Sentences with phrase «usually out of the question»

It's always way too hot to cook in the middle of June, so making desserts is usually out of the question.

When creating clean label products, reaching for monosodium glutamate (MSG) is usually out of the question, as is hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP).

If we don't like how it looks, taking it for a test drive is usually out of the question.

Credit counseling and debt consolidation are usually out of the question by the time you are ready to settle your debts.

Not exact matches

Socrates believed that we all carried our own wisdom deep within and that it just needed to be coaxed out, usually with a series of questions.

Instead of a resounding No or a firm Yes, my own answer to the question usually comes out more like «Yes, but...» I must hasten to add, however, that for me the qualifying word «but» looms larger all the time.

Occasionally Barr mentions a scholar who breaks out of fundamentalism into a genuinely critical stance (though usually extremely conservative)-- but only to call into question the honesty of such shifts without frank recognition of the break and even apology to critics whose work had been dismissed and motives impugned.

Science as it is usually understood is simply incapable of addressing the question of the possible purpose of nature since the material it deals with has already been abstracted out of the «qualitative» realm of value and placed in that of the merely quantifiable, subject only to mathematical calculation.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The biblical insight that God could also be understood in terms of novelty and adventure, risk and suffering had been suppressed; and so theology usually left Out the question of how to relate the divine to the incursion of freshness into the world.

My kids usually get a kick out of that question, because it is abnormal, but it is important one to ask, because sometimes there is a big issue, although most times it is relatively minor.

These findings call into question studies usually carried out in ecology, in which measurements of ecosystem stability are partly based on their ability to return to normal following a disturbance, rather than on their capacity to resist such a disturbance.

Out of all the things I get asked about on my blog, I usually get the most questions about how I do my hair.

But outdoor locations tend to require comfortable footwear, which means sky - high stilettos are (usually) out of the question.

I usually ask myself most of these questions, but because it's been so hot out, I've skipped over the last one too many times.

I'll also ask you a series of questions so that I can figure out what type of environment you work in (casual, corporate, etc), what you usually wear, and if you have any dress code restrictions.

Pinning — I have one question for you though, how the heck did you get your plantain to cooperate with you like that — I usually have to cut mine out of the skin — I get so annoyed!

Cute ankle booties were out of the question, as most of them were too wide for me in the ankle and the buckle straps are usually more decorative than useful.

This question will help you find out if your date might still have feelings for his or her ex; usually people who break up with someone have already let go of feelings before the break up occurred.

It soon becomes clear that Doc Sportello is way out of his league, drifting wherever the questions take him and usually ending up in over his head.

The next chapter of the popular manga, due out February 22, will feature the «final mission climax,» reports ANN, who note that when manga magazines use that particular wording, it usually means the manga in question doesn't have much time left.

While Politics & Prose doesn't officially link to any used - book site, we do get many questions that lead to the out - of - print problem and I usually send them to Alibris.

John Rector It's funny, but out of all the interviews I've done, I'm usually surprised by at least one question.

And then, once duration has been established, the next question is usually about Moneyness: Which is best, in - the - money or out - of - the - money?

But the most useful part of productivity research is this simple process: every week at the same time (usually Sunday night or Monday morning), ask yourself the following questions (some of which come straight out of Brian Moran's book The 12 Week Year):

(As propaganda depends on quantity and repetition... The truth just needs to be heard by a thinking mind...) So truthful questions and truthful evidence and truthful doubts and truthful counter points are attacked, vilified (usually «attack the messenger»), deleted, and drowned out in a flood of non-sequitur and appeal to authority arguments... (Another useful tool, btw, is just to measure the number of Logical Fallacies vs correct logical syllogisms... the more LF the more it's propaganda... the more correct logical syllogisms, data included btw, the less propaganda and the more honest science... but I haven't named that thought tool yet... Perhaps the LF Ratio?

You go further — to break down the question a little and to tease out some hidden assumptions, but I think it is necessary to go further — if you spend 90 % of your time getting the question right, the answer will usually fall into your lap.

Each side pays their experts (usually a ton of money) to testify, so one way to draw the expert's truthfulness into question is to put out in the open how much money they are being paid by the party.

Echoing the advice usually given to employees in the opposite case of employer repudiation to work on (if at all) under protest to protect their position, Rimer LJ said that the employers here could have expressly reserved their rights until return to work, although as the learned editor of the IRLR points out, quite how that would fit together with dealing sensitively with an employee away on stress - related sick leave might be an interesting question («Do get better, with our support as a caring employer, and then when you get back you are for the high jump»).

I'm not sure if the purpose of your question is «how do I get out of jury duty» but the summons usually contains options for getting out of it if you don't want to serve.

The no health questions policies start out at a fraction of the face amount and increases over a period of time, usually 10 years, until you are covered for the full amount.

This is usually when the question will come out of whether or not you're going to include the Jonesboro building along with your personal belongings.

Way back in January 2016, I wrote about how intelligent assistants usually only give one answer to questions and who controls that answer can be just as much the result of deals as it is the result of algorithms figuring out the right answer.

Now, when a caller is first question is about finding out if you have what it takes to get them into the interview door, this is usually someone who understands the purpose of the exercise.

The skills section on a resume is usually of great interest to an employer as it charts out an individual's ability to perform specific tasks particular to the position in question.

Ikea was a few states away and getting nice items online was out of the question since they usually cost so much more with shipping so we were stuck with what's available near our town.