Sentences with phrase «prompted the idea of»

Stepping down from that role prompted the idea of trying to shed Christianity altogether.

This prompted the idea of joining forces with the Food and Agricul - ture Organisation of the United Nations and using our know - how and con - tacts to make our contribution to fighting global food losses.»

Not exact matches

«The idea that gasoline demand is actually rising suggests that perhaps the lower prices of crude are actually prompting a greater usage of this product (gasoline),» said Vyanne Lai, oil analyst at National Australia Bank.

Prompt employees to express their ideas and opinions and be sure you set an example of attributing value to all ideas.

Some of them are more novel, such as the idea that Twitter should encourage passive users to create more content by prompting them with quizzes and polls.

If you can't reinforce any part of it at least say, «That just prompted me to consider another idea,» before offering an alternative.

A generation that's been stereotyped as urban, single and aghast at the idea of a car - based life in the suburbs is starting to age, prompting fund managers to bet on companies that should benefit if the U.S. birth rate reverses a six - year slump.

Yet there has also been much speculation, often prompted by explicit considerations of Weber, that Puritanism had paved the way for the Lockean theory of democracy through an elective affinity of ideas.

Even if it could be shown that economic or general social conditions in a given society have prompted a desire for deliverance, the ideas of redemption that may be included in a religious message are not invalidated by an inquiry into their social «background,» provided we do not conceive of the relation in deterministic terms but consider conditions as a framework which may include a variety of contents.

I have tried to draw our some of the ideas in Putnam's account in «Infinitesimals as Origins of Evolution: Comments Prompted by Timothy Herron and Hilary Putnam on Peirce's Synechism and Infinitesimals,» Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 34/3 (1998).

The impression could all too easily be prompted in the minds of thoughtful parishioners that a long awaited gesture of compassion towards a downtrodden group had been blocked, yet again, by the outdated ideas of a few crusty clerics, and that it is only a matter of time before such conservatism crumbles in the face of popular opinion.

In terms of our previous discussion of the rhythm of education, the subject matter and an interesting manner of presenting it, the challenge of new ideas hopefully touches the recesses of creativity within each student, and stimulates their interest, prompting interest in further inquiry.

That this first step is an error is indicated by Searle himself in his allusion to the bipolar (private and public) character of conscious awareness, which prompts one to ask whether most scientific approaches to the problem of consciousness are vitiated at the outset by a failure to leave open the possibility of an indissociable bipolarity in key ideas (such as public - private, subjective - objective, and body - mind).

I know there are those who will accuse me of exaggeration when I say this, but, until baseball appeared, humans were a sad and benighted lot, lost in the labyrinth of matter, dimly and achingly aware of something incandescently beautiful and unattainable, something infinitely desirable shining up above in the empyrean of the ideas; but, throughout most of the history of the race, no culture was able to produce more than a shadowy sketch of whatever glorious mystery prompted those nameless longings.

A Moltmann lecture about the feminine aspects of the Holy Spirit prompted Neill Q. Hamilton, professor of New Testament at Drew University School of Theology, to develop the idea further.

This idea, that the Passion of Jesus fulfilled the Scripture, had already become determinative for the earliest communities and had prompted them, even before there was any story of Jesus» Passion, to read certain passages of the Old Testament as accounts of his suffering and death: e.g., Ps.

To that the Good Idea Fairy prompted me to add 1/4 c. of Grand Marnier & a few tablespoons of tawny port... et VOILA!!!! Fabulosity on a spoon!!!

The idea of a man having sexual thoughts prompted by the sight of my breasts performing their sole function makes me nauseated.

The idea that we could have an air hockey table in our very own house prompted a mental montage of my 1970s childhood.

Prompted by her love of casual get togethers, Mary came up with the idea of selling wine for special foods — the kind of foods we enjoy when relaxing and celebrating with family and friends.

Critics of the school lunch block grant idea warn that the measure does not provide enough funding to keep up with growing needs, does not guarantee a free lunch to needy students, and would prompt many schools to offer fewer complete meals or to drop their lunch programs altogether.

It's not a good idea to scold them when they touch themselves — this will only prompt a sense of guilt and shame.

«The idea of perhaps providing a device that will prompt people to learn more could be very successful.»

Watch them explore, prompt them with questions and give them ideas, but let them be the boss of their own play.

However, the emic approach taken by many contributors prompts a discomfiting question: what are we to make of the knowledge that patronage often feeds on — and is fed by — particularistic ideas of «the good»?

The 80th anniversary of the Beveridge report prompted research to see what the collections of both organisations revealed about the dissemination of the report's ideas.

That reality prompted, as part of the Osogbo conference agenda, the idea of federalizing political parties, along geo - political lines, with local demands driving each party's national charter, though with APC as case - point.

It suggests a possible alternative, where repeat offenders could be given a jail term of a maximum of eight weeks, but the idea that the vast majority of shoplifters should avoid jail has prompted anger from the Conservatives.

This news story, on the Met toying with the idea of using rubber bullets, prompted considerable interest from readers, many of whom wanted much tougher sanctions from New Scotland Yard.

With few new ideas, and without concrete examples of corruption to force legislative action, the report elicited praise from good - government groups (who no doubt hope for more substantive grounds for action in the commissions» follow - up reporting) but prompted most political stakeholders in New York to shrug.

«The idea is simple: monitoring and prompt treatment [of inflammation] could prevent the decline from Alzheimer's,» said Hugh Perry of the University of Southampton, UK, as he presented the research at the Alzheimer's Research UK annual meeting in Oxford last month.

SAN FRANCISCO — The specter of climate change has prompted radical ideas, such as pumping CO2 into the deep ocean to slow its buildup in the air.

This idea might prompt astronomers to reconsider the previous interpretation of observational data.

The idea prompted Lusseau and animal behaviorist Phyllis Lee of the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom to develop a model to predict how much ivory might be sustainably harvested.

New research has prompted a rethink of the accepted idea that the universe's expansion is accelerating.

The idea was a natural — a fact shown by the committee's prompt action to approve the proposal in January and the formal appointment of Feibush

The idea that increased TUT can play a vital role in prompting new growth has been influential in bodybuilding circles for decades, although it wasn't taken too seriously until the appearance of a study called «Muscle time under tension during resistance exercise stimulates differential muscle protein sub-fractional synthetic responses in men» was published in The Journal of Physiology in 2012, followed by a couple of other deeply flawed scientific reports.

The idea of traveling with cured, dried meats (i.e. jerky) prompted Frank to -LSB-...]

The idea of thoughtful giving is what prompted our holiday market story with Vince.

I have ideas in my head but just haven't seen enough of what is out there... thank you for this prompt!

I found this prompt and idea from Modern Mrs Darcy and hope you will take some time to review what has been getting you through the first part of the winter.

If you don't know what Nablopomo is it's a list of prompts that are given to bloggers to help them spark ideas.

The increasing interest of the little girls towards clothing has prompted the designers and the manufacturers to come with new fashion ideas for the girls.

The idea of experiencing a Tooth White smile prompts many individuals to obtain products that changes their teeth colour to the required Tooth White shade.

The idea of the site is great; this prompted me to join.

The ideas about Russian women seeking western men for marriage were even more bizarre, and this prompted me to start my own website, where I wrote (in my broken English) what I thought about it, expressing a Russian female's point of view.

Women, on the other hand, must deal with overly aggressive, creepy and sex hungry males, which may prompt them to give up on the idea of online dating.

An American dating site, with an accompanying app, How About We falls into the «real life» experience pool of apps, by getting daters to post their date idea, and then prompting people to meet up in real life quickly, by agreeing to the date ideas.

Last year's selection, Wang Bing's «The Ditch,» a harrowing tale of life in one of Mao's labor camps, prompted this observation from friend and fellow critic Shane Danielsen: «The Venice selectors» idea of a surprise is news of your mother's sudden death.»

«It stuck in the back of my mind for years, the idea of what kind of pain and rage would prompt a message like that.»