Sentences with phrase «general functions as»

Voiced by Pierfrancesco Favino, the 19th century general functions as a kind of poetic, philosophizing narrator, commenting on what he observes from his high vantage point atop Janiculum Hill.

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It's a general rule that hybrid devices — those that try to combine the functions of several — aren't as good as dedicated products.

As Construction Controller at Broadway Construction Group, Tina Imamovic provides strategic fiscal support to senior leadership while managing daily cash scheduling, job cost control, AP / AR functions, and all related general ledger activities.

The systems themselves have been improved, as have their capability to detect threats and general functioning.

that the task of the proletariat corresponds to the world - historical mission of the chosen people, that the redemptive and universal function of the most degraded class is conceived on the religious pattern of Cross and Resurrection, that the ultimate transformation of the realm of freedom corresponds to the transformation of the civitas Terrena into a civitas Dei, and that the whole process of history as outlined in the Communist Manifesto corresponds to the general scheme of the Jewish - Christian interpretation of history as providential advance toward a final goal.

We have already recognized the sense in which eternal objects are internally related: the more general or abstract function includes the less general as a constituent or term.

It had not yet been seen that the subject - predicate form can be viewed as a special case of a more general account of logical terms, functions, and relations: a true «logic of manifolds,» as Cassirer calls it (SF 72), eschewing any psychological elements, was yet to emerge.

This fundamental function of general civil religion could be carried out by churches that remained indifferent to the special civil religion embodied in such documents as the Declaration of Independence and bound up with the history of the American nation, but most American religious groups have been able to affirm both general and special civil religion as well as their own doctrinal peculiarities.

Therefore, «according to the fourth Category of Explanation it is the one general metaphysical character of all entities of all sorts, that they function as objects» (PR 336).

A kind of rational intuition is needed to perceive the general principles which are there ready - made in actuality.6 Or if patterned on the genetic - functional model, the generalizations have as their subject - matter «distinctions that arise in and because of inquiry into the subject - matter of experience - nature, and then they function or operate as divisions of labor in the further control and ordering of its materials and processes» (DWP 175).

This is why, according to that principle, «it is the one general metaphysical character of all entities of all sorts, that they function as objects.

The function of the state as the most general institution of human society is to order properly our mutual fulfillment of the needs of self and others.

In these places the course of study consists of a series of preparations for a series of loosely connected acts In this situation each one of the more general disciplines — such as study of the Bible, theology, church history, psychology, sociology — may then be directly related to a specific function such as preaching?

This is characterized by competition for the marketplace which is open to anyone who can produce the goods and services, unhindered by government subsidy, monopoly, or other interference with competition.1 For a system actually to function as free enterprise capitalism there must be opportunity for individuals in the general populace to obtain education and also to obtain access to capital and resources for new ventures.

His analogy is functionalist: physical inheritance in prehension functions like the general populace which predominates in a tradition - rooted society; the novelty of the conceptual pole of a prehension plays the same role as the originative activities of the «fortunate classes», the middle class entrepreneurs, who predominate in modern society.

In the later cosmology, such a method is applied to experience in general where relatedness is taken as primary, and the extensive properties of nature are dependent upon the function of the universe as a creative process, albeit such a method loses it deductive character when applied to the observed connectives of experience.

As all subsequent history, including the Protestant Reformation, shows, however, general overseers are likely to stress their status and power and diminish their functions as servicAs all subsequent history, including the Protestant Reformation, shows, however, general overseers are likely to stress their status and power and diminish their functions as servicas service.

The more we can take and understand general oversight as function and not as status, the easier will be the solution to this problem.

These differences between the «mainstreams» cultivated by religious and general television are significant because for many years general television has been functioning as a powerful, and perhaps even the major, cultivator of our society's values, attitudes and behavior.

These characteristics of the mainstream of general television are significant, because for many years general television has been functioning as a powerful, if not the most powerful, cultivator of our society «s over-all values, attitudes, and behavior.

It is clear that Whitehead sees a parallel between the physical and mental aspects of dipolar occasions and the practical (physical) and theoretical (mental) aspects which together constitute the proper function of Reason as a counterweight to the general tendency towards dissolution and decay (FR 32f.).

The openness of the civic culture has depended on the fact that these groups and traditions have functioned as teachers of virtue and morality, sustaining by their various lights a general predisposition toward acting well.

The religious use of television must restore emphasis on its role as a service function to the church, with an articulated strategy indicating how its various activities and objectives are related to the general functions of the church.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

The facility holds about one - third of General Parts» $ 6 million in parts inventory, and functions as the company's central purchasing center and as the warehouse for its direct to the public online store.

The audience profile includes professionals from management functions like general management, purchase, engineering services, quality control, R&D, trade, government as well as research and academic communities.

Unlike yesterday's post which looked individually at the performances of Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski, this article is more of a general overview of how the defensive team functioned as a unit.

Being such a great character and having such a portable design, this is a very good value for money toy in general but as far as crib soothers go, it's not the best out there in regards to range in function, sound quality and features, however, it is a great affordable option of soother and would make a fantastic gift to a very young child.

In general, an insert or soaker can function as your primary absorbency.

Back to the National Assembly where a wrong type of economic conversation was going on in relation to the beleaguered MTN Nigeria as some members of the House of Representatives decided that in addition to their considerable legislative duties, they desired to hijack the duties of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), those of the telecommunications regulators - NCC and the Ministry of Communications and indeed the judicial functions of our courts as well!!!

More generally, gender stereotypes are used to justify women's unlikelihood to speak up: the general perception of women as instruments whose function is primordially to be used, as passive sexual objects than as active subjects, as bodies and faces that should be looked at and evaluated on the basis of demanding aesthetic criteria, as sacrificial mothers or as empathetic persons mainly attuned to other's people needs, is not very compatible with an assertive form of communication.

When, after the gazetting, pursuant to section 38, of a notice stating places (which must include the offices of the Electoral Commission) at which the public may inspect, without charge, a description of the boundaries of the proposed districts, the Commission makes a determination relating to the boundaries of any district, the Surveyor - General must communicate the details of that determination to the Electoral Commission and such other entities or persons directly concerned with the administration of this Act as have been specified by the Representation Commission by name or by position or by the functions they perform.

He carried this bad habit of usurping the Attorney - General's functions into his Presidency which I resisted as the Attorney - General with all the constitutional authority at my disposal and proved in the Supreme Court decisions in the Attorney - General, Waterville & Woyome case, and the Attorney - General, Isofoton & Forson case which the White Paper also tries again to bastardize.

As the Attorney General I had a constitutional duty to perform my functions without fear or favour and the President was at liberty to have given a copy of my report to Betty for her comments.

It has functioned as a tax with revenues going to the general fund, not to the Public Service Commission, as intended.

The Yorkshire Post can also reveal that the Richmond MP took time out from the 2005 General Election campaign to act as a paid speaker at five commercial functions, netting him more than # 30,000.

«The new inspector general functions would be purely additive: on top of all existing offices such as the attorney general and state comptroller.

Cuomo, of course, has gotten beaten up recently over being anything but transparent, from his use of PIN - to - PIN function on his Blackberry, eskewing emails and keeping some of his documents from his time as attorney general out of the public view.

«The Director - General of the National Intelligence Agency, in line with the provisions of the Instrument under reference, will assign areas of responsibilities to the DDGs who will assist him in carrying out his functions as Director - General.

There is nowhere in the constitution that any ministerial portfolio has been created... So far as they have ministerial roles and functions, the only Minister who has been given constitutional recognition is the office of the Attorney General so with due respect to him, I do not see how he will have any serious argument to press home either in the court or within Parliament because it is pathetic... I am afraid his argument is jejune.

These functions include a variety of activities which assist both governmental agencies and the general public, such as: (1) Review and approve and sign street acquisition and damage maps for Department of Transportation (DOT) and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); (2) Review and approve street alteration maps; (3) Review and ensure the maintenance of survey monument information; (4) Review and ensure maintenance of street grade and elevation data for the Borough; (5) Issuance of street house numbers and the management of the topographical record room; (6) Present new revenue stream ideas and develop the fee structure for topography services and a system to collect, maintain and reconcile said fees; and (7) Work with the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller's Office and other Borough President's Offices to ensure that the fee structure and collection system is compatible and appropriate.

It's something which would probably happen automatically as a result of one of my manifesto proposals (a requirement that laws must be consistent, where possible, with uncontroversial principles such as equality of opportunity) but it's the kind of thing that a properly functioning system would do automatically, without requiring the general public to agitate about it.

For example, NASA's Earth Science program is classified under the Space function, even though its R&D is also closely related to natural resources and environment, as well as general science, while NASA's Aeronautics program is classified under the Transportation function.

«This pattern might be a general mechanism for functional diversification of enzyme families, as it allows the acquisition of new functions without disrupting the native folding structure and primary enzyme function,» says Xiao - Ru Wang, Senior lecturer at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Umeå University.

As a physician, I am concerned with people who have neurological damage or disease or who are, in general, trying to improve their neurological function.

«But if you plot the same information as a function of the sample size, the datasets, in fact agree, and display the same general trend — the larger the indentation in the material tested, the weaker the olivine becomes.»

«We hypothesized that yoga participants would show lower depression severity over time as assessed by the Quick Inventory of Depression Symptomatology (QIDS), as well as better social and role functioning, better general health perceptions and physical functioning, and less physical pain relative to the control group,» said Dr. Uebelacker.

While opportunities involving a range of different skill sets are available, in general, companies are seeking research scientists with highly developed technical expertise that possess the ability to think creatively and fix problems, while being able to function as part of a team.

For nearly a decade, the associate professor of psychology has published numerous studies showing that vision can change as a function of action — that vision is action - specific, as opposed to general purpose.

Eating strawberries also improved other parameters such as the general plasma lipid profile, antioxidant biomarkers (such as vitamin C or oxygen radical absorbance capacity), antihemolytic defences and platelet function.