Sentences with phrase «means accepting the decisions»

Finally, be aware that investing in Brown - Forman means accepting the decisions of the ruling Brown family, which is made up of about 40 descendants that own about 70 % of the class A stock (which have all the voting rights).

Not exact matches

It means authenticity, candor, reliability, confidentiality, solidarity, and a willingness to accept personal accountability and be bound by board decisions and a director's own role within them.

Ivy League admissions decisions came out on Thursday, meaning hundreds of thousands of students who applied found out if they got accepted or rejected from their dream school.

«The decision by the Liberals to meekly accept what Ottawa was offering means that British Columbia could be losing as much as $ 5 billion in transfers over the next 10 years,» said Darcy.

What it really means is that for each of the countless false hypotheses that are contemplated by researchers, we accept a 5 percent chance that it will be falsely counted as true — a decision with a considerably more deleterious effect on the proportion of correct studies.

A court decision in this case means that the transaction is no longer voluntary — one side is being forced by the state to accept the terms from the other side, with no freedom to decide voluntarily whether they want to accept those terms.

«I knew I couldn't continue calling myself a Christian unless I was willing to accept whatever God had planned for me, even if it was a lie of loneliness... After agonizing over the decision I knew I had to make, I finally reached the inescapable conclusion: I had to follow God, whatever that might mean.

Printing gave a mighty push to the concept that meanings are in people, that ideas get their authority from widespread acceptance, and that individuals should make their own decisions rather than accept those handed down from a higher authority.

By contrast, his evangelical faith makes salvation individual and by no means inevitable; it comes in a blazing moment of faith and decision, when a lost soul accepts Jesus as personal savior.

Mark 8.38 is to be accepted as a revision of Luke 12.8 f. par., because the verb used has a more general meaning and is less Semitizing than those in Luke 12.8 f., and a decision concerning the proclamation would be a later demand than one concerning the Son of man (Käsemann).

We are in a job where we are very lucky to do what we love but as well we have chosen a competitive job, that means the players have to accept competition and my decisions as well, unfortunately!»

Of course, this doesn't mean that we're obligated to accept every decision made by other moms.

But it also means that when countries are in the minority they must sometimes accept decisions they do not want, even affecting domestic matters with no market implications beyond their borders.

«We sought assurances from the Minister today on the timely introduction of overall SEN reform, but the Minister refused to accept the recommendations of the scrutinising committee, and that decision, coupled with the lack of robust financial data, means that the Welsh Liberal Democrats can not support the Education Bill as it currently stands.

I mean, it was already slightly weird, the random invitation, my random decision to accept the random invitation, my solitary journey into nightfall, and the thick forests, and the bunker with no one there to welcome me.

Accepting doesn't mean you agree or even believe the decision for the rejection was a good one.

Whilst we accept that this decision will mean that we risk losing high calibre staff, by focusing on other Studios with exciting new projects in development, (including continued work on PlayStation VR), we believe we will be in a stronger position going forward and able to offer the best possible content of the highest quality to our players.

Disney must be willing to accept some dissatisfaction and some decisions to rent rather than buy if it means getting a Blu - ray disc in a household that has resisted the format and potentially starting a Disney Blu - ray collection.

What makes this so exciting, is that it means you'll score higher marks for disagreeing with (or in some cases, supporting) commonly accepted conjecture, and providing the evidence or logic behind your decision in your paper.

However if you do accept the Ombudsman's decision, it's binding on both you and your card company (meaning your company can't appeal and has to pay you back).

We accept that this decision will mean that we risk losing high calibre staff but by focusing on other Studios that already have exciting new projects in development we believe we will be in a stronger position going forward and able to offer the best possible content of the highest quality for our consumers.

Clarity and predictability are the essence of the system of precedent (see also Rule of Law, Tom Bingham (alias Lord Bingham)(2010), Chapter 3); and this means that junior courts «have to accept» decisions on points of law of higher courts says Tom Bingham.

Landmark Charter decisions have become rarer and references to the living tree have declined in recent years.39 In one recent decision, Consolidated Fastfrate v. Western Canada Council of Teamsters, a 6 - 3 majority of the Court employed a traditional division of powers analysis and found that the appellant's business was subject to provincial jurisdiction based on the «nature of its operation» — meaning that it conducted its business entirely within the province — and the long - accepted rule that works and undertakings are generally to be regulated by the provinces.

More fundamentally, the trial judge's reasoning in Carter appears to accept a certain view of the Constitution, in which the wording of the provisions is fixed but their meaning is fluid, and they encompass varying rights, depending on the timing of a particular decision.

«Teaching the ethical frameworks of other religions in a neutral way may be a delicate exercise,» the decision states, «but the fact that there are difficulties in implementation does not mean the state should be asked to throw up its hands and abandon its objectives by accepting a program that frames the discussion of ethics primarily through the moral lens of a school's own religion.»

Taking this approach often means that the top candidates will either lose interest or accept another position before your firm has a chance to make a final decision.

Appeal decision (for stay of proceedings pending appeal): Although the court accepted V had a serious question to be decided, and he would suffer «irreparable harm» if the decision to refuse his application were not stayed (meaning harm that could neither be quantified in monetary terms nor cured), the «balance of convenience» did not favour a stay.

(I digress to add: Isuppose I could have added, the «X» and «not X» of the situation where the SCC tell us that what Canadian lawyers are to now understand is the «correct» meaning of words in an older SCC decision where the SCC now says that the older meaning, long acted on, long accepted — even buy the SCC — isn't actually what those words were ever intended to mean; isn't actually how those words should ever have been understood; and this isn't because the dog ate somebody's homework or other equally worthwhile excuse.)

Perhaps this means that what is needed is for some inventive counsel to convince an appellate court to misuse an SCC decision, as plaintiff's counsel did with Walker Estate in Resurfice; or, for a trial judge or appellate court to accept, as I point out in the paper, that the SCC jurisprudence requires the conclusion that, in Canadian negligence law, events may occur without having causes (and not just in Stoner, B.C.).

Buying pet insurance means making decisions about how much you want to spend on premiums — and what type of deductible you're willing to accept.

The German authorities justified this decision by stating that all virtual currencies such as Bitcoin will be considered a legal method of payment as long as all parties involved in the transaction accept that that cryptocurrency will be used as a means of payment.

«Whilst we accept that this decision will mean that we risk losing high calibre staff, by focusing on other Studios with exciting new projects in development, (including continued work on PlayStation VR), we believe we will be in a stronger position going forward and able to offer the best possible content of the highest quality to our players.

Overall, this means that they lack skills of self - management and that they don't accept the decisions made for them by others.