Sentences with phrase «not equivocal»

On the other hand, the meaning of these terms is not equivocal.

But then — in death, in death's decision, there is born a love that does not flame up, that is not equivocal, that is not — until death, but beyond death, a love that endures.

Not exact matches

According to the first meaning (which follows automatically if one assumes that the perfect can have no potential states — an assumption not deducible from the mere idea of «none greater,» because of the latter's equivocal connotation) the perfect is unsurpassable in conception or possibility even by itself; according to the second meaning it is unsurpassable except by itself.

Neal once entirely rewrote the lead of a book review of mine for the very good reason that I hadn't been able to make up my mind about the book and had written an introductory paragraph that was both equivocal and awkward.

Not only are the terms which indicate what I have called the elements of time equivocal, but so is the notion of time itself multiply, but systematically equivocal inasmuch as it refers to different elements and different combinations of them in different contexts.

Alston (departing from Aquinas who, and not alone in my opinion, is terribly equivocal on this issue) says that God wills that creatures shall have freedom, so that their decisions are made possible, but not fully determined, by God.

Biblical faith could be the only connection to God because of the equivocal understanding of God's being and man's being, and the conclusion that it was not possible for man to do anything good or positive in any way without subtracting somehow from the power and glory of God.

On the other hand, we can not say that language is totally [i] equivocal [/ i]: having two different meanings.

As the book's equivocal subtitle, «A German Affair,» suggests, Romanticism does not just name an achievement but also an entanglement, a cultural development at once creative and obsessive, and a volatile turn in philosophy and the arts that, even as it opened new vistas, also wrought a troubled legacy.

«Being actual» can not be equivocal.

But, analogous or equivocal, it is beyond question that the two usages are definitely not univocal.

People also know that he has an at - best equivocal attitude to some of the basics of defending the country and maintaining people's physical security; and they know that most of his colleagues in Parliament did not want him as leader.

While Lib Dems in government say the motion is evidence the party is not divided on the issue, Farron said its equivocal nature meant the Lib Dems had only proved they were «agnostic» on the issue.

Norway and Switzerland's equivocal approach to the European Union does not offer a viable alternative to membership for Britain, the CBI has concluded.

Yet in his conclusion, Jefferson is less equivocal: «The remaining evidence suggests oseltamivir did not reduce influenza related lower respiratory tract complications.»

In response he issued an equivocal statement expressing sympathy for the parents» point of view: «To suggest that we should limit our students» access to specifically approved textbooks and instructional materials would not only inhibit self - directed learning but would also ill - prepare our young people for the challenges that will face them in the competitive global market of the 21st century.

It's not that I don't think it's an important topic — I do, and crucially so — but only that, each time I return to it, I realize how vast and complex the field is, how much it shifts, how multifaceted and equivocal is each study, each researcher, each point of view.

However, the evidence for this hypotheses is equivocal as the stacked benthic foraminifera δ18O record, which is thought to represent global climate, may [14] or may not [1] contain temporal signatures associated with key events in hominin evolution.

However, recent evidence indicates that apoE4 expression compromises the blood - brain barrier (as does apoE deficiency).40 Studies of brain histology, neurodegenerative markers, cholinergic activity, and neuronal function in knockout mice have been equivocal.39 Failure of detailed neurocognitive and retinal studies to demonstrate defects in our patient suggests either that the functions of apoE in the brain and eye are not critical or that they can be fulfilled by a surrogate protein.

However, large scale correlation studies are equivocal on whether it causes weight gain or not.

Don't be equivocal if it is truly non negotiable — for example don't be «undecided» about more children if you are truly opposed to having another child.

Well OK, maybe you don't learn that much because if there was any reference to the war I don't remember it, and there certainly was no attention paid to the equivocal shot in the arm that the destruction of European economies gave to the American GNP.

However, Colbert's questions indicated how, in the changing culture surrounding sexual harassment and abuse in the entertainment industry that Franco claims to support, hazy, equivocal answers aren't going to cut it anymore.

I just do not think it is viable for the Labour party to say that it does not like the grammars that we have, but to be equivocal about whether it is still its policy to shut those grammars.

What you suggest is equivocal to taking down a sign at an all male social club that reads «Ladies not Apply» off the cornerstone because its now unlawful.

Also, I'm pretty sure the word «equivocal» is not the word you wanted.

The letter contains some equivocal language so I'm not 100 % sure they mean it, but I've read it eighteen times and it looks like they've agreed to back down and let me opt out.

If the test is negative (no immunity) or equivocal (not enough immunity) they need to be vaccinated unless they are eligible for a medical waiver.

The results were equivocal and, to my knowledge, further investigation of this technology has not been pursued.Canine hearing aids have been tried, but tend to be poorly tolerated.

While dogs with cTLI values in this «equivocal» range do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis of EPI, some (especially at the low end of the range) may still benefit from pancreatic enzyme supplementation.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has offered only the following equivocal position statement: «Ear cropping and tail docking in dogs for cosmetic reasons are not medically indicated nor of benefit to the patient.

The most authentic statement of Manet's sense of his situation as a man and as an artist may well be his two versions, painted in 1881, of The Escape of Rochefort, in my opinion unconscious or disguised self - images, where the equivocal radical leader, hardly an outright hero by any standards, is represented in complete isolation from nature and his fellow men: he is, in fact, not even recognizably present in one of the paintings of his escape from New Caledonia.

A private Facebook message from Lucia Diego, director of LD50 (a small gallery in the East End), voiced vague equivocal support for alt - right principles and Donald Trump — «I'm not even sure if I disagree with the Muslim ban» — and led to a mass of Facebook responses when artist Sophie Jung (who was rightfully alarmed by Deigo's far - right leanings) posted it online for pubic view.

Some of his work is equivocal - Don't Worry read the flickering neon sign at the Tate last year - some is unequivocally romantic.

The evidence is «equivocal» because it does not agree with limited land based observation of cloud — something that may be a little shortsighted as these changes seem significantly to be associated with sea surface temperature in the tropics and the influences of the northern and southern annular modes.

California's new state environmental education program will distribute an energy booklet to 6th graders that is equivocal on the greenhouse effect, downplays the impacts of burning fossil fuels, and doesn't address climate change, Climate Science Watch has found.

Equivocal — but even I suspected that looking for Pacific cloud in a few observations on the US mainland was probably not definitive.

«n summary, although there is independent evidence for decadal changes in TOA radiative fluxes over the last two decades, the evidence is equivocal.

But because most reporters don't have the time, curiosity, or professionalism to check out the science, they write equivocal stories with counterposing quotes that play directly into the hands of the oil and coal industries by keeping the public confused.

Equivocal evidence is land based cloud observation — which is not really the point.

Does a more equivocal statement by one scientist, communicating outside his normal channels of communication, with justifiable concerns that a lay audience would read too much or too little into his words and not approach them with the nuance a scientist is trained to do, communicating his own personal views at a time when this acceptance was developing, mean he is guilty of deliberate dishonesty.

However researchers have noted the relationship between warmer ocean temperatures and «bleaching has been equivocal and sometimes negative when the coolest regions were not in the analyses.»

In the full version I can not see that phrase, just various references to more than half and much more equivocal phrasing.

But it didn't sound equivocal.

Some successful defences to refusal of Approved Screening Device demands on IRP and ADP appeals have included: (a) the words of the refusal not being clear and equivocal; (b) the evidence presented by the officer did not amount to a refusal; (c) an offer to provide a sample being presented shortly after an intention to refuse has been expressed (ie.

Tribunals can draw adverse inferences if information is not provided or is evasive or equivocal.