Sentences with phrase «over a matter of»

How does this mysterious three - pound organ called the brain hold such sway over the matters of life, death, consciousness, perception, sleep and so much more?

How could any Federal Reserve chairman justify cooperating in such a scheme, in particular since the Fed would be taking the White House's side in a fight with Congress over a matter of dubious legality?

No matter, federal jurisdiction over the environment — including the jurisdiction to impose a national price on carbon — may also be based on its taxation power, or on its residual jurisdiction over matters of «national concern» under the Peace, Order, and Good Governance (POGG) power.

I do not know how much influence public service commissioners have over matters of this sort.

Authority over matters of life and death belongs to God, who has shared this authority with the governing powers (cf. Romans 13).

This also reminded me of a story I heard in a sermon many years ago about 3 Jewish friends where 2 of them fell out over a matter of doctrine.

It was in this way that the modernist - fundamentalist controversy was born, not first of all over matters of Scriptural interpretation, but over matters of social reality.

Social historians, however, have linked the rise of the national concern over matters of etiquette in the 19th century to the rise of the great industrial city precisely because the bold new cities were places where, for the first time, it was possible to live and work entirely among strangers.

I would assume he or she refers to the 32,000 different Protestant denominations that continuously splinter and divide over matters of doctrine and / or discipline.

Disagreements over matters of fact are difficult, but not impossible, to resolve.

Sad to see people bashing each other yet again over matters of faith.

But after World War II, the Court began to insert itself into what James Madison called the «internal» objects of state governments, particularly the culture - forming institutions, including education, religion, marriage, and government's domestic control over matters of life and death.

The inner terror of Martin's life first came to a head over the matter of confession.

His mind was still agonising over the matter of the exercise of authority, and in particular the matter of the «Ban» on the sacraments so often exercised by Church authorities when they wanted an overdue debt paying — bans «flying about like bats», as he had said in March — and in general the whole business of excommunication.

There are, of course, legitimate debates over the matters of war, the economy, anti-poverty efforts, etc., on which several contributors to that symposium offered left - leaning perspectives.

Similarly, they did not merely say there should be separation of church and state; rather, they actually separated them by (1) establishing a secular government on the power of «We the people» (not a deity), (2) saying nothing to connect that government to god (s) or religion, (3) saying nothing to give that government power over matters of god (s) or religion, and (4), indeed, saying nothing substantive about god (s) or religion at all except in a provision precluding any religious test for public office.

Walker's allusion to skin color points to a historic tradition of tension between black women over the matter of some black men's preference for light - skinned women.

Which is probably why it came as such a shock earlier this season when Buffalo Owner Paul Snyder suspended McAdoo over the matter of a back injury.

Arsenal are notorious of keeping the fans in the dark over anything from transfer deals to contract situations, whilst as for Arsene Wenger, the Frenchman himself has been very quiet over the matter of next season.

Meanwhile, the Rangers, having composed themselves, were securing their lead with six goals in the first period of an 8 - 1 win over Oakland and holding discussions with Jack Kent Cooke over the matter of whom they were going to play the next night in the Forum — the Los Angeles Kings or the Rolling Stones.

I write «should», for in the EU, as in other areas of public life, the fractional and the partisan of politics all too often dominate over matters of principle.

While Cameron is seen at Westminster as seriously, if not fatally, damaged by his Commons defeat, those close to the prime minister still believe he can restore his authority by using the Syria fiasco as a way to portray Miliband as weak, opportunistic and unstatesmanlike for failing to support the government over a matter of grave international significance.

Given her typical reticence over matters of internal discipline, it is probably fair to say that this unusually direct language signals some serious displeasure with Reynoso's tantrum.

The Left in the United States believe in a strong Federal government over matters of regulation.

Sources with knowledge of the talks in Albany said that disputes remained over matters of time and space: the length of the period in which the change should be implemented, and the regions outside of New York City where the phase - in could occur at a slower rate due to a lower cost of living.

There have been, are, and will be disagreements between myself and the incumbent over matters of public policy.

Bishops in the Lords hold great sway over matters of life and death, most recently in organising to prevent right - to - die reform — against the will of 82 % of voters.

«Most supernovae are visible for a short time and then — over a matter of weeks — fade from view,» said Binder.

Using resting - state MRI analysis on thousands of people's brains around the world, the research has found that the areas of the brain which are associated with learning and development show high levels of variability, meaning that they change their neural connections with other parts of the brain more frequently, over a matter of minutes or seconds.

«Something that will take millions of years to take place in AGN will take place over a matter of months in microquasars,» says Stéphane Corbel of the Denis Diderot University, Paris, and CEA Saclay, France, and a member of the Fermi team.

The standard way to make induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells for medical research is to scrape skin cells and mix up their internal clocks, coaxing them back into pluripotency over a matter of weeks.

A lot of great studies on natural topical treatments like tamanu oil tested them over a matter of hours, rather than minutes (tamanu oil increases collagen, if you're wondering).

They don't like to fuss too much, even if it is over a matter of love.

Despite numerous injuries, he continued his gridiron activities at Glendale Community College, until he quit school over a matter of principle (he refused to apologize to his coach for breaking curfew).

Even though some were pegging Logorama as a possible upset over A Matter of Loaf and Death in this category prior to last year's Oscar ceremony, I didn't think the former's crude hipster snark would resonate with voters as significantly as the humanist warmth of Nick Park's most recent Wallace and Gromit adventure.

«Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014,» yet another remarkably good documentary from HBO, left me emotionally drained, angry and briefly despondent over the matter of America and its 310 million (or so) guns.

But it's also to be gleaned in the dog - eat - dog nihilism, sweaty photography and a story unfolding over a matter of hours in the aftermath of a crime.

Were these schools to be celebrated for their prescriptiveness over matters of student behavior and character, or should they be criticized as racist, classist institutions, not unlike the old boarding schools for American Indian children?

One issue that they will likely raise lies over the matter of graduation rate targets — and how states may try to game them.

You wouldn't half - ass a surgery if you were a doctor for your day job, simply because it was easier that way; likewise, you shouldn't cobble together a piece of writing over a matter of days, call it good, and put it out to sea alongside the greats we've been buying up for years.

Short - term loans often have huge interest rates and annual percentage rates (APRs), because they are meant to be repaid over a matter of weeks or months, not years.

Over a matter of several months, you can use call options to minimize the risk of owning stock in a volatile market.

While cash advances are usually paid back within a matter of a few weeks, personal loans offer longer repayment terms over a matter of months.

Another type of mortgage that is becoming popular is called a Lender Buydown, where the homebuyer gets an initially discounted rate and gradually increases to an agreed - upon fixed rate over a matter of three years.

The most popular books and websites on investing spend nearly all their time focusing on the prospect of big returns; they rush over the matter of how to avoid big losses or how to deal with these losses when they happen.

Named for King Charles II of England, who was known to prioritize his beloved dogs over matters of state, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is the quintessential lap dog.

With the correct treatment, all of these signs should decrease over a matter of weeks.

After birth, this duct normally closes over a matter of days (some say up to a week or so).

The «paper» she refers to is her December 3, 2004 Science journal paper concerning a 100 % consensus of scientific papers over the matter of human - induced global warming.

With wind forecasting, changes in wind energy output are factored into grid operations much like variations in demand — both change over a matter of 30 minutes or even hours (not a matter of seconds, such as when fossil - fuelled or nuclear plants experience an unexpected outage, or a tree falls on a transmission line).