Sentences with phrase «formidable power»

For these and other reasons, unions are formidable powers in local politics.

If so, then the idea of activating the mechanisms — dormant or blocked in our species — that give salamanders such formidable powers of recovery from injury suddenly doesn't seem quite so far - fetched.

The congress is expected to reshuffle the country's leadership and consolidate President Xi's already formidable power.

Aside from Ben Foster's Medivh — «a mysterious, reclusive protector with formidable power» on the Alliance — details about the rest of the cast have been shrouded in mystery.

New engines deliver formidable power, efficiency and customary Range Rover refinement, and new technologies, such as the 12 ″ TFT instrument cluster.

The ally in question is Jennifer Cunningham - one of Albany's most formidable power players.

Too bad Johnson's formidable powers don't extend to resuscitating the rest of «Baywatch,» a film soon revealed to be dead on arrival.

At the rear, quad chrome tailpipes allude to the Quattroporte?s formidable power and performance.

Our fabulous lightweight F430 enjoys an extra 20 bhp over a standard car from its V8 engine, which in conjunction with its supermodel weight loss of 100 kilos over the full fat version gives this car formidable power to weight ratio.

Copious luxury and formidable power combine to form a luxury sedan not easily duplicated by lesser competitors.

Their third and final session together is the most educational; Murch's formidable powers of persuasion — and his attendant ability to spin silk phrases like «it felt like time was dilating» — catch Mendes with his pants down more than once, as when he asks for a reason why a prologue featuring Sam Rockwell as Swoff's Marine uncle is no longer in the film.

President Xi Jinping declared China is entering a «new era» of challenges and opportunities on October 18, as he opened a Communist Party congress expected to enhance his already formidable power.

«The most formidable power is intrinsically powerlessness unless it maintains a secret covenant with these contacts, both humble and helpful, with strange, and yet near being.»

When the Muslims found that the constitutional safeguards against the encroachment of the majority on the minority rights were of no avail against the formidable power of Hindu communalism, they became vigorous supporters of the Pakistan idea, which envisaged separate homelands for the Muslims in the northeast and northwest of India where Muslims had a clear majority.

In more recent years, Professor Barr has increasingly devoted his capacious learning and his formidable powers of analysis to matters of biblical theology, where he has once again found himself in spirited opposition to some major trends.

In El Salvador, despite repression and the formidable power of the United States, they believed they could alter their history of landlessness and oppression through organization and struggle.

Both one of the best at their jobs and a formidable power duo who helped us hold our own against a giant like fergie's Man utd.

IDS also accused Mr Cameron of selling Britain short by giving away our formidable power to veto further eurozone integration, getting only something «very marginal» in return.

«He is everyone's best friend in Albany where he brings to bear the formidable powers of his office to protect the status quo,» he said.

Only when public uproar over my first Sunday Times MMR reports led to the retraction of the paper's «interpretation» section in March 2004, and the UK General Medical Council invoked its formidable powers under the 1983 Medical Act, were they brought to light at a fitness to practise hearing.

Real Steel (Touchstone Pictures), a heartwarming sci - fi sports movie about a father and son who reunite through robot boxing, testifies to the formidable power of ridiculousness.

Exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.

Amber Heard is reportedly in talks to join the superhero adventure as Mera, who has some formidable powers of her own.

Who: Kellan Lutz, Scott Adkins, Gaia Weiss and Liam McIntyre What: Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his kingdom.

Much like he would in his equally adolescent - minded «Buffy» and «Angel», Whedon writes and directs as if he were going for style and coolness points, mixing space battles, hand - to - hand combat, Western - tinged lingo, and irreverent attitudes who posture like the X-Men, sans the formidable powers.

From this point, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.

They monitor all relevant legislation, propose bills, carry out background research on issues, attend committee hearings, keep scorecards on legislators, and bring their formidable power to bear in getting legislators to vote their way.

The Continental GTC's formidable power is part of its appeal but so is the range of interior choices that give owners the ability to customize their car.

The weight - paring measures of Porsche's Motorsport Department have delivered a formidable power - to - weight ratio of 298bhp - per - ton.

Even with this formidable power, Wraith is every inch a refined Rolls - Royce with electronically controlled air suspension that creates the signature «magic carpet ride».

Regal Sportback's 2.0 L direct - injected turbocharged engine is a formidable power source, delivering an impressive 250 HP without compromising efficiency †.

Out back are wide haunches and single circular taillamps set high and wide, accentuating the car's formidable power.

The formidable power reserves produced by its duo of drive units, its outstanding levels of motoring comfort and the optimised traction, handling stability and dynamic performance qualities over any terrain courtesy of BMW xDrive technology all endow it with the all - round sporty prowess typically associated with BMW X models, while its landmark efficiency blazes a trail for its rivals to follow.

But doing so would mean losing the formidable power of each individual story.

Maxwell, a writer of quiet yet formidable power, has been called one of American literature's best kept secrets.

The book's cunning, flair and pathos are testaments to the still - formidable power of the written word.»

In spite of its formidable powers, the Rhodesian Ridgeback does not usually go looking for trouble with other dogs.

THE RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK is a dog of formidable power, dedication and courage.

You wield the formidable power of Harkyn, a man who's out to murder demons and fend off the many behemoths coming from Rhogar.

In the final analysis, this massive breadth reinforces the dazzling and formidable power of her work from the 1960s, which is granted a spatial centrality within the layout of the sprawling show.

These greenhouse interiors stir an uncanny sense of wonder, at once reiterating the fragility of life and the formidable power of nature.

This may sound naive to some, but it would be even more so to think we can solve big problems like global warming or poverty without harnessing the formidable power of business and markets.

Can you imagine the formidable power and ability of Canada's real estate associations in taking on these government agencies to help get senior housing?