Sentences with phrase «seized upon by»

Given the recent tumultuous year that Bitcoin has been through, any technology that helps Bitcoin scale will no doubt be seized upon by the community.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 paved the way for new forms of unlimited political spending — an opening seized upon by mega-donors on the right opposed to the Obama administration.

The U.S. president's decision in January to use an executive order to strip privacy rights from non-Americans under the US Privacy Act was seized upon by critics of the Privacy Shield.

Lord Neuberger, president no less of the court, lobbed in an issue that has already been seized upon by paying parties — a point that could decimate solicitors, barristers and after - the - event (ATE) insurers.

So, it should come as no surprise that the Canadian government's apology and payment of $ 10.5 million to Khadr as compensation for his ill treatment was seized upon by many as a convenient political wedge.

this is a theory for slow coach philosophers that's been seized upon by ever innovative denialists who know full well that their notable deficiency in the whole truth / integrity department could be more than compensated for by their prodigious advantage when it comes to demagoguery and public relations.

Though a minor holiday in the Jewish calendar, Tu B'Shevat has been seized upon by Jewish environmentalists.

Even in the best - case scenario, the one seized upon by Gardner in Brown, in which humans turn out to have the least possible effect on the climate, we'll still only be able to avoid the most dangerous effects of warming if our extremely good luck is coupled with aggressive steps taken to reduce emissions.

The forecast of a brief slump in global warming has already been seized upon by climate change sceptics as evidence that the world is not heating.

But, it seems that any inaccurate prediction is seized upon by the deniosphere as proof that AGW isn't happening.

The «Amazongate» column, authored by Jonathan Leake, Science & Environment Editor of the Sunday Times, was immediately seized upon by climate skeptics as further evidence to discredit the IPCC just two weeks after it was found to be using shoddy glacier data in its 2007 climate assessment.

The Anthropogenic Lung Cancer theory is just the result of a random fluctuation in the natural lung cancer rate seized upon by grant - hungry scientists and power - mad politicians.

«We regret that our submission has been seized upon by some individuals to imply that IOP does not support the scientific evidence that the rising concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is contributing to global warming.

As a result the pressure is on climate scientists to be as precise as it is possible to be, not least because of the speed with which any perceived data discrepancies are seized upon by different interest groups.

Global average surface temperatures rose rapidly from the 1970s but have been relatively stable since the late 1990s, in a trend that has been seized upon by climate sceptics who question the science of man - made warming.

When a selection of emails between climate scientists were published on the internet, a few suggestive quotes were seized upon by many claiming global warming was all just a conspiracy.

With this in mind, it is worrying that some journalists seem to feel pressure to avoid discussing weaknesses and uncertainties of man - made global warming theory, for fear that it will be seized upon by critics of man - made global warming, e.g., see this post by Mike Lemonick (there is a response to Lemonick's post by Prof. Roger Pielke Jr. here).

I don't think Hansen has understood this even today, which may lead him to believe that CO ₂ really does represent a «giant control knob» for temperature, a mistaken concept that unfortunately has been seized upon by Gore and the Greens.

That, too, has been seized upon by sceptics as evidence that global warming has «paused».

I agree with you that AGW alarm has been seized upon by progressives as their politically opportune proof positive that capitalism is inherently evil.

This prediction was seized upon by global warming advocates as «proof» that the South Pole's unprecedented warming would melt sea ice and cause melting ice sheets to collapse, raising ocean levels and thus submerging worldwide coastal areas.

Hantemirov's intemperate criticism was immediately seized upon by commenters at Real Climate on the then Yamal thread, first by Steve Metzler here and then by Phil Clarke here.

A British reporter brought up the batch of e-mail messages and files that a British climate research center says were stolen from one of its servers and that have since been seized upon by skeptics and foes of cuts in greenhouse gases as evidence of corruption in climate science.

In the meantime the study was quickly seized upon by those seeking to sow doubt in the validity behind the scientific consensus concerning the evidence for human - induced climate change (see news articles in the New York Times, and Wall Street Journal).

That reality has been seized upon by some groups and scientists disputing the overall consensus and opposing changes in energy policies.

The authors take advantage of a very straightforward analysis of climate proxy data, avoiding the highly technical and arcane issues of statistical calibration and methodology that are so frequently seized upon by those who dispute that recent large - scale warmth is anomalous in a long - term context.

I am just depressed that the motif has been seized upon by those seeing the marketability, putting her real work in the shade: the galleries choosing the dots to make oo - wow rooms instead of interesting individual wall paintings; Louis Vuitton; traders selling pumpkins; and now Tate Modern and Airbnb.

«Space that has been seized upon by the imagination can not remain indifferent space,» wrote philosopher Gaston Bachelard in 1957.

Unlike many other video game awards, the GameCity Prize was seized upon by the British mainstream media, perhaps due to its distinguished judging panel which includes MP Tom Watson, writer and comedian Charlie Higson, and South Bank Center Artistic Director Jude Kelly.

Of course, this has been desperately seized upon by Permanent TSB management, with their (Good) Bank plus Two strategy designed to create the illusion of a (core) healthy bank... which is on the verge of rising like a phoenix, from the toxic dross which has been neatly carved out into Non-Core & AMU divisions.

There was an obvious solution, and it was seized upon by public fund managers everywhere in Buffett's position: shutter the corporation and become a private equity fund.

The report was, however, seized upon by e-lending sceptics.

«Vouchers were seized upon by racists as one of the many tools they used to resist desegregation.

It has recently been seized upon by educators as a tool to explore our knowledge of student achievement, and ways that such achievement might be improved.

She also has much more agency as a character than the heroines of those films, something seized upon by Hawkins, who's flat - out brilliant in the role; her innately expressive features almost rendering the subtitling of her signed conversations irrelevant.

Discussions about the drastic effects on higher ed had been seized upon by opponents of the ruling.

It will be seized upon by engineers, says Fred Prata at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research in Kjeller.

To add insult to injury, the story has now been seized upon by alt - right activists on social media.

The indictment was seized upon by tenants» groups.

Maintenance issues at Indian Point have been seized upon by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who wants the plant to close for safety reasons because it is about 30 miles from Manhattan.

The word «swarm» has also been seized upon by Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham, who called it «nothing short of disgraceful» in a robustly - worded tweet.

Alistair Darling's concession that the government needs to «sharpen ourselves up» has been seized upon by opposition parties.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in 2010 paved the way for new forms of unlimited political spending — an opening seized upon by mega-donors on the right opposed to the Obama administration.

But Credico never expected to make the papers, and said the issue — being seized upon by Republicans — has been blown «way out of proportion.»

But it will come as a relief to Downing Street, whose association with Mr Coulson has been seized upon by the government's opponents.

Anyone can survive one mistake but the moment you get a reputation for gaffes then any slip - up, no matter how minor, will be seized upon by the media as further evidence of this trend.

The argument for fixed quotas of women in Parliament has re-emerged and been seized upon by the media and campaign groups claiming that there is serious lack of female representation in the party hierarchy.

Campaign Finance Reform Can Help Crack Down on Corruption A 2011 report by the Center for Competitive Politics has been seized upon by opponents of Fair Elections to argue that the public financing system in New York City is characterized by consistent abuse of public funds and corruption.

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Ireland were almost level on the quarter hour mark, Daley - Mclean's loose pass being seized upon by Nicole Cronin who scampered up the left wing but Kelly Smith was able to haul her down.