Sentences with phrase «function of our particular situation»

Not exact matches

Our understanding of the function of Scripture must be carried out in the fight of the particular situation in which we find ourselves.

The likelihood of a given person's behaving in conformance with a given «act» is a function of three factors: «salience,» the degree to which the particular behavior exists psychologically for the person; «repertoire,» the summed salience of all possible acts for the person in his present situation (any single act is a fraction of repertoire); «arousal,» which is the extent to which the person is activated to perform any act in his present situation.

The active light function already swivels back to the straight - ahead position before the end of the bend according to the particular situation.

In a situation where the defendant is acting in pursuance of functions under a statute, it is necessary to consider a construction of the Act itself, alongside the issues concerning the defendant's liability under the common law of negligence, in particular the primary question as to whether the common law duty of care arises.