Sentences with phrase «than a realistic position»

TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady has claimed the UK's negotiating strategy in Brexit talks is more like a «letter to Santa» than a realistic position.

Not exact matches

* If * you were actually impartial, you would find that the atheist position (it is unlikely or unproven that god exists) is more realistic than the theist position (god absolutely exists).

We need a return to the realistic and yet principled conservative pragmatism of Reagan who actually wanted to help people more than dogmatically stick to every single position and who was even willing to compromise with liberals like Tip O'neal at times in order to get something done that would actually solve problems and help the greatest number of people.

Nevertheless, it is clear that regarding the status of nature, conceived as the object of perceptual experience, Whitehead is closer to a phenomenalistic position than to a naïve - realistic one:

The Merseyside are currently occupying the final Champions League spot, and they will have the aim of preserving the position whilst seeking to bag some kind of silverware from the FA Cup, which gives them a more realistic chance than the Champions League.

The program's modest scale — less than 1 % of NIH's approximately $ 10 billion in stimulus funds — reflects the desire to establish a realistic number of sustainable new faculty positions rather than set off a «feeding frenzy,» Berg says.

Because Duhem was a good theoretical physicist he was in a better position to choose realistic examples, drawn from science than some philosophers.

Seems to me in hindsight that some prominent properties of current sceptics include — worked many years evaluating technical reports, commonly to approve or reject budget requests from others — many from industry or military rather than academia — careers that promote you for delivering the goods, like making profit — worked in positions requiring accountability — often with a degree in humanities as well as science / engineering, allowing interest in social conduct — education more often degrees short of PhD — old enough to have gained some wisdom — realistic about the horror of climategate and its whitewashes — appreciative of the rigour and good spirit of Climate Audit

But I would not necessarily chalk this as falling short of China's expectations because I consider that position a negotitation strategy rather than a realistic, genuine ask.

This is, to be sure, not a realistic position, not in the short term, but there is more to this than short - term politics....»

If he does accept your position for less than his realistic salary requirements, you can count on the fact that he will continue job searching — secretly.

In other words, they want to know if your salary is realistic for the position — is it too low, meaning perhaps you aren't as qualified or appropriate as you seem, or that you are higher than the salary range they had set.