Sentences with phrase «to qualify that statement»

"To qualify that statement" means to provide further information or clarification about what you just said, usually to avoid any misunderstanding or to make it more accurate or specific. Full definition
Or, sometimes (depending on the advice) it's easier to qualify your statement with the mentioning of a doctor.
I should have qualified my statement about paying elders with the words «a salary».
«He and the speaker made qualifying statements on who should be removed,» he said.
The only reason for qualifying that statement is that so many home prices are now under water (i.e., below the remaining mortgage balance) that the owners can't refinance.
It was a fun game and I really enjoyed it but have to qualify my statement with I didn't pay for the game.
At one time referring to himself as fabricator, as opposed to sculptor, he later qualified his statement by explaining that he liked the double sense of the word fabrication in English, which can mean a construction as well as an imagined event.
Marchisio has said he is fit but has not qualified his statement of how fit.
However Mann qualifies this statement further down in the article by writing, «So evidently, we don't have 1/3 of our total carbon budget left to expend as implied by the IPCC analysis.
(You did qualify your statement with «in some regions»).
«I feel...» I More likely to make qualified statements like «According to my sources...»
Freeman qualified his statement, though, by saying that facts in legal cases are often more complicated than they seem at first blush.
But Skechers employs far more qualifying statements than the Reebok ads I've seen, for example suggesting that the shoes are «designed to help activate muscles and enhance maneuverability.»
Carefully qualified statements on the probability that climate change is real and anthropogenic, along with possible potential impacts — also carefully qualified and filled with jargon — are lost on the general public, who would find even the simplified approach of RealClimate overwhelming.
The deputy prime minister insisted Rennard should apologise, though he indicated that the peer would be free to issue a heavily qualified statement.
Despite the book jacket's promise of a love story, it becomes clear early on that this is not going to be a love story in any traditional sense; even the narrator qualifies his statement by saying that it's a story of Russian love, indicating that we shouldn't expect anything remotely soppy and loving within these pages.
An extensive scientific literature exists on this topic, and I believe we are pretty good in the community at properly qualifying our statements to accord with the underlying scientific literature; the blogospheric misuses of the GISP2 isotopic data that I have seen are not doing so, and are making errors of interpretation as a result.
The Inquiry Committee examined the pre-sentence report, and noted the registrant obtained informed consent from the complainant, referred to records, qualified his statements where necessary, and drew conclusions based on data, consistent with accepted professional practice in the area.
In cases involving qualified statements, the plaintiffs» must meet a higher proof standard to win.
Proponents respond that it would be inaccurate to state that term insurance is less expensive than universal life, or for that matter, other forms of permanent life insurance, without qualifying the statement with the other factor: Time, or length of coverage.
In Newton's article, he also referred to the feature as «an experiment,» so its early bugs may be attributable to it being in a nascent, beta state, though the Spotify app makes no such qualifying statements about it being unfinished.
QUALIFYING STATEMENT Hard work, dedication, loyalty and desire to succeed in everything that I attempt, coupled with my remarkable professional managerial, technical, education and friendly nature makes me a highly qualified and desirable candidate to become a part of any company.
Another woman who complained of her partner's impatience qualified the statement by adding, «but he tries and that is really all that matters.»
That's the reason Mr. Richer only comments on one portion of the clause and why there was a subsequent qualifying statement from him and may I add, a very stern warning.
the following qualifying statement identifying that the property is not currently on the market: «This is not an offering for sale».
Should I have the money, and a child in the public education system, I belive I could take the issue to court and win that educators must always preface any remark that deals with the theory of evolution with statements such as: «it is thought» or «there is reason to believe» or some or qualifying statement indicating that it is just a theory, not fact.
Is it too much to expect we verify or at least qualify each statement we make on behalf of our seller client so they and the buying public can have confidence in us?
Pellegrini did qualify his statements, basing them only on this season, however they are unlikely to be received well in the red half of Manchester as he said
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