Sentences with phrase «in ways which»

Liberty, which commissioned the poll from YouGov, fears that elected commissioners could pressure police to use their powers in ways which meets a political agenda, rather than serving the community as a whole.

Finding solutions to the challenges of moving from small numbers of nuclear weapons to zero in ways which enhance security

«Much of that is absorbed by the fortunate generation to which I belong in ways which raise questions — severe questions — of intergenerational equity,» he said.

They are desperate to win the confidence of the City and are doing so by acting in ways which the financial sector, not voters, will find most attractive.

The fifth estate, to my mind, is the degree to which the internet is allowing individuals to source their own information and networks outside of their institutions in ways which enhance their communicative power.

Course attendees will learn how to identify their children's emotional needs and respond to their behaviours in ways which result in greater resilience, fewer behavioural difficulties, better relationships with family and friends, improved self esteem and enhanced school readiness.

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Breast milk, a living substance, adapts to the baby's stage of development, it provides protection against infections which mother and baby are exposed to and contributes to development in ways which are still not fully understood.

We enter what could be perceived to be a separate reality and act in ways which would no doubt embarrass us should they be seen by those not familiar with our stadium persona.

To know God's forgiveness means to respond thankfully to the continued outpouring of the gifts of life from the sources of our being, even while we live in ways which constantly bear the mark of imperfection.

Almost all analysis of when, why, where, and how the gospels were written ultimately fails because it neglects the extent to which the evangelists were involved in the transmission of the Christian tradition as well as the extent to which they were free to arrange and rewrite their materials in ways which seemed meaningful to them and to the communities of which they were members.

Almost all analysis of this sort ultimately fails because it neglects the extent to which the evangelists were involved in the transmission of the Christian tradition as well as the extent to which they were free to arrange and rewrite their materials in ways which seemed meaningful to them and to the communities of which they were members.

The following «thy will be done, on earth as in heaven» in Matthew is doubtless liturgical explication, but the petition itself differs from the Kaddish petition, «May he establish his kingdom in your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of all the house of Israel, even speedily and at a near time», which it parallels in sentiment, in ways which are characteristic of Jesus, not the early Church: the brevity of formulation (cf. «Father [abba]» versus «Our Father who art in heaven»); the intimate «Thy» for the formal «his»; and the use of the verb «to come» rather than «to establish» (the early Church prayed for the coming of the Lord, not the Kingdom, cf. I Cor.

Our physical surroundings have an effect in ways which we feel and act.

But, as we should by now expect, the vitality inherent in the Gospel found expression in ways which, if mankind be viewed as a whole, made Christ more influential in the human scene than He or any other born of woman had ever been.

«Grace» is described as shown in ways which human prudence deems foolish.

Contrariwise, failures in the creation and a turning - away from its purpose of augmented good are equally real to God, although in the ongoing process he is able to absorb them into himself and to make them serve his ends in ways which would not otherwise be available.

He was interpreted in ways which partly obscured him — as all interpretations must — but the most authentic records of his teachings, life, death, and resurrection were preserved and honored, and he was given chief place in the Church which was declared to be his body.

If it is the work of love to create, to reconcile and to redeem, that work will be done in each age and life in ways which are shaped by the situations which love meets.

Other than these, are there other books you have read which deal with the difficult question of the God of the Old Testament behaving in ways which seems contrary to the God revealed in Jesus Christ?

If an individual acquires a character during its lifetime, that does not increase the probability that its offspring will exhibit the character; but if the development of some members of a population are affected by the environment in ways which improve their chance of leaving offspring, this will obviously increase their contribution to later generations, that is to say, their natural selective value; and the frequency of that character in later generations will be increased, not by any physiological or genetical change, but by the operation of selection.

If sacrifice of Jesus Christ once - for - all on Calvary for the sins of the whole world is a dominant motif of Holy Communion, do we really proclaim the Lord's death by word and action in ways which communicate this redemptive event to all who see and hear?

In Christian saintliness this power is always personified as God; but abstract moral ideals, civic or patriotic utopias, or inner visions of holiness or right may also be felt as the true lords and enlargers of our life, in ways which I described in the lecture on the Reality of the Unseen.

God is involved with it in ways which it's hard for us now, particularly in the modern world, to grasp.

In the Christian life there is no «magic,» yet the word may serve as a marvelous term (properly understood) for the illimitable power of God, who works in ways which we can not comprehend and whose response to our need is often beyond expectation.

In the end, Barbara invites the reader to not run from the areas of darkness in our life, but to enjoy them, walk through them, and even sit in the darkness, allowing God to work in and through those areas of darkness in ways which can not be done in the light.

These media are relatively efficient and effective, and while they are limited in their scope, they permit the churches to use them in ways which are in keeping with religious values rather than simply meeting the utilitarian demands of the new technology.

All of us, at all times, live in ways which serve evil as well as good, and which contradict the spirit of love.

The educated person is the one who knows how to go about acquiring and using information in ways which are appropriate to the situation.

We do unilaterally impose our wills on others in ways which meaningfully restrict their freedom.

In the Whiteheadian understanding of God, new paradigms of power and love have been envisioned in ways which may be informative for feminism.

This dialectic provides categories, within our contemporary context, for discerning how communal expressions, when they are cut off from transformative communal experiences, become «objective» and «institutionalized» in ways which dichotomize subjects and objects, experiences and expressions.

Well, for one thing it would say that women are fully capable of feeling and expressing themselves in ways which go far beyond the boundaries created for them in a male - dominated society.

I regard a Christology as modern if it uses every relevant insight of modern knowledge to differentiate the historical element in its interpretation of the event Jesus Christ from the mythological, and remembers that the actual event comprises only history and the ontological reality of God's presence and action within that history — whilst the mythology expresses that reality in ways which may indeed convey deep truth, yet have in themselves the status not of ontological reality but of poetry.

Blood bonds us in ways which on this earth we will never fully comprehend, and can never fully escape even if we tried.

Others among the Sufis held fast to shari`a, but understood it in ways which were much wider and more liberal than the interpretation of the orthodox, looking upon the law as either a system of self - discipline or as a set of symbols representing hidden religious meanings.

Here and in numerous other instances it is clear that black theology is willing to engage and employ traditional African and other non-Christian resources in ways which indicate that, on the whole, black theology does not believe that it has possession of an exclusive and wholly infallible revelation of God.

I can not act as though God works only in those ways which I understand or with which I am familiar.

The emphases in counseling on respect for the orderly cause - effect sequences in the world of the psyche and on the necessity of a person's growing in his responsibility for his own inner life can help to counteract any tendency in spiritual healing to function in ways which encourage magic or the temptation to shift the total responsibility to God.

We would not require an exhaustive knowledge of the New Testament to call to mind occasions in which we see Christ communicating the mystery through deeds and words in ways which remind us immediately of the sacraments.

However, as we have already seen, we understand the meaning of our minds in ways which go beyond biological relevance.

she always has one good christian defending her faith over any given time in ways which dodo has scripted arguments designed to refute the poor girl.

They understand that achieving great things means getting more done, taking excellent care of their bodies and thinking in ways which promote greatness.

An accountant can offer a range of services to help you not only satisfy your requirements but also to help your organize your finances in a way which means they are the most tax - efficient.

«The bill would require us to provide issuers access to our intellectual property, and then force us to provide an audience to their protests in a way which our investor clients do not support and compromises our rights as an independent research firm.»

This cryptocurrency uses advanced, modern, and cutting - edge blockchain technology for securing necessary data, documents, and contracts in a way which has never been possible before.

The way he sees it, The Globe and Mail's Barrie McKenna and Brent Jang reported, markets have reacted to the changes in mortgage rules «in a way which has in effect engineered a soft landing, a much more comfortable kind of situation.»

Also, trading often requires one to react in a way which is adverse to human nature, to be out ahead of the crowd, sometimes with little on which to base the decision.

Moreover, he concedes, «it is no longer possible to speak except... in a way which will involve conflict with rival traditions.»

I agreed with the minister when he stated in a way which downplayed any notion that this man ever thought he was distinctively representative of virtue (as this man would have always denied for himself) that nonetheless «maybe there was a saint amongst us.»