Sentences with phrase «left at the mercy»

Your dependence on other people leaves you at their mercy and that's a method that can easily fail.

It promises a way for clergy to recover control of a profession that increasingly leaves them at the mercy of demands on their time and energy that have marginal relationship to the heart of their calling.

The poverty of our ancestors left them at the mercy of climate changes, and the results were awful.

The collapse of a man's Weltanschauung leaves him at the mercy of the third type of anxiety — his existential anxiety.

If the biological family fails — as many now do — then the developing person is left at the mercy of other subcultures: the imperialistic «peer group.»

You leave yourself at the mercy of the ref.

Left at the mercy of extremist fascists: another victim of May's commitment to create a «hostile environment» for migrants.

The dissenter, Ohene Boakye whose crime was to only disagree with Akufo - Addo's extol of Wontumi for his reckless conduct against the MP for Manhyia north, was left at the mercy of dogs of Akufo - Addo led by Captain Koda.

Without representation, workers become powerless and are left at the mercy of profit - driven bosses.

You find fellow Ghanaians standing in open places; some left to wait at street shoulders and roundabouts with no one caring about the associated risk posed by motorists; others are left at the mercy of the vagaries of the weather — to these embassies, they couldn't be bothered if the sun is scorching, if it's raining or even if there is a category five hurricane — they simply don't seem to care,» he noted.

This is particularly pernicious in the case of children without parents or guardians, who are now often being left at the mercy of authorities without anyone representing their interest.

The laws of the land are therefore left at the mercy of interpretation by enforcers at the risk of the lives of innocent citizens who are only seeking their rights in a peaceful protest.

Last week ended with a speech by Jeremy Corbyn in which he lashed out at a Brexit strategy which would take away workers» rights and industrial standards and leave us at the mercy of US corporations in a Tory free market paradise.

This was two clear months before it would suddenly emerge in October that 100 Chevrolet Spark, 150 Chevrolet Aveo and 100 Izusu bus vehicles, ordered by MASLOC in 2016, had been left at the mercy of the weather to rot.

Citi News can confirm that the vehicles handed over to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) in 2016 on hire purchase by the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre [MASLOC], have been left at the mercy of the weather.

Engineering early embryos was mentioned as a plausible route, but unless many genome edits can be done at once our project's timeline is left at the mercy of the birds» natural life cycle.

Armed with an absurd product pitch and short on the charisma or quick thinking needed to convince local businessmen of his sincerity, Jimmy soon finds himself out of funds, leaving him at the mercy of those who promise to help him stay in the place he's gambled away his entire livelihood to be.

Now she's left at the mercy of the hosts like everyone else.»

But he gradually gains our sympathies, particularly when the government siphons his paychecks and he's left at the mercy of a sinister, know - nothing coach.

In fact, there exists the possibility of running out of stickers, leaving you at the mercy of Bowser's minions if you can't run away.

With financial problems mounting up, Wendy is left at the mercy of the local residents, whose own kindnesses and cruelties have a disproportionate impact on the vulnerable traveler.

It leaves them at the mercy of political sloganeers who cherry - pick the Constitution.

But parochial schools are one of the largest (if not the largest) alternatives to the American public - education system, and their steady decline inordinately affects urban low - income minorities who would otherwise be left at the mercy of public schools that have proven incapable of educating them.

If safety is a primary concern, it's all great stuff to have except for one glaring flaw: the adaptive cruise control cuts out once you slow to 15 mph, leaving you at the mercy of the laws of physics, which will send you slowly coasting into the car in front unless you're paying close attention.

It's also a ticket magnet, simply because it's so serene at speed that you'll invite unwanted attention from a variety of black and white Fords, leaving you at the mercy of the thin blue line.

Or else, in the absence of the phones, one will be left at the mercy of third party apps or those sourced from the net.

* artificially because the hardware will still be fine, but the manufacturer will stop supporting it, so you're left at the mercy of the hacking community for further updates.

You'll wait weeks for access to your own money and there is no direct line to the resolution center... leaving you at the mercy of friendly, but relatively helpless customer service reps (and supervisors).

In an emergency, you can't turn to a credit card, which leaves you at the mercy of predatory lenders.

A: I don't want to be left at the mercy of those trading rapidly in the markets.

Your investments are too important to leave it at the mercy of the market (index funds or closet index funds)

Since there is no record left of the transactions, the debtors can often be left at the mercies of relentless junk debt collections agents who cant testify with uncanny assurances that you still owe the debt, and they can do it often.

Volunteers are risking their lives to save tens of thousands of animals left at the mercy of a rumbling volcano on the tourist island of Bali, making perilous trips into the red zone to relocate them.

However, as a soldier on the ground Commander's can also be a source of frustration as they rain down missiles and use UAV scanners to highlight you for the enemy, especially if your team has no Commander, leaving you at the mercy of the enemy Commander.

Without platforms like Kickstarter, many games would never come to life, which would leave us at the mercy of big studios.

That leaves you at the mercy of online sellers and local vintage game shops.

No matter what, you're left at the mercy of a disappointingly anemic selection of abilities, all of them revolving around Styx's primary two.

The room housing her exhibit is sealed off from all natural light, leaving you at the mercy of a gallery attendant's torch beam.

Business Secretary John Hutton told the Labour Party conference that clean coal technology and a «renaissance in nuclear power» were needed if we weren't to leave ourselves at the mercy of gas imports from unstable and unfriendly foreign regimes.

By driving them into unsafe streets, often leaving them at the mercy of potentially drunken, violent or sexually reckless clients who spurn condom use, it violates their constitutional guarantee to «security of the person.»

Without people like you, people like my mother would be drowned in an unfeeling system leaving them at the mercy of people who subscribe to characterizations of the... [immigrant welfare mom].»

So what will the clients — mainly women — do to ensure that they are not left at the mercy of recalcitrant husbands rather than the protection of the courts?

But the good news is that quality nursing home insurance puts you in control of what's ahead instead of leaving you at the mercy of Medicare or Medicaid benefits.

User removable batteries are never going to return, at least not in the foreseeable future, leaving us at the mercy of sockets and power banks.

Not exact matches

Without a customer segment, venturing into the food truck business is more like going for fishing into the mystic waters and it is not wise to leave business up to the chances or at mercy of the luck.

According to CAS International, the largest anti — bullfighting organization in the world, every year more than 250,000 bulls and cows are left at the blood sport's mercy.

The volatile scheduling practices have affected her personal life as well, leaving both her husband and 10 - year - old son at the mercy of her employer.

Critics say they suppress wages, weaken the collective bargaining authority of unions and leave workers at the mercy of employers in negotiations over pay, benefits and working conditions.

When Betty gets home after leaving Chic at the mercy of the Black Hood, Betty asks where her dad is and then gets a suspicious look in her eye.

Such a severe penalty leaves room for God's grace and mercy (totally underserved) for those who believe in Jesus sacrificial death on the cross at Calvary and His redemptive resurrection.