Sentences with phrase «general tendency in»

That is, existing studies have failed to detangle the possibility that the associations between support - seeking and intimacy may be attributable to (1) a relationship - general tendency in which people are generally more likely to perceive their social relationships as intimate and seek support from their social partners and / or (2) a unique dyadic system that exists only in their romantic relationships.

Overall, as shown by Figure 1, the party's geography of support in these elections reflects the general tendency in terms of Labour support since the foundation of the state, namely that it is especially concentrated to the south and east of a line drawn between Dundalk and Limerick.

Although no parent is absolutely consistent across situations and over time, parents do seem to follow some general tendencies in their approach to childrearing, and it is possible to describe a parent - child relationship in terms of the prevailing style of parenting employed.

Not exact matches

There is, after all, a tendency by the media to be overly cynical when looking at the future in general and technology specifically.

One quick note about «short ETFs» in general is that most of them have a tendency to underperform their underlying indexes as the holding period increases.

In shorter - term market action, we see a general tendency toward distribution, for example, declines on expanding volume coupled with low - volume recoveries on mixed breadth and narrowing leadership (which was also the pattern last week).

Missouri Synod theologians had traditionally affirmed the inerrancy of the Bible, and, although such a term can mean many things, in practice it meant certain rather specific things: harmonizing of the various biblical narratives; a somewhat ahistorical reading of the Bible in which there was little room for growth or development of theological understanding; a tendency to hold that God would not have used within the Bible literary forms such as myth, legend, or saga; an unwillingness to reckon with possible creativity on the part of the evangelists who tell the story of Jesus in the Gospels or to consider what it might mean that they write that story from a post-Easter perspective; a general reluctance to consider that the canons of historical exactitude which we take as givens might have been different for the biblical authors.

Its presence there, however mistakenly justified, serves as a continuing corrective particularly to ascetic Christian tendencies, and to an otherworldly view of Scripture and biblical faith in general.

Fromm has a tendency to demonize authority in general.

In large part this has been an expression of the general tendency of the academic world.

Wiebe's tendency to address issues in general terms and to resist close comparative study also weakens his more theoretical argument.

We have already suggested that the idealizing tendency, common to legend in general, is conspicuously weak in the stories of the patriarchs.

But in general, I am totally with you, aside for the occasional guilty pleasure of coming here and helping theists trip themselves on their lack of logic, for (judgement) their political tendencies are actually very dangerous for people like you.

There are changes in the intimacy pattern in the various stages of the marriage, but there is also a tendency for the couple to maintain a general continuity of relationship style over the years.

But it is also important that Europeans who come here are challenged, as well — particularly by our American cautiousness about the tendencies of states, institutions, and power structures in general.

Given the general tendency to confuse the two, it is important to understand the limited sense in which natural law or moral philosophy is useful, indeed indispensable, to constitutional adjudication, and the larger, more free - hand sense in which it is pernicious.

The main philosophic difficulty that the Syllabus faces comes out in «General scientific tendencies since the end of the Seventeenth Century.

The tendency to assign too great a role to reason or mind in the general scheme of things is well exemplified in the works of Hegel.

And while it is true that such an approach does offer a more «down to earth» understanding of the relation of mind to nature, here there is a seemingly equal tendency to assign too great a role to the place of nature in the general scheme of things, resulting in the general devaluation of reason or mind.

Whereas Hegel may be said to exemplify the tendency to assign too great a role to mind in the general scheme of things, it is Nietzsche who perhaps best represents the opposite or contrary tendency, namely that of assigning too great a place to nature over mind.

There is a tendency to overlook interdependency as a part of healthy human relations, both those of husband and wife and also those of people in general.

In hyperarousal, the «fight or flight» defence mechanism we all have is over-sensitised and manifests itself in a general tendency to be always on the look out for threat or dangeIn hyperarousal, the «fight or flight» defence mechanism we all have is over-sensitised and manifests itself in a general tendency to be always on the look out for threat or dangein a general tendency to be always on the look out for threat or danger.

Apart from the primordial envisagement, divine creativity is indistinguishable from creativity in general, and the tendency toward pantheism in which Brahma replaces Yahweh becomes inevitable.

At a time when delegates from all over the world are coming together in a variety of bodies for the purpose of attempting to sketch a first outline of future society, it seems to me essential to set forth the main constructive axes without which it is mere self - delusion to suppose that we can conceive or undertake any re-ordering or development of the Earth: general tendencies of advance and growth, that is to say, which in certain conditions — despite our freedom of choice, or better still, because of it — Mankind can not in any circumstances ignore, and must heed more and more as time goes on.

Now in this regard, the general tendency among students and historians of philosophy has been to see process philosophy as firmly emplaced on the Continental side.

It too is not a doctrinally monolithic tendency predicated in a particular thesis or theory but a general and programmatic approach.

6 While some variation of the «vitalist» hypothesis appears necessary in historical perspective, the recent findings of Nobel - laureate chemist Ilya Prigogine regarding the tendency toward self - organization and greater complexity in dissipative chemical structures shows that the evolution of complexity is itself compatible with, rather than contrary to the general physical principles of thermodynamics.

Our political life is made to look worse than it is not so much because journalists oppose any one tendency in politics as because they have come to oppose the political class in general.

The general tendency of the Church in the twentieth century has been toward a conception of social responsibility which virtually made it an agent of secular society.

In consequence of all these motives you probably are disposed, unless some special utility can be shown in some individual's discipline, to treat the general tendency to asceticism as pathologicaIn consequence of all these motives you probably are disposed, unless some special utility can be shown in some individual's discipline, to treat the general tendency to asceticism as pathologicain some individual's discipline, to treat the general tendency to asceticism as pathological.

It is in part to this phenomenon, emphasized especially by the presence of the central organ of the church, the papacy, that I would link the tendency of Italian thinkers of all persuasions to think in terms of elites, of governing classes and political classes, more or less clearly differentiated from the general population.

The miracles recorded in the gospel follow the same general pattern as in the synoptic gospels, although the tendency of the evangelist to use them as a peg for a controversy or discourse introduces a further artificial element into his gospel.

Recreational «drug» use such as is currently allowed by law here in the U.S. puts upon the general populace many social discords that have tendencies to demoralize the individual welfares thereby lowering the nation's social wellbeing... Synthetically made pharmaceutical drugs can not replace naturally occurring drugs and such synthetics are apt to be more harmful and way more addictive than the naturally occurring ones.

The sort of liberalism which looks with contempt upon conservative groups and their schools or even on conservative tendencies in theology in general, calling them all «Fundamentalist,» and the kind of conservatism that abhors all critical movements alike, cut themselves off from each other in the theological world more effectively than do Baptists from Presbyterians, Methodists from Anglicans.

You are not wrong about Ramsey's passing tendencies in general.

And when we take away these tendencies, our players just kind of hang out in the general vicinity of the basketball.

Surely, that would be the general tendency of a club towards a young player who knows he is not first - choice but is still willing to stay and fight for his place in the side.

Not to be Captain Obvious, but she has a tendency to wear pantsuits, which, in general, are on the dowdy, conservative side.

Following losses the same issues re-emerge, sometimes to extreme levels if the loss was exceptionally bad, like at Liverpool, but invariably this has a tendency to subside over time due to a variety of factors like a general sense of apathy, a return to the win column or the misplaced belief that those in charge have finally learned their lesson and big changes are in the offing.

«The Four Tendencies» isn't about romantic relationships per se — instead it's a look at how your personality type affects your life in general.

The tendency has been to bog down in fights between the Right and the Left, where conservatives were worried that character education programs were all about teaching mushy diversity and general sort of tolerance, and liberals were worried that character education was about teaching religion and more conservative values.

In general, the results suggest that after adjustment for confounding, there were small but consistent tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with increased IQ, increased performance on standardized tests, higher teacher ratings of classroom performance, and better high school achievement.

Besides that, it seems impossible to answer in general objectively, since it was not provided any metrics for what constitutes a tendency.

It is the reason President Akufo - Addo must be cheered on at his first appearance at the United Nations General Assembly as President in about a fortnight from now and it is the reason we shouldn't endorse the growing tendency to wish ill of the Black Stars though I am not unaware of leading NPP officials making provocative statements about how the NDC Government was responsible for the poor results in earlier qualifiers and how only NPP supporters will be sent to Russia, but we must regardless always learn to rise above the misguided few and reach out for the Ghana Flag anytime it is about our dear country.

(Wild conjecture: I suspect that it has both to do with the relatively young age of social networking site users in a year in which the darn kids are politically active, as well as with the natural tendency of all social spaces to attract people who are in general directed outward into the public sphere.)

One of the key patterns in last year's general election results was a tendency for those who voted Remain to swing more to Labour than those who voted Leave, while the Conservatives lost ground amongst Remain voters while advancing amongst their Leave counterparts.

This anti-democratic tendency affects not just the electorate in general, but the very heart of political decision - making.

I half expected the polls to all converge together in the run up to the election, as they have a tendency to do before general elections, but in reality we got the same sort of contrast as we do in Westminster polls.

Speaking to the international community at a Socialist forum in Germany, attended by him and James Kofi Fonu Kpatakpa - Deputy National General Youth Organizer, Mr. Nketia said the upsurge of political vigilantism in Ghana is an element that has the tendency to strip the country of its peace and stability.

Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi led APC to dust PDP in the 2015 general elections, the PDP Leadership up till date has refused to forgive Amaechi for disgracing them out of power and salvaging our nation from a system whose corruptive tendency is not only contagious but legendary.