Sentences with phrase «rather than letters»

In Texas, «specialty plate» refers to the style of the actual plate itself — the treatment, rather than the letters and numbers that are stamped.

«I think that jurors look at the quality of the testimony rather than the letters following the person's name.

Grading will be by numbers rather than letters - with 8 at the top and 1 at the bottom.

Things didn't really turn around until the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, which struck an emotional chord with readers and once again appealed to the general sweep of Scripture rather than the letter.

Preserving the author's integrity is not a bad guideline, if the spirit rather than the letter of the intent is followed.

That would not be literally obeying Jesus, but it would still be loving, and would therefore be keeping the spirit of the text rather than the letter of the law.

Do we not say the police need to follow the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law.

«We've abided by the spirit rather than the letter of the law,» says the HSC spokesman.

The video chat is a much more personal way of getting to know one another rather than letter writing and text chats.

«When Attitudes Become Form» has similarly provided a springboard for subsequent looser versions at the CCA Wattis Institute in San Francisco during 2012 (also curated by Hoffmann) and the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 2000, which invoked elements of the show according to the spirit rather than the letter.

Equity enforces the spirit rather than the letter of the law alone.

NB: We caution that if the letter had been a reprimand in substance, rather than letter of direction, the outcome of the case would likely have been different.

Not exact matches

Keep files on your computer instead of in file cabinets, review documents on your screen rather than print them out, and send emails instead of paper letters.

Michael Book, a senior partner with the Boston Consulting Group's Dusseldorf office who has advised postal services across Europe, warns that letter and admail revenues have tended to drop more precipitously than previously estimated, meaning those looming projected losses could come sooner rather than later.

«Rather than dismantling regulations that allow the startup ecosystem to thrive, we urge you to focus instead on policies that would promote a stronger internet for everyone,» the companies wrote in the letter.

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney warned in a letter to Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke the rule could actually «reduce global financial resilience rather than increase it.»

If the warning letter is being issued in response to a serious one - time offense rather than a problem that's been developing over time, it makes sense to bypass the initial verbal warnings and proceed straight to the written reprimand.

On April 12, 2018, in a telephone conference to discuss the letter he submitted the day before, defendant Patrick McDonnell requested that the court extend the deadline for answering the CFTC's complaint so that he may confer with the Federal Pro Bono Clinic, rather than simply letting the case go into default.

«Your letter states that the Public Service Agency's review is directed solely at «the human resources and investigation processes and procedures» that led to the termination of the employment of a number of Ministry of Health employees in 2012, rather than being a review of the decisions themselves,» Adams wrote on Whitmarsh's behalf.

The letter urged Klein to replace the Canada Pension Plan with an Alberta pension scheme; set up a provincial income tax system, rather than allow Ottawa to collect the tax on Alberta's behalf; replace the RCMP with an Alberta provincial police force; create a provincial health care plan; and «force Senate reform back onto the national agenda.»

This letter is almost like a tutorial for Microsoft on how it should have gone about taking over Yahoo rather than continually threatening to do so.

Both apps have been popular with Android users for years, as they not only include the predictive text capabilities but also a quicker method of typing by letting you drag your finger from letter to letter in one continuous motion to spell out words, rather than pecking at the keys.

Rather than wait to see whether industry press would scrutinize its decisions, the firm pre-emptively penned an open letter explaining its choices.

If there is sincerity behind his question in creating jobs for Canadians, why is he writing letters to bring in Chinese workers in the food industry in Montreal rather than helping us create jobs for Canadians in Montreal?»

Blaming a letter rather than her supercilious nature, malleable positions, or terrible campaign strategy continues to feed the perception that the election process was somehow compromised.

Ms. Bombardier added that minor cases will not be ignored, but the violators might receive warning letters first rather than a fine to «bring them back into compliance.»

In the wake of an open letter in January from Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, exhorting businesses everywhere to focus on their social impact rather than simply maximizing profits, they wondered whether Moynihan might feel under more pressure to do so now that tax reforms would be lightening the burden in the future.

Rather than scrap Nafta's arbitration tribunals, regarded by some free - trade critics as secretive bodies that give private corporations unbridled power to challenge foreign governments outside the court system, the letter proposed to «maintain and seek to improve procedures» for settling disputes.

Rather it is likely that if such an advantage is achieved, it will be through better - than - average performance in stable or declining markets and average, or perhaps even poorer - than - average performance in rising markets» Warren Buffett, Partnership letter 1960

Rather than giving up, I continued to slave away at writing cover letter upon cover letter and seeking new postings.

Beginning with Friedrich Schleiermacher in a letter published in 1807, biblical textual critics and scholars examining the texts fail to find their vocabulary and literary style similar to Paul's unquestionably authentic letters, fail to fit the life situation of Paul in the epistles into Paul's reconstructed biography, and identify principles of the emerged Christian church rather than those of the apostolic generation.

Rather than praise the college for warmly inviting President Bush to give its commencement address, Neuhaus chose to chide the institution because one hundred teachers (less than 30 percent of the faculty) published a respectful letter disagreeing with the very reasonable view that the Iraq War policy is not de-facto «God's will.»

When legalists look to the Bible to give them a clear outline on what to do in every facet of their lives, they are engaging in idolatry by worshiping the book and the letter rather than the Spirit which produced the book.

Wormwood points out in letter 17 that they have been effective because they turned people toward the gluttony of delicacy rather than excess.

Nuptial imagery is dealt with in the second letter of Clement of Rome and by Justin, but the main interest of the author is looking backwards rather than forwards.

This may represent an early tradition of that event, handed down in the Christian community, perhaps at Jerusalem, rather than Paul's own account of the matter; but it is consistent with what Paul says himself in his own letters.

On an interesting side note, back in my fundie days, I refused to vote for the politicians that supported marriage equality and even wrote a letter to my member to that effect; the only thing I ever felt strongly enough about to actually write rather than be content just signing my name to a petition.

The fundamental (excuse the pun) problems with far - right Christianity are exactly the same issues our Savior spoke about to the Pharisees: judgmentalism, hypocrisy, intolerance, and the hyper - extremity of observing the letter of the law rather than its spirit (as evidenced by statements from various preachers that people such gays and disobedient children should be killed).

So maybe those who want to quote Paul's letters ought to have a religion called «Paulian» rather than «Christian».

I defy anyone to get that meaning out of the quotation, or rather I defy anyone to get that meaning out of it who does not read the Council more according to a certain spirit than according to the letter.

Second, one of the primary purposes of the citation of this psalm in the Letter to the Hebrews is to defend Yeshua's priestly role against the charge that he could not function as a priest because he was descended from Judah rather than Levi (Hebrews 7:11 — 17).

Why don't you respond to that, rather than act like we're still talking about a collection of myths and poems and advice and letters?

The Greek words is apostolos, and rather than translate this word from Greek into English, the word has simply been transliterated, so that the Greek letters are changed into English letters, and then the word is left as it is (minus the word endings).

Though the letters mem - shin - lamed can be translated also as dominions, I think the sense tends more toward failure if this word is used since it tends to mean domination rather than teaching..

He passes the same message Jesus did — don't get caught up in the letter rather than the spirit.

Keep believing in the man - made lies of the talmud rather than the Truth Jesus taught us in his letter to us, the Bible.

Yet as prophecy had declined, the law had tended to become externalized; its letter rather than its spirit was accented.

Furthermore, that this is the product of his own thought, stated at least approximately in his words rather than in the diction of the early church, is borne out by the fact that we find the term used much less frequently in the letters and in Acts than in the Gospels.

Rather than using the red logo... you should go rainbow with CNN in bold black letters.

Rather than releasing your anger by drinking your way through a bottle of wine or sharing an earful of gossip about the person who has hurt you, try sitting down and writing him or her a letter.