Sentences with phrase «little power over»

Some people see addiction as a disease in which addicts are afflicted and have little power over the cause or onset of addiction - to be a pre-disposition (the «addictive personality»).

The developmental literature shows that parents who perceive themselves as having little power over their lives are more likely to engage in coercive and punitive parenting practices.2 It is therefore not surprising that the NHVP was most helpful to those families who at the start of the programme perceived themselves as having the least control over their lives.3 In their work with high risk families, one of the most crucial roles clinicians can have is in actively empowering their clients, as did the nurses in the NHVP.

I can handle things like changing my computer's power settings and switching to CFLs, but I have precious little power over insulating the roof and changing out the heating thermostats.

A December 2014 letter from Cuomo's office to the regents chancellor said, «The Governor has little power over education, which is governed by the Board of Regents.»

The power to «friend» and «unfriend,» to draw groups which include and exclude, is a difficult thing to resist, online or off, for people who have very little power over any other part of their lives.

De Blasio's ostensible allies among the Senate Democrats are more aligned with the teachers» union view that mayoral control gives parents and local school boards too little power over city schools.

«As you know, the Governor has little power over education, which is governed by the Board of Regents.

Ancient rules and customs will have little power over a mind that can soar thousands of miles at the speed of light.

Even these entities have little power over newer drugs under patent or drugs with only one manufacturer.

Not exact matches

While the rich don't necessarily put much stock in furthering wealth through formal education — many of the most successful people have little formal education — they appreciate the power of learning long after college is over, Siebold explains.

Anker's USB - C PD (Power Delivery) charger is actually a little faster than the one Apple ships with the MacBook, and the company sent one over for me to try.

Unlike many central banks, Canada's monetary authority has little regulatory power over the banking system.

Once I actually get started, I will go into high powered debt repayment and saving mode.my wife and I are paying debt and doing some savings, to the tune of a little over $ 10k / yera.

Too often, independent contractors have little power to negotiate with their clients over pay and benefits.

One solar - powered Little Sun light lasts for two to three years before needing a battery replacement, and can save households up to 90 % over three years compared to what they would have spent on kerosene.

Little - understood is that the Fed has vast powers over how the financial system works — credit standards, check - clearing systems, community lending.

And where others see little regard for Main Street, Obama sees a focus on how the government can do more to bolster the economic prospects of poor - and middle - class Americans, and someone who would carry those concerns to the Fed, which has vast powers over interest rates and the financial system.

I'm always dismayed, for example, by how confidently analyts and economists talk about the relationship between monetary policy and economic outcomes, when the fact is that the level of interest rates, changes in interest rates, and changes in the monetary base provide very little additional forecasting power for GDP, over and above forecasts based on lagged changes in GDP itself.

Over time, the stock market has reached new records, powered by economic and earnings growth.2 We expect both to continue: The domestic economy is picking up a little speed, helped by improving growth in the rest of the world, and company earnings have benefited from better sales, the weaker dollar and still - low interest rates.

But it is really healthier for the mind to leave behind all the characters that people over the centuries have invented or given powers to, for which there is little or no foundation.

The gospel lays bare the motivations of our heart to reveal that many of our battles over the gospel are little more than struggles for control between power - hunger people.

Greider portrays the economy as a system in which individual people have very little voice or decision - making power over their own lives.

Man chose satan as their god and have had the chance to show what they could do without their creator and his ideas, principles and laws but it has not been pretty and as Jesus taught that satan is «The ruler of this world», «the god of this system» etc.but for «a little while longer» and the Creator will take his wisdom, justice, power and love and take over to show what was intended from the beginning.for scriptures (see 1 John 5:19, Rev. 12:9 - 12, Luke 22:31, Matt.25: 41, 1 Pet.5: 8,9, John 8:44,45) and so many others for those who care.

People refuse to believe in a higher power because they are scared little boys (and girls) who fear what they do not understand (that's the «get over yourself» part.)

Until a little over a century ago the papacy was itself a temporal power, one of the major states of Italy, and it remains to this day a sovereign state recognized diplomatically by many nations.

And sprinkle over a little more cacao power (optional).

That's right, a little «girl power» is taking over the traditional Irish sandwich made with corned beef and replacing it with turkey!

Just in time for that memorable week - end where, you might remember, I was stuck without power for a little over 45 hours after a major storm hit the entire province of Québec.

Slaw was good, would have preferred a 1:1 with regular oil and sesame, it was a little over powering.

It's not over powering, but adds the perfect subtle flavoring to creamed corn (which can sometimes be a little bland).

i have adjusted it a little: — 2 stalks of celery — 1 carrot — 1 zucchini — 1/2 broccoli — power boiled black eyed beans with a powdered shitake «stock» i got from thailand — 1 sprig of the following: fresh oregano, thyme and rosemary (took the rosemary out after the onion had browned but left the rest in)-- 2 fresh bay leaves dried over time (they just do not compare to the packaged ones) and i will chop up kale and add just at the end, and also make some kale chips to sprinkle on top.

Chunky Monkey Smoothie from Plant - Powered Families will go over brilliantly with the little ones.

I've learned a thing or two about stuffing over the years, and the one thing I've taken away each year, is that you can never underestimate the power of butter, or a little bit of chicken stock.

When looking at the Weekly Results and Tiebreakers — more so for Power Rankings than for potential Playoff Seeding (so many weeks to go...)-- the resumes of these Teams do little to give one Team the nod over the other..

Despite a rare power outage that shut down the action at the Superdome for a little over 30 minutes, the two teams eventually made it back out onto the field to keep everyone's gambling addiction at bay.

With just a little over 2 months until the ceremony, Paddy Power has posted odds for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.

With a little over five minutes left until the break, Son powered onto a fine Ben Davies pass and drove into the area before unleashing an angled shot that fizzed just past the far post.

Why go through a nightly fight over bedtime when you can be a little crafty, sidestep the power struggle entirely, and make it a nonissue?

Be healthy, great — but it won't increase the amount of power you have over this process, which is really very little.

The Wanderlust Plus Quilt, Little Wife Power House: Quilts are so important in a family's history — they are full of snuggles, warm memories and they only get softer over time!

At the moment there is little appetite among member states for the EU to be given more powers over taxation.

A little over 20 years later there was a woman Prime Minister and 60 years later the influence and power of women in the House of Lords is beyond doubt.

First in his original budget, and then in the 30 - day amendments released last Friday, Cuomo placed controversial ethics and education reforms in appropriations bills, over which the Legislature is afforded very little power under the state Constitution.

Ed notes that you can also influence the conversation on YouTube itself using the power of the vote: «Turns out you can vote comments up / down more than once with a time delay so a little persistence allows people to take over the conversation.»

Lawmakers from both parties in the Assembly and Senate have chafed in recent years over Gov. Andrew Cuomo exercising this power over policy in the spending plan, be it pushing through new criteria for teacher evaluations or an increase in the minimum wage the Legislature contends has little to do with the state's overall finances.

George Pataki by the Assembly, which believed he was overstepping his executive powers by inserting policy into appropriations bills, over which the Legislature has very little control.

Gibson has been slamming Murphy for voting «yes» on the health care reform bill — a vote that came only after considerable lobbying by the Democratic powers - that - be, including the president, who had the freshman congressman over for a little Oval Office chat.

Not shy about bringing a little elbow into the game, Rivera is taking on the incumbent Democratic senator in the adjoining district, Jeff Klein, over his defection from the rest of the conference and leadership of a five - member rump faction that caucused and shared power with the Republicans in the past two years.

This will provide MPs with the opportunity to debate the current lack of protection for pubs, the fact that local communities have so little say over the future of their local, despite clear «moral ownership» of their local pubs - and will also suggest ways in which the planning system can be changed to ensure that local residents have the powers they need to protect their local pubs.

However, just a little over a year, Dr. Bawumia's NPP is in power, Bawumia is head of the Economic Management Team, and it has just been confirmed that the government has rather opted to continue the program for another year.