Sentence examples for instrumentality of from inspiring English sources

The instrumentality of an action refers to whether the instrument of the action was: the body, as in physical actions; one's speech, as in speech acts; or the mind, as in thoughtful deliberation.

It is an attempt to bring home to American citizens, through the instrumentality of the screen, that which is transpiring in Germany today".

The Chamber of Commerce also complained about the lack of concrete guidance on who is a "foreign official" and what is an "instrumentality" of the government.

This can be done by showing that a part of the company created to avoid taxes is "nothing more than instrumentality of its parent company, a sham".

The statute requires that the recipient of the claim be an instrumentality of the federal government, which is very much an open question.

The French railroad's law firm in New York, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, has argued that the railroad is an "instrumentality" of France and so may not be sued in American courts under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.

According to Nussbaum, there are seven features are involved in the idea of objectification: instrumentality, denial of autonomy, inertness, fungibility, violability, ownership, denial of subjectivity.

Withdrawal from society is necessary because the instrumentalities of perfection cannot normally be acquired and activated in the surroundings of everyday life.

But he said that "only a very sizable award would be likely to deter the torture of American P.O.W.'s by agencies or instrumentalities of Iraq or other terrorist states in the future".

Second, Congress is empowered to regulate and protect the instrumentalities of interstate commerce, or persons or things in interstate commerce, even though the threat may come only from intrastate activities.

Causation The trial court reasoned that the necessary "causal link" between the present funding system and the poor performance of City schools could be established by a showing that increased funding can provide better teachers, facilities and instrumentalities of learning.