Sentences with phrase «seems counter to»

The thing is they want of us to make a difference in their lives when everything they do seems counter to it.

Rather, what director Tobias Lindholm has achieved with A Hijacking seems counter to every trope from which more conventional Hollywood - backed thrillers (among which we can count Captain Phillips) are made.

This seems counter to everything we've been told about the average American getting 8 times more protein per day than needed.

This seems counter to all evidence, the near 80 % of the electorate that supported a pro-austerity party and the experience of many accounts on the doorsteps.

Withdrawing from the world and circling the wagons as a lot of conservatives wise to do seems counter to scripture wouldn't you say?

Melania Trump has long received criticism and accusations of hypocrisy for choosing to pursue an anti-cyberbullying campaign that seems counter to the president's combative, day - to - day messages on Twitter.

It'd be a weird trade - off that'd seem counter to the Paris club's ambitions.

This approach will seem counter to established norms for strength & conditioning training until well into the strength building phase where the athlete has the capacity for more reps and greater overall strength, flexibility and faster recovery.

On the face of it, limiting cars to race within their performance category band may seem counter to the tuning excesses of past Forzas, but in practice it has the effect of delivering atypically balanced competition — several hours spent in the company of homologated strangers can attest to this.

But since my experience (always risky when thinking about statistics which so often has provable results that seem counter to intuition) tells me that one should be really excited to have a model that shows more skill in verification than over the data against which it was calibrated, I have to wonder why discard those cases at all?

Not exact matches

This of course runs counter to so many cultures» idea that the individual is the most important thing, but the Rosetan community seems to buck the popular idea that we're better, healthier and happier alone.

While it seems counter intuitive, McQuay suggests a strategy of taking on more credit with a new credit card — which could help you to pay down the debt you have now.

While the «Create Your Taste» menu sounds awesome in theory, it seems to run counter one of McDonald's plans: simplifying the overstuffed menu.

«I had to stand behind the counter every day and say, «I know this sounds scary and it seems super weird, but just give it a shot,»» Seifter told Business Insider.

At first glance, the planned $ 600 million expansion of Perth's Karrinyup Shopping Centre seems to run counter to the relentless march of internet retailing, especially as a fresh report predicts that 50 per cent of all retail sales will be made over the internet in less than 10 years.

On the other hand, with peer - to - peer file - sharing being higher in Canada than in the U.S., that would seem to reinforce the notion that having legal content easily and inexpensively available seems to be the best counter to piracy.

It seems like as each day passes, another embarrassment unfolds in the Sony Pictures security breach saga — from unflattering internal discussions to Sony's ill - advised DDoS counter offensive against the sites leaking their data.

«For some odd reason, this seemed to be the funniest thing the girl behind the counter had ever heard and she started laughing,» Bowerbank wrote.

That's because it's not an easy business to monetize — the tremendous popularity of the free service means rather big infrastructure costs, which advertisements haven't seemed to counter just yet.

2) the stair counter doesn't work well — gets very confused when I get on an elevator (I live on the 30th floor of my building and sometimes just taking the elevator up in the morning after a run gives me my full 10 story step goal) 3) the heart rate monitor doesn't seem particularly accurate 4) the sleep tracker doesn't do a good job of figuring out when I go to sleep and when I wake up.

In the short run however the orthodox world accepts that fiscal and monetary policies can speed up the adjustment towards equilibrium, largely it seems by countering these constraints, or by setting interest rates in order to manage investment and consumption.

Diaper bags and TVs might seem like an unlikely marriage for Best Buy, but the company has been desperate to expand its business in Canada to counter sliding sales of products like video games and notebook computers, according to company financial statements.

«It seems that the leadership understood that this was going to be a shock and realized that they had to send countering signals that things would proceed as before,» he said.

This expression is counter to the idea that «the trend is your friend», but it is really more of a reminder that every trend will ultimately end and it often seems to happen just when it feels like it will go on forever.

These may have been features that Starbucks chose to suppress for business reasons, as search volume can't be the only driving factor when considering what goes on a site, but for features like calorie counters and order recommendations, this doesn't seem likely.

In fact this provision may cause some confusion or be difficult to apply since it seems to suggest that in this case (the word «only» is very powerful) the matters referenced in s 2 (3) are cumulative (i.e. that the «and» in this case must be conjunctive (which is counter intuitive given the parallel structure of the provisions)-RRB-.

Recent changes in the rules actually seem to go with the flow of systemic problems in the profession rather than helping to counter them.

We are now bombarded by the language of secular sterility and seem reluctant as a Catholic community to counter such attitudes.

To them it seems obvious that when the forces of imperialism and colonialism contend violently against the peoples who are now assimilated to the poor of the gospel, those forces can be countered only by violence; it is only through fighting that man will win freedoTo them it seems obvious that when the forces of imperialism and colonialism contend violently against the peoples who are now assimilated to the poor of the gospel, those forces can be countered only by violence; it is only through fighting that man will win freedoto the poor of the gospel, those forces can be countered only by violence; it is only through fighting that man will win freedom.

To make the latter claim is to run counter to the approach of much popular and well - intentioned Catholic thought, thought that has tended to so exalt the goodness of sex that it has often seemed to imply that marriage is for sex rather than sex being for familTo make the latter claim is to run counter to the approach of much popular and well - intentioned Catholic thought, thought that has tended to so exalt the goodness of sex that it has often seemed to imply that marriage is for sex rather than sex being for familto run counter to the approach of much popular and well - intentioned Catholic thought, thought that has tended to so exalt the goodness of sex that it has often seemed to imply that marriage is for sex rather than sex being for familto the approach of much popular and well - intentioned Catholic thought, thought that has tended to so exalt the goodness of sex that it has often seemed to imply that marriage is for sex rather than sex being for familto so exalt the goodness of sex that it has often seemed to imply that marriage is for sex rather than sex being for familto imply that marriage is for sex rather than sex being for family.

Those who do not think Jesus existed are frequently militant in their views and remarkably adept at countering evidence that to the rest of the civilized world seems compelling and even unanswerable.

Some theists countered, equally glibly, that God had designed our brains to be receptive to the divine; consequently, atheists seemed to be missing a vital piece of equipment.

Nevertheless, their embrace of a gay identity (like their claim that they are oriented to the same sex) seems, on my reading, counter to the truth of man and therefore an obstacle to authentic self - knowledge.

So, to me, the real question becomes do you, as a devout Christian, vote for someone that has rejected the Bible and its Christian tenets in favor of a different path to salvation, or someone that actually does believe in the Bible and its Christian tenets but interprets those tenets in a less literal way that seems to run counter to your more literal beliefs?

So Austin, it seems to me that you have yet to provide any evidence to counter what otherwise can only be called delusions.

However I seem to be getting criticism for not understanding (which seems entirely counter to the central theme of this blog — unconditional authenticity and acceptance).

So if I find a passage in Paradise Lost that seems to run counter to everything else in Paradise, I immediately suspect my reading and try to find a reading that is coherent with the rest of it.»

@Sara — I'm not saying they shouldn't be worried about it; I'm simply suggesting that they (admin) seem to have taken the att.itude of «this is how it is going to be», ignoring that it runs counter to even the average «Catholic's» opinion.

This is Whitehead's «objective immortality», which seems a significant counter to the negativity of death only if we assume an everlasting being able ever afterwards fully to appreciate our lives... 26

Some of the attributes you list seem to me to be counter to the attributes I find in the bible.

The problem with that is religion is being blended with politics, and while I would like to think that religious groups have no say over my life, It seems that if I don't counter their beliefs, my political view will be marginalized.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

Seems counter productive to me.

It would seem that the long - standing anti-intellectual culture within the local Church has left us unable to counter the attack of amilitant atheist and a bien pensant gay - rights protagonist.

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To talk about the End Time as messianic time seems unnecessarily confusing to me, and counter to I Corinthians 15:24 - 2To talk about the End Time as messianic time seems unnecessarily confusing to me, and counter to I Corinthians 15:24 - 2to me, and counter to I Corinthians 15:24 - 2to I Corinthians 15:24 - 28.

Therefore, any control program that traps coyotes just for being coyotes rather than targeting problem coyotes seems to run counter to the arguments used to justify the program in the first place.

To counter this, I have seen a few churches have people turn in their questions and comments on slips of paper, and while this allowed more interaction, it seemed less personal.

Your Cutting Edge comment on Father Jack Mahoney seems to run counter to St Paul's exegesis of the Book of Genesis: «Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death, and no death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.»

But then we come to the passage you read about there not being additions of thought, and in this passage he seems to be going counter to what he had said about sense - perception including an element of thought.