Sentences with phrase «precluded more»

Finally, for ease of interpretation, we opted for the ADOS Module classification as a measure of functional language in a sample where the majority of children had basal scores on formal language tests; this precluded a more fine - grained analysis of language impairment as a predictor variable.

He let himself be provoked into early release — no crime to my mind, but it would have precluded more care.

Does accepting the importance of the chemicals in my brain preclude a more spiritual and thought?

«The current political scandals expose structural weaknesses in the system that need to be addressed, but not in ways that entrench the powerful and preclude a more nonpartisan process,» the party's release declared.

But it shouldn't preclude more frequent, rigorous examinations of the best art that's been made here over the decades.

Plus, you'll preclude more missed payments from hitting your credit file.

IQC is payable only once at any one time in respect of any child i.e. Section 247 precludes more than one payment in respect of a qualified child in respect of the same period.

Section 247 precludes more than one payment to, or in respect of a qualified child, for the same period, with a limited number of exceptions.

Not exact matches

But as if exorbitant deal costs weren't touchy enough, Tabcorp also made a hash of its half - year 12.5 cents yield, attempting to offer the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, despite the deed precluding the bookmaker from issuing more scrip while it subsumes the Queenslanders.

Buffett, 82, said the deal doesn't preclude him from adding more shares of the bank, which he praised in a March statement as a firm whose leaders he has admired since the 1940s.

Of course, our gathering is more likely to be just one more of many occasions on which representatives of seminaries gather to discuss what might be desirable, knowing all the while that the realities of institutional politics preclude any significant change.

My understanding of the Consti.tution would predict this being precluded, but the SC Justices obviously know more than I do.

In my little book As I Lay Dying — the title is more indebted to Donne than to Faulkner, who may also be indebted to Donne — I write of Donne's embrace of life as a whole, an embrace that precludes the religious / secular dichotomy of what Mr. Kirsch persists in believing is «our secular age.»

Those who make such a criticism, feeling that the high seriousness of preaching precludes all humor in the pulpit, are more influenced by a Puritan heritage than by the Bible.

Christianity, I suspect, will never be done thinking about Plato, but that does not preclude the need to push forward toward a more Christian Platonism, even if we can not get back to a pre-Platonic Christianity.

The editors of America would be on more solid ground if they argued that faithful Catholics might be «precluded» from high office if they are Democrats.

Most people today categorize political divisions into the binary categories of liberal and conservative (another one of those jejune, digital pigeonholes that function more to preclude thought than to promote it).

In fact, I am more intolerant of those who from some limited 19th century view of science preclude the supernatural than I am of those who say that on the basis of their experience in the Christian community they affirm the miraculous.

And regarding «the Spirit»: I am not precluding its presence for the Christian, but I suspect that the Holy Spirit was given more to the community than to individuals.

Part of the answer is, already noted, that the laws of nature are ultimately statistical and no more preclude choice on the part of individual components than do statistical laws of human behavior.

In other words, to avoid frivolous RFRA claims, Congress may need to preclude otherwise justifiable religious exercise concerns by severely limiting the availability of both religious and nonreligious - based exemptions and accommodations, potentially resulting in more draconian legislative drafting.

System - building may also be morally misguided, for it tends «to preclude the possibility of a more sensitive encounter with realities at the edge of our being» (FFS 129f), and these are precisely the realities to which theology in particular ought to attend.

If people find out where you live, you're going to need way more than 2 lbs.; o) I suppose the baking time would preclude a small restaurant or diner, offering this as a non-fried alternative.

No matter what the reason is for trying to eat more healthy, none preclude the enjoyment of a little sweet treat from time to time.

Games such as this Saturday's between Notre Dame and Ohio State are suddenly more meaningful, and the air may yet thicken with controversy if the eventual Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl matchups preclude a true national - championship game.

Adelman made clear that signing [Chris Johnson and Mickael Gelabale until the end of the season] shouldn't preclude the team from trying to improve the roster more.

And even in Brazil, where affection for the game's beauty is supposed to preclude such get - the - star tactics, Pelé finds himself besieged more and more often.

Offseason shoulder surgery precluded Ohio State star quarterback Braxton Miller from full participation in spring practice, but the Heisman Trophy candidate... more

It's important to determine if your daughter has any motor weaknesses or anything else that would preclude her from participating in gym or make it more difficult.

While this similarity in outlook is not crucial, it certainly makes for a more complete and enjoyable relationship that allows open conversation and precludes the need to avoid topics on which you disagree.

Also, while it is true that Africa is the most genetically diverse, that does not preclude positive or purifying selection acting on very specific alleles, including those related to childbirth, across the continent, or across wide swathes of the continent (the latter being more likely).

Thus, although the likelihood of success may be lower in more advanced gestations, gestational age greater than 40 weeks alone should not preclude TOLAC.

It could also be different if it coincides with importunate military pressures or pressures on the currency that preclude slower - paced adjustment (as in 1931 or 1950), or if it takes place in the context of an external bailout that cuts across the normal electoral cycle (as with the US bailout of the Attlee government in 1949, the IMF bailout of 1976 or the more recent Eurozone bailouts), or in a context of no or very low economic growth over a prolonged period.

«I don't think we should preclude people from running on more than one line,» Silver said.

It seems more likely that the Coalition of 2010, as organised by a very small clique of political elites (probable ministers and senior party figures), required the bypassing of Westminster and the Coalition agreements, precluding formal democratic procedure and parliamentary government founded on accountability to the electorate.

More often than not, party leaders on the local level choose the path of least resistance, which sometimes means making deals with the opposition which preclude competitive elections.

«I don't think we should preclude people from running on more than one line,» Silver said at a news conference today.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

But that wouldn't preclude SIUH from getting more money down the road.

«Given that religious music is available to most individuals — even those with health problems or physical limitations that might preclude participating in more formal aspects of religious life — it might be a valuable resource for promoting mental health later in the life course,» the authors wrote.

In 2000, the U.S. Department of the Interior declared the black - tailed prairie dog «warranted» for listing as a threatened species, however the secretary was «precluded from actually listing the species by more urgent concerns».

Compared to IVF the procedure is «mechanically more invasive, and bypasses a number of selection processes that may otherwise preclude that sperm from fertilization,» Davies says.

He can opt to fuse his neck together, which is the safer, more proven treatment for his injury, but would preclude him from fighting ever again.

I'm sure some will find it actually offensive, but I think that's missing the point, which is more that we all have cultural quirks that are indeed humorous, and do sometimes indeed cause friction, but they don't have to preclude mutual respect, which Gleeson and Cheadle certainly find even as they continue ribbing each other, and they are never the whole story, as both characters discover as they constantly learn surprising things that bust up their stereotypes.

One of consumer culture's more insidiously evil qualities is that its conspicuousness precludes criticism.

But there's no reason why Guadagnino's faith in his actors needs to preclude sensorily riveting craft, and while Call Me by Your Name nails all the intimate details of Elio and Oliver's tender relationship, an indulgence of the director's emphatic visual energy might have brought out the extent of their passion even more.

Blanchett was immediately widely tipped for the actress prize (although, in accordance with the arcane rules governing Cannes» award - giving, this would have precluded the film from the Palme d'or), but, satisfyingly, the jury instead graced Rooney Mara with their favour (the young actress winning ex aequo with Mon Roi's Emmanuelle Bercot), whose rendition of Carol's younger lover Thérèse is more subtly beguiling than Blanchett's dramatics.

That doesn \» t preclude them, however, from creating differing or more appropriate remuneration models for a given country.

This late - breaking twist, which reveals how many strings Ruth has been pulling (I should probably say no more), unquestionably puts a new spin on viewers» perception of her; thing is, though, the very nature of said revelation precludes its factoring into the performance.

Some schools report medical exemption rates more than six times the statistical average for students with medical conditions that would preclude the use of vaccines.