powers-that-be

"The Powers that Be seem to be satisfied, " he said.

How much will the powers that be screw with his vision?

Even the powers that be are beginning to wake up to the power of the study abroad experience.

I was all set to do it and I was thinking, "Aw man, " I was just going to impose upon the powers that be, and measure the speed of light.

It happens in the heat of a game that you get over excitable, but the referees and the powers that be have got to react to it.

The powers-that-be believed that the only appropriate form of birth control was celibacy.

However, that is just what the powers-that-be want you to believe, so as to leave them alone in their relentless pursuit of. . . what?

Without Twitter, the world might have known little more than a losing candidate accusing the powers that be of alleged fraud.

The island of Hainan is the only province where the powers that be have embraced golf construction and then for tourism purposes only.

It was an appropriate title; the powers that be really did learn a lesson from the Prague Spring.

Whenever we want to have a party in public areas we have to ask permission from the powers that be.

Their aim seems to be to drag out the case while the powers-that-be decide what to do.

It helps, even if often only as an encouragement to us, rather than as an argument convincing the powers that be.

Both failures demonstrated that all-too-common activity that constitutes much of modern reporting: stenography for the powers that be.

A top journalist in Niger was just thrown into prison last September for annoying the powers that be.

As you watch me wander, curse the powers that be.

And rather than investing billions in reducing carbon emissions, you'd much prefer the powers that be invested in mosquito nets.

The results of another poll must have been even more alarming to the powers that be.

Forget about the "powers that be" : merely the information that Google is gathering today would make Big Brother envious.

We don't think that's plausible, since the result would be a Greek default, which the EU powers-that-be have ruled out.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

It's up to the powers that be to decide what should be done next.

Mayim: I don't know, I don't even know if I would get an answer from the powers that be if I asked.

the powers-that-be now want to register the organisation as a political association.

It is blatantly obvious that the powers that be are doing their up-most to keep us in fear mode.

At about the same time, the powers that be were cooperating to develop the official next generation operating system, Multics.

Gates' performance during the hearing didn't sway the powers that be.

And besides, the powers that be are making much better ones now.

You can also confirm that the Powers That Be on planet Earth actually have access to this technology and use it for all kinds of reasons.

This is understandable for a small organisation taking on the world's powers-that-be.

Thank the powers that be that the quarter ended just in time.

why should we care for the powers that be ?

But the powers that be say, "Make food, not love. "

And when the powers-that-be send you back your manuscript (and they will), take a deep breath and try again.

Fairbairn and Sykes return to England and SHOCK the powers that be because they advocate VIOLENT OFFENSIVE ATTACK.

The powers-that-be had other ideas.

Right now the powers that be are calling the Twilight Series because they haven't come up with anything else.

The powers that be have yet to agree on how to compare electric cars withconventional ones.

Yet the worry for the powers that be is that voters seem jaded.

Hopefully the powers-that-be will allow us all to exeunt when the time is right.

Have you found yourself inadvertently threatening the powers that be?

Regarding regulators and powers that be, this is very much their job.

If the powers that be get it right, the project has the potential to place Hong Kong firmly on the global art map.

I block out the sight of the powers that be Duck away into the darkness,

I block out the sight of the powers that be

I was confused by the powers that be