Sentences with phrase «more acts of»

Similarly, parents might engage in more acts of socialization if they feel their son or daughter is likely to smoke.

People who kept the spark alive were more likely to (1) spend time setting the mood, (2) practice sexual communication, (3) receive oral sex, (4) be happier with their relationship in general, and (5) engage in more acts of sexual variety.

Suicidal behaviour in adolescents is common, 1 and suicide is the leading cause of death in young Australians.2 More startling is the number of young Australians who deliberately self - harm, with adolescent females engaging in substantially more acts of deliberate self - harm than males do.3

In South East Washington DC, for example, there are 165 schools in which 72 % of the fifth and sixth graders and 61 % of the first and second graders said that they have directly witnessed one or more acts of community violence.

The possibilities of taking an action that could lead to more acts of violence will be dimmer and you will be on the safer side.

If there are accusations about domestic violence in a child custody case, the judge has to hold an «evidentiary hearing» (a trial before a judge without a jury) to decide whether a parent has engaged in one or more acts of domestic violence against the other parent, the child, or another family or household member.

Some of the suggestions here are more acts of common manners and civility than random kindness; regardless, no gesture of thoughtfulness is too little in times of discord or discontent.

By welcoming more acts of critique into their halls, they glean the benefit of appearing like nurturing patrons, but they also anesthetize any sense of real rebellion.

The Buzz: Think of it as Lecter's «Wonder Years,» only with less Winnie Cooper and more acts of horrible, depraved violence.

And then about three more acts of grueling torment and suffering: one at sea, one in a Japanese POW camp and then another in another snowy POW camp in Northern Japan.

Specifically, the research team found that sexually satisfied men and women engaged in more intimate behaviors, such as cuddling, gentle and deep kissing and laughing together during sexual activity; incorporated more acts of sexual variety such as trying new sexual positions or acting out fantasies; more frequently set a romantic or sexual mood such as lighting candles or playing music, and used communication effectively, such as saying «I love you» during sex or sending a teasing text earlier in the day.

The senator representing Taraba South, Emmanuel Bwacha, on Tuesday said the decision of the President Muhammadu Buhari - led government to grant amnesty to Boko Haram insurgents would encourage members of the sect to be perpetrating more acts of terrorism.

Perhaps there were more acts of violence in schools, workplaces, and communities before Columbine in 1999 and the news at the time just didn't pick up on them?

May it be a catalyst that moves us toward more acts of justice and mercy in our communities and in our culture.

Given that I see more acts of kindness from Mormons on a daily basis than my baptised «bretheren», I think Mormons are doing alright in believing what they believe in.

A counselor may remind us that all those futures with which we are so concerned will be nothing other than more acts of being.

So, if he did get married, this would be one more act of living like a human.

It is more an act of self - expression on Endō's part than a work of historical reconstruction; less a work of imagination than projection.

Scotus shared the Augustinian, conviction that ultimate human fulfillment lies in love for God, and he shared with Bonaventure the traditional Franciscan view that love for God is more an act of will than of reason.

Second, when someone buys a piece of Comté cheese, it's less an act of placing their money in a product and more an act of placing their trust in a set of creators.

The more the act of breastfeeding is openly supported and encouraged the sooner we can normalize breastfeeding for future generations.

Enduring even one more act of abuse is worse than being left «disconnected»

They cling to the coalition agreement with increasing desperation — and doing so now feels more an act of faith than a reliance on a contractual arrangement.

Handing over a business card is a quick and convenient way of giving people your contact information; you should consider it more an act of courtesy than of arrogance.

That unflattering exposure prompts the targeted crime family's head, Alfonse Fiorello (Andy Garcia), still mourning the death of his son years ago, to mount up a response, which becomes more an act of desperation when it is learned that the seemingly least fruitful of robberies has yielded a list of names and phone numbers of every key figure in the crime syndicate.

Carolee Schneemann calls her retrospective «Kinetic Painting,» as still one more act of defiance.

Not exact matches

Even though the planners had, in effect, spent more time thinking about their task, with no progress made on the task itself, as Baumeister and Tierney explain, «their minds had apparently been cleared by the act of writing down a plan.»

Bank stocks have benefited from both the anticipation of higher interest rates, which the Federal Reserve is expected to raise next week, as well as the belief that the Trump administration will roll back some of the more onerous financial regulations stemming from the Dodd - Frank Act.

We list out a few of the more salient small - business themed proposals suggested by each of the candidates — from taxes to the Affordable Care Act.

Not only did the government fail to ease foreign ownership and entry restrictions in the key sectors of telecom and air transport, it rendered the Investment Canada Act's foreign investment review process more uncertain and less transparent.

«It will add more complexity and more unfairness to the tax system and provide lots of litigation business to tax lawyers and add pages and pages to the Income Tax Act, already at 50,000 pages.

But much more important is that you've gotten a lot of people to commit and make an act of faith.

President Tayyip Erdogan said the state of emergency, which he announced on Wednesday, would enable the authorities to act more efficiently to bring those responsible to justice.

Meanwhile, immigration agents conducted audits and inspections of more than 100 7 - Eleven franchises across the country earlier this year and ICE's acting director has vowed to quadruple worksite enforcement in 2018.

More news this week, confirmation that the Russian passenger plane that crashed over Egypt's Sinai, killing all 224 passengers and crew, was also an act of terrorism just stoked the already sensitive nerves of the global community.

These companies should consider whether such one - off acts of kindness can grow into something more for the future.

Large corporations are risk - averse and bureaucratic but there are ways of speeding up the pace of change and acting more like a start - up.

Or, does it make more sense for you to act like Simmons (the manufacturer of the famed Westin Heavenly Bed) and pursue an OEM mattress deal with Starwood Hotels and Resorts that will place your product in tens of thousands of rooms instantly?

Once in office, Trump would act more like a conventional American president and his torrent of Twitter taunts would surely slow, according to many of the executives who gathered in the Swiss town for the World Economic Forum just as he was inaugurated in 2017.

A large 2014 study of more than 25,000 people with heart disease found that putting people on long - acting doses of vitamin B3 to raise their levels of «good,» or HDL, cholesterol didn't reduce the incidence of heart attacks, strokes, or deaths.

One of the more well - known laws to come out of the United States government has been the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

While GitHub is more of a reference tool, ZenHub acts as a sort of social network that allows teams to collaborate, visualize and organize their workflow, and assign and track tasks.

Even the simple act of writing just got a lot more high - tech.

First, he says, the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 made it more difficult for consumers to file for bankruptcy.

«Together with other provisions of the Recovery Act, ARC loans will free up capital and put more money in the hands of small business owners when they need it the most,» SBA Administrator Karen Gordon Mills said in a press release.

With the Conservatives in power, there really is much more of a belief that health care should really be just left to the provinces, and the extent to which the feds are involved if at all is really to support the Canada Health Act through the transfer of funding, but not really to look at whether or not [the act] is actually being fulfillAct through the transfer of funding, but not really to look at whether or not [the act] is actually being fulfillact] is actually being fulfilled.

You can't possibly expect more of yourself if you don't change the environment that consistently prevents you from acting on your growth plans.

Thus, the best and only way to raise significant capital from «silent» partners and multiple investors, is to create a private securities offering under the Securities Act, and more specifically Rules 504, 505, and 506 of Regulation D.

You might not manage your workplace like Blake, but we can act the bully in ways more subtle than a barrage of cuss words.

Since your body is always trying to stay in balance, this type of movement may actually act as a biological cue to make you eat more.