Sentences with phrase «whim of»

A universe with God in it is thus a universe with no rules at all: everything that happens is the whim of an intentionally unpredictable intellect with an intentionally incomprehensible plan that may result in horrors.

Khan and his colleagues have written software that ensures clusters of a file, rather than being positioned at the whim of the disc drive controller chip, as is usually the case, are positioned according to a code.

Congress cut off funding to listen for radio signals from extraterrestrials in 1993, and these days much of the research is supported at the whim of Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft.

And if every painstaking evaluation, updating work from years ago, may be portrayed as demolishing everything that went before — particularly at the whim of non-scientific agendas — then we have a major dilemma.

Droughts in Africa and Australasia, tropical storms in the Pacific, torrential rains along the Californian coast and lush greening of Peruvian deserts have all been ascribed to the whim of El Niño.

The new study led by University of Bristol researchers has used a state - of - the - art computer model to trace the journeys of coral larvae transported at the whim of these currents.

''... They are subjected to the whim of human fancy and control, [so] radical change in the way they look can be achieved in very few generations.»

Should a physicist who disagrees with his or her boss be excluded on the whim of the superior?

The current system opens up the possibility of a centre being closed on the whim of a small group of public servants.

It arrives via catastrophe, or a whim of nature, or as a result of human - caused changes to the environment.

I for one do not want to see my hard earned Tax money being thrown around at the whim of an unelected Scot in Westminster or being used to appease the Scot Nat's in Edinburgh.

«People are detained at the whim of any high ranking person in Aso Rock with access to an army or police commander.

Miner said the law threatens the professionalism and integrity of the planning commission «by making these complex matters subject to the whim of the legislative process.»

But if you want to see correspondence between the same gas company and your local Assembly member or senator, you may or may not get it, depending largely on the whim of the lawmaker in question.

The Conservative leader said it contradicted Brown's declared wish for a return to Cabinet government: «Suddenly the Government's policy is torn up on the sort of whim of an answer at Prime Minister's questions.»

The Five Biggest Rockland Stories of 2013 BY DYLAN SKRILOFF 5) Orangetown election — An election decided by two votes and at the whim of judicial decisions is not something you see too often.

An election decided by two votes and at the whim of judicial decisions is not something you see too often.

But he stressed that the new statistics indicate the need for a full - time chief diversity officer, noting that once such a role is codified, it will not «be at the whim of changing administrations.»

But when you get down to it, all this exists at the whim of the «dictators», SE, Inc..

«I knew I would be heavily criticised for it but I believe it to be the right judgement and this isn't just a personal whim of mine but judgement of the whole entire system and I can assure you as far as I know, it was soundly based.»

Since, as the editorial points out, federal laws such as the Clean Air Act are not subject to the whim of this or any future president, carbon emissions also need to be addressed by federal legislation.

They are peopled at the whim of political nepotism, cost millions and are yet again an example of how the divide between taxpayers / electorate v the poltical elite is growing.

This undermines the law and is deeply damaging to the sense of certainty businesses are looking for; lest we forget concessions can be withdrawn at the whim of the Revenue.»

They should be held at fixed points set out in advance, independent of the will and whim of the Prime Minister.

Further, the Government has made known its intention to «mainstream mo torcycling» as part of its transport planning, therefore it makes sense to exempt motorcycles by legislation, not just by local regulation at the whim of a Local Authority say the BMF.

Instead of the reliable benefit of the pension system now in effect across the state, a 401 (k) plan fluctuates at the whim of the stock market.

Not just New Labour's overwhelming desire to amass all sorts of information about the individual and New Labour's managerial model of how to govern but also, in particular, a steady shift away from «justice» and towards «control»: towards the arbitrary, unconstrained use of power through the regular invocation of states of exception (terror legislation and Iceland is in this category); the creation of catch - all legislation whose operational interpretation is at the whim of the police (photography, questioning individual police officers); government attempts to constrain the judiciary through tick - the - box sentencing guidelines, and at an individual level examples such as David Milliband's quite disgraceful prevarication over torture allegations.

Do remember, the objective is to establish an effective council for the long term, not just on the whim of a few motivated self interested individuals!

Even with building political pressure to launch a convention that is fully or partially constituted by citizens, it will be at the whim of Parliament (read the governing party / parties) following the next general election as to whether such a convention is established, its form and the task assigned.

«If the GOP - IDC interpretation is applied, there would be no control whatsoever over the legislature's spending other than the whim of the Temporary President of the Senate,» the memo released on Monday stated.

«require» by law, or by whim of the dude who's your direct manager (aka President), who has the power to fire you because of that relationship?

Gerrymandering is a problem; a Representative could have their voter base diluted across neighboring districts at the whim of the controlling party.

«It's increasingly being recognised that people aren't pushed and pulled at the whim of technologies, nor does what people think always direct how people actually act.»

Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report - card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field.

Modern parenting is defined by an unprecedented level of overprotectiveness: parents who rush to school at the whim of a phone call to deliver forgotten assignments, who challenge teachers on report card disappointments, mastermind children's friendships, and interfere on the playing field.

Of course, parents must make a decision based on the best possible outcome for each individual child and the family as a whole, and not at the whim of a young child.

I'd like to open up another discussion about it, but pick your brains for ideas about training a non-only child who is at the whim of an older child's schedule, and also for training a child (who isn't so sure about it) when there's a childcare issue involved.

It is HARD to put your needs aside 24/7 and attend to every whim of your baby.

There is no reason to put yourself at financial risk at the whim of a cheater.

We also aren't, so far, at the mercy of the whim of a single oligarch or dictator, and that means that we're existing and prospering on the basis of our own strength.

This is hard to verify: man of the match awards are not recorded and archived with the same reverence as scorelines, and tend to be made on the whim of a co-commentator, a public vote, or whoever's still conscious in the corporate boxes.

One thing they certainly shouldn't do is change the coach on the whim of a player who is clearly being badly advised and who owes much of his career success so far to the man currently in charge.

Glasnow shouldn't be at the whim of the umpire who doesn't feel like he has «earned» those calls on the edges.

Utterly stupid arsene wenger again leaving things to the last minute every bloody year, it's time for arsenal fc have a sporting director who in conjunction with the manager agrees before end of season where the team need to be strengthend and go for it instead of waiting on the whim of arsene and his stupid mind games, if lamar signing goes through I'll take my hat off to him but I doubt it.

Why would WH or any team for that matter plan a season around a player who can be recalled instantaneously at the whim of the parent club?

this is how all failing projects end up... at the personal whim of a crazy dictator living on past glories and refusing to leave the stage..

On Banner Reef there are sometimes two tides a day and sometimes only one, an aberration caused by a whim of the moon (there is a table for calculating this lunar effect, but it takes the genius of an ancient Mayan to understand it).

Chelsea's success is dependant on the whim of a billionaire, not the money from the fans, it could all disappear very quickly

After years of progress on the cost - efficiency side of chocolate production, chocolate manufacturers could be forgiven for thinking they've finally hit the wall - that they are at the whim of the cocoa butter traders and that further cost savings are beyond their control.

«In the past that export volume was very much a commoditised approach, a trading mentality, and it was all about price and you were very much at the whim of the Australian dollar.