Sentences with phrase «win allegiance»

She must also create a convincing (if false) public narrative that she and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are «star - crossed lovers» in order to win the allegiance of the audience and outwit the «gamemakers.»

At issue is Vaccaro's claim that he has a long - standing personal relationship with Lopez and Hamilton and that by bringing the players to Vegas he was not seeking to win their allegiance.

Why does it no longer have the power to bring conviction and win allegiance in the way it used to?

The concern of the Sanhedrin was that Jesus» power would win the allegiance of most of the people to him.

In two years» time he had won the allegiance of most Pentecostals west of the Mississippi.

It was a Christianity of mercy and philanthropy, which won the allegiance of the underprivileged and suppressed, that is to say, the mass of the population, more so than the Pauline theology that ultimately flowed into Neoplatonic philosophical theology of the educated minority (with literacy standing at about 15 percent).

They displayed, however, great vitality, and one or another of them or of other varieties of what, following the usual convention, we must label as Protestantism, won the allegiance of the majority of the population of Northwestern Europe.

The story of his meeting Andrew and Simon at the Jordan in the Gospel of John (1:35 - 42) suggests that Jesus may have met the men before, won their allegiance, and told them to be ready to follow him whenever he called them.

This world view won the allegiance of the scientific community and became to basis for scientific work.

A little later, we are told, Jesus Himself appeared to one of their persecutors, Saul (Paul), won his allegiance, and from time to time continued to speak to him.

Blumhouse landed the rights for the movie after studio founder Jason Blum won the allegiance of game creator Shawn Cawthon.

They stayed on because the unit granted them a high degree of autonomy, and their specialist knowledge, plus their refusal to accept promotion, continuing instead to tackle crime at street level, won them the allegiance of young incoming staff in the Metropolitan Police Force.

Not exact matches

«If you're trying to win over someone whose natural allegiance are not with you, getting into an argument is a sure way to fail,» they write.

Morrison acknowledges consumers» mistrust of Big Food and she describes that she and her company are taking to win back customer allegiance.

Approximately half of the Indians were won to a similar allegiance.

The notice here (17:27 - 29) is an eloquent commentary on the thorough way in which David won by gentleness and kindness the allegiance of Saul's supporters.

The winning of the allegiance of that realm by Christianity and the growth of the Catholic Church and the bodies which dissented from it had been two of the most remarkable developments in the history of religion.

It had completed the winning of the professed allegiance of the large majority of the «barbarian» invaders in Western and Central Europe and had spread beyond the former confines of the Roman Empire there and in much of what we know as Western and Northern Russia.

I've read the end of the story, so I know who wins, and I've come to the monastery to sing and pray and declare my allegiance.

Unlike its equally murderous counterpart, Marxian socialism, fascism won power in the heart of Europe; it succeeded in gaining the uncoerced allegiance of ordinary men and women in a way Marxism never did.

A. My allegiances are 100 per cent with Wolves and I approach that game like any other, to win.

Having represented France at numerous youth levels he decided to switch allegiances to the land of his parents birth and scored in his one and only call up so far in a 3 - 1 win over Benin.

Petr Cech spent 11 years at Stamford Bridge before switching his allegiance to the Gunners and in that time he won many titles and cups so he knows what he is talking about.

Part of the problem is Arsenal fans, too many sheep, following the crowd and switching allegiances with each game won or lost.

So change allegiance if a win over Burnley is that fricken impressive!

It's the type of match where allegiances will lead to very biased bets (i.e. Barcelona fans betting on Barcelona to win, Real Madrid fans betting on Real Madrid) and oftentimes the draw is overlooked.

This House of Cards created by the thin - skinned narcissist and our absentee landlord is going to come crashing down over the next 12 months and anyone who doesn't put the success of the club ahead of blind allegiances will need to check themselves so that we can move forward once the dust has settled... this club has been on auto - pilot for far too long and the same old, same old just won't cut it in the new EPL where many of the best managers, players and deepest pockets in the world now reside... just think to yourself what has transpired in the last 7 years alone: Leicester City won the EPL, Chelsea and ManCity have changed several managers and still won the League on multiple occasions, ManU lost Fergie yet we still didn't take advantage, Liverpool has emerged from their slumber and the Spurs are presently the better team in North London... if you find this acceptable, I feel for you and this future of this club... hope you all enjoy fighting with Everton and West Ham for the final Europa spot every year (aka the new Wenger Cup)

If her assertion is correct — and as far as I know she has never been wrong about anything — then it's about time we as supporters of football, whether it is good, bad, indifferent, or winning football, stepped back from our tribal allegiances and considered objectively what traits do indeed characterise «good» football supporters.

It's only fair to admit that I despised, utterly despised, the notoriously defensive Chelsea team of 2012 and, tribal allegiances aside, the even more defensive treble - winning Inter of 2010.

He can keep his philosophy, he can't switch allegiance right after (if he does) winning.

It was only a matter of days between Nigel Farage winning the referendum to him resigning; a matter of hours between the results being announced and David Cameron resigning; and a matter of minutes between Boris Johnson being about to launch his campaign for the Conservative leadership as the presumptive frontrunner to falling victim to rapidly shifting allegiances in his party.

Earlier this week, a livid Peter Mandelson suggested News International, the Sun's parent company, was engaged in a secret deal with the Tory party to change allegiance to the opposition in exchange for favourable policies if the Conservatives win power.

When Hinchey won a congressional seat in 1992, allegiance from his Democratic supporters never wavered even when Washington kept him away more often from local political activities than Albany did.

Better to buy - in less experienced talent, who will owe you some allegiance for their promotion and will necessarily need and want to work harder to control the airwaves and win over voters.

«You can no longer hide your allegiance to the Old Guard and 50 Billionaires who want to give us another Romney who thought that having off shore accounts and siding with the 1 % against the 99 % wouldn't be noticed and would win the day.

But the Republicans managed to win a clean 32 - seat majority last fall, which was bolstered by Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder's continued allegiance to the GOP conference.

Speaking to hundreds of cheering, chanting supporters, the man who won 54 percent of the vote without major party backing said it's time to put party allegiances aside.

And then Harry, in turn, won the wand's allegiance when he took Draco's wand.]

Still, that strong track record, plus the seven Oscar - nominated performances he's directed (including Day - Lewis» winning turn in «There Will Be Blood»), suggests the industry has always held this filmmaker in high regard — for the intelligence and muscularity of his filmmaking, for his love for the traditions and myths of classic Hollywood cinema, and perhaps above all for his unswerving allegiance to his own vision.

The group's allegiance to all things Eastwood continued as they bestowed him with yet another Best Director win (for American Sniper).

People can change allegiance, but doing so loses you all progress so there's not exactly any reason to jump ship, especially with the promise of rewards for the winning faction.

Records have been broken, exclusivity deals have been made and fan allegiances won and lost — so as Sony blows out the candles this November, was it greatness that awaited that sleek black box?

As the catalogue explains, Diebenkorn forged strong allegiances to sources in American art and popular culture before fully responding to Matisse's influence; the teacher who introduced him to Sarah Stein was in fact a disciple of Edward Hopper, and it was the example of Hopper's hard - won, vernacular images that guided Diebenkorn's early engagement with the harsh literalism of the American scene, which was often hostile to modernism.

The lack of allegiance by Android - based smartphone manufacturers is a win for Amazon and must be concerning to Google.

So if you're trying to win over someone whose natural allegiance are not with you, getting into an argument is a sure way to fail.