Sentences with phrase «nuances of meaning»

What stands out as I listen to last night's happenings is the difference in tone - there are nuances of meaning that make all the difference in the world.

Today, I'm writing about nuances of meaning but more generally, I'm studying the needs and standards and trying to identify ways that we can help schools practice and build vocabulary skills.

We can not really grasp the various nuances of meaning that a text carries unless we stand in this community, unless we share in this faith.

But such terms do at present discourage sloganeering, inviting instead the use of helpful qualifying phrases in order to highlight nuances of meaning that the single terms leave ambiguous.

Any person who reads into the history of Christianity will find that there were many competing schools of thought when the religion was founded, and there are nuances of meaning within the text that were lost in translation.

Based on that, even Justice Scalia would be hard pressed to follow the chapter and verse of Rome given the nuances of the meanings from the 1st Century AD.

Her works tend to invade spaces that are intended as empty silence that architecture engenders, this disruption allows for a nuance of meaning and an open - ended interpretation of what the artist is trying to achieve.

Not exact matches

The blunt nature of the system can't possibly capture the nuance of what makes for a satisfied customer — but its brutal simplicity also means that people actually give feedback, which can be surprisingly meaningful.

In cases when they do - such as with the work disincentive effects of means - tested tax credits used for the purchase of health insurance - it's better to hold off on those attacks or make them more nuanced.

«He had a deep thirst for the nuances of the tax code, and then he got on Ways and Means Committee and those were the years that Republicans were in charge and people gravitated toward bright members of Congress, and Paul happened to be one of those,» said Richard Hunt, CEO of the Consumer Bankers Association.

There are obviously nuances to all of this, but a well - designed affiliate program should be managed such that «failure» means only limited sales and not limited sales matched with high expenses.

It means understanding the nuances of -LSB-...]

In this more nuanced (and arguably more insidious) form of climate denialism, our politicians assure us that they understand and accept the scientific warnings about climate change, but they are in denial about what this scientific reality means for policy.

Sometimes people need to just let it loose in speech without being held accountable for each and every nuance and consequence of what they mean.

the problem is that ppl read the bible thats been translated, if you realy want to know what was said youll need to study hebrew... every letter has a meaning... every word isnt a perfect fit for english,, theres nuances and cultural differences that youll find,,, its a whole new thing to go back and look at the bible through hebrew eyes,,, they arent required to look like us,,, were supposed to look more like them,,, yashua was a jew,,,, all the apostles were jews, yashua was sent to the lost sheep of the house of israel, not the gentiles, paul took it to the gentiles, and he never stopped being and living as a jew, the laws are very viable today, but they do nt give salvation, thats what yashua did...

Though they're meant to make it easier to understand certain positions, individuals and ideas, they often do the opposite: Labels can cause us to ignore nuance in of favor generalizations.

There is a nuance in the Author's comment that you are missing: the Koran says men AND women should be modest, and gives prescriptions for what that means, including covering of hair for women.

All of this means that those who have grown up in the post-Conciliar Church may miss some nuances of his language at first.

Christians on both sides, but especially the pro-slavery side, urged followers to simply abide by the «plain meaning» of biblical texts and not allow complicated, nuanced argumentation to cloud their mind.

And with no imagery available, other than that of supernaturalism, to suggest such nuances or sensitive ground for pointing toward dimensions of grace or spirit, Christian faith could mean for the modern consciousness only confidence in the resources of man's moral idealism.

Rather, leaders (pastoral and otherwise) will find a straightforward, realistic, nuanced analysis of the inevitable resistance (and its dangerous potential) to leadership, an unsentimental exposure of their own vulnerabilities, and instruction on what it means to respond responsibly to the dangers they encounter.

The Sanskrit mantras when translated may be as disappointing as Italian opera in translation — words like wheel, bedpost, bridge and collar abound — but in Sanskrit the mantra claimed by one's trainer to have the right nuances of sound and meaning for the believer.

I would never profess to understand the nuances of interpretation either, however, I think that it means that somewhere, at any given time, by any given person, a «rule» can be made based on what someone had for breakfast.

I am the very model of a modern ultramontanist I've been congratulated as an excellent dialogist I have degrees from all the best colleges of theology I do not know quite what it means but I reject ontology I understand the finer points both nuanced and theoretical and when I go on twitter Ross Douthat calls me heretical I've many sage remarks to make on what I call the Christ event and just how many tragic deaths forbidden condoms could prevent

I know that the decisions of the ecumenical councils with regard to Christ's person were sincerely meant to translate the received testimony of the primitive church into the more universal, established, and highly nuanced philosophic language of the period.

As to the meaning of a text, it is not proper to give to Biblical language a current - day nuance that was foreign in its day.

Together these writers provide a nuanced understanding of what it means to be human and what it means to anticipate a fully redeemed and restored, perfected humanity.

It is the use, or non-use, of this word, he claims, that has provided «the most common rhetorical means by which nuances... [are] officially distinguished in the evangelical identity.

«All these years later, I'm learning that understanding the literal meaning of the Bible is a more nuanced adventure than my college friends and I imagined.

All of them basically mean breath, with several other nuances.

«I don't know» (or «maybe») means that the issue is complex and that one needs to nuance the answer from a variety of perspectives.

Concretely, he must never be satisfied to cease asking â $ ˜but why?â $ ™ until he has driven his understanding to the point where he has an immediate, human grasp of what a given position meant, such that every nuance in the data is accounted for and withal, given the total of presuppositions and circumstances, he could feel himself doing the sameâ $ (p. 290).

«It's a more nuanced definition of what patriotism means, and the idea that loving a country doesn't mean loving it and ignoring all the things that are wrong with it,» he says.

In our new aims of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the future with an intellectual vision comprised of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to environmental changes.

Thus, for example, as also pointed out above, foresight requires an adequate sensitivity to nuances and ambiguities of meanings.

Interestingly, the history of the word «nuance» begins with its use in Middle French to mean «a shade of color.»

The media has consistently characterized his approach to a variety of issues as «nuanced,» a description that employs the adjective form of «nuance» — a word which, according to Webster, means «a subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, responses, etc.» Synonyms include «subtlety,» «hint,» and «refinement.»

I mean there are varying nuances in circumstance that must be applied to each situation to provide an adequate answer, for example: What if you are married and your spouse has some sort of medical condition that prevents sex?

And despite his effort to nuance and limit the means used in the anti-terrorist struggle, his moral paradigm casts this struggle as doing evil that good may come of it» a morally problematic idea.

But although Roncalli, unlike the present Pope John Paul II, had little interest in the nuances of philosophy and theology, during his time in France in the «40s he learned to appreciate what the new progressive theologians were saying about the meaning of historic Christian faith for men and women in the present epoch of culture and civilization.

While building up on wine tasting experience may mean a faster pick up of the wine's qualities, nuances and «getting it», it is still most important that an individual enjoys the wine, and in essence, comprehend the wine.

I mean he's already proved how adept he's become in the nuances of being a prime time NFL QB, like handing the ball off and reading defenses and...

When Nico Hulkenberg told K - Mag exactly what he thought of his driving, he came up with a carefully - crafted, nuanced response layered in meaning: «suck my balls».

I mean, I can understand with some more nuanced phrases how perhaps meanings could differ or the intention read could be misunderstood or unintentional — those kinds of things absolutely happen.

A more nuanced deal he also revealed came in simple things like kicking the ball long; academy footballers of all denominations are increasingly encouraged to play short passes and build from the back, but there is scarcely room for subtlety lower down the professional ranks, meaning he was now hitting as many as 40 or 50 long balls per game.

His devotion to defensive rigidity and set - piece plays would mean that MNF can finally call on someone to shine a bit more light on the tactical nuances of games lower down the table.

After all, nuanced simply means taking care of each child based on who that child is and what that child needs.

Note - I'm not too experienced at the nuances of framing questions in this area and many terms carry heavy meaning, some of which I might be less aware of.

For those looking for more nuance, detail and depth in analysing the changing position of China and Africa in the international system, I recommend visiting the website of the Oxford University China - Africa Network, which I convene and is currently hosting a series of debates between African public intellectuals on what Chinese investment means for local economic conditions from Mauritania to South Africa.

In the words of Anthony Appiah, they were one of the means in a pre-literate society for «supporting the transmission of a complex and nuanced body of practice and belief».