Sentences with phrase «degree of power»

The 2014 X5's three engine choices provide varying degrees of power and efficiency.

It is not unusual for entirely different behaviors to indicate the same degrees of power.

That parent has a great degree of power regarding a specific issue, the religious upbringing of the child, but usually this kind of specific power imbalance does not affect other issues.

Almost everything in the world now is interconnected, giving hackers an almost horrifying degree of power.

It will therefore potentially hold an immense degree of power and influence over the initial stages of the negotiations.

During the crisis of separation and divorce, many of the broad categories of power become more narrowly focused and specific factors emerge by which one spouse gains additional degrees of power.

Packaging policy in a fiscal spending plan is not new this year, but it's increasingly frustrating lawmakers, especially Republicans, as the state constitution gives Cuomo a wide degree of power over the budget - making process.

A business with a substantial degree of power in a market is prohibited from using this power for the purpose of eliminating or substantially damaging a competitor, preventing a business from entering into a market, or deterring or preventing a person from engaging in competitive conduct in a market.

A business with a substantial degree of power in a market is not allowed to engage in conduct that has the purpose, effect or likely effect of substantially lessening competition in a market.

The same person who has the capacity for transcending self - interest also reveals varying degrees of the power of self - interest and the subservience of the will to those interests.

Lexus» 3 - way Drive Mode has settings for Eco, Normal and Sport, allowing the driver to dial in varying degrees of power steering assist and throttle response.

Certainly the Bible speaks a great deal about God's amazing power, but it does not deny some lesser degree of power to other spiritual entities and to human beings and other animals.

Mr Sims also expressed disappointment that the major supermarket chains continue to oppose the introduction of an «effects test», which would ban companies with a substantial degree of power from engaging in conduct that would or would likely have the effect of lessening competition.

As managers of the household, women assert a crucial degree of power within the family and local community structures, including over voting decisions.

«The deal that enabled the Republicans to woo Democratic Sens. Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate to their side in today's coup has been months in the making and will result in an unusual degree of power - sharing in the chamber, according to one insider with knowledge of the deal.

But accept that the grip is available, get back hard on the gas and you feel a tiny degree of power understeer followed by a brutally effective neutrality where the car just digs in and goes.

If you so wish it, you can have a two - part panoramic glass roof, various degrees of power - adjusted sport seats, lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, navigation through the 7 - inch touchscreen in the center stack, connectivity with an iOS or Android device, and a reversing camera.

New on the X6 is BMW's «dynamic performance control,» which combines with xDrive to optimize vehicle stability by distributing variable degrees of power to the rear wheels, regardless of speed or operating condition.

In Low mode the system provides a high degree of power support, making manoeuvring easier.

Therefore if you're a complete bass nut, the kind of person that demands an Earth shattering degree of power, then this small criticism may hold some sway over you, otherwise it's just fine.

Set in a steampunk city in the throes of a plague epidemic, the first Dishonored gave you a remarkable degree of power over your own destiny, the skills you've acquired letting you approach its levels in a wide variety of ways.

The bishop provided B with the opportunity to abuse his power, B's wrongful acts were strongly related to the psychological intimacy inherent in his role as priest and the bishop conferred an enormous degree of power on B relative to his victims.

For example, the spouse who proposes a division of assets would appear to have greater power, yet the spouse who says «No» to that proposal may also hold a significant degree of power.

Degrees of power shift according to circumstance.

Feminists admit that mediation may work when spouses have relatively equal degrees of power, but they insist the mediation is not appropriate when significant power differences define husband and wife.

But if I do not order you to fetch my coat, and without a word or even a glance from me, you run and get me my coat, I probably have a greater degree of power over you.

There is this capacity, but the same person who displays this capacity also reveals varying degrees of the power of self - interest and the subservience of life to these interests.

Option 3: Amending section 50 to add an additional prohibition, so that section 50 also prohibits a corporation from making an acquisition if it already has a substantial degree of power in a market, and the acquisition would result in any lessening of competition in that market.

Power is also situational, which means that an individual has varying degrees of power in each of his or her roles.

Klein, who does not have the same degree of power he had over the last two years, said he remains a staunch supporter of mayoral control, adding that is «hopefuL» it is maintained.

Adopting Anselm's dictum that God is «that which none greater can be conceived,» they maintain, first of all, that while the greatest power, God is not the only power; anything actual at all has some degree of power.

We may observe on the basis of these comments that though authority requires some degree of power to remain authority, power does not require authority to remain itself.

We who have paid our dues in self destruction, and who have had others watching helplessly by, simply have to have that kind and degree of power.

Since mainstream religions don't control language, their religious authorities simply can't exercise the degree of power over membership that cult leaders can when they make an active effort to reduce the critical capacities of their adherents.

This does not erase the need for a deterrent, but it may affect the degree of power that is needed.

In the traditions of Israel's era, to have a name for someone is to have some degree of power over that individual.

Between every major evolutionary transition, there would have been an enormous number of events with some degree of power to deviate from the divine aim for it.

In some churches, where the minister has traditionally been a strong, dominant figure with significant power and influence over all decisions affecting the church, many men feel extremely threatened by a woman holding that degree of power and influence over church life.

This does not mean that there are degrees of power and glory in the Godhead and that the Son is less in majesty than the Father.

The kind and degree of power they do possess, moreover, do not necessarily accord with the rules of descent.

No organism can stay alive without some exercise of some degree of power.

Rural Press and Bridge could have credibly threatened to enter the Riverland market, and could have actually entered it, regardless of whether they had a substantial degree of power in the Murray Bridge regional newspaper market.

The degree of power is adjusted by turning a dial near the scope's eyepiece.

It called into question how Albany itself functions — the give and take of closed - door negotiations and the degree of power vested in only three men.

«But we found that the effect of attitudes toward social equality on charitable giving is more nuanced and depends on the degree of power perceived by the individual.»

At that point, it's helpful to acknowledge that doctors aren't gods and that you really do have some degree of power over your health.

The other naturally the share power, clearly requiring equally potent power - source, that would be a real problem, as nothing exists in this world at the present time, capable of anywhere near that degree of power while being compact enough to weigh less than tens of tons.

With 9 degrees of power - recline, a dedicated multi-zone climate control system, plus, of course, headrest video screens, the second row of the Range Rover becomes the equivalent of a business class cabin.