Sentences with phrase «significant public influence»

It has placed some very theologically inept people in positions of significant public influence based solely on their ability to pull a crowd.

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The court wrote in Boyce that «the appearance of unlawful command influence» exists «where an objective, disinterested observer, fully informed of all the facts and circumstances, would harbor a significant double about the fairness of the proceeding» — a calculus evident in Nance's own public comments on Oct. 23.

There are no doubt many significant reasons as to why this is the case but one aspect which needs to be considered is the extent to which some lobbying groups have advanced their views to influence thinking in public life.

His (very diverse) public has had a significant influence on the explication of his thinking, not least because most of his texts were, originally, composed as lectures and only later published in print.

Among the significant concerns underlined by the Venice Commission are: i) lack of broader consensus and no public consultations, ii) unclear criteria and discretionary methods for establishing constituencies, iii) no clear criteria for the representation of Transnistria and of Moldovan citizens living abroad, and, iv) constituency members of parliament would be vulnerable to being influenced by business interests.

I believe that such appeals carry grave threats to democratic discourse, and I think it wrong that faith groups, which in the United States and here enjoy significant hidden subsidies from other taxpayers, should award themselves a special right to influence the law and public policy and seek to impose their views on others who disagree with them.»

Union membership and influence has diminished but 25 unions remain significant donors to political parties (mainly the Labour Party) and the public sector is more heavily unionised than the private sector.

«I think 9 percent from one industry is starting to become a significant portion of his overall funds, such that the public might perceive the industry could have an outsized influence,» said Alex Camarda of government watchdog group Reinvent Albany, noting that such contributions are legal.

One of the main reasons for the lack of movement on party funding reform is that although the public has the view that influence can be bought, people in no meaningful way support the introduction of significant state funding to offset the loss of revenue from a cap in donations.

It would be the most significant review by outsiders, and could therefore have a significant influence in the court of public opinion.

I've now been doing the Education Week RHSU Edu - Scholar Public Influence Rankings for about a decade, striving to recognize scholars who do academically significant research while also contributing to the public sPublic Influence Rankings for about a decade, striving to recognize scholars who do academically significant research while also contributing to the public spublic square.

These same spheres of influence have also had a significant role in legislative initiatives directed at the «reform» of public education, resulting in a number of innovative structural changes, the charter and contract school movements being prominent examples.

By both funding scientific research, and influencing the reporting in public media the industry cast doubt on suggestions the product it was supplying might be a more significant factor in morbidity.

The chapter was, of course, also written before the blogosphere became a significant influence on public debate surrounding climate and energy, a phenomenon that crested after the unauthorized release of files from a climate center's computers nearly one year ago.

Whatever the outcome — which is perhaps predictable — the Court's ruling will have a significant influence on the place of religion in public life and on how the relationship between religion and the state should be structured to reflect the aims of fairness and mutual respect envisaged in the Convention.

The report goes on to say that «although Justice Camp made significant efforts after complaints were made to the Council to reform the thinking and the attitudes which influenced his misguided approach to the Trial, in the particular circumstances of this inquiry, education — including social context education — can not adequately repair the damage caused to public confidence through his conduct of the Wagar Trial.»

Although the discussion and public hearing process will be interesting, I doubt very much that the results will amount to a consensus significant enough to influence and make recommendations to the federal government on changes to the euthanasia and assisted suicide provisions under the Criminal Code.

Whether or not judges are influenced by campaign contributions, there is a significant public perception that they are.

Dominos and Pizza Hut continue to carry significant influence over how cheese is used and consumed as well as over the corresponding public and professional expense.

So for them, it probably has changed their outlook and the way they operate, but then there are a significant number of other businesses who are either not really reliant on the public — such as pure business to business trades — who don't have much in the way of a public image; they are far less likely to be influenced.

The familiarity and belonging and harmony and cohesion factor showed a significant differences among the subfactors of the community consciousness, familiarity and belonging, harmony and cohesion, voluntary and express, unity and mutual influence consciousness, autonomy and public awareness.