Sentences with phrase «families by virtue of»

Early childhood professionals have an ethical obligation to be advocates for children and families by virtue of their role.

The «fantastic» Andrew Harding specialises in brain and spinal cord injuries, and is able to provide an all - encompassing service to clients and their families by virtue of his Court of Protection expertise.

The disintegration of the African - American family by virtue of poverty, poor schools and lack of opportunity is the glaring issue here, but it would cost time and money to address that, and there's another reality show on we just can't afford to miss.

The trappings of the Grand Hotel are standard (vs. posh fancy), but it's arguably the best place we've ever lodged as a family by virtue of the suite layout.

Not exact matches

By safeguarding the privacy of our families and friendships and the quiet humility of our prayer life, we direct our lives towards God and uphold the Christian virtue of modesty, in all meanings of the word.

If you marry my wise daughter and settle down in the household, you will - by virtue of a family life lived well - gain all the wisdom that you are seeking.

Oddly, the prudence - obsessed economists have themselves been forced recently in their very mathematics to admit that Homo economicus must live with an identity formed in a family within a community of speech constrained by virtues (a non-believer would call it, in summary, «culture»; a Christian would call it «a moral universe»).

We may end our article where we began it, by quoting from the Novena of Cardinal Newman: Philip, my holy Patron, who wast so careful for the souls of thy brethren, and especially of thy own people, when on earth, slack not thy care of them now, when thou art in heaven... Be to us a good father; make our priests blameless and beyond reproach or scandal; make our children obedient, our youth prudent and chaste, our heads of families wise and gentle, our old people cheerful and fervent, and build us up, by thy powerful intercession, in faith, hope, charity and all virtues».

They had started a family in Los Angeles, and their two children were U.S. citizens by virtue of birth.

Christians are members of a family, siblings by virtue of baptism who pledge to make their stories available to one another out of conviction that they become better people in the process.

What some folks are missing is that a group comprised of people outside of ones immediate family is a distinct unit by virtue of that group having an agenda, declared or undeclared.

The progress of mankind does not lie in the destruction of national identity and the denial of patriotic pride and devotion — any more than civic virtue would be improved by undermining family loyalties.

That pattern or movement in the stories about Jesus, that structure, functions something like a «depth grammar» in all enactments of the practice of the public worship of God in Jesus» name, by virtue of which all its culturally and theologically diverse instances bear family resemblances to one another.

It makes me sad that there are people that think that Ellen, just by virtue of her being who she is, is somehow threatening their families.

Mrs. Amissah - Arthur was speaking at the climax of a 3 - day conference held for women christened: Women of Virtue Conference held under the theme: «Virtues that Sustain Family & Build Nation» organised by CAPP Outreach Ministries in Accra.

STRANEK finds worrying possibilities of «conflict of interest» in the deal, consequent to which a petition has been presented to Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) stating that the Minister for Finance, Mr. Ofori - Attah, «has attempted to promote a private, personal interest for himself or for some family members and business associates and the promotion of the private interest has resulted in, or was intended to result in, or appears to have resulted in, or has the potential to result in an interference with the objective exercise of his duties and an improper benefit or an advantage by virtue of his position», necessitating a call for an investigation into the bond deal.

David Paterson has always been a paradox — an outsider by virtue of his blindness, he's also the scion of one of the city's elite black political families and has spent his entire adult life on the public payroll.

Jupiter Ascending A movie of common flaws and uncommon virtues, this latest from the Wachowski siblings suffers from the usual long, boring computer - generated action sequences, but the emotional and intellectual cores of the film — about a young scrubwoman (Mila Kunis) targeted for death by an intergalactic ruling family — are sound.

Like a scripted take on the «7 Up» series, tracking a boy (Ellar Coltrane) from the age of six to eighteen as well as his family and shot at annual intervals, this process let Linklater use the signature low - key, intimate, beautifully observed style he's honed over twenty years, but blown up to a grander scale by virtue of the film's virtually unique conceit.

States should address this issue by adopting universal education - choice options for all families (and many state - based programs are already geared specifically to low - income children by virtue of means testing).

For example, programs that target low - income families directly or indirectly (by virtue of being based in urban areas) will enroll low - income students.

«Along with our friends at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, we agree that families are demonstrating the true support for educational choice by virtue of the 3.5 million students in publicly - supported private school choice programs and charter schools around the country.

Dr. Gadsden's research and scholarly interests focus on children and families across the life - course, from early childhood through the aging process, particularly children and families at the greatest risk for academic and social vulnerability by virtue of race, gender, ethnicity, poverty, and immigrant status.

With the latest design language characterised by clear structures and sensual surfaces, the high level of safety thanks to the innovative driving assistance systems featuring S ‑ Class functions and the MBUX (Mercedes - Benz User Experience) infotainment system, the Chinese A ‑ Class L Sedan boasts all of the virtues of the new compact - class family from Mercedes - Benz.

By virtue of being in the midsize class, it's all but guaranteed to be a family car.

She's not actually family, and I've never met her face - to - face, but she's married to a guy who's been one of my dearest friends since I was 20, and we're also connected by virtue of each of us having «studied with» one of my favorite writers, Francine Prose: Elizabeth at the prestigious Iowa Writers Workshop and me in Monroe Engel «s life - changing English Mb undergraduate fiction workshop back around the time that I met Ned French.

As the 27th novel unfolds in Donna Leon's exquisite chronicle of Venetian life in all its blissful and sordid aspects, Brunetti is ever more impressed by the intuition of his fellow Commissario Claudia Griffoni, and by the endless resourcefulness and craftiness of Signorina Elettra, Patta's secretary and gate - keeper, and reminded of the ever - lasting virtues of his own family.

We are, all of us, in various positions along a continuum of lesser to greater individual or family climate virtue, whether by intention, by pre-existing preference, or by level of means, though in the developed societies, we are as individuals and families bunched towards the less virtuous end of the spectrum in terms of the stability of the climate.

All paper files were accessible at the Court, except for sealed files and certain family files that are inaccessible by virtue of legislation in the province of Quebec.

Many slaves were raised by parents who were not biologically theirs, by virtue of prevalent rape and routine separation of families.

The judge commented that the «ordinary or default position» was, therefore, that a party ordered in family proceedings to make a lump sum payment would not be released from his obligation to make the payment merely by virtue of his bankruptcy.

(2) Payments made or available to a person under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule in respect of a claim arising directly or indirectly from the use or operation, after section 29 of the Automobile Insurance Rate Stability Act, 1996 comes into force, of an automobile constitute, to the extent of the payments, a release by the person, the person's personal representatives, the person's insurer and anyone claiming through or under the person or by virtue of Part V of the Family Law Act,

On the legal custody issue, the Court of Appeals agreed with my client that the family court erred in finding he did not have final decision - making authority under the previous order, finding that the old order «implicitly granted him final decision - making authority by virtue of granting him primary legal custody.»

Although most provinces have long ago recognized that non-bio parents can nonetheless act as parents by virtue of being in spousal relationships, we also need to make legislative space for those spouses to be queer women, for people to be parents by virtue of their partnerships with fathers, or for intended parental projects to make families that are not based on romantic relationships at all, be it gay or straight.

120 (1) If a defendant makes a payment to a plaintiff who is or alleges to be entitled to recover from the defendant, the payment constitutes, to the extent of the payment, a release by the plaintiff or the plaintiff's personal representative of any claim that the plaintiff or the plaintiff's personal representative or any person claiming through or under the plaintiff or by virtue of Part V of the Family Law Act may have against the defendant.

Sometimes defendants benefit and sometimes they are burdened by virtue of their family status, ties, and / or responsibilities.

The end goal of reuniting families where the offender has participated in appropriate counselling by virtue of early intervention, before the barriers took hold, has strengthened families and, ultimately, provided safer environments for children.

59 Should that court find that, in the circumstances of the cases before it, such a denial does not follow from the refusals of residence permits at issue in the main proceedings, that would be without prejudice to the question whether, on the basis of other criteria, inter alia by virtue of the right to the protection of family life, Mr O and Mr M could not be refused a right of residence.

Sony Mobile is still the only major Android smartphone maker that's adamant to continue delivering premium devices in a highly portable form factor, with the Xperia XZ2 family being more effective at doing so than any other previous product from the company by virtue of the fact that it features smaller bezels.

FAMILY LAW — APPEAL — INTERIM PARENTING — Where there is nothing anomalous about the primary judge finding, by virtue of s 61DA (3) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)(«the Act»), that it would «not be appropriate» to apply the presumption in favour of equal shared parental responsibility, while going on to make an order for equal shared parental responsibility ¬ Where it can be seen that the primary judge addressed what was necessary from s 65DAA of the Act, given the parameters of the dispute, and how the parties» respective cases were presented — Where the primary judge adequately and appropriately considered what she is obliged to in determining where the best interests of the children lie, bearing in mind that that consideration is framed by the parameters of the issues in dispute, and how each party has presented their case — Where there is no merit in the grounds of appeal ¬ Appeal dismFAMILY LAW — APPEAL — INTERIM PARENTING — Where there is nothing anomalous about the primary judge finding, by virtue of s 61DA (3) of the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)(«the Act»), that it would «not be appropriate» to apply the presumption in favour of equal shared parental responsibility, while going on to make an order for equal shared parental responsibility ¬ Where it can be seen that the primary judge addressed what was necessary from s 65DAA of the Act, given the parameters of the dispute, and how the parties» respective cases were presented — Where the primary judge adequately and appropriately considered what she is obliged to in determining where the best interests of the children lie, bearing in mind that that consideration is framed by the parameters of the issues in dispute, and how each party has presented their case — Where there is no merit in the grounds of appeal ¬ Appeal dismFamily Law Act 1975 (Cth)(«the Act»), that it would «not be appropriate» to apply the presumption in favour of equal shared parental responsibility, while going on to make an order for equal shared parental responsibility ¬ Where it can be seen that the primary judge addressed what was necessary from s 65DAA of the Act, given the parameters of the dispute, and how the parties» respective cases were presented — Where the primary judge adequately and appropriately considered what she is obliged to in determining where the best interests of the children lie, bearing in mind that that consideration is framed by the parameters of the issues in dispute, and how each party has presented their case — Where there is no merit in the grounds of appeal ¬ Appeal dismissed.

Guest blog post by Morag Chisholm, Counsellor & Treasurer at Relationships Scotland Dumfries & Galloway Politicians both sides of the border are fond of extolling the virtues of family values, often without taking time to understand the complexities of modern relationships.

The concentration of beneficial effects among children born to unmarried women of low SES is consistent with the results of other preventive interventions that have shown greater effects for children of families at greater social risk.20 This suggests that these kinds of services ought to be focused on families in greater need by virtue of the mothers» being unmarried and poor.

In addition, many early childhood interventions have focused on children at risk of poor health and behavior outcomes by virtue of family poverty or disability.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

PND is now recognized, by virtue of the distress caused to mothers, as well as the wider adverse impact on the family, as a significant public health issue.

Widowed or Surviving Civil Partner Grant (paid by virtue of One - Parent Family Payment or State Pension (Non-Contributory) under this Part)

Assistance described in Section 139 (1) of the Act Jobseeker's Allowance; Pre-retirement Allowance; State Pension (Non-Contributory); Blind Pension; Widow's, Widower's, Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension; Guardian's Payment Non-Contributory; Widowed or Surviving Civil Partner Grant paid by virtue of a one - parent family payment or a State Pension (Non-Contributory) as a Social Assistance measure; One - Parent Family Payment; Carer's Allowance; Domiciliary Care Allowance; Supplementary Welfare Allowance; Disability Allowance and Farm family payment or a State Pension (Non-Contributory) as a Social Assistance measure; One - Parent Family Payment; Carer's Allowance; Domiciliary Care Allowance; Supplementary Welfare Allowance; Disability Allowance and Farm Family Payment; Carer's Allowance; Domiciliary Care Allowance; Supplementary Welfare Allowance; Disability Allowance and Farm Assist

[FN180] Such a practice in turn, may raise due process questions since the custodial arrangements available to families living in poverty would be limited by virtue of their status.

Not picking at you personally Brad, I see you're new here, but when investors use the line of «helping families» is a psychological play in justifying messing over someone, you're not helping anyone by overcharging 10K for your pocket by the virtue of you being a middleman.