Sentences with phrase «driving force against»

It's now obvious she's going to be the main driving force against a group of teenagers (all of them outcasts).

«The Governor has been a driving force against the community at LICH,» she said.

Again, the best scenario is when Christians (or decent people anywhere) are the driving force against racism and racist policies — by refusing to patron racists places.

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Day two of the Generation Energy situated «Canada's Energy Team» in the international context, focusing in on Canada's role in the global energy market and its position as a force to drive forward the international fight against climate change.

McLean Watson was also the majority investor in i4i, and driving force behind its patent infringement victory against Microsoft.

I was forced and driven into this position in the first place when I had to become a Doctor of Holy Scripture against my will.

If the spiritual forces that are at war with God were driven back in the creation event, then God Himself is driven back by these chaotic forces when they conscript mankind to fight for their evil cause against God.

This may well account for the terrible upheavals we have undergone; not an irresistible increase in the tide of war, but simply a clash of currents: the old disruptive surface forces driving against a merging in the depths which is already taking place.

For, when the Good took up its place at the goal where the reward beckons or where the Good itself beckons to a man, the Good against its will would then be forced to see and to put up with the fact that there were two paths, and two men bent on them; the one be-cause he willed the Good in truth, and humbly but gladly followed its beckoning; the other because fear drove him thence.

Referring to the success of U.S. government efforts to bias press coverage against Nicaragua, the organization Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) states: «By sheer force of repetition, the administration has driven home its anti-Sandinista propaganda themes in the media.

Seventy - five years ago, on Sunday, September 15, 1940, Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine were driven from the prime minister's country house, Chequers, to the nearby village of Uxbridge: a Royal Air Force station and the headquarters from which Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park was directing the RAF's No. 11 Group against the onslaught of the German Luftwaffe in southern England.

Also, there seems to be, from my observations both within the Christian community, and outside it, a driving societal force within Christians to be mated, almost as if being single is a crime against god.

It would be like Mothers Against Drunk Driving being forced to provide free beer at their meetings.

Against Yaya Toure how he and Ramsey turn up will be key, because Toure is the main driving force of City right now.

Mitchell's first 40 + game against the Pellies (17 points in the 4th), his duel with Lebron to close out the Cavs game (11 points in the 4th, including a game - saving driving layup against James), and forcing OT on the road against the Spurs (14 points in the 4th, including three 3s and a driving layup in the last 90 seconds to force extra time) were performances that few players in the league — let alone rookies — have been able to give.

Auburn was forced to punt in its first drive against Kansas State, and the drive nearly got a lot worse... until the punter saved the day.

Deployed out on the right wing in the slot he has been fated to fill for at least three seasons, without putting in a convincing claim — Joel Campbell and Theo Walcott have shown enough to see off his challenges, which have so often been snuffed out by injury if not poor mid-season form — he was both the driving force and cutting edge for the Gunners against the Royals.

Hulkenberg has been in a tricky situation ever since he fell short of a Ferrari drive in 2013, and whilst Force India has been a respectable platform for showcasing his talents to top teams, the fact that he had no manufacturer affiliation at all and up against a teammate in the form of his career stacked the cards against him.

For me, the games against Dortmund and Marseille were the highlights of the season and the ARS was the driving, dominant force.

He is the driving force behind Spurs» push for Champions League football next season and he was at his dazzling best once again at the weekend against Newcastle.

The Toon Army will be out in force as they look to drive the Magpies over yet another three point finish line, thus backing up their domineering performance against Aston Villa in the middle of August, when Andy Carroll scored his first ever professional hat - trick en route to a 6 - 0 Newcastle rout.

There are more than a few upsides to a polygamous arrangement that women enter into freely and willingly because it suits their needs (versus what we usually read and hear about the traditionally male - driven practice, which is often about secrecy and child brides forced to marry against their will and sexual abuse and other scandals).

A nipple could also force the tongue physically back into the mouth and drive the tongue up against the palate much like that shown in slide 13 and 27.

He was an original author of the Tax Cap and helped get that passed and was the driving force behind passage of the landmark Buster's Law making animal cruelty against pets a felony because animal abuse is a bridge crime and those who harm pets often go on to hurt people.

It is by the Grace of God that another member of the Krohn family was not present when this occurred as there's no question in my mind that whoever would commit such a violent crime against a pet would not hesitate to harm a human,» said Tedisco, who was the driving force behind passage of the landmark Buster's animal cruelty felony law and the Assembly Chair of NYS Animal Advocacy Day.

She was a driving force — albeit as an advisor and not as a paid campaign member — behind his political comeback in 2006 when he ran a successful statewide campaign for AG just four years after a disastrous and short - lived gubernatorial primary challenge against then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall.

Initial public maps released by the lawmaker - driven task force on redistricting drew together Queens Democrats into the same districts: Sen. Toby Stavisky, who was elected in 1999; against Sen. Tony Avella; Sens. Michael Gianaris was pitted against Jose Peralta.

«In only a short space of time and against much resistance, Liberal Democrats in government have been the driving force in ensuring there is now real momentum behind the devolution process.

The laws come on the heels of a string of allegations against so - called slumlords who try to harass tenants to drive them out, or use tactics including neglect or withholding services to force them out.

What are the forces — political, economic and ideological — that drive us to fight against an ever - changing enemy?

In these films, the world has usually turned against humanity in some way — a zombie apocalypse, an alien invasion, or simply the indomitability of nature itself — and the relative resourcefulness of characters who were previously reliant on now - absent tools or technologies provide the major dramatic beats as outside forces close in, driving these characters into action.

Thomas's Crystal is the driving force behind the revenge plot against Chang, and her grotesquely Oedipal manipulations of Julian provide as much spine - shudderingly nasty moments as Chang's array of pointy weapons.

Working against traditional education and driving disruptive change are three primary forces.

Evidence, however, is strikingly powerless against the forces that drive human behavior.

Right now, Republican hypocrisy is becoming a glaring limitation as a Republican dominated House is forced to square its votes against conservative drives of wanting less bureaucracy and more local control.

If nothing else, that big majorities of both parties in Congress felt the need to greatly ease federal force in elementary and secondary education — at least overt federal force — is a powerful testament to the breadth of the public backlash against federally driven standardization, testing, and «accountability.»

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In both, Yang digs deeply into the emotional forces that can drive cultures and people against each other.

Dog owners are typically forced to venture outside, trudging along sodden paths, heads bowed against the driving rain as they wait for Fido to fetch.

Against the backdrop of our media - driven society, the exhibition pays homage to the characters, forces, and energies that come before the digital images that surround us.

Perhaps all of the efforts may not lead to finding new curatorial praxis, or they may even be inadequate for overcoming customary historicizing procedures; however, I truly believe that the driving force behind Art Sonje Center for the last 20 years has been the courage against uncertainties, and the ceaseless will to move forward.

More recently, the IPA has been the driving force behind the establishment of a number of new non-profit front groups, including the Australian Environment Foundation - which campaigns for weaker environmental laws - Independent Contractors of Australia - which campaigns for an end to workplace safety laws and a general deregulation of the labour market, and the ironically named Owner Drivers Australia, which campaigns against safety and work standard for truck drivers.

«It is a mystery that has given cover to forces arrayed against the reality of human - driven global warming.

And as the driving force behind the world's largest economy, these companies have an indispensable role to play in the fight against climate change.

If your employer was forcing you to drive for long hours and was not allowing you take the legal resting time for a truck driver on the road, the Kansas City personal injury attorneys who work for Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. might be able to help you file a claim against your employer.

The driving force behind the IDL is a group called Fight for the Future, a nonprofit organization that helped organize the protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) back in late 2011.

There is also the not - so - unnamed - force driving people into certain kinds of work against their nature: the force of student loans.

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The solicitors were protesting against low legal aid fees, as well as the Carter reforms, which will introduce price competitive tendering and drive many firms out of business or force them to merge.

One could also make a case for Moas against the argument of Menon that, the force that drove the price to this extent is the same force that will drive the price to $ 400,000.