Sentences with phrase «measure of power»

He is a powerful spiritual being, who retained certain measure of power after his fall which was due to his rebellion.

Or the electric motors can provide a strong measure of power atop that of the combustion engine.

The New York Times writes, «There is no better measure of the power of the health care issue than this: Sixteen months before Election Day, presidential candidates in both parties are promising to overhaul the system and cover more — if not all — of the 44.8 million people without insurance.»

Its nearness is also a qualitative measure of its power in affecting the present, a power which has already come to be felt.

Generally, an ATV's engine size is a good measure of its power:

Although all the subjects had no previous training experience, those who used the unstable exercises saw virtually the same improvements as the stable group in squat jump height, one - rep max back squat and bench press, and measures of power after seven weeks — indicating that unstable training can be equally as effective as conventional workouts for training multiple qualities.

Fasting is a way of receiving from God an extra measure of power and connection to the Father that is not normally available to someone.

To aid interpreting the power of each comparison, particularly the negative data, we calculated several measures of power (see Table 1).

One study showed the simple act of adding a velocity - monitoring unit to one exercise in an entire training program, the jump squat, allowed for significant improvements in measures of power vs. those who followed the exact same program, but did not monitor the jump squat externally.

The M35h melds equal measure of power, sport, luxury, technology and exceptional fuel economy — features I think place it on top of the luxury hybrid heap.

Some may find that Joyce's long - suffering common - law wife, Nora Barnacle, is not given the full measure of her power and influence here.

Whether one possesses godlike powers or not, it is never a true measure of their power.

A recent study in Nature by Emanuel (2005) examined, for the first time, a statistical measure of the power dissipation associated with past hurricane activity (i.e., the «Power Dissipation Index» or «PDI» — Fig. 2).

Much of the time, organizations are bound by rules which are really little more than gentlemen's agreements in practice, and once some of the organization's members gain a certain measure of power they gain the ability to twist every interpretation in their favor.

«You've most likely heard the saying that a measure of power is how long you can keep people waiting.

The 40 Under 40 is a measure of power and influence.

Only the vigorous pressure of those groups that have increased their capacity for voluntary order can force the state to relinquish some measure of its power.

In order to accomplish his goal, Laud used every measure of power available to him.

The church itself is often guilty of using a measure of power.

By the end of the experimental time frame, the short - term power densities — a measure of power produced per unit of mass — of the fuel cells had tripled.

The skill of breaking wooden boards by kicking or punching is used as a measure of power and accuracy, but it should only be attempted once you've had some training.

The total distance covered needs to be converted into a measure of power.

Those Federal School Waivers: It Ain't Over Yet The waivers that eight large California school districts got this week from U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan are yet another measure of the power of the federal law they tried to escape from.

As education secretary, DeVos will be in the ideal position to roll back the mess of federal regulations that have hamstrung teachers and kept students in failing schools, to restore to states a measure of power over their own education systems, and to help make the government a resource for, not an impediment to, student success.

Horsepower is a measure of power, while torque is a measure of an engine's twisting force on the driveline.

Not that scale is a measure of the power of a piece of art, and his murals are quite larger than these new sculptures; yet this new series of work towers above what he has done before.

The average cost in 2017 to install solar systems ranged from a little over $ 2,000 per kilowatt (kilowatts are a measure of power capacity) for large - scale systems to almost $ 3,700 for residential systems.

Can this wattage (the measure of power, after all) be harnessed?

If nothing else, you get to be a member of a hated, feared and envied class of folks who have a measure of power that other citizens don't have.