The report says that despite
the widespread perception of slash - and - burn being «a destructive system that leads to forest loss and degradation,» policies that support conversion to rubber plantations (which gets counted as reforestation, even though a plantation forest is hardly the same thing as natural forest) don't have a great environmental benefit.
A widespread perception of risk need not be accurate.
There have been
widespread perception of politicians and influential figures involved in the galamsey business which has ripped the country of its natural environmental cover, farmlands and destroyed river bodies.
Expressing concern over
the widespread perception of state government as dysfunctional.
In doing so, he's contributing to
the widespread perception of politicians as untrustworthy.
«This intensified pattern of assassinations and executions reinforced
the widespread perception of Afghan civilians that they are becoming more and more the primary target in this period of conflict,» Staffan de Mistura, the UN's special representative of the secretary - general, said.
The Protestant evangelical model, which tends to stress charismatic leadership, may be useful in understanding
the widespread perception of certain public figures as «trustworthy.»
Not exact matches
However that may be, there also persisted a
widespread perception in medieval Christianity that those who worked «in the world,» as distinct from monastics and clerics more generally, were engaged in a less worthy way
of life and, indeed, were second «class Christians.
Of course, that is not how the average person in the street in post-Christian Europe perceives the issue, but there is a
widespread perception that we are standing at a great crossroads — a via crucis — which could lead either to liberation or to disaster.
But surely another reason is the
widespread perception among church people that gifts to church colleges are gifts to a generalized kind
of «higher education» rather than a specific kind
of «Christian higher education,» in which churches have some unique stake.
However, insofar as this
widespread opinion accurately reflects a difference in the way many men and women presently experience the world, it is interesting to see how this opinion is reconceived when examined in terms
of Whitehead's theory
of perception.
The
widespread perception that the deal is one - sided in favor
of the owners probably did not help the union's disposition.
Given the problems Britain is experiencing with alienation from political elites, the rise
of «anti-politics» parties like UKIP, and the
widespread perception amongst the public that the governing classes are «out
of touch» — is imposing a new form
of government on Greater Manchester without popular consent really a good idea?
The
widespread perception that incarceration was used as a means
of getting business people to cough up large sums to replenish the state treasury did not enhance the popular image
of the government.
Chief among them is the
widespread perception north
of the border, that the party has taken Scots for granted for too long.
A change to eradicate the
perception of widespread corruption in public life and enhance the quality
of governance in our nation.
President
of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that despite the
widespread perception that the National Assembly is being overfunded, it is actually grappling with funding constraints in carrying out it statutory functions.
Saraki President
of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that despite the
widespread perception that the National Assembly is being overfunded, it is actually grappling with funding constraints in carrying out it statutory functions.
Across 10 different areas
of life, adolescents with cerebral palsy only ranked their quality
of friend and peer relationships as on average lower than adolescents in the general population, challenging the
widespread perception that adolescents with disabilities have unhappy, unfulfilled lives», says lead author Allan Colver, Professor
of Community Child Health at Newcastle University in the UK.
The recommendations sent by the Kansas board
of education last week to Gov. John Carlin are similar to those that have been considered in states across the country as they have moved to respond to a public
perception of widespread incompetence among the nation's teachers.
Nevertheless, prompted by
widespread claims by many organizational theorists about the benefits
of more distributed forms
of leadership, we sought to learn whether variations in these
perceptions of influence were related to levels
of student achievement in schools.
And given the
widespread consumer
perception of sapphire as a very rugged, scratch resistant and a premium luxury item together with its rapidly falling production costs, means that sapphire will find its way into an increasing number
of smartphones.
Such a
perception of the instinctiveness
of the work
of contemporary women artists was
widespread.
There's also rising public doubt and growing political polarization about what scientists have to say on the environment, and a
widespread perception that there is a lot
of disagreement among scientists about whether global warming is happening.
Because the
perception of a scientific consensus on global warming is so
widespread, this has led some people to believe that any criticism
of man - made global warming theory is by definition «anti-science», and part
of an apparent «war on science».
Appreciate your comments — but might suggest that the use
of free email has become so
widespread even among «professionals» that
perception should not be the driving reason for not using a free email address.
To the contrary, those about to embark upon that journey confront: (1) the daunting cost
of law school; (2) an average
of $ 120K debt for attending; (3) a job market where, nationally, close to half
of all graduates do not have Bar - required employment nine months after graduation; (4) a
widespread market
perception that law school graduates — even those from elite schools — lack «practice ready» skills; (5) cut - backs in hiring newly minted lawyers — even among many stalwart law firms; (6) an erosion
of mentorship due in part to pressure on senior lawyers to «produce» more (7) the unlikelihood
of making (equity) partner; (8) instability
of law firms; (9) global competition; (10) technology companies creating products that replace services; and (11) a blizzard
of negative press trumpeting the glum prospects for the profession; and (12) alternative career choices — finance, accounting, technology, etc. — that portend greener pastures and do not require the same time and financial commitment to prepare for entry.
There is a
widespread perception that flattering the potential recruiters would surge the chances
of getting on board.
The Owners cited an earlier case that had found that a reduction in property values following a town's drinking water contamination could sustain a nuisance complaint based on a public
perception of widespread contamination.