Sentences with phrase «more general point»

There's plenty of room to maneuver and use something learned in a particular case to make a more general point.

And the more general point is that it suggested that the statement of skill and values came from academic theory rather than what lawyers demonstrably need for success in the practice of law.

Justice Abella's decision highlights a more general point: the practical cases coming before the courts today are, by and large, not «core» human rights issues that deal with basic human dignity.

On your more general point (realism of court - room dramas) the most striking difference between TV and real life (from my single experience) was that the entire court process was far more geared around the jury than is (usually) depicted on TV: witnesses are directed to talk TO the jury (not to the barristers or judge); we were encouraged to indicate to the judge if at any time we were uncertain, or «uncomfortable» for any reason (e.g. because of the nature of the evidence, or simply if we needed the toilet).

In fact, this brings up a more general point, beyond this answer, that the response in individual columns is also independent, so each column has to balance its own radiation budget.

The more general point though, is that the the balance of evidence shows that the Amazon is sensitive to drought, and the IPCC's statements about it remain valid.

I was saying that utility of proxy data to understand past climate was central to the discussion — a more general point.

With respect to your more general point.

*** On a more general point, the average person in hundred years time is likely to be a living longer, healthier, wealthier, and less climate vulnerable life than they are today.

On a more general point, uninformed commentators often refer to periods in the past when it was warmer, then claim that this somehow «proves» that contemporary changes are «normal».

[Response: Comments such as yours which cherry - pick the available evidence (see below — we point out a few glaring examples to make the more general point.

My comments about «my links» was not about you personally, more a general point about where I sit, and the endless criticisms sharing important related info / science that flies right over the top of peoples heads, especially intelligent PhDs who can not see the wood for the trees and have little holistic vision (imho).

On a more general point, we should be able to explain easily reproducible phenomena in language accessible to the (relatively) lay public.

In fact we can make a more general point.

You are correct that there is some data mining going on here, but that misses the more general point: over even very long periods of time, bonds CAN, and occasionally DO, outperform stocks.

As a more general point... there are lots of things that you CAN run on a Nook for the fun of it — but not too many applications that make sense if you are carrying a smartphone in your pocket.

On the noble Lord's more general point, I have indicated that the Government are in favour of the changes proposed by the Commission.

I was making a more general point.

This conclusion also leads to a more general point about the nature of culture that is consistent with the previously mentioned criticism leveled by Zaret against the idea of abstract values legitimating practical ethics.

This particular item can perhaps be dismissed as an oddity, but its appearance underlines the more general point that the most important intellectual and institutional expressions of the Christian faith, including Rome and Canterbury, have found almost nothing of value to say about the current Middle East crises, and more generally about the West's struggle against militant Islam and terrorism, and the terrifying possibilities now facing the entire civilized world.

Not exact matches

The report also points out that Dreamers start businesses at more than twice the rate of the general population, in large part because they are used to making ends meet without help from the government.

(And the fact that it carries a $ 399 price point — significantly lower than Facebook's Oculus Rift or HTC's Vive — may make it even more friendly to a larger general audience, rather than just tech enthusiasts.)

Still, even in an environment where the market trades in a range of high valuation, it is appropriate to hedge exposure to risk at points where conditions are overvalued, overbought, and overbullish, and to establish more constructive exposure when conditions are overvalued, but oversold on a short - term basis (provided that the broad tone of market action still indicates a general willingness of investors to speculate).

Another elite echoed this view and also pointed to the younger generation's more limited knowledge of China's ups and downs in general, including the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward.

The decision — which involved Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the F.B.I. — was one of the most crucial turning points in a remarkable crowd - sourcing manhunt for the plotters of a bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 170.

In general, a drop in consumer confidence by more than 20 points below its 12 - month average has accompanied the beginning of recessions;

In general terms, an ownership change results from a cumulative change in the equity ownership of certain stockholders by more than 50 percentage points over a three - year period.

While this article covers some general points about certificates of deposit, we've also provided a more detailed look at average CD rates here.

If so, replace general examples with industry - specific ones to illustrate your points in a more targeted way (or add these examples where there are none).

An important issue in bond markets at present is whether the recent tightening of 25 points by the US Federal Reserve marks the start of a more general uptrend in interest rates.

Signs of more general competition on housing rates emerged in late 1994, when banks responded to the rise of 2 3/4 percentage points in cash rates by raising housing rates by only 1 3/4 percentage points.

Kraken's CEO pointed out the short turnaround time requested by the Attorney General's office, and the public nature of the request, making it clear that the Attorney General's request is more of a public relations campaign directed towards cryptocurrency exchanges rather than an honest attempt at getting information about the companies» operations.

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Quite the contrary, what is more general is lower on that scale of value, a point that Jews who affirm the divine election of Israel and Christians who affirm the Incarnation can readily understand.

Gary, if you read it once more, you will find that I am asking very general questions and making points about the human condition.

I suggested that perhaps the lifeboats on the Titanic point to a more general sense that the stronger in a dangerous situation are morally compelled to protect the weaker in a dangerous situation, and that mothers can be awfully protective of their children after all, and that a man who (for whatever reason) might be weaker than a woman in a given situation should not feel like less of a man if she protects him.

Hence we must conclude with Professors Branscomb, Lohmeyer, Werner, Bishop Rawlinson, and other recent writers, that Mark's point of view is that which was «in general characteristic of the Gentile - Christian Church of the first century,» but that it was not, «in the narrower and more distinctive sense of the words, a «Pauline» Gospel.»

James's more general concern and Peter's very specific example point out that the tongue can be an all - too - revealing mirror into one's character.

In two respects, however, the Thomas version may be more original than the Matthaean, for, as Jeremias points out, the fact that the merchant is a general merchant and not a dealer in pearls, preserves the element of surprise, and that the merchant sold his merchandise is more likely to be original than that he sold all that he had (Ibid., p. 199) Both changes are easy to account for in the tradition; the first under the influence of the fact that the merchant found a pearl, and the second under the influence of v. 44 when the two parables were brought together by Matthew.

Finally, to complete the task immediately at hand, let me point out that Whitehead has also made abundantly clear the synonymity of the terms «being», «entity» and «thing»»... «potentiality for process» is the meaning of the more general term «entity» or «thing»» (PR 68).

If this is perhaps unfair to the scientific community, it points to a more general truth: A heavily mechanized, technologized society is permanently at risk of forgetting those things which can not be produced or consumed, only delighted in.

The general conclusion is, however, that a small number of specially trained ministers will be needed much more in the near future than in the past, and that the chaplaincy model helps with most of these up to a point but must be supplemented and altered if some of the most genuine needs are to be met.

Good point about Atheists knowing more about religion because, in general, we've thought about it, worked though the nonsense we had pushed down our throats and lived to forgive, for the most part the adults in our lives that did their level best to scare us, to scar us as children.

«We have just religion enough to make us hate, but not enough to make us love another» wrote Jonathan Swift.4 He may be pressing his point, but it seems as if religious language is more specific articulating the role, place, needs, concerns of its own people and is if anything rather general when addressing the other as significant other.

The deterioration of neighborhoods in our inner cities, the decline of elemental safety — never mind education — in many of our schools, the burgeoning of jail populations (to the point that we have the highest percentage of incarcerated citizens of any country in the industrial world), the great strains on the family, the general slackening of discipline, which a consumerist and media - driven society relentlessly encourages, and a huge transfer of wealth In the 1980s and «90s (during this period, the upper 1 percent of Americans more than doubled its wealth, while the lowest 20 percent suffered an actual decline)-- all these changes signal a community at risk.

In any event, we can see the source of Plato's suspicion concerning the point, and Whitehead's need to derive the point from the more general.

But Gloege points out that there is evidence in the Jewish Targum, 21 which «shows that Jesus» resurrection «on the third day» was regarded as the fulfillment of Hosea's prophecy by Christians at a very early date; it erased the precise chronological reference «after two days» and «on the third day» and replaced them by the more general phrases «in the days of consolation» and «on the day of resurrection», in order to exclude the Christian interpretation.»

However I think that my «existential» use of the terms here is not alien to his more general line of thought; and in any event I find the words extremely apt in making the point I am arguing in this paragraph.)

This date was deleted from subsequent publications, because the authors wanted to point to the problem in a more general way, not to predict the exact time when crises would lead to collapse.

Of which, the point I believe you have more or less proven is that Catholic doctrine as well as people people in general can be fallible.