Sentences with phrase «such as sham»

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= > you mean godless unions as God would never approve such sham marriages.

Traditionally, the rules on contracting have attempted to stamp out «sham contracting» in lower - paid industries such as construction, transport, and textiles and clothing.

It is surprising that such dirty, inconvenient, and disgraceful shams as our markets, are not supplanted by structures which would be creditable to American enterprise.

They also found some evidence supporting the use of techniques such as acupuncture and spinal manipulation for acute and chronic pain — although it should be noted that several researchers have questioned whether these treatments are superior to placebo or sham therapies.

He writes for the Skeptical Inquirer, although he is planning to switch to topics that are not outright shams, such as Freud's dream theory and false memories evoked by therapists.

Only one woman reported an episode of drowsiness from the sham acupuncture, whereas the placebo pill recipients reported eight adverse events such as headache, fatigue, dizziness and constipation.

From the descriptive view on the data it seems that compared to sham, verum acupuncture tended to be associated with more activation in the basal ganglia, brain stem, cerebellum, and insula and more deactivation was seen in the so - called «default mode network» and limbic brain areas, such as the amygdala and the hippocampus.

Nevertheless, we could see that brain regions such as SII, insula, cingulate gyrus, amygdala / hippocampal formation and prefrontal cortices might be important when differentiating the acupuncture specific effect from sham acupuncture.

Due to the deficient identity authentication system, fraudulent behaviors such as coaxing people to spend money on wine and meals and even swindling money through sham marriages were seen on some dating sites including jiayuan.com, baihe.com and zhenai.com.

Profiles with little to no personal information such as interests or personality traits, may be trying to hide something or create a sham persona.

JV: To ensure that kids experience safe and healthy play, Playworks teaches strategies and games such as Ro Sham Bo to resolve conflicts, Fishbowl to learn cooperation, and Charades Tag to get kids moving on the playground.

The accompanying advertisements, airing nationally May 14 - 28, offer a humorous take on techniques attempted by drivers trying to fake seat belt use, such as the Right Cross Fake, the Front Side Shoulder Sham, the Smooth Glide, the Pledge of Allegiance and the 44 oz.

The issues in this historical romance are very contemporary, such as the heroine's sham of a marriage to a man who is gay but, due to his lineage and social standing in Victorian England, is just as much a victim of society as Tallie is.

Recent cases include: Axiom Litigation Financing Fund (acting for the «receiver / liquidator» of a Caymans Islands fund: # 110m dispute); Frauntled Management Limited v Featherwood ($ 13m investment dispute before the BVI Court of Appeal); BBX Capital Asset Management v Royal Bank of Canada & Ors ($ 30m Cayman dispute relating to transaction to defraud creditors / sham trusts); Trinity Management Group Ltd v Burke Consolidated Ltd (s. 184I / s.175 BVI dispute); Maruti Holdings PTE Limited v Sinclair Strategies Limited (BVI jurisdictional challenge); QVT Fund & Ors v China Zenix Auto International Limited (s. 184I and s184C BVI dispute: interim injunction) In addition, the international nature of commercial fraud often results in Paul advising in relation to proceedings before off - shore courts such as in VTB v Nutritek (advised on interim relief in Cayman Islands and maintenance of BVI injunction in light of UK Supreme Court decisions) and in other off - shore jurisdictions such as Jersey, Guernsey and Nevis.

Such disputes will involve issues as to the validity of the trust structure, busting - the trust, sham trusts, tracing into and out of trusts, as well as matters of jurisdiction and choice of law eg BNP Jersey v Crociani (breach of Jersey trust).

On the one hand, cases such as Snook v London and West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 2 QB 786, [1967] 1 All ER 518 appeared to provide that the express terms could only be overridden if they were found to be a sham.

To a large extent, the consultation is a sham, as ministers have already blithely decided that they are in favour of such a scheme in principle and, regardless of the consultation, that «competitive tendering» will be introduced within months.

Such a finding was more likely where, as in Cable & Wireless, the agency arrangements had been superimposed upon an existing employment relationship, so that those arrangements could be viewed as a sham or, at least, not reflecting the true position.

I wouldn't go so far as to call them a scam, but let's just say such deceptive business tactics are seen elsewhere, and this sham of an insurance company has mastered the art.

The bedding is fun wonderful, I love the subtle details such as fun pattern on the shams, the fringe on the sheets, stitching on the quilt, and tassels on the throw.

Carefully placed pops of color, such as on the oceanic painting and the purple Euro shams, invigorate without overstimulating.