(1) But earlier this year the Unesco world heritage committee called for the cancellation of all such Virunga oil permits and appealed to two concession holders, Total and Soco International, not to undertake exploration in world heritage sites.
(2) Her novels have an enduring and universal appeal and she is recognised as one of the greatest writers in English literature.
(3) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(4) Others said it might appeal to Russia, Assad's chief ally, which backs talks between the regime and the opposition.
(5) There were soon tales of claimants dying after having had money withdrawn, but the real administrative problem was the explosion of appeals, which very often succeeded because many medical problems were being routinely ignored at the earlier stage.
(6) Analysts say Zuma's lawyers may try to reach agreement with the prosecutors, while he can also appeal against yesterday's ruling before the constitutional court.
(7) Oscar Pistorius ‘to be released in August’ as appeal date is set for November Read more But the parole board at his prison overruled an emotional plea from the 29-year-old victim’s parents when it sat last week.
(8) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
(9) The “100% Australian-made” text on packaging has been enlarged to appeal to customer patriotism.
(10) It took years of prep work to make this sort of Übermensch thing socially acceptable, let alone hot – lots of “legalize it!” and “you are economic supermen!” appeals to the balled-and-entitled toddler-fists of the sociopathic libertechian madding crowd to really get mechanized mass-death neo-fascism taken mainstream .
(11) You could also chat to local estate agents to get an idea of what kind of extension, if any, would appeal to buyers in your area.
(12) Appealing to Sanders supporters, he said he was for “jobs, jobs, jobs”.
(13) It’s likely Xi’s brand of smart authoritarianism will keep not just his party in power but the whole show on the road If all this were to succeed as intended, western liberal democratic capitalism would have a formidable ideological competitor with worldwide appeal, especially in the developing world.
(14) A defence solicitor, Mike Schwarz from Bindmans, said his clients would be appealing to the high court.
(15) But right now all my focus is on Falkenbergs.” Larsson’s appeal to Celtic is clear.
(16) Its Google Preferred initiative, launched in October 2014, packages up its most popular channels into more appealing media buys for big brands.
(17) Given his background, Boyle says, growing up in a council house near Bury, with his two sisters (one a twin) and his strict and hard-working parents (his mum worked as a dinner lady at his school), he should by rights have been a gritty social realist, but that tradition never appealed to him.
(18) Losing Murphy is a blow to the Oscars which has struggled to liven up its image amid a general decline in its TV ratings over the last couple of decades and a rush of awards shows that appeal to younger crowds, such as the MTV Movie Awards.
(19) Many cases before the commissioner remain unresolved, although those who wish to pursue matters to the tribunal as part of the transitional arrangements will not have to pay an additional fee to appeal to the tribunal.
(20) The attorney, Thomas Bergstrom, declined to say where in Philadelphia his client will live while prosecutors appeal the superior court ruling.
Likable
Definition:
(a.) Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person.
Example Sentences:
(1) Prosocial behavior mediated the relations of gender and expressed emotions with likability (i.e., gender and expressed emotions were each related to prosocial behavior, and prosocial behavior was related to likability, but neither gender nor expressed emotions were related to likability with prosocial behavior partialled out).
(2) Eye-to-eye, the bumbling bonhomie appeared to be a lacquer of likability over a living obelisk of corporate power.
(3) I distinctly recall thinking that he was one of the most likable adults I had thus far encountered.
(4) Measures of likability, emotion knowledge, prosocial and aggressive behavior, peer competence, and expressed emotions (happy and angry) were obtained for 65 subjects (mean age = 44 months).
(5) As women become more successful, they're perceived as less likable; for men, it's the opposite.
(6) As expected, actors who had a good reputation or were remorseful were seen as more likable, as having better motives, as doing the damage unintentionally, as more sorry and as less blameworthy.
(7) Why is Adele so robustly likable, while the equally successful Taylor Swift often comes across like a wounded deer?
(8) Like most of the characters he has played, Bateman can get away with saying terrible things but still be incredibly likable.
(9) Analysis using Roter's coding scheme suggests that faculty scored students on the basis of likability rather than specific behavioral skills, limiting their ability to provide behaviorally specific feedback.
(10) This desire to play likable guys incurred the dislike of some critics, who found Williams' film CV too dependent on these secular saints.
(11) Dentist perceptions of patient sophistication and anxiety were related to several patient characteristics, but perceptions of patient likability were unrelated to patient personal and social characteristics.
(12) Edward the professor is likable and trustworthy, but what the party needs more of is Evangelical Ed.
(13) Groups of untrained judges viewed the tapes and rated their impressions of the subjects on scales of likability, speaking effectiveness, and expressivity-confidence.
(14) Only the female children of schizophrenics were viewed as less likable than controls.
(15) But although his likability, proven persistence and enforced gravitas will hold him in good stead as he embarks upon a road much harder than the one he's already travelled, he has a lot more to prove.
(16) Pratt got happy and fat, acknowledging that being big made the character more likable.
(17) PEI Aggression and Withdrawal scores were more stable in grades 3 and 5 than in grade 1, and the Likability factor was more stable in grades 2 to 5 than in grade 1.
(18) Finally, whereas the aggressive character was low in likability at all grades, the withdrawn character was viewed as increasingly less likable as grade increased.
(19) However, they were not very accurate at discerning which partners perceived them as most competent or most likable across all interactions (person accuracy).
(20) The comments were positive, and lovely, my “voice” being described as warm or approachable; down to earth and likable.