Sentences with phrase «whether as a general rule»

Have you ever thought about whether as a general rule, you're an alpha male or a beta male?

Not exact matches

As a general rule, survivors benefits based on age will be about the same total Social Security benefits over a lifetime, whether they start early or at full survivors retirement age.

And yet you are sure, as I am sure, that were the world confined to these hard - headed, hard - hearted, and hard - fisted methods exclusively, were there no one prompt to help a brother first, and find out afterwards whether he were worthy; no one willing to drown his private wrongs in pity for the wronger's person; no one ready to be duped many a time rather than live always on suspicion; no one glad to treat individuals passionately and impulsively rather than by general rules of prudence; the world would be an infinitely worse place than it is now to live in.

And then comes: the taboo subjects; talking about people as if they are not there (or as if they are an «issue», not a person); assuming everyone (who counts) is of a certain race, ability, class, language, sexuality or gender; various non-biblical behavioural rules; the targeted enforcement of church rules (whether «biblical» or not) on particular groups; and the general reluctance to see things from another's perspective (even if this is a skill that churchgoers use all day, every day, outside thw church).

As a general rule, children in any setting, whether they are at home, at a relative's house or at school, need to have a feeling of safety — not only in the sense of physical safety, but also that those who are caring for them have their best interests at heart.

But there are various hybrid methods too: for example, there could still be rules about who can stand (eg being a party member for a year or whatever); there could be a nomination process within party structures; and then a vote open to either the general public or to anybody nominating themselves as a supporter I am not sure - in practice - whether there is much difference between an «anybody can come along» and «you have to say «I'm Labour».

My main problems were anxiety (partly as a result of anxiety over whether I should be gluten free or not as I feel it restricts my life so much and alienates me from the rest of my family — I have a history of eating disorders and in general try to avoid «all or nothing» rules) and feeling tired, cold hands although I always have these in winter and tiredness could be due to busy life, young children etc, and intermittent constipation.

Whether you have bad credit or no credit at all, as a general rule most lenders aren't exactly eager to lend money to recent college graduates.

It held that while the data subject's right to privacy and data protection override «as a general rule» the interest of internet users in having access to information, the balance in specific cases may depend on other factors (such as the nature of the data and whether the public had an interest in it)[81].

I do not consider that to be unlikely, because I wonder whether a general tax rule such as the dividend withholding tax is really proportionate when it applies to all dividend distributions, even those which are bona fide and not a form of excessive capital flow and / or tax avoidance (see my second comment infra).

Both were unlawful at common law (as was «barratry,» the stirring up of litigation whether or not resources were advanced for its prosecution) but as I discussed in The Litigation Explosion (1991), the old common law rules have fallen into general disuse.

It follows that the issue then becomes whether the exemptions under the Court Rules Act can be interpreted so that they are consistent with the common law right of access to civil justice, which is preserved, as the Attorney General submits, by the Court Rules Act.

In particular, as part of a more qualitative approach, one needs to have a look whether the current perceived «turbulences» have also by now reached the more fundamental layers of international law, i.e. meta - rules such as the ones on sources, State responsibility, State immunity, treaty interpretation, or res judicata effect of international court decisions must be abided by the parties involved, to name but a few, the general acceptance of which is indispensable for a functioning international legal system.

In PGF II SA v and — OMFS Company 1 Ltd [2013] EWCA CIV 1288, Lord Justice Briggs determined that silence in the face of an invitation to participate in ADR was — as a general rule — unreasonable conduct, regardless as to whether a refusal would have been reasonable.

As a general rule, to determine whether Article 8 has been engaged, the court involved would consider whether the individual had a reasonable expectation of privacy.

Interestingly, the Advocate General ranged much more broadly in reaching the same conclusion, stating that these limitations on the review of international arbitral awards were «contrary to the principle of effectiveness of EU law», «(n) o system can accept infringements of its most fundamental rules making up its public policy, irrespective of whether or not those infringements are flagrant or obvious» and «one or more parties to agreements which might be regarded as anticompetitive can not put these agreements beyond the reach of review under Articles 101 TFEU and 102 TFEU by resorting to arbitration» (AG Op § § 58, 67 and 72).

The court held, as a general rule, that a failure to respond at all to an invitation to engage in ADR is itself unreasonable, regardless of whether there was a good reason for the refusal.

Comment: A few commenters expressed general uncertainty and requested clarification as to whether certain entities were covered entities for the purposes of this rule.

The European Commission anchors its new proposal to tax digital business activities; the forthcoming implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)(ensuring data privacy and protection rules applicable to all companies processing data of EU nationals, whether located in the EU or elsewhere); as well as the recently opened investigation of the massive data leak from Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, ultimately on the Commission's many concerns about EU Members» regional, national, and economic security.

As a general rule of thumb, five to seven years post college take a good, hard look at your resume and reassess whether the addition of your GPA remains a relevant judge of your skillset.

It isn't always clear whether you should submit a cover letter in a job application — but as a general rule (unless the employer states otherwise), we'd always recommend adding one.