Sentences with phrase «n't accept influence»

They don't take a break, they don't see each other's side, they don't accept influence.

If you can not accept influence, conflict is bound to escalate.

Not exact matches

«We condemn this latest activity in the strongest possible terms and we will not accept nor tolerate any malign foreign cyber operations, intrusions, or compromises — to include influence operations,» said Jeanette Manfra, the chief cybersecurity official at Homeland Security.

Retired Col. Sheri Swokowski — the highest ranking transgender military officer ever — is worried that President Trump is being swayed by outside influences after he announced Wednesday that the US military w ould not accept transgender people.

Buffett seldom interferes with management and has accepted limits in the past to provide assurances that he doesn't plan to exert excessive influence on companies where he is a major shareholder.

They admitted that the government doesn't build pipelines but said it must influence other governments to accept pipelines (but once again failed to suggest how this could be accomplished).

Personally, I feel that if there is a god, and he wants me to believe he exists, he can come over here and tell me himself, I don't accept the Bible as «proof» of anything, because it is self - contradictory and appears to be heavily influenced by the governing culture of the time.

Preliminary questionnaires designed to gauge their significance, popularity, and influence produce inaccurate results, because respondents to these questionnaires prefer to voice «commonly accepted» points of view that may not coincide with what they believe.

Both can be combined only by saying that man is exposed to the influence of divine grace, which offers him communion with God, whether he accepts it or not.

The only cure for this crippling influence is a strong and independent organized teaching profession, whose members are protected against outside interference in the performance of their professional functions and who recognize and accept their responsibility for dealing knowledgeably and impartially not only with the proximate issues of life but also with the ultimate concerns of faith through which the particulars of life gain their deeper significance.

Lind accepts holy war as a cultic institution that deeply influenced Israel's life and history, but he does not agree that synergism is its typical form.25

However, Mr. Blake would have done CNN's readers a much better service to have included comments from Billy Graham, Tim Keller, Rick Warren or host of other Christian leaders who actually live the life of faith and believe in the divinity of Christ rather than to focus in on Borg who has little influence inside the Faith because he does not accept its basis tenets.

Accepting that there may be a force you can not understand influencing your path is not arrogant, it's humble.

Parents can accept their child's religious involvement — as long as that child is not allowing his or her life to be influenced by a sense of calling.

A basic factor which influences the acceptance - climate of the relationship is whether or not the pastor really accepts the sickness conception of alcoholism.

Accordingly, on the basis of the empiricist doctrine (which Whitehead accepts) «that nothing is to be received into the philosophical scheme which is not discoverable as an element in subjective experience,» the subjectivist principle entails that the notion of causal influence between actualities must be dismissed (PR 253).

Of course, Leclerc is well aware that not all of these seventeenth - century divergencies from Aristotelian physics would be accepted by every seventeenth - century thinker, but he takes them as typical of the time, and further holds that all of them have been very powerful influences on scientific thought since that century.

A controlling behavior is any attempt to influence someone that does not accept the free will of that person to say no (or to choose their own path).

«It is not enough for a player of Ozil's ability, he does not influence games as he should, but maybe Arsenal and United fans need to accept that it will take longer for the German and Di Maria to come good.»

So two of the higher ranking Penguins staffers are democrats, and they both had a pretty big influence on whether or not to accept the invitation....

Paediatricians and prestigious institutions that work on child health such as the RCPCH must recognise how accepting funding from such companies is a clear conflict of interest that not only violates World Health Assembly Resolutions [3] and creates opportunities for undue influence, but is an essential part of the corporate plan.

Presumably the people who need a cult are going to be quite happy and accepting while under its influence and not question anything the Leader says.

The Synod accepted the report, but did not support resuming its boycott and disinvesting, partly because Nestlé was not the only company implicated and partly because the Church Commissioners proposed using their supposed influence as shareholders to exert pressure on Nestlé.

Next two bullet points are kind of in reverse, in that they cover «why isn't NATO gung - ho to accept them»; but the fact that NATO is not gung - ho is precisely why Russia can afford to contest them more strongly as influence.

I can't think of any model of corporate governance that would accept such a model, where one individual can work with such untrammeled power and influence.

We should not jeopardise the freedoms that President Reagan and Mrs Thatcher brought to Eastern Europe by accepting President Putin's claim that it is now in his sphere of influence.

This is not about finding dirt, this is about accepting a foreign government help to influence elections, and THAT is, without any doubt, totally illegal.

Yet, I find it very difficult to accept that the self - interest negative bigoted entities known as the «Hispanics need not apply» Haggerty brothers (John and Bart Haggerty) within the Queens Republican party for negatively influencing the outcome of the nomination and designation of Mr. Mingott's candidacy.

It's not thought he would accept a different arrangement that diminishes his influence.

Patrick Nelson, a Stillwater - based activist, has made removing the corrosive influence of money in politics a central campaign theme, and has vowed not to accept funds from corporate PACs.

The arrest was an unusual twist in the case against Joseph Percoco, a multi-decade confidante of the Democratic governor, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that he accepted over $ 300,000 in bribes from three businessmen who had business with the state and could benefit from his influence.

Former Assemblyman Eric Stevenson once accepted a $ 5,000 bribe, so it is not inconceivable that payments at this level could unduly influence some officials.

Then all media reported a Bush win on the basis of the initial count, and it's not clear whether or not this belief in a «de facto» result might have influenced both Florida courts and SCOTUS not to change the «accepted» winner.

As for union influence the Blair government did accept funding but recognised they could not be beholden to the unions in such a way as the Miliband regime is.

For Percoco, a jury will either accept or not the prosecution's contention he took $ 322,000 from a pair of developers in exchange for favors using his influence and power in the Cuomo administration, his connections.

Aides say the vote is a symbolic endorsing of the policy but accept it does not necessarily make the party more or less committed to it - reflecting the limited influence which the Labour conference actually has on policy decisions.

With the possible exception of public - finance advocates, most people aren't much concerned about politicians accepting campaign contributions from individuals or businesses with whom or over whom they might have influence.

In 2011, a Manhattan jury found Boyland not guilty to charges alleging he accepted money as a consultant in return for his influence on behalf of a health care group.

And once elected, not on a single occasion did Ed Mangano accept a thing of value in exchange for influencing a public decision.

But the EU negotiation package was not the main part of their discussions because the mayor accepts he can bring the greatest influence to bear on asserting the sovereignty of parliament.

The ethicists were particularly concerned about the proposed «high levels of payment» — up to $ 4000 — but deemed this was not an «undue influence» because no one had an obligation to accept the offer.

Unlike Tony Johnson (14 March, p 25), I can't accept that approximate number sense influences our perception that time accelerates...

(I understand and accept as perfectly valid the critical thinking, and the necessary questioning of Pharmacological findings (unfortunately it's true there is a great deal of corporate influence exerted onto the Medical community by corporate interests) It does not mean the system as a whole can not be trusted to be getting something right.

McQueen gave a shout - out to John Cassavetes as a formative influence when he accepted the director prize, and during his feature acceptance speech offered praise to the film's two nominated actors who didn't come away victorious.

«While they might have the potential to influence a staff, I have found it best to accept the fact that they are who they are and may not be willing to change.

About the report: UCAS» Through the lens of the student: how perceptions of higher education influence applicants» choices is based on the survey responses of over 16,000 UK applicants who were aged 18 or 19 when they applied - whether they were ultimately accepted into HE or not.

The category of «interest groups» is defined for our study as including membership organizations, advocacy organizations not accepting members, businesses, other organizations or institutions, or any association of individuals, policy actors or groups, whether formally organized or not, that tries to influence public policy (Baumgartner & Leech, 1998; Hrebenar, 1997; Kollman, 1998; Sipple et al., 1997; Thomas & Hrebenar, 1991).

I tried many things before I accepted I didn't have the resources (money and influence) necessary to compete as a self - publisher.

If to compare concept essay to persuasive essay, while you are writing concept essay you do not have to influence upon the readers and to make them accept your point of view, you do not have to prove anything with the help of evidence.

Besides, the value of the property you are buying may influence the decision of the lender whether they will accept your application for mortgage or not.