Sentences with phrase «measured against facts»

Since then, God has been found wanting when measured against facts and data.

Not exact matches

At the September 1933 World YMCA conference in Sofia, Bulgaria, Bonhoeffer warned of the «growing persecution of minorities» in Nazi Germany and successfully influenced the delegates to pass a strongly worded resolution condemning the violence against Jews: «We especially deplore the fact that the State measures against the Jews in Germany have had such an effect on public opinion that in some circles the Jewish race is considered a race of inferior status.»

In fact, in this line of thought, when a man uses violence the state has a right to apply all measures against him.

All well and good, but facts are facts (everyone seems to have a hard - on for stats right now) and that Man City performance was the only significant win against the top 6 this season — it's not a measure of how we typically perform in these games.

IN FACT ITS COMMON AMONGST MANY FANS TO MEASURE HOW WELL THEIR TEAM PERFORMS UP AGAINST OUR TEAM.

In fact, between 2002 and 2010 he had rarely shied away from exporting domestic conflicts to the wider European scene via Brussels or to call for measures against the then - Socialist led government of Hungary.

However, the fact that there is much more wriggle room in the state aid measures than he suggests gives him the opportunity to present a more proactive industrial policy as a victory against EU restrictions when in fact it is just an example of a member state working the system.

The race for high - speed systems has been encouraged by the fact that more and more countries have improved their active counter measures against cruise missiles.

The endorsement of Grisanti was announced in a matter - of - fact way by ESPA, which also endorsed Sen. Joe Addabbo, a Queens Democrat who had initially voted against same - sex marriage in 2009, but became a «yes» vote in the lead up in the measure's passage.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called the DREAM Act a nonstarter in his house, and with good reason — politically speaking — considering the fact that a number of his new members actively campaigned against the measure during the 2014 elections and were successful at the ballot box as a result of their opposition.

Roskoff and Johnson were particularly angered by the fact that Kruger voted «yes» on the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act in 2002 (a measure Gentile voted against, sparking the wrath of gay groups that supported him), but refused to support marriage.

Ford wrote, «To make an eighty - year forecast may be an interesting exercise... but its principal interest will probably be for the people eighty years on, who will measure our estimates against the accomplished fact.»

Maybe the problem lies with the fact that the film will automatically be measured against the storied franchise's earlier installments.

Despite the fact that prohibition - measures seem to defend women's rights and protect other people from being proselytised by them (women that follow the Islamic dress code), in reality they are turned against them.

Children use line graphs to plot multiplication facts, and measures against time, using these to derive other facts.

They plan to push candidates to come out against charter schools and the expansion private school vouchers despite the fact many Democrats have supported the measures in the past.

While co-authored with bi-partisan support in both houses, some Democrats still placed ideology over reason by voting against the bill despite the fact background checks are a measure that many Democrats have been championing for years.

In fact, most FX brokers have increased their margin requirements ahead of UK referendum on EU membership that takes place today, as a preventive measure against high market volatility.

While it is true that euthanasia is a fact of animal pound and shelter operations in Victoria, the question this audit is answering is not whether euthanasia is ever appropriate, but whether the LDH kill rate is higher than acceptable, measured against similar organisations.

At its core, Ads Imitate Life highlights that ads do not, in fact, imitate life but have a very powerful impact on the construction of harmful identifications, compelling us to measure ourselves against images that can be over-generalising and, often, untrue.

Second, I measure the history that I know against the observable facts.

Hungary already took available measures to oppose the quota, the referendum was called for following the fact that the country, alongside Slovakia, filed an action against the proposals with the European Court of Justice (Hungary v Council of the European Union [Case C - 647 / 15]-RRB-.

In the Advocate General's view, the fact that ULD may exercise its powers of intervention against Facebook Inc and Facebook Ireland in no way would prevent it from also taking measures against the Wirtschaftsakademie.

76 As regards the legislation at issue in the main proceedings, it is clear from the explanation provided by the Austrian Government at the hearing that, although the amount of the compensatory supplement depends on the financial situation of the person concerned as measured against the reference amount fixed for granting that supplement, the mere fact that a national of another Member State who is not economically active has applied for that benefit is sufficient to preclude that national from receiving it, regardless of the duration of residence, the amount of the benefit and the period for which it is available, that is to say, regardless of the burden which that benefit places on the host Member State's social assistance system as a whole.

This much is obvious from the fact that BTC dominance — a measure of how of Bitcoin fares against the rest of the cryptocurrency market — is above 50 % again.

Despite the fact that the iPhone 5s isn't the huge upgrade from last year's model we were hoping for, it still maintains a wide gap in several key areas when measured against rival devices.

The fact that businesses will seek stronger security measures to protect against the data breach problem — including from background screening providers — is one of the Employment Screening Resources ® (ESR) Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2017.

In addition to looking at housing wealth, the study also analyzed the same metro areas against the Gini Index — a commonly used measure of inequality — to highlight the fact that both wealth and income inequality are intensifying throughout the country.