Sentences with phrase «more power over someone»

With their record these days, I don't want them gaining more power over me.

MPs are today debating Conservative proposals to give councils far more power over how their local communities are run.

Words and actions create impressions that may take on more power over time.

But the bill also gives the school board far more powers over the charter schools than boards in other cities have.

Does this give people more power over their lives?

I think schools would definitely improve if these types of teachers, who exist at most schools, were permitted to have more power over decisions at their school sites.

The universal remote gives its users more power over their own home devices.

And it also means more powers over public services.

It also gives you a bit more power over which users have this restriction.

Therefore, they are able to exert more power over women in their relationships.

They would have more power over resources and information than at any other time in human history.

The states have more power over individual policy but are restricted by the broad regulations.

I think players are probably scared of giving the league more power over them.

Hence, they do not fight toe and nails to have more power over others.

«That gives those foods more power over us,» she says.

Principals report exercising more power over matters like teacher evaluation, but they remain equally responsible for traditional activities, like setting school discipline.

Those unpaid property taxes hold more power over a lien than any other rights the lender has.

We hope our students will continue to have more power over how and where they learn.

The catch is that mining on major public blockchains tends to require more and more power over time, as more people invest in more powerful hardware.

The White House and the Blue Dogs would both like to squeeze more money out of reform — for example, by giving more power over setting Medicare reimbursement rules to an independent commission instead of Congress.

Education Secretary Michael Gove said heads would get more powers over discipline and that teacher training would be shaken up.

Hank proceeds to harangue Doc every time that Doc shoots up; whining, begging, insulting, sniveling, and cajoling, Hank wields even more power over Doc dead than alive, and his poltergeist - like sensibilities provide comic relief as well as highlight Doc's own sense of regret for his role in Hank's fatal overdose.

• From 1971 to 1985, under three International Olympic Committee presidents, Monique Berlioux, as director, wielded more power over a broader spectrum of sports than any woman ever has.

Both the Assembly and Senate want more power over choosing the exact sites for the casinos and selecting the vendors to run the gambling centers.

FEATURE: Les Davis and Bill Beament are two of the Western Australian gold industry's most influential people, but the person who has infinitely more power over gold in WA than the chief executives of Silver Lake and Northern Star doesn't live here.

It moves Supreme Court races to a merit selection system, but places much more power over the 15 member Judicial Nominating Commission in the legislature

Cuomo has insisted that proposal is aimed at the Legislature trying to assert more power over economic development spending, which he opposes.

Jeremy Corbyn hopes his efforts to give Labour members more power over the party will help him sweep into Downing Street.

EU states set to have more power over setting own VAT rates (RTÉ) I missed this story in all the new Kindle excitement, but it is an important one.

Although the new arrangements for individual affiliation to the Labour Party will not come in until after the next election, Unite has already struck back, announcing that the number of its members affiliating directly to the labour Party has halved to about 500,000 — meaning the amount of funding to Labour would fall by # 1.5 m. Unite boss Len McCluskey has said the new rules will give the unions more power over their political funds.

Retrofitted wind turbines could produce as much as 50 percent more power over time, CEO John McDonald states.

The 2015 Mini Cooper S adds more power over its previous generation but retains good fuel economy.

* The application of continuously variable valve timing technology (MIVEC) to both intake and exhaust camshafts realizes valve timing optimally matched to engine speed and load to stabilize combustion characteristics and allow the engine to develop more power over the full rev range.

Greater Manchester has negotiated these powers but has also agreed devolution of more powers over criminal justice and health and social care.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner today mounted a last - ditch, double - barreled attack against recently passed legislation which, if it survives her challenge, would give the city council more power over the planning commission.

However, as the protocols of Web 3.0 continue to be built, we are given a choice for a new internet framework that gives creators of information more power over those who seek to influence us.

Outstanding analysis of how to make content more productive (generate more sales) by aligning it with the needs of the buyer in this digital information age when buyers are gaining more power over sellers (the rise of the buying cycle and the decline of the selling cycle).

To replace the Treasury conducting its fiscal operations independently from the banking system, New York banks urged more power over public finances and to establish the Federal Reserve to increase the supply of money (a more «elastic» issue) in response to banking needs.

Somehow Tony the Tiger seems to have more power over kids than I imagine this video would.

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

After a conference in which the ministers were falling over themselves to praise Theresa May's action in promoting the Modern Day Slavery Act, it's shocking that the government is pressing forward with a scheme that gives rogue landlords more power over vulnerable migrants, and creates a two - tier housing market for British and non-British people.

The change that also affects CUNY contracts came when Cuomo took office and moved swiftly to accrue more power over state funds and eliminate what he termed «duplicative and wasteful» review of contracts.

During the three - and - a-half-hour-long meeting, public officials and residents repeatedly talked about the need to give Staten Island more power over decisions that affect life on the island.

Just for reference, a typical large factory boss in USSR (even after Stalin), or in China, has infinitely more power over random worker than any CEO of a western company.

But the mayor said it would «stimulate local democracy» and giving more powers over spending to elected councillors «would electrify politics and it was high time we did it».