Putin s political genius is that he understands that, for Russians, being perceived as powerful is even more important than actually being powerful.

Any INGO in the business of giving advice must be scrupulous about being and being perceived as immune from influence by vested interests.

By being perceived as too big to fail, their banks benefit from a government backstop or downside guarantee.

They were all perceived as being less than normal in all those characteristics more violent, etc. before the surgery.

AF I imagine when you arrive in Africa you stop being perceived as African and start being seen as a Toubab (Central and West African name for a person of European descent).

Today, poorly thought out reforms in North Africa and the Middle East are being rushed through under the perceived threat of Islamist extremism.

Opportunities perceived included

Unfortunately, the moves against Golden Dawn are mostly identified with the government s interests, rather than being perceived as the result of careful, independent judgment.

The State party acknowledges that the subject has elements that may be perceived as being of a religious nature, these being the activities exemption from which is granted without the parents having to give reasons.

It outsold the Mazda 323, despite being almost identical to it, because the Laser was manufactured in Australia and Ford was perceived as a local brand.

After the surgery, they were perceived as being more intelligent, more friendly, more honest, less violent and yet we hadn't operated on their intellect or their character.

And worst of all is to be perceived as being soft on those who, like Egypt s current military rulers, commit mass atrocity crimes against their own citizens.

The requirement to work in partnership with a local partner may prove particularly hard to fulfil, finding a suitable local partner often being more difficult than perceived.

There may not be nostalgia for the Cold War in any of this, but much of that era s mindset can be perceived again in the arguments being knocked about.

Schools must allow for exemption from the parts of the tuition that reasonably may be perceived as being the practice of another religion or adherence to another life philosophy.

9.13 With regard to the first issue, it is submitted that the CKREE subject involves only a few activities that may be perceived as being of a religious nature.

Secondly, exemption may be granted from other activities, provided that they may reasonably be perceived as being the practice of another religion or adherence to another philosophy of life.

Everyone has an agenda, perceived or real.

The right to exemption was limited to those parts of the instruction that are perceived by parents as being the practice of another religion or adherence to another philosophy of life.

It is perceived as a model of civility.

His heart did not falsify what he perceived .

Despite the tremendous potential of these initiatives, they will be for naught if they are not perceived as being fair. France, after all, has long been defined by a strong egalitarian impulse.

Whereas China, India, and others have enjoyed continuing economic growth and investment in research and innovative capacity, Europe is perceived as being on the brink of decline, economically as well as politically.

However, the continuing armed conflict, the weak judiciary and the perceived climate of impunity are among the main causes of continuing human rights violations, with the civilian population being the main victim.

Responding to perceived erroneous interpretation and misuse of statistics

Today, Pakistan possesses more nuclear warheads than India does. To get to zero in this region, the conflict over Kashmir must be resolved, and India must cease being perceived by Pakistan as a threat.

So we sat together with a team which prepared the Bid Book, or goal, that we said, let's aim for perceived temperature, for outdoor comfort in this range, which is perceived with a temperature of 32 degrees Celsius perceived temperature, which is extremely comfortable.

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity that they may be without excuse.

The economic crisis has exacerbated the perceived downside of globalization.

Many of these pernicious side effects can already be perceived.

In reality, for them the conflict has come to symbolize the anachronistic perpetuation of an unfair colonial order, to represent their political malaise, and to embody the perceived impossibility of their being masters of their destiny.

It also transpires from the research results invoked by the authors, and from their personal experience that the subject has elements that are not perceived by them as being imparted in a neutral and objective way.

It tends to be perceived globally as supercilious, petulant, and prim.

Critics generally perceived at this time that her career was over.

In India, motherhood is perceived as the ultimate validation of womanhood.

Box 3 Gender Roles, Status, Rights Responsibilities as Perceived by Children

The latter are increasingly perceived as being founded on an obsolete vision of vertically integrated industries, while production has become internationally fragmented in the context of global interdependence and trade liberalization, which has changed manufacturing processes dramatically.

9.17 On the second issue, it is submitted that sufficient measures were taken to provide exemptions and or alternatives to accommodate all parents with regard to activities that may be perceived as being of a religious nature.

Top Bahrain government officials took to Twitter to show what is being perceived as support for the advances of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a splinter group of the terror organisation Al Qaeda, in Iraq.

Speakers confirmed that whatever was being done to reduce HIV AIDS should be in accordance with the provisions of the international drug control treaties and should in no way be perceived as making drug abuse an acceptable behaviour.

Speakers confirmed that whatever was being done to reduce HIV AIDS should be in accordance with the provisions of the international drug control treaties and should in no way be perceived as making drug abuse an acceptable behaviour.

Limiting the possibilities for exemption to those parts of the tuition that reasonably may be perceived as being the practice of another religion or adherence to another philosophy of life, cannot be considered discrimination contrary to article 26.

Above all, the Fund must change how it is perceived from outside.

The annual World Economic Forum is rightly perceived as a global barometer.

The man who was perceived to be denying it is now gone.