Sentences with phrase «of lesser scope»

The bilateral conversations of Roman Catholics with Anglicans, Disciples, Lutherans, Reformed and Orthodox; the Lutheran - Reformed agreements; the World Council of Churches» near - consensus statement on Eucharist; numerous studies and talks of lesser scope — all these were ingredients which pointed to converging lines of theological interpretation.

Not exact matches

But, four sources familiar with Elliott's thinking said Europe offered a lot of scope, as fewer activist funds operated there than in the United States, and European companies have been subject to the attentions of activists for less time.

Bigger is not necessarily better and less is usually more when it comes to the size and scope of the government.

Calling unemployment a «fickle indicator,» the group warned that if Carney was wrong, «the bank could be required to backtrack on its guidance, with the likely consequence of reduced credibility, and as a result, less scope to operate monetary policy flexibly in future.»

A lower neutral rate also makes it more likely that interest rates will be constrained by the effective lower bound, meaning monetary policy will have less scope to support income growth during periods of economic weakness.

The names of those with whom he corresponded reveal the scope of his influence, not only among theological colleagues but among both prominent and lesser figures in many other arenas.

The more the determinateness of the original datum was stressed, the less scope there could be for the concrescence itself.

Having gone into both Afghanistan and Iraq with the full force of American might, Bush dedicated his second inaugural address, in January 2005, to articulating a «Freedom Agenda» that in its moral passion and political scope was no less breathtaking than the Kennedy inaugural:

Furthermore, just as comprehensive schools are desirable as a solvent of social class lines, so classes with students of differing abilities are valuable, provided the classes can be internally organized so as to let students proceed at their own pace, with enrichment through greater depth and scope of materials independently mastered by the most able students, and with special assistance by the teacher for the less able.

And this, for the devout, was, on its highest level, the experience of salvation: not deliverance or welfare or the like — though these are comprised within the scope of the term — but most of all an assurance of God's gracious attitude and concern toward the individual, not less than toward the nation.

This view gives less scope than Whitehead's does for the integrity and freedom of a plurality of individual agents.

I know in the scope of things, not a big deal......... but after years of hoping for a little colour and creativity that might indicate an inclination for a little less conformity..............

And for their history, that theme was of cosmic scope and scale — nothing less, in fact, than man's being, in a world of incalculable power and mystery.

«Consumers want to drink less and drink better» — Edrington Americas Distiller Edrington established its own sales, marketing and distribution company in the U.S. this April, and Paul Ross tells BeverageDaily.com why the distiller of The Macallan isn't worried by a general Scotch whisky slowdown, while white spirits have much more scope to premiumise...

This recall is very limited in scope, as potentially affected bottles represent less than one - tenth of one percent of Corona Extra 12 - ounce clear bottles in the marketplace.

After narrowing our scope to focus on underdogs, we found that teams receiving less than 25 % of public bets were actually the most profitable during the regular season.

If medical malpractice were required for midwives, it would pretty much be the end of homebirths, because homebirths are more or less way outside the scope of standard medical practice, so every time it goes bad, all the plaintiff has to do is to put any doctor on the stand and say, «Doctor, can you indicate whether the homebirth was warranted?»

«The FSA has stuck to its principle of linking remuneration to risk, while making the Code less prescriptive and narrowing the scope of the organisations covered.»

In the United States, this system of Government is called a Jeffersonian Democracy, which favors a weak centralized government (without writing tons, a Jeffersonian believes the Local Government should have more control over an individual by law as they are easier for the individual to fight) and as the scope of authority rises in a federal system, the government deals less and less with the individual and more and more with lower governments.

A large House of Commons means a greater role for party managers and whips, and less scope for individual, less partisan legislators.

Out of scope: measurement among vocal but less numerous opposition or congresspeople who voted for the law.

One also has to remember that at present we have a ridiculously large Shadow Cabinet of 27 members so there is lots of scope for demoting the less impressive ones and still filling a normal size cabinet of around 20.

«The scope and scale demands nothing less than the attention of every level of government.»

«For scientific activities that require the emission of carbon, researchers should replace with less carbon - intensive activities, reduce the scope of the activity, and refine their research plan to maximize the scientific return for each unit of carbon emitted,» Favaro wrote.

The report notes that three business sectors — energy firms, utilities and materials companies — account for 87 percent of scope 1 and 2 emissions, greenhouse gases that are directly emitted by a firm's activities, even though they account for less than 25 percent of all companies on the index.

Compound bows have a mechanical release aid that assumes some of a bow's draw weight and also come with a magnified scope, which together make the sport less about physical power and more about shooting accuracy.

We, the «Sputnikovists» [Sputnik engineers], had less responsibility because the scope of design and development was smaller.

It also transports cholesterol from extra-hepatic sites, including the arterial wall, to the liver for excretion via reverse cholesterol transport.77 Results from IER (60 - 85 % ER / alternate days) trials have thus far been inconsistent, with some reporting decreases 40, and others increases 37, 39, but with the majority showing no effects on HDL cholesterol levels.38, 42, 43, 45, 49, 51, 52Inconsistencies may have arisen due to the biphasic response of HDL documented by studies of ER induced weight - loss, whereby levels typically decrease during active weight - loss then either return to baseline or (less commonly) rise following attainment of weight stability.78 Complementary increases in HDL levels and particle size have been shown when endurance exercise have been combined with IER 42, 46, 47 however further discussion goes beyond the scope of this review.

Vitamin D: this is a deep subject, a large number of functional medicine doctors and bio-hackers highly recommend taking 1500 - 2000IU's of vitamin D a day for a lot of reasons, but for the scope of this subject the vitamin D helps your body produce less of a globulin that binds testosterone, helping your body utilize T better (make sure to get fifteen minutes of unfiltered sun a day to help your body activate the vitamin D, to get more T, to help give her more D).

In a further gamble, the director and screenwriter strive to reveal their subject by limiting their film's scope, more or less, to a few mere weeks at the end of Lincoln's first term, at a time when the overwhelmingly popular president resolved to take advantage of the lame duck Congress to pass the 13th Amendment.

It makes us feel less small in the context of their grand scope and message by reminding us that any insurmountable situation can be thwarted by the weight and wonder of our imagination.

The film over which this is heard is exhibited in both 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and fullscreen transfers on opposite sides of the platter; although the picture was shot in Super35 (as opposed to «scope), there is more horizontal information restored and less vertical information cropped than usual for the format, making the decision to stick with letterbox a definite no - brainer.

The film has a lesser scope of story than its predecessor, but in its minimal approach, it far surpasses its companion's emotional scope.

Following Castile, Prince of the Foxes was the second novel by Samuel Shellabarger the studio flipped into a film, and while less epic in scope (no globe - trotting here), the story still gave audiences solid moments of superbly crafted action in some stirring combat and battle scenes, and a nasty villain named Cesare Borgia (played with dribbling glee by Orson Welles).

This is the sort of follow - up that's bigger than an expansion pack but far lesser in scope than a true sequel; it simply feels like a full - length game's worth of additional content shoved into the previous game's framework.

While this is undeniably the most spectacular in the Die Hard series when it comes to the scope of the heinous crimes committed and the sheer amount of destruction that comes into play, if there's one thing that this fourth entry is the lesser of, it's in the humor department.

My Happy Family is arguably less ambitious in scope and theme, but it's a mature, finely modulated drama that invites the viewer into an intimate, vibrant family nest — and then shows you why the mother of that family would choose not to stay there.

It perhaps says a lot about the scope of global upheaval in 1968 that this famous and dramatic moment in cinematic history isn't even mentioned in João Moreira Salles» No Intenso Agora (or, less elegantly, In the Intense Now).

That said, if looked at from a top - down view, Thanos is kinda just a worse version of Killmonger from Black Panther, with a story that's less personal and interesting because the scope is so astronomically wide that it turns our primitive human brains to Infinity Gauntlet ash.

That the film becomes far less ambitious in its aims after the flood waters rise is to be expected, given the reduced scope of the world with which to work, but Aronofsky and Handel accommodate this shift by putting the focus squarely on Noah's attempt to determine exactly what his and his family's role as the sole survivors of humanity (save for one unanticipated stowaway, who — forgotten often and disposed of quite easily — serves no purpose but for unnecessary external conflict).

Something about that renders us less than human I think because you don't give the full scope of human emotion.

Activities included to suit KS3 teaching, with plenty of scope for differentiation by either task or outcome for more - or less able students.

Even though it might seem like an innocuous statistical debate, nothing less than the pace and scope of U.S. education renewal is at stake.

In the years since people first began talking about the achievement gap, Ferguson has widened his scope of inquiry, developing a broad vision for correcting inequities that centers less on the differences between groups and more on raising the bar for all students.

A person is qualified as a principal, when he or she has a higher university degree; the teaching qualifications in the relevant form of education; sufficient work experience in teaching assignments; and completed a qualification in educational administration in accordance with requirements adopted by the Finnish National Board of Education or studies in educational administration with a scope of no less than 25 credits organised by a university, or otherwise obtained sufficient knowledge of educational administration.

Crossdisciplinary: Viewing one discipline from the perspective of another; for example, the physics of music and the history of math (Meeth 1978) Multidisciplinary: The juxtaposition of several disciplines focused on one problem with no direct attempt to integrate (Piaget 1972, Meeth 1978) Pluridisciplinary: The juxtaposition of disciplines assumed to be more or less related; e.g., math and physics, French and Latin (Piaget 1972) Transdisciplinary: Beyond the scope of the disciplines; that is, to start with a problem and bring to bear knowledge from the disciplines (Meeth 1978)

Although many districts and professionals are understandably feeling the pressure of the impending Smarter Balanced assessments and will be tempted to rely exclusively on the scope and sequence of the textbooks they adopt, this strategy may be less than ideal in the long run.

There's even scope for a more powerful 22kW charger to be fitted to the next Formula E safety car - Qualcomm says a 22kW charger could fill an i8's empty battery in as little 15 minutes, and perhaps more impressively, it could even fill the much larger battery of the all - electric i3 in less than an hour.

The overall service was as promised, but for the scope of the work that was needed, it honestly could have been completed in less than one hour.

Though less broad in scope, Asus is leading the way with the «smartbooks» form - factor by offering detachable keyboards to their line of Transformer tablets.