Sentence examples for power of holding from inspiring English sources

Ms. Olsen understands the power of holding back, and feeding out extravagance in small portions.

The "big society" has remained incapable of decentralising economic power, of holding financial elites accountable and so a promising and interesting idea has collapsed.

Surely the more the world knows of the fate of refugees in these island camps, the more the deterrent power of holding them there?

Within two weeks of putting the site live we had reunited two old school friends, showing the absolute power of holding databases on the internet.

The vote is unkind, of course: No amount of wishing one could change the circumstances of one's employment can compare to the actual power of holding someone's financial fate in your hand.

As I sat through this sojourn into our recent past, I began to understand again the power of this medium, the power that goes beyond its primary function of simply storytelling, but the power of holding history for us.

According to Thomas Miceli and Kathleen Segerson of the University of Connecticut, a better rationale for eminent domain is to overcome the power of "hold-outs".

Like his tribune authority, the granting of consular powers to him was another instance of holding power of offices he did not actually hold.

"Women are taking comfort in the sense that they have this tradition of holding power".

For centuries, the ebb and flow of support has been a natural consequence of holding power.

While the Paris law relationship (where da/dN increases as a power of ΔG) holds for thermal (T) fatigue, it does not hold true for HT da/dN measured under high RH.