Sentences with phrase «little sympathy with»

The public has little sympathy with the issues and politicians can scrap pubic funding for social welfare law, family etc without having to think too hard about the human consequences.

And have a little sympathy with journals or the like that see it as a dry methodology dispute.

'' The vaxxers come to mind» I work in the Autism field and have much sympathy with the «vaxxers», and little sympathy with those who hold parents of newborns with contempt.

Great crowds were flocking thither, attracted by the display of traditional costumes in the procession; most of them were people who had little sympathy with the Christian religion.

Both Delumeau and Bossy feature in Eire's bibliography, but he has little sympathy with these attempts at an overarching morphology of «Reformation.»

I have little sympathy with the idea that infanticide is just another form of murder.

Because of these methodological considerations I find I have little sympathy with the various «cause theologies» of recent years, though I almost always agree with the cause itself.

Most mainline churches have little sympathy with this talk about end - times, whether it comes from the fundamentalists or from those who warn of the end of conventional Christianity.

Westerners too, reared on the Bible with its denunciations of «idolatry», felt little sympathy with Hindu devotion and some would refuse the gift of prasad, a sweet which after being offered to the god is given to the devotee.

Not exact matches

«Lear's counterpart in the contemporary Church,» writes Mankowski, «is a certain segment of clergymen which has made it a practice to vindicate its prejudices by affecting to consult with the faithful, to listen to their concerns, only to announce with astonishment that God's Little Ones are pleading for precisely those changes for which the Listeners themselves have a deep and discerning sympathy.»

The first 170 pages are an exposition of Islam by a Western writer with scarcely a phrase to which a Muslim could take exception, and the rest of the book is a guide to Christian missionary work with Muslims, with which they have little sympathy.

Every little pine - needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me.

If God had sympathy for the people of Admah and Zeboiim the way He had sympathy for the people of Ephraim and Israel, then God is starting to look a little bit more like Jesus, for a sympathetic God does not destroy people with fire and brimstone, but seeks to rescue them instead.

In «Jonas,» another story with autobiographical elements written around the same time, the title character, a painter, is described with a little more sympathy: He «believed in his star.

Profoundly moved by the wisdom of nonviolent resistance, editors reported on, analyzed and theologized about all the events of these years, from Montgomery to Little Rock to the sit - ins to the freedom riders, with considerable interest and always accompanied by profound expressions of respect and human sympathy.

What bothers me most with a remark of that sort is that it does not express even a smidgen of sympathy for those whose homes were demolished, for the lives that were lost; a little something for the terrible anguish endured.

My sympathies about the little skittling nightmare — I just recently had my first encounter with one of this you know whats (assuming we are talking about the same thing) and all my mother could do to console me was say «Well, you ARE in New York City!»

Jack's mother and his wife no doubt found solace in the kind words and in the money collected from the Iowa State community — «to express in a material way the sympathy of the college» — $ 2,259, that covered funeral expenses, paid off Anna's mortgage and provided both Anna and Cora Mae with a little nest egg.

«With all due respect, if anything, I think Redknapp should have a little, if not respect, then sympathy and understanding.

I have to agree with RedInNC — the kids have a choice of what to eat, and if they don't like certain things, I have very little sympathy.

Despite this context of job scarcity and the structural precariousness they have to face, the young are often regarded with little sympathy.

The Kurdish argument that military efforts against ISIS should be compensated is met with little sympathy in Baghdad, particularly when it comes to a key asset such as Kirkuk.

Continuing today's exciting news from the Republican side of our little presidential campaign, Bruce Reed notes in Slate that Rudy Giuliani's official blog seems to be acting in sympathy with Hollywood writers — except that instead of the writers striking, it's the readers.

Anticipating that we would receive little sympathy if we were being paid substantially more than other BNL staff members, we compared our salaries to others at BNL using a comprehensive list of pay schedules for all employee categories, with the exception of postdocs.

May has had a brilliant career in basic research and can be expected to have little sympathy for ideological fads that are at odds with the pursuit of excellence.

There's a little bit of farcical spoof humor in place as well, with Django's strut now accompanied by contemporary soundtrack rhymes from Rick Ross, with the irreverent sass - talk of Samuel L. Jackson's postmodern Sambo as Candie's reliable assistant Stephen, clouding the audience's sympathies.

Clooney's very good, but his character remains an archetype with little depth or sympathy, making the finale feel more perfunctory than redemptive.

There is little in this world for us to relate to, even in the relatively mild - mannered protagonists with whom our sympathies are meant to lie.

As for Karen, the one character who does deserve a little sympathy and affection, what happens to her is depicted with such callous insensitivity, such depraved indifference, her plight isn't so much terrifying as it is unforgivable, her last scene a torturous test of endurance that's disgusting.

While this activity requires a little more time than the tools above, it helps build relationships between students and teachers and reinforces the school's larger effort to encourage students to pay attention to each other's feelings and treat each other with respect, sympathy, and compassion.

I have sympathy for those who are burned by poor editors, but frankly, a little bit of research, asking the right questions, and you end up with good one.

Although, like everyone else I can find little sympathy for Clara's life choices, I think it is worth keeping in mind the context of the time where many children with parents in the colonies grew up far from their parents.

... I love that she likens book launch to a startup company... The fact that you can buy some of these services very cheaply is irrelevant for the author who wants to produce a quality book that can compete head to head with those from traditional publishers... I have little sympathy those who complain about the costs of putting out a book now... You don't need to spend this kind of money to self - publish a good book successfully...

I have every sympathy with Amazon in their negotiation with Hachette and little understanding for the position that the publisher has taken.

With a little sympathy toward those who calculate the CPI, I will say that I think their job is tough.

They should have got a proper game designer to put all this together and make sense of it all; with a little bit more talent on the design side you might have evinced more sympathy.

Other characters are just as likeable, with little touches that can't help making one feel sympathy or elation for them, for instance the summoner, Rydia, is a young girl, who tragically lost her parents in a fire and for that reason (minor spoiler incoming, cover your eyes if you want) early on in the game she won't use a fire spell when it's really needed.

Rather than crying victim (a tactic that has met with little sympathy in the art world, as evidenced in the plethora of negative responses to the 1993 Whitney Biennial), COMBAT ZONE empowered women through direct

I'd say «iconic» still implies the mutually effective: an iconic image will generate sympathy and will function with little support from the verbal (even if we're speaking of an iconic achievement in the literary sphere).

In the mind of the general public there is little room for sympathy or leniency to be extended to those charged with sex crimes.

Whilst I am sure there is little sympathy for senior executives earning large sums in our biggest corporations, the fact is that with the cap on unfair dismissal compensation, in reality, there is no such thing as employment protection for those individuals against unfair dismissal.

With the seeming exception of only Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the possible added exception of Justice David H. Souter, members of the Court showed little to no sympathy for opening up a broad new category of liability to investors.

The Court showed little sympathy for the effort compliance with the order would involve from Google, particularly because the subject matter is a moving target with the «bad guys» continually setting up new sites: Google already has mechanisms to remove problematic content, such as child pornography and hate speech, from its indices.

«The business side has long had to place their fate in the hands of those with the requisite skills, but often with little sympathy for or firsthand knowledge of the business itself,» he explained.

Not only will this provide you with an effective strategy to increase the odds of getting your resume into the right hands, but it might actually increase your level of sympathy for the HR professionals around town — ok, maybe just a little!

Those of us with low ceilings may have little sympathy for homeowners who complain of soaring ceiling syndrome, but double - height rooms can pose problems: How do you strategically place artwork for viewing from two separate floors?