Sentences with phrase «something by its absence»

The difficulty with this argument is that these Christians try to prove something by an absence of proof.

You observe something by its absence, so to speak.

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The words we have in our vocabulary signify the things we think to be present or absent, and the properties we think they have or lack; and their presence or absence, or something's having or lacking them, isexpressed by the way we put those words together in sentences, by the constructions we use.

Eros is love that is expressed by what seeks something more perfect, or more fulfilling, than what is possessed by the lover in the absence of union with the beloved.

The reason neo-orthodoxy is not working today surely has something to do with the collapse of this dialectic, a collapse which is the overcoming of the presence of God by the absence that men are calling the death of God.

The defender has been out of action since picking up a hamstring injury on December 12, and his absence was immediately followed by two defeats, something that the German defender is yet to taste in a Gunners shirt.

And he has conceded that he is keen to take up a new challenge, something that was confirmed by his absence from training on Monday.

I think the only way to mitigate for his absence is to setup to overwhelm teams in midfield and stop them at source by pressing from the front, something we do haphazardly and sporadically at the moment.

Just six, now, it's almost certainly the case that many child care provider support nursing moms on their own without being required to by the state but doesn't the absence of regulation say something about the lack of recognition of this is an issue.

First of all, it is not at all clear that a court or tribunal would consider the Directive, as this would require the complainant to think to raise it as an issue: something that seems unlikely given the complete absence of any previous statements by the Government to match the one given here.

Of course, absence of proof isn't proof that something isn't happening and anecdotes often end up becoming supported by science down the line.

Another possibility is that cellulite is caused by the absence of something that prevents lymphatic congestion, such as certain nutrients, adequate rest, adequate movement, etc..

Release: Friday, July 22, 2016 [Theater *] Written by: Eric Heisserer Directed by: David F. Sandberg In Swedish filmmaker David F. Sandberg's feature debut, an expanded realization of a short film he made in 2013, something sinister lurks in the absence of light and enjoys tormenting anyone unfortunate enough to be in the same room with it.

But it doesn't appear anywhere in Henry Jackman's sequel score — and indeed sense is something notable by its absence throughout.

There's something of the myth of Tantalus in Ofelia's tale, as much as there is of Lewis Carroll's Alice and the sagas of parental absence by the Brothers Grimm, which surface in the premise of a young girl traveling, as the film opens, with her pregnant mother into the war - torn Spanish countryside during Franco's rule to join her wicked stepfather Captain Vidal (Sergi López) at his remote outpost.

«In total, the object of desire in MARILYN is mediated by so many factors — from Marilyn Monroe's death and the age of the original film to the lethargic pace and absence of narrative closure in Conner's version — that is transmogrified into something truly strange, at once erotic and deadened.»

At Raven Row, Chodzko presented an absence by imagining the implications of introducing into the exhibition space something that could never be permitted to exist there: a sixty - foot palm tree, contaminated with an insect banned in the UK.

Whilst we readily understand that victims who were eventually vindicated would find such comments upsetting, we think that great care needs to be taken by sentencing courts not to elevate denials, albeit vehement, into something deserving of further punishment in the absence of some more explicit traducing of the victim.

One who is appointed by another to do something in his absence, and who has authority to act in the place and turn of him by whom he is delegated.

In the absence of any other information, humans tend to estimate the value of something by being aware of the demand for it.