Sentences with phrase «on certainty»

It has placed a premium on certainty of result as a key factor which parties consider in determining whether to make or accept an offer to settle.

For others, the desire to predict is borne out of human nature, which puts a premium on certainty.

The answer is «maybe» - depending on the certainty you have about the returns you'd receive on your investments and your tolerance for risk.

The travel ban hasn't made it easy on the certainty for refugee centers, which have had to close during the initial executive order.

By definition they do not affect the majority decision and therefore have little adverse effect on certainty in the law.

In essence, the logic of science is uncertain and questioning, but charged with perseverance, while the logic of faith is built on certainty and demands compliance with dogma.

Again, you'll find the specific information on certainty of test results for your dog by linking to breed specific information.

The integrity of car insurance depends completely on the certainty of the information you have provided.

Put a premium on certainty, even if it means giving up some potential return.

Gazzaniga's concept of «the social mind», helps to explain why a culture based on the certainty of calamity got such a grip in the first place.

As a midfield play - maker lying deeper, operating from the centre circle to link up play from the rearguard to the attackers, Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney with a combined Premier league haul last season of 57 goals it should be a nailed on certainty for both strikers to produce.

«The longer the fires last, the more uncertainty for businesses, and businesses bank on certainty.»

Most dogs thrive on the certainty of routine.

There can only be a probability that borders on certainty — and that's exactly what Theresa May has said.

The Reformation doctrine, however, did not intend an assessment of our human situation, but focused on the certainty of God's promise.

«Life is uncertain, and the vast majority of people feel so uneasy about this that they seize on certainty when they shouldn't,» writes Chopra.

«I put heavy weight on certainty..

Currently, anyone who puts their money into the stock, bond and housing markets in search of making money is doing nothing other than gambling recklessly on the certainty of the outcome of two highly inter-related events: 1) the willingness of Central Banks to continue pushing the price of assets higher with printed money; 2) the continued participation of investors who are willing to pay more than the previous investor to make the same bet.

There was the man who said, as dispassionately as if he were reporting on the certainty of rain that afternoon, «The doctor has given me three months to live.»

She put on certainty like armour, determined to do the right things and say the right things and be the right person by sheer effort alone.

Then I battle with the fear of being a failure as my son's sole provider and start to lose my grip on the certainty of God's provision for us.

On the plus side no - one is mentioning him this year, no links in the press, Schalke out of the UCL — must be a nailed on certainty as our first signing!!

Some Jose Mourinho comments after a Porto victory over Manchester United have come back to bite him... When Manchester United were drawn against Sevilla in the last 16 of the Champions League, fans and pundits alike believed that it was nigh on a certainty that the Red Devils would be waltzing into the quarterfinals.

That now makes Vorm almost an odds on certainty to start against Asteras as he aims to impress Pochettino with a clean - sheet here.

I think the past couple of weeks have showed us that you can't take anything for granted, even when it seems an odds - on certainty home win (as the United v West Brom game was).

A CIHT spokesperson said it welcomes this milestone on the future of High Speed 2 and looks forward to the industry being able to act on the certainty this provides.

For the first time, the BICEP2 team — hailed for their gravitational wave discovery earlier this year — have dialled back on the certainty of the result

«Our goal was to provide a scientifically rigorous document for the nonspecialist with a frank discussion on the certainties and uncertainties,» AAS President Suzanne Cory said at a press briefing to release the report on 16 August.

Stanford University physicist Andrei Linde believes this quantum paradox gets to the heart of Wheeler's idea about the nature of the universe: The principles of quantum mechanics dictate severe limits on the certainty of our knowledge.

But if you want more formal stuff, try a recent article on Certainty in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy which I came across after deciding to do a bit of homework to backup my somewhat spontaneous earlier remarks.

If Dr Curry's scientific position is «there is a considerable amount of uncertainty, therefore we should at least be able to draw some boundaries around them before pushing for a consensus on certainty» (I hope my paraphrase is close to the mark), then advocating for a change in the process of conducting climate science follows logically.

Who decides on certainty?

Recent debates have centred less on the possibility and more on the certainty and speed with which climate change will take place.