Sentences with phrase «less than the harm»

Is it possible to legislate sufficiently specific grounds for active defence that most of the risks will be avoided, and the potential harm from hacking back will be less than the harm caused by the attacks?

She said that the pain inflicted on families by divorce or separation was often less than the harm caused by the manner in which couples split.

Not exact matches

Although there are some companies offering SEO services for less, they are often not specialized and can do more harm to your business than doing any good.

«A criminal convicted of aggravated grievous bodily harm will walk away with a lesser sentence than many of those convicted of what I believe to be victimless crimes.»

Articles with clickbait headlines are annoying, but they ultimately do far less harm than articles with straightforward headlines but inaccurate information in the story itself.

Nor are the purchasers of such shares harmed; as in an IPO, they take the shares knowing that the rights will be less than those of the existing shareholders.

Though California's overall economy is less dependent on exports than those of many states, the California counties most likely to be harmed by the potential emerging trade war with China include many that are already struggling economically.

I don't abuse (not intentionally, but I am blunt which can be seen as a less than stellar trait) because I don't wish to cause harm.

Using that logic, torturing dogs causes less harm than going for a walk in the park (think of the pain all those blades of grass must endure!).

Answering these accusations with anything less than humility and grace only furthers the harm they have done.

You do a lot less harm than Muslim terrorists or the drug - driven gangs of Chicago and Baltimore.

Whatever genuine aid SNAP may provide victims of priestly sex abuse is well matched by the harm SNAP does by mounting little less than an anti-Catholic smear campaign and wantonly portraying every priest as a sexual predator waiting to happen and every bishop an enabler.

Sin did no real harm whatever in the universe, since the absolute perfection which the universe involves in its cause could never be more or less than absolute.

They both regard woman as less than men, instead of looking at history and effect of these habits which has more harm to others.

Religion harms humanity far less than it would be harmed by not having it.

Many human inventions are not created to cause harm, but are produced in a way that violates human rights (think about Apple's less - than - stellar human rights record).

Anger is indeed a powerful emotion that, left unchecked, can do considerable harm to the angry man himself no less than to the objects of his wrath.

So often, being harmed means we are made to feel less than — made to feel inadequate.

We, TRUE believers have lesser tendencies to commit murders and other unpardonable sins than atheists because, we believe that aside from it is logically, morally and lawfully wrong to harm our fellow beings, we also believe that they are abominable in the sight of God.

Because they were concerned with their own impotence in good works and with the harm they were doing to others, they were not less altruistic than those who were concerned only with doing good, and inattentive to the evil consequences of many good works.

Still, as heresies go, the cosmic vending machine has done far less harm than the Cosmic Bully, IMO.

This story does Romney more harm than good — his religious affiliation should not be in the forefront — voters might feel less inclined to vote for him.

After winning the first trick with the ace of spades, West continued the suit on the theory that it would do him less harm than any other.

Can you PROVE that the long - term harm from a few nights of CIO is GREATER than the long - term harm caused by sleep disorders or excessive crying in an infant who (for whatever reason) sleep training would have worked after just a night or two (or even one longer bout of crying for less than 30 minutes on one day, which some parents claim worked for them)?

Despite myths and misconceptions about their «dangers,» immunizations are nothing less than essential to keeping your child healthy and out of harm's way.

The baby she harmed had an Apgar of less than 7 at 10 minutes.

It can not possibly work while we spend money on criminalising people who are doing probably less harm to themselves than some of the people who go binge drinking.

The Learned Hand rule on such questions of tort would suggest, for example, that producers and other parties ought to take precautions against harming others in any cases where the cost of the precaution is less than the expected cost of the damage: that is, the cost of the damage, discounted by the probability of its occurring.

So while the UK's trade deals will likely be less beneficial on the whole than if they had been a part of the EU, they will be more popular as they can avoid causing harm to the industries that allow the UK to be more self reliant than they would need to be if they were a member of the EU.

Fred Floss, director of the union - backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than two percent a year, would result in what his group calls a decade of austerity that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

In Washington, he was «the most hated» secretary the Department of Housing and Urban Development had ever had, an arrogant and occasionally cruel taskmaster who demanded he be referred to as «Mr. Secretary,» who told a future nemesis that criminal sanctions were less effective punishment for his enemies than «adverse publicity, reputational harm, budget - cutting and legislative action.»

Fred Floss, director of the union backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than 2 % a year, would result in what his group calls a «decade of austerity,» that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

Nor did the EPA show the best understanding of toxicology in urging BP in a directive to use dispersants with a «toxicity value less than» a certain cutoff: in toxicology, a chemical that produces harm at low concentrations, say, five parts per million, is more deadly than those that kill at 10 parts per million.

The impact of a dirty bomb would be far less than that of a true nuclear device, and the radiation would probably not harm many people.

Most of the patients who were treated with radium - 223 also had fewer side effects: With regards to serious / severe side effects, there were no more than indications of lesser harm from radium - 223 + BSC compared with BSC with the extent of no more than «minor.»

Chinese media reported that Xiao's lawyer pleaded not guilty to the charge of «causing disturbance,» a lesser crime than the original allegation of «intentional harm» under which Xiao was arrested.

Flies living with their brothers cause less harm to females during courting than those living with unrelated flies, say Oxford University scientists.

The Oxford University study found that flies living with their brothers cause less harm to females during courting and mating than those living with unrelated flies.

Over the years Haidt and his University of Virginia colleague Jesse Graham have surveyed the moral opinions of more than 110,000 people from dozens of countries and have found this consistent difference: self - reported liberals are high on 1 and 2 (harm / care and fairness / reciprocity) but are low on 3, 4 and 5 (ingroup / loyalty, authority / respect and purity / sanctity), whereas self - reported conservatives are roughly equal on all five dimensions, although they place slightly less emphasis on 1 and 2 than liberals do.

A report published by Friends of the Earth Cymru in 2007 quotes evidence that tidal lagoons in the Severn estuary could produce more electricity than the proposed barrage, and with less harm to wildlife.

While it is not harmless, marijuana causes less harm and involves less risk of dependence than alcohol, tobacco and drugs such as benzodiazepines (which are prescribed as sedatives), cocaine and heroin,» says Enzo Tagliazucchi, an addiction researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience.

For most painful conditions, acetaminophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have been shown to be equally or more effective with less risk of harm than opioids.»

In the light of all these variables, it is hard to predict whether future hurricanes («typhoons» in the terminology used in parts of Asia) will do more or less harm than today.

The National Health Service (NHS) says taking less than 540 mg vitamin E and 1000 mg vitamin C supplements per day is unlikely to cause any harm.

However, full - time college students were less likely than others their age to believe there was great risk of harm from monthly cocaine use (59 percent versus 64 percent), trying heroin once or twice (about 77 percent versus 80 percent), and trying LSD once or twice (about 50 percent versus 58 percent), the findings showed.

So even though this one caregiver contacting me is different than the caregivers who caused harm, her presence in the room could make it a less healing space for others.

To find out more, read my guest article, «When Exercising Less Helps You Lose Weight Faster ``, to know if your exercise habits may be causing you more harm than good.

Focus on weight with a simple - minded «eat less, move more» intervention without tending to the quality of your diet and lifestyle, and you might be doing yourself more harm than good.

So, while you may be thinking that it makes perfect sense that the less you eat the more fat you'll lose, you're actually doing more harm than good.

Considering that children are growing and smaller by bodyweight, and considering other studies showing less harm from small intakes, I'd conclude that an adult with acne should consume no more than 7ppb per day.