Sentences with phrase «half of that particular group»

A Thornlea classmate, Ari Blaff, told CBC News he recalls Minassian was «sort of in the background,» not the center of any particular group of friends.

The Church of England leaders used Matthew 11:28 - 30 to encourage people to lay their burdens on Jesus and said that sin is the heaviest of burdens and» is not a characteristic of a particular group of people», but the same for everyone.

-LCB- a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc.: a bigoted person; especially: a person who hates or refuses to accept the members of a particular group (such as a racial or religious group)-RCB-

But idols always are partial, exclusive, relative, and finite in that the goals and values they represent always favor the interests of a particular group within a prescribed circle.

The religious persecution of the gays is pure bigotry.It's well oast time some churches learned that their particular beliefs do not apply to people not of their particular group.

The ability to transcend one's own relative position through imaginative participation in the relativities of other peoples is the basis for a new, richer universalism, in which the significant partialities of particular groups are encompassed within a sympathetic accepting awareness.

It's always dangerous when preachers, (especially on national TV) make dubious connections between particular acts of particular groups of people, and calamities and natural disasters.

The charter deals also with the rights of particular groups who merit special consideration in society, such as elderly people, migrants, people with different capabilities, and prisoners (12).

It represents the association of persons with common religious or social interests and participation in various customary practices characteristic of their particular group.

I think it is poorly written sarcasm not making fun of any particular group because the target is not clearly identified.

To tell His followers to be mindful of a particular group doesn't necessarily preclude the rest of humanity's responsibility to each other.

The First Amendment refuses to establish the «exclusivity or superiority of a particular group identity» and thus keeps the government from inflicting indignity on minorities.

20This is not, however, to say that all interest is «biased» or «ideological» in the sense that it expresses, in Ogden's words, «a more or less comprehensive understanding of human existence, or how to exist and act as a human being, that functions to justify the interests of a particular group or individual by representing these interests as the demands of disinterested justice» (The Point of Christology [San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1982], p. 94).

Stein is reported to have said in response, «Why should there be an exception made in the case of a particular group?

Theirs is a universal vision which glories in goodwill to all and which leads to acceptance, understanding, tolerance and admiration of particular groups.

On the other hand, the leisure that greater efficiency brings may or may not be desirable, depending on the values of a particular group.

The fantasy of the unlived life must be adapted to the age or age ranges of a particular group.

As I point out in The Crescent Directive, for most people, their perceptions of a particular group are more of a function of their observations and interactions with individual members of that group, than they are a function of specific teachings of that faith.

Remember, I worked with, and became friends with, that particular group... and less than half of that particular group needed, wanted, and were oddly addicted to the extreme left of «fear of God».

The priority of particular group loyalties has protected the Italians from the worst extremes of ideological passion of the twentieth century — even fascism never went very deep — but it has also operated to undermine a genuine commitment to democratic and liberal values when these did not seem to pay off for particular groups.

Goals of a particular group influence decisions on optimal size.

Length should be decided in light of a particular group's growth goals.

And we also have plenty of experience offering courses tailored to the needs of particular groups such as retailers, midwives, children's centre staff and others.

And it's important to be a good role model for your child — don't tell inappropriate jokes, especially ones making fun of a particular group of people.

The EDBC must also ensure, as far as practicable, that the redistribution is fair to prospective candidates and groups of candidates, so that if candidates of a particular group attract more than 50 per cent of the popular vote, including preferences, they will be elected in sufficient numbers to enable a government to be formed (Constitution Act 1934 (SA) section 83 (1)-RRB-.

If you can produce words, images or video that catch the interest of the particular group of people you're trying to reach enough, they'll WANT to pass it far and wide — and once the fire is lit, who knows where it'll spread?

«Reaching those who are still not claiming is a formidable challenge, and requires the use of a number of different approaches, tailored to meet the needs of particular groups,» said auditor general John Bourn.

The Bengal Famine of 1943, a defining scar on the Bengali psyche, has been infamous internationally since Sen demonstrated — first in an article and then in his book Poverty and Famines (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1981)-- how famine did not occur due to «food availability decline» but rather the deterioration of «exchange entitlements» of particular groups in rural Bengal which denied them access to food.

In recent times, John the Benjamite, a diplomat is also doing a lot of shouting, and some people think his statements are tacitly lopsided in favour of a particular group.

The question Lyell put to Darwin over 150 years ago is unanswerable because Lyell put it in terms of a particular group of organisms.

We urge the adoption of policies that ensure opportunities for people to participate in research studies and clinical trials without fear that the information generated by their participation will be inappropriately disclosed and adversely affect their health insurance status or that of their families, either as individuals or as members of a particular group.

Others provide data on the environment at the time they were collected, or hold the key to the evolution of particular groups of animals and plants.

When they then recorded the activity of this particular group of cells, they found that the synapses connecting them had been strengthened.

He also said that analyzing the risk of contamination, either of Earth or another world, isn't the exclusive purview of any particular group of scientists — or of scientists in general.

Through a combination of in vitro and in vivo studies, researchers from the University of Dundee led by BSI member Dr Simon Arthur found that dimethyl fumarate targets the actions of a particular group of enzymes in the body called E2s, some members of which are active in inducing inflammation.

The term political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct; commonly abbreviated to PC or P.C.) is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.

There are also sites that cater to the needs of a particular group like singles online dating group, vegetarian group and lot more.

Needing to care for her infirmed mother, Dominica is recruited by her Uncle Vanya (Matthias Schoenaerts, «The Danish Girl») to become a Sparrow, one of a particular group of spies for the Russian state that identify a target's psychological needs and fill the gap in order to gain the information they need.

You don't have to be apart of a particular group to be moved by the story.

For example, if students throughout a school were asked to redesign their classrooms, each classroom would look different as it would be tailored to the needs of that particular group of students.

From participation in cooperative learning activities, students with emotional disorders can (1) learn from positive role models how to control emotions and behave appropriately in group settings; (2) develop sensitivity to the needs of others and understand people «as individuals rather than as stereotypical members of a particular group»; 14 (3) increase their ability for self - direction; (4) increase their interest in learning; and (5) gain an increase in self - esteem.15 Likewise, students who are not disabled are given the opportunity to become more understanding and accepting of students who are emotionally behaviorally disordered.

Children need to feel valued for who they are, both as individuals and as members of a particular group.

You can see him in historic era costume facilitating evidence - based debates on big philosophical and moral questions, where students take on the concerns of a particular group impacted by a historical event.»

I have found purchasing ETFs to as easy as purchasing individual stocks, however, with reduced risk as it is essentially a basket of stocks of a particular group or interest.

We try to remain aware of the state of wild animal advocacy generally, and of particular groups working on addressing wild animal suffering from perspectives close to ours.102 We sometimes write about wild animal suffering, to help advance general awareness, one of the ways in which we think resources can be well - directed at this point in time.103 If a new group focusing on wild animal suffering becomes able to demonstrate success in a way we think will be compelling to our audience, we would expect to attempt to review it more closely and consider it for a recommendation.

I can not stress enough, however, that I do not like blanket statements that sweep all members of a particular group into one category, and it would be unfair and inaccurate to assert that ALL pit bulls are dog aggressive.

In group competition, all breeds of a particular group are judged together.

The curatorial intent is that through the juxtaposition of this particular group of artists» distinctly different approaches to representational abstraction as demonstrated in the artwork selected, the intellectually and emotionally rich aspects of each will be brought into focus and highlighted.

«I was the last of a particular group of people that she targeted for removal from the moment she arrived — long - time staff whose personalities rubbed her the wrong way.

In the entirely subjective opinion of a particular group of IPCC authors, it's «extremely likely» (95 % certain) that «more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010» was caused by human - generated greenhouse gas emissions (see the bottom of p. 13 here).