Sentences with phrase «hold open the possibility»

And yet, in his commentary on Whitehead, he seems to hold open the possibility of a chaosmos which would include a divine element.

By dismissing Marx's ultimate faith in the goodness of Historical progress — and by holding open the possibility of a return to a life both more human and more natural, left conservatives might seem to have freed themselves of the illusions of History.

While he briefly holds open the possibility of learning from tradition, his advocacy of engagement with it seems largely driven by the ambition to co-opt its progressive elements and enlist them in the progressive cause.

Christian worship holds open the possibility that the Spirit of the Risen Lord will arrive and affect transformation within one's own interiority but also in social and political life through media of grace.

Yesterday, Sajid Javid - the most Thatcherite member of Cabinet in a resolutely free market government - held open the possibility of nationalising part of the British steel industry.

But David Cameron has held open the possibility of a return to high office for Laws.

While keeping the rule — which limits use of the Endangered Species Act to curb emissions of greenhouse gases — Salazar held open the possibility of adding habitat protections for the polar bear later.

«Officials have been leaning toward an open - ended bond - buying program in which the Fed holds open the possibility that it will continue to buy bonds after an initial allotment is purchased if the economy doesn't pick up.

If the Spring losses are not due to weather but are due to some other factor then they hold open the possibility that increasing and maintained Spring losses could be enough to increase the overall melt season loss so as to leave the Arctic virtually sea ice free by September.

The canon tolerated business cards but held open the possibility that they could be scrutinized by local bar officials by calling them «not per se improper.»

In an SEC filing Thursday, the Chicago - based company said it has raised $ 500 million and held open the possibility of raising another $ 450 million, with nearly $ 345 million slated to buy back equity from current shareholders.

Not exact matches

But he stopped short of declaring the song in the public domain, leaving open the possibility that others may hold the copyright and setting the stage for a trial.

But suppose we hold that God has endowed some or all of His creatures with the capacity to choose between alternative possibilities left open by the divine will.

Such a despair will hardly forget, it is too deep; but despair is held open every instant, and there is thus possibility of salvation.

Likewise there are some within atheism that while holding that worldview are open to the possibility of the reality being different.

An event lays hold of one of the possibilities which the ambit of the actual world leaves open.

There seems to be a succession of experiences, but (if the succession is a continuum) there are no single experiences» (M, 286); (2) that Peirce «fell into a subtle but complete mistake» when he held that since «continuity leaves open possibilities which discontinuity excludes... the burden of proof is upon discontinuity» (MR, 467 - 68); (3) that «he could not, in the continuum of becoming which he posited, give meaning to the idea of a definite single event» (M, 287).

I still worry that in an open primary - even when all parties hold them on the same day and you can only participate in one - there is a possibility of candidate selection being affected by non-supporters.

With 19th district Congressman Chris Gibson holding to his self - imposed term limit and stepping down after this year, with a run for governor in 2018 a distinct possibility, candidates having been lining up to run for the open seat.

That possibility remains for former county Democratic Party chair and incumbent county legislator John Parete of Boiceville, who holds a slim 20 vote lead over Democratic challenger Kathy Nolan in the 22nd district, which includes Shandaken, Olive, Denning and Hardenburgh, with 217 absentee ballots on hand at the county board of elections and a possibility of more arriving before they can be opened beginning Wednesday, November 15.

The letter keeps open the possibility of holding senior party figures personally liable, because the Liberal Democrat party is an unincorporated association, which means it does not possess «legal personality».

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler responded to the court ruling by holding out the possibility of appealing the decision: «We will consider all available options, including those for appeal, to ensure that these networks on which the Internet depends continue to provide a free and open platform for innovation and expression, and operate in the interest of all Americans.»

It shows us that our possibilities are limitless if we are open to tapping into our potential and shedding anything that has been holding us back.

However, meeting someone online has just as much, if not better, chances of meeting a person who is truly compatible with you and holds the same values, allowing you to open your heart to possibilities and become really happy.

When you think outside of the box you've built that holds you captive to old notions, a whole new world of possibilities opens up.

Now, Quake is at this time 14 years old but it still holds up as a fantastic game that showcases what games can be even with a somewhat limited technology and die hard fans while opening the door to the possibilities for the future of gaming.

Third, we also propose that the state of Tennessee leave open the possibility of switching tests if it appears that PARCC is not working by including an exit clause in any new contract created with PARCC to hold it accountable for continuing to provide a high quality assessment.

Additionally, the authors highlight the fact that in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez — the case in which the Court held that education is not a fundamental right in the context of school funding — the Court also «expressly left open the possibility that a right to education might be recognized in another situation.»

Steam is another venue that might hold the possibility of being a book distributor as well (they recently opened up into movies and even hardware).

The exhilarating experience opened my mind to all the possibilities the world held for me, and completely changed...

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

The game opens up more possibilities when you can hold up on the left stick, to prompt an ally to add their abilities onto yours.

Included is her large - scale work Strangers on Common Land, 2012, shows two strangers standing in an open landscape, connected by the line of bunting that they hold and the common land on which they stand; a metaphor for the possibility of coming together through cultural celebration.

Strangers on Common Land (2012), a large - scale work made from black and white photocopied enlargements of a photograph, shows two strangers standing in an open landscape, connected by the line of bunting that they hold and the common land on which they stand; a metaphor for the possibility of coming together through cultural celebration.

When The Bushwick Collective announced that their fifth annual block party will be held on June 5 this year, they alluded to the possibility of filling the void left behind by the Bushwick Open Studios

«Since Poptech's aim is not to show how AGW theory is wrong, but simply to show that there is peer - reviewed science holding an opposing view, it opens up the possibility for different papers on his list to disagree with each other.»

Clustered disasters hold our attention in ways that singular events can not — they open our minds to the possibility that these aren't just accidents or natural phenomena to be painfully endured.

Law as a career holds an array of opportunity — keep your mind open to the possibilities.

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If you don't hold an open house you cut yourself out of the possibility of selling via that means.

I doubt very much that many agents who hold open houses really prepare their clients for all the possibilities.