Sentences with phrase «far as the definition»

In your example, the Fort Hood shooting, there was no «armed conflict» that the military personnel involved were party to as far as the definition under international law goes.

They are the crutch, the sister, the assistant or the girlfriend, and that's as far as the definition goes.

Not exact matches

Success stories like Harrison's are few and far between for social entrepreneurs, defined as «someone who targets an unfortunate but stable equilibrium that causes the neglect, marginalization, or suffering of a segment of humanity; who brings to bear on this situation his or her inspiration, direct action, creativity, courage, and fortitude; and who aims for and ultimately affects the establishment of a new stable equilibrium that secures permanent benefit for the targeted group and society at large,» by Roger L. Martin and Sally Osberg in a 2007 Stanford University report titled «Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition.»

As I continued, I realized that I needed to look even further out than this; I needed to understand how I will reach my customers to scale my business, and to incorporate that understanding in the product definition itself.»

As ecommerce sites have become more sophisticated, shoppers now have the opportunity to download high - resolution images or view high - definition videos of the products they are purchasing, further slowing the network.

And as far as Luke using the American Psychiatric Association he / you might check on how many times they have played around with their definition of homosexuality.

you sir are practicing a religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in with you... we are talking about Atheism as a religious view not debating the existence of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden of proof falls in your lap as it is the base of your religion.

These two facets of his professional role definition give the minister a potential advantage over those in the other helping professions, so far as the early recognition of distressed persons is concerned.

The Christian indeed has always recognised the immediate primacy of secondary causes in the bringing about of natural phenomena, but as serial causes have been traced further back, and their astonishing inter-dependence demonstrated, the scientist has tended to proclaim either a mathematical universe in which theses secondary causes may be identified with some primary basic formula, or equation, synonymous in definition with a physical ultimate, a universe inwhich God has no place; or else he has preferred to identify intellect with matter itself and has come to accept that idealistic cosmic pantheism which is almost as common a philosophy today as evolutionary materialism.

Further, Johnson defines «religious» as «pious; disposed to the duties of religion» and «teaching religion,» with «to teach» taking such definitions as «to instruct; to inform» and «to deliver any doctrine or art, or words to be learned.»

To be sure, this is a polemical assertion — a catchphrase, really — and it's woefully inadequate as far as precise definitions go.

This was comparatively simple in the period immediately following Mohammed's death, but it became exceedingly difficult as Islam spread across the world, so some further definition had to be found.

Since insufficient time has passed to assure to the books here discussed a permanent place among the sacred books of the world, such as that enjoyed by the ones that have so far been discussed, I feel it necessary to draw up a definition of a sacred book which will enable me to pick out of our modern world what may be called its sacred books.

I would not dare say how far Norman Pittenger would go in supporting the position of this book, but with his definition of the «divinity» of Christ as contained in the following sentence, I would completely and wholeheartedly agree: «Jesus, is then, truly human; he is truly divine.

As I contend in a forthcoming book, Death on a Friday Afternoon, this falls far short of an encounter with the God of Israel who accepts defeat by our definition of the game in order to expose the error of our definition.

But as I shall show below, Whitehead believed that Einstein's definition of simultaneity actually only provides a possible means of establishing the clock simultaneity of events, and that there is a further and more fundamental sense of simultaneity which is secreted in the former of Einstein's assumptions cited above.

For years theologians have been cutting themselves further and further adrift from the broader sets of meanings by which ordinary people steer their lives; yet at the same time they have clung desperately to the notion that they speak as autonomous experts, that their definitions of what is real are sufficient.

Such a definition illumines nothing and functions only as an obstacle to further clarification.

And, so far as we can see, the procedure by which we should then pass from the definition of a certain vital action to the system of physicochemical facts which it implies would be like passing from the function to its derivative (i.e..

Many of my views seem to go against my faith, as far as common beliefs, but I believe in God and believe in Jesus, so I think I still fit the definition of a Christians

What matters to us here is that these virtues provide a general definition of civility — of the stance of a person who, as far as possible, is deliberately and carefully related (attentively and openly, veraciously and responsibly) to all members of the human race, so far as they are encountered in one's life, yet makes these relations the substance of a resolutely critical and independent personality.

It further conveys the definition of prophet as one who articulates the meaning of the divine impingement from a remarkably knowledgeable position.

That's d u m b Allan, if it were just policies being discussed, then Billy would have had no reason to change the religious definition of «cult» as far as the status of Mormonism goes....

«On - pack claims are definitely an indicator of what clean label is, but the connotation of the term keeps changing as far as product formulation goes, making it difficult for legislators to give it a definition,» said Soumya Nair, Kerry's director of marketing insights.

It suggests that far from football fans being a group of people that excludes racists by definition, it is instead a group in which racists feel happy to express themselves as such.

Rather than diplomatically wait until the end of the season to break the good tidings, Bremen's decision to spill the beans immediately — going as far as to publicise a photo of the Nigerian front - man in front of «100 per cent Werder» banner — was by anyone's definition, unwise and disrespectful.

«Abuse and all of its adjuncts, including infidelity, is far too pernicous to be left open to public opinion as to what its true definition is.»

She probes the antic recklessness and wanton secrecy endemic to love affairs, breathing life into mistresses who evince the agency, autonomy, self - direction, and order of this definition — attributes far removed from the type of lasciviousness once meriting containment by legal statute and exile in imperial Rome — as well as to those who, by choice or circumstance, fell prey to their lovers» manipulation.

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Today's urban dictionary takes the definition a bit further, slamming Becky as a girl who's more than just a flirt, but back in 1847, a satirical novel started the whole «Becky» cultural reference.

However, the organization also called for more research regarding the benefits of 6 vs 4 months of exclusive breastfeeding.25 Thus far, several studies in industrialized countries revealed that a shorter duration of breastfeeding increases the risk of common infectious diseases, such as respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infections.8, 19,24,26, — , 32 However, in these studies, various definitions of the exclusiveness of breastfeeding were used24, 27,28,30 or the combination of duration and exclusiveness of breastfeeding was not taken into account.8, 31

That's fine as I really want to put more focus on the positive discipline stuff, which by definition is far more positive.

And what it means to be British becomes hazier, as the geographical definition (residing on the island of Britain) and the political definition (being a citizen of the British state) come further apart.

Along the way, probably around the time of the New Deal era, the United States started to flip the conventional definitions of liberalism, at least as far as conversational talking points are concerned.

I'm not sure if I should downvote for incorrectly getting the definition (it's not «waving at»), or upvote for the videogame origin story (which is as far as I know somewhat correct, bit not relevant enough that I was too lazy to chase it down to include in my own answer)

As always happens with catch - all definitions that are stretched too far, they are in danger of becoming too broad to convey much meaning at all.

We recalculated the figures as far as possible to reflect a common definition, but in the 2000s about 15 - 20 % of civil servants were reclassified in one year, and further reclassifications have occurred since then.

The bills are steps toward encouraging students who are victims of sexual assault to step forward by further defining the act of sexual assault and the definition of the term consent as «Yes Means Yes,» according to a press release from Cuomo's office.

«If you read Section 3 of the Criminal Offences Act, the definition of a public officer includes a potential public officer, so when the President nominated me and announced it to the whole world, I became a potential public officer, recognized under the Criminal code as a public officer, so as far as I am concerned, since that day, I am neutral, and that is why you have not heard my voice over the air saying anything because I am coming to an office which has to be neutral and impartial.

There's no definition of woman or female etc. in NYS statutes as far as I can tell.

The new proposal is far longer and offers precise definitions for a public official as including state and local elected officials, judges, political appointees of the governor as well board members who sit on entities such as public benefit corporations or authorities.

The most dangerous thing (and Labour really seems to struggle with this point) is that as a result when people pursue meritocracy they further establish a self - fulling definition of «merit» that actually just furthers traditional social stratification and their own status and fails to value what can be gained from different social experience.

«The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies «something not desirable»... In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides.

But the proposed measure could be a useful tool for gay marriage opponents to use on potential fence - sitters in the Senate Republican conference, which so far has voted as a bloc against expanding the state definition of marriage.

As high - definition imaging became more accessible, he became interested in three - dimensional (3D) computer graphics, realizing that he could harness his photographic skills even further to illustrate the science.

One thing is clear, even with a conservative definition of «scientist»: The top of the fame ranking is dominated by social scientists such as Chomsky — by far the most famous living scientist, as measured by mD..

As we progress further in increasing the numbers of postdocs and in developing the nature of the postdoctoral experience in Canada, I expect we'll begin to encounter a fine line between the overbureaucratization of the postdoctoral process and the necessary definition of the standards, rights, and responsibilities of all involved.

Based on high definition 3D lossless digital imaging technology, the Compound Eye imaging system can acquire realistic 3D positional information of objects at both near and far fields, which provides a solution to image distortion caused by conditions such as insufficient light and inadequate resolution.

For ordinary, real numbers, these definitions give exactly the same results as conventional definitions, but, as Kruskal points out, they're far, far simpler.

The physician's evaluation and routine clinical laboratory tests served to identify medical conditions considered exclusionary for CFS, specified in the 1994 case definition [23] as further clarified by the International CFS Study Group in 2003 [31].