Sentences with phrase «least as a first step»

Where the tests are well aligned to high - quality standards and where they contain enough tasks requiring deep analysis and writing by students, matching teaching to the tests may work reasonably well, at least as a first step in reform.

An important DBT strategy, at least as a first step, is to encourage outpatient use of behavioral skills over inpatient treatment even when suicidal risk is high.

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The first step is to understand that I'm part of the problem — or at least that I'm at risk of being seen as selling an unnecessary service from just another unknown startup.

«I'm not a proponent of regulation — at least, not as a first step,» says Leblanc.

Whatever its origin — and I myself agree with Wellhausen and others in attributing the identification to the primitive Christian community, as their least inadequate and only possible term for one who was thus both human and divine and yet not God (which would have been unthinkable in their realm of ideas)-- whatever its origin, this first great step in the advance of Christology was of endless significance for the later development of Christian doctrine, and it was of paramount importance for the Gospel of Mark.

In taking this sixth step, Christians affirm that the «tendency toward the human and the humane (toward «Christ») in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has become evident and clear only now in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestation.

As the first step in evangelisation, we must try to keep this search alive... I think that the Church should open today a sort of «court of the gentiles»... to dialogue with those for whom religion is something foreign, to whom God is unknown, and who nonetheless would not like simply to remain without God, but at least to approach him as the Unknown.&raquAs the first step in evangelisation, we must try to keep this search alive... I think that the Church should open today a sort of «court of the gentiles»... to dialogue with those for whom religion is something foreign, to whom God is unknown, and who nonetheless would not like simply to remain without God, but at least to approach him as the Unknown.&raquas the Unknown.»

I can not but think that the most important step forward that has occurred in psychology since I have been a student of that science is the discovery, first made in 1886, that, in certain subjects at least, there is not only the consciousness of the ordinary field, with its usual centre and margin, but an addition thereto in the shape of a set of memories, thoughts, and feelings which are extra-marginal and outside of the primary consciousness altogether, but yet must be classed as conscious facts of some sort, able to reveal their presence by unmistakable signs.

Your first step can be done way ahead of time (at least hours but can be as much as months before).

«As a first step, making sure that all council staff in London are paid at least the living wage wouldn't cost very much but would be an important symbol of political leadership.

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I used it on its own and mixed with cream, altough some people suggest to use it as first step and wait for at least 15 minutes to gain more benefits from the vitamin C. I tried that version, too, but I didn't see any differences in the effectiveness than with my previous method.

The joint letter noted that unions want the government to restore pay levels to at least the levels that existed before the start of the pay restraint in 2010; give teachers a pay rise of five per cent in 2019 as a first step towards restoration; make teacher pay a priority in discussions within the government; and provide sufficient additional funding for this increase in teachers» pay in the chancellor's budget statement this autumn.

And at least one group sees sees rolling back the Common Core as the first step in a broader education fight, as Stephanie Simon reports:

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eBook Sharing — Also known as the «LendMe» feature, it's far from perfect but at least it's a first step towards one of the chief complaints about ebooks.

The first steps in buying a house are ensuring you can afford to pay at least 5 % of the purchase price of the home as a down payment and determining your budget.

More and more people are seeking out naturally reared puppies because their first dog or dogs died from some ailment brought on by being vaccinated. This seeking out of a naturally reared puppy is a great first step however, it needs to be understood that unless the puppy is at least 4th generation they may still have at least some minor health issues / symptoms to deal with as the body discharges these inherited toxins.

Disney travel planners recommend arranging your Disney lodging at least six months before your stay as the first step in your trip planning.

But it IS essential, as a first step at least, to demonstrate that a correlation DOES exist.

A first step, as in pondering today's fleeting news item, is at least to recognize that meat on a plate was a being before it was a food, and hopefully to pay attention to the standards of those who raise and kill animals for food.

You may not accept any of the above, if you think you know better, I bring it to the inquisitive readers» attention to consider at least as a thought provoking, which is only first step in a aspiration to find out more.

Geoengineering Proposals Only Come After Emissions Reductions In conclusion, the report recommends that nations make increased efforts to reduce emissions (at least 50 % below 1990 levels by 2050) as the first step.

It also says, «the simplest, smallest, and least intrusive steps should be taken first, with escalation as more action is recognized as needed to meet the objective.»

It demands close attention to factual details that matter; a winnowing out of details that don't matter; a reliance on concrete facts coupled with a disavowal of breezy generalizations and characterizations; a building up of facts into step - by - step arguments from which conclusions naturally follow; the marshaling of reasons that will earn the respect even of an opposing audience; a dialectical approach in which countervailing facts and counterarguments are carefully disarmed; a defense not of the first positions you might take, but of the best ones; and, at least in your early development as a legal writer, a stripped - down style that contains not a whiff of ornate embellishment.

Since the branch views the use of self - help kits as a necessary first step in the complaint process, it is advisable for employers to make all reasonable effort to resolve the complaint, or at least respond to the complaint through this process.

As the first step to become an investor, I want to get rid of my rent expense here but it seems to be too expensive to put at least 20 % down payment.