Sentences with phrase «insists on acting»

Your attorney can also file a lawsuit in court if an insurance company insists on acting in bad faith.

I don't even know how to say what I feel about publishers at this point — part of the problem is that they insist on acting as if we are still in the 1800's — they haven't changed their business models in a long time and they really are almost clueless when it comes to looking at the future of books — I wouldn't mind paying more for an ebook or even a paper based book if the author was getting more revenue but it's not about the author at this point it's all about the publisher.

Not exact matches

A «Women's Privacy Act» was at number six, right after banning immigration «sanctuary cities» and insisting on photo ID at the ballot box.

Harrington, however, insisted that Bevilacqua was not fully aware of Ferraro's behavior and acted in accordance with the policy on handling such situations at the time.

Atheist morality is without any objective basis and, if followed with integrity, doesn't allow them to act against others who act contrary to their moral system (as they insist that each subjective moral judgment is equal in value, all being based purely on individual feelings).

You have to lose your humanity to survive, it is never okay but if the powerful of the world insists on sending us to our deaths they shouldn't be surprised if we act like animals.

In short, in order to impose their views on the church as a whole they have insisted on centralizing authority in the national church and using that authority to demand that many — bishops, clergy, and lay people — act contrary to their consciences.

It is into these controversies that Michnik continues to wade, insisting on understanding people and their actions, in the context in which they acted, with fairness.

Naturally suspicious of Hollywood's motives, he wrote to insist that God's action on the soul is the key to the novel, which, he said, «deals with what is theologically termed «the operation of grace,» that is to say, the unmerited and unilateral act of love by which God continually calls souls to himself.»

It is entirely possible that, at a time when very important decisions have to be made and acted upon for the good of humankind and the planet as a whole, far too many people will focus their attention on their own immediate vicinity and insist on claiming their individual right to act within it as they wish.

Leclerc picks up on how substantive can be (must be) the relations between physical existents, and furthers this by insisting that any such relations are substantive only insofar as they arise out of actions — the acting of entities upon one another reciprocally.

It does mean — and I would insist on this — that divine transformative acts can be described in psychoanalytic terms as well as theological ones.

He emphatically insisted on this distinction during a news conference, chastising reporters who had been so short - sighted as to describe it as an act of war.

But this constant and emphatic dwelling on the inward disposition rather than the overt act might well excite the suspicion of those who insisted on the deed as the sole visible test of obedience to the Law of God.

Privatizers of sex insist on their right to display sexual acts in public precisely because they believe that sex has no serious social effects.

The Sufis who insisted on the observation of both the external and internal acts of worship read into the external teachings of Islam meanings undreamed of by canon lawyers.

Bultmann, on the other hand, insists that this proclamation of the saving act in Jesus Christ must be retained and restated within existential terms.

The National Registration Department had not acted fairly towards the applicant by insisting on a letter of release and order from the Sharia Court.»

If one insists he only acts on reason, then we must put into account that it's human reason he is using, therefore his reasoning can be faulterd, being he is useing human reason, which we all know can be incorrect.

They insisted on constituting their own excellence through unlimited willing and acting.

On the contrary, they insisted that the preaching of the Word and administration of the sacraments — both public acts — were essential marks of the Church.

As long as the one who initiates the act of inclusion insists on preserving a special status there can really be no inclusion or relationship of empathy after all.

When one is telling another not to act like a child, one should not insist on the existence of invisible men.

I openly shared my feelings but did not insist that she act on them.

These powers allow local authorities to insist on seeing children in order to enquire about their welfare where there are grounds for concern (sections 17 and 47 of the Children Act 1989).

I have proposed a Prevention of Terrorism Bill, which would unwind the application of the Act and give us a proper terrorism law, ruling out the application of the HRA 1998 while insisting on habeas corpus, due process and fair trial on one hand, and guiding judicial interpretation of provisions during a public emergency on the other.

The counsel insisted that because of the confidentiality required in such a briefing between a client and his lawyer, the DSS letter could not be acted upon, hence the defence was not ready for trial until it has been afforded opportunity to access Dasuki on a neutral ground for proper briefing.

In a WNYC radio interview on Friday, Cuomo insisted the Women's Equality Party is about enacting the social change of passing the full Women's Equality Act, and that anything to the contrary is «tortured analysis.»

Cuomo has insisted the SAFE Act, a package of gun measures approved in 2013, remaining the strongest laws on the books in any state.

Despite the fact that Cuomo spokesman Josh Vlasto had insisted on Twitter that the Women's Health and Wellness Act would not be on the table during this meeting, Dolan said it was indeed a topic for discussion.

Ognibene and Paladino are arguing the mosque project is illegal — a violation of the Patriot Act, in fact — and are calling on US Attorney Eric Holder (not AG Andrew Cuomo) to investigation, insisting this is a federal, not state, issue.

For many in the party that abstention was an act of betrayal,» he said, but insisted he had gone against his party on a matter of principle.

He insists the County Attorney was acting on his own behalf.

After the Times reported that Cuomo's aides tried to meddle in on going ethics probes and get Moreland Act commissioners to rescind subpoenas that were issued to campaign donors and Cuomo associates, several commissioners simultaneously issued statements insisting that the commission was independent and that they were not coerced.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan on Wednesday insisted negotiations were ongoing on pension forfeiture, while Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement said his house was ready to act.

In the letter, publisher Michael Kane insisted the bill won't impact the already existing Commercial Goods Transportation Fair Play Act and pointed out Sen. Diane Savino, a Democrat with ties to organized labor, backed the carrier bill in the Senate both in committee and on the floor.

Savino, who has already amended the Compassionate Care Act to limit smoking pot to those over the age of 21, rejected Cuomo's call to ban smoking altogether, and insisted that the Senate would move forward to vote on a bill before the session's end — with or without the governor's approval.

Pursuing was more controversial, Mr Reid admitted, but in an allusion to the recent Forest Gate raid in which no evidence of terrorist activity was found, he insisted the threat of suicide bombers meant the security services had to act on any leads quickly.

The ministry in a statement by its Acting Director of Public Health, Dr. Taiwo Ladipo, on Sunday insisted that the three suspected cases reported and diagnosed at the University College Hospital (UCH) had no feature of the disease.

After Percoco returned to the state payroll in December 2014, following Cuomo's re-election, prosecutors showed jurors what they insisted were official acts that Percoco took on behalf of Cor.

Some have however insisted that the law is obsolete, considering that a President on an international assignment remains a President, and so he or she doesn't need anyone to act in his absence.

Being strong - armed into turning up for the crunch vote on economic policy — though Vince insisted any suggestions that he wouldn't attend were «hype» and «nonsense» — did not prrove to be a master - class in PR, with the act of near - disloyalty following on from Lord Oakeshott's annual suggestion that Nick Clegg's time was up.

On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called vagrants on subways «a terrible problem» and squarely blamed the city: Cops need to act, he insisted, «so people feel safe.&raquOn Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called vagrants on subways «a terrible problem» and squarely blamed the city: Cops need to act, he insisted, «so people feel safe.&raquon subways «a terrible problem» and squarely blamed the city: Cops need to act, he insisted, «so people feel safe.»

Earlier on Friday, Nick Clegg insisted he «acted immediately» over the allegations — even though his party was sent the allegations from the claimant's solicitor three years ago.

The party at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday said «We immediately challenge this unlawful and unconstitutional act by INEC,» the PDP insisted.

The coalition is insisting that Governor Cuomo and the Legislature act on these changes NOW, before the end of this year's legislative session.

Purnell's people insist he acted alone, but the word earlier was that the potential rebels were talking this week, and Purnell's move puts these other ministers on the line now.

Republicans who controlled the redistricting process as part of a task force called LATFOR always said their lines were based on demographics, and insisted they complied with the state and federal constitutional as well as the federal Voting Rights Act, which was enacted to protect the voting rights of racial minorities.

But they are insisting on the retention of the outgoing Acting Executive Chairman, Mr. Kabir Mashi, citing merit, having surpassed the revenue target of N3.4 trillion to over N5trillion.

The NAN founder insisted that those who attend focus specifically on pushing to preserve the Affordable Care Act, to close the wealth gap and to maintain strong federal oversight of police departments that violate citizens» civil rights.