Sentences with phrase «not seize upon»

If we do not seize upon the promise of this moment through what we might call «the mutual conversation, consolation and correction of the brothers and sisters» (to rephrase Luther), we could be in for a period of theological Balkanization or Beirutization - armed camps firing away at each other from their places of epistemological privilege.

«Modern production systems are teeming with turnaround opportunities, but to date, investors have not seized upon them.»

Not exact matches

They don't offer some vague challenge like «surmounting an obstacle» or «seizing upon your dreams» or «surmounting your dreams by seizing upon an obstacle» or whatever the current motivational clichés are.

«We certainly don't take any pleasure from seeing WestJet's current challenges and woes but certainly it's our objective that if there was a business opportunity there we'll seize upon it as they sought to do,» Rovinescu said.

Not only loss of breath but loss of blood means death, and this fact was seized upon by the early Hebrews, as by other peoples, as the basis of an elaborate superstructure of religious ritual.

And if the terrible thing happened (for religious edification should not, like a woman's finery be intended for a splendid moment) that you were buried alive, if, as you awakened in the coffin you seized upon your accustomed consolation, then even in this lonely torment, you would be in unity with all men.

The term didn't catch on, but the idea was seized upon by hawkish conservatives and neoconservatives.

So the question of how much goodness there was in Jim, and whether he could have been saved from himself had his «waywardness» not been seized upon by the Doors and their fans, i.e., by Rock, is not the important one.

Thus the decisor «may not arbitrarily seize upon an individual opinion or a solitary source to the negation of the weight of halakhic precedent or consensus.

He seized upon these (not least in his tractatus Against the Averroists: On There Being Only One Intellect) as a key for shedding crucial light on aspects of Christian doctrine much threatened by the Cathari, on the one hand, and by the Averroists, on the other.

(14) Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock --(15) The lying, sinful forelock --(16) Then let him call upon his henchmen!

Aside from fantasizing about seizing the Ginty from his bag and using it to commit parricide; aside from spending the weekend concealing my politics from my dad's gin - blossomed, tartan - blazered classmates; other than being treated by my wife, Laura, upon my return, like a man who had blown two weeks wages on a drinking and gambling binge, I could not have had a better time.

Not to worry, as before there was time to complain about the miss, Mohamed Salah had seized upon a City error to win possession.

Things got so bad Kim gave up breastfeeding after a few months and finally when her daughter came to her senses in one of those rare moments for toddlers that we should seize upon whenever we get the chance, and North told her mommy that she would not interrupt her breastfeeding sessions anymore.

«We will also seize this opportunity to call upon the President, His Excellency Nana Akufo - Addo not only to concentrate on alleged crimes committed in the past but also crimes committed under his watch by members of his government and party.»

Now his supporters think such an old controversy is «explainable» and will not weigh him down, though potential opponents are still bound to seize upon it.

The governor, a Democrat, has not been accused of any wrongdoing, but Republicans have seized upon the trial as ammunition as he seeks re-election this year.

This study was promptly seized upon as proof that the world is not warming, even though a single example of localised cooling proves no such thing, as the lead author of the 2002 study has tried to point out.

Wan said «to seize upon isolated problems and say our country's science and technology system is rotten is something with which I do not agree.

«For whatever reason a lot of Common Core opponents seized upon this as if it has anything to do with Common Core, which it doesn't,» he said.

That optimism might be the reason for what the Fed didn't say in today's statement, and sometimes it is what the Fed doesn't say that markets and commentators seize upon.

Although passionate and ever - expanding his skills, it wasn't until college that Aaron truly seized upon the notion of making a living out of game music composition.

«Space that has been seized upon by the imagination can not remain indifferent space,» wrote philosopher Gaston Bachelard in 1957.

Then, (and this strikes me as really bad,) they don't confess it is above their heads, and instead seize upon a grossly simplified answer, and try to ram it down everyone's throats.

The main reason not to use the term is that then those who object to it on some flimsy basis or other will seize upon the terminology and attempt to derail the conversation.

The Warmists weren't interested in doing science; they seized upon Anthropogenic Global Warming because it fit their anti-capitalist agenda of «global governance».

I don't think Hansen has understood this even today, which may lead him to believe that CO ₂ really does represent a «giant control knob» for temperature, a mistaken concept that unfortunately has been seized upon by Gore and the Greens.

As a result the pressure is on climate scientists to be as precise as it is possible to be, not least because of the speed with which any perceived data discrepancies are seized upon by different interest groups.

«We regret that our submission has been seized upon by some individuals to imply that IOP does not support the scientific evidence that the rising concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is contributing to global warming.

And a fourth 4) Climategate was shunned by the media for a long time, because they didn't want to believe their cult's leaders could ever do anything wrong or commit scientific malpractice, whereas in this case, the FORGED document was seized upon immediately, and propagated by the Alarmist media outlets and «friendly» blogs without any hesitation or journalistic care.

But, it seems that any inaccurate prediction is seized upon by the deniosphere as proof that AGW isn't happening.

The forecast of a brief slump in global warming has already been seized upon by climate change sceptics as evidence that the world is not heating.

When she was initially nominated a number of sources seized upon previous statements she made that global warming was not man - made.

The Fourth Amendment: «The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.»

The right of the People to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

'' [t] he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, paper, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.»

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrant shall issue except upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the papers and things to be seized.

JUSTICE STEVENS does not cite, and I am not aware of, any case in this Court's nearly 200 - year history where the alternative grounds urged by respondent to affirm a judgment were then seized upon to permit petitioner to obtain relief from that very judgment despite petitioner's failure to urge that ground.

The Fourth Amendment guarantees, «The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.»

For Samsung, the key lies not just in seizing upon this opportunity to demonstrate that it's capable of the «surprise and delight» it so often attempts, but also to position the Gear Fit as more than a fitness device.

Upon these calamities Hitler, the shrewd, charismatic opportunist, seized the moment for his own, private vendetta against any and all who saw not what his demented brain had concocted for the future of human - kind.