Sentences with phrase «plain reading»

I am talking about simple PDFs for plain reading, not very visual stuff like comic books.

I would read to the children and when I read, it wasn't just plain reading.

As a result, fundamentalists and many evangelicals moved from the vigorous intellectual life that characterized the early evangelicals, to a «plain reading of Scripture,» even though this was the very method of biblical interpretation used by the proslavery camp.

The «New» Atheists seem to be aware of this, intuitively if not overtly, and join with them in declaring one plain reading interpretation.

For the brave souls who want to move to Boulder, visit Boulder, drink coffee in Boulder, or just plain read about Boulder, I give you the top five coffee shops in Boulder.

now you can argue man's laws vs God's law all ya want, but a «plain reading of the text» is the only way to get to that conclusion.

We can not build a universal application from such a text through a «plain reading» of the words.

All of which suggested to Christian commentators that the expression «living water» called for a deeper understanding than the plain reading would allow.

The most common objection to women taking up leadership in churches stems from a plain reading of 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12: «A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.

[i] Regardless of how one sides on this issue, a plain reading of Romans 13, clearly indicates that the civil government plays a role in God's design for society and His people.

So far as I can see in any plain reading of the Bible, God is very empathetic toward humanity, but I don't see him ever assuming a position of guilt and asking for forgiveness.

If people believe with absolute conviction that what a plain reading of the Bible tells them is wrong, then it seems to me that the best course is to reject the Bible rather than make up bizarre and far - fetched excuses for how it can be right if you just stretch the words way out of shape and add some extra made - up stuff.

Thus, under a plain reading of the law, as applied to Ms. Shirley's facts, the answer to her question can only be «yes.»»

When pressed on the matter, Greenfield only said, «A plain reading of my disclosure form presents income and back income paid to me before I ran for office in the two appropriate sections of the 33 - page form.»

(The) Department of Environmental Conservation has advised in the past that language in the regulations that provide for the Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner to choose between agencies and the plain reading of the regulations themselves preclude the use of co-lead agencies.»

On a plain reading, it seems like it would allow individual states not just to import slaves, but to carry out their own immigration policy, allowing anyone at all, even free people, to come into the country.

«The plain reading of the Constitutional text contemplates the authority of an «other body» which could submit a plan for legislative action.

Or the apparently unlawful (and I would suggest actionable) releases being prepared at UDel and UVA in violation of the plain reading of the state FOI laws?

Defence lawyers are reminded that based on a plain reading, Rule 48.14 also applies to third party actions.

They acknowledged that a plain reading of the statute did create some internal tensions and stated,

One might have thought, on a plain reading of s. 26 (2), that there was clearly an appeal as of right to the Court.

Similarly, a plain reading of Bill 132 suggests an organization's right to claim litigation privilege over documents created pursuant to the investigation will be diminished, because an investigation is arguably conducted for the dominant purpose of compliance with Bill 132 and an organization's internal policies, rather than for the dominant purpose of litigation.

Overall, on a plain reading of the language used, the court held that the restrictive covenants were accepted by Mr. Payette «in consideration of the substantial advantages he would be depriving from the transaction, not of his potential status as an employee».

[17] The respondent argued that a plain reading of the reference in s. 95 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act to only «the gross income that the person lost in that period less the amount that would have been payable on that gross income» compels one to the conclusion that the past income loss award is to be taxed without reference to taxes otherwise payable during the same taxation year.

On a plain reading of this language, pursuing access to justice is not merely a collective aspiration.

Adopting a plain reading of contractual terms prevents insurers from broadening the meaning of the words beyond those written on the page.

For the Court of Appeal, a plain reading of s. 25 (1) distinguishes between Ontario and non-Ontario residents.

This termination provision is, on a plain reading, in contravention of the ESA.

Judge Ellis said this interpretation is contrary to the plain reading of the statute.

«A plain reading of the quoted portion of the funding agreements demonstrates that the use of the phrase «shall receive nothing» in conjunction with «no associated obligation to pay» means that the requirement of repayment is completely contingent upon the recovery of proceeds from the related legal claims,» the Court of Appeals wrote.

Recognition of the intrinsic and equal dignity of human life underlies any plain reading of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights.

She indicated that the plain reading of the section suggests that a person is competent to testify if they respond to the affirmative to an inquiry of promising to tell the truth.

[47] A plain reading of the Execution Act makes it clear that it does not create any substantive rights that override or supplant the long - established principle of corporate separateness.

It is easy to rely on a plain reading of the Sixth Amendment and argue that because there is no constitutional right to a plea bargain, an attorney's ineffective assistance at the plea bargaining stage does not deprive a defendant of any constitutional rights.

[38] On a plain reading of s. 84 (1) of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, the provisions pertain to the statutory subrogation issues between the insured and the insurer, which issues were not before me in this litigation.

Legislators and the public can do their best to ensure that the letter of the law is perfectly clear, but if a Court chooses to interpret the law in a manner that does not conform with anyone's plain reading of the law, the practical effect is a bad law.

However, unlike other criminal trials, the employee seeking to rely on the whistleblower protection would have the burden of showing, on a balance of probabilities, that the Executive Branch gathered the leaked information without a warrant where a warrant was required by law, or that the FISA court's interpretation of the law is grossly inconsistent with the plain reading of the law.