Sentences with phrase «dictate terms even»

Not exact matches

Even if the United States struggles to win market share in its competition with cheaper piped gas from Russia, the availability of an alternative will blunt the impact if Russia cuts supplies off again, and reduce its ability to dictate long - term restrictive contracts with its customers, analysts said.

But there are two points I'd like to make here: firstly, we should never, ever reject our children for what we term «disobedience» — Discipline, yes, but rejection, no; secondly, what we deem to be right and wrong, particularly when dictated to by an outside agency like a church, or even our own interpretation of scripture, may not be what is right for them.

I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».

And if I were a statistics man, I would be on an even more solid ground in my reading of the situation next term as would stats of the recent seasons gone by would dictate.

They dictate terms, they dictate rates, they even dictate coaches, trainers and GMs.

Either we would end up outside the single market or even if we could stay within it, it would be under terms and rules dictated by others.

It is against this background that, I think when the flagbearer of the NPP, decided he was going to take part in the evening encounter, he will not dictate the terms of his appearance.

«The bacteria living in our digestive tracts are dictated by our long - term dietary patterns... A diet high in carnitine actually shifts our gut microbe composition to those that like carnitine, making meat eaters even more susceptible to forming TMAO and its artery - clogging effects.»

The degree of familiarity with technology and technical terms can dictate the speed of implementation and even the shape of the system itself.

Your own risk tolerance and long - term goals should dictate your asset allocation decisions, not the daily, or even monthly, gyrations of the markets.

Without empathy, a leader simply continues to dictate his terms without even realizing the importance of the perceptions of others.

When the agreement is freely entered, the courts generally uphold the terms and divide property as the prenup dictates, even when the division is at variance from the state laws.