Sentences with phrase «meaningful role in»

In the present study, cognitive as well as affective empathy, and dispositional as well as situational forms of empathy played a meaningful role in shaping the provision of spousal support.

Also, I didn't expect it to play such a meaningful role in when she was so young.

The idea is to agree on a parenting plan that is practical and one that allows each parent to have a meaningful role in the children's lives.

In the Challenge of Partnership (Maluccio and Sinanoglu 1981), the contributors document a variety of ways in which parents of children in foster and residential care can assume a meaningful role in helping.

SAVCA intends playing a meaningful role in the Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry by promoting self - regulation.

Through products and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people and has become one of the most widely - known companies in the world.

US District Judge Lynn Adelman (ED Wisc): «Booker does two things that will lead to a more just system: (1) it restores federal judges to a meaningful role in the sentencing process; and (2) it makes clear that fairness in sentencing requires consideration of factors other than reducing sentencing disparities.»

In order to play a meaningful role in the development of blockchain - based technologies, we owe it to the public to create a legal profession with sufficient tech literacy, above and beyond what is typically understood to be included in the duty of technological competence in jurisdictions where this applies (i.e. «know enough not to mess up»).

Prior to this decision there was an assumption that Parliament already had the power to unilaterally change our electorate model, as long as the system maintained relative parity of voting power, played a meaningful role in the democratic process, and promoted the right of each citizen to participate in the electoral process.

As one of his admirers noted, «Despite his advanced age, Roy McMurtry remains as determined as ever to continue to play a meaningful role in Canadian public life — there are still windmills at which to tilt and memoirs yet to be written.»

It sets an important precedent that demonstrates that courts can play a meaningful role in the most lawless of situations, the military coup, in promoting a restoration of democracy and the displaced constitutional order.

«It's important to me to get to know and understand my clients and their businesses so that I can play a meaningful role in helping them to achieve their short and long term objectives,» Danny says.

Mass balance transfer to the calving front is a slow process with a large lag time (centuries) and is not capable of playing a meaningful role in the recent relatively large and sudden glacier accelerations (Pfeffer, 2007).

This two - day workshop brought together 60 participants including public policy makers, researchers, industry experts and IEA and KAPSARC representatives to discuss ways for CO2 - EOR to play a meaningful role in national energy production and emissions reductions.

The joint workshop informed decision makers on the opportunities and challenges of advanced EOR and provided clear recommendations on how advanced EOR can play a meaningful role in national energy and emissions reductions.

The 2008 election may determine whether Lindzen will continue to have a meaningful role in the public debate over climate change.

CanWEA's commitment to public consultation and stakeholder engagement recognizes that residents should have factual information and a meaningful role in developments that affect their communities.

Q. Do you think humor / irony can play a meaningful role in changing attitudes?

The photograph is the latest evidence that orbiting «eyes» can play a meaningful role in documenting abuses that, in times past, might remain hidden to the world.

Regardless of video viewership, I don't see this approach to activism being a productive way forward on climate and energy, particularly for young people seeking a meaningful role in fostering progress that can fit on a finite planet.

Various experts, including a nonpartisan panel at M.I.T., have said the world needs something like 10 FutureGen - style projects to be developed in the next decade or so if there is to be any hope that gas - trapping technology will play a meaningful role in stanching the tens of billions of tons of carbon dioxide that will be coming from coal burning in the next few decades.

CS: To say that content plays a meaningful role in HubSpot's branding and marketing efforts would be an understatement.

A personal realization of an individual founder's vision, these hotels are defined by unique design, differentiated guest experiences and their meaningful role in locality.

While most popular trend following programs take a multi-asset approach (e.g. managed futures programs), we believe that single - asset strategies can play a meaningful role in investor portfolios.

Our analysis shows that the profitability or quality factor plays a meaningful role in cross-sectional dispersion of small - cap stocks» returns.

«This investment provides Barnes & Noble with capital to grow its business on terms that are attractive for both parties and allows us to play a meaningful role in shaping their success to generate returns for our shareholders and theirs.»

We hope the work captured in this report will offer something of value to all those who are striving to ensure that our nation's schools play a meaningful role in preparing our students for whatever lies ahead.

When these characteristics are addressed through the design of tasks, scoring tools, and grading and reporting practices, assessment plays a much more meaningful role in the learning organization.

Dade staff and community members had long been trying to have a meaningful role in the school, Nutall wrote, but they were consistently rebuffed by Miles and the previous campus administration.

Offer teacher leaders and principals opportunities to play a meaningful role in shaping district policies and practice.

Shift our education culture to one of blame (not good enough, not enough $, what's wrong within the bureaucracy and within school walls) to one of ownership, where EVERYONE (individuals and organizations) reflects on how they can contribute to better outcomes for youth and how we each can play a meaningful role in the development of children from pre-natal to adulthood.

Most importantly, our participants, who spoke energetically and with passion, demonstrated a deep commitment to students and a strong desire to play a meaningful role in efforts to improve education in Baltimore City.

«This opportunity with TennAROS really allows me to pursue a meaningful role in helping communities connect their good works, their non-profits, their churches, those who want to give their time and talent to help public schools thrive.»

While neither of those things will actually happen, there is increasing danger of a compromise whereby the federal government continues to disburse billions of dollars to local schools but plays no meaningful role in determining how — or how well — that money is spent.

Despite a drop dead gorgeous new girlfriend named Carly, he can't find a job and he can't find a meaningful role in life.

SAVCA intends playing a meaningful role in the Venture Capital and Private Equity Industry by promoting self - regulation.

He also doesn't think much of physical activity as playing a «meaningful role in keeping off the pounds.»

Whatever approach to diet that a person chooses to take, we believe that it is helpful when a diet serves a meaningful role in that person's life.

«Vaccines should not be viewed as a silver bullet that can subdue cholera in Haiti but wider use of them, such as in campaigns targeting particularly vulnerable populations, can play a meaningful role in protecting people from illness and death.»

«The rule changes announced today give rank - and - file members a more meaningful role in the Council's legislative process and ensure needed and greater equity in the allocation of discretionary funding, including for the first time the very large pot of capital funding.

In that same press release, State Sen. Daniel Squadron added, «I've long supported a key role for community boards in the liquor application process — it doesn't make sense that community boards weren't given a meaningful role in developing proposed changes to the liquor law... Provisions that impact our communities and raise real concerns should not be pushed forward without engaging those communities.»

«If the UK is to play a meaningful role in the world in the future, sufficient funding for defence research needs to be ring - fenced,» they claim.

We must take action to ensure that government plays a meaningful role in the lives of the many, not just the few.

Birth grandparents can play an integral and meaningful role in the open adoption relationship and the adoption planning process.

The Sandals Foundation funds projects in three core areas: education, community, and the environment, in an effort to play a meaningful role in the lives of the Caribbean communities in which they operate.

From the NCAA's vantage point, the survey indicates that amateurism plays a meaningful role in drawing to college football and basketball.

Now capped at full Spanish level Isco will be all too aware that a high - profile move this summer will boost his chances of a more meaningful role in Vicente del Bosque's national team set - up, all the more relevant with the 2014 World Cup Finals now less than a year away.

While protecting assets is a major benefit of trade credit insurance, it also serves a meaningful role in expanding sales and obtaining financing.

Additionally, investment income, which has been strong of late due to rising asset valuations, also plays a meaningful role in the top - line figure.

I'm thinking that, unless Vitalik subtly managed to telepathically hack everyone's brains so buyers would participate in the pre-sale in an organized fashion, it would appear that a lot of Ether — enough Ether to move markets or, if the system migrates to proof - of - stake, enough to play a meaningful role in determining consensus on a block - by - block basis — was sold to not a lot of people.