Sentences with phrase «subject of debate in»

The UK legislation, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 are now the subject of some debate in the psychic community.

Response: The question of whether or not such information should be protected is currently the subject of debate in Congress and in the states.

The materials which an accused person is entitled to receive from the Crown in order to attempt to raise such a doubt has been the subject of debate in Alberta courts (and elsewhere in Canada) for several years.

I agree with that argument, but it appears to remain a subject of debate in discussions about the nature of evidence.

Their tiny hatchlings» subsequent trek to the sea has already been a subject of debate in many resort areas, since hotel lights and other artificial illumination can lead them astray.

Determining what is in the best interest of a particular animal will become the subject of debate in which others will have a right to an opinion.

However, the degree of this diversification benefit has become a subject of debate in recent decades.

The education of linguistically diverse students has been a constant subject of debate in the US.

Members of Congress introduced a number of competing privacy bills in 2014 that will continue to be the subject of debate in 2015, including measures designed to update the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and expand the Federal Trade Commission's jurisdiction to cover for profit and non-profit entities handling student data.

The significance of individual variability in brain anatomy is still a subject of debate in the field, Holmes added.

Nowadays, we tend to have slightly more rational views about dreams, but their significance and meaning remain a subject of debate in both science and public discourse.

New York City's rent regulations and a related affordable housing provision were the subject of debate in the second half of the 2015 session.

The advert failed to prevent a Labour landslide in 1997, but was still said to have made Blair's character a legitimate subject of debate in the election.

The practice has emerged as one of the most salient subjects of debate in contemporary penal policy.

Not exact matches

With health care one of the most hotly debated subjects right now, here is a look at where the U.S. stands in terms of health - care costs and services.

The next voice to be heard in the debate on the future of housing finance in the United States will be that of the Treasury Department, which is slated to release its report on the subject sometime this month.

The case was the subject of «Serial,» the first spin - off from «This American Life,» and went on to be a sensation, with listeners debating whether or not Syed was in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Exactly when things went off the rails is subject to debate, but many point to the controversial acquisition of Compaq Computer in 2001 by HP's then - CEO Carly Fiorina as the start of the decline.

Exactly why home prices continue to rise in Vancouver and Toronto, while prices in other markets cool, remains the subject of debate.

Whether Vice will eventually do an IPO has been the subject of much debate, fuelled in part by comments from Vice CEO Shane Smith on the topic.

Meanwhile, in the last year, YouTube videos of alleged police brutality have gone viral, helping to inspire the growth of the #blacklivesmatter movement, and America's swelling prison population has even become a subject in presidential debates.

The nature and importance of that role in the run - up to these and other crises is the subject of ongoing research and debate.2

How to seek consent from Canadian users to collect, use and disclose their personal information in the digital age is the subject of ongoing debate.

As the stock market began its ascent in the mid-1990s, executive pay — always the subject of heated debate — mounted along with it.

The 12 - country Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP), signed in October, is likely to be the subject of much public debate in the new year.

The adoption of cryptocurrency in the Muslim world and — in particular — the Middle East, has been the subject of heated debate over the last few months.

This is a subject that's been hotly debated over the years, but the most recent data seems to suggest that organic click - through rates (the percentage of people who see your entry in SERPs and click through to your site) does have a direct and significant bearing on the ranking of your site.

Large price swings in cryptocurrencies will likely continue next week, although the direction of those swings is subject to debate.

After more than seven hours of emotional debate that hit the sensitive political subjects of gun control, education and race, the House voted 67 - 50 in favor of the bill, sending it to Gov. Rick Scott.

Ever since Ron Paul first introduced it in 2009, the «Federal Reserve Transparency» Act, calling for the elimination of the Federal Reserve System's exemption from certain kinds of GAO audits, has been the subject of vigorous debate between proponents of greater government accountability and champions of an independent Federal Reserve.

Neither involved a nearly 5 - mile - long underwater segment in the Straits of Mackinac, the channel that connects Lakes Michigan and Huron, which received several dents from a suspected tugboat anchor strike last month and is the subject of public debate over its safety.

Given the sparse population west of Lake Superior at the time, the need for a subsidy for a large indivisible capital project is not in question but the size of the subsidy has been subject to debate.

What I mean by this, is one will tend to fixate or zoom - in on various aspects of certain subjects especially in a debate setting.

Apparently the discussion led to a loud debate, and Nava's personal opposition to same - sex marriage quickly became a subject of discussion in the college.

The character of the imperial cult, at least in the eastern empire, is the subject of considerable debate at present, as can be seen by a cursory examination of the two most significant works on the subject: S. R. F. Price's Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor and Steven Friesen's Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial Family.

In all debates there are two parties with two or more opposing sides of the same subject matter.

In a debate between Bart Ehrman and Michael Licona, 3 facts were given that nearly 100 percent of modern scholars studying the subject at the time of the debate agree upon:

Perhaps both subjects, the Son of David Messiahship and the return of Elijah before the end, were questions of even greater moment within the Christian community than in the unadjourned debate with the synagogue.

Though the image was actually posted back in 2013, it's recently become the subject of a pretty intense debate.

A subject of considerable debate between Hartshorne and Brightman in the last years of the correspondence is whether Hartshorne is or is not a pantheist.

The most intelligent debate of this subject was a «Munkdebate» in Toronto between Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair.

In a debate between Bart Ehrman and Michael Licona, 3 facts are given pertaining to Jesus's fate and what occurred afterward that nearly 100 % of all scholars studying this subject at the time of the debate accepted.

If the Bible, as its theme, concerns the deliverance of humanity, and if the deliverer is God, personified by Jesus, consider the following: Contentious subjects in Jesus» time, as items of debate or discussion, typically had to do with adultery (a «capital offense» by Moses), paying taxes (which might be tough in a theocracy), and divorce.

With the knowledge of Enlightenment thought as a double - edged sword, the FF realized that the ONLY way we could have universal rights that were not subject to debate was to establish them as Divine in origin.

Paul Jewett's Man as Male and Female, Letha Scanzoni's and Nancy Hardesty's All We're Meant to Be, Elisabeth Elliot's Let Me Be a Woman, and George W. Knight's The New Testament Teaching on the Role Relationship of Men and Women have taken varying positions and have been widely read and debated in evangelical circles.1 Bill Gothard, through his Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts, has offered teaching on the subject of women's rightful place to thousands, as have Francis Schaeffer, Howard Hendricks, and Tim LaHaye.

Each has proven to be of interest to people and has in fact been the subject of intense debates.

Most of the debate on this subject focuses on whether the Bible is in fact inerrant and infallible.

He spoke of the prestige of science in our culture and the corresponding lack of respect for religion («If it's a science programme it's a documentary, if the subject's politics there's a debate, but a religious programme, unless it's hymns for granny, will have people talking about their feelings»).

We concluded that there are several reasons that could be used to support an argument for choosing Jesus as our compass, for granting him a sacred role as meaning - giver: first, we are not aware of any especially good alternatives; second, his ability to serve in this role has been confirmed in many faithful lives; and third, in choosing him we align ourselves with a compass which is in the public domain, and as such our interpretation is subject to the correction of tradition and public debate.

And I do appreciate your inability to address the subject at hand, instead choosing to go for a shallow, puerile ad hominem — always the sign of failure in a debate.