Sentences with phrase «speak to groups concerning»

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«He spoke to pro-fiduciary groups and started his rounds on the Hill to hear the concerns of lawmakers directly.»

When speaking to Premier during our News Hour programme, the head of public policy for campaign group Christian Concern, Tim Dieppe encouraged people to have healthy arguments:

In the tense atmosphere of the city council meeting the night of the vote, Presbyterian minister Paul Miller acknowledged that emotions were running high but told the overflow crowd he spoke from «deep pastoral concern»; he then read a prepared statement signed by 18 members of the clergy who decried «the recent efforts to single out a given group... and to seek to castigate them as being unworthy and unfit to belong to our community.»

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

Speaking to a group of theological students in India, a layman has voiced this concern of taking the congregation seriously:

Residents were divided into working groups of approximately 10 and encouraged to speak about their unique housing concerns and needs.

A group calling itself the Concerned Youth of Ashanti has strongly accused leading member of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere Darko and the Executive Secretary to the President Asante Bediatuo of speaking ill and undermining the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

To cite a recent example, speaking at an event organized by the pressure group Save British Science, Astronomer Royal Professor Sir Martin Rees this week voiced his concern that the lack of a long - term view from successive governments means there is a serious danger that the cohort of young academic researchers needed to replace the older generation will fail to materializTo cite a recent example, speaking at an event organized by the pressure group Save British Science, Astronomer Royal Professor Sir Martin Rees this week voiced his concern that the lack of a long - term view from successive governments means there is a serious danger that the cohort of young academic researchers needed to replace the older generation will fail to materializto replace the older generation will fail to materializto materialize.

A group of residents spoke to three members of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners Monday night to air its concerns about the service provided by the nonprofit running the county's animal control services.Critics said the county's animal control...

The group serves a largely Hispanic population and makes sure to always have a Spanish - speaking employee available; a bilingual dispatcher teams up with an animal control officer for calls concerning dogs at large, and they let community members know about FHAS's low - cost spay / neuter, vaccination, microchipping and licensing services.

Far from quitting art, the group have continued to practice and speak to life outside: practical concerns of money and space, relationships, individual views, and the weight of last year's conversations.

Recently, Debra Higbee - Sudyka, Vice Chair of the Marys Peak Group of the Sierra Club in Oregon, spoke at town halls with Congressman DeFazio and highlighted the Sierra Club's concerns about TPP and our opposition to fast track.

There are also major concerns, further highlighted by loose intelligence - sharing frameworks between governments, about the risks to confidential sources often risking their life and liberty to speak out, and the impact on the vital work of human rights groups.

Following recent discussions with the Lord Chancellor, Mr Shelly spoke candidly to the group concerning expectations regarding the review, specifically stating that the answer could not be found in «reversing the reforms or simply putting money back in the system».

One of the great joys in my professional life as a D&I trainer and coach is seeing someone from one equity - seeking group speaking passionately about the actions that must be taken or reasons for their company to do more on D&I concerning an equity - seeking group with which they don't identify.

Appoint a small group of spokes - people within the firm to meet, confidentially, with anyone who still has concerns after the meetings referenced in step 2, above.

The results showed that the speech - conscious group used more than twice the number of fillers per minute (5.61 per minute) as the anxious dancers (2.07 per minute).46 Moreover, the speech - conscious group also used more fillers than a third group that had been asked to speak on a more complex topic (3.85 per minute), reinforcing the notion that self - consciousness — or «task concern» — may create even more fillers than task complexity.47

Campaign coordinator Mary Wareham spoke in Moscow at the end of September to respond to Russia's concerns and make the case for a Group of Governmental Experts.

Speaking on the announcement, Sudhin Mathur, Managing Director, Motorola Mobility India and Country Head, Lenovo Mobile Biz Group, said, «According to the reports fewer people are expected to upgrade to smartphones because of concerns over price, need and ability to use.

Wylie, the whistleblower who worked for Cambridge from 2013 to 2015, said his team spoke to Americans in focus groups to identify deep - seated concerns and tested ways to tap into those fears through social media.