Sentences with phrase «privileged positions for»

So far Silver Linings has placed Lawrence and Cooper in privileged positions for Academy Award nominations and not unlikely is the possibility of the film getting recognition in the Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and of course Best Director categories.

To grow up in Canada is to inherit a privileged position for understanding modernity» sufficently distant from that hurtling spaceship of «the republic to our south,» while retaining (perhaps from connections to nature, to the history of France, and to Catholicism) a sharp, intuitive sense of what it once was like to be «premodern.»

Why does symbolic logic hold such a privileged position for Whitehead?

There will be no privileged position for the Jews as children of Abraham, for God does not need them.

The presence of the Church of England in the House of Lords entrenches a privileged position for one particular branch of one particular religion.

Because of JLR Special Ops job, Harry is on a privileged position for assessing this vehicle in neutral and fair way.

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Having enough money to save for retirement puts you in a privileged position relative to many Americans.

For what it's worth, I do agree with Carter that it's possible to go too far in assuming that our position can't be privileged in any way.

Here again, ideology is discouraged, for no particular position or viewpoint is advantaged or privileged since all are.

It is thus crucial to the communicative enterprise to take an egocentrism - avoiding stance that rejects all claims to a privileged status for our own conception of things as bound to our own particular historical position in the world's processual scheme.

Since you mentioned it, I'm glad to point that the Big Bang is just a way to dodge the facts and logic conclusions made by Edwin Hubble in his Observational Approach to Cosmology, pointing that Earth was in a privileged position, in the center of universe, which obviously has to be done for a purpose, by whoever is responsible for the Creation.

One solution would be for them not to maintain their privileged position, but instead to prioritize the interests of the poorer, less secular, and more moderate parts of their coalition.

But there is little basis for assuming that he has not made such modification because he believes his position is «privileged» and thus immune from attack.

Plantinga does not play defense because he believes that his brand of theism holds some privileged position or because he is not interested in learning from others or because he is not involved in a common quest for truth with his critics.

I may, for example, privately suspect that papal insistence on divine infusion of the soul represents a sop to our fears, a device for maintaining a belief in human superiority within an evolutionary world offering no privileged position to any creature.

With this jibe at their privileged position, he made it clear that he was determined to make them sing for their suppers.

The believer who accords these texts a privileged religious status is, therefore, no longer in a position to understand what they are really saying for, as Bloom puts it, «when script becomes Scripture, reading is numbed by taboo and inhibition.»

The former Sheffield United forward's proposed move back into football after he was convicted and served two and a half years behind bars for rape has been a particularly divisive and controversial one with an almost national debate questioning whether anyone who has committed such an abhorrent sex crime should be allowed to return to a lucrative and privileged position in football.

«People would be saying: «Pull yourself together and be grateful for it» and I understood the position I was in, the privileged position I was in, but I just found it so hard and I couldn't deal with it any more.

The British Humanist Association (BHA) has responded by drawing attention to the fact that the figures show that a very substantial majority of people in England have nothing to do with the Church of England and has called for a reconsideration of its privileged legal and constitutional position in light of that fact.

An assumption that white men invariably occupy an economically privileged position seems to be another unfortunate assumption among those pushing for greater diversity in the professions.

It's about respect for the people, their development.We go to school so we can give back to society one day and help the less privileged and not prove to them how intelligent and superior we are when we are in a position of authority.»

How appropriate then that his preferred choice for the position, Melissa Mark - Viverito, is a woman who embodies many of the attributes we associate with the privileged «1 percent.»

Science has contributed tremendously to the progress in medicine but also to other aspects of society over the last 100 years or so, and to say that the world as it once was is a place we would want to go back to may be true for people in very privileged positions, but certainly not for most of us,» says geneticist Martin Bobrow of the University of Cambridge.

«These findings for anagram reading show for the first time that sensitivity to letter position, and the privileged status of the exterior letters in words, is well established in readers as young as 8 to 10 years old.»

His current stand - up shows briefly mentions the latest scandals as they are topical for the «Humanity» tour, the title of which comes from «me moaning about the state of the world from the most privileged position possible,» Gervais says.

Regardless of membership selection procedures, these boards place education in a privileged position relative to those publicly provided services that depend on general governments for resources and must compete with other services for their share.

Like many people occupying privileged positions, they don't realise that their career paths aren't open to anybody any more and chide later generations for being lazy.

Its privileged position, surrounded by the high pine woods of the majestic Tramuntana mountain range, makes the hotel an ideal accommodation for those who wish to spend a relaxing summer holiday in Majorca, enjoying the spectacular Mediterranean sunsets and the nearby peaceful coves, with warm crystalline waters.

«I feel very privileged and honoured to take up the general manager position of this iconic resort and as we prepare for the launch of an exciting new destination venue, the first permanent Buddha - Bar Beach worldwide, I look forward to elevating the guest experience for our sophisticated clientele.»

Enjoying a privileged position just 50 metres from Poniente beach and in the heart of Benidorm city, these comfortable apartments are the ideal accommodation option for a holiday full of entertainment and fun as visitors will have plenty of restaurants, shops and cafés a few steps away.

The perfect home base for your romantic Adriatic Coast engagement, Falisia, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa holds a privileged position in the a chic marina village of Portopiccolo.

Lake Maggiore has a privileged position between Italy and Switzerland and is famous for its beautiful palm - lined promenades, classic villas and the...

Directly on the sea front in a privileged and tranquil position next to Insotel Club Punta Prima, also 5 stars, and only 150 m from the beach, these newly built comfortable and spacious Suites, deserve special mention thanks to their elegant style which respects the local architecture and the wide variety of services which are for the exclusive use of Prestige guests.

NH Hotels offers you the best hotel resort for your trip to Cuba so that you can enjoy a country which occupies a privileged position in travel guides every year.

Its privileged position, in an animated area a few steps away from the beach, makes the hotel an ideal place to stay for tourists who wish to spend a holiday by the Mediterranean Sea, relaxing and sunbathing on the Lloret de Mar splendid beaches, awarded the European blue flag for quality.

With its privileged position in the city center, and offering more than 15,000 sqm of landscaped gardens, Silken Al - Andalus is a real oasis of peace, the perfect retreat for a holiday in Andalusia if you are looking for exclusiveness, quietness and comfort.

Its privileged position, a few steps away from the Las Burras Beach, makes it an ideal accommodation for leisure travellers aiming to spend a relaxing holiday in the Canary Islands, enjoying its extensive sandy beaches and its moderate climate all the year round.

Due to its privileged position on top of a hill, the hotel offers stunning panoramic views over the slopes on the pine - covered mountainside, which creates a relaxing and peaceful environment, ideal for those planning to spend a few days away from the city.

Holding a privileged position only steps away from the beach, Hotel Pollentia is ideal for families or couples and it offers a relaxing spot for your holiday in Majorca.

We're privileged to be in a position to honour such consistent standard bearers for the great British creative sector.»

It's rumored that for those staff members who were part of the development behind certain projects whose end product didn't quite meet the standards or expectations set out by the higher - up's, would find themselves shunted into less - privileged positions in the company hierarchy — even going as far as landing roles as security guards, or worse, mere cleaners.

What does it mean to work in the studio now, as it increasingly cedes its privileged position as the exclusive laboratory for contemporary artistic practice to more mobile, itinerant, digital and global networks?

This combination of gravitas and up - to - date engagement gave Steinberg a privileged position in the dialogue around the newest art, and he emerged as not only a witness but an important instigator in the transition from Abstract Expressionism (and Greenberg - ian strictures) to the next generation of artists, who were leaving behind painterly theatrics for the icier criticality of Pop.

«I was in a rather uniquely privileged position among British artists, because I had lived in New York for a long time where there were plenty of Picassos to look at,» he told me on the phone last week.

In seminal essays such as «The Function of the Studio» (1970), Buren provides a pointed critique of the artist's compromised and fixed position within the art system, in which the studio plays the fundamentally strategic role of a hideout, as well as of a privileged place where the work is produced and presented for the first time.

He has just enough political nous to realise that this privileged position he claims for himself can not be justified on poitical grounds — it requires some superior justification, some unassailable truth — hence the «science», and its supposed moral imperatives.

-LSB-...] by granting DEI and maintaining in its favour quasi-monopolistic lignite exploration rights which ensure that it has privileged access to the most attractive fuel in Greece for the purposes of generating electricity, the Hellenic Republic thereby created inequality of opportunity between economic operators on the wholesale electricity market and thus distorted competition, maintaining or reinforcing DEI's dominant position and excluding or hindering any new entrants, despite the liberalisation of the wholesale electricity market.

In respect of the unambiguous impropriety exception, he cited Lord Justice Rix in Savings & Investment Bank Limited (in liquidation) v Finken [2004] 1 WLR 667, [2004] 1 All ER 1125 and summarised the position as being that «no matter how important the admission might be for the potential litigation, unless it can be said to arise out of an abuse of the privileged occasion, such as where it is made to utter «a blackmailing threat of perjury» (see 684E) its significance alone can not result in the admission being released from the cocoon of the «without prejudice» exclusion and into the glare of the forensic arena» (at para 20).

According to Andrew Walker QC, imposing a duty on lawyers to respond to demands from the ICO for privileged information would place them in the invidious position of being unable to reassure their clients that they will be able to protect the confidentiality of information imparted to them.