Sentences with phrase «tried holding the power»

I tried holding the power botton, but still no response.

Not exact matches

While the work there was classified, scientists were reportedly trying to invent a nuclear - powered airplane by exposing military equipment to radiation to see if it could hold up.

The gameplay proper centers on capturing gyms scattered around the world, but to even try their hand at that, players have to have leveled their monsters quite a bit — most gyms I've checked out are held by monsters of over 1,000 combat power, which I haven't managed to build up over more than a month of casual but fairly consistent play.

Iceland and Greenland have approached the company to try to persuade it to build mining operations in their countries which offer «similar power rates, along with tax breaks and incentives... [p] lus, the usually low temperatures there hold down the costs of cooling high - powered computers.»

1) to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right: The pretender tried to usurp the throne.

Maybe he was trying to show us that holding onto political power (one of the temptations) is a trick of Satan.

If you have stepped out somewhere where you shouldn't have done then the conviction as a child of God will surely come but I tell you this, if Satan did not hold back on trying to kill the baby Jesus, and many children were slaughtered in that process, if he even thought he knew the scriptures so well he could try to deceive Jesus, and he did try then you can be sure that for every believer there is an adversary who would do anything to stop you from finding the forgiveness and grace of God that has the power to wash you clean of anything.

Recent years have dipped me into the wisdom of sages like feminist theorist Judith McDaniel who warn that trying to be «nice» on terms set by those who hold the power in place is to «sell ourselves short.»

It is a poignant story of people trying to hold on to their faith and community, but finally coming to terms with changes to which royal power gave the appearance of inevitability.

In a very interesting chapter, «Playing the Bishop, Capturing the Queen,» Coontz is at her best as she chronicles the wild maneuvers of European royalty as they tried to protect their holdings and amass political power and fortune by arranging marriages with royal families of foreign provinces and nations.

Voskuil shows how the old establishment attempted to hold power in the media by trying to pre-empt free air time, but failed to develop and hold an audience.

America, being the remaining inheritor of Western world power, has yet even to try to realize that domination is no longer a possibility or a possible goal, that world power must be shared, not only with other groups with their own interests but with groups holding quite other cultural and value systems — and thus that the continuation of our power (and that of our forms of cultural order) is precarious at best.

While many Elder Boards are filled with godly leaders, there are some that are filled with power brokers who like to control the church by constantly holding the threat of termination over the head of any pastor who tries to — against the will of the board.

Spielman added: «If we are to protect many of the tenets that the Church holds dear, we need the power to tackle those trying to use education to undermine them.»

It also makes the beneficiaries of privilege the victims — instead of trying to challenge them to see beyond their own position as someone in a demographic majority that traditionally holds social and economic power.

Nevertheless, in Rome and perhaps in other very large sees, the deacons, who were held to the apostolic number of seven but with quite unapostolic prerequisites and powers, tried intermittently to take precedence over the more numerous and less highly remunerated presbyters.

«1 If to be a Christian means to pray to a supreme person who can satisfy the prayers of the devout, or if a Christian is necessarily a supernaturalist who holds that God is a power who brought the world into being out of nothing, then Whitehead was not a Christian or a Christian philosopher, and it is ridiculous to try to make him the patron philosopher of a movement now called «process theology.»

After months of discussions, Woolworths is scheduled to hold its final meeting with the AFGC on Monday to once and for all try to reach an agreement on a code designed to improve relationships between supermarkets and suppliers by curbing the power of the supermarket giants.

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.

The biggest problem has been wenger for long time now «project» run Arsenal football club as an academy and try to prove to everyone else he is the one who knows better and try to bring in kids who have potential but not ready for 1st team resisting spending money to improve squad depth and cling in on average players: Iwobi, welbeck, theo, chambers, holding and player other players on wrong position Monreal and not give opportunity to good footballer Perez and Campell also you have been holding too much power from transfer, players contracts, arsenal finances as a whole and now all that BS start to backfire

(The UK government considered the temporary nature of these powers crucial; there existing a genuine fear Holyrood might try to hold further referendums, for example following an election victory in May 2016).

But the idea of party leaders «trying to claim power or hold on to power» was the big story he wanted to explore.

Cameron's intervention was followed by a series of headlines accusing the SNP of trying to «blackmail» and hold the rest of the UK to «ransom» with accusations that the SNP are trying to help Labour «steal» power from the Tories.

While many have pointed to the bin Salman trying to shore up his hold on power, the Israel connection adds another dimension to the analysis of his purge of parts of the Saudi elite.

There are fewer independent, professional news reporters telling the American population about the world around them today than there were five years ago, fewer journalists trying to hold people in positions of power to account, fewer working to keep people informed about events of public importance.

Changing global configurations of power also suggest that it is increasingly difficult to pin down agents, such as a particular state or a particular government within a state, that could be held responsible for the conditions within which people attempt to craft their lives or which people try to change by moving.

He has a reputation as the aggressive, menacing power behind Jeremy Corbyn's throne — but today John McDonnell gave a masterclass performance as reasonable statesman trying to hold Labour together.

Since Labour can ignore neither the perspective held by a large number of its membership, nor abandon the rest of the country, the elections that result from these «power vs. principles» crises tend to be fought between candidates who back similar policies — Labour tried to appease Bennites by electing the similarly radical Foot, and now a part of Labour has rested its hopes with Owen Smith, who, at least publicly, shares many of Corbyn's views.

So parliamentary scrutiny yes, but I don't think that the Brexit deniers or those who will never reconcile themselves to Brexit should be given some power to either hold up or try and frustrate the Brexit process,» he says, sternly.

That's because they hold power when it comes to appointing people to committee vacancies, and they of course will try to appoint people they know favor them.

Silver had initially tried to hold on to power but on Friday his spokesman announced he would resign.

The conference is trying to claw its way into the majority after losing the power they held for two, largely hapless, years.

Cuomo, saying he is the only one speaking for the people, says it's the legislature that is trying to hold on to power.

Without it and Felder, the GOP would not be in power and the industry would have a weaker position at the negotiating table as it tries to hold onto more than $ 1 billion in annual 421a tax breaks and prevent a variety of pro-tenant bills from seeing the light of day.

cuomos trying to move money from one state agency to another how slick is that, a governor who wants unsurped power so he can play king and do things that no other governor has done in new york state and yes governor cuomo, it has not escaped the eyes of the people who serve under you wanting to move money between state agencys example and this one is right on the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOU.

Brooklyn is a treacherous place for any elected official, what with the Brooklyn Democratic Party at war with a set of self - proclaimed reforms trying to upend the County organization's hold on power.

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

Try incorporating similar holds in the dragon flag and full hanging leg raise to build amazing ab power.

As she sank, this group of men tried to hold back the power of the sea and save the Titanic.

The setting takes place in the late 12th Century, between the second and third of the Crusades, whereby the Europeans would try to take hold of power in the Middle East, believing it to be the will of God to lay dominion there.

Hydra gets hold of the Scepter and tries to give its power to a group of humans recruited for the experiment.

Some interviewees thought these school leaders felt threatened and were trying to hold onto their power base; some simply thought the various principals were «not the brightest bulb in the box,» «insane,» «crazy,» «incompetent.»

She was just so defensive, trying to hold on so tight to whatever little power she had left.

On the short straights, I downshift, mash the accelerator, and hold on tight as the 345 / 30R -20 P Zeroes try to transmit a level of power and torque to the ground that is almost comical in these adverse conditions.

Whereas the lower powered models can be danced up to their limits and held there — the driver taking liberties and trying different techniques without concern — the 420 wants a more deliberate approach.

When cornering hard, you do feel inertia trying to get the car to understeer, but it always somehow holds its line and powers through completely undramatically.

The traditional industry is fighting with all its might and enlisting the help of entities that once had authors» interests at heart (note the placement of the apostrophe on the plural form of «author»), but who now cater to the powers that are still trying to hold court over the industry.

Try resolving this issue by pressing the «Power» button and holding it for at least 30 seconds until your device shuts down.

I keep having to hold the power slider to force a reboot, but then it just freezes up again 5 minutes later the next time I try to read an ebook.

Press and hold the power button until it shuts off then try rebooting again.