Sentences with phrase «strong tendency for»

[T] here is a strong tendency for Aboriginal people to smother tensions and disagreements.

«One area of particular attention is the internet sector where there is a strong tendency for markets to develop into monopolies.

For example, let's say that there is a strong tendency for stocks of fall on Monday.

Although the «samples» that wegman's report show seem to be derived from the 100 most positive values of HSI, based on M&M's code that DC showed in his excellent post, it seems from the histogram, that there is a indeed a strong tendency for a hockey stick shape to appear in PC1 with the non centered principal components procedure.

As The St. Joe Company develops its vast landholdings in Florida, there is a strong tendency for adjacent, undeveloped properties, also owned by St. Joe, to appreciate in value, sometimes markedly.

Besides, as intrinsic value grows with companies having low valuations, there is a strong tendency for the stock to rally.

A two - way (teacher accomplishment by grade) ANOVA showed a statistically significant effect for grade level, F (2, 54) = 7.90, p <.01, with a strong tendency for whole - group time allocations to increase with grade level, but no statistically significant grade by teacher accomplishment interaction.

There is also a strong tendency for the elbows to flare out, putting even MORE stress on the shoulders.

a) Experimental polls that ask people to imagine a genuine three - way race, with Conservatives, Labour and the LibDems all equal, and then ask respondents to place their votes, show a strong tendency for the main party vote to collapse to the LibDems.

All this needs to be made clear, for the word «heaven» appears a good deal more in the New Testament than in the Old Testament, and there is a strong tendency for readers to assume that it means there what later Christian orthodoxy meant by the term, namely, an eternal spiritual sphere above this world where the faithful departed live with God.

For this reason there is a strong tendency for feminists to argue against any state - imposed restrictions.

In DC, there is a much stronger tendency for financial risks around the age of retirement to impact only those close to either side of retirement.

Between Apple and Samsung, I'm not sure which has the stronger tendency for suicidal policies.

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There's a very strong and common tendency for entrepreneurs to put in 18 - hour days when starting a company, setting an ambitious pace with little thought given to rest.

The same is generally true for individual securities, but the tendency is even stronger for markets as a whole.

This innate tendency to make strong evaluations leaves us needing to account for where morality comes from, what makes it real.

In addition to the tendency to purify Islam of its alien innovations there is today a strong movement for expansion of education among Muslims.

Earlier in our weekend symposium, an Evangelical Protestant with strong localist tendencies had expressed a certain sort of jealousy for those of us whose denominations operate on a parish model, for this, he thought, must make sinking roots into one's church community far easier to do.

He also criticized his Republican opponents for their alleged isolationist tendencies, affirming the necessity of a strong American presence in a dangerous world.

Its strong tendency is to find the norms for Christians in the depths of the inherited dominant tradition.

My own experience in teaching religion and theology to middle - and upper - middle - class undergraduates and graduate students in America for the past decade or so certainly suggests that this way of thinking about religion fits neatly with a strong tendency toward the kind of knee - jerk relativism that is also widespread among those in the same social strata.

There is on one side of this coin the students» tendency to attend lectures which they need for their examinations; on the other side is the fact that there is strong political support for Küng among the students (there was a huge rally and torchlight parade last December on the night following the Roman edict to withdraw his missio canonica), and for many students, both Protestant and Catholic, the issues in the Küng case are larger than the man himself, Küng's status at the university is not dependent on the number of students who come to his lectures (nor on the number of his doctoral students), but the fall semester will be some index of the viability of this new «third track» in theology.

But the more formal and complex its institutional patterns are, the stronger will be the tendency for their maintenance to become an end in its own right.

For most of European history from the emperor Constantine's embrace of Christianity onwards there has been a strong tendency to identify worship of God with loyalty to and reverence for the tradition and authorities that constitute the Holy Roman Empire, or its competing fragments in the Middle Ages, or their successor nation states, or one's home town and its familiar «way of life.&raqFor most of European history from the emperor Constantine's embrace of Christianity onwards there has been a strong tendency to identify worship of God with loyalty to and reverence for the tradition and authorities that constitute the Holy Roman Empire, or its competing fragments in the Middle Ages, or their successor nation states, or one's home town and its familiar «way of life.&raqfor the tradition and authorities that constitute the Holy Roman Empire, or its competing fragments in the Middle Ages, or their successor nation states, or one's home town and its familiar «way of life.»

Indeed, since the «Chicago school» is no longer strong at Chicago, there is an increasing tendency for the balance to shift toward the second usage of process theology.

If, on occasion, Konstan seems to press this argument too far, bypassing a little too quickly the sense one sometimes gets that classical thinkers did have tendencies to ground friendship in utility, his argument nonetheless makes a strong case for a significant degree of overlap between ancient and modern views of friendship.

Aging quickly, Ashley Williams looked a dead man walking under Koeman but under Allardyce his lack of mobility isn't exposed, albeit he still finds himself going into challenges second, while his usual partner Mason Holgate is strong and aggressive although still very raw at 21 years old — a good front - foot defender but with a tendency to go in for a challenge regardless of whether it's the right choice or not, often seeming in two minds into what position he should take up.

While West Brom did manage six more wins at The Hawthorns last season than on their travellers, Roberto Di Matteo's men only suffered three away defeats all season and their record away from home of 10 -10-3 does bode well for their chances considering their strong tendency to hold out for draws.

«When you see a pastor trying to say, «Had it not been the ministry, I would have been like this or that, as a means to stir people to give money,» watch out, for the tendency to get back into slavery in «Egypt» or the tendency to be «fleshy» is strong.

We know, for example, that many of Europe's far - left parties have in the past questioned capitalism as a system, or that far - right parties bring with them strong anti-democratic tendencies.

Schneiderman's public persona as a strong advocate for women betrayed his personal tendency to strangle, degrade and belittle them, leaving many readers breathless.

Psychologists also tackled problems of publication bias head - on, he said, referring to a tendency for studies that are new and flashy to get more space in the journals than replications of previous work; that's the case even though replications are what show that science is strong.

Thus instead of a strong zonal wind that keeps cold polar air locked in the Arctic, there is a tendency for a less zonal flow and thus more cold air outbreaks to middle latitudes.

Thus instead of a strong zonal wind that keeps cold polar air locked in the Arctic, there is a tendency for more cold air outbreaks to middle latitudes.

Simulation of the spatial structure of the MJO as it evolves through its life cycle is also problematic, with tendencies for the convective anomaly to split into double ITCZs in the Pacific and for erroneously strong convective signals to sometimes develop in the eastern Pacific ITCZ (e.g., Inness and Slingo, 2003).

Just bear in mind that by balancing your «pleaser» and «doer» tendencies with a commitment to your values, you'll be stronger for it.

Specially, they need to avoid the tendency to «see who is the strongest,» which can set up him or her for an injury.

It has a tendency to have a strong flavor and I have to cut it for family members.

The second advantage of using dumbbells instead of a bar is that they reduce the tendency of stronger muscle groups to compensate for weaker ones.

I feel excellent and spend less time cooking, but I can sympathize with your daughter because the tendency to cook the same things over and over is strong for the sake of efficiency.

For the life of me, I somehow can't find the identity of this series» cinematographer, but whomever this person may be, my hat is off to him or her, as his or her efforts, while not breathtaking, is consistently quite tasteful in its plays with coloring and lighting, which has a tendency to sometimes go from tasteful to just plain stunning, thus making the series a strong visual piece, as surely as it is something of a strong musical piece, as Christopher Dedrick must also gain some recognition for his spirited and sometimes upstanding score woFor the life of me, I somehow can't find the identity of this series» cinematographer, but whomever this person may be, my hat is off to him or her, as his or her efforts, while not breathtaking, is consistently quite tasteful in its plays with coloring and lighting, which has a tendency to sometimes go from tasteful to just plain stunning, thus making the series a strong visual piece, as surely as it is something of a strong musical piece, as Christopher Dedrick must also gain some recognition for his spirited and sometimes upstanding score wofor his spirited and sometimes upstanding score work.

Another tendency I have: a strong preference for teaser posters over the final one - sheets.

So, given their bromantic tendencies, this year's Oscar race may prove to be very interesting for George and Matt, who are both strong contenders for best actor nominations for their roles in «Up in the Air» and «The Informant.»

In Final Exam: A Study of the Perpetual Scrutiny of American Schools, I reviewed the tendency, especially strong since the end of World War II, for critics to think the worst about our schools, often while lionizing the educational systems of other nations.

In June 2002, some time after the book had been sold on its own merits to publishers in multiple countries, and optioned for film writes, Rubinstein admitted that she was the author, saying «I think there is a strong tendency among the spectators or the readers of culture to pigeonhole people, and that's the thing that artists hate having done to them.

Finally, in the stock market, there is evidence of momentum, the tendency for shares to continue performing well if they've recently had strong returns.

By exploring concepts such as relativity (our tendency to value items by comparing them to similar items), pre-paying for activities and products such as subscriptions (in order to avoid the pain of paying), and loss aversion (our strong desire to avoid losing at all costs), Ariely details our brain's natural aversion to making wise financial decisions.

The tendency for banks to sell insurance is strongest in countries where banks are dominant financial institutions aside from insurance.

In any event, in bottom - up investing the strong tendency is to focus on different information, and different time horizons, than is usual for those involved with the general market.

There is a tendency for international stocks to outperform U.S. stocks when the U.S. dollar is weak and non-U.S. currencies are strong.