Sentences with phrase «general fact of life»

Right now, it is unclear whether combinatorial evolution is a quirk of yeast biology or a more general fact of life, but researchers are hopeful that the latter is true.

This is merely a specific instance of a general fact of life: Regardless of your background, it's very hard to get anyone to pay for your medical degree.

Today, the title of lost profit is a general fact of life.

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In fact, the huge influence he had on my business, and on my life in general, derived from a screensaver photo of him on my cellphone, which I consulted in times of need.

Kauffman Foundation scholar Sam Arbesman made media waves recently with his book The Half - Life of Facts, which reminds the general reader of an obvious but often overlooked fact of scientific progress.

It's hard to tell how many do this — I know of a few politically engaged Liberals who periodically hold Tory membership cards too — but it's a fact of life for those of other political stripes in a one - party province like Alberta: the political direction of the province is decided at the PC leadership conventions, not in general elections.

Moreover, the suffering that can be inflicted through disturbance within the human body indicates the extent to which general biological health and «material» security constitute happiness, although the fact that these ends dominate the lives of most people in the contemporary world indicates how far short of its possibilities the human race remains.

But that we can today speak of «Christian virtues» is due to the fact that one who reads the Gospels seriously is left in no doubt as to the general structure of what a life lived in obedient love would embody.

It appears that there is general though only implicit recognition of the fact that a call to the ministry includes at least these four elements (1) the call to be a Christian, which is variously described as the call to discipleship of Jesus Christ, to hearing and doing of the Word of God, to repentance and faith, et cetera; (2) the secret call, namely, that inner persuasion or experience whereby a person feels himself directly summoned or invited by God to take up the work of the ministry; (3) the providential call, which is that invitation and command to assume the work of the ministry which comes through the equipment of a person with the talents necessary for the exercise of the office and through the divine guidance of his life by all its circumstances; (4) the ecclesiastical call, that is, the summons and invitation extended to a man by some community or institution of the Church to engage in the work of the ministry.

In principle it is perfectly compatible with views of punishment harsher than those normally practiced toward convicted criminals (murderers or otherwise), but whether one's general attitude concerning punishment tends toward the severe or the lenient, the basic fact of the Cain story as a paradigm is the preservation of a guilty life.

In fact, each person's contribution is relative to that person's possibilities in life (personal judgment) and relative to the actual accomplishment of others (general judgment).

For it seems clear that within the general scheme or the kerygma was included some reference, however brief, to the historical facts of the life of Jesus.

The reply given by the Johannine Jesus appears at first to confirm this by saying, «If a man has faith in me, even though he die, he shall come to life», but then proceeds to add quite a new interpretation of the resurrection power of Christ in the words, «and no one who is alive and has faith shall ever die».13 C. H. Dodd concludes that «the «resurrection» of which Jesus has spoken is something which may take place before bodily death, and has for its result the possession of eternal life here and now... The evangelist agrees with popular Christianity that the believer will enter into eternal life at the general resurrection, but for him this is a truth of less importance than the fact that the believer already enjoys eternal life and the former is a consequence of the latter.»

This fact was articulated by General John Lejeune, former Commandant of the Marine Corps, who noted that «a large portion of those enlisting are under twenty - one years of age» and «are in a very formative period of their lives.»

It is only to say that God manifests himself in different ways in the general facts of existence (Father), in the particular man Jesus (Son), and in the life of the Christian community (Holy Spirit).

Whatever the context in which this parable was first spoken, whatever general thesis we may hold of the function of parable in Christ's teaching, we are given here a story which, in fact, describes a raw piece of human life.

In fact many studies show that the quality of life and behavior in general is often better in less religious cultures.

We are frequently more ashamed of our blunders afterwards than we were at the moment of making them; and in general our whole higher prudential and moral life is based on the fact that material sensations actually present may have a weaker influence on our action than ideas of remoter facts.

While accepting the undeniable fact of the general evolution of Life in the course of time, many biologists still maintain that these changes take place without following any defined course, in any direction and at random.

For very telling evidence of this fact, read A Man Called White (New York: Viking Press, 1948), the life story of a very light - skinned Negro, Walter White, who was long the general secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and one of the outstanding leaders of his race.

And our right course is to grasp the fact, live in terms of it, and seek to implement to the fullest degree this general belonging that is ours.

President Buhari urged the cleric, who is also the General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, and the Bakare family to take solace in the fact that the late matriarch lived long enough to witness the enormous successes achieved by her children.

«There is certainly much left to be studied — including how pregnancy and fertility treatments may affect mortality later in life — but our results highlight the fact that a history of infertility is indeed related to a woman's life long health, and opens a potential opportunity for screening and / or preventative management for infertile women for both women's health care providers and the general practitioner.»

That seemed to me a rather disingenuous answer and to many people there was a little doubt what General Groves really thought about this, and I have to say that partly at least on this account, the Los Alamos scientists were intimidated, felt intimidated; and in fact the people in Chicago who felt much less intimidation of that sort, they were not living on a military base, and they may have been wondering what to do with themselves anyway at that point.

Squatting makes full use of the body's range of movement, stretching, exercising and healing — it is precisely the fact that Western society is socialised into sitting rather than squatting at a young age that leads to joints and the spine atrophying over a lifetime, leading to the stiffness and fusing of bones, arthritis, and a multitude of things from middle age onwards; a general loss of youthfulness — older people who have squatted all their lives appear more youthful, and they suffer fewer of the toilet - related ailments of Western society, but I suspect fewer joint and mobility related ailments too, relating to the spine in particular.

It is well accepted that small amounts of all these vitamins are essential to our life, but less appreciated is the fact that optimal amounts are critical to our general sense of vitality.

The fact that I spent so much without even realizing it is a testament to my lack of mindfulness in general at that point in my life.

It also includes general facts and information that will be helpful to individuals living in the county of Devon and hoping to be successful in enjoying adult dating.

There is promise in the one episode of Dome sent to critics and the series could work well, despite the fact that the general conceit of people living in a microcosm has been a staple of literature, film and TV forever.

Pointedly, Lucy gets a couple of eloquent monologues in which to ponder such weighty matters as the impermanence of all life, the preciousness of every moment, the human tendency to prioritize feeling over thinking, the depressing myopia of human experience in general, and the fact that life gains meaning only with the passage of time.

Not that this comedy needed to be a documentary about its subject, but the fact that it can't spell out the basics of this business deal — outside of some «robble robble projected income graph percentage closing» jargon that gets peppered throughout the screenplay by Steve Conrad («The Pursuit of Happyness,» «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty»)-- is indicative of a general lack of focus and an inconsistency in tone.

Liman and his screenwriter, Gary Spinelli (Chaos Walking, Stash House), apparently play fast and loose with the facts of Seal's life («dramatic license» in case you're wondering), but hew relatively close to the general contours and parameters of that same life, following Seal as he settles in Mena, Arkansas at the behest of his careerist handler, expands his drug - smuggling business with Schafer's willful ignorance as an ally, and turns a massive property (also bestowed by a generous federal government) into a training ground for the Contra rebels who fought against the Communist - allied Sandinista regime in Nicaragua in the «80s.

Taking advantage of the fact that his subject spent a living experimenting with confronting societal norms, Almereyda continually messes around with the norms and structures of biopics and filmmaking in general.

The set's most general making - of content, these are aided by the fact that they deal with this movie and all the live - action ones with clips and comparisons.

In fact, the overwhelming majority (about 95 percent) of the newly minted STEM majors in each cohort who enter the teaching profession teach in math or science classrooms (i.e., nonelementary and including math, biology / life science, chemistry, geology / earth / space science, physics, computer science, or general science).

Moreover, these general statistics mask the fact that much of this increase has gone to special education, a sector that has dramatically expanded and substantially improved the lives of millions of students with disabilities over this time period.

In fact, live events have been, in my experience, very good days in terms of sales, and very good days in general.

Negative reviews are a fact of life when you are dealing with the internet in general and readers who are hiding behind anonymity.

This stability is largely based on the fact that Vancouver in particular and B.C. in general are highly desirable real estate markets; our mild weather, beautiful scenery and overall quality of life are envied by people all over the country.

Most of those reasons are related to human error and negligence, some are related to the bad side of humanity in general, and some are related to the fact that your life is impacted by random chance on a daily basis.

It's a fact of life that no family holiday can start without a certain amount of panic, rushing around and general stress - it's all part of the fun but even with the pre-holiday jitters most family holidays are fantastic, everyone's together, in the sun and having a great time.

Oddly considering the fact that the Harry Potter series started life as a book meaning it's a story driven affair the game actually has barely any story to it, instead it simply ignores most of the storyline and gives only the occasional reference and cutscene leaving anyone who has not actually read the books or watched the films with a general feeling of «What the hell just happened?»

(10) It would be better for Britain to support living artists than raise millions to save Old Master paintings from going abroad; (11) In general, buy art for pleasure, not as an investment; (12) Few video artists have improved on works by the great pioneers of video art, namely: Bruce Nauman, Andy Warhol, Vito Acconci, Joan Jonas etc; (13) Blue Electric Chair is Any Warhol's best painting; (14) His favourite non-blockbuster art show was Clyfford Still's retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, NY, (Nov 1979 - Feb 1980); (15) The fact that only 5 of the last 40 Turner Prize nominees have been painters, says more about curators than about the state of painting today.

And for sure we are driven to keep modeling like crazy (on some else's dime) like hysterical people building Towers of Babel despite the fact if there is any true substance to general circulation models (GCMs)-- i.e., the mathematical models Western government scientists use only to indict humanity for living — it is well disguised.

General damages (money for pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life) were assessed at $ 65,000 and a further $ 80,000 was awarded for the Plaintiff's diminished earning capacity to reflect the fact that her chronic condition will likely effect her vocationally over her lifetime.

The British Columbia Reports is an important resource for legal researchers, historians, genealogists, and British Columbians in general, due to the fact that it provides a collection of unique primary information on society and individuals living in British Columbia in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

Reinstatement would have given him the ability to continue to earn a living, but because Joe became resentful and lost his temper after nearly a year of discriminatory treatment and the fact that he no longer likes the general manager who repeatedly discriminated against him, the employment relationship is «not viable».

More permanent policies, like whole life or universal life can last up to age 121 and are more expensive in general because of their ability to accumulate cash and the fact that they will last your entire life.

Let's take a look at just some of the import facts about Banner Life and the Legal & General Group of companies:

In addition, it's important to note that because of the typically - ongoing premium obligations — and the general fact that a death benefit is not worth as much if you have to wait longer to receive it — an accurate assessment of the client's prospective health to determine an appropriate life expectancy assumption is crucial to the analysis.