Sentences with phrase «entrench the positions of»

And maybe they were good long ago, but too often these days they serve merely to stifle progress, entrench the positions of giant corporations and enrich those in the legal profession, rather than the actual inventors.

All they would do is entrench the positions of the big players — the legacy media outlets in the case of ancillary copyright, and funnily enough Google in the case of the user - generated content proposals.

This entrenched position of Nana Akufo - Addo to continue leading the NPP and his intransigence not to step aside for others to take over the captainship of the party, coupled with his irascible nature, narcissist tendencies, divisiveness, vindictiveness and intolerance for dissent, is what has fragmented and polarized the hierarchy of the NPP.

Perhaps most sinister of all is what MacInnes, and other status quo - ists, consider the cornerstone of their battle to maintain their entrenched positions of authority: poverty is destiny.

The loss of tax revenue involved — as well as the strength of the entrenched position of marriage (and its new counterpart, civil partnership)-- make it unlikely that these rules will change in the foreseeable future.

Not exact matches

More than introducing new products or marketing strategies, Facebook wants to cement its position as the social backbone of the web — and entrench itself as more cultural phenomenon than corporation.

We expect the current market gyrations to create the biggest single opportunity the financial publishing industry has ever experienced, and we've positioned ourselves with the customer - centered, best of features to ride that wave better than even the most entrenched competitors.

This strengthens the position of firmly - entrenched US companies rather than opening up a market.»

Instead of neatly pushing readers to entrenched positions, scripture has a way of provoking new ways of thinking and unexpected insights.

It is therefore regrettable that discussion on the subject of Church music can often become polarised, with some debaters appearing entrenched in their positions.

It was there, on December, 13, 1862, that a Union brigade of II Corps attacked the Confederate left, two thousand entrenched Rebels positioned behind a four - foot high stone wall bordering a narrow lane.

It was there, December, 13, 1862, that a Union brigade of II Corps attacked the Confederate left, two thousand entrenched Rebels positioned behind a four - foot high stone wall bordering a narrow lane.

When a social group or political party embraces a position and maintains its commitment to it beyond a threshold of faddishness, when a cause becomes permanently entrenched within a group's self - understanding, a likely explanation turns to moral and philosophical grounds, not an embrace born and preserved out of expediency.

Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said the panel says it has developed «firm, fixed opinions» and «entrenched positions,» rendering it unable to return a verdict after 12 days of deliberations.

Despite the disappointing results of the past decade it appears fans of Arsenal FC, including myself, are powerless when it comes to being able to force through desperately needed changes because of Arsene Wenger's entrenched position within the Arsenal FC hierarchy.

And there are three reasons why they are likely to attempt to stick to this position: they know there are dangers in policy U-turns (think Lib Dem commitments to oppose student fees); commitment to the renewal of Trident is entrenched in some parts of the party, even if key members of the leadership understand the downsides; and it would be seen as weakness if they succumbed to pressure from smaller parties with less credibility and electoral support.

In light of signs that the military council will attempt to entrench its position in the new constitution, the article ends with the following thoughts:

He cautioned against the tendency of the agencies and institution taking entrenched positions on initiatives and policies aimed making the ports more efficient.

Over the past decades, Ghana has positioned itself as a pillar of stability in the sub-region, with relatively strong institutions and entrenched democracy.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

Both candidates accused one another of being too entrenched in the system to be in a position to cast themselves as the outsiders they both claimed to be, and concerns about campaign donations from questionable donors arose on both sides of the campaign.

Enugu and Ebonyi State chapters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Monday, insisted on entrenching zoning of political positions in Nigeria's constitution.

«In the same corollary, the position of Lagos State on restructuring remains the same as stipulated in the manifesto of our great party, the All Progressives Congress, which states that «The APC shall initiate action to amend our Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit».

Speaking at the unveiling of the statue, located on Obafemi Awolowo Way by the Lagos Television (LTV) junction in Ikeja, governor Ambode said the party's position, as stipulated in its manifesto, seeks to amend the Nigeria Constitution with a view to devolving powers to States and local governments in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit and that the State supports the restructuring committee of the party going round the country to achieve same.

The chancellor says this is necessary for the UK to move forward but how can it make economic sense to put the drivers of the UK economy at risk due to an ideological and entrenched position on deficit reduction.

The son of one Kingston powerbroker and brother of another, Gallo nonetheless positioned himself as an outsider who would take a sledgehammer to the entrenched Democratic Party political elites.

To restore the public trust in public service, he's leading the effort to bring ethics reform to Albany by helping to pass a constitutional amendment stripping officials convicted of a felony of their taxpayer - funded retirement and instituting term limits on legislative leadership position, ensuring no one can accumulate entrenched power and use it to his or her advantage.

Sani noted that when Nigeria finally attained democratic rule in 1999, none of those who suffered in the hands of the military while struggling to entrench democracy in the country got any political position.

The presence of the Church of England in the House of Lords entrenches a privileged position for one particular branch of one particular religion.

The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Opuni - Frimpong, is cautioning against parties taking entrenched positions in the ongoing debate on proposals for a new voters» register.

Unfortunately, with a lot of these issues, you end up with entrenched positions, which advances nothing.

He appointed the late Mildred Cohn to a tenured faculty position in his department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in early 1960, when she had been struggling to earn a faculty position for several decades because of well - entrenched gender discrimination in U.S. academia, despite her sustained, brilliant research accomplishments.

Since you're entrenched in the day - to - day details of your position, it's easy to tell when you're experiencing roadblocks.

f. Entrenching incumbent publishers» favorable position in the sale and distribution of print books by slowing the migration from print books to e-books;

The lesson of World War I was that huge artillery barrages on entrenched positions achieve little.

So in 2012 did we all lose sight of the reader and retreat into entrenched, outmoded and uncertain positions?

Given the entrenched and dominant positions of the major international investment banks, they are usually forced into dubious acquisitions, risky business areas and questionable staffing.

Back to Baghdad takes players further into Kuwait as they try to neutralize scud missile installations, prevent the use of chemical weapons, free prisoners of war, and oust Hussein's Republican Guard from their entrenched position within Kuwait City.

«We're in the fortunate position of having been able to wait for what we think is the right time — clear rules, backloading appearing to be addressed, clarity that the emissions regulation is entrenched and expanding and that the ETS will remain a core part of EU policy,» he said.

Whilst I doubt you want to completely leave your own «tribe» (as others phrase it) you are willing to listen to those from the other «tribe» and I suspect may ultimately be happier in one of your own making that lies somewhere between the two firmly entrenched positions

What we see is two groups with entrenched positions: the mainstream scientists at CRU and other institutions and an assorted range of sceptics who have varying degrees of concern about the current received wisdom.

Yet it's so entrenched that any expression of skepticism endangers one's own position, even in a completely different field.

Intentionally or not, readers were misled, and the good name of the New Statesman has been used all over the internet by climate contrarians seeking to support their entrenched positions.

Some of the comments on these pieces give a sobering indication of just how entrenched the denialist position is becoming in Australia.

Arguably these kind of reports merely muddy the waters, entrench positions, demonstrate the paucity of clear evidence, and, far from convincing the public of the stainless character of those implicated, such inquiries just generate suspicion about the execution of the process, and alienate the public from the debate.

Having completed his studies at the London School of Economics - where he was well positioned to witness the deliberations of the UK on offsets - he has long been a REC skeptic, attributing their popularity stateside to their lower price and their role as an entrenched market mechanism to allow companies to meet U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards.

If anything, they become even more entrenched in their positions, the very definition of radicalization.

Collaborative Practice is a different approach to the resolution of family law matters that focuses on each party's interests rather than entrenched legal positions.

We also hold the view that a negotiated resolution, before positions become entrenched and costs escalate, is in general in the interests of both sides.

As provinces continue to adopt different positions around TWU law school, will this more firmly entrench the «us versus them» mentality that bubbles just below the surface of the legal profession?