Sentences with phrase «offer people a choice»

The Scottish government has a cast - iron democratic mandate to offer people a choice and that mandate must be fulfilled.

Is offering people a choice of a number of valid reasons that can be used singly or in combination to argue for replacing fossil fuels compelling?

Not exact matches

But the company says by offering the opt - down choices, it has consistently kept 25 percent of people from completely opting out.

But «given this data insight, we reset the new user flow to encourage people to follow their first ~ 10 people and offer them a lot of choices, but no default selection,» he added.

Marc Stoiber of Maddock Douglas said he was «baffled» by Wendy's high perception score and could find no hard evidence to explain it, except to say that it may be because Wendy's offers «baked potatoes and a salad bar,» and people equate healthy choices with sustainable green practice.

People want responsible choice, not the one - size - fits - all television offerings imposed by powerful media interests.»

The answer is that it fulfills their goal of offering economic choices and freedom to people throughout the world, especially in regions that often lack stable financial structures.

How many Christian denominations offer that much personal choice to people who were baptized as infants?

The Paschal offering, a choice lamb commemorating those slaughtered before the Exodus, is one of the few positive commandments, omission of which earns excision from the Jewish people.

Leonie Caldecott writes in a style and with assumptions that make her offerings interesting and acceptable to people who have been brought up to believe in a market - place idea of religion, that it's «all about choice» and that we need to evaluate belief - systems in the light of our own knowledge and skills, or what we imagine to be our own knowledge and skills.

Pope Benedict XVI offers a way forward in his reflections in Jesus of Nazareth, saying that being a Christian is not the result of an ethical choice but of an encounter with a person which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.

This is by no means Mormons doing baptizing for deceased people and saying: «There, now that you are dead and have no choice we are going to offer a baptism for you and you are now a member of our church whether you like it or not» It's not at all like that!

The most appropriate pastoral guidance offers people the options that lie in front of them, reflects on the consequences of those options, thinks about the faith issues involved, and then remains with people as they make their choices.

No matter how tenderly and honestly we try to offer guidance, people will inevitably make choices with which we deeply disagree and may even cause us great pain.

What God is looking for is repentence and a turning to him rather than a turning away from him.God instituted the animal sacrifices to show just how bad sin was so we would be sorry that we greived him.For us to be made right there has to be a choice to turn from sin and follow him and out of that decision there should be a desire to walk in his ways.Under the old law part of that obedience was to make offerings however it was by faith in God that made the person righteous and not the blood of animals.

That was the dilemma after praying and seeking the Lord he shows me a couple of things one is God calls the shots not satan satans demons bow to Gods authority and must get his permission so they beg Jesus to send the demons into the pigs.Jesus allows it so we can see satans purpose is always to destroy life.God is still the same yesterday today and forever he is the giver of life.We do know that the pigs were owned by the gentile nations and may well have been offered or about to be offered to there gods which would mean they would belong to satan.Like the example Jesus said about taxes should he pay them and he said give to caesar what is caesars.Or the other option was that it showed Gods mercy to the man that had been healed by delivering him of the demons and he was also protecting the people in the area from the influence of the demons.So God is still the same he is unchangeable and definitely not bipolar.I would say if anyone was bipolar in this situation it is David and he like us struggled with the same choice to walk according to the flesh or walk according to the spirit of God.brentnz

«Several amici supporting DOMA challenge the conclusion that for most people sexual orientation is not a matter of choice, but they offer no credible scientific support for their position.

The new industrial cities created enormous freedom: people moved to the cities and lived there alone, or with their nuclear families, but without the significant community ties that simultaneously offered moral guidance and limited their choices.

If people would stop buying this mans books, stop listening to \ watching his shows and offer no support at his rallies, he will have no choice but to shrink into mediocrity, where he belongs.

Funny, a whole long article about how apologetic these people are, but I didn't see one thing about them offering the couple the choice of a symbolic marriage ceremony at the church to show both acceptance & tell the bigots there cries for hate won't be tolerated & they won't get their way.

Health plans offer all kinds of choices which people may not opt for, it doesn't mean just because some people don't want to choose to use them that those same people should dictate for everybody else that they can not have access to those options.

The happiness report is a serious study of people's emotional well - being based on a country's gross domestic product per capita, healthy life expectancy, the social support people are offered, freedom to make life choices, generosity and perceptions of corruption.

The non-alcoholic beverages industry offers a wide variety and choice of drinks including reduced and zero - calorie options to help people manage their calorie intake.

As more and more people seek out great tasting gluten - free products we plan to offer them the best they'll find, a growing range of mealtime choices that are lovingly created with both their lifestyles and their appetites in mind.

Ultimately, children and young people will go on to make their own decisions about what they eat, but as long as schools offer students the opportunity to think, discuss and debate the issues as well as to cook and eat good vegetarian food, a weekly meat free day provides them with the knowledge and experience with which to make informed, responsible and compassionate choices.

«It's a wellness offer that reaches across all our segments, designed to make it easy for people to make a healthy choice,» Winthrop says.

It really helps to be surrounded by people who will support your parenting choices, and give you sympathy and a pat on the back instead of offering you unwanted alternatives.

Everyone agreed the coffee was excellent and having a choice of flavours to offer people is such a lovely touch.

We want to help educate and inform people about the products we offer, and help them determine if the choice of cloth is right for them.

This recording was offered through the William Glasser Institute web site to people interested and trained in choice theory psychology.

«When kids are really little and shy, parents can start to offer them choices for treating people with respect and care,» van der Zande said.

If you truly disagree with another persons choices how about offering them alternative suggestions that may actually help a person care for their infant rather than a useless negative judgmental opinion that serves to help no one.

Instead of accepting responsibility for hiding the fact that this filler is added to the meat supply and offering up the transparency and choice that people are demanding, industry's response is to shoot the messenger and engage in high - profile damage control.

I aspire to live an authentic, fulfilling life of connection, health, and joy openly for others witness, inspire people to question mainstream principles that breed disconnection and lead to dysfunction, empower families with well researched information so they can make conscious choices, and develop programs to offer families a path on their journey to a place of thriving.

And, in an effort to offer participants an even wider choice in subject matter, the number of submission categories has grown to seven: People in Nature, Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Landscapes, and new this year, Travel.

For 2014, in an effort to offer participants an even wider choice in subject matter, the number of submission categories has grown to six: Mammals will now be a stand - alone category, in addition to People in Nature, Birds, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, and Landscapes.

Patricia Mucavele, research and nutrition manager at the School Food Trust, which offers its own advice on packed lunches, said, «School lunches are now the most nutritious choice for children and young people.

He says the British people would be given a «false choice» if an in - or - out referendum was on offer now.

«Similarly, residential park homes offer a unique and affordable housing choice for thousands of people across the UK and working with local authorities we can help make this a more accessible housing option / lifestyle.»

Three in five people said they had not been offered the choice of therapy they would have preferred, the survey found.

Each stage will offer information on the context of the debate and pose open questions, as well as questions which offer binary choices so that we can measure people's reactions to the debate.

Quite apart from the fact that proportional representation is * fair *, and therefore a far better starting point for a Parliament that is responsive to the will of the people, the difference between Caroline and most Labour or Conservative MPs is that she is trying to ensure that a referendum on voting reform actually offers a meaningful choice.

Speaking at the weekend, the prime minister said: «People should be in no doubt the Conservatives will be offering a real choice and a real way of giving consent to that choice.»

Assuming that May is not planning an autumn election (and I would work on that assumption), the people of Batley & Spen should be given not the token vote that is currently their likely fate but a meaningful choice between the options that any other by - election would offer up.

«And I'm extremely comfortable with my choice, because people are suffering but they're being offered the wrong antidote.

The proposals now before the City Council offer a stark choice for the future of the political system our great city: reaffirm the will of the people and the basic principles of democracy and good governance, by forming a charter review commission and possibly holding a special election on term limits in the spring; or cynically toss democracy aside for personal political ambition by changing term limits legislatively.

He points to the most recent version of the Republican house budget proposal, that keeps Medicare intact for those 55 and older, and offers choices of health care vouchers and other options to younger people.

So I agree with you Andrea, and this is what I wrote to SJ after the Primary Election, encouraging him to offer the People of Flushing a choice in November:

He added: «People will see the Conservative Party offering this very clear, very compelling choice in the national interest.»

However, the poll does offer Mr Miliband a glimmer of hope - gven a choice of eight Labour MPs, he came out on top with 16 %, when asked who would be the best person to lead the party.