Sentences with phrase «considerable power in»

Gray and Vogel say that, «regardless of the yield metric chosen, the predictive power of separating stocks into high and low yield portfolios has lost considerable power in the last twenty years.»

Both the EFA and SCG have considerable power in deciding which trusts own which academies and the report warns that there is nothing in the commissioning structure to prevent unwarranted favouritism of some trusts over others.

Its failure also managed to mute Black's considerable power in Hollywood, leading to a period of inactivity that would last almost an entire decade.

Science minister Wan Gang has spoken out in favor of a reform that could strip his ministry of considerable power in allotting research funds.

They've formed a coalition called New Yorkers Against Corruption, which argues that a convention would be hijacked by the same political insiders and moneyed lobbyists that already wield considerable power in Albany.

However, if that approval was preceded by payments from Russian interests to high US government officials who directed or influenced that approval, or payments to the spouses of those officials, or payments to that official's private charity, then it becomes a case of those officials accepting bribes and using their considerable power in their own financial and political interests instead of the interests of the US citizens.

Although it may seem obvious that the values of the «family pew» still set the agenda for conservative congregations today, those values retain considerable power in shaping the agendas of all congregations.

Communities of communities would require considerable power in order to enforce such rules.

Gray and Vogel say that, «regardless of the yield metric chosen, the predictive power of separating stocks into high and low yield portfolios has lost considerable power in the last twenty years.»

Not exact matches

Generally, junior employees can get away with providing a couple of weeks, but longer periods may be required for employees who exercise considerable discretion or power in their jobs.

China has had little success in projecting «soft power» (despite considerable effort and investment), and has far less recent experience than the U.S. in managing global affairs.

They can even be in positions of considerable power.

[1] Pickens» rhetorical powers are considerable, but in this case his grasp of economic history was not.

Public Power Corporation chief executive Manolis Panagiotakis referred on Thursday to the prospect of a considerable reduction in the utility's operating costs as well as extensive changes in its organization and function after the completion of its new business plan currently being drafted by consultant McKinsey & Company.

CNN: Texas pastor behind blind Chinese activist freedom It has been a busy week for Pastor «Bob» Xiqiu Fu, a pastor from Midland, Texas, who has spent considerable time on the international stage working for the release of Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese activist who arrived in the United States on Saturday after weeks of diplomatic back and forth between two global super powers.

In fact, the Pentateuch accords a considerable amount of power to the priestly families» and thus to refer to the priestly code (of Exodus 25 through Numbers 10) as «egalitarian» through and through would be a big mistake.

The character of the imperial cult, at least in the eastern empire, is the subject of considerable debate at present, as can be seen by a cursory examination of the two most significant works on the subject: S. R. F. Price's Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor and Steven Friesen's Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial Family.

The rule of the Arabs in Sind came to an end in 396 (A.D. 1005) when Mahmud of Ghazna sent an army of Turks and Hindu mercenaries under Abdu» r Razzaq to uproot the power of the Qarmati Ima'ilis, who seem to have gained considerable influence there.

The Jewish scholar Joseph Klausner, for example, holds that the Pharisees and Sadducees were justified in their attacks on Jesus because he imperiled Jewish culture at its foundations, and that by ignoring everything that belongs to wholesome social life he undercut the work of centuries.2 Others within the Christian tradition have felt considerable uneasiness lest the words of Jesus about nonresistance imperil the civil power of the State, or his words about having no anxiety for food or drink or other material possessions curtail an economic motivation essential to society.

In a society founded on the exaltation of freedom it is understandable that the desire to satisfy one's human appetites takes an ever firmer grip on individuals who live in an environment where they have considerable spending power and great encouragement to spend on pleasures and material goodIn a society founded on the exaltation of freedom it is understandable that the desire to satisfy one's human appetites takes an ever firmer grip on individuals who live in an environment where they have considerable spending power and great encouragement to spend on pleasures and material goodin an environment where they have considerable spending power and great encouragement to spend on pleasures and material goods.

He did not publish extensively, but his essay on «Two [225] Conceptions of Power» in the journal Process Studies (1976) became a pivot around which considerable reflection turned.

Most importantly, though, my observations do not concern nature at all, which is inextinguishable and which, at some level, always longs for God; they concern culture, which has the power to purge itself of the natural in some considerable degree.

If we suppose that this considerable range of acts not only is supported by neuronal activity but also exercises power over it, then it follows that what in the course of the action is understood, what is articulated, what, it may be, is postulated as a standard for the action, all contribute to the power exercised by the action over its supporting neuronal activity.

Still, and notwithstanding considerable costs in blood and treasure, the creators of the postwar internationalist consensus also thought it vere dignum et iustum, «truly right and just» as the Roman Missal says, that the United States take such a leading role in world politics, for, on balance and considering the alternatives, American power was a positive force in the world.

At least one of them, that suggested by Tillich, depends to a considerable degree upon the Tillichian «system» in which there is much talk about «existential» and «essential» manhood, not to mention the more general philosophical position which he adopts with its talk about «the ground of being», «the power of being», and «the new being in Christ» — the last of these constituting in fact what «restitution» is all about.

The impossibility of specifying explicit rules is one of the reasons why editors of scientific journals and panels awarding research grants must have considerable discretionary power in evaluating new ideas.

In Europe the European parliament and other continental organizations already have considerable power, so that national sovereignty is significantly checked.

The fact that there was considerable resistance to these views at the synod was in no way reflected in the first version of the «mid-term report» (entitled relatio post disceptationem), an effusion which bore all the hallmarks of an attempted PR coup (the word «coup» isn't over the top here: spin, in our time, is one pathway to the seizure of effective power).

Nevertheless, it is important to recognize that what was excluded in Homeric existence forced itself on the attention of Homeric man as a profound threat and that, to a considerable extent, the Greek tragedy was the attempt, almost successful, to include the Dionysian powers within the beauty and order of the Homeric world.

Isaiah Berlin thus deserves considerable credit for identifying the perversion of liberty that was at the root of the totalitarian project, and for defending a concept of liberty - as - noninterference that, in setting legal limits to coercive state power, has deep resonances in the American political tradition.

He was already in possession of considerable power as the governor of Syria and the community accepted him as Caliph, even if some hated the necessity of doing so.

In many settings women individually or as a gender may wield considerable political power.

If the character of Ahab comes off rather poorly in the Elijah narratives (I Kings 17 - 19, 21), I Kings 20 and 22 return the impression of an administrator of considerable ability and power and a man of stature.

La Perla's runway show yesterday during Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week was evidence of this, featuring considerable star power from Isabeli Fontana and friends, not to mention one Naomi Campbell in the role of closer.

But if districts are able to combine their considerable purchasing power, as is the case with the Urban School Food Alliance (discussed in past TLT posts linked below), we may start to see more «real food» offerings like Back to the Roots cereal on kids» trays.

Last week, the Washington Post reported that the Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), a forward - thinking group of six large urban school districts, is using its considerable joint purchasing power to replace the spork with compostable forks, spoons and knives, a change that reportedly will affect 2.8 million children in 4,500 schools.

The species adapted to this in an unexpected way... by bringing birth forward to an earlier stage of development and at the same time heightening that nurturing instinct — the larger brain power likely both enabling this and being such a considerable advantage that it was worth the greater energy expenditure in infant care.

Using their considerable market power, some districts have been able to force dairies to make lower sugar flavored milk, and I've been told that my own Houston school district (7th largest in the country) is embarking on a similar effort.

The Guardian Council of the Constitution is an appointed and constitutionally - mandated 12 - member council that wields considerable power and influence in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In spite of its considerable (and increasing) powers under the Treaties, the Parliament has since the first election faced decreasing turnouts.

The final agreement not only burnishes Cuomo's liberal credentials by extending (though not expanding) the millionaire's tax, raising the age of criminal responsibility of New York and addressing the high cost of college tuition for members of the middle class, it also dramatically increases his (already considerable) budget powers, enabling him to single - handedly make spending cuts in the event of widely expected future federal funding reductions.

Political parties, of course, hold considerable agenda setting power in how they control campaign events.

Titles like the Ooni of Ife, Aareonokankafo of Yorubaland, Deji of Akure, Bobagunwa ilu Egba, and Alaafin of Oyo bring a great deal of respect, influence, and power in certain Nigerian communities.6 According to Nigerian scholar Ali Yahaya (2005: 242), traditional authorities «exercise considerable influence and are consulted by the federal, state, and local governments.»

Thus, unlike the 1990s, Sharif has considerable room to manoeuvre and expand the scope of civilian power in domestic and foreign policy decision making.

However, despite the popularity of this opinion, it is of considerable significance to state that, apart from the youths non-possession of the financial strength to execute the electoral projects as being speculated in some quarters, there are of cause other probable factors that may render the move fruitless irrespective of the demographic advantage enjoyed or the glamour that graced their much celebrated not - too - young - to run campaign recently embarked on to press for power shift.

Devolution in the late twentieth century has brought a considerable degree of legislative autonomy to both Scotland and Wales; and yet the Westminster Parliament retains the power of legislating for the whole of the UK.

«Paladino has amassed considerable power and influence in western New York through his real estate development, political campaigns, media presence, elected office, and campaign contributions,» the group's director Sam Magavern wrote in a statement.

Having the median MP should give Labour considerable bargaining power in a hung parliament.

Patrick Diamond assesses the Labour leader's performance as an opposition leader according to five criteria, and concludes the risk of a Labour schism between «principles» and «power» — of the kind that rivened the party in the early 1980s — is considerable.

In a year where the #MeToo movement has flexed its considerable political power, Cuomo underestimated the impact of excluding women from negotiations (resulting in a sexual harassment package, and budget, that is not even close to as strong as it could have beenIn a year where the #MeToo movement has flexed its considerable political power, Cuomo underestimated the impact of excluding women from negotiations (resulting in a sexual harassment package, and budget, that is not even close to as strong as it could have beenin a sexual harassment package, and budget, that is not even close to as strong as it could have been).