Sentences with phrase «so little influence»

He's been sidelined during the campaign by a prime minister reportedly ready to replace him and was struggling before it, so it seems odd to pin the Tories» troubles on a man with so little influence.

But disillusionment with Wilson's leadership, the IMF crisis and the realisation that Labour members had so little influence on our own government soon pushed me to the Left.

It's that high culture has so little influence on popular culture — which wasn't always the case.

Not exact matches

The Muslim culture in Sind did not receive much influence from its Arab rulers since the center of the Arab Empire was in Damascus and then in Baghdad, so far from the Sind that the Arabs paid little attention to their distant eastern provinces.

«When one considers the caliber of our authors and the fact that the Principia has occupied a prominent place on mathematical shelves for fourteen years, one wonders that the book has influenced mathematics so little» (BAMS32: 711).

The moral and spiritual contributions of the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Canaanites, or even Egyptians — at their height so preponderant in power and influence as compared with little Israel — have been negligible in the long run.

One can almost sense on the screen the influence of childhood classrooms in a Roman Catholic school (where Scorsese was educated) or in a Dutch Calvinist Sunday school (Schrader's Reformed tradition) in which well - intentioned teachers instilled in two little future filmmakers the idea that Jesus resisted temptation because he was God — so if you don't want to spend eternity in hell, you had better follow Jesus.

The «Father» of the Nation, being the United States of America is quoted saying; «The General is sorry to be informed — , that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing, a vice heretofore little known in an American army, is growing into a fashion; — he hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it, and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little hope of the blessing of Heaven on our arms, if we insult it by impiety and folly; added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.»

It is precisely because they knew how to silence themselves before God that women like Teresa of Avila, Julian of Norwich, and Catherine of Siena were able to have so much influence over the Church in times when women had little voice.

I think about this little online community through every stage of the writing and publishing process, and I am so grateful for all the ways in which you have influenced how I think about the church.

At the same time, however, I have called attention to the difficulty of trying to work out an «ecological» approach to social policy when we, like the chaos scientists, know so little about how to predict and influence long - term developments.

Our being embedded in this unfathomable totality of God and world necessarily influences us though we may have very little vivid awareness of our being so encompassed.

It must be recognized, indeed, that there are comparatively few narratives which correspond in any way to events in the ministry of Jesus, and that where such correspondence is to be found, as for example in the baptism or crucifixion narratives, the gospel account has been so influenced by the theological conceptions and understanding of the Church that we can derive little, if any, historical knowledge of that event from those narratives.

The last element of analysis has to do with the particular theological heritage that has influenced many of our congregations, especially in regard to two issues The first is the false spirituality that sees little connection between faith and questions of material well - being, the environment, and so forth ~ The sermon deals with that by stressing God's concern for all of creation, even the animals.

So the whole menu at Pomelo is kind of like that — a little Italian, Thai, or Japanese influence here — Cuban or Southwest there... Somehow it actually works.

So this simple little concoction provides the perfect calming influence....

I salute every Arsenal fan that put a penny into the Arsene out campaign, because it costs so little for a banner, but it has a huge influence.

«With the little details, the influence is so, so big.

It's so true that little ones are influenced by what their parents are eating.

They need to understand this and so much more and teaching them that will only be that much harder if we encourage or allow unchecked influence of damaging toys, clothes and media when they are little.

He was so very young at the time, but it really was as I described — he just made up his little mind (or someone influenced him) and that was that for years.

Indeed, some readers may find it curious that a professional organization with the reach and influence of the American Academy of Pediatrics should give so little formal policy guidance on the subject of flavored milk at the same time it is accepting money from the dairy industry and participating so closely in the industry's promotion of that same product.

Ed notes that you can also influence the conversation on YouTube itself using the power of the vote: «Turns out you can vote comments up / down more than once with a time delay so a little persistence allows people to take over the conversation.»

By concentrating power in the hands of so few, he said, good people are discouraged from running for office because they know they will have little influence on important matters.

If you want to influence the boundary review process (and happen to have an advanced degree in psephology) there are a series of public hearings you're free attend, but with the Boundary Commission themselves having so little freedom to manoeuvre, its unclear if voters - without the time, resources and expertise - can generate a workable alternative.

In reality the backbench departmental bodies have so far had little influence, but they have the potential to become a vehicle to develop a parallel set of new policies to those being produced by Corbyn's supporters.

Cuomo faces no Democratic primary on Tuesday, so he had little need for the minor party's influence.

Lord Oakeshott: He's been a little bit less visible in recent times so we've moved Matthew Oakeshott down a league but he still remains a disruptive influence behind - the - scenes.

He's been a little bit less visible in recent times so we've moved Matthew Oakeshott down a league but he still remains a disruptive influence behind - the - scenes.

It's not that Elon Musk has said very many inappropriate things, it's that so much of the dialogue about colonizing Mars — inspired, initiated and often influenced by Musk — uses language and frameworks that are a little problematic (and I'm being -LSB-...]

Such a strong European influence also obscures the historical signal, so Boyko's team focused on data from indigenous dogs with little modern European influence.

As the investigators note, the rapid age - related arterial stiffening and cardiac arrhythmias that appear to be at cause for the majority of deaths in BubR1H / H mice were not attenuated by ablating p16Ink4a - expressing senescent cells — but these tissues had little burden of such cells, so this finding reinforces the conclusion that the multiple aging phenotypes arrested in these mice when senescent cells were ablated is attributable specifically to the removal of their baleful influence on local tissues.

So why not throw in a little Beatles - influenced shaking, twisting, and shouting for some happy, healthy holidays?

Blood Feast is venerated by gorehounds and has a «so bad it's good» reputation among horror buffs, but what's really breathtaking about it is its shameless demonstration that, in the grand cinematic scheme, artistic merit, cultural influence, and commercial success have precious little to do with each other.

At his best, Verhoeven has always compartmentalized his inspirations rather uniquely, so he creatively crafts a fresh experience that stands on its own, but Elle bears a little too much resemblance to its cinematic influences.

«sex, lies and videotape» (1989) So much has been written about Soderbergh's Palme d'Or - winning debut in terms of its defining influence on the landscape of American indie cinema that the film itself tends to get a little bit lost in the discussion.

Throughout the world women have had, and still have, so little voice and influence in public debate and within their governments.

So little research (comparatively speaking) has been done to explore the possibility that massive adolescent under - achievement reflects influences outside of our schools.

Volvo's engineers have calibrated the transmission so well that there's little need for driver influence, but it would be nice to have steering wheel - mounted paddle shifters.

While there is a little bit of work involved to get to the results --(if you want the harvest, you have to first plant the crop)-- the best thing about growing your influence through publicity is that so many times one appearance leads to more appearances.

Although their influence is now somewhat diminished, for more than a century they ran a text book marketing campaign that ensured they earned vastly inflated prices for their shiny little rocks - first by buying up the newly discovered South African diamond mines so that they effectively controlled the market, then by creating the impression of scarcity by ruthlessly controlling supplies; and then, in their pièce de résistance, commissioning one of the most successful marketing campaigns in history to create the tradition of giving diamonds as engagement gifts; which includes the famous «diamonds are forever» advertising campaign and sponsoring movies such as Gentleman Prefer Blonds (1953), To Catch A Thief (1955) and The Pink Panther (1963).

Which also seems a little odd, but he wants a true fight... and he wants to keep Luke away from the influences of the human world (so he won't kill himself to run away again).

So, income and affordability are secondary, with the credit score having little influence at all.

I don't understand why they have so much influence and so little responsibility for accuracy.

I also like big dogs (and at times very small dogs doing a job; I love my little Patterdale), and believe a dog should have good legs under it, so that has influenced the type of dog I chose to breed.

Everyone here owes so much inspiration to the monumental influence these two visionaries have had on games, and we all collectively geeked out a little watching their creations come to life.

Spore creator Will Wright has been talking about the influence of science in his upcoming and oh - so - highly anticipated universe - sim for a while now and while this new trailer above is nothing especially new, particularly to those who saw Wright's hour - long keynote at GDC (a 35 minute edit of which can be found here), it has got me hoping for something a little deeper in this game.

How can drawings reveal so little about an artist's hesitations — and so much of his influence?

I enjoy and like some casual art viewing, and I have friends whom have worked in the arts industry so i how a little bit about art and am a little learned and knowledgeable about art appreciation but the truth is... I'm still pretty clueless when it comes to being able to critique a piece or recognize its influences.

She's been living there for the past 60 years and yet there is no reference what so ever about that countries influence on Ms. Cattlet's work in the Bronx Museum show Stargazers which consists of mostly Black contemporary artists whose work has very little to do with Ms.Cattlet's work in the first place.