Sentences with phrase «general words for»

Try to mix specific and general words for clarity of ideas and stylistic interest.

Not exact matches

While this word seems counter-intuitive because you are negotiating to get more, it's a word that is too general for a successful negotiation.
«Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that Mr. Trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself,» David McCraw, assistant general counsel for the Times, wrote in a letter addressed to Trump's attorney, Marc Kasowitz, on Thursday afternoon.
For the past 40 years, the institution has compiled an annual list of words — culled from nominations made through the university's website and ultimately finalized by a committee — which should be «banished from the Queen's English for mis - use, over-use and general uselessness.&raqFor the past 40 years, the institution has compiled an annual list of words — culled from nominations made through the university's website and ultimately finalized by a committee — which should be «banished from the Queen's English for mis - use, over-use and general uselessness.&raqfor mis - use, over-use and general uselessness.»
The Insurance Corporation of B.C., the province's publicly owned, for - profit auto insurance body, is a «financial dumpster fire,» according to B.C. Attorney General David Eby, who minced no words yesterday when summarizing its dire financial state.
«We had already worked for three (general contractors), and every single one of them lived up to their word until Donald Trump came to Atlantic City,» Friel says.
In March 2017, an Ontario Divisional Court ruling had sharp words for the province's Ministry of the Attorney General over issues with its assessments office.
Plus, aim for a more artistic symbol over words — like General Electric's clever blue monogram.
General tokens are used along the traditional definition of the word, as a placeholder that can be exchanged for goods or services.
For Minister Moore to utter the words that he did, then, seems symptomatic of Harper government policy in general, not to mention its basic moral values.
Or in his words, «to bring the conversation down a couple thousands of feet» for the business communities and general public from both sides.
For over a year, in other words, the Fed reacted to a growing liquidity crisis not by taking steps to boost credit in general, but rather by reallocating the existing supply of credit towards particular, troubled firms — a move George Selgin examined (and criticized) in detail in a recent post on this blog.
As sometime Latin scholars ourselves, and as general lovers of word play, we enjoy these translations for both their entertainment and academic value.
This post is not exactly a word study of those words, but a general theological clarification for how to deal with some of these tough texts in the Bible that deal with the topic of punishment.
Romney's comment was perhaps well meant, but taken in the context of all of his ideas about women, that they must be taken care of because they are fragile, delicate creatures, who can't think or care for themselves and are better fit for staying home and taking care of the offspring than out in the work force, the words mirror his general condescending attitude toward women.
Dreams, for example, were given a high place as media of divine revelation; (Genesis 20:3; 26:24 - 25; 28:10 - 16; 31:24; 37:5; 41:1; 46:1 - 4; Judges 7:13 - 15; I Kings 3:5 - 15 etc.) omens were trusted, such as the first word to be uttered at an expected meeting, (I Samuel 14:8 - 15) or a chance action regarded as a sign, (Genesis 24:12 - 14) or wind in the mulberry - trees taken as Yahweh's command to join battle; (II Samuel 5:22 - 24) and, in general, dealing with the superhuman world suggested nothing so simple and spiritual as private communion in prayer, but rather a whole array of magical techniques and, from the modern point of view, incredible superstitions.
Catechesis delivered only as words is a sad reduction of the vast, rich, gratuitous pedagogy of God that the General Directory for Catechesis urges us to follow.
However, the General Register Office for Scotland issues guidance to district registrars on the form of civil marriage ceremonies, including a form of words, which registrars follow (except that, at their discretion, they can agree a different wording with the couple).»
Just as potentiality for process is the meaning of the more general term «entity» or «thing,» so «decision» is the added meaning of the word «actual» in the term «actual entity.»
Meanwhile, in Lake Superior State University's annual «List of Words to Be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse, and General Uselessness» — tabulated from readers» submissions — green has just come in first.
The words of General Sherman must be kept ever in mind: «It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation.
Islam and Muslims is a General Word that is divided it to many sectors that are rejecting, disputing the main Islamic doctrine... So how would we know which of those are doing what where all then blamed for some thing they knew not of...?
This time last year, for instance, I wrote down that I wanted to write 100,000 words, the general requirement for a book or novel, and pay off a specific amount on my car loan.
All those within Torah Musa, Zabor Dawoud, Angeel Issa out of which brewed out of it the soul thing of pure faith that God was not not begotten, God is Single and not Plural, God has no Mistress, God has No Begotten Son, God may Chose Any as Sons from his creations with out need to beget sons through the means he created for mankind to increase population... All Prophets and Messengers spoke the Words of God as he put his words to their mouths... they were the words of God... Now please read with me the verses even if for general informations Words of God as he put his words to their mouths... they were the words of God... Now please read with me the verses even if for general informations words to their mouths... they were the words of God... Now please read with me the verses even if for general informations words of God... Now please read with me the verses even if for general informations only;
That said, I don't know about you, but I can always tell when the slick - sounding press releases are formulated after «the team» gets together for an exhaustive «public statement» strategy session during which every word, phrase, and nuance is carefully considered, debated - over, written and rewritten, and finally aligned - around prior to being released to the general public.
But the term nowaways usually connotes, in the words of my dictionary, a «set of general unexamined assumptions,» and these are for the most part simply the parochial prejudices of one's time and place.
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.
As being can never be studied as an independent object, the history of metaphysical thought can not be without implications for the history of being:» [E] very science goes through a process of historical development in which, although the fundamental or general problem remains unaltered, the particular form in which this problem presents itself changes from time to time; and the general problem never arises in its pure or abstract form, but always in the particular or concrete form, determined by the present state of knowledge or, in other words, by the development of thought hitherto.
In other words, there is a general revelation of God in the world which provides the basic, indeed the cosmic, context for whatever may be said about the particular event with which we as Christians are concerned.
But that wasn't the old word for fruit in general.
This is a much more difficult verse to interpret word by word for those of us who know neither Aramaic nor Greek, but the same general interpretation seems to fit.
Such people have turned sanctification into a bad word not only for the population in general but also for many Christians.
The Latin word resurrectio appears to have been created for Christian use, and while the Greek equivalent anastasis is certainly pre-Christian, it does not seem to have been widely used until Christian times, some scholars thinking that, when Paul referred to it at Athens, his hearers mistook it for the name of a goddess.26 The idea of resurrection first came to expression in the form of a narrative, and until the advent of the above technical terms, words of very general usage, such as «raise», «wake up», «stand up», etc., served the purpose of relating it.
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.»
Since the Jewish belief in the general resurrection was the necessary forerunner for the Christian affirmation of the resurrection of Jesus, we shall turn first to the meaning for our day of the words in the Nicene Creed, «I look for the resurrection of the dead».
But Dr. Torrey has shown that if the text in its more difficult form (which on general principles of textual criticism is likely to be more original) be translated word for word into Aramaic, it becomes both grammatical and perspicuous.
In other words, the general instructions can be and have been overridden by God's commands whenever and for whatever reason he so chooses, and it is good and right to obey.
When I first mentioned that I'd been asked by my publisher to take the word «vagina» out of my manuscript for A Year of Biblical Womanhood in deference to the general preferences of Christian bookstores, I never expected you guys to care, much less do something about it.
It's important for wellness - enablers to communicate, by their general attitudes if not in words:
Most Protestant churches have made an adjustment to the structures of the general community while claiming and fighting for the freedom to witness to the Word of God, and to protest against the absolutizing of any form of power.
, and general guidance for relationships (BEST WAY TO HAVE THE LAST WORD: APOLOGIZE).
To begin with the elemental ethical level, the words of Amos denouncing those who would «make the ephah small and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit» (8:5) are set in formal legal language in both D and H. 17 All three codes under discussion have general laws against the perversion of justice.18 The principle of sympathy and consideration for the weak is expressed with astonishing variety.
Those words which, she is told, stand for general, all - around identification — and within whose meanings she initially included herself — slip and slide, as she tries to grasp them, between the general and the male.
God's purpose for any concrete event, in other words, would appear to be derivative from some wholly general purpose.
In other words, is the new vision for general education at Harvard alarmingly illiberal?
But from this, of course, we must go on gladly to recognize and gratefully to acknowledge all that God has done; as the words of the General Thanksgiving in Morning and Evening Prayer put it, «We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life.»
3:6 Paul uses the Greek word for «gospel» in its very general sense of good news... «Timotheus... brought us good news of your faith and charity...».
And if the center of our faith is not simply Jesus but Jesus as the Christ — not simply a man trapped within the limitations of his own history, but the creative Word that God speaks throughout his creation — then Christians must be attentive to what God may have to say to them through the general culture and history, regardless of how apparently lacking those may be in credentials for such communication.
For the Word of God, while it is adapted to different historical levels, and did not come in exactly the same terms to Abraham and Moses, to Jeremiah and to the first Christians, is nevertheless found always to conform to one general pattern.
To talk of substance is to suggest (however different may have been the meaning of that word in the classical and medieval period) something that exists in and for and of itself alone, without any necessary dependence upon that which is not itself: while to put the adjective individual before substance is to talk as if this substance could be seen primarily as a particular instance of a more general class.
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