Sentences with phrase «matter of defending»

To their critics, the failure to pass voucher legislation has been a matter of defending the state's constitution, and protecting public education from the efforts of school privatizers and union - busters, like the DeVos» and the Republican legislators they have funded with millions in cash contributions over the years.

One of the features of the last few years has been Arsenal putting a brilliant run of results together and although it may be too late for a title challenge this time, we still need to secure a top four spot, as well as having the knockout rounds of the Champions League to think about — and the small matter of defending the FA cup trophy won in dramatic fashion last season to defend.

Not exact matches

But the truth of the matter is that defending your patents in federal court is extremely expensive.

The U.S. Department of Energy has begged for new authority to defend against weaknesses in the grid in a nearly 500 - page comprehensive study issued in January 2017 warning that it's only a matter of time before the grid fails, due to disaster or attack.

In response to the suit, Kleiner issued the following statement, «Following a thorough independent investigation of the facts, the firm believes the lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend the matter.»

Caught up in the swirl of misconduct surrounding the Trump family, he issues yet another ban to change the subject... We should honor and protect all, no matter their gender, who risk their lives to defend our freedoms.»

I have to tell you I was a little disturbed by some of the advertising, because I thought that putting out a mailing in which you really emphasized «defended Black Lives Matter,» «defended Occupy» — that looked to me to be a risky strategy.

Bob has extensive experience defending companies and their directors and officers in securities litigation and related matters, including claims arising out of acquisitions, going private transactions, restatements, and allegations of financial irregularities.

Saudi Arabia thinks a summit of oil - producing countries would fail to produce concrete action toward defending prices, sources familiar with the matter said.

The climate crowd are defending the future of life on this planet, no less, and they can't believe anyone would reduce such a crucial matter to something as crass as gas in your tank.

We are not saying that the individual retail investor's vote does not matter, but when most of the proxy materials are cast into the garbage or just voted as suggested, it becomes more difficult to defend the argument that having each individual investors voice heard is of the utmost importance.

Not much of a «belief» aspect here but it's nice to the United States defending freedom of religion, no matter how whacky the belief.

He would no doubt defend her right to hold her opinion but there is more to the matter than simply the principle of freedom of speech.

As a matter of prudence, prioritizing the wrongness of same - sex marriage over divorce or contraception (or even masturbation) only serves to reinforce the claim that Christians are motivated by some kind of anti-gay animus when they defend traditional marriage laws.

They have then tried to contextualise science through a basically a priori metaphysics which defends the traditional concept of formality as a priori to physical observation and so ontologically transcendent of matter.

The fact of the matter is that you can not defend the myth in light of the real scientific knowledge we have today.

William Oddie quotes a correspondent defending the Soho Masses as saying, «Research shows clearly that most Catholics differ from the official doctrine on virtually all matters of sexual ethics» (Ecclesial Co-operation with Homosexual Activism; Faith September and October 2010).

I'm aware of all the ways these passages are explained away by adherents of ET — I used to defend such views and they all fail in my opinion, no matter how logical they may seem.

Bercier, however, defends the university as the primary narrator of the American story, at least in part, because that story is exceptional, and permits America «to be and stand in the world» as a matter of «right and duty».

Even in politics, Mary is an individualist, defending liberty of conscience in religious matters.

He defended the reputation of his Father in Heaven as well (claiming that God is unable to stop any of us from using our free agency, no matter the cost) and finally sought to turn his family's tragedy into an opportunity for service, saying:

Indeed, while it allegedly defends matters of faith, it typically deals primarily with revelation only from the point of view of what appeals to finite human reason.

I maintain that the Goodness of God is as important a matter to defend as is the Supremacy of Christ.

In reality wealth is just a matter of who has managed to hog up the most resources, and who has the weaponry to defend their hoard.

Edwards, in his Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, has to defend them against their critics; and their value has long been matter of debate even within the revivalistic denominations.

These differences reflect, in turn, the basic divergence of the two philosophers in epistemological and metaphysical matters — Mill is a thoroughgoing empiricist who holds that even mathematical propositions are generalizations from experience (SL 147 - 69) while Hartshorne defends a rationalistic metaphysics including a priori proofs for the existence of God (CSPM 43 - 56).

And yet the opposite fault glares at us from across American Christianity: the idea that suffering is not at all our lot, should be shunned and avoided at all costs, and is a valid reason to hoard what we have, defend ourselves at any cost and as proactively as we think we need to against others, and rely on opiates as a matter of course, without viewing suffering at all as anything that might in any way or to any extent be worth enduring.

The emergentism these philosophers defended accepted ontological physicalism, where the «bits of matter» are nothing but bits of matter without anything mental to them.

Most of us know you have been brainwashed as children to believe and defend your faith as adults no matter what facts may interfere with it.

As a matter of fact, many in the South began to defend slavery as a positive good for American society.

In this cosmology, allowing for the 800 - year development of vocabulary and knowledge, we can see openness to biological and cosmic evolution, complexity, emergence, matter as density - of - energy — all cherished by modern science — as well as metaphysics, finality and theology, which the Church seeks to uphold and defend: all of which, incidentally, your magazine seeks to bring together, too.

It is a matter of trading in a sensible manner and selectively using protective tariffs to defend and preserve America and her way of life» even if we sometimes have to put the interests of our nation and our people ahead of corporate profits.

As for Cazorla, we saw that he could defend in the Besiktas game, so it really is a matter of him choosing not to do anything.

im not defending jack but the blame should go the england manager for selecting him for the euros, the guy was injured all season and had played 2 games at most before the start of the tournament, no matter how hard you train the only way to get back match fitness / sharpness is to play competitive games same thing with henderson and to another degree sterling for not being a starter with his club & lacking self confidence by not having played well, do you agree??

I think AW had to eat a healthy dose of humble pie, and admit that defending properly in a game matters.

Petit took exception with him on the Liverpool icon and defended him from any form of criticism, but Diouf remained resolute on the matter and went on to explain why he felt the way he did.

I would like to tell arsenal fan that the transfer window is not arsenal's problem.Let explain what is in my mind.We need to reinforce our team but we need to think in the future that most of the high class players are going to refuse signing for arsenal fc because of Mr Wenger's philosophy.It looks like arsenal becomes cemetery of players.How many players came in and left because of performance, became good players out of arsenal.We need to accept all of the transformation Mr wenger brings in arsenal but now it does not work.Why??? because lack of tactics, strategies and pretending best players for Mr wenger mind but in reality those players do not get standard of best player.Mr wenger wants to prove everybody that he is wright that players who are calling by wenger are best.I means Mr wenger is the only one can see all matter in good position or bad.He is wrong by thinking this way.He does not like criticism.he is the mind of arsenal.Everything he can say or defend is wright.Think about morrinho comments about arsenal!!!! Why he likes to be arsenal coach!!!! One thing I want to say about arsenal players, I think everybody watch arsenal games.We have got short mind players who play two good games and the rest shameless.They are working hard in the training ground for catching Mr wenger's mind to let them play; what is behind their (players) mind to be the most regular players.Those players have no vision even ambition; they are never becoming high class and their carriers are going to finish in arsenal after arsenal we are going to see them playing for championship.They do not care to become legend as Ian wright, Vierra, Berckam, piress, Henry... What is the big behind their mind to use wenger name to be selected in national team.They are not able to face different leagues in the world.

He, Alexis are the only ones who will always give a fight... no matter what the score is... and people are happy that jack gets injured #fact... No one showed up yesterday for the big game... Literally no one... Wenger tried and selected the best possible team... The players seem to play only for the wages... ALMOST no one thinks of defending the Badge..

@ ThirdManJW thank you for your words of wisdom, you spoke for every ARSENAL fan who looks forward to something more, well except for WENGER's troll BUDD who always has an argument and that insists to defend the indefensible, no matter how absurd his logic sounds.

Walcott came on after their equaliser, he scores 1 in 4 for us compared to Campbell's 1 in 7 - there was nothing wrong with Walcott getting the nod in that situation, no matter what else you may want to be critical of - the poor defending for the Palace equaliser by Gabriel on Adebayor before he passed to Bolasie, Coquelin on Bolasie, then Cech's weak wrist - in particular.

He Disappeared from this site because even for him, it was no longer possible to defend the decisions, performance and actions of the man, no matter how much he had previously achieved for the club.

We have a back three, four, five...... doesn't matter really, they also don't want to «DEFEND» and also think that they're so fleet of foot that they can also act as midfielders.

I mean a club without fans is nothing... we have power, power to show enough is enough & we're fed up of those excuses of we were unlucky & bad refereeing: the truth of the matter is if you play better regardless 9/10: you score more, you defend better & you WIN except for that odd game.

No matter which defenders he has bought all of them make mistake after mistake, and it's not the players it the Wenger philosophy of not having a plan when it comes to defending The man said a few years back, that the modern game doesn't need DMF.

Giroud is awful no matter how many times you defend him he'll keep messing up, every Arsenal game Giroud gets on average about 5 chances at goal but he can't even score 1, let me remind you that including end of last season in the last 11 Arsenal games Giroud has scored once!

they won't show up now until after 2 or 3 days when everyone has calm down already, coz themselves don't know how to defend this old tw*t of a manager but they just love him no matter how bad he's become

Exactly, whenever I hear Theo's fans speak of him compared to another they always point out how dribbling passing and defending Theo can come up short but at what matters most assists and goals Theo is up there with some of the best wingers.

That is twice in a matter of weeks that the Arsenal centre back Per Mertesacker has been found wanting when having to defend a ball into the Arsenal box.

Ajax do not want him on loan.He is bashed too much and i think he should leave to ajax.He may be error prone but has done his best in having to be behind some terrible defending over the years.I admire his bravery.He was 19 years when he played his first game and to me its just a matter of time before he becomes world class.The defence barely helped him in his first and second season here to be honest and he also did not help himself by making a lot of mistakes.But i believe that Szczesny will be a legendary keeper one day.He just has that kind of something i do nt know but something about him makes me feel he can be so good.He should just leave and rebuild his career at Ajax if possible.He should know that he has the potential and by getting his head in the game and focusing the sky will be the limit.

Pranay Sanklecha, writing for Surreal Football, points out that attacking or defending Berbatov on the grounds of effectiveness is to promulgate the fallacy that only effectiveness matters, whereas one of the great things about being a football fan (as opposed to a manager) is that you are able to look for and take more from the game than simple, brute efficacy.