Sentences with phrase «giving to the person representing»

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A ransom must be paid for the nation to be legally acquired, and with blood representing the life of a person, lives are given in exchange for freedom.

Do people representing a given business / company have a responsibility to act as marketing tools or walking brands for said business / company?

If tomorrow we heard (what of course we will not hear) that real peace had come to Southeast Asia, that a new government had emerged representing all the people, that the United States was prepared to give billions through international channels to rebuild what our tens of billions have destroyed — if we heard all that, I would rejoice because of the relief from moral anguish I would feel privately and inwardly, and because of the renewed possibility of pride in being an American.

Each «persona» was molded and painted to represent a different mood or character, so that in a given play one person in our sense could wear several «personae» in the Latin sense.

The peoples they represent must also give life and reality to the aims and ideals of the Charter, towards which we strive.

In the area of Gospel and culture, in contrast to the basic understanding of the Gospel as represented by western missions, which was to all intents and purposes a non - negotiable given, the evangelicals speak of the necessity for churches in the non-western world to find indigenous expression of Christianity in ways appropriate to people's culture and traditions.

I could never understand how people sit in a church that is supposed to represent love and compassion and find only the dark part of their hearts to give back to the world.

She represents the corporate motherhood of God's people giving birth to this incongruous Messiah.

Moses was represented as identifying himself sacrificially with his people's lot until he desired no good fortune of his own apart from theirs — «Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written» (Exodus 32:32)-- and from such beginnings an illustrious record of vicarious suffering had brought the national history to Jeremiah, who, only a few years before Isaiah of Babylon wrote, had lived and died in voluntary self - giving for the salvation of his people.

The priests were required to represent God in the OT / Numbers, and bless the people, give them instructions, facilitate forgiveness through animal sacrifice etc..

Aside from being sort of disrespectful to nonbelievers and people of other faiths, allowing clergy to «give a brief benediction or comment» would make for a very long ceremony, not only because so many religions would have to be represented but because so many members of the clergy don't know how to be «brief.»

Given the broad appeal of the Franciscans among the common people and the consequent threat that it represented to the well - heeled clerical hierarchy, it is no wonder that Pope John XXII (1249 - 1334) condemned and hunted down the most zealous Franciscans, the so - called Fraticelli.

For the rest, we can only suggest that thirst must often have been a critical problem in the wilderness years; that names of people and places were subjects of acute interest because the name was deemed to be appropriate in meaning to the object named; that Israel may, therefore, on occasion have renamed a site (or, by a greater or lesser modification in sound, given the old name a new, Hebrew meaning) significant for her own experience there; and that Massah and Meribah represent the merging of two similar stories.

Along the way we've seen 20 investigations, tens of thousands of people turn out to represent animals at national rallies, television exposé after television exposé, and we've seen more and more courageous MP's stand up to injustice and echo your calls, giving a strong voice to animals in Parliament.

I represent Avena Foods, a dedicated gluten - free oat processing company which has given me the opportunity to speak with numerous people who are on a gluten free diet for medical reasons.

«We feel this is the right time to evolve our logo and represent of our brand focus of giving people the freedom to eat healthier.»

I feel blessed that we can ALL represent the LGBTQ community, and I love that Adam is giving voice and visibility to people who feel like they are like him.

Just as term limits have the perverse effect of giving power to the lobby (if members are term - limited, lobbyists and a handful of long - term staff become the only institutional memory), cutting Congressional budgets will in practice create even more distance between Congressmembers and the people they represent.

«After 37 years as a trial attorney taking on corporations like Wal - Mart, beating back the insurance company that took health care away from my daughter when her life was on the line, and giving hundreds of hours of pro bono work to women who were the victim of sexual discrimination, I know what it takes to represent the people of this district.»

«If I am given the privilege of once again representing the people of Upstate New York, I will continue my commitment to put the interests of Upstate New York first.»

Spotlights on stage were given to groups Trump has demonized: people with disabilities, undocumented immigrants, mothers of children lost to gun violence, and a «Gold Star» Muslim - American family that publicly challenged Trump to a contest of who better represents American values.

Early last year, the Prophet Kobi, who is known for giving cars to celebrities, described to GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com that, NPP's internal wrangling as unfortunate, «The people [Leadership] in the NPP are not asking questions — why is it that Nana Addo has represented the party three times without victory?

Thus, Turkey may come to demonstrate the problems of dual legitimacy that Juan Linz pointed out more than two decades ago, with Erdoğan representing the will of a «people» that form less than half of the electorate, given the low turnout in the presidential election.

If we proceed on those terms... David can listen rather more to Conservative MPs, who represent the real people of this country, and give rather less regard to the Liberal Democrat intellectual urban elite, with their student politics idea of reforming the constitution and taking forward green policies.

First past the post gives people a vote but prevents them giving power to those who they truly want to represent them.

He said such characters do not have any real reason why they want to represent a particular group of people except to enter Parliament and hopefully be given an appointment.

The Prime Minister argued that he is «the only party leader who is prepared to say to the people of England, «you should have... the same rights over legislation that are being given to Scotland and Wales»»; and it is true that this commitment was set out in the Party's 2010 manifesto, which promised to introduce «new rules so that legislation referring specifically to England, or to England and Wales» so that it «can not be enacted without the consent of MPs representing constituencies of those countries.»

The statement read in part, «The senator representing Plateau North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Jonah Jang, is pleased to honour the invitation of the EFCC to give an account of his meritorious stewardship to the people of Plateau State, when he served as their governor for eight years from 2007 to 2015.

I'm going to be elected to the 49th senatorial district to represent the people who have given me the honor to be there.»

The People's Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State says it has begun the process of recovering the mandate freely given to a senator representing Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Nelson Effiong, who defected to All Progressives Congress.

«We must therefore constantly engage our representatives in the Federal House of Representatives, House of Senate as well as our traditional rulers to use their God - given positions to serve our people by briefing us on what they are doing as they represent our people», he stressed.

But given that NYPIRG reported that Espaillat had the worst attendance record in the entire state Senate, missing 60 percent of the votes, failing to be there for the people he is paid to represent, I'm not surprised he ignored the leading voice for New York's environment.»

If people's votes were fairly represented, under a proportional voting system, any given party which had control of a local authority would have to justify its decisions more frequently as a result of being monitored by a greater number of scrutineers who more accurately reflect the will of local people.

lawyer representing 14 persons indicted for the murder of military officer, Major Maxwell Mahama, has given up on some of the accused persons at the eleventh hour, leaving them in limbo as trial is set to start on March 5.

The Cuomo campaign is very sensitive to possibly being labled «anti-union», and so is making a clear distinction between private unions that, as one source explained to me, «represent real working people», and public sector unions whose expensive contracts and pensions and refusals to agree to give - backs has labled them special interest No. 1 in many minds.

BY ALINE REYNOLDS New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a lifelong resident of Lower Manhattan — the district he represents in the state Legislature — has received the National Excellence in State Leadership Award, a prestigious recognition given to only a handful of people previously.

And finally, given how John Faso has regularly stood on the side of banks, not his constituents, you can call his office to voice your displeasure with his callous disregard for the people he supposedly represents, and kick him out of office come November.

Alhaji Kunle Oseni, National Coordinator for Tax Enlightenment, FIRS, representing the Chairman of the agency said «FIRS is identifying with Feet «n» Tricks as part of our corporate social responsibility given the very positive impacts professionalizing freestyle football would have for our young ones on the street, and then to enlighten our people more on tax matters.

Each year she and her team would train young people, give them a platform to compete while learning and then choose one of them, the eventual winner, to represent Ghana at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the USA.

«How was I going to explain to the people I represent that I didn't give them a chance to decide?»

For young people like Michael Guidice, a 33 - year - old owner of a downtown dog - walking business who had to give up his birds, it represented the ossified political system used to ignoring those not part of the machine.

Interesting perspective from a political party head — that Allen giving people a chance to vote their opinion at the polls as opposed to a small group of political hacks making the decision on the nomination, represents a «back door.»

«Simply buying a multi-million-dollar home at the top of a hill doesn't make you a local, nor does it give you an understanding of the people you would want to represent.»

We must give power back to the people, so that at the grass roots, governance truly represents the will of all of the people.

At the same time, it's hard to imagine people giving up on Manhattan, and all the time and money it represents — it's an example of what economists call the tyranny of sunk costs.

Watkins wants to give them a voice and encourage more people of color to enter the field so that the minority view is represented.

By entering, each entrant warrants and represents the following with respect to their Submission: (a) entrant is the sole and exclusive owner of the Submission; (b) the Submission is entrant's own creation and is 100 % original; (c) the Submission will not infringe on any rights of any third parties; and (d) any third party whose person or property appears in the Submission has given entrant appropriate written consent (which shall be provided to Sponsor upon request thereof) for such person or property to be filmed and used as permitted herein.

The initiative would rush these through to phase II clinical trials — the stage at which drugs are given to larger groups of people, but before the huge phase III trials that represent a drug's final hurdle before reaching the market.

These profiles will represent the different people you plan to target with your marketing and promotional efforts — you can even give them names to remember them more easily and bring a more personal touch to your communications.

Even so, the costumes still look like costumes, the sets like sets, and the many accents sound inauthentic, to the point where The Mummy gives the vibe of people playing dress up and making a movie based on what they think a North African treasure hunt must be like based on old movies rather than in trying to represent anything akin to reality.