Sentence examples for helm of the ship from inspiring English sources

"This strategy of chucking first journalists, then executives and now a whole newspaper overboard isn't going to protect the person at the helm of the ship".

He needs the support of every American in this, because for better or worse, he's now at the helm of the ship of state during a violent storm.

We may all know that Germany is really at the helm of the ship, but Sarkozy will not be seen in anything else but the captain's cap.

Dr. Brainard was the steady hand at the helm of the ship during the European Debt Crisis that began unfolding in 2009.

Reportedly, the captain was not at the helm of the ship when it was discovered to be going under and someone instructed panicked passengers to "stay put".

I understand that the current actions with AIG and GS may be necessary to not further a meltdown but the same people that got us here should not be left at the helm of the ship.

"I don't think that's an impossible task and thankfully we have one of the great communicators, Barack Obama, at the helm of this ship of state".

But Mr. Rice wanted to run on his record at the helm of the good ship Seattle.

Beyond Andi Peters's nail-in-coffin stint at the helm of the good ship TOTP, the only obvious reason I can find is the rise of the internet.

There are, I'm told, a great many items throughout the store that have been on the shelves ever since it opened, shortly after Chappell's motley crew took over at the helm of the sinking ship.

Meanwhile "civil society" – NGOs, cleaners, anyone at the talks not paid by government – officially waved goodbye to de Boer, who is leaving after 10 years at the helm of the good ship UNFCCC.