Sentences with phrase «to bear on the question»

The results bear on the question of how early - childhood educational interventions can help poor children access the same educational concepts that more privileged children have before entering primary school.

The facts bearing on the question of unfair competition will be stated later.

It is a powerful rhetorical device perhaps, but not one that has much bearing on the question of student outcomes.

Optimism, not confidence, because there is little direct evidence bearing on the question.

It is heartening to note that as the use of ability grouping is increasing a new generation of researchers is bringing sophisticated statistical techniques (and open minds) to bear on questions involving both ability grouping and tracking.

This week Patrick discusses another aspect of globalization, one that has a direct bearing on questions of equity.

Empirical data bearing on this question don't exist.

The extreme age of the site bears on the question of when men entered the Western Hemisphere

There's really no way these results bear on the question of human induced climate warming... I think the sad thing is the a company with the resources of ExxonMobil is exploiting the data for political purposes.»

I bring new evidence to bear on this question by examining the early career paths of high - quality teachers and their less - effective counterparts, as measured by the progress their students make on state tests.

It's heartening to note that as the use of ability grouping is increasing a new generation of researchers is bringing sophisticated statistical techniques (and open minds) to bear on questions involving both ability grouping and tracking.

Fukuyama of Johns Hopkins University, best known for The End of History and the Last Man, brings his considerable talents to bear on the question of nation - building.

These theories witness to the power of the human intellect, but few would claim that they bear on questions of faith and morals.»

Which sounds intelligent but has no bearing on the question at all.

This position assumes (though exegesis is brought to bear on the question) that the Bible must be inerrant and infallible if it is in any real sense the «Word of God.»

In order to get our bearings on the question of our fundamental attitude toward scripture I propose that we take our cue from the Reformers and return to scripture itself.

One may also wonder, perhaps, whether the marked speculative tendencies of some of these theologies have not kept such contribution as they have actually made from being clearly recognized in its bearing on the question.

Yet there was an element of truth in the advocacy heresy (as there is in most heresies), and it bears on the question of the relationship between what reporters privately believe and how they do their jobs.

Rather than trying to bring this entire theoretical armamentarium to bear on the question of religious change, however, I will content myself with a brief foray into the ideas of three representative theorists whose work on modern religion is unrivaled in subtlety of argument and appreciation for the nuances of cultural analysis: Robert N. Bellah, Jurgen Habermas, and Niklas Luhmann.

Because of its bearing on the question of purpose, therefore, much of this book will focus on the feasibility and legitimacy of hierarchical thinking.

This is a perceptive observation which brings a properly human focus to bear on the question of the pleasure of marital intercourse.

«The excesses and atrocities of organized religion,» says Roy Abraham Varghese in his preface to Antony Flew's book There Is a God, «have no bearing whatsoever on the existence of God, just as the threat of nuclear proliferation has no bearing on the question of whether E = mc2.»

Better minds than mine have no doubt been brought to bear on the question, and here I offer only a few observations for what they are worth.

Senior author Golnaz Vahedi, PhD, an assistant professor of Genetics, brings her multidisciplinary training in computational biology, epigenetics, and immunology to bear on the question of T - cell identity.

But I am puzzled by your comment on oceanic carbon uptake, because this issue has no bearing on the question.

However, they work on questions that transcend disciplinary boundaries, and in teams that bring a variety of different scientific tools to bear on these questions.

Unfortunately, there is little good evidence to bring to bear on this question.

There are a number of relevant federal, state, and local laws that bear on this question.

There's only so much «he said, she said» that readers should have to put up with, and there's so much outside expertise that could have been brought to bear on the question.

All that, of course, was before we'd driven it, and before Mercedes brought its best technology to bear on the question of how to make something this tall (70.7 inches) and heavy (5093 pounds in its stocking feet) not only go fast — really big engines have long been known to take care of that chore — but actually go around corners.

The association of the initial retreat with precipitation changes has no bearing on this question.

When a scientist offers data that bears on some question of public policy — the health hazard of toxic wastes, for example, or pinpointing a cause for acid rain — how reliable should the data be?

I clicked on your Wendell Berry link and as usual, it had zero bearing on the question.

First, the fact that other CSA approved fittings manufactured by other companies might fail has no bearing on the question of whether, in the circumstances of this case, I / Land was negligent in its selection of a defective hose pipe whose origin and design were a matter of little or no importance to the installing contractor.

The Court noted that the fact that CSA - approved hoses failed does not have any bearing on the question of whether I / Land was negligent in selecting a defective hose.

Now, Brown University has brought the social - science discipline of spatial analysis to bear on this question, and has put the resulting data on the Web at the fascinating site The State of Public School Integration.

Now, Brown University has brought the social - science discipline of spatial analysis to bear on this question, and has put the resulting data on the Web -LSB-...]

Simply because the tribunal lacked jurisdiction to impose or endorse drug and alcohol testing of non-unionized employees does not mean that Suncor's overall experience with substance abuse in its Fort McMurray operations had no bearing on the question before the tribunal.