Sentences with phrase «so maintaining the status quo»

High energy prices are costing the region jobs and income, so maintaining the status quo will be painful.»

I envisage that counsel for the appellant, seeking to fend off the argument and so maintain the status quo could easily justify a brief fee running into seven figures, something paradoxical in a case about high costs!

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So when influential figures in Chicago like Fried resist comparisons to the very cities that are siphoning Chicago's best native talent, they're maintaining the status quo.

It is possible the process will highlight pre-existing tensions among the remaining EU members — between those states that believe in moving toward a more deeply integrated, federalist structure, and those largely opposed to further transfers of power from national to regional bodies, preferring to maintain the status quo — and in doing so hasten the move to a so - called «two - speed» EU.

So much capital has been thrust at maintaining the status quo in Egypt that many financial analysts have been lulled into a pre-Minsky complacency: Stability breeds a false sense of comfort.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

If you truly believe that maintaining the status quo is the path to glory why are you so quick to attack those who hold differing views.

However if reports are correct and fans are genuinely not being allowed to peacefully protest at home matches so as to maintain the status quo, then the propaganda really starts within the emirates.

So as long as the status quo is maintained by the NCAA this issue will continue.

So called FFP aims to maintain the status quo and do nothing about massive debts while blocking real investment.

The world was more dangerous in our evolutionary past, so it paid to be risk - averse and highly sensitive to threats, and if things were good, then the status quo was worth maintaining.

It is a tipping point because the forces wanting to maintain the status quo have been entrenched in education systems and learning cultures of business organizations for so long that their influence stretches back through all levels of the education systems from which our future employees and business leaders will come.

We've known for decades that our schools don't provide the opportunities we want for all of our children, so let's stop pretending that maintaining the status quo will fix that.

Wonder why they are so wedded to maintaining the status quo and fighting the inevitable transition to EVs.

I still would like to maintain the status quo; Chase is the only one which has disturbed that and they ought to get smacked real hard for being so dishonest if they go through with the changes.

The status quo is maintained because, lower - ranking individuals seldom challenge authority and so only occasionally, is there need to enforce higher rank with a display of physical, or more likely psychological, dominance.

By doing so, it helps maintain the state's status quo of having below average grid interconnection rules and incentivizing centralized, fossil fuel - based power generation over renewable sources.

If the goal was to maintain the status quo of the AR4, there would be no use for the advancement or discussion that is so obviously occurring.

But it is hard to imagine any meaningful political action with so much money tied to maintaining the status quo.

The reason for this is that the UK, even fervent Brexiteers, had always maintained that it had no desire to throw out Union citizens already living in the country, and so very quickly the two sides could agree on a guiding principle: a freezing of the status quo.

As previously reported, DRIP expands the authorities» surveillance powers so that foreign web communications service providers can be forced to hand over user information — despite the assurances of the U.K. government that it only maintains the «status quo».

The registration test status quo was maintained for many claims (ie they were not on the Register when the decision was made, and so the native title claim group did not lose procedural rights).

Your Collaborative Divorce participation agreement will typically include a provision stating that the status quo be maintained, so no changes can be made to insurance coverage or other financial matters without the consent of both parties.

There is also a strong presumption in favor of maintaining the status quo, so judges frequently try to discern who is the primary caregiver.