Sentences with phrase «stronger than the critics»

For a start ending all live animal exports will not destroy our relationship with Indonesia, because our ties with that country are stronger than critics give them credit for and are certainly strong enough to survive our decision to stop selling it just one form of one particular foodstuff.

«And thank you for the example you have set in standing up to abuse and criticism, proving you are stronger than all your critics.

Not exact matches

George Weigel believes Benedict's rich insights have «turned the Church definitively toward the New Evangelization» the evangelical Catholicism of the future,» and thus placed Catholic orthodoxy in a far stronger position than his critics realize.

However, church critic and political analyst Stelian Tanase said the church, which counts more than 85 % of Romanians among its flock, should have issued a stronger statement.

these countries may have different faiths but they respect america as having a strong faith, and christianity imo is more negatively viewed here in the us than by any other country; we are our own worst critic.

And far from being a broken or dejected man at the end of his life — as some critics maintain, the better to make their case against him seem plausible — Paul VI was carried and sustained by something much stronger than anything in this world, his faith.

I do not know whether there is a problem because the English FA have been stronger critics of UEFA and FIFA corruption or whether it is just as simple as the fact that football is played in a more robust way in England than on the continent, but neither of these reasons is an excuse for the fact that Arsenal and the likes of Man City keep finding ourselves on the wrong end of decisions.

Obama on Sunday took on one of his fiercest congressional critics in California at a fundraiser for Democrats that included Democrat Doug Applegate, who's mounting a stronger - than - expected challenge to Rep. Darrell Issa.

Ed Miliband's critics claim he lacks the experience or instant judgement to handle unexpected events and would offer compromises rather than strong leadership — more Neil Kinnock (one of his main sponsors) than Mr Blair.

Elizabeth Lombardo, Ph.D., and author of Better Than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love, recommends several other strategies for keeping the brain healthy and strong.

«Strong friendships can increase happiness and have a healthy effect on our bodies,» says Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, a psychologist and author of Better Than Perfect: 7 Steps to Crush your Inner Critic and Create a Life You Love.

It's the first time in three years that one of the majors has averaged above 61 (the cutoff we use to indicate generally positive reviews from critics) for its annual release slate, and Disney's strong 2015 average score puts it 11 points higher than its nearest major competitor (Universal).

It's looking like a strong awards season for Lincoln, which has been nominated in a record 13 categories for the Critics» Choice Movie Awards — two more than the previous record holder, Black Swan.

ACTRESS Portman has been winning lots of critics awards but, strangely, her film (just as strong or even stronger than her eery performance) isn't doing as well.

Deliberations of candidates in 16 categories took more than four hours as critics debated the merits of a strong field across the board.

They can still end up with strong constituencies among awards voters — but if so, those constituencies will more likely be among guild and Academy members than critics.

A lot of films that I wanted to put in this list didn't make the cut (like «The Help,» a film that I feel is a lot better than some critics give it credit for), but I think the list I have to present to you is fairly strong.

But let us be clear: Despite what you might hear from opt - outers and other critics, U.S. standards, tests, and accountability systems are all dramatically stronger, fairer, and more honest than they were a decade ago.

There's a strong correlation between lower socioeconomic status and lower test scores, so critics say the rankings are more a measure of poverty than anything else, and that test scores alone fail to tell the whole story of what's happening in a given school building.

Peggy exerted an even stronger influence on Pollock's development and reputation than his great booster, the critic Clement Greenberg, and visitors to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection are paying tribute not only to what she bought and kept but what she helped to create in the first place.

She begins by saying self - control, grit, and curiosity are beginning to be more frequently taught (sentence 1); she then says that researchers are finding these types of things even more important than intelligence to success in school (sentence 2); then says there are critics to this general approach (sentence 3); and then in the second paragraph says that Poropat has established with strong evidence that this broad approach (self - control, conscientiousness, etc) are highly correlated, and hence she is offering powerful evidence rebutting the critics identified in the third sentence, but not challenging the teaching identified in the first sentence.