Sentences with phrase «playing constructive»

So that you can stay healthy and sharp - minded, your dog needs to spend lots of time being physically active and playing constructive games.

B4K is playing a constructive role in the rollout of EE4NJ.

Science is committed to playing a constructive role in making available to the scientific community the data underlying articles in the print journal, in cases when such data can not be accommodated in an established public database such as Genbank or PDB.

Now that the primary is at hand, ESPA is banking on Klein and Avella playing a constructive role in a prospective Democratic majority next year.

New Testament theology is thus disqualified from playing a constructive role in the forming of a theological method which shall take seriously the problem of faith and history, and particularly this faith, rooted as no other religious faith is, in the very concreteness of history, and becomes nothing more than»... the first permanent expression of the distinctively Christian consciousness, and begs the question of the external history of that consciousness» (Ibid., 57, 58) «thus leaving... theology with nothing to discussion except the human need for self - understanding in general.»

He notes that the subsequent years have brought disillusionment and deep uncertainty, but ends on the note that Christians once so inspired by the teachings of such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer will surely play a constructive role when the former East Germany finds its future.

Education broadly is the way children are socialized into the culture and prepared to play a constructive role within it.

«We will continue to put the national interest first and play a constructive role in providing the stable and good government people deserve.

E. whereas former Commission President José Manuel Barroso called on civil society to play a constructive and engaged part in the TTIP negotiations;

But we expect to be able to play a constructive role within the party itself and stand up for our values, which are the same as the Labour party's values.

He talks about a Britain that will play a constructive role in Europe while aligning the Tories in the European parliament with some of the continent's wackier xenophobes.

As long U.S. military aid and investments continue to flow to Israel while it violates human rights and international law, the U.S. will not have the credibility with either side to play that constructive role.»

«I hope that I can bring experience and play a constructive role in providing the strongest possible opposition to this Tory Government.»

Moreover, the authors suggest that states that provide subsidies to uneconomical nuclear reactors within their borders could also play a constructive role by making those subsidies available only for plants that agreed to carry out expedited transfer of spent fuel.

The traditional broker for interagency cooperation, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, could play a constructive role in facilitating the necessary coordination.

Are we really so sure that the inclusion of measures of non-cognitive skills in such a system can't play a constructive role?

It may also have played a constructive role by highlighting the lack of evidence concerning key questions of education policy and practice.

that have played a constructive role not only in American education but in American society writ large.

The courts have obviously articulated important principles — most notably in Brown v. Board of Education — that have played a constructive role not only in American education but in American society writ large.

That said, and without spoiling the good ideas Joe will share with you Thursday, I've always said equity investing can play a constructive role in most people's retirement plan.

Taking a slightly larger view, I think this example shows quite effectively how blogs can play a constructive role in moving science forward (something that we discussed a while ago).

The company insists its tar sands production is only 15 % more carbon intensive on a well - to - wheels basis and says it has always played a constructive role in climate - change issues.

The road transport lobby did not play a constructive role in the GST debate.

Cohen stated that Exxon was not a «climate change denier» and «wanted to play a constructive role in countering global warming.»

The campaign builds on the principles by the FIA Make Cars Green declaration, together with Bridgestone, and outlines how policy makers, industry and consumers can all play a constructive role in the future.

Australia should aim for zero emissions unconditional on international action, start phasing out its fossil fuel exports, and play a constructive role in climate talks.

Not exact matches

According to Julie Rains of OPEN Forum, some of the tell - tale signs of an unhealthy company culture include playing favorites, a lack of constructive feedback and criticism, small issues that get repeated over and over again, employees who are defensive and frequent bending of the rules.

While core funds are more at risk than shorter - dated bonds, «a core bond fund can still play a very constructive role in a diversified portfolio,» says Toms.

This is a classic mistake many entrepreneurs make so I'd like to offer some constructive advice on how the savvy hand would be played.

In past negotiations, India has been identified as playing a less - than - constructive role.)

If elections play out as polls suggest, and if the United Kingdom and the EU can begin constructive Brexit negotiations, we believe pent up corporate demand and relief among investors could lead to strong economic and financial market performances across Europe.

Premiers agreed to create a Council of the Federation, as part of their plan to play a leadership role in revitalizing the Canadian federation and building a more constructive and cooperative federal system.

Like Oden, I do not share the belief of some of my contemporaries that constructive Christian thinking — that is, theology --- is no longer possible, and that play is all that is humanly supportable.4 Nor do I care to become «deliciously irresponsible» and merely produce fantasies about fun and frolics on the beach or in the bedroom, of leisure filled with ecstasy and laughter5 Rather, my concern in this book is to inquire on behalf of the Christian community about the significance of play.

The more constructive role Orthodoxy can play is captured in another story; Protestant and Catholic theologians decided that they needed help in adjudicating their disputes.

In addition to the many constructive roles the church plays vis - à - vis the elderly, it could help very specifically in this context, and yet it often does not — for many of the same reasons that block others from doing so.

Wise parents accordingly take pains to provide their young with healthful opportunities for recreation and to live in a physical and social environment that will afford a constructive play life.

Therefore, if any man please to play off his constructive logic upon it, he can easily show it up as the absurdest book in the world.

Constructive work and play provide a focus and an outlet for personal energies.

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

More generally on the constructive work of imagination see Paul W. Pruyser, The Play of lmagination (Madison, Conn.: International Universities Press, 1983), chapter 4 and passim.

The church must play a role in helping youth find constructive solutions to the ambiguities and confusions of sex.

What is clearer to me now is that the precedent of the King James Version has played a decisive and constructive role in directing readers of English to a rather literal experience of the Bible, and that this precedent can be ignored only at considerable cost, as nearly all the English versions of the Bible done in recent decades show.

We have likely had less experience with constructive conflict and its characteristics: openness, trust, no threats or power plays, a willingness to learn and change, and a cooperative stance in which the goals of the participants are integrally linked.

In a world longing for peace and tolerance, such fighting talk seemed out of place; it would make for a quieter life if we appeared content to listen to all nations, to offer sympathetic and constructive echoes of whatever they happened to be saying already, to play down that old imperialistic claim that Christ is with us in special, unique, and necessary fashion.

But even in Protestantism they have been abundant enough; and in its recent «liberal» developments of Unitarianism and latitudinarianism generally, minds of this order have played and still are playing leading and constructive parts.

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He deserves the new contract.He is a players player who does not get enough playing time due to Wengers obsession with xhaka who cost seven times as much.I think he could develop into a more constructive midfielder as he showed recently against Watford when he was the best player on the pitch.

Four of the five participated in sports at the professional level, and they often watch one another's plays and offer constructive criticism.

So should we blame him for playing badly, or would it be more constructive to ask: why is he even playing, and why is he still an Arsenal player?

At the other end, we hit the bar following a corner and continued to play the more constructive football and five minutes or so before the break we finally got the breakthrough when Terry Mupariwa (pictured) finished well to open the scoring.