Sentences with phrase «little influence when»
Corporations have little influence when it comes to direct campaign donations, since currently it illegal for corporations to donate directly to political campaigns.
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The countryside I traversed had little natural beauty, and most of the wild animals had been killed during the civil war; the souvenirs were five times as expensive as similar items in other countries; the Portuguese - influenced food was bland and boring; and when I asked for a doggie bag to take my leftovers back to my hotel, I got charged five dollars for the bag.
When we can obviously see god has no influence on our lives, that's a little hard to take.
On face value, W. E. Hocking's remark that when Whitehead arrived at Harvard «his speculative structure... was already well advanced in its main outlines» is a bit of external evidence against my hypothesis, but it may mean nothing more than that Whitehead was little influenced by the philosophical opinions and controversies of his American colleagues during these years, which seems very much to have been the case.
I suspected I'd get a little pushback from fellow Christians who hold a complementarian perspective on gender, (a position that requires women to submit to male leadership in the home and church, and often appeals to «biblical womanhood» for support), but I had hoped — perhaps naively — that the book would generate a vigorous, healthy debate about things like the Greco Roman household codes found in the epistles of Peter and Paul, about the meaning of the Hebrew word ezer or the Greek word for deacon, about the Paul's line of argumentation in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, about our hermeneutical presuppositions and how they are influenced by our own culture, and about what we really mean when we talk about «biblical womanhood» — all issues I address quite seriously in the book, but which have yet to be engaged by complementarian critics.
(Note: I realize these sales only apply the U.S. I wish I could change that, but we authors have very little influence over when and where our books are discounted.)
«When one considers the caliber of our authors and the fact that the Principia has occupied a prominent place on mathematical shelves for fourteen years, one wonders that the book has influenced mathematics so little» (BAMS32: 711).
It is precisely because they knew how to silence themselves before God that women like Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, and Catherine of Siena were able to have so much influence over the Church in times when women had little voice.
Sometimes when I get a bit carried away with a descriptive passage in my writing, I remind myself of a helpful little adage a favorite professor once taught me: «Try to avoid driving while under the influence of metaphors.»
At the same time, however, I have called attention to the difficulty of trying to work out an «ecological» approach to social policy when we, like the chaos scientists, know so little about how to predict and influence long - term developments.
When the Church finally begins to demonstrate that abuse survivors are greatly loved and valued members of our Christian community, I have little doubt that many of them will be the greatest supporters of those influencing for change in this area.
As her report put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.»
They need to understand this and so much more and teaching them that will only be that much harder if we encourage or allow unchecked influence of damaging toys, clothes and media when they are little.
I always assumed that the petitions site was designed initially to fob off the Lib Dems when they were in coalition, and then later to make people think they were being listened to by having a little debate with no power or influence that was always ignored.
«Previous studies have linked intake of high fructose corn syrup sweetened beverages with asthma in school children, but there is little information about when during early development exposure to fructose might influence later health,» said Sheryl L. Rifas - Shiman, MPH, a study lead author and senior research associate at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.
As the investigators note, the rapid age - related arterial stiffening and cardiac arrhythmias that appear to be at cause for the majority of deaths in BubR1H / H mice were not attenuated by ablating p16Ink4a - expressing senescent cells — but these tissues had little burden of such cells, so this finding reinforces the conclusion that the multiple aging phenotypes arrested in these mice when senescent cells were ablated is attributable specifically to the removal of their baleful influence on local tissues.
If the film feels a bit sitcom - y in retrospect, it's more a measure of its influence than a slight against it; Warner Bros TV tried to develop a TV spin - off of the show, but when Crowe nixed the prospect, the project turned into a little show called «Friends ``... [B --RSB-
The body of the score is generally a little lighter, with obvious influence at times coming from Alexandre Desplat (who was launched to film music fame when he scored another film set in the 17th century Netherlands about a woman in a portrait).
From a certain point of view, it's a polar bear version of The Little Mermaid as Norm is influenced by human culture when a little girl drops hr MP - 3 Player and Norm learns to Little Mermaid as Norm is influenced by human culture when a little girl drops hr MP - 3 Player and Norm learns to little girl drops hr MP - 3 Player and Norm learns to dance.
In it, he reveals a bunch of little tidbits — like which movies influenced shots in the film or how Laura Dern couldn't stop saying «pew» when she fired her blaster.
When asked what his cinematic influences were for the latest — and supposedly final — Wolverine stand - alone movie, director James Mangold reeled off an impressive and enticing list that included none - more - classic Western Shane, indie - hit heart - warmer Little Miss Sunshine and Darren Aronofsky's bruising character piece The Wrestler.
But things get a little sticky when Ned's influence on River seems strange to a child therapist (he's really into a fake form of karate that Ned has started «teaching» him) and accidentally discovers Dylan nude while having a private filming session with Tatiana.
The traditional dominant players — publishers and booksellers — will have little influence over its outcome and it's a time when technology leadership might change, including Amazon's dominance of the first major wave of ebooks.
It might seem that having a poor credit rating is a debilitating factor when it comes to getting a debt consolidation loan, but in fact, the rating has little influence over the application at all.
My fiance always looked at IBM many years back, But when I heard about Warren Buffett selling off the shares, I felt a little bit iffy (not that his actions should really influence my judgement).
When Treasury Bonds Perform Well Because these securities have such little risk, their performance is typically influenced almost entirely by interest rates.
When it comes to substrates, product placement and packaging have little influence on customers» choices.
As part of an ongoing series entitled Dreams, Ruilin's copper artworks are heavily influenced by traditional Chinese art, as well as something that happened to him when he was a little boy.
I enjoy and like some casual art viewing, and I have friends whom have worked in the arts industry so i how a little bit about art and am a little learned and knowledgeable about art appreciation but the truth is... I'm still pretty clueless when it comes to being able to critique a piece or recognize its influences.
Classical Chinese painting, on the other hand, has had very little influence on Marden, «although that's what I look at when I go to the Met (ropolitan Museum) now,» he said.
Climate change is highly complex when there is little CO2 in the atmosphere, which allows many other small factors to influence climate.
Climate change is not so complex when CO2 becomes high, like the current levels or above, because then CO2 and water vapor drive climate change... with little or no influence by the many other factors.
And it's rather pointless when, with a few exceptions, you're dealing with people who really aren't just complaining that you want to influence big political expensive political decisions with too little certainty.
In my mind equilibrium climate sensitivity has little bearing on the influence of CO2 when Earth is as seriously out of equilibrium as at present.
«Well I'm sitting like a rose between two thorns here and I have to take practical decisions - erm - the climate's always been changing - er - Peter mentioned the Arctic and I think in the Holocene the Arctic melted completely and you can see there were beaches there - when Greenland was occupied, you know, people growing crops - we then had a little ice age, we had a middle age warming - the climate's been going up and down - but the real question which I think everyone's trying to address is - is this influenced by manmade activity in recent years and James is actually correct - the climate has not changed - the temperature has not changed in the last seventeen years and what I think we've got to be careful of is that there is almost certainly - bound to be - some influence by manmade activity but I think we've just got to be rational (audience laughter)- rational people - and make sure the measures that we take to counter it don't actually cause more damage - and I think we're about to get -»
However, do you think it is justifiable for a scientist, when he is informally reporting the result of a scientific study, to make little mention of doubts where making little mention of doubts is not required for any reason other than to influence policy?
Can you describe a context in which you think it is justifiable for a scientist, when he is informally reporting the result of a scientific study, to make little mention of doubts where making little mention of doubts is not required for any reason other than to influence policy?
Despite sharing robust billing guidelines with their law firms, some departments still have little influence and even less transparency when it comes to how their funds are spent — or the value of the services received.
Kromm acknowledged that merit selection can be a good reform «when done right, but what this body has supported is legislative merit selection which does little to stop special interest influence over our judiciary.»
Hiring a SafeRide America costs a little money, but it's nothing when compared to what it could cost if a driver is caught under the influence of alcohol or involved in an accident.
When conducting a job search, there are a number of factors that influence your success rate, that you have little / no control over.
Additionally, little work to date has examined parent - specific (e.g. maternal vs. paternal) influences on adolescent males and females; it is possible that parents yield a gender - specific influence which is masked when maternal and paternal data are pooled.
Whenever your spouse / partner consumes most of your focus / energy (this frequently occurs during the infatuation stage of early love), you have little left over for your friends, family, interests, hobbies, work / career, etc; and inversely, when couples are too disconnected, you become vulnerable to outside influences and the danger of getting your intimacy needs met outside the relationship is heightened.
Gender is an important risk factor for both posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorders (SUD) in adolescents; however, little is known about the influence of gender when considering their common co-occurrence.