Sentences with phrase «stand public scrutiny»

He has sought to define principles and apply criteria that will stand public scrutiny and provide a robust defence for difficult decisions.

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There exist profitable, late - stage startups that are run by people who believe their companies could stand a little seasoning before going through the hassle of an IPO to face the quarter - by - quarter scrutiny of the public markets.

If Labour is going to win the next election it needs credible realistic policies that can stand up to media and public scrutiny.

Informal chit - chat is fine; however any discussions involving state business, or MPs using the powers gifted to them by the public, must be transparent enough to stand up to the toughest scrutiny.

the British public, with the scrutiny of the media on the government, would not stand for it (cf. the US in November 1995); 3.

«This case stands for a very simple but important principle, which is that you can not use your campaign account as a slush fund to avoid public scrutiny,» said Schneiderman, D - New York.

Leanne Wood has been putting Plaid's policies forward to the public - but do they stand up to expert scrutiny?

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Schneiderman said the Maziarz case stood «for a very simple but important principle, which is that you can not use your campaign account as a slush fund to avoid public scrutiny.

This case stands for a very simple but important principle, which is that you can not use your campaign account as a slush fund to avoid public scrutiny.

In a release announcing the signing of the legislation, Cuomo said the «overwhelming majority of public assistance sanctions do not stand up to scrutiny,» adding that the state's Office of Temporary Disability Assistance found that out of 21,474 cases brought to a hearing after a public assistance recipient received a sanction, only 242 of the sanctions were upheld.

I am proud to stand up my professional relationships to such scrutiny as serving the best interests of my academic science and role as a public - sector educator.

If dieting programs had to stand up to the same scrutiny as medications, they would never be allowed for public consumption.

32 The New Hampshire Supreme Court likewise rejected the standing of petitioners challenging the state's scholarship tax credit law, ruling that they could not demonstrate any harm.33 The following year, citing the decisions in Arizona and New Hampshire, the Alabama Supreme Court also held that a «tax credit to a parent or a corporation... can not be construed as an «appropriation»» but rather such funds retain their status as private funds until they enter the public treasury.34 That view seems to be the prevailing one in courts, so with the possible exception of Michigan, where the state constitution explicitly prohibits tax benefits for religious education, tax credits should survive scrutiny under such provisions.

Because the new policy was tucked into the state budget, it came with no stand - alone legislation, meaning it emerged from the General Assembly with a minimum of public scrutiny and debate, critics point out.

This process merits more scrutiny because the firm «accountability» it promises is actually more flexible than advertised and it stands in contrast with how other public schools are treated by the State.

If we, as educators, do not stand up for ourselves and more importantly for our children, to verbal attacks, and public scrutiny, who will?

How they operate and make business decisions must stand up to public scrutiny on any conflict of interest potential.

Perhaps he was concerned that such speculation - though worthy in his mind of public pronouncements — would not stand up to the scrutiny of fellow climate scientists.

I do it because only through constant public scrutiny do we stand a chance of improving general standards for contract language.

In Malamud's view, the extra information in question is just «pasting a private wrapper on a public package» in order to monetize it, but given that the additional information is added by Oregon's Legislative Counsel (a state entity), Malamud doesn't believe that even this claim stands up to scrutiny.