Sentences with phrase «point of confidence in»

The question is, have we reached a point of no confidence in the data because too much has been lost?

If your breeder interviews you with a rigor like that you would expect from someone evaluating you for adoption of a human baby, take that as a point of confidence in the breeder.

In general, it takes roughly 4 - 5 of these workshops to reach a point of confidence in teaching a beginner - level class, according to feedback we have received from the participants.

Not exact matches

«We are at a point where [Trump] has a real shot at the presidency, despite having blown up a political party, undermined confidence in our electoral system, declared open season on journalists, and unleashed a river of racism and misogyny.

Tipping the top or bottom of a market is never smart, especially at a time of volatile trading; but a series of recent events point to confidence growing in the start of a recovery in the Western Australian economy.

In December, U.S. small - business confidence in the economy climbed to 105.8, its highest point in 12 years, up 7.4 points from the previous month, according to the National Federation of Independent BusinesIn December, U.S. small - business confidence in the economy climbed to 105.8, its highest point in 12 years, up 7.4 points from the previous month, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesin the economy climbed to 105.8, its highest point in 12 years, up 7.4 points from the previous month, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesin 12 years, up 7.4 points from the previous month, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.

No wonder Nanos Research now reports that Canadian confidence in our country's economic prospects has hit its lowest point in 24 months despite the relative heath of our nation's financial affairs.

When you look a person in the eye, you communicate confidence and belief in your point of view.

Exhibiting unwavering confidence in achieving desires — to the point that this becomes part of their identity

You lose confidence in the dollar and you want to get out of the dollar, at which point you're like «okay you can pay me in dollars, but I'm going to buy land, fine art, gold, silver, that's when velocity accelerates almost of nowhere, and inflation takes off.

While this may be true in some cases, I've found that it's usually some combination of a misperception among CEOs about the role of the VC, the CEO's own level of self - confidence and the desire of the CEO to elevate his importance in the system by being a single point of contact.

The book paints a picture of an exceptionally successful woman who admits to lacking confidence at various points in her career.

Case in point: U.S. auto sales have historically been a key barometer of consumer health and confidence.

They made a point of getting to know us long before we needed their support and that early relationship contributed significantly to our confidence in selecting them as our lead investor for our growth round.»

In general, a drop in consumer confidence by more than 20 points below its 12 - month average has accompanied the beginning of recessionIn general, a drop in consumer confidence by more than 20 points below its 12 - month average has accompanied the beginning of recessionin consumer confidence by more than 20 points below its 12 - month average has accompanied the beginning of recessions;

«We have every confidence that the company's culture of operational excellence positions it favorably to realize its substantial unit growth goals,» pointed out Piper Jaffray analyst Nicole Regan in a Nov. 5 note.

Ironically, one of the main points made in both pieces is that investors (me included) spend too much time exposing themselves to all the informational noise that is distributed over the internet in the hope of boosting confidence enough to be comfortable with our investment decisions.

, According to the ANZ Business Confidence survey, confidence eased in April, with a net 23.4 % of businesses being pessimistic about the year ahead, down 3 points from March, with all sectors iConfidence survey, confidence eased in April, with a net 23.4 % of businesses being pessimistic about the year ahead, down 3 points from March, with all sectors iconfidence eased in April, with a net 23.4 % of businesses being pessimistic about the year ahead, down 3 points from March, with all sectors in the red.

It's no surprise that when asked about their confidence in the political state of small business, women responded, on average, a full point lower than men (women averaged a 7 out of 10 confidence level, while men averaged an 8).

We would be more compelled if this was accompanied by a drop in consumer confidence of 20 points or more below its 12 - month average, which typically accompanies the beginning of recessions.

Among the evidence that would shift our expectations in this regard would be: material equity market deterioration, further weakness in regional Fed and purchasing managers indices, a slowing in real personal income, a spike in new claims for unemployment toward the 340,000 level, an abrupt drop in consumer confidence about 10 - 20 points below its 12 - month average, and at least some amount of slowing in employment growth and aggregate hours worked.

A lot of this pessimism had already been reversed by the time of the previous Statement in August, but since then yields have risen by a further 45 — 85 basis points across the yield curve, as market confidence has improved.

The point I want to make in all of this is that to answer the question, we need to gauge the likely strength and sustainability of the market's network of confidence amid those stipulated conditions.

B2C marketers» confidence in the 10 tactics they consider to be most effective has risen this year, with the exception of blogs, which are down two percentage points.

Behavioral finance experts make the point that investing is rife with the illusion of skill, namely an investor's inflated confidence in his own ability to choose winning stocks.

According the National Association of Home Builders, U.S. builder confidence in the market for newly built single - family homes edged down one point to a level of 69 in April 2018 on the National Association of Home Builders / Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

New research from Gallup shows that, with only 44 percent of Americans having «a great deal» or «quite a lot» of confidence in religious institutions, Americans» trust in church is at its lowest point since the national research organization started asking the question in 1973.

Talking about it will strengthen their confidence in us parents as their points of reference.

And with no imagery available, other than that of supernaturalism, to suggest such nuances or sensitive ground for pointing toward dimensions of grace or spirit, Christian faith could mean for the modern consciousness only confidence in the resources of man's moral idealism.

Like most modern thinkers, Rousseau has an enormous amount of confidence in the ability of the «moral law within» (to quote another Rousseauian philosopher) to point each of us in the right direction.

At many points the influence of John Dewey and other pragmatists will be evident, particularly their belief in democracy as a comprehensive way of life, their confidence in the wide relevance of the scientific spirit and methods, and their commitment to education as a moral enterprise.

The hope generated by the symbol of the Kingdom of God pointing to God's active reign in history is not confidence that a successful outcome of our difficulties is guaranteed.

will have to be assumed and telescoped; but I will concentrate on what I think are critical questions — critical in the sense that they represent, at least in my opinion, points on which greater clarity is required if the community of Christ's discipleship is to move into the post-Christendom future with something like apostolic confidence.

They can embrace this report on the «Crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States» as a starting point and set themselves on a course of reform and renewal that could, among other benefits, restore the confidence of priests and people in their leadership.

The confidence has many roots: the steady decline of models of theology in which «critical appraisal» is the dominant task; receptiveness toward and fresh engagement with classical thinkers, patristic, medieval and Reformation; a sense that the Enlightenment is only one episode in the history of one (Western) culture and not a turning point in the history of humankind; the work of a number of gifted and independent - minded theologians now at the height of their powers who have shown the potency of constructive doctrinal work.

We sense in all of this the dawn of a new dispensation, a fresh, if sometimes uneven, point of departure for the apostolic heritage, a galvanizing hope, born of proven confidence that we can move beyond Day One of the missionary landing to enter new fields and spheres with our hearts and minds fixed on the right things.

Here, even more than in Hosea, the mythological interest in resurrection is absent, for the scene being described by Ezekiel has nothing to do with an unseen supernatural world, but refers to a future event in the sphere of human history to which Ezekiel points his people forward in hope and confidence.

On the other hand, liturgy points to the inward moment of theology: it reflects from its position in the midst of the confidence with which minority communities enact their religio - cultural pluralities and perform their distinctive particularities before God and community.

But this much we can say with confidence: at every point of suffering and wrong, in every situation where man is being divested of his essential humanity, the judgment and the grace of God is operative through some human agency.

One might also point to the secularization of contemporary society, which itself has many facets: the separation of political and educational institutions from the church, the autonomy of the intellectual disciplines, the dominance of this - worldly over otherworldly interests, the confidence in man's ability to control his own destiny without divine assistance.

At several points he touches upon the paradoxes of modern urbanism and the tragic ironies of our cultural attitude toward cities: although we now have more individual freedom, technical ability, and, arguably, social equity, we do not live in places as hospitable to human beings as were our cities of the past; we are pragmatists who build shoddily; our current obsession with historic preservation is the flip side of our utter lack of confidence in our ability to build well; while cultures with shared ascetic ideals and transcendent orientation built great cities and produced great landscapes, modern culture's expressive ideals, dogmatic public secularism, and privatized religiosity produce for us, even with our vast wealth, only private luxury, a spoiled countryside, and a public realm that is both venal and incoherent; above all, we simultaneously idolize nature and ruin it.

@Chad, «The critical aspect of my point, and why you are incorrect in claiming it was «edited» (implying we do nt have any confidence that what we have now is what was originally written), is that as the bible is the most heavily researched and scrutinized any and all occurrences of this type of thing have been identified.»

The critical aspect of my point, and why you are incorrect in claiming it was «edited» (implying we do nt have any confidence that what we have now is what was originally written), is that as the bible is the most heavily researched and scrutinized any and all occurrences of this type of thing have been identified.

We would not know what religious symbols were themselves pointing to did we not already have a primal sense of confidence in the ultimate goodness and meaningfulness of reality.

In spite of the major control set up by the fact of the Resurrection, the tradition continued to reflect the variety in point of view, in hope, in confidence and expectation that prevailed, even among his close followers, during Jesus» earthly ministrIn spite of the major control set up by the fact of the Resurrection, the tradition continued to reflect the variety in point of view, in hope, in confidence and expectation that prevailed, even among his close followers, during Jesus» earthly ministrin point of view, in hope, in confidence and expectation that prevailed, even among his close followers, during Jesus» earthly ministrin hope, in confidence and expectation that prevailed, even among his close followers, during Jesus» earthly ministrin confidence and expectation that prevailed, even among his close followers, during Jesus» earthly ministry.

Luther was well acquainted with the new Elector and felt sufficient confidence to send him, on 15 May, a memorandum about the urgent financial and other needs of the University, a memorandum originally intended for Elector Frederick, who in the last twelve months of his life had slowed down his normally very deliberate procedures almost to stopping point.

Assuming that Dawkins has equal confidence in all parts of his book, I shall simply challenge him at representative points, and let readers draw their own conclusions about the overall reliability of his evidence and judgement» (p. xii).

The HSR Advisory Committee further reaffirmed the reliability of the HSR, stating that the monitoring of consumer awareness, attitudes and interaction with the system points to improvements in how people understand and use it: A majority of 74 % agree that the HSR helps in identifying healthier options within the same food category and 65 % reported that their confidence in the system is high or somewhat high.

The bottom line from a nutritional point of view, according to O'Dea (1988) seems to be that kangaroo meat provides «a consistently very lean red meat which can be included with confidence in a cholesterol - lowering diet».

The Canadian group's $ 500 million - plus vote of confidence in the local industry, combined with the recent favourable conditions in the global dairy market, is pointing towards an impending surge in investment in Victoria's southwest, one of the country's most productive dairy regions.