Sentences with phrase «more at the mercy»

In a society without notes and coins, they will be even more at the mercy of government systems to survive

The selection of dye colors for an ombre hairdo is more at the mercy of one's skin tone or complexion, and more importantly it is determined considering the natural tint of hair.

Does the novel suggest that the characters were more at the mercy of fate or free will?

You don't increase your chances of getting a deal by becoming less powerful and more at the mercy of Publishers.

It is hard to imagine a situation in which one person is more at the mercy of another person than when a patient is lying on the operating table.

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.

Explaining how Problem A, unresolved, will lead to Problem B, which will create Industry Trend C, is much more compelling than an ideal scenario that could ultimately be at the mercy of Industry Trend C, anyway.

Monetizing deficits has never been more attractive for the United States, which today benefits from its foreign lenders» willingness to be repaid in US funds, putting them at the mercy of the US dollar exchange rate.

Now, more than ever, moving some money out of your home country makes sense; if you keep all your wealth within one nation, particularly the nation in which you reside, you're at the utter mercy of that nation's exchange controls, tax confiscation, frivolous litigation, and bureaucratic extortion.

Of course you are still at the mercy of the economic cycle, but overall you have much more leeway in making wealth optimizing decisions.

De Gruchy might have placed more Catholic voices in his litany, including Pope Benedict XV, who commended forgiveness and reconciliation to European nations at the end of World War I, and Pope John Paul II, who also advocated mercy and forgiveness as political practices.

Conservatives value property for its own sake, of course; but they value it even more because without it all men and women are at the mercy of an omnipotent government.

When we finally acknowledge that books and lectures and sermons can not adequately contain what we want to say about God's love and God's mercy, we explode in doxology: «Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.

One was often at the mercy of the local lord or squire or, even more ghastly, of his wife.

It was a Christianity of mercy and philanthropy, which won the allegiance of the underprivileged and suppressed, that is to say, the mass of the population, more so than the Pauline theology that ultimately flowed into Neoplatonic philosophical theology of the educated minority (with literacy standing at about 15 percent).

one day at a time with the fresh Grace and mercy that is poured out on and in your heart to take and share with someone you might have hurt that is very dear to you, that is empowerment that is forgiveness that brings peace beyond all understanding KNOWING that there is NO ONE that Has control of your life any more, that is the freedom that not only did this UNITED STATES not fully recieve but is being stolen from them one citizen at a time, do they care ah let me see?

But, when we look at the gospel's and in particular Jesus's model to us of how to live and how to act, it is all about grace, love, mercy, forgiveness, tenderness, kindness...... Jesus did» nt say; «blessed are those who judge for they will be given more authority»!

In the Warta district members of the hierarchy were brutally beaten, the clergy were decimated in a frightful manner, seminars, numerous establishments of religious orders and all Catholic schools and associations were abolished, ecclesiastical property was expropriated, sisters were driven - from their convents, churches in large part were closed, wayside crosses and shrines were destroyed, Polish inscriptions on gravestones were effaced and loyalty to religion was made extremely difficult and was ridiculed in every conceivable manner and more than three million Polish Catholics were left completely outside the pale of the law and were at the mercy of the despotic whims of the National Socialists.

Perhaps if more Christians did their corporal acts of mercy in secular humanitarian institutions, or if we practiced Gospel ethics in the workplace even though it put a promotion or even our job at risk, the influence of the Gospel would be more widely spread.

I can't think of a more miserable thing than to be at the mercy of donors constantly.

It does seem like the grocery store is carrying them more often now, but I hate being at the mercy of whether or not they have them, since none of the local farms are growing them.

So lets take the ref out of this game and score several goals so we aren't at the mercy of a last minute penalty from a ref who is more than likely to award one against us.

Ozil — 7 — I would have given him more for his work, vision and passing but what was that awful ball about when he had the goal at his mercy?

As I've stated here before, the protests only made him more determined than ever not to be at the mercy of Arsenal fans.

«Undue influence» is an ambiguous phrase, so you're at the mercy of the section office — and sometimes, those officials are more suspicious of some schools than others because of previous issues.

«Loose stool is more formed and less frequent than diarrhea,» says Dr. Ashanti Woods, an attending pediatrician at Mercy Medical Center.

The core idea is that society — including the economy — should be structured so that everyone is secure from subjection to arbitrary power, from having to live «at the mercy» of more powerful others.

Legislator Dixon visited Mercy Nursing Facility to meet with intern Donovan Wallace, a Lackawanna resident and student at Global Concepts Charter School, to learn more about how the Youth CAN program has helped him in his pursuit to becoming a physical therapist.

On our side we're at the mercy of what they present us to vote on... We debate as best we can, but there should be more of it, more bills.»

In fact, I have come to think that as long as you are in the job market, you are at the mercy of people who may not like you due to other more subtle reasons.

This is a particularly destructive habit as it puts you at the mercy of others» expectations and desires for you, and nothing is more frustrating than losing control of your life.

«For one thing, climate change and rising carbon dioxide levels have created an environment that's more hospitable to the growth of allergens such as mold,» says Jay Portnoy, MD, director of allergy, asthma and immunology at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. «What's more, we're living in cleaner indoor environments these days, so our immune systems go into overdrive when we're exposed to something unfamiliar, like dust mites or fur.»

«Red meat has the most saturated fat, but skinless chicken breasts are not far behind — and actually have more cholesterol than red meat,» says Dana Simpler, MD, internal medicine doctor at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore.

The less informed will always be at the mercy of those that are more informed.

Looking over it, I learned that maybe I should have rested a bit more and maybe I wouldn't be at the mercy of this cold right now: (but it was sooo much fun!!

Synopsis: Mild - mannered U.S. businessman Harold Soyinka finds himself at the mercy of backstabbing colleagues, local drug lords and a black ops mercenary aft... [MORE]

Left in possession of his sprawling, remote home outfitted with a seemingly impenetrable high - tech security system and more motion - detector - sensored rooms than one man could possibly need, Shaun and her children soon find themselves at the mercy of a ragtag gang of thieves in search of a fortune stashed on the property.

Ulrich Seidl wants to be clear with his themes, but cryptic with their reveal; in diving into holidays of sex, religion and body image, he does much, much more than show women at the mercy of external forces.

Pure muscle moving together for speed, with a man atop them, vulnerable, at the mercy of the animal's trust.There are few things more thrilling than being atop a galloping horse at full speed, the wind ripping past you, the pounding of the hooves in your year and rattling yoiur spine, but at that moment you become one with the horse, as though you had become an appendage.

Journeyman director James McTeigue's better work (V for Vendetta, Sense8) has always maintained an element of social commentary: we sense him lingering when Burke tells Union «You are a woman, alone, at the mercy of strangers», which makes it even more cathartic whenever our resourceful heroine locates a weak spot.

We are at their mercy on this one, but one more tease and I'm calling this as good as confirmed.

He's the love child of David Mamet and a thirteen - year - old virgin at the mercy of pals handsomer and more popular than he, always trying to impress with his blue toughness without the maturity to understand that what made him cool way back when with Clerks wasn't his scatological horniness, but his intelligence and flashes of observational sophistication.

Mangold (like X-Men Origins: Wolverine's director, Gavin Hood) was at the mercy of the studio's script decisions, though a lower (or rearranged) budget could have resulted in a better ninja fight and a more comic accurate Silver Samurai.

Perhaps more importantly, there are no cameos from David Spade, Kevin James or Rob Schneider, so we can at least be thankful for small mercies.

EXTRAS: In addition to 12 commentary tracks with various cast and crew, there's a behind - the - scenes look at making the «Mother's Mercy» episode, a two - part featurette on the historical events that inspired George R.R. Martin's novels, a Season Five production diary, deleted scenes and much more.

Other than the story's weak points, there's also the problem that, while Le Chiffre has a creepy gimmick in the form of tear ducts that bleed, Bond's arch-nemesis finds himself at the mercy of other, lesser characters more than once.

Since 2010, Big Slick has donated more than $ 4.5 million to the Cancer Center at Children's Mercy, helping to pay for expansions to provide better stays for patients and families, for groundbreaking research and for the purchase of advanced medical equipment.

See, native mobile apps can use all kinds of features of the underlying OS, from custom controls and widgets, to access to various sensors, background processing and more, whereas mobile web apps are at the mercy of the mobile browser environment.

If you don't communicate the positives, then you are at the mercy of the critics who get all the attention simply because they are making more noise.