Sentences with phrase «so against the norm»

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«I think it's a shock to see the school system getting on board with the changing Ireland we live in and it becoming the «norm,» which helps the cause against bullying so much,» Ryder told INSIDER.

This was a particularly common practice at the time which violated Christian norms against idolatry, and so would certainly have been worthy but treatment by Paul.

NP: Excellent point about a gay person struggling against «centuries of interpretation, theology, cultural norms, popular opinion, inherited sexual mores and so much more that a straight person has the luxury of summoning.»

I suppose when going against the status quo at the same time the challenge exist for one to do so in truth and love, for the right reasons lest one should slip into conduct that is no better than the unhealthy authorised norms one is up against?

So you're definitely onto something that 3.5 percent against an expected norm of 0.2 % is more meaningful that 3.8 % when 2.9 % is expected.

Going against the cultural norm isn't easy so everyone that does EC is probably best served by not behaving like a berserker defending the cause.

We live in a society of busy - ness, with so mich expected of parents and so much to get on and do and so much pressure, that a EC is an inconvenience of having to go against the perceived norm, having to pay much more intimate attention to our babies, having to deal with bodily functions, having to wake ourselves up a bit to what our culture has conditioned us to and having to go against the grain — all of which take effort and all of which take time and / or energy away from other mummy efforts that bring more obvious and societally rewarded benefits.

It is also a challenge to live in the deep south and go against the norm of insensitive, authoritarian parenting that is so prevalent here.

It's hard when what you're doing is SO against society's norms.

In keeping with the area's mirror - image of the New York city norm, the Democratic Party on the South Shore is so negligible it didn't even field a candidate against either man.

I support this coalition because a hung Parliament makes it necessary, but I would not support changes to our voting system that would make hung Parliaments the norm, so although I will loyally vote to hold a referendum on changing the voting system, I will campaign vigorously against the alternative vote.»

In the modern day, our social norms dictate that this type of behaviour is obviously forbidden and so men will seek alternative ways to compete against each other whether it is through sports, business, or some other means.

It just sounds SO foreign because it goes against the norm, and against everything we have ever heard about nutrition.

In a society where tight clothing is preferred and flaunting what you have is expected, going against the norm is so much more refreshing.

Sugar momma dating is not uncommon in New York City, so you can be sure you are not going against the city norms.

Pick your reason to not partake: The total lack of research behind this assessment so there is no reliability or validity to it what so ever, they are using our kids to norm reference their assessment, for free, the subjectively set cut scores done by vote, not science, that have been set to intentionally fail 60 - 70 % of our students and their teachers which in turn allows for a whole other set of things to happen to schools and communities, the pending lawsuit against SBAC in Missouri where a judge issued a restraining order against the state from making payments, that we now also have to pay to them (where is that MOU?)

So going indie was a no - brainer for me, even though it was very much against the industry norm.

This is provocative, even dangerous, stuff, given how the concept cuts against so many norms, particularly as economists and politicians have pushed for more spending as the route out of persistent economic troubles.

So he's up to speed on election law, but it doesn't look like he'll quiz Sotomayor on one of the Court's most infamous recent opinions, which came up in his fight against Norm Coleman:

Saying that half the complaints against lawyers were dismissed «as so totally lacking in merit that they did not pass the straight - face test,» Norm suggests: «Why not a call for sanctions against those who file frivilous complaints?

substantive principles and norms, which — by their nature, position, and function — are of primary importance for the survival of the international system, while their application, possessing an overruling effect against all contrary legal acts, is so fundamental that it can not be simply entrusted to the goodwill of the interested States.