Sentences with phrase «of arcane procedures»

Too often, however, the field is looked upon as a set of arcane procedures that are implemented, without much thought, by computer algorithms.

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It appears Bercow is now, more than ever, granting Labour spurious SO24 debates, Points of Order and even advising them on how to use arcane parliamentary procedures to whack the government, in an attempt to shore up the support he needs on the Labour benches.
Martin Salter, the Labour MP who ran Mr Bercow's campaign, said he would be the «clean break candidate» who could reform the «arcane» procedures of the Commons while protecting the rights of backbenchers.
Without getting into the arcane details of government procurement procedures, it seems that there was some kind of a problem with the Raptor's leather interior — the gub» mint couldn't buy trucks with fancy cowskins inside, and Ford didn't build Raptors any other way.
For people in the developed world, the arcane language and wonky procedures of the United Nations» climate change negotiations can obscure the existential threat global warming poses to low - lying islands and countries that permanently teeter on the edge of drought and famine.
This administration includes a number of climate deniers who could try to re-negotiate the Paris Agreement, which could profoundly impact its effectiveness; in a worst - case scenario, these officials would simply try to block any action through the arcane, yet important, United Nations (UN) rules of procedure, or attempt to water down the rules and seriously risk the environmental integrity of the post-2020 world.
«For example, the minister has removed the need for the MIB's detailed and arcane procedures by the simple expedient of making it obligatory to join the MIB as a party in any action.
And even if they manage to secure legal services, their problems do not end — they have to contend with arcane and complex court procedures, they receive poor customer service from their lawyer, they question if the work could have been done more efficiently and, as a result, more cheaply, they don't understand the information they are given, they are not able to judge the quality of the services they receive, they receive bills they do not understand, for amounts they never anticipated.
BBC News - The legal profession is perhaps more associated with bulging files of papers, odd clothing and arcane procedures than with technological innovation.
- The legal profession is perhaps more associated with bulging files of papers, odd clothing and arcane procedures than with technological innovation.
Established coherent procedures to implement the training process by marrying various approaches across eight sites and eliminating an awkward and arcane set of processes.
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