Sentences with phrase «assert control over their lives»

People object to a system that they see as being dominated by big pharma, a system that intrusively asserts control over our lives, telling us what's wrong with us, and telling us what we must do in order to get better (as they choose to define «better»).

It may have less to do with the actual food than a need to test the limits of your authority and assert some control over his life.

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Our mission is to give people who have overcome challenges the ability to assert more control over their lives and build a legacy they can be proud of.

Instead of waiting for the capricious arrow slinger to get back to work, people are increasingly joining online - dating sites to assert some control over their romantic lives.

Tropical birds have the luxury of permanent homes and longer lives and raising fewer offspring, but they pay for it by having to defend permanent territories, and their bright feathers may help them assert control over their home turf.

«The aim of managing one's own menopause comes naturally to a generation of women who have been accustomed to exercising control over every area of their lives, from childbirth to the family's finances,» Hutton asserts.

All that keeps her «in line,» so to speak, is her very traditional upbringing and the times in which she is living; in 1981 it was not quite so common for women to assert such control, and so she defers to her mate, even as she itches to take over.

However, he is probably just as nervous but learning that he feels safest when bullying and asserting control over other pups which can cause immense problems in later life when this behaviour is accompanied by biting.

Mootness: Although the College asserted the issue was moot, as no one's registrant status was impacted, and furthermore, paramedics had recently been transitioned from the HDA to the Health Professions Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. H - 7, which gives the College control over its own forms, the court decided that due to live controversies and an ongoing relationship between the College and the technician, declaratory relief would help them with their ongoing relationship, and would address future problems.

Children need to assert a measure of control over their own lives in order to form their unique identity and establish their will.