But even so, probably a bad idea, due to
the general tendency of government not being accountable for it's actions.
In amongst the multimedia examples in the column was one from Teddy TV titled «Trend and variation» — purporting to teach the viewer the difference between trend («an average or
general tendency of a series of data points to move in a certain direction over time, represented by a line or curve on a graph») and variation («common cause variation is also known as «noise» or «natural patterns,»» the squiggles on a graph).
Yet this impressive - seeming average outperformance should be viewed in the context of
a general tendency of stocks to outperform once they have attracted the intense interest of known activist investors.
As shown in Table 2, effect sizes were all positive, illustrating
the general tendency of the middle school students in this baseline data sample to be more positive in their perceptions of STEM than were the preservice teachers.
The general tendency of PHD is the opposite: we recommend getting about 30 % of calories as carbs, and 5/6 of all carb calories from glucose.
Pat argues that it is
the general tendency of climate models when forced with exponentially increasing CO2 concentrations (as were the models used in Dr. Covey's CMIP project) to produce a nearly linear temperature rise into the future.
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.
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 large part this has been an expression of
the general tendency of the academic world.
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.
Moreover, Pope Francis has adopted a style of leadership that works against
the general tendencies of our times.
I want to know about
general tendencies of the gay dating scene in.
The surroundings of Klein's artistic career changed over years, but some of
the general tendencies of the time reflected in his work.
Not exact matches
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.
Others, such as the
tendency for investors to become increasingly eager to chase high yields as the
general level
of interest rates falls, suggest a need for caution.
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.
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.
The essential matter is that, given the
general context
of the surrounding religions, and given the
general popular
tendency, there was a total reversal.
General scientific
tendencies since the end
of the Seventeenth Century.
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.
Early liberal responses to the new sexual freedom
of youth had a
tendency to present sexuality as the good gift
of God without exploring
general biblical guidelines for responsible sexual expression.4
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.
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.
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 study does see a «
general tendency... toward a greater emphasis on cooperation and the achievement
of a genuine community within the faculty,» and it calls for the development
of ways to further this trend.
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 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.
To these
tendencies from Egypt were added the
general modern conceptions
of the period.
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.
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.
Determined to debunk my mother's complexion - based love
of Gwyneth, I informed her that the cookbook was getting terrible reviews, the media and
general public were criticizing Gwyneth for her narcissistic and elitist
tendencies, and that many believed Gwyn had completely lost touch with reality.
If the Browns are down to choosing between Chubb and Penn State running back Saquon Barkley here, all you need to do is look at is the
tendencies of Browns
General Manager John Dorsey.
And when we take away these
tendencies, our players just kind
of hang out in the
general vicinity
of the basketball.
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
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.
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.
At the same time, this preoccupation with
general models
of the political is supposed to be the most appropriate response to the depoliticising social
tendencies unleashed by globalised neoliberalism.
(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.