Sentences with phrase «to hold back the tide»
And behind the scenes he was mostly successful in holding back the tide of government and campaign finance reform.
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All the packaging manufacturers can do is to hold back the tide for as long as possible while developing the next generation technology.
I definitely didn't want to look pregnant with the belt so I think having a wide belt and a big buckle, which holds back the tide, is key!
Legal services regulation will not ultimately hold back this tide, nor should it in my view.
The Swiss central bankers appear to have decided that they might not be able to hold back the tide as a new surge of investors poured their savings into the franc.
Sexual taboos are disappearing, with no real possibility that the confused category of consent will be able to hold back the tide against total sexual anarchy.
Rather than trying to hold back the tide with agency pricing and draconian DRM policies, traditional publishers need to figure out how to survive and thrive in a publishing world which is changing just as dramatically and even more rapidly.
Ireland is slow in it's transition to eReading devices probably due to the recession and the issues with Amazon.co.uk but that will only hold back the tide for a period of time.
The Clean Power Plan's defenders treat it as if it were a seawall holding back a tide of environmental ills.
But it's good to see leading brands not just get behind plastics recycling in a big way, but also using the opportunity to raise awareness of, and channel funding to, organizations who are on the front lines holding back the tide of plastic pollution.
Basic scrutiny hasn't held back this tide.
Just off the green we see Murchison's wife, Karen, boxing out like an NBA forward, using each of her limbs to hold back the tide of little Murchisons.
Like Canute, the eleventh century king of Denmark, England, Norway, Sweden, etc., I might as well try to hold back the tide as to buck the way things get said.
He gave me hope for the theological journey I find myself on.Whether you agree with where Christianity is headed, or are fighting to hold back the tide, this book provides a good introduction to some of the convictions of progressive Christianity, and will both affirm and challenge many of your own theological convictions.
The principles embodied in these thirteen theses seek to hold back that tide.
The church, feeling threatened by uncontrollable forces, responded with increasing defensiveness, but the dike had broken and no one could hold back the tide.
The Liberal Democrats went into this campaign believing that popular local incumbents and powerful electoral machines would enable them to hold back the tide of national unpopularity.
Merkel recognised that social attitudes have changed rapidly, and a smart conservative does not seek to hold back the tide.
Mind & Body: Against Ageing — No one wants to end up sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything - the good news is that we may be able to hold back the tide.
The other two missions featured in the first mission pack for Nova Covert Ops offer a mix of stealth action and classic RTS elements, with Nova always at the center of the action, using her abilities to hold back the tide of feral Zerg and to try and find out who is behind their attacks.
Whilst the Department's workload challenge is a welcome step, it is entirely inadequate to hold back the tide of accountability pressures which engulf teachers and drives them to depart.
We aren't going to hold back the tide and wind from bringing the rubbish to our shore.
This time around you'll be earning cash for your efforts, and that cash can be used to deploy solid barriers, fences, decoys, gun nests and more in your efforts to hold back the tide of Locust assaulting your position.
So, a person with foresight would not try to hold back the tide but instead talk seriously about sequestering or methods of mitigating the affects of increased CO2.
The giant naval base at Norfolk is under threat by rising seas and sinking land, but little is being done to hold back the tides.
Twenty - six percent of the Netherlands is below sea level; for centuries man has been holding back the tides to keep the country from flooding.
The coal industry is dying, the renewable energy industry is growing exponentially, yet PM Turnbull and the Coalition, apparently blind to the future and living in the past, are desparately trying to hold back the tide.
There have been attempts to hold back the tide of rubbish.
Attempting to hold back the tide can work for a while but when the dike fails much can be lost that could have been saved.
I think that's a transitional thing and its inevitable that such attempts to hold back the tide will be overwhelmed before long.
It may be that the judgment would hold back the tide of defamation claims against publishers somewhat and might alleviate the need for further legislation on the topic (subject to any appeal, of course).
My attempt to control interruptions seemed like trying to hold back the tide.