Sentence examples for prevailing said from inspiring English sources

Whether the tentative political accord will have any effect in a country where violence seems to sprout like weeds is unknown, but what is certain is that a government weakened by absentee officials has little chance of prevailing, said Khalaf al-Iliyan, a senior member of the National Dialogue Council, also part of the Tawafiq bloc.

The president is "happy that cooler heads seem to be prevailing," said spokesman Jay Carney, adding: "We would prefer to see a longer term resolution".

"At the consultative meeting, Kim Jong-un expressed the firm resolution to take substantial and high-profile important state measures in view of the prevailing situation," said the North's Korean Central News Agency, or K.C.N.A. "He advanced specific tasks to the officials concerned".

"Inflation rates are now likely to stay above 2 percent in 2012, with upside risks prevailing," he said Addressing a theme that has preoccupied the German news media in recent days, Mr. Draghi said there was no rift between him and Jens Weidmann, president of the German central bank, the Bundesbank.

"Now Android is prevailing," he said.

"Unfortunately, those who are advocating this notion that you have to give up liberties to be more secure are apparently prevailing," he said.

In evaluating venture capital funds that apply for licenses, the S.B.A. will look favorably on those with investment strategies that eschew some of those prevailing trends, said Sean Greene, the official in charge of the program, and instead propose to invest in younger companies in a broader array of industries located around the country.

Despite prevailing conceptions, said Lisa Kersavage, the senior director for preservation and sustainability at the society, many historic buildings actually already incorporate energy-efficient design features — a legacy of having been built before the advent of cheap energy and modern mechanical systems.

"There is no rule of law in this country and jungle law is prevailing," he said.

Although already passing through stellar middle age at a mere 1.5 million years old, it started out with a mass equivalent to 300 suns or twice as much mass as prevailing theory said a star could acquire.

But if the church can show the court that its planned ceremonial marijuana use doesn't seriously risk diverting the substance to uses outside of the church, it may have a better chance of prevailing, Orentlicher said. .