So that means that for five of the last eight years, all-powerful, unelected leaders have ruled over us. |
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As for the constitutional argument, the assumption seems to be that the principle of legislative supremacy is all-powerful. |
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If she was so all-powerful, all-knowing, then how come her duties seemed to consist of serving the drinks? |
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It seems to me that this presents a very wimpy view of what is supposed to be an omnipotent, all-powerful deity. |
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In Lee's dystopian vision of the world of entertainment, television is all-powerful and all-corrupting. |
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I do not think there are any good evidential or other reasons for belief in a supreme deity, much less a benign and all-powerful one. |
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Accessible, emotive, the ultimate conveyor or distorter of truth, the photograph is all-powerful. |
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How else can you describe an all-powerful king who goes so far as to let his creation choose whether to obey him or not? |
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He has been denied his crown and denounced by the all-powerful Roman Empire and when he finds a state to grant him refuge, Rome threatens war. |
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The all-powerful mill owners were forced to grudgingly accept that their workers were entitled to an annual holiday. |
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I mean, those things were not too hard for a magical all-powerful guy like you to conjure up. |
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He had the opportunity to take the chairmanship of the all-powerful Urban Strategy and Governance committee. |
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Eventually, our turn came around, and Ciaran and I were presented with the all-powerful microphone. |
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Any weakening in the all-powerful US economy could have a nasty flow-on effect. |
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Democratic but not liberal, it had a constitutionally all-powerful president with limited effective power. |
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To a believer, God is all-powerful and the ultimate owner of the heavens and earth. |
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By 1987 the Tories were all-powerful, and people were speculating Labour would never hold power again. |
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If that is that case, the indoctrinators, like Aldous Huxley's controllers, become all-powerful. |
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Others believe that the universe was created as a whole by a single all-powerful entity. |
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He expostulates, but Ginger stands firm, and, because her stylishness is all-powerful, he has to give in. |
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The motorcycle ace won a world title on the all-powerful Honda last year and then celebrated victory by signing for the all-powerless Yamaha. |
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Such is the influence he exerts in US tennis that he is powerful enough even to challenge the all-powerful television schedulers. |
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The last factor is the weakness of civil society and non-governmental organizations in the face of an all-powerful government. |
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Like many writers, Phillips bemoans the way in which the publishing industry is now dominated by a handful of all-powerful conglomerates. |
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Did it all hinge on the creation of an all-powerful executive council, hand-picked by Fontaine to circumvent the chiefs? |
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The Eurosceptic view of an all-powerful European superstate is a figment of the imagination. |
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Schools of occultism insist most strenuously on the deific and all-powerful nature of such beings. |
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There was a time when Senatorial courtesy was all-powerful among the members of former days, when it was more potent than party obligation. |
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Two years later, she and her husband were all-powerful, supporting their nephew as he took the reins of power. |
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He was this odd, all-powerful, little child who had a proxy that was a terrifying alien named Balok. |
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In 1800 the overwhelming majority of Americans defined themselves as subjects of a distant, all-powerful God. |
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Teenagers may feel all-powerful and all-knowing at the same time that they experience fears of inadequacy and failure. |
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Superman is the all-powerful being whose only weakness is kryptonite. |
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If the world really is controlled by a hidden all-powerful force of politicians and oil men, what chance have we got of changing things for the better? |
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Could there be a more cogent statement of the all-present, all-powerful nature of God? |
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The country's all-powerful military, which has seized power in three coups since 1960, sees staunch secularism as a pillar of the state. |
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Are we witnessing the start of the demise of a once all-powerful, mighty beast? |
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Most notable of all, he has, almost single-handed, tamed the once all-powerful military and established civilian supremacy in the government. |
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I didn't have to hear a near constant drone about our all-powerful cricketers. |
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In spite of being all-powerful, the Olympians weren't too savvy when it came to social functions. |
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In contrast to what we might naively expect, Sumerian societies were not governed by all-powerful despotic kings whose word was law. |
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They portrayed the ruling capitalist class as all-powerful and able to exploit, manipulate and deceive workers at will. |
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The rule of a such a prime minister will always give colour to the image of the prime minister as all-powerful. |
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He seems like an all-powerful character, except he gets killed. |
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It turns out that the act of creation is profoundly transformative, even for a formless, timeless, all-powerful primogenitor. |
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Romans 1:20 adds apologetic confirmation by saying that the marvels of nature are enough to indicate the existence of an intelligent and all-powerful God. |
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One of the concerns I've been expressing since this morning, after hearing a lot of people, is that because of the dispute mechanism that exists in the WTO, the WTO seems to have become this all-powerful body. |
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Jesus used his apostles and his spirit of truth to lay a new foundation of truth-that Melchizedek's all-powerful god is the personal father of us all. |
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The European Commission is now thought of as all-powerful, whilst the Council and Parliament are increasingly rarely seen as responsible legislators. |
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The idea would be to initiate a constitutional reform in Russia, establishing a real parliamentary system which would make it possible for Vladimir Putin to occupy the all-powerful post of Prime Minister. |
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Larry Ellison, the all-powerful boss of Oracle and the current holder of the Silver Jug since last February, hit the roof. |
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Totalitarianism rejects these commitments in the name of a monistic vision of human life and an all-powerful government that seeks to implement that vision. |
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Meanwhile, the Lib Dems will take single-handed control of the council's all-powerful executive after Labour and Tories rejected a power-sharing offer. |
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The word means all-powerful, hence the Latin omnipotens, and was probably framed to counter the gnostic claim that a demiurge had created the visible universe. |
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Given a 20-year sentence for his role as Hitler's all-powerful armaments minister, the former architect turned plenipotentiary probably deserved a death sentence. |
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The braking system is all-powerful to meet the car's performance levels, with improved air ducting and air flow to the front brakes, as well as a new brake pad material. |
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I find it strange that anyone dare disobey the all-powerful, all-seeing, all-knowing, all-loving God when He so clearly states what is wrong behaviour. |
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Upon her arrival in 1862, she immediately clashes with the all-powerful ruler over his refusal to give her a house outside the Royal Palace in which to raise her young son. |
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The UK government should not become subservient to an all-powerful Frankfurt, just like local government has little power in the UK at the moment. |
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These examples vividly illustrate how youthful irreverence can expose the impotence of seemingly all-powerful rulers. |
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Spiritual tradition has called Mary the all-powerful Supplicant, because whatever she asks her Son for is infallibly granted to us. |
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God is all-powerful so how could people spit on him and crucify him as alleged? |
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Its power comes solely from the all-powerful spirit of Yahweh that rests upon it. |
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A Friend of the Cross is an all-powerful king, a champion who triumphs over the devil, the world and the flesh in their three-fold concupiscence. |
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God is thus utterly transcendent, self-sufficient, and all-powerful. |
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I love that she's not a demure tennis starlet under the thumb of an all-powerful parent or coach. |
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The all-powerful beasts stirred from their millennial sleep under earth and sea. |
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Henri Burin des Roziers, Dominican, a lawyer for the land-less who stand up to the fazendeiros, those all-powerful landowners, has made our special envoys discover another Brazil. |
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We need these institutions, which would not imply creating an all-powerful bureaucracy, abandoning national sovereignty, or adopting a single currency. |
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Everyone talks about 11 September 2001, the fateful day we were all swept up by a threat which spared nobody, not ever the all-powerful United States. |
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Is Richard self-motivated, with a mind twisted to match his twisted body, or does an all-powerful god preordain his choices? |
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It involves the strengthening of such democratic institutions as legislatures and local government, at the expense of all-powerful presidents, capable of decreeing market-opening reform from above. |
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Instead of hope, there is, for many Zimbabweans, fear of what an all-powerful Mugabe means for the future of the country, and gloomy prophecies for an economy still fragile after the hyperinflation horrors of five years ago. |
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Such killers may speak as if they are acting piously under the eye of an all-powerful God, but they actually act with a sharp, greedy eye for their audience of human peers. |
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Thanks to a few well-placed contacts, François went on to join all-powerful French broadcasting company the ORTF where he worked as a floor manager, producer and producer-in-chief. |
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But there is also an increased sensitivity about identity, a withdrawal into oneself, fear, the perpetuation of hidebound attitudes and the mobilization of all-powerful interests. |
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O metacarpal, proximal, o distal phalange, all-powerful finger in a breast plate, touch me light as a feather, please, jog in place. |
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A boy magician, aided by various ogres and swordster Svenson battles an all-powerful wizard for control of his kingdom. |
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In the hyper-cheesy American TV ad, a proud couple standing tall in matching scarlet Snuggies look primed for genuflection towards their all-powerful Snuggie master. |
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On a distant planet, a peace-loving race called the Gonds sacrifice their most intelligent and capable minds to the all-powerful Krotons. |
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The gorgeous, rebellious Prince Beau loves strong-willed healer Agnatha, and with the help of an all-powerful godling, the two may find the happiness each deserves. |
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