Sentences with phrase «face value the claim»

Why should any rational adult accept at face value a claim that if made about anything other than religion, would be scoffed at as a lie?

However, perhaps it is worth taking at face value the claim by Peter Mandelson in his plea for «no more Falkirks» that he is «trying to defend the rights of grassroots members of the -LSB-...]

Let's accept at face value the claim that scores and achievement are going up.

Over at his blog, Thomas Fuller gives many reasons not to take at face value the claims that climate change contributed to the conflict in Syria.

My only qualm with the report is that it takes too much at face value the claims of a consortium of California school districts called CORE (Our Sacramento district used to be part of it but, thankfully, we pulled out over a year ago.

Not exact matches

«Unless you've got a good, defensible valuation to back up your claim of a lower value, you can face real difficulties.»

In the case that you pass, the policy beneficiaries should file a claim with the insurer, after which point the circumstances of your death will be reviewed and receive the payout (also called a death benefit or the face value of the policy) so long as everything is in order.

British supermarket chain Tesco is facing legal claims that it is paying women less than men for work of equal value, in a case that lawyers estimate could ultimately cost it as much as 4 billion pounds ($ 5.6 billion) in compensation payments.

To all of you who keep claiming this was about «not wanting to lose to a girl»: Why can't we simply take what this kid said at face value?

You speak as if you have done so yourself... or have you accepted at face value what Dawkins and many others claim: that there is no evidence of God?

For Hume advanced a philosophy that, if taken at face value, would not only undermine the claims to truth of religion but those of morality and of science also.

The systematic claims of a philosophical argument must be taken at face value and judged on the basis of rational examination.

While trying to take the «pro-life» claim seriously, I have not accepted it at face value, but rather have conducted research to find evidence.

Twenty years removed from this pre-pubescent memory, I am savvy enough now to realize that plenty of people do not take the Bible's historical claims at face value.

After quoting from the Centesimus Annus encyclical, where John Paul II writes «the defenseless and the poor have a claim to special consideration,» Dolan basically takes at face value Ryan's assurance that his budget «would be attentive to such considerations.»

Such claims seem so fanciful to many people it's hard for them to take the statements at face value.

I am willing to accept at face value the Benham's claims that in their professional capacity they do not discriminate against anyone.

The Once and Future King is one of only a handful of first - rate novels in which the metaphysical claims of the Catholic Church are taken at face value.

Only if you accept claims at face value, which is what religion usually does.

When faced with a wall of mueslis at the supermarket or health food store, you can end up feeling very overwhelmed trying to make sense of packaging claims and find the best value for money.

If anyone is silly enough to take anything that Wenger says at face value then you have been in a coma for the better part of 10 years or simply a season ticket holder that gladly renews each year in May when the talking heads from corporate Arsenal start their usual blather about the transfer market and the inevitable success that lies ahead... stop talking Wenger and start doing the very things you and the rest of the suits keep spewing each and every year... just imagine how amazing this squad would be if we even did half the things that Gazidis claimed we would or if Wenger found a way to sign even a third of the players he said he could... that's exactly what Arsenal has become a «would have» «could have» club

Of course these are the same kind of baseless claims made by all of the bottle manufacturers, and I knew better to accept them at face value.

But I also don't take at face value medical claims of how deficient kids are in certain nutrients.

If you take at face value the argument that his claims were «bluster», the implications are still worrying.

«If we take David Nicholson's almost unbelievable claim that he knew nothing about these major reports at face value, he has directed our attention to others to find out who buried these potent reports, putting Labour's political health above patient safety.»

Her claims are somewhat difficult to accept at face value, however, in light of the three discriminatory pieces of legislation that she push... Read

In an article for the Spectator on July 16th 2005 calling for a reassertion of British values in the face of Islamic extremism, the Conservative MP argued that «Islam is the problem» and claimed that «Islamophobia.

Not even a casual observer of Cuomo's modus operandi, his penchant for avoiding the press, his administration's hindering FOIL requests and almost clinical obsession with secrecy, could for a moment entertain Malatras» dubious claims at face value.

«Most consumers take mobile health app claims at face value, and think that because they're available through a trusted retailer like the iTunes Store, they must have been reviewed by the FDA, which isn't usually the case,» Cortez says.

Well, the truth is these are all aspects of fat loss, but this type of marketing is little more than an attempt to dazzle you with terminology and scientific half - truths in hopes that you just accept the claimed benefits at face value.

THE LURE OF POLITICALLY CORRECT DIETS For some high - minded teenagers, anti-saturated fat dogma may dovetail rather conveniently with pro-vegetarian arguments, 12 particularly because the search for «meaningful moral standards, values and belief systems» is a critical developmental task during adolescence.13 (It should be noted that moralistic claims in favor of vegetarianism often prevent earnest vegetarian teens from coming face to face with underlying farming realities — including the fact that sustainable farming requires enriching soil with animal products such as bone meal and manure.12) Recognizing the fact that adolescent boys also can be preoccupied with physical concerns about weight or athletic prowess, it is perhaps not terribly surprising that a sizeable proportion of teenage boys appear to be persuaded by advice that vegetarianism is a «healthy» lifestyle.

Because it can be all too easy to take the claims and marketing boasts at face - value and overlook ingredients and the possible toll they can take on your overall health.

Your attempt to draw attention with your «in - your - face shock value» seems to be a means of detracting attention from your less than stellar writing ability and clinically controversial nutritional claims.

Unfortunately, many of the claims regarding muscle recovery and building are not tangibly proven and some of the claims are hard to believe at face value, such as the claim that it can provide more vivid dreams that may produce answers to problems within your life.

After uncovering a YouTube video on ASUS's channel claiming that the soon - to - be-released ASUS Padfone's battery was capable of up to 102 hours of use when in laptop mode, the folks at Engadget decided the numbers were a bit too good to take at face value.

Let's take BookScan's 80 % coverage claim for U.S. print sales at face value for a moment.

There are more claims because home values have been falling and unemployment levels have been rising, meaning that ALL mortgage insurance plans have faced more claims.

Some companies pull reports, some take your statement of no prior claims at face value.

Can the company, that sold off the debt to the the collections agency, claim the face value as a loss and write it off completely?

(Or do they only get to claim the 70 - 50 % of the face value as a loss and write it off)

In the case that you pass, the policy beneficiaries should file a claim with the insurer, after which point the circumstances of your death will be reviewed and receive the payout (also called a death benefit or the face value of the policy) so long as everything is in order.

And let's face it — on average, in the real world, nobody can reliably claim value investing is superior to growth investing, or vice versa.

Don't waive collision or comprehensive unless your car is so old that the increase in premiums you'd face when making a claim exceeds the value of the vehicle.

While both collision and comprehensive insurance are optional, Margot Bai, a former insurance agent and author of the book Spend Smarter, Save Bigger, advises against waiving collision and comprehensive coverage, «unless your car is so old that the increase in premiums you'd face when making a claim exceeds the value of the vehicle.»

They have an uncanny ability to home in on trusting investors who accept dubious claims at face value.

One thing that I've for sure learned about Animal Welfare is that unsubstantiated claims and myths are common and that challenging these claims instead of taking them at face value is a good thing.

While he seems eager to talk to mainstream media, which accepts his claims at face value (and passes them along as accurate to the public), he has yet to respond to my e-mail inquires.

Especially if, as is typical of the mainstream media, the 20/20 team takes his indefensible claims at face value — never bothering with even the most obvious follow - up questions.

Don't just accept a manufacturer's eco-friendly claim at face value; dig deeper, says Williams.

Don't ever take the claim of pet shops on face - value.