Sentences with phrase «about his grip on»

While the formation of a government remains a rank impossibility for a Corbyn leadership, there is now no question about his grip on the party.

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It's just one reminder about the challenges of doing business with China: the government still maintains a tight grip on its corporations, and Beijing's wishes come first.

Most painful, the matter has weakened Murdoch's grip on his empire, divided his family and raised questions about his succession plan.

But the debate in Nevada speaks to a larger issue with the Republican party's grip on the issues the electorate cares about.

The insurer Cigna will spend about $ 52 billion to acquire the nation's biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed tie - ups as health care's bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.

Cigna will spend about $ 52 billion to acquire the nation's biggest pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, the latest in a string of proposed tie - ups as health care's bill payers attempt to get a grip on rising costs.

If you're nervous about buying bonds, commodities, mutual funds or stocks, here are five tips that'll help you get a grip on the financial markets.

Even borrowers whom you would expect to be experts, like the Department of Education lawyer who sent me a despairing note this weekend about her own encounters with FedLoan, have trouble getting a firm grip on their loan status.

Facebook board member Reed Hastings offered his first public comments on the scandal that has gripped Facebook over the last month — and cast the concerns about Facebook's algorithms and data as part of how any young company matures over time.

And as a practical matter, for those who care about freedom and equality, knowledge of the foundations of the truths we have long held to be self - evident can contribute to our ability to cultivate the conditions under which we can keep our grip on them firm.

The laws about sacred seasons, Sabbath observance, details of sacrifice, clean and unclean foods, bulk much larger than legislation on ethics, and this lack of perspective and proportion, this inveterate idea that Yahweh was appeased by ceremonial behavior, obtained so firm a grip that even the prophets who contended against it never broke its hold, as orthodox Judaism today bears witness.

While conceding that there is «some basis» for concerns about «the negative social effects of globalization», it contends that it is «not true that globalization is an overwhelming supra - national force that has largely usurped national policy autonomy...» It asserts that «national policies can, and should, give priority to mitigating negative effects on globalization» of financial markets), and the desperate and helpless attempts by the national regimes to come to grips with the soaring unemployment situation in the face of the continuing onslaught of the «supra - national» financial markets, the above bland assertion about «national policies» has an air of unreality about it.

I mean well but I prefer to have a strong grip on reality and I prefer to be correct about everything to the extent possible.

I first wrote about mulligatawny a couple of years back, when I was still getting a grip on this incredible dish, tweaking the ingredients, finding just the right flavor profile and process.

Remove with a jar lifter that has a rubber grip and place about 1» apart on a towel - lined surface.

That's down by almost a third on last year, and there was little doubt during the company's results presentation about the reason for the shortfall: Australia, and specifically the fact that our supermarkets are tightening their grip across key categories such as dairy.

The state's attorney blew snot when he saw me grimace from the blow, after which I proceeded to tell the judge about the beautiful game of golf and how it had been a long and winding road for me since that first purely struck two - wood in 1973, but that I'd finally discovered the proper way to grip a club, and would His Honor really mind if the sheriff would be so kind as to fetch my driver out on the county road and bring it to the courthouse so my new grip could be photographed from all angles for my peace of mind.

From NFL dominance to MLB bullpen management to the NCAA's loose grip on reality to, gulp, the Ball family, we questioned everything we thought we knew about sports in 2017.

Tech's D.J. White catches up to him right at the end, and Conner loses his grip on the ball about a foot away from the goal line.

Racing drivers are famed for making excuses about why they didn't perform as well as they should have done — Button himself is notorious for complaining about a lack of grip — but this reason for not making an appearance on The Graham Norton Show is perhaps the most ridiculous of the lot.

What's more, she did this with a cacophony of voices echoing in her skull: admonitions about grip pressure from Hanson; swing thoughts from McGetrick; a putting tip from former coach Ed Oldfield; telephoned advice from her father, George, to concentrate on her tempo; and soothing words from her significant other, real estate developer Louis Capano.

While gripped in the throes of creative thought — that is to say, procrastinatingly furiously — I came across this piece by Ian King over on Two Hundred Percent, about the increasing concerns over the future of Kettering Town.

Leicester City tightened their grip on the Premier League with a win today, so with very little to excite ourselves about this term, we though we'd look ahead to the upcoming transfer window.

Renault said during a series of posts on social media he «complained about grip, understeer, downforce and had the biggest smile» afterwards.

Shame had such a strong grip on me that it felt revolutionary to spill about my very private experiences and my treatment.

Pencil grips Working on your preschoolers pencil grip starts to happen about now.

The grips on the handlebars are toddler - sized, so you don't have to worry about your 18 - month - old being able to hang on as she concentrates on finding her balance.

They are usually designed with both children and parents comfort in mind, with a handy wrist strap so that you do not have to worry about losing your grip on the stroller, as well as a cushioned handle.

Cox insisted he's not worried about losing his grip on the chairmanship, saying he has no plans to resign and has not been asked to do so.

If that sounded rather vapid, it was as nothing compared with Mandelson's intervention on these pages: an extended hyperventilation about Corbyn and his allies using comparable methods to the ones that clinched Blair and co's grip on the party all those years ago.

As Britain's energy black hole grows larger, has anyone in government got a grip on what we're doing about it?

«The Labour leadership has been making some of the right moves by engaging people's concerns about contribution and getting a grip on the system.

The government's grip over parliament is slipping, the data on the economic impact of Brexit is being prised from its grip, questions are being raised about the legitimacy of the referendum campaign, and ministers are starting to admit that they have been misleading the public.

«He thought I was powerless and had no clue about the execution of his plan with his group; part of his attack on me was for national chairman of the party to give the first salvo, then other things would follow as his grip on the party would be firm and consolidated.

«With a solid grip on four out of five boroughs and his challengers still distant... Mayor Bill de Blasio would seem to be gliding toward re-election in about four weeks,» said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the poll.

Gripping a can of lager and muttering darkly about the foreigners on the east side of town, Pete Johnson makes an unlikely champion for electoral reform.

Whether announcing a Chinook crash inquiry or being serious about the devastating impact Chinese lanterns are having on the nation's agriculture, Clegg is getting to grips with PMQs.

Indian media and Indians in the social media frequently allege and complain a lot about Pakistan military's grip on the country.

Despite a huge advantage in enrollment and infrastructure, infighting has Democrats concerned about losing their grip on city government in November.

Some senior figures who worry about the unions» grip on the party fear that a move aimed at diminishing organised - Labour's influence could end up handing them even more power than they had before

Some senior figures who worry about the unions» grip on the party fear that a move aimed at diminishing organised - Labour's influence could end up handing them even more power than they had before: although they will lose their block votes, some fear that the unions will use their formidable organisation machines to register large numbers of associate members, and then attempt to influence their votes.

So they've, you know, they still run all the newspapers and the television stations, but they don't have the iron grip on it that they used to, but the government is fine about this.

There are black rubberized grips on the handle, too, so you don't have to worry about slipping.

Short of keeping a tight grip on little hands, there's not much you can do to childproof absolutely everything when you're out and about.

Although the consortium still doesn't have a firm grip on the number of genes in the genome, it estimates that there are about 30,000.

As the Syrian government suppresses pro-democracy rebels, the regime's military supremacy and grip on information about its citizens is seriously hampering the task of verifying fatalities.

Webb will help astronomers get a firmer grip on just how many of these stars exist, and perhaps help us learn more about them.

The beauty of these products and more traditional lifting chalk is your hands stay dry so you don't have to worry about losing your grip on the bar.

On your first set, hold a close grip, about 8 inches of space between your hands.

- Attach a rope to a pulley station set at about chest level - Grab both ends of the rope with an overhand grip - With arms completely outstretched, step back and bend the knees slightly or even better, kneel on one leg - Retract the scapula, squeeze the rotator cuff muscles and pull the weight towards your face - Externally rotate your hands so the knuckles are facing the ceiling - Hold for one second, then slowly return to the original position