Sentences with phrase «rejected by the authorities»

Their complaints, however, are normally rejected by the authorities, who maintain that living close to wind turbines is not associated with any detrimental effects.

Not exact matches

In a rare move for the pro-mining Barnett government, environment minister Albert Jacob has sided with the Environmental Protection Authority and rejected appeals by Canadian company Cameco over its proposed Yeelirrie uranium mine in the Goldfields.

Locales where Uber has been restricted by regulation include Austin, Texas and Barcelona, Spain, while national authorities in France and Germany have rejected versions of the platform that facilitate the use of unlicensed drivers.

I'd probably reject any effort by the state to dictate what I can think more than the average believer use to being told what to think by authority.

World rejecting spiritualities, in contrast, are generally predicated on the acceptance of ethical and behavioural doctrines as laid down by a founder authority.

The problem is that we are prone to rejecting it out of feelings of self - loathing and shame, whether caused by others or ourselves; or out of a desire for autonomy and a rejection of God's authority.

Already he has been misunderstood by his disciples, rejected by his hometown, drained of his power by his neighbors» scoffing unbelief and plotted against by the authorities.

But some religiously orthodox wedding vendors are finding themselves compelled by the civil authorities to affirm an answer to that question that violates their religious convictions on the subject, and some religious institutions — from universities to social service agencies to private companies owned by orthodox believers — are finding themselves forced to take part in the enactment and enforcement of a moral code they are obliged to reject.

But to reject them and to want them silenced by church authority are two quite different matters.

Jud 1:8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.

Too many people are affirming its authority by claiming its support for interpretations which a more adequate hermeneutic will reject.

Recall that the Truce of 1968 was put in place when Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle, then archbishop of Washington, D.C., attempted to discipline those who had openly rejected the teaching of the encyclical, only to have the rug pulled out from under him by higher authority in Rome.

The lesson learned was that rejecting moral doctrines solemnly proclaimed by the Church's teaching authority was, essentially, penalty - free.

Two - thirds of those who applied were rejected either by the local welfare examiners or by a state licensing authority, which set certain minimum standards for housing and income.

The Imperial populace and civil authorities besides the Emperor rejected the Union of Florence, and the new Sultan duly obliged them by appointing as Ecumenical Patriarch Gennadios II, who was hostile to the Union and repudiated it.

Three years earlier, the Rabbinical Assembly had rejected a resolution that its Committee on Jewish Law and Standards should be instructed «to hold itself bound by the authority of Jewish law and within the frame of Jewish law.»

UEFA have since rejected numerous attempts by the club to regain their place via the Swiss civil court in the Canton of Vaud, insisting the CAS is the only authority with jurisdiction over the matter.

The midwives who participated in this study openly reject the messages of danger, uncertainty, fear, «tentative pregnancy,» doctor - as - ultimate - authority, strangemaking, and even, to some extent, the separation they believe are communicated by the rituals of medicalized prenatal care...

Chinese media in recent days reported on spoiled products destroyed or rejected by China's food quality authority (AQSIQ) in November and December, including Chinese brands of infant formula made with powder imported from New Zealand that did not conform to Chinese product specifications.

ATVOD — the Authority for Television On Demand — has picked up and dusted down an idea rejected by government a decade ago as unworkable.

The legislation to reduce political interference and patronage at the Port Authority won unanimous approval in Albany and Trenton following the Bridgegate scandal and toll hikes, but the governors rejected the bills, and instead endorsed the changes recommended by the special bi-state panel they appointed, Langford reported.

«The Nassau Interim Finance Authority neither endorses nor rejects any of the recommendations made by the independent consultant,» he said in a statement.

Common sense should have informed the Government that the provisions of Article 280 (2) entrusting to the Court of Appeal appellate jurisdiction over such adverse findings would have been meaningless if the Government had a first administrative review authority to selectively overrule or reject or confirm such adverse findings made against persons by the Commissioner appointed under Article 278.

The larger portion of the Oneida claim, to the 6 - million - acre (24,000 km2) tract, was rejected by the Second Circuit in 1988 on the grounds that the Confederation Congress Proclamation of 1783 had neither the authority nor the intent to limit the acquisition of Indian lands within the borders of US states.

Little said the Senate's plan also contains tax relief for North Country families and businesses, and rejects a number of «tax - and - fee increases» proposed by the governor, including new Department of Motor Vehicles fees, a surcharge on pre-paid cell phones and a proposal calling for online marketplaces to collect sales tax on behalf of their vendors, a loophole that governor says is costing state and local authorities $ 275 million in uncollected tax every year.

Senate Republicans granted at least one of the de Blasio administration's wishes: it joined with Assembly Democrats in rejecting a Cuomo proposal to subject bonds for housing to approval by the state's Public Authorities Control Board, a maneuver that would have given Albany veto power over a significant slice of the city's housing program.

Also last night, a Conservative amendment to give local authorities and the secretary of state a new duty to encourage schools to become self - governing trusts - something the party insisted was needed to increase diversity - was rejected by 376 to 169.

The voices of local lawmakers, civic leaders and residents must have reverberated last week with officials at the State Liquor Authority (SLA) who rejected a second application by the owners of a Long Island City strip club for a liquor license.

«The governor's authority was challenged by the Legislature in Pataki v. Assembly, and the challenge was rejected by the Court of Appeals.»

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman thinks Cuomo's bid to expand the civil law enforcement authority of the state Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.»

The Supreme Court's decision to reject a request by President Donald Trump's administration to determine whether it has the authority to shutter the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was feted by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, who said in a statement the development is a win for «dreamers.»

The D.E.C. staff warned that the state may not have the legal authority to reject the air permit application by Massachusetts - based Global Partners to build crude oil - heating boilers at the Albany port, according to the attendees.

Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman - Manu has rejected claims by the Mental Health Authority that the government has neglected mental healthcare in...

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bid to expand the civil law enforcement authority of the state Department of Financial Services represents «a wholly unnecessary overreach by the Executive (that)... should be rejected by the Legislature.»

A similar gambit for expanding the civil law enforcement authority of the governor's Department of Financial Services should be rejected by the Legislature as well.

Mahoney also recommended merging the city water system with the Onondaga County Water Authority, an idea that was rejected in June by an Onondaga County legislative committee on shared services.

The county still wants to privatize plant operations, even though an earlier plan was rejected by the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which oversees the county finances.

The legislative majorities also both rejected Cuomo's call for the creation of new inspectors general appointed by the governor's office to oversee the Port Authority and the State Education Department.

On Wednesday, the main contenders for the Labour leadership all rejected the idea of the 10 % pay rise recommended by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that he will retain the Bush administration's controversial rule on polar bear protections, rejecting special authority given to him by Congress and the pleas of Democratic lawmakers, environmentalists and scientists to overturn the regulation.

[T] he idea that the sun is currently driving climate change is strongly rejected by the world's leading authority on climate science, the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which found in its latest (2013) report that «There is high confidence that changes in total solar irradiance have not contributed to the increase in global mean surface temperature over the period 1986 to 2008, based on direct satellite measurements of total solar irradiance.»

The House Education and Labor Committee last week approved by voice vote legislation to reauthorize — and reorganize — the Education Department's research branch, after rejecting a Republican effort to give the President authority to appoint the members of a new board that would set research policy.

Similarly, the Utah Supreme Court rejected the claim brought by the state school boards association that the statute authorizing the state board of education to approve and supervise charter schools represented an unconstitutional expansion of the state board's authority into the area of local schools.

• Commitment to federal laws established by Supreme Court rulings: OCR's current reading of its authority under Title IX goes beyond the narrow interpretation adopted by the Supreme Court in two decisions that addressed the sexual harassment issue, even explicitly rejecting the rulings in guidelines issued under the Clinton administration.

The decision also rejected an attempt by the lower court judge to usurp the authority of the governor, legislature, and state department of education in setting educational policy and mandates on a variety issues.

However, that provision was rejected by the Legislature and, more importantly, it still left the community with the fundamental authority to choose its own education leadership.

12) Illinois: Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) vetoes a bill promoted by Chicago Public Schools that would have «curbed the authority of the Illinois State Charter School Commission, which has overruled CPS and funded charter schools the district rejected for failing to meet standards.»

Rejected by the State Building Authority, in 2007 Nauman offered his original proposal once more for the original 1977 price.

Hugh Belsey, a world authority on Gainsborough, said that the painting will be among works that he will list as «rejected» in his catalogue raisonné, a definitive study of the artist's portraits, to be published by Yale University Press next year.

His fellow artist friend Armando introduced him to the Zero movement, founded by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene, a group of artists who rejected claims to artistic authority.