Sentences with phrase «questions gives purpose»

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Nuclear physicists say such a weapon could cause a local tsunami, though they question its purpose and effectiveness, given the far more terrible destruction that nukes can inflict when detonated aboveground.

When you take time out to answer these questions regularly, you give your life meaning and purpose.

«We think they are very unlikely to use this, given the analysis and we think they know it, and it is a bill for political purposes only,» Eby said in the legislature Tuesday during question period.

But the purpose of a historical dictionary such as the OED is to give such questions the solemnity they deserve.

Science can give a great deal of facts but philosophy and religion answer the questions of origin and purpose.

Questions about purpose become meaningless since there is no longer an intelligence or guiding hand giving inherent meaning to anything that occurs in nature.

Part of our purpose was to give one another permission to ask very nosy and practical questions about what «worked.»

theology's purpose is to give a «rational account of the truth of faith,» as Pannenberg stated in his essay «Faith and Reason» (Basic Questions in Theology, Volume 11 [Fortress, 197 11, pp. 52 - 53).

It is possible, however, to give a meaningful answer to the question, «For what purpose does man exist?»

Of course, this is not all that Christians believe, or even the major part of what Christians believe, about Jesus Christ; but for our purpose, it is enough now just to admit at least that much, to see here life given in love to the point of complete surrender of self, to agree that the ages witness that this is healthy life, this is wholeness, and then to turn to oneself and ask the very simple but very searching question, «How do I measure up to that standard?»

What the Old Testament especially teaches us is this: «that zeal is as essentially a duty of all God's rational creatures, as [are] prayer and praise, faith and submission; and, surely, if so, [then] especially of sinners whom He has redeemed: that zeal consists in a strict attention to His commands» a scrupulousness, vigilance, heartiness, and punctuality, which bears with no reasoning or questioning about them» an intense thirst for the advancement of His glory» a shrinking from the pollution of sin and sinners» an indignation, nay impatience, at witnessing His honor insulted» a quickness of feeling when His name is mentioned, and a jealousy how it is mentioned» a fullness of purpose, an heroic determination to yield Him service at whatever sacrifice of personal feeling» and an energetic resolve to push through all difficulties, were they as mountains, when His eye or hand but gives the sign» a carelessness of obloquy, or reproach, or persecution, a forgetfulness of friend and relative, nay, a hatred (so to say) of all that is naturally dear to us, when He says, «Follow me.»

The bill in question was proposed by Tory John Stevenson, and asked «that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.»

«1) If when determining the liability of a person to taxation, duty or similar charge due under statute in the UK it shall be established that a step or steps have been included in a transaction giving rise to that liability or to any claim for an allowance, deduction or relief, with such steps having been included for the sole or one of the main purposes of securing a reduction in that liability to taxation, duty or similar charge with no other material economic purpose for the inclusion of such a step being capable of demonstration by the taxpayer, then subject to the sole exception that the step or steps in question are specifically permitted under the term of any legislation promoted for the specific purpose of permitting such use, such step or steps shall be ignored when calculating the resulting liability to taxation, duty or similar charge.

Given that many PhD students are disillusioned by the prospect of following an academic career, according to earlier surveys, it is perhaps reassuring that only 6 % of the supervisors questioned are unreconstructed enough to believe that the purpose of a PhD is training solely for a career in academic research.

Unanswered questions among all these inquiries could indicate tense internal politics at Heartland if they were making up names in their budget for the sake of impressing the board, making plans look finalized for fundraising purposes, or given inaccurate information from major contractors like Craig Idso.

Several conclusions now can be drawn: (1) research grants are used to pay for indirect expenses by all science faculty researching in a laboratory, (2) many scholarly investigations by faculty not needing to work in a research laboratory have their indirect expenses paid by some internal budget at the same institutions, (3) research grant awards for indirect expenses at some institutions exceed the amount given for direct expenses, and, (4) direct experience with paying for indirect expenses leads many Principal Investigators to have questions and suspicions that some type of hidden purpose or scam might be going on with the current system for using research grant funds to pay for indirect expenses.

The purpose of the workshop is to help you eliminate fears, to identify and recognize the process of death, to answer questions, and to give yogic training to prepare for death during this lifetime using methods from Kundalini Yoga.

For a movie that has the title of «The Order of the Phoenix,» they spend surprisingly little time dedicated to the Order in question, which is surprising given that the Order's purpose is to save the world.

Start with the lesson on the purpose of life, followed by the value of life and end with the quality of life, which starts to question Christian concepts and gives students the opportunity to contextualise the concept of the sanctity of life.

Advantages of using these resources include: getting students more actively involved in their learning, developing deeper understanding, widening vocabulary and social interaction skills, improving presentation techniques in a safe environment, enhancing listening skills, developing student curiosity, questioning, reasoning, analysis, explaining, justifying, understanding, boosting their self - esteem, developing their confidence, giving them exposure and experience in being reflective, and cultivating a sense of joy of learning and a sense of purpose.

Writer Brandon Sanderson said, «The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.»

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Our teachers don't just post such purpose statements, they use them as fodder for talking about learning intentions and give students chances to ask clarifying questions.

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

In general, any test should be given for a distinct purpose and serve to answer a specific question about student learning.

The purpose in asking these questions was twofold: First, to give people an opportunity to reflect on what they already know to be true about powerful learning and teaching — rather than tell them what some «expert» thinks it is; and second, to use the insights of these stories to help people see more clearly what a powerful learning environment actually looks like — and what it requires.

This article focuses on the twofold purpose of the mentoring project: first, to give preservice teachers a special type of field experience by guiding K - 8 students to write better solutions via questions and helpful suggestions; and second, to allow preservice teachers the opportunity to reflect upon the variety and richness of approaches generated by a rich mathematical problem.

The question is only whether or not the producers can get bookworms and students to buy a single purpose device like an ereader - for that the producers must be able to give a good price compared to tablets.

The question is really for any given purpose, is a bigger display better for that individual?

The longlist will give you a better idea of the purpose of the question and acceptable alternatives.

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Indeed, you have to wonder if giving this prime spot to a single artist for such a long time is the best use of space, at a time when attendance figures at our principle gallery of British art have been flagging, prompting the institution's entire purpose to be questioned.

When motivations that give meaning or purpose to lives are on the line it is difficult (to say the least) to question or to let go of conclusions — or even to SEE contradictory evidence to firmly entrenched conclusions

Consequently no body can answer the question if they are good enough for a given purpose.

There are also questions about how much money the change really will save given the suggestion that the courts will still be maintaining the database of decisions for internal purposes.

The land in question falls under the 1873 Ojibway Treaty 3, which contains a «harvesting clause» that gives Grassy Narrows rights to hunt and fish, except on land «required or taken up [by Canada] for... lumbering or other purposes.»

Don't the responses we give to these questions touch at the very heart of the purpose of legal services — who they are intended to benefit and protect?

Guidance is given in s 14 (2): for the purposes of s 14 (1) an injury is significant if the person whose date of knowledge is in question would reasonably have considered it sufficiently serious to justify his instituting proceedings for damages against a defendant who did not dispute liability and was able to satisfy a judgment.

Sir Andrew Morritt, who gave the only reasoned judgment in the Court of Appeal, confirmed that it is not possible for a planning authority to authorise a nuisance, although the effect of a planning permission may be to alter the character of a neighbourhood for the purposes of assessing the question of nuisance.

If the larger purpose of the instruction is the obtaining of legal advice, the question in respect of any given communication is simply whether it relates directly to the lawyer's performance of his duty as the client's legal adviser.

Considering this, I question the purpose of specifying «except in a prosecution for perjury or for giving of contradictory evidence» in section 51 if Staranchuk affirmed that similar words were meaningless in section 13 of the Charter in cases involving deceit (Staranchuk at para 5).

The purpose of cross ‑ examination is to allow you to question the witness about testimony you disagree with and to allow you to possibly have the witness give some testimony that would support your case.

Leaving aside the question of whether five years makes sense for a given user, putting a time limit on restrictions on disclosing or using confidential information wouldn't make sense for purposes of any confidential information that the disclosing party regards as a trade secret, as doing so could jeopardize its status as a trade secret.

The main reason why Lord Sumption adopted this expansive approach to the question of whether an asset acquisition is a merger was because of his concern to give effect to the purpose of the legislation.

The question is whether, in determining what sentence is necessary to, but does not exceed, the purposes of punishment, judges are to directly apply their own sense of how these purposes are balanced in a given case, or whether judges must do this balancing «indirectly» by giving weight to the balancing done by the Commission when it codified the Guidelines.

This line has settled the proposition that, in order to give effect to the First Amendment's purpose of requiring on the part of all organs of government a strict neutrality toward theological questions, courts should not undertake to decide such questions.

Some comments argued, however, that the rules should give even more deference to state law, questioning in particular the definitions and the proposed addition to the «other purposes» criterion for exception determinations in this regard.

It was settled law that, before interpreting a statute by adding, omitting or substituting words, a court had to be abundantly sure of three matters: (i) the intended purpose of the statute or provision in question; (ii) that, by inadvertence, the draftsman and Parliament had failed to give effect to that purpose in the provision in question; and (iii) the substance of the provision Parliament would have made, although not necessarily the precise words Parliament would have used, had the error in the Bill been noticed.

The purpose in this short paper is to question the Collaborative Couple Therapy notion of leading - edge feeling — the idea that at a given moment there's a single such feeling rather than a nexus of feelings or, in psychodynamic terms, conscious feelings underneath which lurk hierarchies of unconscious feelings.

Whereas kissing is commonly perceived as a display of affection in romantic relationships, research highlights a far more nuanced explanation regarding the «function» of kissing within relationships.1 Some research suggests that kissing enables individuals to assess the quality of potential partners by putting individuals in close proximity, making it easier to examine features that are associated with mate value, such as breath and skin texture.2 Other research suggests that kissing elevates levels of arousal, which may lead to sexual intercourse.3 A third body of research suggests that kissing can influence feelings of attachment, alleviate stress, and increase relationship satisfaction.4 Given these varied explanations, the question remains: is there a single purpose for kissing or do all these explanations hold truth?