Sentences with phrase «lack of explanation as»

The Report's lack of explanation as to why tenement applications have been withheld from the native title process is notable, and leaves readers guessing as to why that occurred.

The obvious fact that the notebooks were copied combined with the lack of any explanation as to how this occurred and the lack of specific recollection by both officers has a significant impact on the reliability of the evidence.

The simplicity of the premise, combined with a concerted lack of explanation as to the how and why of such a strange idea for a society existing, makes it feel like the concepts are woefully underdeveloped, leading to a lack of trust in the narrative due to having to put aside the myriad of questions that inevitably develop and halfheartedly go with the flow just to see where things will lead.

Clinton's lack of explanation as to why she used a private, nongovernment email account when she was the country's top diplomat will hurt her unless she comes forward with more details, says California Sen. Dianne Feinstein — the first major Democrat to call on the former secretary of state to explain her actions.

(Clinton's lack of explanation as to why she used a private, nongovernment email account when she was the country's top diplomat will hurt her unless she comes forward with more details, says California Sen. Dianne Feinstein — the first major Democrat to call on the former secretary of state to explain her actions.)

Not exact matches

The fossil record which shows millions of years of stable species, then an explosion of necessarily mutations, all occurring at the precise necessary time required for complex organisms to develop, and ALL escaping fossilization «the sudden appearance of most species in the geologic record and the lack of evidence of substantial gradual change in most species — from their initial appearance until their extinction — has long been noted, including by Charles Darwin who appealed to the imperfection of the record as the favored explanation» — Wikipedia

Thus the traditional conception of deity, which we have received from our past, puts its main stress on divine absoluteness or aseity; on divine causative agency as the explanation of everything that occurs whether by direct divine willing or by indirect divine permission with respect to evil done in the world; on divine self - containedness and hence lack of necessary relationship with anything else; on divine impassability, which makes any suffering impossible for God; and on divine moral perfection, with the giving of laws in accordance with which everything should be ordered.

But, on the other hand, it is quite unjustified for theists to hold that we must tolerate or swallow the paradoxes or explain them away (by feats of ingenuity so subtle, and verbal methods so remote from intuitive insight or definite logical structures, that only deity could know with any assurance what was taking place), giving as justification the claim that the alternative position of atheism is even more paradoxical (lacking, it may be urged, any principle of cosmic explanation at all).

If then such a zealous learner, though not carrying things so far as to become a disciple, were to discourse loudly and volubly of how much he owed the Teacher, so that his eulogy was almost endless and its gilding priceless; if he were to resent our explanation that the Teacher had been merely an occasion, neither his eulogy nor his resentment could further our inquiry, since both had the same ground, namely, that though lacking in the courage to understand he had nevertheless not lacked the audacity to go beyond.

Although we have been really invigorated by refreshing or learning for the first time some of what has been seen in scripture, we still come up against the limitations of our thinking and the lack of lots of explanation which God has not revealed (as per Job).

While it would be foolish to give up the meteorological explanation for the theological one, it should be said that there may be important aspects of the storm, such as its relation to the powers of nature on which life is dependent and the sense of awe inspired by it, which are present in the latter interpretation but wholly lacking in the former.

Pawlikowski gives three «explanations»: Christian persecution, Jewish lack of emphasis on theology, and Jewish fear of proselytizing» the third introduced as «finally.»

Most of our players are not as bad as we think, they just lack proper coaching and motivation, plus they are being played out of position and some being benched for no logical explanation.

Some common triggers, according to the Birth Trauma Association, are: lengthy labor or short and very painful labor, induction, poor pain relief, feelings of loss of control, high levels of medical intervention, traumatic or emergency deliveries (e.g. emergency cesarean section), impersonal treatment or problems with staff attitudes, not being listened to, lack of information or explanation, lack of privacy and dignity, fear for baby's safety, stillbirth, birth injuries to the baby, NICU stay, poor postpartum care, previous trauma (such as sexual abuse, domestic violence, trauma with a previous birth).

Even more disturbing is the explanation offered by BOST to justify the sale of this contaminated product as well as the circumstances surrounding the sale which clearly lacks transparency and integrity.

Skeptics reviewing the videos obtained by TTSA have postulated more prosaic explanations, while bemoaning both the lack of data due to pernicious state secrecy as well as the organization's potentially problematic profit - seeking motives.

But there other, simpler explanations as well, rooted in lack of good communication.

There are several alternative explanations to this «lack» of anti-inflammatory effect (I'd have liked to see the concentrations of other inflammatory markers such as CRP, directly linked to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease).

The link between cardiovascular health and the development of other major diseases such as diabetes, poor thyroid function and probably also dementia, too, makes sense since many of these also point to a lack of nutrients rather than the presence of one single substance as a likely explanation of such epidemics.

They offer more of Todd's saintliness (as conscientious wrestling coach, father, and mourner), a glimpse at Sonja's mothering and an explanation for Thomas Haden Church's character lack of a family.

The lack of clear explanation for much of the film's occurrences will undoubtedly test the patience of many viewers over the course of 115 minutes, but I found Innocence to be a remarkable, sensuous and bold work which defies categorisation and announces Hadzihalilovic as a truly singular talent.

Taking into account that this is a brand - new dealership, along with their explanation as stated above, I understand the lack of communication by the service department.

The most probable explanation is that a lack of tail happened as a spontaneous, genetic mutation and once it had established, was able perpetuate within the confines of such a small island.

The presence of feral cat colonies is one explanation as to why the statistics are so skewed, but economic hardship and lack of public knowledge can also be attributed.

As less dogs were born in 2001 when the breeding program was introduced, this could be one explanation for the limited number of dogs and lack of differences in the findings in the group from 2001.

The biophilia hypothesis has received favour in some child development literature as an explanation for the positive effects of animals in childhood development (Kahn and Kellert 2002), but strong specific evidence is still lacking.

Another slight annoyance is the lack of explanation of the main protagonist — it becomes apparent you're a trucker in hell, but aside from an initial intro video there isn't much in the way of explanation as to why you're there.

The story mode holds your hand a fair bit, guiding you through building up the three different colonies with objectives that frequently get muddled thanks to a lack of clear explanation, such as saying that you can get Copper on Ceres via the mining facility, when in reality you get it from Ganymede using extractors.

The puzzles themselves range from clever to downright illogical, and the lack of prior explanation as to what you are supposed to be doing could leave you stumped frequently.

As a start toward specifications of accuracy, recall that the consensus group are earnestly and energetically seeking explanations for the lack of accuracy over the past 15 + years.

If he really did care about good faith exchange of perspective, we might conclude that his errors are due to a lack of understanding, as I can't think of any other explanation for repeated non-responsiveness.

Few people have read paleo - climatology text books, are aware of the glacial / interglacial cycle, are aware that the paleoclimatic record has unequivocal evidence of cyclic gradual changes and cyclic abrupt climate events, are aware that the abrupt climate change events such as the abrupt termination of the last 22 interglacial periods lacks an explanation, are aware that all of the past interglacial periods are short (roughly 12,000 years) and that they have ended abruptly, and so on.

Individual discrepancies have been explained, for example, through interactions between other orbital frequencies such as obliquity and the 413,000 - year period of eccentricity but a unified explanation is lacking.

This issue, known as the 100 - kyr problem, is compounded by a lack of explanation for the transition of the length of the cycles from 41,000 to 100,000 years at the mid-Pleistocene transition 1.2 million years ago.

Neither you nor your reference proves any error in my explanation that Earth would be just as hot or hotter than the present if there were no water, water vapour, clouds, vegetation, carbon dioxide or other radiating gases in it atmosphere which would thus have no albedo due to lack of clouds, and which rocky surface would have emissivity less than 0.88.

But another explanation of the same phenomenon is that technical expertise is sought because today's politicians, as managers of public life but lacking the moral authority enjoyed by their predecessors, need them where they previously enjoyed a mandate from the public.

Due to the lack of a good explanation for this onset of cooling, an objective scientist should select the fully formed theory A as more plausible unless good evidence was forthcoming for the alternative half - theory B. Hansen, of course, already knows that CO2 sensitivity is high because the heating half - cycle of the paleo data tells him so.

Not only was it of questionable jurisdiction, the NNPC lacking the power constitutionally speaking, to control the movement of ships in Nigerian waters, but the sheer lack of explanation or information provided by the NNPC for the ban resulted in general uncertainty and speculation as to the reasons for it.

A lack of resources and a view that it is a waste of time and energy are cited as explanations as to why companies choose not to use social media or not to monitor mentions of... [more]

For the judiciary, the desire to allow the adversarial process to take its course coupled with the lack of resources to engage in «hands - on» case management is seen as a powerful explanation in this regard.

«He was not able to provide an explanation, the comments he made were inconsistent, contradictory, lacked in forthrightness, etc., and that very fact illustrates a lack of integrity and that lack of integrity prevents him from discharging his duties as a judge,» Sabourin says.

This Guide addresses the lack of a common set of languages to support the growth of IG as a discipline and provides an easy to read explanation of Information Governance.

As a result, this lack of explanation in the Commissioner's reasoning led Justice Moreau to hold that the Commissioner's decision failed to meet the reasonableness standard.

A lack of requirement to provide an explanation does not necessarily equal a right to silence, because according to Re Tober Enterprises Ltd. and U.F.C.W. Local 1518 (1990), 7 C.L.R.B.R. a failure to rebut an employer's evidence of wrongful conduct may be interpreted as a refusal to admit responsibility.

A lack of resources and a view that it is a waste of time and energy are cited as explanations as to why companies choose not to use social media or not to monitor mentions of their organizations in social media conversations.

This is one of the small points where the app lacks polish, as there's no way to start the pairing process in the app, and no explanation of how to add bulbs at all.

Sony has some sort of explanation as to why Xperia phones that sell in the U.S. come with a disabled fingerprint scanner, but still, this doesn't justify the fact that these phones lack the most secure form of biometric authentication.

A lack of explanation can come across as suspicious.

Jon Altman notes that a crucial issue that has arisen in the past in Indigenous agreement making is that governments have tended to substitute agreement moneys for government expenditure rather than using them to supplement such expenditure.107 This emerged as a key explanation of the lack of economic benefit flowing to the Kakadu region from the Ranger Agreement signed in 1978: a significant proportion of mining payments was used to provide services (like housing, infrastructure and outstation support) that were the legitimate responsibility of government.

However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors did report that home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of home - visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.