Sentences with phrase «rather as a concession»

Moses did this not because he believed it was the perfect will of God, but rather as a concession to the demands of human weakness.

Not exact matches

Within the coalition are two factions: those pushing to play hardball on Capitol Hill by threatening to force uncooperative lawmakers from office in November, and those who'd rather see the debate settled at the congressional negotiating table sooner rather than later, even if it means making policy concessions to companies such as Verizon and Comcast.

The issue here is whether the claim is supported or not and as you didn't see fit to respond to my pointing out Tour's failure to identify specific deficiencies, I take this as your concession that his claim, as provided in your linked articles, was supported not by citing evidence, but rather by referencing anecdotes.

But because modern efforts at Christian unity are often heavy on symbolism rather than substance (the harder thing to achieve), a meeting between the Patriarch of Moscow and the Pope of Rome was held out as a tantalizing prize for Catholic ecumenists, one that could be used to extract concessions at some necessary moment.

Therefore, it almost feels like a concession to the modern world to read that Benedict XVI is retiring on grounds of ill health, as if he were a CEO rather than God's man on Earth.

It does not just operate as a concession but rather a silent partner, working tirelessly in the background ensuring the success of each client.

The Scottish Parliament will scrutinize the process as it progresses — a scrutiny that may complicate matters if, or rather when, difficult concessions need to be made.

Beddoes says: the UK benefits enormously from being part of EU, but rather than fighting for «concessions», it should use negotiations as an opportunity to «turn the EU into something better.»

Sometimes, as when the United Steel Workers chose to watch the American steel industry sink rather than accept concessions, this moment never comes — or comes far too late.

Infrastructure entities may have a contractual right to operate an infrastructure asset for a set period of time (often known as a «concession agreement»), rather than buying the asset outright.

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The Court characterized them (at para 51) as «insignificant concessions in light of the potential impairment of the Inuit's treaty rights» and further (at para 51) that «[n] one of these putative concessions, nor the NEB's reasons themselves, gave the Inuit any reasonable assurance that their constitutionally protected treaty rights were considered as rights, rather than as an afterthought to the assessment of environmental concerns.»

This concession will mean that for a year at least carers, rather than face a benefits penalty for not actively seeking work, will be able to spend their time prioritising the settling in of vulnerable children who may have suffered trauma or abuse and who may have moved school as well as home.