Sentences with phrase «face value the statements»

In Anne Dodge's case, Falchuk immediately recalled how he had taken at face value the statements of the patient at NIH who was secretly using laxatives.

First of all, we don't always take at face value the statement of the person that they're uninsured — because it's rare — but occasionally a person will say they're uninsured when they really are.

Not exact matches

«Today's Summit will underline that we remain committed to defending our people and upholding our values as liberal democracies in the face of any threat, whether at home or abroad,» May said in a statement Wednesday night.

In some cases, you might be able to redeem cash or points for a gift card with a face value that does more good than a statement credit or cash back.

I choose to take his statement at face - value, and trust that he will take steps in this direction.

When the thief on the cross says, «Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom» (Luke 23:42), the moment is a decisive break with the values of the other thief, and a definitive statement of faith in the face of death — not just his own, but Jesus» too.

Deniers, as both Lipstadt and Vidal - Naquet show, seem to have an endless supply of polemical tricks and dodges: they simply discount Jewish testimony out of hand as lie or fantasy; inculpatory testimony from the Nazis themselves is said to have been coerced by the triumphant Allies; documents confirming such testimony are said to be forgeries; Nazi statements and memoranda about the Final Solution are taken at face value if they are euphemistically phrased, but are interpreted as hyperbolic or figurative if they are blunt and explicit; photographs and films of executions are dismissed as fakes.

Although Whitehead did not deal with the question of regional inclusion, some of his cosmological statements, taken at face value, seem to imply it.

They readily take statements like «love your neighbor as yourself» or «remember the poor» at face value.

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

Why do these explanations always seem to come down to some nonsensical statement that I'm just supposed to accept at face value?

Taken at face value, this statement raises all kinds of questions: What is wrong with the Lord's auditory capacities?

Certainly the supermarkets, on the face of it, appear in the context of the current debate to be making statements that they recognise that their customers demand and value the supply of fresh drinking milk.

You're holding a statement at face value and then pretending nothing around it changed...

Should we take Cameron's statement at face value?

«I am honored to celebrate North Country values before a national audience, and to highlight the clear choice facing the voters of the 21st District,» Stefanik said in a statement.

«Previous attempts to model these changes in the atmosphere have accepted the plant fossil record at face value,» Jennifer Morris from the University of Bristol, U.K., and co-lead author on the study, explained in a statement.

... «Teachers are having to confront whether you take the public statements at some sort of face value, or... address their validity,» Levinson says.»

«In tackling the challenges we face on school building, I have been determined to use the capital funding at my disposal to best effect, seeking value for money and efficiency from every pound spent,» his statement said.

Clearly, your reported statement that «teachers» only account for 10 - 20 percent of the value of student achievement is foolish on the face of it.

But if we take their statement at face value, it unfortunately implies that the new iPad is damaging its own battery.

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

But if not, then take that statement at face value and look to consolidate.

I still think there's more going on here than Square - Enix wants us to believe, but take their statement at face value for now.

Is Pitchford messing with us, or can we just take his statement at face value?

Ad Reinhardt's tongue in cheek statement that he went «beyond Mondrian» is rarely taken at face value.

IMO when someone hears or reads something about climate science they should be careful about taking things at face value, consider that climate change science does have major regulatory / economic / environmental repercussions, realize that the source may be motivated by these potential repercussions, and look at the past behavior of the source (have they usually said accurate statements?).

Since models don't predict exact temperatures and instead predict a range of temperatures, that statement is, on it's face, an example of ignorance; the future may not be certain but we will definitely end up somewhere in the range of predicted values.

I'm very much the kind of person who wants to prove something for themselves rather than taking statements at face value.

A better question might be why anyone would accept Wagner's statement at face value.

If that's the case, how can I (or you, or anyone) take his future statements at face value?

George can make all the appeals to scientific, institutional authority he pleases — the IPCC, scientific academies, peer - reviewed journals — but it makes no difference to people who lack the confidence in those institutions necessary to take their statements at face value.

I can not vouch for Hansen's figures (and have not checked his study, itself) but have only accepted IPCC's statement at face value.

However, since Dr. Steig indicated that the code used is availabe on Tapio's site, I think the thing to do is take that statement at face value and assume that they used it «off - the - shelf».

Cox claims that the necessity of making «policy decisions» makes it imperative to take at face value probabilistic statements, which are not empirically - verified.

We can no longer take such statements at face value.

Especially disappointing is his tendency to take contrarians» speculations about climategate at face value, even when their statements are nonsensical or at odds with the known facts.

It would quite simply be wrong to assume that the public always takes statements of opinion at face value.

Students in New York Law School's Program in Law and Journalism look at legal stories in the mainstream news media, evaluate the reporting, and probe further, questioning facts and statements in the coverage that someone who hasn't studied law might take at face value.

The Chief did not question the veracity of the respondent's statements about what he had observed; he took those statements fully at face value.

The Justice does not weigh the evidence at this point but takes the evidence contained in the sworn statement at face value, meaning the Justice assumes the truth and integrity of the information.

It probably isn't what the SCC says the law is, at least if we take Athey's statements at face value: even a minor role is sufficient so long as it is a necesary role (Athey, para. 41.2).

In addition to nonmedical policies with up to $ 100,000 in face value, other policies requiring medical screenings, blood work, attending physician statements, etc. may provide coverages in the millions.

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

FellowShipoftheMinds and other disreputable web sites predictably took this statement at face value and ran with it without verifying whether it was true — and it's not.

Yet you are happy to take his statement at face value.

It's hard to take these statements at face value.

Also, I wouldn't interpret the recruiter's statement as indicating they're actually waiting on another candidate; I'd take it at face value.

In general, licensees should assume that all statements in an advertisement will be taken at face value and interpreted based on their plain meaning.