Sentences with phrase «thwarting such»

Don't forget that piracy has been on the increase, too, and naval ships are the primary means of thwarting such actions.

(Writing as «Adam Gates» was but one of several attempts at thwarting such «misconception.»)

Interjurisdictional immunity, by contrast, may thwart such productive cooperation.»

Despite legitimate efforts of believers to reserve a place in the public square, the followers of the secularizing ideologies have historically found ways to thwart such efforts, while, paradoxically, accusing the believers of trying to launch a theocratic takeover.

«I have no ambitions to try and squat 500 pounds like some guys you see,» McIlroy said in the video, as if to thwart such tongue - wagging and, maybe, without explicitly throwing anyone under the bus, deflect any comparisons observers might make between him and Woods.

We shall not stop trying to thwart such men and help their victims escape from their clutches.»

This is a natural process of human biology over a lifespan, though actions can be taken to thwart it such as controlling for important variables such as diet, exercise, stress, and sleep.

They use lawyers in a very limited way, purposely to thwart such prosecutions.

What forestalls or thwarts such potential subconscious regard or bias?

At the very least, the research has highlighted that anti-spoofing countermeasures in biometrics must continue to evolve to thwart such threats.

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They feared they would be unable to compete at home and abroad with such international giants (at the time ING Groep was twice the size of Royal Bank of Canada), culminating in clumsy, thwarted bids to consolidate the sector in 1998.

Holloway follows the traditional notion of the «remedy for concupiscence», saying that it is permitted to seek sex «for the tempering of disordered natural desire», [7] «in remedium concupiscentiae», as long as this is done in such a way as not to thwart the primary end of the act.

I think God is innovative and would not have been stopped or thwarted by such a turn of events.

Such gracious activity will not always be thwarted, so that evolutionary advance, as actualized through free creaturely response, gradually comes into being.

I have suggested elsewhere that value - free technology, the military - industrial complex, and narrow nationalism might be modern examples of such principalities and powers.9 Hendrikus Berkhof suggests that human traditions, astrology, fixed religious rules, clans, public opinion, race, class, state, and Volk are among the powers.10 Walter Wink sees the powers as the inner aspects of institutions, their «spirituality,» the inner spirit or driving force that animates, legitimates, and regulates their outward manifestations.11 They are «the invisible forces that determine human existence «12 When such things dehumanize human life, thwart and distort the human spirit, block God's gift of shalom, the followers of Jesus are rallied for a new kind of holy war.

The evolutionist holds, in fact, that what we call «good» is simply that which survives or works, and «bad» that which thwarts survival or fails, but such terms must be purely subjective — from the perspective of a subject struggling to survive, a tool striving to be functional.

I, for one, take such intimations seriously as evidence of profound moral or religious sensibilities and wonder whether the church's traditional language of theology and religious symbols thwarts not just apologetics but also the moral, spiritual and intellectual nourishment of those uncomfortable with religious institutions.

To exercise such responsible parenthood with regard to the birth as well as the rearing of children is not to thwart the ways of God but to be responsive to them.

What can be said with certainty is that the fear of intermarriage, erected as a barrier to social fellowship, does harm and thwarts constructive effort far in excess of the actual justification of such a fear.

But, Customs and Justice Department investigators told Food Safety News that whenever U.S. food safety or criminal experts verify a method to identify potentially illegal honey — such as analyzing the pollen — the laundering operators find a way to thwart it, such as ultra-filtration.

GK Marc Andre ter Stegen, 7 — Wore the captain's armband for the first time and showed he was worthy of such an honour by making himself big to thwart Maxi Gomez early on.

Instead, thwarted by the restrictions on the pursuit of such interests, he would leave.

Mr. de Blasio's team has argued such standards would dramatically increase construction costs, thwarting 17,000 affordable apartments.

I have never, in my nearly four decades as a reporter, encountered such heavy handed tactics to thwart the release of information.

Some victim's advocates viewed Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Programs such as the one in Buffalo as further efforts by bishops to thwart the Child Victims Act, the latest version of legislation aimed at expanding the statute of limitations and establishing a look - back window for child sex abuse cases.

Advances such as a new understanding of cancer as a genomic disease and successes with immunotherapy — harnessing the immune system to thwart tumors — mean that «the time is right for a renewed surge against cancer,» they write.

Debates are now erupting over the benefits and ecological risks of releasing such insects into the wild — and whether gene drives could also thwart invasive species such as Asian carp and cane toads, or combat other animal - borne pathogens such as the one causing Lyme disease.

But jawed vertebrates, such as sharks and humans, also possess a so - called adaptive immune system that tailors the body's defenses to thwart a specific pathogen.

Much of the credit goes to antibiotics, which have thwarted infections such as sepsis and group B strep that a preemie's immature immune system could not have fought on its own.

Badgers: In a divisive issue that has drawn in some of the country's leading scientists over the past decade, the Conservatives come down in favor of selective killing of badgers to thwart the spread of bovine tuberculosis despite some studies suggesting that such culls will not be effective.

To keep the proteases in check, the body produces inhibitors such as the protein TIMP - 1, which thwart the proteases in their work.

No treatments thwart the toxin, so doctors can only offer measures such as intravenous fluids to prevent dehydration.

It's a paradigm shift that has sparked the hope of thwarting or treating such conditions by zooming in on our microbial inhabitants and figuring out what they do.

Some female strategies for thwarting sexual manipulation by the males are more subtle, such as the vaginal contractions of female garter snakes, which shorten copulation duration and may limit the damage inflicted by the male's hemipenises.

Start with the Hallmarks of Cancer section to hear experts such as Robert Weinberg of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology talk about the abilities a cell needs to spawn a tumor, which include dodging the immune system and thwarting suicide pathways.

The mixture of antioxidants such as Vitamin C, A and phenols thwart disease and protect the membranes of the eye which secrete watery fluid that cleans, lubricates and protects it.

This hasn't always endeared him to neighbors who found themselves thwarted as a result in their commercial endeavors, such as selling off parcels of land to develop subdivisions.

And even such routine matters as his completion of and graduation from high school were thwarted by events around the world — while still a high school senior, he enlisted in the Marine Corps just weeks after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Where Hardy went, misery followed, and while this bucolic yarn feels like The Wizard of Oz next to such angst fests as Tess of the d'Urbervilles or Jude the Obscure, it's full of the unhappy marriages, tragic deaths, thwarted lovers and frustrated ambitions that crowd the margins of his other work.

Capcom will remove the «limited offline» restrictions DRM places on the PC versions of Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition, saying its community convinced it that such measures meant legitimate users would have a worse experience than the pirates the DRM means to thwart.

Such valor is accomplished by using his magic ring, which makes manifest anything he imagines (be it a giant fist or a machine gun turret), and which comes in handy during his quest to thwart a planet - devouring force of yellow «fear» known as Parallax as well as the creature's Earthly proxy, mutated scientist Hector Hammond (Peter Skarsgaard).

Moreover, it can lead to unintended consequences such as shutting schools that are actually benefitting students (as measured by growth), discouraging new - school startups in needy communities (if social entrepreneurs believe that «failure» is inevitable), or thwarting the replication of high - performing urban schools.

Both CCSA and CCSA Advocates work together to thwart legislative efforts that would increase charter oversight, such as AB 709 that would make charter board meetings public, allow the public to inspect charter school records, and prohibit charter school officials from having a financial interest in contracts that they enter into in their official capacity.

The result is a spate of articles in such places as The Christian Post and Breitbart that give two thumbs down to this solid (though imperfect) conservative victory (under such headlines as «Rhetoric of «Bipartisan» Every Student Succeeds Act Can't Mask Its Federal Control of Education» and «Republican Congress Thwarts Americans, Passes Obama - Backed Education Bill»).

The rear end tried to trigger a slide a couple of times, but with such a well - balanced chassis and with my bottom tickled by the vehicle's center of gravity, I was able to thwart those nasty attempts very early.

Sourcefabric has a history of developing award - winning platforms, primarily in journalism and news publication, but the launch of the book publishing platform has already been put to use by organizations such as a South African collective of teachers developing textbooks together; Internews used Booktype to publish its how - to guide on thwarting internet censorship, and the 400 - plus page title Cryptoparty, which was written with the help of over twenty authors.

I have no idea how such people can be successfully thwarted.

When animal lovers learn about the cruelty and killing that are rampant in U.S. shelters, and that national animal protection organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) defend these shelters and thwart efforts at reform, the first and the most logical question they ask is: Why?

However, Messonnier says that rather than use a manufactured product meant for people, you'll be far better off if you use food sources, such as fish oil (for Omega - 3 fatty acids) or alfalfa (which has vitamin K and properties that may thwart cancer) for many of the vitamins.

Although neglected building sites remain from recession - thwarted projects, the more affluent area of the Strip — from Mandalay Bay to the Wynn — has been burnished in recent years by upscale hotel additions such as the Aria and the Cosmopolitan.