Sentences with phrase «rather than an obligation»

If you're a Rebel, you'll probably respond terribly to hectoring (from yourself or others) about what you ought to do, but if you conceive of a new initiative as a way to express your identity rather than an obligation, you're likely go all in.

In Him we have the freedom — rather than the obligation — to be weak in order that His strength and might may continue to save and preserve us.

«I don't feel like I need someone to complete me, and [I think] that marriage is supposed to be viewed as a privilege and blessing rather than an obligation.»

It's always awesome to get to know each other and give relaxation to integrate, rather than a obligation.

When I went to Simi Valley Ford I did not feel any pressure to buy the car it was a fun experience rather than an obligation.

They predict future delinquency on secured home loans rather than any obligation.

The Board's response to the Committee's case argues that the Deed and Charter do not explicitly require free tuition for daytime classes and that it is their choice — rather than their obligation — to form the Associates of Cooper Union.

«But over the past decade, as the cost of wind and solar have dropped, utilities have started to see them as opportunities, rather than obligations.»

I like restricting «must» to a condition rather than an obligation.

Not exact matches

The ministry was to ensure that the tax code is used to «support small businesses, rather than used to reduce personal income tax obligations for high - income earners.»

However, rather than compete for market share on the merits or fulfill its statutory obligation to enable competitors to practice its invention after its patents expired, Green Mountain has abused its dominance in the brewer market by coercing business partners at every level of the K - Cup distribution system to enter into anticompetitive agreements intended to unlawfully maintain Green Mountain's monopoly over the markets in which K - Cups are sold.

Too often, business owners feel the desire or the obligation to guess what customers need rather than carefully listening first.

As I've argued frequently on this blog, we ought to reserve the term «corporate social responsibility» to refer to obligations that a company owes to society at large, in some sense, rather than responsibilities it owes to particular individuals.

As someone who teaches and advises in the field and has an obligation to keep current with emerging developments, given the significant rate of change in the last ten years, I could not imagine how a director of a company could remain current without ongoing requirements rather than passing familiarity or osmosis (I am speaking here of directors who have chosen not to upgrade their education).

In the Principal Transactions Exemption, the Impartial Conduct Standards specifically refer to the fiduciary's obligation to seek to obtain the best execution reasonably available under the circumstances with respect to the transaction, rather than to receive no more than «reasonable compensation.»

And Greece appears to be closer to a deal with its creditors to pare back its debt obligations rather than a disorderly default that could plunge the financial system back into chaos.

Because DTI looks at your monthly obligations — rather your debts as a whole — getting rid of a $ 300 monthly payment at 0 % APR will help you qualify quicker than if you paid off a debt with a $ 200 payment at 6 %.

Too often, business owners feel the desire or the obligation to guess what customers required rather than carefully listening first.

As we reduce the small business tax rate to 9 percent from 11 percent, we will ensure that Canadian - Controlled Private Corporation (CCPC) status is not used to reduce personal income tax obligations for high - income earners rather than supporting small businesses.

When a student has FAFSA independent student status, the federal government considers the student's financial capacity to meet the obligations of paying for college rather than those of the parents.

But not so the idea that it is the obligation of the victim's family, rather than of a central government.

The very notion that a moral vision should be embodied in community life and relational obligations, rather than in the choices of any given individual, is a direct challenge to the ethic of expressive individualism that animates our popular culture.

The sense of obligation was seen as the problem rather than the cure to man's ills.

As education to ever higher levels became a general obligation, it assumed more and more the aspect of a burden rather than an opportunity.

In this world, gratitude to the past and obligations to the future are replaced by a near - universal pursuit of immediate gratification: Culture, rather than imparting the wisdom and experience of the past toward the end of cultivating virtues of self - restraint and civility, instead becomes synonymous with hedonic titillation, visceral crudeness, and distraction, all oriented toward promoting a culture of consumption, appetite, and detachment.

These students bristle at structure and deadlines (such things are for lesser students); regular attendance (they have more pressing obligations); and real, rather than inflated, grades (they received straight As in college, so why should they be getting Es now?).

«19 Here the focus of attention is upon vocation as work, rather than upon the total ethical obligation.

Yet the major part of his teaching was directed to the obligations and opportunities of this life rather than the next.

Furthermore, if the change leads to heightened sensitivity and responsibility, the person himself may take more rather than less responsibility for obligations undertaken before the change.

It has been urged that this method respects rather than insults the hearer and that it leaves him the freedom and hence the obligation to respond.

Christians, as citizens, have an obligation to exert whatever influence they can to ensure that the mass media in our society operate to serve the public good rather than merely commercial interests or those of individuals.

Our obligation is even more emphatic if we are the victimizers — or the beneficiaries of past or present victimizing carried out by others — rather than just good Samaritans who tend to the afflicted after the crime has been committed and the perpetrators have fled.

As Catholics, we know instinctively that maternal mortality is a tragedy and that abortion is not the answer, but I believe that we are under an obligation to turn that knowledge into action and offer hope to mothers around the world who face the prospect of giving birth in fear and trembling rather than with joy.

Yes, according to Merle Weiner, a law professor at the University of Oregon, who proposes that rather than focus on marriage, the state should create a parent - partner status that would legally bind parents — married, cohabiting, living apart, romantic partners or not — with certain mandatory obligations in order to give their children what they need to thrive.

Talking to your front - desk staff about maintaining a consistent demeanor all year (rather than rushing people out the door to get to their own family obligations) is one suggestion.

The openness I have now means the whole world to me, because it comes from love rather than legal obligation.

The fact that management mentioned an «opportunity» for cafeteria staff to do this, rather than an «obligation», makes me wonder just what their attitude is towards those who would suggest to them that the food coming into their caf does not look appealing.

They argue that investment managers should exercise duties of stewardship, rather than maximising short - term returns; companies should serve the interests of a wider group of stakeholders, not only shareholders; successful businesses are rooted in their communities, acknowledging wider social obligations.

The governance of the Eurozone will need to concentrate on helping individual member states better internalise their obligations to other states rather than on creating ever more coercive enforcement mechanisms.

The Democratic Party believes that every candidate elected on the Democratic line has an obligation to their constituents to join the Democratic Conference, rather than empower the Republicans.

Rather than put your «Fuji House of Commotion» in order, you always shamelessly declare that «corruption is fighting back» and that the courts are against the anti corruption fight, as if the courts owe the executive a sacred duty and obligation to help it trample on citizens» rights and win badly prepared and lousily prosecuted cases at all cost.

In recognising the role of the state, targeting the support of working class people rather than Middle England, and setting out the social obligations owed by businesses, May was rhetorically drawing four decades of neoliberalism to a close.

The OECD also says that the main issues hampering economic growth in the UK are poor educational attainment at secondary level, lack of public infrastructure and rigid planning laws, rather than regulatory obligations, none of which would be directly improved by leaving the EU.

«If I were the governor, I would look and question whether this is the appointment I would want to make: whether her first obligation might be to the mayor of the City of New York, rather than to the governor who would be appointing her,» Silver told an Albany radio station then.

«The governor should spend his time trying to figure out how he will fulfill the state's continued obligation under the compact to provide payments to the local governments rather than continuing to seek ways to discredit the Seneca Nation,» Gates said.

He said: «Our political culture has become too focused on immediate needs and demands, rather than considering our obligations to the future.

The statement also clarified the option to withdraw information, the obligation to disclose material incidental findings, and consent by decision - making capacity, rather than age [2].

They have disconnected from what their passions are in life, and life has become a series of obligations rather than enjoyment.

Walking through Target one day, I finally realized how to make paying off my loan feel a little more like a game rather than a frustrating obligation.

He lives about 1.5 hours from me so we had not met yet (I prefer to just meet rather than talking on the phone), although he had suggested it, but since it was right before the holidays other social obligations had to be met, but he had the mid life red flags flapping pretty stiffly — he was SOOO into me before he even met me or talked to me, alluded to some heartbreak in the past year, etc. etc. — but you have to proceed with a little bit of fun and optimism, right?