Sentences with phrase «narrow definition»

As a society, we have a very narrow definition of what happiness is: fame, wealth, power, and prestige.

They began with a very narrow definition of climate change as only those changes caused by humans.

But the panel of airline and advocacy experts was unable to reach a consensus on narrowing the definition of what qualifies as a comfort animal.

I just believe that we should be careful in limiting our use of salvation and saved to a more narrow definition than the scriptures would support.

So to answer my student's question, I pointed out that the author of the article had too narrow a definition of what a pivot meant.

... When definitions of «us» and «them» begin to contract, there seems to be no limit to how narrow these definitions can become.

Many other travel cards have much narrower definitions of travel.

Everyone is beautiful; it's the humans who set narrow definitions on what beauty should look and discriminate others.

We support narrowing this definition to «carbon dioxide» emissions.

In recent years the courts have been especially sensitive to the establishment clause, and in doing so they have greatly narrowed the definition of free expression.

A great deal depends on whether their narrower habits of mind based on historically narrower definitions of their responsibility can change in time.

But my equal concern is two other categories of students who are the «hidden» at — risk students, hidden because of our present narrow definition.

This is a more narrow definition than any occupation and allows you to work in another job and still receive benefits if you are not capable of working in your true own occupation.

In general discussions of energy issues, we commonly find a very narrow definition of human concern.

But for the dividend growth investor, that is too narrow a definition.

It's a very narrow definition of harm, convenient to the industry's agenda of grabbing subsidies for construction projects.

But an appeals court threw out the conviction last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the definition of public corruption under federal law.

The case law arising out of the free exercise clause has long involved broadening such narrow definitions, which has resulted in requirements for accommodations of various sorts for religious people in the public square.

I admit to a certain amount of hypocrisy where I sometimes favor a more loose definition for some things (like atheism) and a more narrow definition for other things (like religion).

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The Skeloses» lawyers challenged the jury's findings following the McDonnell ruling, which narrowed the definition of official corruption.

The convictions of the governor and his wife were overturned by the high court, which significantly narrowed the definition of official acts of misconduct.

NEW YORK (AP)-- The second trial for New York's former assembly speaker is likely to be a repeat of a 2015 trial but with language that will conform to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling narrowing the definition of corruption.

Her latest book, Teach Your Children Well, also a New York Times bestseller, tackles our current narrow definition of success — how it unnecessarily stresses academically talented kids and marginalizes many more whose talents and interests are less amenable to measurement.

About having to get lean before the event I did think through whether it was right of her to ask guys to do that and whether it is right to support a relatively narrow definition of what's considered attractive.

The European Court of Justice has further narrowed the definition of personal data, says Peter Stevens

CNBC has obtained a copy of the letter where Chilton outlined the basis of the proposed rule which «would provide clear guidelines for market participants and would appropriately narrow the definition of «hedging» to conduct that is truly economically appropriate to risk reduction.»

Whether through narrowing the definition of legal services or expanding the exceptions that permit those who are not lawyers to provide specified legal services, the legal marketplace needs to be opened more broadly if the legal needs of most Canadians are to be met.

Lawyers for former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver asked a three - judge panel to reverse his corruption conviction following a Supreme Court ruling last year narrowing the definition of public graft.

In throwing out the conviction of Robert McDonnell, a former Virginia governor accused of accepting bribes, the justices narrowed the definition of official bribery.

The new law narrows the definition of archeological projects eligible for funding, requiring them to be «related to transportation projects,» and broadens the eligibility of environmental projects.

The FTC is expected to amend the rule to incorporate the new narrower definition of creditor.

There's an unnecessary fear we entertain when we as Christ - followers struggle to avoid external ideas that challenge our sometimes narrow definition of faith.

As a result, ethical conduct in the secular world replaces narrow definitions of salvation, and a larger number of people pursue their salvation through specialized, short - term commitments outside of the church entirely.

Save for the Libous case, the convictions have hinged on what has become an increasingly narrow definition of theft of honest services.

A federal court vacated the convictions in 2017 based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that essentially narrowed the definition of legal corruption.

Silver's attorney, Steven Molo, relied on the McDonnell case — which drastically narrowed the definition of corruption — when arguments began before a three - judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Thursday, the New York Times reported.

They argued that the feds failed to meet the standards of a 2016 Supreme Court ruling that dramatically narrowed the definition of bribery.

But forgoing narrow definitions of national interest in favour of collaboration has proved hugely productive.

By adding the concept of antimatter as distinct from matter, physicists narrowed the definition of matter to apply to only certain kinds of particles, including, however, all those found in everyday experience.

The scales focus on language narrowed the definition of intelligence, which has been to some extent broadened in the most recent form, the SB5.

ON THE WEST COAST, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art had something of a banner year with an exhibition of Catherine Opie's «O Project,» portraits that document the love and dignity of people who defy narrow definitions of sexual normalcy; an exhaustive retrospective of Robert Mapplethorpe (in collaboration with the Getty) and a survey of the horror movie polymath Guillermo del Toro.

Generally speaking, the word «modernism» refers to the advanced literature, music, and visual art of the 20th century, but for the painting and sculpture of prairie Canada, Clement GREENBERG's somewhat narrower definition is appropriate.

The fundamental problem with the approach taken by the IPCC is that you were not considered a «best expert» unless you subscribed to the very narrow definition laid out by the consensus.