Sentences with phrase «life peer in»

A commercial fraud specialist, Lord Carlile was appointed a life peer in 1999, and has been the government's Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation since 2001.

Jeffrey Archer was made a Life Peer in the Queen's Birthday Honours List of 1992.

Nash was made a life peer in 2013 so he could become a junior schools minister under former education secretary Michael Gove.

Tanni Grey - Thompson won 16 medals as a Paralympian and her activism within sport also saw her appointed a life peer in 2010.

In the UK, Sebastian (now Lord) Coe went from leading track - and - field athlete to Conservative politician and life peer in the House of Lords, while former Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell was once known as «the fastest white man on the planet» and held the British 100m record.

McIntosh stood down from the GLC in 1983, having been created a life peer in 1982.

He not only published the assurances he gave when made a life peer in 2000 to take up permanent residence in the UK once again and to relinquish the post of Belize's permanent representative to the UN.

Carlile was created a life peer in 1999, as Baron Carlile of Berriew, of Berriew in the County of Powys, having previously been a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997; he had stood unsuccessfully as a Liberal for East Flintshire in February and October 1974.

«While there are quite reasonable steps [in the trade union bill] to increase transparency, the main thrust of the measures seems to be both partisan and disproportionate to the supposed problems that they are seeking to address,» wrote Kerslake, who was made a life peer in March.

Oates was subsequently made a life peer in October 2015.

He was chief economist at Goldman Sachs before being made a life peer in 2015 and entering the government.

Roger joined the Lords as a life Peer in 2010.

Not exact matches

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

But if you're responding to conflict in a negative way, or feeling threatened by a peer or subordinate, or letting life pressures from outside the job leach into the workplace, counselling in the short term can offer some insight into why you're acting the way you are.

And all of social media marketing and purchasing is built off peer recommendations — just like it is in real life.

For some, the liberation of living in the city of their choosing is worth the risk of being caught or judged by their peers.

According to the study, being slightly more difficult to get along with may come with monetary benefits, but people who are agreeable by nature tend to have stronger friendships, are liked more by their peers and are more satisfied with life in general.

Jo Freeman spent much of the 1960s living with her activist peers on communes — including a stint as part of a women's liberation collective in which everyone had equal say and stature.

A study published in March in the journal Neurology suggested that women who were physically fit in middle age were roughly 88 % less likely to develop dementia — defined as a decline in memory severe enough to interfere with daily life — than their peers who were only moderately fit.

Contestants pitch live, on stage with a crowd of their peers for the chance to be featured in season two of the web series «Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch.»

By knowing what to improve and how to improve it, I've been able to achieve greater success than have my peers in other areas of life, too.

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The founders point out how attendance at conferences in general has gone up dramatically over the last five years because people are making these digital connections with brands and peer - to - peer, and want to meet people in real life.

For starters, recognize those on your team who have beaten a tough challenge (on the job or in their personal life) and share it with their peers.

The answer is that it's below market for customer support positions, but Yelp isn't alone among its peers in paying workers arguably less than they need to live in the Bay Area.

For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure to try to be something that you're not, to live your life as an honest and compassionate person, to contribute in some way.»

In the studies, women who adopted all five factors enjoyed roughly 14 extra years of life, on average, compared with their peers who adopted none of them; men got an average of an extra 12.2 years.

In addition, when we garden with others, and when we further enhance this activity through developing a community garden or donating some of our bounty to a food bank, we feel a sense of belonging; we bond with our peers — which in turn can lead to supportive, collaborative, and nourishing relationships, both personal and professional; and we tap into a sense of meaning and purpose in life, by helping out those in neeIn addition, when we garden with others, and when we further enhance this activity through developing a community garden or donating some of our bounty to a food bank, we feel a sense of belonging; we bond with our peers — which in turn can lead to supportive, collaborative, and nourishing relationships, both personal and professional; and we tap into a sense of meaning and purpose in life, by helping out those in neein turn can lead to supportive, collaborative, and nourishing relationships, both personal and professional; and we tap into a sense of meaning and purpose in life, by helping out those in neein life, by helping out those in neein need.

«When you think about it, I think that in life in general, recognition by your peers is the most sought - after recognition of all,» says Kelley Shanley, the CEO and president of the Broward Center.

From its beginnings, it's been a place where narrative artists — writers, filmmakers and the like — welcome the discipline of structure in their work lives, and build a community of peers.

We all go to work each day to provide for our families, make a difference in the lives of our clients, community members and industry peers, while building a business we can be proud of!

If a jury of its peers were to grade Dash on its performance in 2017, the majority would say it lived up to its billing.

The peer - to - peer live exchange Coinomat is now offering a program that handles operations like this in India.

Ideas around the non-monetary aspects of employment in providing a self - image for people, giving them standing in the community, a sense of personal worth, a role as family provider, a network of peers, and way of life are not part of the economics curriculum, so can be assumed not to matter.

For me, dropping out and starting my life early was a way to avoid the insecurity I see today in so many of my peers when they realize that they have no marketable skills that employers want and no knowledge of what they really want out of life.

The Forum is a monthly venue for CIO's and CTO's to discuss topics of relevance in their daily lives, and has afforded these leaders the opportunity to develop a close network to discuss current challenges in a peer group environment on a confidential basis.

A peer has said the British government is «living in a fantasy world» if it doesn't think Pakistani Christians... More

What you call peering into the mind of god thru this ancient books is simply peering into the minds of primitive humans that lived in darkness, both literally and mentally.

Also, as I'm wrapping up my doctorate in astrobiology, I will spend a great deal looking at objects I can't see with my physical eye while peering off light years into the galaxy in search of life.

What I refuse to do is accept some external force based on the mere stories of man, especially when those men a) never met b) lived in a time when stories were largely passed verbally and c) those stories have been shown to be wrong by studies that have been peer - reviewed.

He is well - liked by his peers, volunteers with University Big Brothers and Sisters, is involved in his church (he is an adult convert to Mormonism), is a member of the University's interfaith Religious Life Council, and has compiled an impressive academic record.

What religion offers: — The opportunity to avoid eternal punishment for not worshiping / believing in my god (not worried enough to care)-- An explanation for the universe and why we are here (I'll take the knowledge gained from the application of the scientific method, but thanks)-- Living forever in heavenly bliss (I am content with this life)-- The opportunity to divide humanity based upon different belief systems (There is enough dividing us already)-- Purpose, a code of ethics, and fulfillment (I have that already, without religion)-- Develop a personal relationship with god (I've never seen or heard from any gods nor have I seen any independantly verified scientifically collected peer reviewed proof.

The Christian peer Baroness Cox — who in 2011 attempted in the House of Lords to enact legislation called the Arbitration and Mediation Services Equality Bill, to protect women living here from the effects of Sharia as it is already allowed to be practised in this country — reacted to this démarche with some alarm.

Lord Alton of Liverpool, a Christian and life peer, raised the topic of Christians being persecuted in Syria in the Second Chamber.

I have training and tools that help me discern with others the work of Christ in their lives, supervisors who ensure I am maintaining professional standards, peers who encourage me in my own relationship with God.

I've experienced and have known, privately and in the lives of my peers, the Bible's teachings to «ring true» and demonstrate themselves as true, time and time again.

And the back story remains that most of us non-believers have been excoriated in «real life» (as opposed to «blog life») for so much as QUESTIONING beliefs that people (parents, pastors and peers) did indeed presume to IMPOSE on us.

L'Arche (meaning «The Ark» in French) is a worldwide network of Christian communities where people with learning disabilities live as peers alongside assistants.

As for Christians who drop from the path of Jesus» righteous teachings, proves they refuse to endure to the end (as all non-believers do) and opt for the easy way out in life due to peer pressure from you non-believers and instructors who are in positions of teaching them to do so.

Nicknamed «God Boy» by his peers, Justin knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christian ministry.