Sentences with phrase «than supportive of»

The public has always been more than supportive of us during these times of need and we hope they will be again as we work to get all of these new feline residents of ours great loving homes.»

If your principal is less than supportive of parent involvement, take the time to educate.

And the central office remained unresponsive and territorial, more threatened by innovative schools than supportive of them.

Predictably, her step - family is less than supportive of her, there is no way that she is getting her wish if they have their way.

This becomes all the more complicated when he finds himself becoming less than supportive of the rather scary and overachieving student candidate Tracy Flick, played by the wonderful Reese Witherspoon.

And he said those from within the Labour party who've been less than supportive of his campaign are, and I paraphrase, has - beens.

Robin Kaplan: As if returning to work after maternity leave isn't difficult enough, dealing with an employer who's less than supportive of your pumping rights can definitely add an unnecessary stress.

Alright, when we come back, Wendy will discuss what a mom can do if she's faced with a challenging situation at work, and a boss who is less than supportive of her pumping rights.

Not exact matches

Ironically, Gurley's venture capital firm, Benchmark Capital, is an early and actively supportive investor of ride - hailing company Uber, which has raised more than $ 8.2 billion and is valued at over $ 51 billion.

Agriculture, one of the few sectors of the American economy with a trade surplus, has been more supportive of Nafta than other areas, such as manufacturing.

The Girl Scouts of the USA has been around for more than a century, but for much of the venerable institution's tenure, if you wanted to get your hands on a box of Thin Mints or Samoas, you had to cross your fingers for a door - to - door visit from a local troop or a sign - up sheet to be circulated through your office by a supportive parent.

By maintaining open lines of communication throughout the startup experience, you will avoid major surprises and increase the odds that your investors remain supportive, rather than frustrated or concerned.

On Hacker News, Y Combinator's message board, the post has more than 690 comments, many of them supportive of Altman's argument.

«Elliott is supportive of the proposed Sempra transaction, which provides substantially greater recoveries to all creditors of Energy Future than the proposed Berkshire transaction,» a spokesman for Elliott said in an email to Reuters.

While financial conditions are still very supportive of growth, this implies that they are somewhat less stimulative now than we judged in January.

The agency said in February that it received more than 36,000 comments on the issue after announcing its review, of which the NRA has been supportive.

As a result, even though a tightening labor market and recently supportive levels of business, consumer, and investor confidence may bode well for the near - term outlook, the hard data currently seems considerably less encouraging than the soft data.

The business associations have been generally supportive of the bill, saying it goes further than other attempts in recent years to alleviate systemic shortcomings in Canada's rail system.

Business associations have been generally very supportive of the policy changes under Bill C - 49, saying it goes much further than earlier amendments proposed in recent years.

More than that, Shopify has been a community builder — supportive and encouraging to a lot of other software companies.

Financial conditions have returned to their most supportive levels in more than a year while credit spreads have retraced more than half of their widening.

And although fiscal stimulus package «leaked» in the Nikkei Wednesday (JPY20trn, with JPY6trn of «real water») appears to have had a supportive impact upon stocks by weakening the yen, even at its most generous, the supplementary budget for this fiscal year is likely to total only JPY2trn, with additional stimulus spaced out over the coming years, and most of this dedicated to public works (which, many fear, runs the risk of turning into wasteful spending rather than a monetary - plus - fiscal stimulus powerhouse).

If anything I believe the NDP is probably way more supportive of the family farm than farmers really know.

Mr. Mar's comments put him in the unfortunate position of appearing more supportive of the Americanization than even Wildrose leader Danielle Smith, who supports the introduction of private facilities, but sticks to finely - tuned talking points when talking about full - privatization.

Recall 2000 - 2002 (chart) and 2007 - 2009 (chart): no amount of Fed easing is supportive of stocks or the economy once investors shift to risk - aversion (because in that environment, low interest liquidity is a desirable asset rather than an inferior one).

Polls found in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting that Americans were concerned about mass shootings and more supportive of the government regulating guns than in the past.

(CNN)- As the Palestinians push for statehood recognition this week at the United Nations, perhaps no group has spoken out more against the gambit - or has been more outspokenly supportive of Israel - than Christian Zionists.

This style of living emerged in the mid-nineteenth century and offered men who were dislocated from family — usually immigrants or young workmen looking for opportunities in a new city — a supportive environment with more than just a room and bed.

If, as a progressive Protestant, I am fully committed to the truth, whether or not it is supportive of my Christian biases, should I in fact continue to follow a Jewish teacher of the early part of the first century whose teaching obviously reflected a very different socio - cultural situation than mine?

First, I find his thought more congenial to, and supportive of, the biblical vision than that of any other twentieth - century philosopher.

And they are slightly more supportive than their elders of government efforts to protect morality...» Back in March of this year, The Pew Forum made news when it reported that 70 % of millennials are in favor of same - sex marriage.

I am thus persuaded to view the «nonsocial» nexus supportive of unified dominant mentality, which receives so much attention in Sherburne's model, as being more social than other passages might lead us to expect.

«Despite the professed wariness toward Trump among many high - profile evangelical Christian leaders, evangelicals as a whole are, if anything, even more strongly supportive of Trump than they were of Mitt Romney at a similar point in the 2012 campaign,» Pew stated.

Psychotherapy — of a supportive and relationship - oriented variety rather than a depth, uncovering type — has a crucial role in the treatment of some alcoholism.

While I think it's irresponsible to blame family and friends for a loved one's suicide, I believe it's just as irresponsible to ignore the reality that gay, lesbian, and bisexual youth are four times more likely to attempt suicide as straight peers, that nearly half of young transgender people have considered taking their lives, and that LGBT youth who come from families who reject their gender identities or sexual orientations are more than eight times more likely to attempt suicide than those who come from supportive families.

What's worse than the world seeing Christians disagree with one another is the world seeing Christians remain silent and supportive when their own are accused of multiple counts of child abuse and appeal to the first amendment to try and avoid investigation.

It also clarifies why secular ideologists among Hindus are generally more supportive of freedom of conversion than the religious.

In his December interview in Premier Christianity, Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, who is in a homosexual relationship, said he thought that many bishops privately were much more supportive of such relationships than they were publicly prepared to admit.

The interesting question for us is why it is that the church in the West in the sixteenth century and ever since opted with the majority for the mechanistic view of the universe, particularly in view of the fact that the organic view is in many ways more supportive of Christian faith than the victorious mechanistic view.

On The Corner, Michael J. New weighs in and mentions the (seeming) paradox that young people are less supportive of abortion but more supportive of gay marriage than their elders.

There is every reason to believe that a life of material austerity, of pride and pleasure in the quality of workmanship rather than in the amount consumed, a life lived in a warm and supportive community, would be far healthier for our society, ecologically and sociologically, than our present dominant pattern of ever - accelerating consumption.

Realization of the importance of reinforcing appropriate supportive behavior by viewers has also led the broadcasters to encourage formation of an interactive relationship between viewers and themselves rather than attempting to direct them to a local church.

But in its bodily protective role, which eternal objects the presently concrescing occasion of the supportive nexus feels as more relevant «lures for feeling» than others «is left unanswered by the category of reversion» (PR 381f).

The surprising revelation was that, according to one official estimate, the nation's pornographers do more than four billion dollars worth of business a year — more than the combined incomes of the often supportive movie and music industries!»

The survey, which polled 1,000 working adults, revealed that 26 percent had taken a sick day due to a mental health problem; more than half (58 percent) revealed they weren't comfortable telling their boss if they were diagnosed with a mental health problem, and only 20 percent believed that their employer would be supportive of their employees battling a mental health issue.

If they were to meet up, that would be an awkward position for the Traitors — oops, I mean Raiders to be in after they've posted supportive tweets of Vegas rather than SJ.

Our player of the season so far?Certainly the most consistent.JACK AND OZIL CONTRACTS - just get them signed up for F *** S SAKE.Jack doesn't want to go anywhere and Ozil will have his choice of big clubs to choose from if allowed to be able to go on a free.How about giving out a statement of our ambitions (yeah right) and show were prepared to pay whatever it takes (up to the point of being ridiculous) to SIGN the best and KEEP the best» These two are the best we have so get them sorted early to send out a message of how serious we intend to be.AUBAMEYANG - So what if he has a contract.So did Sanchez.Offer the right money to Dortmund and the player and he will be ours.What is there to question over this deal?He is a proven goalscorer.We have just lost one.Get the deal done.GIROUD - Get rid of him to Dortmund if they want him either by selling or if it sweetens the deal just loan him till the end of the season.He was a back up when Sanchez was here and will be on the mix of back ups if Auba signs.He has a World Cup squad to fight for just to be considered so needs to be playing every week.We do not need him if Auba signs and would demand better than him if the deal fails to happen.Just get rid.JONNY EVANS - I'm not sure.Agree Kos needs nursing through games and we do not have consistent performers to come in if he is injured or rested mainly due to both Chambers and Holdimg not progressing through as much as we first thought and hoped for.Gooners have always been patient and supportive of the youngsters as they have come through but question marks to the whole coaching staff as to why these two seem to have stalled as much as they have done.Steve Bould - What do you do?You should be ashamed.

REALISTIC TAKE ON A LEGEND Jonathan Eig's Opening Day casts the breaking of baseball's color barrier in a new light, depicting Jackie Robinson as more fiery and Dodgers players as less supportive than popularly thought.

Give them free roles up front, that way all of them will be able to play as strikers rather than «supportive wingers» as i'd call it.

I am beginning to think that some of us are so supportive of Jack because of other things other than football (I leave it at that for the moment).