Sentences with phrase «not at the whim»

«We are not at the whims of short - term shareholders.

Of course, parents must make a decision based on the best possible outcome for each individual child and the family as a whole, and not at the whim of a young child.

However, there is an advantage in that you aren't at the whim of a traditional publisher, held to releasing a book only according to their schedule.

But apart from the (rather fundamental) rule of law point — that obligations need to have some legal authority for them to be binding — if they do want to impose such an obligation, it should be expressly set out in the Rules, with a corresponding commentary, so that lawyers know exactly what actions they have to take, or not take, to comply with their obligation (and, crucially, aren't at the whim of arbitrary diktats from the LSUC).

We are not at the whims of short - term shareholders.

This can provide a certain sense of autonomy since you're not at the whim of a doctor's will.

Not exact matches

«As entrepreneurs we like to think that the world bends at our whim, but it doesn't work that way,» says Amos Winbush III.

That way the protections couldn't be put in place or taken away at the whim of whichever party had a majority in the FCC.

I mean, think about areas outside of the United States that have high inflation rates, if you are a consumer there, in an oppressive regime, you want a way to have more control over your assets and not be at the whim of governments, so that's kind of how it all started.

So you are not totally at the whim of the lender; you know from the get - go what the interest rate cap is.

But you see, in forming the question # 4 to David, the artist didn't have permission, but drew on the wall at his / her whim.

«God doesn't mean for these to be relationships that we pick and choose at our whim among the many Christians «out there.»

That is an evil God, just because He created us doesn't mean we are His play things to torture at a whim.

The Judaeo - Christian placement of man at the apex of creation as trustee for the rest of nature certainly does not mean that nature may be manipulated to serve the whims of man.

In addition, one finds that this vision has been arrived at, not by personal whim, but by an approach to Christian theology in the context of the history of religions, an approach that is widely approved but rarely attempted.

the Christians hijacked pagan rituals at their whim, including Christmas... and now we re not supposed to mess (make it more inclusive) it?

Speaking personally, it means the grievous loss of something about Catholic observance which always used enormously to impress me as a non-Catholic: the spectacle of Catholics keeping their weekday obligations, often at enormous inconvenience to themselves: as an Anglican, for whom any liturgical obligation was essentially a matter of my own whim, this was immensely attractive: there was the sense that Catholics were under obedience, and that their religion was a real force in their lives, one not to be diverted by secular pressures or values.

Scriptural truth does not fundamentally change at the whim of the interpreter.

A coerced whip - line vote that imposes a radical and philosophically incoherent agenda on a country not at all sure it wants to go down that road is «democratic,» whereas a free vote on whether the state can re-define a basic human institution at its whim is undemocratic?

All of these considerations do not change the fact that for a long time American society has been organized around the image of the successful white Anglo - Saxon man, nor assuage the bitterness of those excluded from the central rewards of the society because of the fact of sex or race or age.22 Plato long ago pointed out that the tyrant who can gratify every whim is the greatest slave of all, because he is completely at the mercy of his own desires, but he did not mean that argument as an excuse for tyrants.

He thus referred the man to a look at his real motivation - desire for freedom to loose the bonds of matrimony not for legitimate reasons — adultery - but for whim.

If there's going to be a law it needs to address all those cases, not be at the whim of individual judges who have religious motivations.

If God can change the laws of science at a whim, then science can not be used to prove anything.

I think I like that size because (a) it reminds me of the small country churches my grandparents attended (and my grandfather would sometimes «speak» at, since they often couldn't afford a full - time clergy, so were at the whims of circuit riders), and (b) because that gives me a «monkeysphere» (a folksy explanation of Dunbar's number).

I made the same mistake earlier this year when I picked up an entire flat of strawberries on a whim... I ended up spending the next two days making strawberry jam and strawberry shrub and strawberry liqueur and frozen strawberry puree, and by the end I was pretty much okay with not looking at another strawberry for the rest of the summer.

In addition, for anyone not available to participate in the winery's on - site experience, or for those wishing to recreate a similar experience at home, the winery offers a special collection package: Wine, Whim & Song, Volume I, which includes three Francis Ford Coppola wines and a complete CD featuring several dynamic artists along with pairing notes and more insight into this revolutionary program.

So I stumbled across this recipe weeks ago and did nt make it, and last night I was flipping through my bookmarks and on a whim, got up and made it at 11:30.

They still talk about the yowls that George used to emit at games, yowls that came not on mere whim but at precisely the right moment.

Glasnow shouldn't be at the whim of the umpire who doesn't feel like he has «earned» those calls on the edges.

We also aren't, so far, at the mercy of the whim of a single oligarch or dictator, and that means that we're existing and prospering on the basis of our own strength.

It was purchased at Tolt Yarn and Wool on a whim, not certain then what I'd make with it - the color was one I just couldn't resist.

You don't chase a baby, you may bow down to his every whim and never sleep at night but you don't start chasing until that baby begins to run from you.

At 5 months, when he is playing on the floor and fusses lightly, I walk in to remind him I haven't left and try to soothe him vocally because I am able to realize that he doesn't need me to respond to his tiny whims.

I'd like to open up another discussion about it, but pick your brains for ideas about training a non-only child who is at the whim of an older child's schedule, and also for training a child (who isn't so sure about it) when there's a childcare issue involved.

«I would stick with what I'm good at and not start making random things on a whim, which take up a lot of my time and end up staying in my shop for only a couple of weeks.

Formula was perfect for me and my fiancé because he was able to get up with her and feed her in the night as well as being able to have sleepovers at her nana and papa's on a whim (not having to prepare and pump enough milk before hand).

What you want to say: If you think enduring endless messes and never - ending whining of little people whose moods change on a whim and who may or may not throw food at you is easy, then yes.

Instead, they will end up with self - centered children who are frustrated because they can't truly express themselves only whatever whim or attention - getting notion is capturing their imagination at the moment.

I knew that I wouldn't get to do all the things I used to do, to take vacations on a whim or meet my friends for coffee at the drop of a hat.

How would the people in US, especially those who most like to pillory Iran for not being docile and compliant, react if a bunch of foreigners, led by Iranians, wanted to come into the US and, completely at their own whims, go to any facility, unannounced, to poke around and inspect them?

«It's increasingly being recognised that people aren't pushed and pulled at the whim of technologies, nor does what people think always direct how people actually act.»

«At the most basic level the taxation of aviation fuel is governed by international law and can not be changed at a whim,» he saiAt the most basic level the taxation of aviation fuel is governed by international law and can not be changed at a whim,» he saiat a whim,» he said.

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

Samuels» ultimate goal is a constitutional amendment that would make redistricting reform permanent and not subject to the whims of the Legislature, which could amend at will any statute passed to change the system.

I must say it would be politically and morally wrong to think that taking money from a politician and voting with your conscience but not at the dictate of the politician's whims and caprices is a sin and morally wrong.

«This senator has failed to understand that you can not create party executives at your whim.

Further, the Government has made known its intention to «mainstream mo torcycling» as part of its transport planning, therefore it makes sense to exempt motorcycles by legislation, not just by local regulation at the whim of a Local Authority say the BMF.

For centuries, our senior police constables have made operational decisions not at the behest of government and the political whims of the day, but based on their professional view of how best to uphold the law and keep the peace, dealing with everything from petty theft to major terrorist plots.

But he stressed that the new statistics indicate the need for a full - time chief diversity officer, noting that once such a role is codified, it will not «be at the whim of changing administrations.»

An election decided by two votes and at the whim of judicial decisions is not something you see too often.