Sentences with phrase «prevailing in given time»

Fashion refers to a custom, style, and trend prevailing in given time.

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At this present time, in a period of decline in Christian faith and morals which is still unchecked, still sweeping even lower, it remains true that the teachings given men by Christ, although whittled away and progressively abandoned, still preserve a better level of charity, justice, and chastity in human affairs throughout Christendom than prevails in those regions where the name of Christ has hardly entered, or where it is bitterly persecuted.
However, this opposition has to be understood in the context of the more general mistrust of science prevailing at the time, given the international climate of socialism, which it saw as a consequence of evolutionism.
No one is sure just what conditions prevailed in the postasteroid apocalypse, but Wang speculates that the fast growth rates of modern birds, which let them reach adulthood faster and spend less time dependent on their parents, may have given them an advantage; likewise skilled flight may have been a boon.
The film doesn't make an issue of gender beyond the odd line of dialogue (referencing the multiple all - male squads that failed), but given the prevailing mood in Hollywood, its timing is impeccable.
What happens is that the bank gives you a premium rate while the call - protection period is still in effect, but in exchange, as soon as this period ends, the bank can then take back the premium rate and replace it with a much lower one based on the prevailing market rates at that time.
Thus, any politician that actually advocates or agrees to anything truly effective and equitable, which can so easily (given the mentality) be framed as «putting the country at a competitive disadvantage», will surely LOSE the next election — BIG TIME in the bad economic times that will surely prevail.
Nevertheless, as the world grows more global and more divided, I predict that public policy will remain a hot topic for the foreseeable future and its heads will undergo profound transmogrification depending on the prevailing sacrosanct principles and policies that define countries at a given moment in time.
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