Sentences with phrase «much under the thumb»

Second, while the public sphere appeals to many in schooling, keep in mind that the more «public» the oversight, the more likely it is that schools and teachers will be very much under the thumb of elected officials and voters.

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These groups were very much under psychiatrists» thumbs until after World War II.

It is hard to overstate how much the dynamic of the Assembly will change now that members are out from under Shelly's thumb.

Did the ribs on the back left under your thumb not move as much as the right?

After my hols, being very much under the impression that the pattern was a thumbs - up, I made two more versions.

She is a reluctant revolutionary, much more concerned with the fate of Peeta Mallark (Josh Hutcherson), confined to the captial and under the thumb of Snow.

We much prefer eReaders with buttons under both the left and right thumbs like the Kindle or Nook.

Lets not forget they werent able to do much while under at & ts thumb.

On the Pixel C the back and home keys are up against the left side of the screen, while the multi-tasking button falls nicely under thumb on the right, making them much easier to reach.

They're sensitive enough and feel good under your thumbs, but you can tell there's not as much room for you to push against them as is there are on traditional control sticks — something not everyone will notice, but a Switch Pro Controller will be necessary for everyone else.

Mann of course is much in the picture but more for his legal activity and Trenberth makes an appearance to bemoan the decline in support for the listing ship... Also, the beginning of throwing colleagues and formerly bosom buddies under the bus (Briffa, asserting himself and getting out from under Mann's thumb)... Gore is a good measure of the end of things, cashing in and closing shop before he has lost everything he gained from warming gravy train.

Whatever his political persuasion, he was an unconscionable fraudster with too much power under his thumb.

There is this principle called «due process» in our democracy that you seem to want to ignore that allows folks and organizations to resist the tyranny of bureaucrats with too much unelected power under their thumbs, my friend.

More new homes is a good thing for Las Vegas, which like much of the nation has been under the thumb of an inventory crisis that is sending home prices back up to pre-recession levels.