Sentences with phrase «question of degree»

I agree that far more frequent are the advising issues that raise questions of degree — how bad is this proposed conduct?

The refusal to admit questions of degree into the climate debate is a sure sign that the debate is neither as clearly divided as Mann claims, nor that science can resolve it simply.

It is a question of degree, a question of where we live along the line of continuum between coercion and persuasion.

When our contribution is united with and influenced by Jesus» contribution, that judgment is already positive and remains only a question of degree.

This has provoked the question of the degree to which local cultural interpretations can be accepted.

Again, we must recognize that we are dealing with a question of degree and not with a clear either / or.

Is it a question of degree, i.e. less casein protein in sheep and goat dairy, more casein protein in cow dairy?

Supporters of spanking may argue that it is a question of degree and that spanking is beneficial unless practised to excess.

Well, maybe, but it's a question of degree.

My experience is also that Se supps are much stronger per mcg than Se in foods (this is true of all supplements, it's a question of degree, from 2-fold to 15-fold stronger).

The detection of a weapon will in most cases not present any questions of degree.

I believe it's the best e-reader available, but it could be a question of degree between the Voyage and the Paperwhite for some people.

Burying the best content at the end is generally not a good idea, but it's a question of degree.

The question, then, is what intelligence means when cognitive systems evolve into networks, rather than individuals (this has always been the case with a social species like us; it's a question of degree and accelerating rate of evolution of networked cognitive systems).

Even at its most simple, the debate about global warming is a debate about a property of the Earth, which is a question of degree.

Even in this very (over --RRB- simplified view of the climate debate, these are at least five questions of degree, each of which contingent on the magnitude of the previous, but which are routinely waved away by claims that «climate change is real», and that «the majority of scientists» agree with the proposition, and that those who disagree are «anti-science».

But there is a question of degree,» says Hansen.

From this question of degree emerge points of disagreement about the likely material consequences of warming, each of which are also questions of degree.

For many sceptics, too much rests on the claim, however true it is, which is in the first place a question of degree with a considerable amount of latitude, even within the «scientific consensus».

Within each side of this axis there are competing and contradicting claims, and questions of degree, rather than binary, true - or - false calculations.

For instance, even if one believes i) that climate change is a problem, and that ii) it is a problem caused by industrial emissions, and even that iii) most scientists believe i) and ii), there is the question of degree to which a) climate change is a problem, b) climate change is caused by man, which the proposition in the survey ducks.

But there is a question of degree.

The VW case seems pretty open - and - shut, but most decisions aren't, they are questions of degree.

A decision as to whether or not acts attributable to a body like the school or college amounted to occupation of premises was a question of degree, sensitive to the facts.

A decision as to whether or not acts attributable to a body such as a school or college amount to occupation of premises for VAT purposes is a question of degree, sensitive to the particular facts, and one in which an appellate court has to pay considerable respect to the opinion of the fact - finding body.

The task of determining whether this essence has been reproduced is largely a question of degree but, at a minimum, the editorial content of the newspaper — the true essence of its originality — must be preserved and presented in the context of that newspaper.

There is of course a question of degree.

Virtually all testamentary capacity cases involve a question of degree.