Sentences with phrase «literal reading of»

In the literal reading of the property clause [Section 25] landowners could get zero,»

Of course, the significance of Magna Carta can not be understood from a literal reading of a document originally written in Latin in a very different world.

Yes, I was making a joke based on a literal reading of the statute; to my knowledge, no manufacturer prints its URL address using disappearing ink.

Justice Stratas simply looks past the literal reading of section 110 which clearly does place clause (c) as conjunctive with the notice provisions set out in clauses (a) and (b), when he rules «[n] othing in the legislative text of Rule 110 suggests that Rules 110 (a) and 110 (b) are prerequisites to an application for leave to intervene under Rule 110 (c)» (at para 16).

Thus, a literal reading of Article 267 TFEU would restrict the Court's jurisdiction with respect to HTSs.

A literal reading of section 66 grounds of statutory application shuts out a challenge on the basis of the Equality Act.

If I were a cynical person I might suspect that this is one of the more pointed and cynical opinions that the SCC has delivered, there being, such a person might argue, a sharp irony in the hoisting of Mr. Harper the judicial conservative by a very literal reading of the statute.

Based on a literal reading of Articles 12 and 13 Annex I of the AFMP, it held that the right of establishment was restricted to two scenarios.

Following «TC Heartland,» a literal reading of the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400 (b), could suggest that no venue is appropriate against such a defendant, thereby eliminating the ability of patent owners to take action against international infringers.

The statute does not directly address the matter of co-ownership where the owners are residence of different states, but under a literal reading of § 102 the fact of it being registered to a Michigan co-owner should suffice to be in compliance with the law.

«Once the court has identified an obvious omission, and has found in admissible background materials an obvious precedent for filling it, it should not be fatal that there may be more than one possible version of the replacement...» In this context, the Court of Appeal felt it necessary to reject a literal reading of the well known passage in para 23 of Lord Bingham's speech in Homburg:

If it is the law that the duty of disclosure continues to any appeal hearing — and the point is moot, as McFarlane LJ explains — then any such fiction could be avoided; though the review function of the appellate court may be compromised on a literal reading of CPR 1998, r 52 (1) and (2).

It is thus impossible for a migrant to comply with a literal reading of Article 7 in the UK.

The escalator is work equipment and he is using it at work (for in travelling between his office and the House of Lords for a hearing he is at all times within the course of his employment), so a literal reading of reg 3 (2) would impose liability on his employer (which, depending on the facts, they may or may not be able to pass on to someone else).

Beyond the literal reading of «no logo,» I'd say we have definitely been inspired by her larger critique of traditional corporate structures and standard marketing doctrine.

Attacks on evolution come largely from conservative Christians who believe in a literal reading of the biblical creation story.

As indicated by Willard, my canine allusion was a faux - literal reading of his choice of the word «pedigree.»

Contrary to a literal reading of my words, I wasn't even trying to disagree with you, let alone delegitimize you personally.

A literal reading of Pub590a suggests that it might not count as a direct instruction.

On a literal reading of the fossil record, H. sapiens was thought to have emerged in East Africa roughly 200,000 years ago.

A literal reading of the county charter could conclude that the only position they are forced to fill (there are seven on staff now) is that of the comptroller himself.

The broader view that all voters should participate in the referendum, while aligning with the unitary conception, is inconsistent with a literal reading of the 1992 Constitution.

I think that anyone with common sense will see that this statement, coupled with the current social landscape proves the hypocrisy of those who use the bible to condemn their fellow man: «A literal reading of the Bible was used to justify all sorts of hatred: slavery, the subjugation of women and anti-Semitism, scholars and pastors say.»

In building his case for why we can still believe the Bible, Blomberg effectively positions himself between liberal scholars who refuse to acknowledge the firm textual base on which the scriptures stand and ultraconservatives who insist on a rigidly literal reading of the Bible (often in the King James only) in the face of legitimate developments in our understanding of ancient manuscripts and genres.

======= @Mel «So, you don't believe in the literal reading of Genesis then?

And if we take a literal reading of the passage it would be close in english to the following: «4.

I myself recalled having heard a number of Dallas faculty members and graduates in recent years distance themselves from «hardline» dispensationalism, reducing C. I. Scofield's highly articulated framework to virtually two principles: the literal reading of the text is to be preferred unless strong evidence indicates otherwise, and Israel and the church remain distinct in biblical chronology (and so in eschatology) to the end.

So, if a LITERAL reading of the bible is intellectually defensible, could you please intellectually defend Leviticus: — bats are a form of bird (no, they are mammals)-- insects go around on all fours (no, they have 6 legs)-- hares chew their cud (no, they are rodents, not ruminants)

A literal reading of the Biblical text, after all, must take literary factors into consideration.

Even though it flatly contradicts astronomy, geology and biology, Morris attempts to defend a literal reading of his textbook on the facts of nature: «The Bible teaches that the earth existed before the stars, that it was initially covered by water, that plant life preceded the sun, that the first animals created were the whales, that birds were made before insects, that man was made before woman.»

Though they may accuse me of not reading the Bible literally, I firmly believe that my explanation is quite close to the way the original author and audience would have understood the text and is therefore, the best and most literal reading of the text.

The confusion that a literal reading of Paul VI's statement might cause is understandable.

This implies that what we say or write about the Ultimate Mystery is bound to be tentative, which makes me hesitant about bold affirmations of faith or too literal a reading of scripture.

I do have a problem with a literal reading of the world - wide flood as described in the Bible.

Though King was a Christian minister, he didn't embrace a literal reading of the Bible that condemns homosexuality, some historians say.

What fishon fails to realize «rape» was allowed in war (in the literal reading of texts in the Torah).

It would have been nice to have you help out in some of the other threads where evangelical protestants were defending a literal reading of Genesis.

The alternative literal reading of the Hebrew is in any case implicit; that is, «that it is you who brings them back» (to their authentic allegiance).

This was in direct contradiction to the Churches» generally accepted beliefs based on a literal reading of certain books of the Bible.

You do know that Evolution and the Big Bang (contradicting a literal reading of Genesis) are not the same thing, right?

This may not be easy to explain to the sister, especially if her own convictions are tied in with a very literal reading of Scripture.

Both groups adopted a literal reading of the Bible to justify withholding basic rights from a particular group.

So you believe only a literal reading of the bible makes you Christian?

The author insists on a literal reading of the biblical accounts that would seem to support his quasi-Unitarian Christology while skipping over passages that contradict his views.

Obama's faith showed many of the elements of a liberal Protestant church: an emphasis on the separation of church and state, religious tolerance and the refusal to embrace a literal reading of the Bible.

All of Christianity hinges on a literal reading of Genesis in my opinion.

The story told in the Bible requires a literal reading of Genesis for the sacrifice of Jesus to have any meaning.

As long ago as the third century the great biblical scholar Origen raised substantial doubts about whether a literal reading of the story made good theological sense.

The problem raised by any literal reading of the Category of the Ultimate may be put this way: how can an actual occasion be at once the creative synthesis of and a novel addition to the many occasions of its correlative universe?

Even if one were to set aside an overly literal reading of the creation story and reject the assumption that intelligent design and evolution are always mutually exclusive, other questions would remain.