Sentences with phrase «cling to power as»

It certainly feels like Wenger will cling to power as long as possible and that's why I kind of see why the club are doing these briefings.

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As previously threatened, Horgan, who heads a minority government clinging to power with the support of three Green MLAs, directed his government to file a reference case at the B.C. Court of Appeal to affirm its right to protect the coast.

My own desperate clinging to the tattered label evangelical has less to do with any political or cultural uniformity as it does to these core convictions, or rather, the core conviction that the good news of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection for sinners and a broken world is the mightiest power set loose in the history of the world.

There is not a more hypocritical or repulsive group than those who are not only so distressed by people accepting what they view as nothing more than a fairy tale, but who reject a higher power for lack of proof, only to cling (defacto) to the idea that everything came into existence without any sort of guidance, intent, or intelligence behind it.

One week later there are still traces of snow as the freezing temperatures keep it clinging to roof tops, power lines, and little corners where the sun rarely hits.

The biggest problem has been wenger for long time now «project» run Arsenal football club as an academy and try to prove to everyone else he is the one who knows better and try to bring in kids who have potential but not ready for 1st team resisting spending money to improve squad depth and cling in on average players: Iwobi, welbeck, theo, chambers, holding and player other players on wrong position Monreal and not give opportunity to good footballer Perez and Campell also you have been holding too much power from transfer, players contracts, arsenal finances as a whole and now all that BS start to backfire

They are cooing, battery powered animals you can pet and kiss and in return they will cling to your finger, turn their heads, make weird little monkey noises and burn through LR44 batteries that cost half as much as the monkey.

You forgot to mention that the lefty Spanish government has just lost a big chunk of votes as well, even though they just about managed to cling to power.

As a downstate Republican, I am sick of seeing my party behave the same way as Shelly Sliver in selling out our state just in order to cling to poweAs a downstate Republican, I am sick of seeing my party behave the same way as Shelly Sliver in selling out our state just in order to cling to poweas Shelly Sliver in selling out our state just in order to cling to power.

As most people wonder how long Theresa May can cling to power, a new docudrama will show how she got there in the first place.

The second - term representative hailed Ryan for not «clinging to power» like Democratic minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who she slammed as being unpopular — particularly in the North Country.

Even those who ascend to power due to a Prime Ministerial resignation, and lose, such as Alec Douglas Home, James Callaghan, or Gordon Brown can at least cling to the fact that they obtained the highest office in the land.

That is precisely what Gordon Brown wants - his last throw of the dice is that the Conservatives will fall into this trap, allowing him to portray them as the enemies of the masses and thereby cling to power by his fingernails.

There are 31 Republicans in the 63 - member chamber, but they've clung to power by aligning with a renegade Brooklyn Democrat, Simcha Felder, as well as the four - member Independent Democratic Conference.

While democracy has, generally taken hold in Africa with elections being held regularly, there are still several situations in which elected leaders continue to cling to power either by modifying their Constitutions to remove term limits, age limits, or institute mechanisms that ensure that they stay in power as lifetime leaders of their nations.

It seems to me to be a deeply regressive notion, as you rightly point out, to cling to the antiquated idea that the greatest pool of talent resides with those traditionally in power.

We use the methodology, we effort (it should be noted that a relaxed effort is best as trying too hard or clinging and attaching to an outcome can actually impede progress) to patiently and diligently practice the techniques in order to prepare ourselves for Spontaneous Awakening (your own magnetic power of attraction toward awakening to your inner divineness that requires no effort on your part).

American Power is Epstein's portrait of early twenty - first - century America, as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible and sustainable future.

Clinging to coal or nuclear power and parading as climate champions while failing to accelerate the clean energy transition is nothing but bad faith.

Yes we must do what we can to reduce carbon emissions, but clinging to wind and solar power as if they are some sort of messianic portent simply is not good enough.

The surge came as Dilma Rousseff — who won the Brazilian presidency two years ago by promising to defend the Amazon — clung to power by delivering large swathes of that same Amazon to the anti-green and anti-indigenous agriculture lobby.