Sentences with phrase «than acceptable way»

Not exact matches

My goal is to make readers first laugh, and then think, about the ways in which we invoke the phrase «biblical womanhood,» because I believe both the Bible and womanhood are more complex than a list of rules and acceptable roles.

I lived more than twenty years of the Christian life believing that my performance made me acceptable to God in some way.

Knowing that the sacrifice of one's children to the gods was a common practice in Abraham's time, I wonder if the sacrifice was not more Abraham's idea than God's and God's substitution of the lamb was not to give Abraham a more acceptable way of expressing his committment.

Also, I have WAY too much buttermilk in my freezer that has been causing more anxiety than is socially acceptable (such is the by - product of homemade butter making, I suppose: which I imagine will be heavenly with those waffles!).

I know I'd love and use it because I currently borrow my neighbor's like WAY more often than is socially acceptable.

Whether it's another loss on the way to a record setting defeated 0 - 16 season, Ndamukong Suh stomping on a Packers linemen or the Lions starting their descent after a promising first half, many of my memories on that day include the Lions pissing off my dad and I and causing us to straight drinking Bourbon fair earlier than what is considered socially acceptable.

It's interesting that they focus on the technicalities of whether sodium qualifies as a preservative in this particular product, whether the level of sodium in a serving falls within the maximum acceptable range for a toddler, etc., while glossing over the elephant in the freezer - products like this just have way too much sodium to ever reasonably be considered «healthy» or «eating well», and rather than taking real steps to improve their products, Nestle has chosen to hide behind soundbites like «no preservatives!

Hitting your son would teach him to fear you rather than trust you and would model that violence is an acceptable way to change someone else's behavior.

You can offer him suggestions on how he can get rid of that energy in a more acceptable way than yelling or throwing things.

The easiest way for you to judge if a discipline method has worked on your child is by observing whether your children are carrying out more acceptable than unacceptable behaviour.

Asked about acceptable ways for candidates to raise money, more than three - quarters of Americans say that raising campaign money from contributions made by Washington lobbyists is unacceptable, putting it at the bottom of a list of six ways for raising money.

«That is the only way we can be sure of their apology; anything less than that is not acceptable.

Fortunately, brunch has made it acceptable to start your day drinking a wee bit earlier than lunch and way earlier than 5:00.

This makes me feel like it's way more socially acceptable now than I thought in the past!

Not surprisingly, an overwhelming 61 % of singles prefer reconnecting via phone call rather than text, though 14 % think that texting is an acceptable way to follow up.

Students will test the limits of acceptable behavior in myriad ways better known to school teachers than to judges; school officials need a degree of flexible authority to respond to disciplinary challenges; and the law has always considered the relationship between teachers and students special.

Rather than viewing reflection solely as the writing of structured reflective essays, for example, preservice teachers might see an informal Word document journal or embedded videos in a weblog as acceptable ways to engage in personal reflection.

The front - wheeler might be an acceptable budget - buster, but we think the The CX - 9 settled nicely into corners in an almost track - tuned way; in our testing, this crossover handled better than many so - called sports sedans.

Meizu MX4 Pro improves upon the MX4 foundation in many ways and its price didn't go up all that much, the MX4 Pro (basic model) costs 2,499 Yuan ($ 406), which is more than acceptable.

Right or wrong, if you want to present such an image, one way to do that is to ensure that your credit score is not considered less than acceptable.

Because regular training in this way builds up a powerful association for the puppy, between your marker and pleasure, it is acceptable to leave a small gap (no more than a few seconds) between the mark and the reward.

In order for us to have a world worth passing on to future generations, first and foremost, before we cope with the specifics, it appears we need to find new ways of dealing with those specifics, which amounts to creating a global social contract, some sufficient set of guidelines that take us from here to a humane world that is much more sustainable than out own, a set of guidelines acceptable and accepted not just in America but everywhere.

If Dr. Lindzen speaks of science to the public in ways that will help ensure mortally horrific dislocation of dense populations such places as Bangladesh, how is that more acceptable than dining on nuns and orphans?

A more practical way to promote change within the sustainability movement would be to a) create narratives that portray and encourage the desired ideas and actions as historical and current reality or as historical precedent in support of a nuanced evolution within the current orthodoxy, rather than to portray them as a significant change in belief or practice; b) to portray the desired ideas and actions as long - held beliefs and practices of the most widely - admired leaders of the orthodoxy and as actions and ideas typical of orthodox believers; or c) to shame believers into seeing the desired beliefs and actions as acceptable means of atonement for past sustainability sin or as new «stones» that can be thrown at non-believers.

And after only a week, the ride was — if not a piece of cake — a more - than - acceptable way to get in twenty - two minutes of exercise right after work.

So language changes have to be accompanied by social changes for words to become acceptable, and some have a longer way to go than others.

At any point in time there may be more than one acceptable way of practicing medicine.

There is no better way of making sure that your cover letter shines than writing content that you know will be acceptable to the hiring manager.

Although the reverse chronological style is sometimes acknowledged as the «standard format,» the fact is that functional or skills - based resumes have not only been acceptable for more than thirty years, they have proven to be beneficial in ways that reverse chronological resumes often are not.

Whether it is as simple as an updated paint job or an ingenious and clever way to conceal a flaw, I love that you can make a room or window or feature look entirely different and more than acceptable without a big fat wad of cash and an expensive contractor.