Sentences with phrase «considering giving up his power»

Justice secretary Jack Straw is reportedly considering giving up his power to block the transfer of long - term offenders into open prisons in preparation for their release.

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I don't consider the United States to be a theocracy uniquely instituted by God to dispense special revelation, nor mete out His justice, nor is she raising up prophets that consistently and repeatedly give overt, compelling signs that a supernatural power is behind their decrees.

Considering that the search for the origins of the universe has been going on for a relatively brief time, how about you give it a few hundred years before giving up and giving credit to the supernatural power of your choice?

Maintaining current conference ties (and giving WVU an auto - bid as Big East champion, since that league was officially considered a power at the time), we end up with future SEC East rivals Georgia and Missouri in New Orleans.

If we can take that moment to step back and perceive the thought patterns instead of being caught up in them, over time, this will give us the power to consider a different reaction, to create a new samskara, Walden explains.

And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer of trad pub — with their power to splash your name around established circles of readers, and their ability to secure a great number of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think of packing it all in, and going to work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.

It must be considered, however, that attorneys performing administrative duties must be wary of giving up all ties to their personal practice since they are obviously giving up a certain amount of leverage and power within the firm by doing so.

With ads being considered a nuisance by many Internet users, there could definitely be a market for this type of revenue generating business model for online publications, provided visitors grant sites permission before giving up some of their CPU power in exchange for an ad - free web surfing experience.

Hydro - Quebec had indicated it may consider hiking the cost for bitcoin miners given a flood of pent - up demand in the region, which would thwart the plans of bitcoin miners who depend on low rates for the massive amounts of electricity it requires to power their operations.

If you're considering putting an Echo Dot in a room that already has a wall switch, and you don't mind not having the ability to dim your lights, the Switch + is a compelling alternative that doesn't require you to give up a power outlet.