By writing to Harman, the business secretary is seeking to get the change made through a "statutory instrument" – in effect, an update to the existing bill that the government can push through using its parliamentary majority.
"If the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe", writes Jefferson to the French revolutionary Marc Antoine Jullien (6 Oct. 1818), "education is to be the chief instrument in effecting it".
Even in the beginning, Thomas Jefferson said, "If the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, education is to be the chief instrument in effecting it".
The Schmidt instrument can, in effect, provide a sharper image of a larger area of the celestial sphere than ordinary reflectors and is thus ideal for star surveys.
That means the bank is required to "value these instruments using models" — in effect, to guess the value of the securities.
Effect instruments were primarily applied in effect studies, whereas diagnostic instruments dominated other types of studies.
All of these variables turned out to be weak instruments in the fixed-effects specification, however, and would therefore lead to inconsistent estimates.
It was disconcerting the morning after to realize that that magnificent instrument of an orchestra in effect no longer existed, having to await the ministrations of Mr. Abbado (one hopes), Mr. Boulez or someone else to pull it back together next year.
In order to sell as much of the loan book as possible, the financiers advise that the government underwrite the risk with a financial instrument called a synthetic hedge, in effect using the public finances to guarantee returns to private investment.
In a real instrument, a feedback control is in effect to hold the sphere in a fixed vertical position.
