Whatever his destination, he is powerless to affect it.
But I think what the mayor did was systematically create the impression that he was powerless to affect school policy when it's not true.
But in London, Mr. Lawson emphasized that the British Government was powerless to affect production levels in its North Sea oilfields, which he said were set autonomously by oil companies.
Their dreams were put abruptly on hold, and being powerless to affect what comes next, many say, is sofocante and desesperante — suffocating and exasperating.
The Shortest Day, for soprano and orchestra, set a sequence of three poems specially written by Dr Rowan Williams, in which an observer, standing outside time, sees the tragic events unfold yet is powerless to affect the outcome and even less the suffering.
But the company was powerless to affect larger economic forces.
"We realize that he's definitely right, but our problem in the U.S. is that our politics are purposefully polarized, so that politics are powerless to affect the economy.
So even though many people are powerless to affect the way their undemocratic governments are run, disenfranchised individuals can affect change through things like global petitions to multilateral organizations, educational awareness activities reports to the media, and by working together in collaborative teams to help highlight the way local problems are connected to global ones.
"Even though many people are powerless to affect the way their undemocratic governments are run, disenfranchised individuals can affect change through things like global petitions to multilateral organizations, educational awareness activities reports to the media, and by working together in collaborative teams to help highlight the way local problems are connected to global ones".
The FA may change its code of conduct after admitting it is powerless to intervene.
Scotland Yard said it was powerless to prevent the protest provided it remained a "static demonstration".
