Sentences with phrase «suggested by common sense»

Second, financial logic embodied in the celebrated Modigliani Miller theorem and suggested by common sense holds that substantial reductions in leverage, if achieved, should be associated with reduced volatility, reduced sensitivity to shocks and lower risk premiums.

Not exact matches

Although pure mathematics and impure practice thus combine to suggest that living things, human selves and societies, should not be pictured on the model of Chepstow Castle — as though they were ping - pong balls, single shells that either insulate or shatter — our generalized common - sense notions of inside and outside by and large remain early Norman in their simplicity.

In A Common Faith Dewey suggests that organized religion once provided a useful sense of the whole, but that now it has abandoned that task and, instead, attempts to fob off on newly emergent societies the basically irrelevant sense of the whole generated by an earlier society in a different history If this last judgment is harsh, it was harsh because «the religious» was so important to Dewey and because he still hoped for a religiousness capable of setting forth a functional sense of the whole.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

The study, conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, confirmed what common sense has always strongly suggested, which is that fathers make a huge difference in the lives of kids.

Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam have in the past responded to families who report experiencing problems with their child - care guidance by suggesting that the parents in question should have used the ideas in «Babywise» more flexibly and with a dose of common sense.

Paterson said: «Simply justice as well as common sense suggests that those questioned by police and not accused of a crime should not be subjected to perpetual suspicion.»

The baby - boomers have turned out to be the most privileged of cohorts our country has produced when common sense would suggest that this extraordinarily large group, born in the wake of the 1945 peace, would be disadvantaged by their size.

Common sense would suggest that wild rumours should not be perpetrated by an Oba of your calibre.

«To most people, especially ophthalmologists, common sense would suggest that there is little harm in simply measuring the vision at a distance during a patient's routine visit to their primary care physician,» Sommer, who wrote an editorial in JAMA Internal Medicine, said by email.

However, the episodic script and some rather pedestrian direction by David Veloz end up leaving you a lot more comfortable with what you're looking at than common sense would suggest you should be.

Despite aping its title in order to suggest quality by association, Bad Teacher has nothing in common with Bad Santa — including, alas, a genuinely nasty sense of humor.

Common sense and experience suggest that higher speaking or consulting fees are likely to be generated by big buzz in general rather than by a one - week guest appearance on a best - seller list.

It also lessens the likelihood of an active manager shooting himself or herself in the foot by selling the wrong thing at the wrong time because of a need to meet redemptions, or dare I suggest it, panic or depression overwhelm the manager's common sense in maintaining an investment position (which often hits short seller specialists more than long only investors, but that is another story for another day).

Common sense would suggest that the intrinsic value of a business can not change by those orders of magnitude from one day to the next.

In other words, you do better by buying at a discount rather than a premium, just as common sense would suggest.

If there is a probability that humanity could soon be confronted with a huge challenge, one that takes its astounding shape from overconsumption, overproduction and overpopulation activities of the human species, then would reason and common sense not suggest that the human community could move forward by limiting increases in certain global activities, the ones now overspreading the surface of Earth.

Common sense suggests that in order to maintain a major scientific theory not supported by the data would be an extraordinarily improbable world - spanning conspiracy.

If, for example, by doing «more of the same business - as - usual activities» that we are doing now, we could be leading our children down a «primrose path» to a recognizably horrendous fate of some unknowable kind, would reason and common sense not suggest a change in behavior?

Common sense would suggest maintaining the status quo by reaching an agreement whereby the provisions of the European regime continue to apply, at least on a transitional basis.

The appellants also submitted the trial judge erred in instructing the jury to disregard the brakes issue because: (i) common sense suggests that brake linings might create an issue with brake function and (ii) such an instruction ignored the reverse onus placed on Vicentini and Ford Credit by s. 193 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H. 8.

We add to the subject by suggesting that it's only Common Sense to make sure that you have renters insurance.

Bernstein, who doesn't see technology as «inherently dangerous,» suggested that Facebook critics like Common Sense are also tainted by accepting $ 50 million in donated air time for a campaign warning about the dangers of technology addiction.