Sentences with phrase «at the whim of»

Audiences are much more informed about their options than ever before — that means you, your services and products are at the whims of other consumers» opinions and reviews unless you take charge.

This resilience shown by the S&P 500, which just last week hit a series of new record highs, goes a long way towards disproving the notion that the stock market is trading at the whim of the tech industry.

Giant, wall - sized vending machines proliferated and then died out decades later, rising and falling at the whim of technological change.

That way the protections couldn't be put in place or taken away at the whim of whichever party had a majority in the FCC.

Sometimes, I feel like we're all at the whim of the latest social media trends.

The deal, though could also leave students, and maybe staff, at the whims of the real estate market.

«We are not at the whims of short - term shareholders.

«A growing underclass scrambling to make ends meet at the whim of increasingly picky and erratic employers, that number could balloon to 65 million within 10 years, or about half of the domestic workforce, warns Steven Hill in his troubling new book, Raw Deal.

I mean, think about areas outside of the United States that have high inflation rates, if you are a consumer there, in an oppressive regime, you want a way to have more control over your assets and not be at the whim of governments, so that's kind of how it all started.

So you are not totally at the whim of the lender; you know from the get - go what the interest rate cap is.

Ethereum can hard fork at the whim of a few developers, as we've seen repeatedly.

It is led, sometimes seemingly, at the whim of the Holy Spirit and just natural connections.

At first sight, beings and their destinies might seem to us to be scattered haphazard or at least in an arbitrary fashion over the face of the earth; we could very easily suppose that each of us might equally well have been born earlier or later, at this place or that, happier or more ill - starred, as though the universe from the beginning to end of its history formed in space - time a sort of vast flower - bed in which the flowers could be changed about at the whim of the gardener.

Yep, in Christianity people are as valued as a pot... we are nothing more than things to be disposed of at the whim of the potter.

This line of argument is actually a reversion back to the other prong of Euthyphro's dilemma arguing that whatever god does is good, i.e. good is at the whim of god.

Scriptural truth does not fundamentally change at the whim of the interpreter.

We have moved from a place in which human rights have been guaranteed by virtue of some understanding of transcendent derivation, to a dispensation in which even the most fundamental rights are to be regarded as existing at the whim of the electorate.

But now we may be seeing the rise of white - collar and blue - collar countries, where the differing legal systems prevent the development of healthy workplaces and labor relationships, especially in poorer countries attempting to live at the whims of the wealthy West's consumption choices.

apparently YOU are incapable of controlling your mind... you are at the whims of other people..

Chaired by State President P.W. Botha, the SSC expands and contracts at the whim of the leadership from a central core of the ministers of defense, foreign affairs, police, justice and their lieutenants.

The ability of activists to do what they do while in the church, Toscano says, comes and goes at the whim of whoever is in charge.

If there's going to be a law it needs to address all those cases, not be at the whim of individual judges who have religious motivations.

I think I like that size because (a) it reminds me of the small country churches my grandparents attended (and my grandfather would sometimes «speak» at, since they often couldn't afford a full - time clergy, so were at the whims of circuit riders), and (b) because that gives me a «monkeysphere» (a folksy explanation of Dunbar's number).

Of course, the bandwagon is a slightly different beast for me since mine drives at the whim of food magazines.

«In the past that export volume was very much a commoditised approach, a trading mentality, and it was all about price and you were very much at the whim of the Australian dollar.

After years of progress on the cost - efficiency side of chocolate production, chocolate manufacturers could be forgiven for thinking they've finally hit the wall - that they are at the whim of the cocoa butter traders and that further cost savings are beyond their control.

Why would WH or any team for that matter plan a season around a player who can be recalled instantaneously at the whim of the parent club?

Glasnow shouldn't be at the whim of the umpire who doesn't feel like he has «earned» those calls on the edges.

There is no reason to put yourself at financial risk at the whim of a cheater.

I'd like to open up another discussion about it, but pick your brains for ideas about training a non-only child who is at the whim of an older child's schedule, and also for training a child (who isn't so sure about it) when there's a childcare issue involved.

Of course, parents must make a decision based on the best possible outcome for each individual child and the family as a whole, and not at the whim of a young child.

Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field.

Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report - card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field.

«It's increasingly being recognised that people aren't pushed and pulled at the whim of technologies, nor does what people think always direct how people actually act.»

Gerrymandering is a problem; a Representative could have their voter base diluted across neighboring districts at the whim of the controlling party.

Even with building political pressure to launch a convention that is fully or partially constituted by citizens, it will be at the whim of Parliament (read the governing party / parties) following the next general election as to whether such a convention is established, its form and the task assigned.

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

Instead of the reliable benefit of the pension system now in effect across the state, a 401 (k) plan fluctuates at the whim of the stock market.

Further, the Government has made known its intention to «mainstream mo torcycling» as part of its transport planning, therefore it makes sense to exempt motorcycles by legislation, not just by local regulation at the whim of a Local Authority say the BMF.

This undermines the law and is deeply damaging to the sense of certainty businesses are looking for; lest we forget concessions can be withdrawn at the whim of the Revenue.»

They are peopled at the whim of political nepotism, cost millions and are yet again an example of how the divide between taxpayers / electorate v the poltical elite is growing.

Using the United States of America as an example, delegates / members to the House of Representatives are up for reelection every two years, simplifying the idea of how party politics works in the US (ie caucusing with the affiliate party), this leaves their jobs at the whims of the people.

But when you get down to it, all this exists at the whim of the «dictators», SE, Inc..

But he stressed that the new statistics indicate the need for a full - time chief diversity officer, noting that once such a role is codified, it will not «be at the whim of changing administrations.»

An election decided by two votes and at the whim of judicial decisions is not something you see too often.

The Five Biggest Rockland Stories of 2013 BY DYLAN SKRILOFF 5) Orangetown election — An election decided by two votes and at the whim of judicial decisions is not something you see too often.

«People are detained at the whim of any high ranking person in Aso Rock with access to an army or police commander.

I for one do not want to see my hard earned Tax money being thrown around at the whim of an unelected Scot in Westminster or being used to appease the Scot Nat's in Edinburgh.

The new study led by University of Bristol researchers has used a state - of - the - art computer model to trace the journeys of coral larvae transported at the whim of these currents.

And if every painstaking evaluation, updating work from years ago, may be portrayed as demolishing everything that went before — particularly at the whim of non-scientific agendas — then we have a major dilemma.