Sentences with phrase «powerful forces working»

The law is complex and there are powerful forces working against you.

And this task is now very challenging, with powerful forces working against us.

«Here's the situation — we have powerful forces working against us,» he told Education World.

This inordinate loyalty to blood and soil may be the single most powerful force working against the integration of the world society during this transition period.

Luckily there was a very powerful force working in favor of finding a resolution: Time.

Not exact matches

He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this agreement is that you've got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»

Compound interest is a powerful force, and if you get it to work for you, it can be your secret weapon to financial independence.

We are acutely conscious that history may offer limited guidance in assessing the net impact of the disparate and very powerful forces that are at work.

In my experience, working with sales and marketing to identify and agree on the questions that constitute each stage (or sub-stage) of the buying process can be a powerful aligning force, getting everyone to realize that buying is a buyer - driven process, and to agree that there are things that need to happen before you can expect to close the sale, today, regardless of where the buyer is in the process.

There are powerful forces at work which are likely to negatively impact the entire health sector.

Finally, there are powerful sociological and economic forces at work.

For all of our observable forces to work something has to be holding them together, something more powerful than all of them combined.

It is incumbent upon us to make peace, to love all people, to discern the powerful current of all things moving back to God and participate in this reconciling force that the scriptures say is at work in the world.

Plus there are powerful forces at work, not just our own, attempting to keep us enmeshed.

Thomas Peters, a Catholic activist who blogs at AmericanPapist, said there are powerful forces at work when cardinals gather to elect a pontiff.

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

In Jesus» message and activity, God's powerful and empowering reign of love is already making itself felt, but only in the midst of ongoing conflict between God's power of love and the forces of chaos widely at work to thwart it.

Not sure i am convinced because how do you explain the verse an eye for an eye in the old testament there have always been consequences for wrong doing and stiill are for sin.If we believe the word then that word is from God not satan.As far as satan is concerned he uses violence as his tools of trade he works on our fears and is limited to robbing stealing and destroying he does nt have anything else.Violence confirms to us that there is a spiritual battle going on both on the earthly plane and in the heavenlys and the battle is over souls.The verse the kingdon of heaven is expanding and violent people take it by force is referring to that spiritual battle and as satan uses violence to expand his dominion so does God use violence to counter him.So what does he mean by that term for me i think it is saying that the the force of evil that satan uses or violence is overcome by a greater violence or force a more powerful one that being the Love of Christ.Through the cross we see that clearly portrayed and in our lives that very same battle is still happening right now for dominion be clear if we walk in the flkesh satan will have dominion over us but if we walk according to the spirit and abide in Christ we have freedom from our old nature.and satan.He can oppose us but he wont be able to influence us if we are in Christ.

Many other forces were at work, including the powerful commercial broadcasters who wanted to be free from regulation at least as much as the religious broadcasters.

A Christianity without Christian formation is no match for the powerful social forces at work within our society.

Critics are swift to point out that the powerful chairman of The Rangers Club, John Lawrence, a millionaire builder, must have a work force that is about 30 % Catholic.

By understanding the powerful and often conflicting forces at work as you take on fatherhood and a family, you'll increase your prospects for pulling through and coming out the other side a stronger man, with a stronger marriage, and a family that makes all your efforts and sacrifices incredibly worthwhile.

THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK.

When you superimpose on all of these little blank slates the powerful external forces at work to promote poor eating choices — coupled with the fact that processed, unhealthful foods are generally delicious — it's surprising indeed if any child chooses the brown rice over the pizza slice.

If by definition the ultimate measure of evolutionary success is reproducing successfully, the fact that women and newborns frequently died in childbirth suggests that powerful selective forces must be at work.

Reardon, a high school teacher with limited resources and minimal political juice, says he never could have dispatched such a powerful incumbent were it not for the help of a relatively new political force in Oregon: the Working Families Party.

The endorsement is notable as one of Ms. Meng's opponents, Assemblyman Rory Lancman, has been gobbling up some of the most politically powerful labor forces, such as the Working Families Party, SEIU 1199, and the RWDSU.

The Labour left is the single most powerful political force seeking to defend the working class against Blair's attacks.

Nevertheless, platforms like these could potentially be a powerful force to promote positive adviser - advisee relationships and empower early - career scientists to find environments that work for them.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator (when it's working), is designed to explore the most fundamental aspects of matter — the particles that make up everything we know and the forces that govern them.

Atomic force microscopy is based on powerful technology that works a little like a miniature turntable.

But on the other hand, although this will force you to work with lighter loads, you will still be able to get a powerful training effect while reducing the pressure on the joints.

Working as a team, many fibers apply powerful enough forces to dislodge the dirt (loosened with a small amount of water) and carry it away, leaving the surface naturally dirt - free.

Factor 2 was engineered to deliver powerful muscle - building results on its own, but works even more effectively when stacked with other premium Force Factor products.

Through South Africa's infernal Kalahari Desert, Lucas is pitted against ruthless adversaries and powerful forces at work behind the scenes to ensure his defeat.

Older students were working side by side with younger students, providing an incredibly powerful motivating force.

As part of my work this year, I've created this online space and this Twitter account where teachers can find student voice resources and classroom spotlights where student voice is a powerful driving force in both teacher and student growth.

SFER (Students for Education Reform) is a student - led movement that champions educational equity... SFER organizes students to be a powerful force for K - 12 education policy and political change, through campus chapters that work at the national, state, and local levels to organize and advocate for great teachers and quality school choices for all kids.»

(This is an open letter to my fellow bloggers who are standing tall and brave and doing the hard work of speaking up against powerful and intimidating forces to fight to inject some sanity into the conversation about education.)

I think agents can become a powerful, impresarial force for talented authors, but they're going to have to work in some new ways — to wit, the idea I'm positing here of finding and partnering with promising people earlier, rather than forcing the writers to bear the entire brunt of «proof of performance» before ever getting to the starting gate.

But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work — both natural and man - made — threatening to destroy him.

Word of mouth is the single most powerful force in selling a creative work.

There are powerful forces at work, and they stand ready to help you keep that blog — and your dreams of gathering a community — alive.

I like to think this happy coincidence is in fact the work of some powerful force beyond our mere mortal reckoning — that the world's quintessential time travel movie has some sort of cosmic accord with its preeminent time travel video game.

To begin with the grid forces you down certain paths, but as you advance through the game it will gradually begin to open up, allowing you the chance to deviate characters from their originally prescribed paths, for instance giving Black mage Lulu healing spells or, with enough work, making the mighty swordsman Auron into an equally powerful wielder of magic.

The new job system restricts characters from becoming too powerful and forces them to play their roles, which works.

If you have 60 - 70 % of your customer base with a score between 9 - 10, congratulations, you have a powerful customer's sales force working for you.

Kara Maria's abstract compositions contain arrays of charged figural elements that together question powerful forces at work in our culture today.

If his work looks primitive, Gottlieb said, «all primitive expression (like the myths) reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces.»

Two separate works by South African artists Candice Breitz and Mohau Modisakeng come together in one of the most powerful installations to address forced migration at the Biennale, where it's a frequent theme.