Sentences with phrase «largely out of my power»

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That's why Unilever and other businesses large and small are working to figure out how to effectively tap into the spending power of African Americans — $ 1.2 trillion, largely controlled by black women.

«The rest was largely generated by mining itself and, to a much lesser extent, by collecting management fees from the mining pools it operates and renting out the mining power of its mining farms through cloud services.»

It therefore seems more probable, to say the least, that the disciples» later insights arose out of their earlier feeling — perhaps at the time only half - formed and largely subconscious that in being with Jesus they were in some extremely special sense in the very presence of God's love and power.

One of the signs that a bureaucratic organization is in serious trouble is that its priorities become displaced from carrying out its original function to protecting the symbols, even if they have become largely meaningless, of its authority (as distinct from real power).

Liberals largely have higher education, the elite newspapers and time mainline churches on their side, as conservatives never tire of pointing out; for angry conservatives, the cultural power of American liberalism is suffocating and immense.

R. G. Usher has pointed out that the bishops did not possess the right to appoint the men they were expected to govern, the prerogative of determining what sort of men they should be, or the power to discipline them once they had been inducted.74 The decision as to qualifications for ordination had been taken from the bishops by the State, while the right of nomination to a parish post, after ordination, was largely controlled by lay patrons, and the bishops were forced to induct the nominee if he met the most meager requirements.

The magical healing powers that you and many others seem to expect are largely out of her control at this point in time - it feels a little like meeting with a nutritionist for a week and being upset when you don't lose 20 pounds.

My fear about PR is that it centralises power in (largely London based) party bosses, literally taking the power to select out representative out of the hands of tens - of - thousands of ordinary voters.

(Fourteen years later, MacDonald was out of power, out of Parliament and largely discredited; but that's another story.)

I'm not somebody who feels there is any subject too raw, sensitive, or serious for popular entertainment (I can honestly say that I feel A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child largely informed my attitude towards abortion), and Earthquake effectively places the Katrina conflict in an artistic context, stressing, in its underhanded way, the power of community in bringing the best out of people following a catastrophe.

Her work has implications for how to tease out important ideological differences unfolding across the charter sector, as it relates to privatization, equity, and issues of power and control of teaching and learning in largely segregated and underserved Black / African American and Latino / a communities.

On my favorite back roads, I can largely leave the car in third gear and know there's always plenty of power to rocket me out of a turn.

Any sense of skill largely comes from knowing when is best to charge up your stun attack, mastering the countering skill, which must be bought, and memorizing foe's attack patterns to ensure your blocking shield doesn't run out of power.

US CO2 emissions have fallen in recent years, largely due it phasing out coal power stations in favour of natural gas.

Despite the fact that Cadillac engineers managed to squeeze an additional 22 lb - ft of torque out of the Volt's EREV propulsion system, that power increase is largely negated by the ELR's extra weight.

Angry voters threw him out of office in a special recall election in 2003, largely in reaction to the power crisis and his ham - fisted responses, making him only the second governor in U.S. history to be recalled.

As of 2013, US greenhouse gas emissions had fallen just 8.5 percent below 2005 levels, a drop that largely happened due to the recession, to a natural gas boom that pushed out dirtier coal power, and to a rise in vehicle efficiency.

The slow death of coal is reason to celebrate — coal - fired power is still the worst offender worldwide in terms of carbon emissions, and preserving a stable climate depends largely on phasing it out.

A key component of the CES is a subsidy plan to support the state's struggling nuclear power plants, which have been losing out in the marketplace largely due to cheap natural gas.

Therefore, we Canadian civil society organizations, who work for public welfare, call on our federal government to revive the powers of the Bank of Canada to provide funding to all levels of government in Canada, largely with interest - free loans, as was done between 1938 and 1974 with very low inflation, enabling our nation to break out of the Great Depression, to shoulder extraordinary responsibilities during World War II, and to prosper while building our infrastructure and highly valued social programs during some thirty post-war years.

It combines the power and productivity of a BlackBerry Bold with the recently - released BlackBerry OS 6.0 in a clamshell design that manages to be stylish despite sporting a form factor that's largely fallen out of fashion.

Samsung's had its chance (s) to bring out the big guns for the upcoming holiday season, largely spoiled by a series of unfortunate exploding events, companies like Sony, Acer, Asus and Lenovo shared the IFA 2016 spotlight, LG did everything in its power yesterday to rain on iPhone 7's parade, and now, it's finally time for Apple's big day.

Operated largely out of a fabrication shop in El Mirage, and Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant, assisting in the fabrication and welding of projects including panel fence sections, swinging fence gates, Truck mounted tool boxes, fuel cells, air conditioning ventilation stands etc..