Sentences with phrase «drawing power as»

Kong almost certainly won't have the same drawing power as the bold send - off Logan or the much - anticipated Beauty, which may make you question the wisdom of Warner trying to go big again this March a year after doing so with Batman v Superman.

The «candid and comical» combination proved keys to the show's drawing power as the women — played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon — explored their personal triumphs and insecurities, as well as those of their partners.

Proof of Hagman's drawing power as J.R. came when, at the end of the 1979 - 80 season, the character was shot down by a mysterious assailant — setting the stage for the «Who Shot J.R.?»

I like Nate Diaz a lot, always have, but outside of McGregor, he has one shot post-McGregor to establish his own drawing power as being «major».

It will show images in full color, but not draw any power as the image is shown.

As a battery ages it has «high impedance» and can not draw power as quickly as is required by the system.

If your mobile device is not being charged, be sure to unplug the charger, too, or it will continue to draw power as well and run up your bill, Kweller said.

Not exact matches

Here are the five most powerful people in Canadian retail, as drawn from the 2014 Canadian Business Power 50 list.

The power of bacon hasn't been lost on Microsoft, which has lost to the likes of Amazon and Google some of its draw as an employer of geeks.

This way, you won't have to pay for the power draw and other associated hardware costs, as the majority of the time your «server» is running someone else's instance.

If you do that, you're in a position of power and can get banks to compete for your business by reducing application fees, draw fees and unused line fees, as well as the interest rate.

The X340 is also the first laptop to use Intel's Ultra-Low Voltage CPU, cutting its power draw to as low as one - sixth of a similar PC's.

Trudeau did, however, demonstrate that he still has drawing power, such as when foreign journalists packed his final news conference at the Summit of the Americas in Peru.

Since leaving the bank following CEO Tidjane Thiam's restructuring, Thomas - Graham has started luxury blog «Dandelion Chandelier,» drawing on her experience as a high - powered New York fashion and media executive.

Following my lead, Pike's diagrams naturally lead one to think of God as a power plant, upon which many autonomous systems draw their current.

The movement looks for the escalating power of satanic forces aligned with the antichrist that will do battle with Israel and its allies as the end draws near.

When the Magi offer him gold, which indicates a king, we are invited to lessen the tribute we offer to the power structures to which we belong and on which we depend; when they offer him frankincense, which indicates a priest, we are invited to tiptoe out from under the delusions of our sacred canopies, to be drawn into the jagged - edged sacrifice of presence that this Priest will carry out; and when they offer him myrrh, which indicates a prophet's death, the Magi invite our hearts to lighten as death loses its hold over our drives and desires.

Electric bacteria could have practical uses here on Earth, however, such as creating self - powered biomachines that do useful things like cleaning up sewage or contaminated groundwater while drawing their own power from their surroundings.

Though raised as an evangelical, Robert Benson was gradually drawn into the power of the office.

Drawing upon The Courage To Be, Scott is aware of three characteristics of «absolute faith»: (1) To live in the power of being that enables a person to withstand the onslaughts of guilt, death, and meaninglessness; (2) To experience the dependence of all manifestations of nonbeing upon being, such as the dependence of meaninglessness upon meaning, thereby testifying to the ultimacy of being - itself; and (3) To accept being accepted in spite of one's separation from the power of being (AC 95f).

The minds of men so often yearn for might and power, and their thoughts are constantly being drawn to such things, as if by their attainment all mysteries would be resolved.

It is not a natural thing for people to draw a sharp separation between religion and politics as distinct realms, to demand responsible participation in both and simultaneously to say that the object of one (God) is the criterion for the object of the other (the exercise of power).

A second contribution Parmenberg has made to theology lies in the implications he draws from his well - known understanding of God as the power that determines everything.

Firstly, a boss / leader can find a personâ $ ™ s prime motivator (be it position, money, power, talent, etc) and use it as a hook to draw the potential catch out of the water.

If heroes and gods of myth as well as comic book characters have powers similar to those of Jesus, where does the rational person draw the line?

For this reason he is called in MP a participant power: his self - identity, then, is as relative to a power he draws upon to come - to - be as it is relative to the standards he is responsible to.

Looking at education in terms of the exclusive dominance of the subject - object relationship; they either picture it as the passive reception of tradition poured in from above — in Buber's terms, the «funnel» — or as drawing forth the powers of the self — the «pump.»

Love, then, as we have observed previously, appears to be an «attractive» power, drawing God's creatures godward of their own free will.

Although White is absolutely right about the tendency of today's animated films (Tangled included) to pander to the most annoying and depressing aspects of popular culture even as they ignore or deny the richer, deeper culture from which most classic fairy tales emerged, the animated features that Disney brought to the screen when Uncle Walt himself still oversaw the studio made a point of drawing considerable aesthetic, emotional, and narrative power from specifically Christian aspects of the culture that, even today, America shares with Europe.

Human language draws its function from this efficacy and power of the Word of God, except that human language does not have the same degree of efficacy and power: it can convey falsehood as well as truth.

After all, the latter would entail divesting from the modern economy as a whole, since so many companies gain a distinct advantage from using gas - powered trucks rather than horse - drawn wagons, thus profiting from the production of fossil fuels.

This was the beginning of another disaster, as the kingdoms were drawn into the power struggles of the Near East.

The first element is the interconnected structure of existence, as outlined above, and as developed through process thought; the second draws from the profound insights of black and feminist theology relative to the shaping power of the «normative gaze,» or the tendency to value one's own kind as over against the other.

It is quite otherwise, however, with Elijah, the ninth century prophet, who, according to the Biblical tradition, had been carried up to heaven in a whirlwind riding in a chariot of fire, drawn by horses of fire.13 Elijah had made such an impression on the men of his own generation as a man of vitality and divine power that he continued to be a living legend.

Following Bonhoeffer's exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, he gives an exposition of Matthew 9:35 - 10:42.39 Short vignettes are drawn of the harvest (the people are without a shepherd, without relief, deliverance, and forgiveness) for which one must pray for laborers; the call of the apostles (who are given power stronger than Satan's and are bound together only by their choice and call); the work (fulfilling their commission to preach, traveling as messengers of the King, living in «royal poverty,» warning men of the urgency of the times); the suffering of the messengers (as Jesus was persecuted so the messengers will be, but they are forewarned; because Christ will return the disciples are not to fear man, or to be gullible in thinking that «there is good in every man «40); the decision (man's eternal destiny is determined by his decision on earth for the devil or for Christ); and the fruit (the disciples are fellow workers having as their goal the «salvation of the Church»).41

It is from God's life - giving, never - failing sources that liberalism, in so far as it is authentic, draws its truth and power.

Does the Body of Christ (the American Church) have an obligation to ignore Tony's «Debacle» (an attention - getting debate being staged) and try to draw Tony and the Christian community back into the deeper issues of lack of character, inability to honor God's authorities, abuse of financial power, church blindness, and using church events as a smoke - screen for evil actions?»

«The Spirit is like breath, as close as the lungs, the chest, the lips, the fogged canvas where little fingers draw hearts, the tide that rises and falls twenty - three thousand times a day in a rhythm so intimate we forget to notice until it enervates or until a supine yogi says pay attention and its fragile power awes again.

By responding as he did, this pastor had allowed himself to be drawn into the power struggle between P. and his wife, on the side of the wife.

«As a sacrament of the Church, marriage... [is] a word of the Spirit which exhorts man and woman to model their whole life together by drawing power from the mystery of the «redemption of the body».

This recognition of the politicised nature of identity will be of assistance in the attempt to understand the characteristic of the hyphen as something which is not isolated but as an entity which has the power to draw together elements which come from the living past, while being informed about the machinations of the present, and anticipating an uncertain future.

A literature which draws from such profound depths as the Bible does can not but possess this suggestive or evocative power in a high degree.

We of the new social gospel movement can draw on the insights and power of this tradition as we argue for our positions.

Or it may be the social project or the struggle against the powers that is the real work of Christ, and so the death draws its meaning as the last measure of devotion to that struggle.

In fact, he wrote, the Virgin «had acted as the greatest force the western world ever felt, and had drawn man's activities to herself more strongly than any other power, natural or supernatural, had ever done.»

«This great jewel also seemed to be covered with innumerable eyes, which I understood represented the Wisdom and Knowledge of God... Our Blessed Lord showed me this Divine Wisdom as I was saying as the guiding power which regulated the motions and affections of theSacred Heart, showing me that it had the same effect and power over its least action, and raising it, as the sun draws up vapour from the ocean.

Some humanitarian organizations, such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have undoubtedly done good over the years, drawing needed attention to startling abuses of power in renegade regimes from Asia to the Americas.

The $ 8m upgrade involves the installation of solar panels to reduce the need to draw energy from the power grid, as well as improved cold chain storage management to ensure quality, freshness and food safety.

Snider may lookyoung, but he has the bat skills of a mature hitter, drawing comparisons withNationals slugger Adam Dunn — albeit with the ability to hit for average as wellas power.

In the midfield, I think talent-wise we're as good but we lack power, so they beat us there too... Can't see us winning but a draw is possible, I think we'll lose 2 - 1.