Sentences with phrase «less credibility as»

But their push has less and less credibility as scores go up and students see more and more success.

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Calling unemployment a «fickle indicator,» the group warned that if Carney was wrong, «the bank could be required to backtrack on its guidance, with the likely consequence of reduced credibility, and as a result, less scope to operate monetary policy flexibly in future.»

Besides polluting the free flow of ideas, manipulations such as these are nothing less than subversive: they undermine the United States and its institutions — universities, the press, charitable groups, foundations and the churches — by exploiting the legitimacy they may inherently possess, in order to gain for insidious designs credibility which the CIA would not otherwise be able to command.

Oh John, you profess god's love from one side of your face while hating atheists from the other and then go so far as to question the morality and credibility of people you don't even know and know even less about.

And, if the definition changes again as it did in 2009 when it went from 2 million barrels to 6 million, the term will eventually lose credibility and its meaning will become less and less meaningful.

And there are three reasons why they are likely to attempt to stick to this position: they know there are dangers in policy U-turns (think Lib Dem commitments to oppose student fees); commitment to the renewal of Trident is entrenched in some parts of the party, even if key members of the leadership understand the downsides; and it would be seen as weakness if they succumbed to pressure from smaller parties with less credibility and electoral support.

Tenant advocates say that with less than a week left in the session, Cuomo has very few remaining chances to establish credibility as a Democrat who supports progressive causes.

Defense attorneys are expected to cross-examine him in the trial's second week, and are likely to attack his credibility, portraying him as a criminal who took a plea deal in hopes of lesser penalties, experts say.

As Antonucci points out, «Categorical opposition to something on the fringe of education policy is practical, but as such things become more mainstream over time, this becomes less and less feasible and costs the union in public credibilitAs Antonucci points out, «Categorical opposition to something on the fringe of education policy is practical, but as such things become more mainstream over time, this becomes less and less feasible and costs the union in public credibilitas such things become more mainstream over time, this becomes less and less feasible and costs the union in public credibility.

Carbon ceramic rotors fade less in hard driving than ordinary steel ones, so BMW offers them as an option, one that you really want to tick if you want the last word in credibility.

A poor track record or no track record is often viewed less favorably by lenders as lenders like to see a proven track record establishing credibility.

For many years, SEGA have been considered one of the game companies that has lost some of it's credibility after several games received less than stellar critical reception, such as Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 and Alien: Colonial Marines.

In a shifting milieu composed of amorphous players of the art game, of crazy and escalating contemporary art prices, and bemused and jumpy critics and writers, Gilbert and George stands as a single entity, for integrity, humanity and creative credibility and authenticity, no less.

Pop Art lost some of its credibility during the 1970s, as the art world shifted focus from art objects to installations, performances, and other less tangible art forms.

An older less effective technology is often brandished as a sign of credibility.

(One phrase that reverberates almost as much as green jobs these days in climate - energy discussions, with far less credibility, is «clean coal.»)

I was depicted as «less than honest about», «simply making unfounded assertions», «had any credibility in criticizing climate science».

Words such as «tenets», for example, which was used no less than 4 times in the recent PNAS sponsored «Expert credibility in climate change» paper:

The collapse of bitcoin pricing will require quite a while to reestablish credibility as a storehouse of value and this might conceivably make bitcoin less attractive to investors than other cryptocurrencies.

We have a very «relaxed» business casual dress policy and I keep trying to get my staff to recognize that stepping their dress up just a little — maybe to «real» business casual — will add so much credibility to them, as they tend to be younger and their suggestions less trusted because of a perceived lack of experience, etc..

Since the program was created to bring some uniformity and credibility to the industry, the results were less than stellar — disappointing those who had seen the program as an opportunity to bring more legitimacy to the relatively new home inspection industry.