Sentences with phrase «narrow a scope of»

But focus, by definition, narrows the scope of our thinking, and given how complex and fast moving most business problems are, we should relearn the skill of simply opening our mind and giving ourselves half an hour to think, in an unstructured, creative way, about whatever pops up.

A federal court narrowed the scope of the summons but ultimately ruled in favor of the IRS.

This list underscores the surprisingly narrow scope of even the White House's opening bid on tax reform, before the special interests swarm in to protect the deductions they use.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Google's appeal of a lower court's ruling that narrowed the scope of patents that can be challenged before a federal tribunal whose proceedings have led to the cancellation of many patents.

«In narrowing the scope of the summons, we are pleased that the Court acknowledged the privacy rights at stake in this matter.»

If the legislature revises the final version of the amended bill to reasonably narrow the scope of the bill's coverage, California will be the first state in the nation to achieve a strong balance between regulation, innovation, and consumer protection with respect to virtual currency.

The existence of prior art might not exclude you from patenting your invention, but it may narrow the scope of what parts or applications of your invention you can patent.

As Nina Shea, director of the Center for Religious Freedom, observed, this expression implies a narrower scope of the exercise of religion.

A federal district court recently upheld the narrow scope of the federal exemption and refused to exempt the Peyote Way Church of God.

When intensity wins out at the expense of survival, rather than in harmony with it, definitions and statements of exclusion narrow the scope of the society.

If any of us ever had illusions that a reformist posture was sufficient, either from a theological perspective or as social policy, the intractability of governmental and economic systems, the growth of massive and seemingly uncontrollable systems of surveillance, military power, and mass culture increasingly narrow the scope of our options to those of resistance and withdrawal.

I would agree with you on James 2, but only if you narrow the scope of your soteriology to recieving or possessing eternal life.

Legislation has been introduced that would narrow the scope of covered establishments.

«The FSA has stuck to its principle of linking remuneration to risk, while making the Code less prescriptive and narrowing the scope of the organisations covered.»

Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's attorney, says the special counsel in the Russia probe has narrowed the scope of potential questions for the president.

A separate amendment, only passed in the Lords yesterday, attempted to narrow the scope of new constituency regulation.

The younger Skelos was sentenced to six and a half years in prison, but he and his father's convictions were overturned this past September in light of a US Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the scope of an official bribe.

Buffalo, NY — The Erie County Industrial Development Agency's Board of Directors approved a new policy narrowing the scope of broader State law that allows IDA's to offer tax incentives to developers for market rate senior housing projects.

He was convicted in 2009, but the U.S. Supreme Court later narrowed the scope of the honest services law and Bruno moved successfully to have his conviction vacated, or voided by the courts.

The conviction was thrown out after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowed the scope of the «honest services» law under which Bruno was charged.

Narrowing the scope of practice limits the volume of information I need to manage to stay current.

«P» is for Petroleum 9 June 2006 The American Chemical Society has narrowed the scope of the half - billion - dollar Petroleum Research Fund.

The US Global Warming Action Plan, published last October, says the government will «narrow the scope of uses allowed for HFCs with high global warming potential where better alternatives exist».

Investigators can also use RNA assays to narrow the scope of a project before ordering expensive antibodies.

The short answer: Yes — but you may be able to get your employer to agree to narrow the scope of the IP they claim.

«Now that we know that the Sprague - Dawley rats are prone to binge eating, this helps narrow the scope of the thousands of possible genes that could contribute to this disorder,» Klump said.

Narrow the scope of research supported by the fund.

These computational technologies can highlight unknown correlations between different elements and provide predictions that can narrow the scope of a study or point to a new hypothesis.

Although he occasionally sees patients with a variety of medical conditions, Dr. Lodi, has narrowed his scope of practice through specific training and extensive experience over the past 12 years to Integrative Oncology (caring for people with cancer).

Searching allows you to either use a basic search form which allows you to quickly see who may be your match, or an advance form which allows you to further refine your matching criteria and narrow the scope of the search listings presented.

Narrowing the scope of the Chance - for - Success Index to factors both causally related to school achievement and under the control of state education officials or school districts would improve its value and deliver the right signals to states.

«I think it really wound up narrowing the scope of instruction and placed too much emphasis on reading and math tests.

Thus, reformers struggle to narrow the scope of collective bargaining, only to see administrators fumble the hard - won opportunities.

By narrowing the scope of a project, teachers and their students can have short - term success that builds stamina for more complex projects later.

But one undeniable consequence is that it has dramatically narrowed the scope of education research and development — to the inevitable detriment of the nation's schools.

It has narrowed the scope of schooling and stifled educational innovation.

These critics have argued that progressive ideas often contribute to the evisceration of academic curricula and narrow the scope of student learning to entertaining but largely vapid topics.

The narrow scope of FCAT forces «teaching to the test» in Math and Reading and attaches a monetary value to every child who takes the test.

Voucher opponents, however, considered the narrow scope of the Supreme Court decision to be an indication that the court was not interested in taking on the fundamental church - state divide.

The month after Emanuel took office, the national reform group Stand For Children scored a major victory when Illinois» legislature passed SB 7, which weakened seniority and job security, and narrowed the scope of collective bargaining.

The bill narrows the scope of the statute to reflect its original intent — that the cameras are only to be placed in the classrooms that are specifically requested, and only for the year for which the request was made (unless the request is subsequently renewed).

Thus, Democratic reformers have attacked efforts like Scott Walker's Act 10 to narrow the scope of collective bargaining and rejected vouchers, which would allow private schools to serve more students.

With our most recent evaluation, we've decided to narrow the scope of the program to a smaller number of partners to create a better experience for our customers.»

Getting approved before looking at houses can also help you narrow the scope of your home search, allowing you to only focus on homes within your approved mortgage budget.

If you choose to invest in focused index funds, known as sector funds, it will narrow the scope of your investment to a limited number of companies in one industry and could make your portfolio less diversified.

Keeping an organized «diary» of the complaint process is important because it can help your attorney if the complaint becomes a lawsuit, and it can help you narrow the scope of your investigation to minimize the drain on your time.

The deal narrows the scope of information that banks would be required to collect and avoids the U.S. imposing a withholding tax to enforce the law, officials said.

Funnily enough, the Chao Garden directly inspired the Dino Daycare, but being that we're working at a much smaller scale than the Sonic Team, we had to narrow the scope of the Daycare a bit.

Bharucha is ultimately betrayed by his inability to envision beyond the narrow scope of his personal experiences at New England's upper echelon liberal arts colleges.

Typical of the narrow scope of the rhetoric about «global warming» is the completely one - sided characterization of the significance of humans and their activities in the movement of carbon.