Sentences with phrase «still holds the power»

But he still holds the power of acceptance or denial.

OPEC is simply reminding non-OPEC who still holds the power.

In Kentucky, one of the few Southern states where Democrats still hold power, it's a tossup between a Republican businessman appealing to religious conservatives and a Democratic AG distancing himself from Obama.

The movie still holds power, mostly thanks to Leuenberger's arresting, self - contained performance as Nora.

Even now, more than 40 years later, the original film retains a taboo quality, with scenes of an innocent girl suffering hellish torments — many of them disturbingly sexual in nature — that still hold the power to shock.

But does it still hold its power?

«The UK's main climate sceptic club's membership is dwindling — yet they still hold power in certain arenas,» The Independent, January 30, 2017.

Your point about AGW advocates still holding power over things like the IPCC and peer review is true enough though and that is where some highly symbolic gestures need to be made, just as in NI.

No matter the specific situation, hurt often gets buried or forgotten and yet, it still holds power, emerging later masked as resentment or jealousy.

Strong demand for office space is pushing up rents at class - A buildings in all the major U.S. cities, and times have become more challenging for tenants, though they still hold the power in many parts of the country...

Not exact matches

The advantage of fossil fuels and nuclear power, that renewable sources still can't match, is the way they hold energy for use when you want it.

The principal surviving exception is the number 13, which still holds a strange power over Fridays, and over the listing of floors in hotels and high rises.

As an empirical rationalist (i.e., non-spiritual atheist), I can still see plenty of reasons to eschew all established religions and yet still hold on to one's spirituality or belief in some, possibly undefined, higher power.

The current constitution specifically prohibits Suu Kyi from holding the title of president (though she will likely still maintain significant authority), and ensures certain powers remain in the hands of military officials.

And though Jesus had cancelled the power of sin and escaped the clutches of hell, the gates still stood and many people were held captive behind them.

It was as though its leadership had recognized that the institution itself had no power, but that individual Christians who still held membership in the body could be quite influential in their decision - making roles in secular society.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

I might say some things differently today, but I would still hold to the basic principle that an important aspect of Christian social responsibility is the organization politically of the victims of social injustice so that they can use their power to change conditions.

I am also comforted that somehow, miraculously, we still remember God, the one who holds all things together by the word of his power (Heb.

At fifteen years old though my power was strong and my spells were successful and clairvoyant abilities growing, I became convinced that Jesus was still holding me back and performed a satanic ritual specifically designed to blasphemy the holy spirit (using the bible as an instruction manual) by calling Jesus and his power demonic, calling the holy spirit a filthy demonic entity and swearing I wanted God out of my life forever.

Still others hold such self - affirming power in a club or in the church.

My mom's chili still holds the same awe - inspiring power over me.

Professor Williams said states have the option to pull out but still hold distinct lawmaking powers over water as a resource.

The recipe works best because everything is ground down, which helps it all hold together — however, goji berries may still work a treat... I've not tried them with this particular version of power balls.

Interestingly enough though, they have not quite locked up the # 1 seed and the reason is that the Team currently holding down the # 2 spot in the Power Rankings and Standings is still within 30 points..

If you say that board holds all the power and Wenger does not involve in whom to buy, then why is he still at the club.He can just resign and go somewhere else with his outdated ideas.

How many Arsenal fans still hold to that I wonder, because although van Persie did well and won the title in his first season at Man United, his powers have been on the wane ever since while Giroud continues to improve and make himself a real star with Arsenal.

I agree that as it stands right now, the Democratic party is still very much a big tent with the levers of power being held by the centrists, i.e. the Clintons / Obamas.

I would still like another holding player though because i think we need more power and also i know that there will be times this Arsenal team pour forward still.

The MCL32 is a decent chassis, as shown in Spain and Monaco, but the Honda power unit is still holding the team back with little signs of improvement.

I am compelled to a feeling of utter contempt and carelessness from Wenger when it comes to the fans, he really diesnt give a damn about what we think as long as his way is being had and whether he is proved right, or for the 8th year, wrong that is still not the correct way to be, he should not be ruling the club from top to bottom in this way because he thinks nobody knows better than him, no other manager holds this power, not even the ones delivering silverware.

So when a child is crying when he is on time - out, we can empathize and recognize his power while still holding a firm boundary.

Now that they're big enough to hold hands and stand still at the end of hotel hallways, their power to freak out strange adults is nigh without limit.

In popular discourse extremist Hutus hold the view that Tutsis still retain power, despite Hutu dominance in government.

These would still, in my view, be tasteless and silly - but they would at least have the feature of «should you choose to hold power within a government you oppose).

And while the upstate - downstate divide within the Senate is more apparent than in perhaps other years, Flanagan allies point out he can still claim credit for a range of policy wins for Republicans over the last two years in the Senate, the only lever of statewide power the GOP holds.

In response, the opposition, still represented in the MUD, saw itself forced to boycott the electoral process arguing that it would not legitimize an undemocratic election and the government's uncontrolled hold onto power.

By the same token, only fragments of representative democracy exist at the EU level: the European Parliament still does not hold the power to propose new laws, whereas the European Commission is far from constituting a proper executive power that would be accountable to the legislative.

And being in power still seems to have a kind of novelty value which holds them in thrall.

Still, that's a record that Senate Republicans, too, can claim as their own after holding power in the Senate since 2011.

Still, we always have Boris Johnson... who this week revealed the worst kept secret in politics — that he wishes to be the prime minister (or hold «supreme power», at least).

«It is right that we voted for a referendum and right that we still want to hold a referendum and it is right that a Conservative government will amend the 1972 European Communities Act so if any future government proposes to transfer new competencies or areas of power to Brussels a referendum of the British people will be required by law.»

As former Court of Appeal judge Sir Stephen Sedley noted last year, he described «a statutory surveillance scheme shrouded in secrecy, part of a growing constitutional model that raises the question as to whether the tripartite separation of powers, legislature, judicial and executive still holds good»

«Despite the political difficulties they have traveled through generations, the citizens of Guinea Bissau also still hold fast to the hope of a continuation of security and continuation of many more peaceful transitions of power.»

I do wish that Cameron would say clearly that whatever the situation as a fait accompli he will still hold a referendum about EU membership within 12 months of taking power.

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While democracy has, generally taken hold in Africa with elections being held regularly, there are still several situations in which elected leaders continue to cling to power either by modifying their Constitutions to remove term limits, age limits, or institute mechanisms that ensure that they stay in power as lifetime leaders of their nations.

«Power generation roving around 4000 MW, the same stage it was when Olusegun Obasanjo left office in 2007, rampageous killings, Boko Haram, kidnapping and the arranged freeing of Dapchi School girls but still holding Leah Suaribu in captivity, the killing in Offa Kwara State.

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While maximal power and strength maintenance is key during these phases, athletes still should try to hold onto body mass and size.