Sentences with phrase «of lack of certainty»

Clearly, if the SRA's intransigence artificially holds firms back, because of a lack of certainty, they will have no trends to spot.

Aside from low interest rates, valuations are low at life insurers because of lack of certainty over reserves.

«Probability is not a mere computation of odds on the dice or more complicated variants; it is the acceptance of the lack of certainty in our knowledge and the development of methods for dealing with our ignorance.»

Unfortunately, because of the lack of certainty in where Irma will travel once it hits the mainland, Rogers said, spaghetti plots and other forecasts can not definitively determine if residents throughout the Florida peninsula and up through the Carolinas should evacuate.

Not exact matches

Critics say a lack of certainty around coin valuations undermine the growth of digital currencies as viable methods of payment.

Your return will be much larger over the long term so the lack of advanced skill here will ultimately not be a big factor as long as you can trade it with a good degree of certainty.

The term does not imply tentativeness or lack of certainty.

In their life and reflection, human beings possess various items of knowledge which, though they lack the ultimate degree of clarity, certainty and obligation of a theoretical and moral kind, yet are and must be valid for them, at least until they attain better insight.

This humility will get interpreted by some as a lack of faith or as a lack of conviction and certainty.

That is this lack of clarity and certainty which does not really help but bring us back to ourselves and our experiences and deeds rather than trust in the proclamation of grace.

For athiests, there is simply no evidence of «his» existence, so it's not really a certainty of non-existence, it's just a lack of evidence suggesting «he» exists.

If you believe in god you are a theist... if you lack belief you are an atheist... lack of belief does not have to equate to certainty.

But the pieces of information which alone could give us certainty on these points are lacking, and in their absence no guess as to what is probably meant can be thought of as anything like a certainty.

The problem for us Jews is that we lack the certainty of having obtained the grace some Christians are so sure they have.

While that may be good and acceptable in some aspects of life, this lack of certainty has seeped into the way we do relationships.

Lack of certainty about God and what God tells us and wants of us can be very frightening.

Your level of absolute certainty is usually accompanied by a lack of objective evaluation.

Do not mistake my lack of faith for certainty that there is a particular paradigm that I am aware of.

But it seems that we have often gone one step further: we justify our own confusion by being suspicious of any certainty, and we interpret the lack of easy answers to mean that any answer is as good as another, that we can not be sure about right and wrong.

Or take one verse, John 10:10, in which Jesus promises abundant life, and think of its bewildering implications in a desperately poor society obviously lacking in any prospect of abundance, or indeed, of any certainty of life.

And that lack of grace — true, genuine grace towards other human beings — thankfully kept me uncomfortable enough that I never could quite settle into that state of certainty so many others around me seemed to «enjoy».

The certainty of God's «grace,» of «justification,» «salvation,» is an objective belief that usually accompanies the change in Christians; but this may be entirely lacking and yet the affective peace remain the same — you will recollect the case of the Oxford graduate: and many might be given where the assurance of personal salvation was only a later result.

No doubt some of you will now think less of me, for my desire to believe in unicorns and time travel, or my lack of certainty in G - d.

And of course since atheism is Absolute, Complete and Total NONSENSE, the atheists lacks the certainty in a Resurrection, in Eternal Rewards in Heaven and Eternal Punishment in the other Place that IS NOT Heaven.

So, although for practical purposes our lack of intuitive certainties is much as Peirce says, theoretically we can say what we mean by definite relations and definite terms, and this seems an advantage.

In my experience, admitting a lack of certainty can be a strangely liberating and faith - building experience.

Think about it, you can not prove with absolute certainty that there isn't a 50,000 lb, two foot tall, purple elephant with three inch wings that flies around at half the speed of light at the other end of the universe, but that lack of absolute knowledge by no means obligates you to consider it as a serious possibility.

(b) to ensure transparency and certainty in commercial transactions in the grocery supply chain and to minimise disputes arising from a lack of certainty in respect of the commercial terms agreed between parties; and

Not a certainty for this game, but considering the lack of midfield options currently available to Rodgers, we think he'll take a chance.

Ah yes, this is definitely relevant, but due to lack of clear data, hard to decipher the true role, but we can say with certainty that premature babies are far more likely amongst non-white populations and poor socioeconomic status, meaning that the true complication rate is higher than reported.

Exports have performed quite well, due to a lower pound and a booming global economy, while construction, which takes place at home amid a perpetual lack of certainty, has performed very badly.

That's highly unrealistic, but it illustrates the closeness of the field and the lack of certainty in any ranking of the current Republican field.

Those conversations have not produced a resolution that is satisfactory for the state and are made difficult by the lack of certainty about the future of casinos in New York.

Businesses are suffering from the lack of certainty over negotiations.

After he explains the lack of certainty about venoplasty for MS, he observes, they usually agree with his advice to wait.

«Fingerprints lack scientific basis for legal certainty: More research into validity of fingerprint comparisons needed.»

Given the lack of mortality benefit of screening, and the moderate to substantial harms that could result from false - positive screeningtest results and subsequent surgery, the USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that the harms of screening for ovarian cancer outweigh the benefit, and the net balance of the benefit and harms of screening is negative.

«But the international community does not want a lack of legal certainty to lead to a free - for - all for private enterprise, either.»

Therefore, you need to make the lack of scientific certainty a primary issue in the debate.»

The lack of certainty in our knowledge of cloud behavior is no excuse for leaving it out of a model entirely.

However, Mainou noted that «the certainty in this lack of association is low, mainly due to increased heterogeneity and high overall risk of bias» in the results.

Even ignoring possible deception, profile - based dating lacks the certainty of face - to - face chemistry.

You may find the chemistry you thought was lacking is actually lurking beneath the surface, or that your initial gut reaction is wholly confirmed, but at least now youâ $ ™ ll be able to let the other person down with more certainty of mind instead of that nagging doubt.

The Ouija Pad provides players with ghosts» movement range, but the lack of certainty turns landing a attack into taking a shot in the dark.

Sweet Country is a landmark work of Australian cinema, even if it lacks commerciality: what it does offer is the diamond hardness of certainty.

The lack of certainty is a likely negative for the cause of innovation in the pursuit of creating an education system that allows all students to fulfill their potential.

(Between 2006 and 2011, enrollment in the state's teacher training programs fell by 33 percent, most likely due to lack of job certainty, educators say.)

And, while people often assume pay scales are what undermine retention and recruitment of talented black educators, we know with certainty that working conditions, relationship with direct supervisors, lack of respect, and the dreaded «invisible tax» all play a much larger role in creating a «hole in the bucket.»

There is a lack of certainty in the identity of the music critic because, «there were enough grammatical errors to suggest the pen of one whose mistakes could never be corrected.»

Given the lack of data, it's impossible to say with certainty how much of an impact foreign buyers are having on home prices in red - hot markets like Toronto and Vancouver.