Sentences with phrase «privileges of»

The preparatory stage during which the full privileges of membership are withheld ends with an initiation into full participation.

Thus strata may refer to the command of economic resources (to wealth, in the broadest sense), to power, or to status» three privileges of rank that do not necessarily go together.

It seems not to have occurred to the author that docile men and women willing to renounce the claims and privileges of gender might not be the kind of men and women drawn to the demands and drama of religious life» and the life she depicts was demanding and dramatic.

Many of what are considered liberalism's signal features — particularly political arrangements such as constitutionalism, the rule of law, rights and privileges of citizens, separation of powers, the free exchange of goods and services in markets, and federalism — are to be found in medieval thought.

If these stories are beloved, then at least one reason is because they guarantee the privileges of those who tell them.

Thus the average worker has been so far released from wearing toil that the privileges of «aristocrats» and «ordinary people» have been exchanged.

I certainly trust the motives of a man who wants to sell me something for profit more than I trust a politician who profits from trading in the property and privileges of others.

In The Epistle to the Romans, Leon Morris says adoption is «a useful word for Paul, for it signifies being granted the full rights and privileges of [belonging to] a family [in] which one does not belong by nature.»

The average worker has been so far released from wearing toil that the privileges of «aristocrats» and «ordinary people» have been exchanged.

Insulated by the wealth of possibilities the privileges of power confer, powerful knowers can ignore limits and resolve ambiguities.

When others despise, defy, or destroy this right and bully those who protect it, it betrays their desire to control the narrative, and this, in my opinion, betrays their desire to protect their own privileges of power.

Both bills make a careful and considered effort to protect the rights and privileges of sportsmen.

When psychological approaches and cosmetic reforms fail to pacify people and guarantee the privileges of the empire, then the appropriate measure of violence is applied through bombings or repression.

Epiphany season would be the period to lay down the fundamental character, obligations, and privileges of discipleship as they are summarized, for example, in the Sermon on the Mount.

This intentional connection between church and state allows the Orthodox Church to enjoy all the attendant privileges of political preference and feeds into a uniquely Russian national identity.

And yet, if same - sex marriage is to be truly equal to natural marriage in the eyes of society and the law, then all the rights and privileges of marriage — including those involving the procreation and rearing of children — must in principle belong to both kinds of marriage, irrespective of the motives impelling a couple toward marriage or whether, once married, they exercise these rights and privileges.

Theology professor Andrey Shirin wrote that the legislation, which significantly restricts all non-Orthodox congregations, reflects the historic ties between religion and Russian culture: «This intentional connection between church and state allows the Orthodox Church to enjoy all the attendant privileges of political preference and feeds into a uniquely Russian national identity.»

The pastor's opportunity to stand with the family in their lonely, confused distress is one of the privileges of being a clergyman.

Secondly, when we believe the alleged abuser and silence the alleged victim, it betrays our fascination for preserving the privileges of power.

One of the great privileges of parenthood is walking with our children in prayer, I think, because we give them their first language for how they speak with God.

It often seems as if it were precisely because of their progressive potential that the media are felt to be an immense threatening power; because for the first time they present a basic challenge to bourgeois culture and thereby to the privileges of the bourgeois intelligentsia -.

5, in the 1983 Code of Canon Law, following the lead of the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church, states that, «In the future, no rights and privileges of election, nomination, presentation, or designation of bishops are granted to civil authorities.»

Joseph Smith did grant land and home ownership to black members of the church who followed him to Nauvoo and made sure that they were given the same rights and privileges of other members (other than the priesthood).

They also examine how the rights and privileges of farm workers, including seasonal and temporary foreign workers, conflict with those of their employers, and reveal the barriers many face by being excluded from most statutory employment laws, sometimes in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Capital controls have historically been as much about preventing foreigners from buying local government bonds as it has been about preventing destabilizing bouts of flight capital, and living in China, where an aggressive demand for the privileges of reserve currency status coincide with equally aggressive policies that prevent the RMB from achieving reserve currency status (and that transfer ever more of the «benefits» to the US) made clear the huge gap in rhetoric and practice.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

For a discussion regarding the rights, preferences, and privileges of our common stock, see «Description of Capital Stock.»

and considered a number of other objective and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of the fair value of our common stock, including; issuances of preferred stock and the rights, preferences and privileges of our preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; and the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or sale given prevailing market conditions.

But if you're a plutocrat bent on self - enrichment, there are more subtle, and more legal, ways to use the privileges of office to earn a lot more money.

In addition, our certificate of incorporation will authorize shares of undesignated preferred stock, the rights, preferences and privileges of which may be designated from time to time by our board of directors.

The provisions in the bill must directly affect the federal government's spending or revenue — it's a way to restrict what policies can pass under the special privileges of reconciliation, which allows a bill to advance with only 50 votes instead of the usual 60.

But in restoring the posting privileges of alt - right leader Richard Spencer over the weekend, the company explained that Spencer's original sin wasn't spreading white nationalist views or fomenting hatred but creating duplicate accounts in violation of the Twitter rules.

-- Discriminating in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, such as providing a lower salary to an employee because of sexual orientation, or denying spousal health insurance benefits to a female employee because her legal spouse is a woman, while providing spousal health insurance to a male employee whose legal spouse is a woman.

In college, I had the wonderful privilege of playing football for coach Terry Hoeppner at Indiana University.

King would recognize the youthful stars I have the privilege of interacting with every day.

The companies that truly value — and need — young workers will pay for the privilege of getting to know them.

Instead, only a few have the privilege of calling themselves entrepreneurs.

A lawyer for the president, Joanna Hendon, on Sunday filed a motion asking the judge to grant the president the privilege of reviewing the documents first.

As with most famous locations, there are various fees — for advertising, other types of promotion, whatever — that you must ante up to enjoy the privilege of being there.

But it had also historically enjoyed the corporate privilege of being supra - political.

Yesterday I had the privilege of guest hosting a show for Young Female Entrepreneurs.

A business that makes a nice profit is a lot sexier than having a company that makes you pay for the privilege of hanging out with athletes and celebrities.

You must remain cognizant of the fact that few people will work hard, go out of their way, or be inconvenienced just for the privilege of giving you their hard - earned money.

The costly privilege of getting a Master's, an MBA or a JD these days changes the way you look at the world mostly, I would argue, in a good way.

Here's the thing: You drop your several hundred grand for the privilege of supercar ownership — and then you are informed that actually driving the thing will destroy its resale value.

They might not deny you based on low or lacking credit, but you can bet they'll increase the interest rate of people who are less «credit - worthy,» charging you more for the privilege of borrowing.

The road cars define the critical fantasies that animate the brand, that evoke its deep history, and that provoke sane people to part with hundreds of thousands of dollars for the privilege of being what Ferrari calls a «client.»

The contest Google asked non-developer types to post ideas in 50 words or less on Google + and Twitter on how they would use the glasses, for the privilege of pre-ordering the developer version of the Glass, dubbed the Explorer Edition.