Sentences with phrase «sort of advocate»

On a less practical level, it can be a sort of advocate for the legal profession, recognizing them as consumers of goods and services and as professionals with legislative and policy agendas and reporting in depth on these issues.

Once you get past that time that you are breastfeeding or formula feeding your child, unless you are some sort of advocate you will virtually never speak about it again.

Not exact matches

Customers recognize this sort of investment and return it by advocating on your behalf.

Not only is Johnson for lower taxes, like Donald Trump, but he'd be a fierce advocate for the sort of free trade deals that have become a whipping boy in the age of Trump and Sanders.

There should be no surprise when advocates of various types of financial products are involved in a turf war over who is going to control and regulate industry distribution of various sorts.

Moe's data are sobering for the school «choice advocate, and they help to explain why so many efforts have foundered that sought to create the sort of regimen that Mr. Forstmann (and I) favor.

There is knowledge to be gained by such studies, of course, but it hardly makes for the sort of case embryo - research advocates were advancing just a few years ago — with its miracle cures and treatments for the untreatable.

For many years, I felt that part of my call as a writer and blogger of faith was to be a different sort of evangelical, to advocate for things like gender equality, respect for LGBT people, and acceptance of science and biblical scholarship within my community.

Not the devil's advocate sort — the Infowars and Gawkers of the world — but reasonable, intelligent discourse we can disagree with while still respecting.

Advocates like Charles Ogletree hope to use civil litigation, through the sort of class - action lawsuits that won such immense victories as the tobacco settlement.

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Many people, I am convinced, still regard the higher morality which they look for and advocate as no more than a sort of compensation or external counter-balance, to be adroitly applied to the human machine from outside in order to off - set the overflow of Matter within it.

The very last thing I want to advocate is some sort of fundamentalism; I am not even advocating orthodoxy.

Although most Christian churches advocate some sort of mission to non-Christians, no Jewish group advocates a mission to non-Jews.

I fear Mr. Hagen comes eerily close to demanding just the sort of «sensitivity» censorship advocated by the PC crowd he and I both oppose.

From at least Daniel Boorstin and Sidney E. Mead on, scholars have seen the leaders of the American Enlightenment — the religion of the republic that animates present - day civil or public religion — as being advocates of some sort of primitivism.

Xavi said he was a disciple of the sort of football advocated by Barcelona great Johan Cruyff, adding that he was not a fan of the counter-attacking approach employed by Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid.

There was a spirited discussion on Evan Marc Katz's website about potentially «wrong» ways to marry — albeit it wasn't presented that way — and then there was a sort of vindication by someone who has been a staunch pro-marriage advocate (she even defended former Vice President Dan Quayle's attack on the TV character Murphy Brown, an unwed mother, back in 1992) who is rethinking her ways.

Doctors may see this as an inconvenience of sorts, because much of their power is diminished when there is a strong advocate in the room.

Boundas and I had talked about the fact that, having invested $ 52 million in a huge central kitchen, Houston is unlikely to ever return to cooking food on site at each school, the sort of scratch cooking Boundas advocates.

He's also not the only one to advocate having a mini first - aid kit of sorts with you at all times.

Some advocates say that babies rarely pee or poop during a deep sleep and will usually become restless or give some sort of sign sufficient to wake a parent when they need to go — assuming that you're co-sleeping.

If world leaders and climate advocates really want to improve the chances of mobilising political will and citizen action behind a new deal, they will need to think carefully about what sort of key messages actually work.

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

This was sort of a no - brainer, considering Schumer has just one long - shot primary opponent — comedian and drug law reform advocate Randy Credico — and no GOP challenger yet for the general election.

Seems like pricing advocates should start weaving some sort of Oil Savings argument into their pitch.

The piece makes Espaillat sound like some sort of housing advocate.

They worked diligently with the other members of the workgroup and the conference to sort through the numerous recommendations from members, advocates and constituents,» said Heastie.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli supports the use of his seat as a pilot program of sorts for public financing, but he and good government advocates had hoped for something more and different.

But there is a danger that some advocates of AV are selling it as sort of cheap and easy PR that would allow MP's to retain their single seats whilst giving most of the benefits of PR.

In addition, Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team has taken the sort of steps the report advocates, and spending growth has been reduced to 2 percent or less for the second year in a row.

That sort of parsing of the data did not satisfy some transit advocates who called on the city to curb its driving.

For instance, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio — who is targeting same sorts of progressive activist and outer borough voters that Mr. Weiner could be aiming for — said his strategy wouldn't be altered by a Weiner candidacy.

«She's been a very clear advocate, not just in a sort of self - interested, «I'm just trying to take care of my kids» [way], but more from the standpoint of every kid deserves a great opportunity,» he said.

Heastie provided few details but said the new bill would likely include some sort of a lookback provision that gives victims a chance to revive old cases — a key component sought by survivors and advocates who want to change the law.

Any sort of compromise would appall transit advocates, who these days find themselves defending mass - transit systems teetering on the brink of economic collapse.

So, putting that more concisely, FPTP will prevent exactly the sort of behaviour that this proponent of FPTP is showing clearly we get a large amount of under the existing system and advocating we should have more of.

The state's congressional delegation got a lot of cutaway shots, including U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, whose district includes Newtown, and her guest, former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle (Gabby) Giffords, an advocate for legislation to reduce the sort of gun violence she suffered.

That sort of language has also informed individual campaigns, including in the 41st Senate District in the Hudson Valley, where the incumbent, Senator Sue Serino, a first - term Republican, has accused her opponent, Terry Gipson, of advocating «the extreme New York City de Blasio agenda.»

His disciple, Ed Balls, has — sort of — apologised but advocates policies that would repeat the disaster.»

Just as in Scotland, where they voted for a party which espouses policies not so different from those advocated by Jeremy, the sort of «electoral credibility» which bubble - inhabitants believe in is worthless.

«There were a few advocates who fought tirelessly for universal pre-k, spending most of this year passing out flyers, making phone calls, attending press conferences, talking to our friends and converting friends and supporters — demonstrating the sort of grassroots activism that proves too powerful for politicians to ignore.

Heastie thanked Kavanagh and fellow co-chair Gary Pretlow in the press release announcing the reform package adding: «They worked diligently with the other members of the workgroup and the conference to sort through the numerous recommendations from members, advocates and constituents.

Three years and three months into Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first term in office, progressive reform advocates have figured out that he cares deeply about their issues — right up until the sort of deadline that Lyndon Johnson used to call «nut - cutting time.»

Advocates for all sorts of interests quickly became embroiled in what Moore called «a free - for - all,» struggling to get their favorites onto that short list.

In a sort of stump speech she has delivered to audiences around the world, she advocates what she calls a «mosaic» approach to the West's water problems.

To assess the claims of the loudest advocates of smart drugs it is vital to sort out what they mean by «improving memory» or «enhancing cognition».

Our work advocates a generally central role of temporal organization in visual attention such that multiple objects are sequentially sorted in time based on their priority, determined by either top - down attentional demands or bottom - up saliency.

I'm just looking for a good way to say that I'm not offended; that I understand about the difficulty of managing trains; and that taking a break and coming to a different conclusion is the sort of courage that the world needs, especially in people who take the time to advocate for what they believe to be right.