Sentences with phrase «to retain power»

But in public schools, parents retain some power of choice if, for example, they can afford to select their place of residence to place their children in a particular school district.

They will expect and they will find a system of thought which still retains its power to aid and to challenge our more usual modes of thinking.

Political institutions should retain power over economic ones even if they choose to give free reign to market forces within the community.

It has been to retain power at all costs - with no lie judged too great in its ruthless and relentless self - promotion.

Although most school districts retain the power to hire and fire teachers, 10 states now require that student scores be the main criterion in teacher evaluations.

The majority carefully noted that the government retained the power to make coverage decisions and to remove therapies from coverage.

No Israeli leader can retain power without responding strongly to the Palestinian threats to the personal security of Israeli citizens.

Hence, she bears all the responsibilities of publishing her book, in return retaining the power to make independent decisions about the content and presentation of the book.

The plan sponsor retains the power to make changes in the retirement plan investments and remains legally responsible and liable.

The system will retain power generated when demand is low and can be tapped when electricity consumption is highest or the wind is not blowing.

There, the right to discharge an attorney is a term of the contract and the client retains the power and right to discharge the attorney.

The lift station retained power or without only a short time.

He specifically cautioned that the party's leadership must be removed if it was really interested in retaining power in 2019.

Mr. Boateng also urged appointees under the Akufo - Addo led government to do same to ensure the NPP retains power for a long time.

The sewage retains power as well, so Reflection Lakes didn't have raw sewage backup onto the streets or lawns.

The new Andis Pulse ZR has the convenience of a cordless clipper while retaining the power of a corded tool.

The clichés of overpopulation and environmental destruction retain their power because they are based not only on establishment perceptions but on widely documented evidence.

I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again» (John 10:18), Jesus retained power even as he suffered, even as he died.

The Village Voice's Ross Barkan takes a deep dive look into why the progressive union 1199 SEIU is helping Republicans retain power in Albany.

The Christian conscience put forth valiant efforts to curb and redirect to its ends the traditions of the former «barbarians» by which the rulers emerged from the professional warriors and retained their power by prowess in battle and skill in directing their subjects in military objectives.

Westminster retains power and is notoriously reluctant to give it up.

Democrats have a numerical majority in the Senate, but Republicans retain power with the aid of Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a registered Democrat who sits with the GOP conference.

While we may have advanced from the days of the Spanish Inquisition and rule by threat of beheading and the gruesome torture practices of drawing and quartering or spike - ridden coffins, as a species we are still focused on retaining power at all costs.

The Senate retained its power to block supply, and the Governor - General the power to dismiss government ministers.

This hung parliament leaves the country wondering whether Gordon Brown's Labour Party can somehow retain power through a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, whose leader, Nick Clegg, turned out to be more popular than the party's platform — Clegg's poll numbers had dramatically risen after several national debates with Cameron and Brown, but the Lib Dems may earn fewer parliamentary seats than they did in 2005.

A superb study of teenage angst that still retains its power despite the number of inferior rip - offs that followed in its wake.

Immigrant Catholicism was, in fact, held together by the vigorous churchmen who retained their power over their flocks by exercising it regularly on an infinitely detailed category of behaviors, ranging from what the faithful could eat on Fridays to what they could think or do in the innermost chambers of their personal lives [«The End of the Immigrant Church,» Illinois Issues, August 1982, pp. 15 - 21].

Assures that the constituent states retain power over everything not spelled out by the Constitution.

The Chief Of Staff, Julius Debrah has tasked supporters and sympathizers of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Asutifi North Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region to embark on door - to - door campaign to ensure the party retains power after the December 7 polls.

Relentless on seeing the NDC retain power, he joined the party's campaign team and toured the length and breadth of the country with then President Mahama.

The United States was understood as a federation of states each of which retained those powers not delegated to the national government.

Going Dutch is not an option if you want retain power.

While some Chinese consumers have proposed a boycott of the hotel chain, the Cyberspace Administration retains the power to prevent websites and apps from operating in China — as it has done with Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Skype.

In local communities, Hassler suggests, ancient truths abide: words retain their power to save or ruin lives, good and evil can yet be distinguished, people remain accountable for their acts, and sin, penance, and absolution are still valid coin of the realm.

We are moving away from the notion of Christianity as a body of theoretical truths, while at the same time retaining the power of God's truth in discipleship.

That social issues retain the power to trip up Democrats ought to be obvious to anyone who followed the debate over health care.

And in a culture of skeptics who shrug at proofs for God, their stories retain the power to inflame hearts and transform lives.

Man retains his power of decision and his independence even in God's own plan.

For a large portion of the politiicians in office today (at least in the leadership positions), it's all about retaining power and control.

I believe that «thereisnogod» makes strong points about the ways in which religions have done horrible things to further their religion and retain power within society.

The plans have already been green - lighted by Haringey Council, but Johnson retained the power to overturn the issuing of planning permission.

The minorities often miss the British, who let their princes retain some power.

The move will not only bolster the IDC as a «permanent» third conference in the chamber, but also allow Republicans to retain some power regardless of the outcome of two undecided Senate races in the 46th and 41st districts.

A republican would argue that the slave remains unfree because the master retains the power to interfere.

The victory by Todd Kamsinky, who had retained Parskide as one of several consulting firms, sent the GOP into a numerical minority in the chamber, but they are able to retain power thanks to an alliance with Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder.