Some characteristics are beyond their control: When the interest rates tick downward, loan applications flood through the door.
We like to think of ourselves, and our communities, as innocent victims of sinister forces that are beyond our control.
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And whether we rise or fall as a nation doesn't depend on some economic forces that are beyond our control.
It is pointless for a modern president to plead that some things, such as the business cycle, are beyond his control.
It has to do with their refinery capacity and a lot of other things that are beyond their control which would keep driving prices upward.
The trouble is, that while a picture is worth a thousand words, and the words it evokes are beyond the control of the person in the picture.
Two-thirds of Americans reject the idea that people's chances in life are determined by circumstances that are beyond their control, a far higher proportion than in Europe.
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Yet it seems probable that the factors that have really brought the crime rates down have little to do with policemen or politicians, and more to do with cycles that are beyond their control.
But they also point out that some of the biggest problems with the service are beyond their control, like the placement of cellular towers and the fact that so many users are all vying for the same service.
These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.
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There are factors beyond our control but, as a team, we believe there are opportunities to do better.
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The truth is: the price of gas depends on a lot of factors that are often beyond our control.
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The key to resisting the hardship and discord that intrude upon every human life, is to cultivate a certain attitude toward adversity based on the critical distinction between those things we are able to control versus those which are beyond our capacity to manage.
No matter how much you prepare for your presentation, there are external factors beyond your control.
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And that tells you that there are other things beyond our control, like unrest in the Middle East, or other factors like the growth of emerging countries such as China and India.
They are beyond any government's control and, by all serious predictions, are likely to continue rising.
However, many of the other recommendations, such as reducing congestion on America's highways, are beyond the industry's control.
Although many are victims of circumstances beyond their control, almost all of the borrowers in the stories he tells showed bad judgment, inadequate effort or both.
Certainly when it comes to flight delays, problems unique to specific airlines like plane readiness and crew availability are compounded by factors beyond their control, such as airport mismanagement, air traffic congestion, bad weather and, these days, longer security lines.
In our national ranking of 200 metropolitan regions for employer attractiveness, the four-county Syracuse region ranks in the bottom quintile. (See "map") Some of the factors indirectly affecting this ranking are beyond any city's control--such as climate and transportation grids--but one very big one is very much the province of politicians: taxes.
But there are reasons for that --again, some of them beyond our control -- but that are beginning to -- the headwinds created by them like the earthquake in Japan, have subsided somewhat.
But, the statement adds, if the delays and cancellations are "beyond the company's control, " then it doesn't have to pay.
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The former are, by their nature, beyond control, while the number of work permits has increased as a result of deliberate policy.
And like all objects, they cannot be held responsible for anything they do because they are wholly controlled by forces beyond their control.
The CTU argues that its evident failures are more due to factors beyond its control, such as the poverty, demographics and family habits of its students.
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Interest rates and the stockmarket are, obviously, beyond insurers' control.
The move occurred just days after the European Union announced a review of rules that could make it easier for airlines to avoid expensive passenger compensation requirements when flights are cancelled for reasons well beyond their control.
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