Sentences with phrase «means by a question»

I asked what he meant by his question and told him I'd be glad to answer if I knew what he was in search of.

There is a wide variety of understandings of this term in churches, and I would need to talk with you further to see what you mean by your question.

So it's important for parents to see what the child really means by a question.

What I mean by this question is that climate change poses a real challenge to social change movements because it is gradual, delayed in its effects, and uneven in its impacts.The message that is coming from climate scientists at present, along with climate - hawkish public figures, is that we still have time to change — that international conferences, evolving public policies, steady but small annual emissions reductions, could still prove sufficient to keep us within the «safe zone».

I'm not sure what you mean by this question.

Not exact matches

The only question is: Who would agree to buy it knowing that billionaire Peter Thiel is determined to destroy it by whatever means necessary?

Artificial intelligence is getting smarter — and more pervasive — by the day: Facebook recently announced that it's developing a way for its bots to not only read your private messages, but understand their meaning; Slack is on its way to having its chat feature answer questions about your job.

If a question provides an answer that can be useful, by all means, keep it.

For his IT crew, this means showing up on time, addressing customers by name, answering questions and checking whether customers need anything else before wrapping up jobs.

It means deciding what one believes not by conforming to fashionable opinions, but by taking the trouble to learn and honestly consider the strongest arguments to be advanced on both or all sides of questions — including arguments for positions that others revile and want to stigmatize and against positions others seek to immunize from critical scrutiny.»

Instead, focus on the end result by asking questions like, «If you could solve your top three challenges, what would that mean for your company in terms of increased revenues?»

These sorts of odd - ball questions — logic puzzles, brainteasers and riddles — have been favoured by some employers as a means of testing problem - solving and communications skills for over half a century.

This does not mean, by the way, that employers should drop everything to answer a simple question or promote someone who doesn't deserve it; what it means is understanding that this generation is accustomed to getting quick answers and quick results, and that leveraging that speed via quick promotions or extra mentoring — only for those who truly deserve it — will help.

The questions are submitted by his fans and followers, and chosen by Gary for their topical relevance or popularity, which means that he cuts straight to the point.

Usage of the term has grown steadily, but there is controversy about its meaning, with questions growing about whether this «sharing» is sometimes simply a method by which corporations avoid officially hiring employees.

From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental effect» of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»

The list of questions changes according to insurer, meaning you may be rejected by one insurance company or offered particularly high quotes, while another insurer will gladly accept your business.

When questioned by Tatts» shareholder Charlie Green of Hunter Green Institutional Broking whether the falling value and performance of both Tabcorp and Tatts in recent months meant the deal should be revisited, Mr Cooke said it «would be premature to form conclusions» before legal action brought the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission in the Federal Court and regulatory approvals were finalised.

So while it is heartening from a business perspective that Asia's Top 20 private banks raised their collective AUM by some 30 % percent in 2017, leadership (if it hasn't already) must ask searching questions about what it means as a wealth manager to add value to clients.

Because mining provides the means by which bitcoins are created, it comes as no surprise that the story that garnered the most interest in October was one that addressed the question, «Is bitcoin mining still profitable?»

One of the most common questions I get is what do I mean by high quality?

By this, I mean we can typically find out the answers to these questions by doing some advance research before engaging (which not only allows us to better spend our time, it also enables us to start conversations at a deeper level) or quickly after initiating a conversatioBy this, I mean we can typically find out the answers to these questions by doing some advance research before engaging (which not only allows us to better spend our time, it also enables us to start conversations at a deeper level) or quickly after initiating a conversatioby doing some advance research before engaging (which not only allows us to better spend our time, it also enables us to start conversations at a deeper level) or quickly after initiating a conversation.

Now, the public has more questions to consider: What does the Fed mean by «well past» the 6.5 % threshold?

So the question is by no means just an economic one.

You can only contact this web broker by email or contact form; that means you can rule out ever getting a quick answer to a question or concern.

I spent a lot of time ostracized by fellow churchgoers because I dared question meanings and interpretations of biblical passages.

Quick question > What do you mean by being reborn?

But, the better question is this, «Do you accept evidence derived by supernatural means?»

Notice when one quotes a verse that shows contridictions, hate, brutality Christians say it's out of context or it has some other meaning but they can throw one - liners (John 3:16) by itself and should not be questioned?

Whatever he might have meant later by using the word «indoctrination,» there is no question what «prejudices» and «atavistic» mean.

If by dialogue one means that a settled question is, in fact, an open question and that the Magisterium's answer can be rejected without consequences for one's communion with the Church, the statement is correct.

So if we mean by «atheists» not just those who self - identify as such but those who say they do not believe in God or a universal spirit, atheists got an average of 18.5 questions right.

If, however, by «former present» Sipfle means a moment which is not immediately preceding, then the question becomes different.

But this is by no means a settled question.

Thank you for explaining but the question here who does he mean by the Satan or the Devil that has been in US for almost 200 years?

All of this work is motivated by one church's response to the question, «What does it mean to love our neighbors?»

In a blind headlong rush to gain profit by any means these forces have already begun to obliterate animal species, forest cover, fish stocks, water reserves, land and air, and have engaged upon a satanically mindless pilfering of finite resources by vandalism of Mother Earth, and have raised gigantic questions over human survival prospects.

My question is this: what would it take for the American church at large (American church in this case meaning mainline denominations, other individual sects like the Mennonites with their huge variety of conservative to liberal congregations, nondenominational churches of all sizes mega and not, etc.) to make a concerted effort to call out abuse demonstrated by clergy in both church, public, and private settings?

He tells the story of a conference he was at where he asked a Catholic priest what Jesus meant by «unless you hate your mother and father you can not be my disciple» and the priest waffled and said he wasn't prepared to answer such a difficult question.

Pondering this image, I couldn't help posing other questions: What exactly do we mean by a «true image» of Jesus?

Specifically let us ask with regard to this logic two questions, viz.: (I) What is its purpose, and what problems did Hegel hope to solve by means of it?

This is by no means merely a formal question, for the outcome of our examination of conscience will depend on where we start from.

It's a question often posed to me by well - meaning friends and acquaintances when they learn that occasionally I wake up in the morning unsure if there is a God.

I think the question is more to what we mean or understand by the word «holy».

By all means, question.

We are allowed this latter statement because, as Bennett says, «the consciousness in question is not the objectifying «awareness of» by means of which we attend to data, but the «awareness with» by which much of our experience is lived» (PS 3:42).

A new and marvelously readable translation, by Father Edward T. Oakes, S.J., of Pieper's incisive investigation of the ever - pressing question of what is meant by «sin.»

Just because one religion has managed to insulate itself from any question by the media does not mean we should let that kind of blackmail go any further.

Just what is meant by «focusing through the lens of questions about congregations» has not been explained yet.

A school's commitment to a particular theological tradition, sometimes symbolized by required subscription to a confessional statement, might be taken to mean a commitment to specifiable boundaries to what questions may be explored and what range of answers to those questions may be critically examined.