of the Buenos Aires provincial breastfeeding program; in Albania the Group for the Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding serves as a centre for child feeding expertise; in Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mauritius, Pakistan and Uruguay the groups place particular emphasis on Code implementation, related marketing research and public information activities; national surveys in Benin, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Senegal to monitor International Code implementation show numerous violations even where national measures are adopted.

For example, a parent who adopts an older child may have dreamed of being called Mom or Mommy, only to find that her new son refuses.

For example, the Progressive party, the Libertarian party, and Green Party, and the Dixiecrats have all followed essentially the same process in adopting their platforms, although the details of appointments to the relevant committees and parliamentary procedure differ modestly between the various parties.

Obviously, an answer like this can not be a comprehensive list all of redistributive policies ever adopted anyway, but it does identify a few of the more notable examples to give you a favor of what they look like in some places.

Indeed, in an example suggesting that the rhetoric of change might have outpaced the reality of reform, a presidential bill regarding criminal responsibility for improperly launching criminal cases was recently adopted by the Duma without amendment, in spite of calls for significant changes voiced by the lead committee and the Duma's Legal Department.

She further noted how tech can be used to harness popular participation with the example of Brazil crowd - sourcing its digital rights framework last year, which was then adopted by parliament.