Sentences with phrase «turn against the current»

I hope the Conservatives will turn against their current cult of personal power which is now evident in their support for directly - elected executive mayors.

While change will be incremental, he argues the tide is beginning to turn against the current consensus.

The jug sank lower and turned against the current.

Not exact matches

«In spite of the press possibly turning against podcasting [once the current hype cycle is over], podcasting will continue its steady growth.»

The sayings in Mark 13:9 - 13 all reflect detailed knowledge of events that took place — or ideas that were current — after Jesus» death: trial and persecution of Jesus» followers, the call to preach the gospel to all nations, advice to offer spontaneous testimony, and the prediction that families would turn against one another are features of later Christian existence, not of events in Galilee or Jerusalem during Jesus» lifetime.

The current evangelical biblicism turns a few scattered condemnations of certain homosexual practices in the ancient world into a law against all forms of homosexual activity today.

There is no point on which theologians are so much divided, and, in turn, no point on which Christian thinkers in general are so well agreed as over against the current naturalistic assumptions of the secular world.

But once the dust has settled and Arsenal are hopefully celebrating a vital three points against the current league leaders Leicester City, all eyes will turn north to the Etihad Stadium where another key match will be played.

Arsene Wenger spoke in the week about the big gap between Arsenal and the current Premier League leaders might just allow the Gunners to play with some of the old fluency and verve that saw us topping the table at the turn of the year and even though the Gunners were knocked out of the Champions League in midweek, there were enough positives from our performance against Barcelona to give us some belief back.

Arsenal's fans have never really warmed to the 29 - year - old France international since his arrival from Montpellier in 2012, and his current profligacy at a crucial time in the season has seen the tide of opinion turn even further against him.

Ibrahimovic will turn 36 this year and despite the fact the player is stepping up his recovery from the knee injury sustained in the UEFA Europa League against Anderlecht at Old Trafford in April, he is unlikely to play again before 2018 which could see him play for United until the end of the 2017/18 season, which would uplift the club with another striker in the mix and give current strikers Romelu Lukaku, who arrived for a # 75 million fee from Everton and Marcus Rashford a little more insight into the world of Zlatan.

Then against Copa America is full of twist and turns but going with the current form of both teams Chile should have enough in their arsenal in front of their home crowd to see of Uruguay.

Richard Clarke, a former counter-terrorism advisor to the White House and current ABC News consultant, said, «Since ISIS has used propaganda and its «winner» image to lure new adherents, when its propaganda figure is killed that makes it look more like a loser, more like the tide may be turning against it.»

It is the aggressive and muscular presence of Russia actively supporting Assad that allows him to use them as a shield against western retaliation, versus much earlier when they had a more passive approach and Assad turned over his then - current stockpiles to the west after Obama's «red line» saber rattling.

Fact that West at almost every turn acts against Russia coupled with troubled history makes current Russian POV understandable.

Current New York law gives child victims five years after they turn 18 to take legal action against a sexual predator.

Her current bid against Castorina has turned into a contest of local bona fides against GOP credentials, with a sprinkling of bizarre accusations and recriminations.

Brown is too impotent and indecisive, the leadership is too split, the party too anaemic and out of ideas, and the political current has turned against them.

By following their example and attaining skill in second and third languages, Montgomery says and writes, native Anglophones, too, can expand their scientific horizons, guard against parochialism, and turn the current situation to their career advantage.

The turning point came in 1996 when antitrust litigation against the American Bar Association forced it to accredit for - profit law schools, wrote co-authors Gruppuso, Dr. Eli Adashi, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and former dean of medicine and biological sciences, and current Brown medical student Gopika Krishna.

Since McCord is the president of together1heart, fighting human trafficking, our conversation turned towards the current movements against sexual assault and harassment.

Three currents merge and reconfigure in Julio Larraz's work — as do the waters of rivers, clouds, and ice he often paints — and these are: still - life turned into theater, theater seizing the moment in rebellion against plot, and character defying its persona.

 Set for release this week, a newly updated U.S. Senate Minority Report features the dissenting voices of over 650 international scientists, many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN.

In other words, push back against the current market's drive to turn everything into a set of forms that a monkey can complete.