Sentences with phrase «already under the gun»

Already under the gun because of an anticipated $ 80 million budget overrun and scheduling delays, NSF decided last summer to descope the project, dropping a long - term stream experiment and seven urban sites.

Already under the gun because of high - stakes testing, as well as time and budget constraints, some educators flinch at the thought of creating such ambitious real - world projects or coordinating new partnerships with people outside the school.

Teachers are already under the gun to cover more material than time permits, and they are stymied by the need to devote extra time to vocabulary.

Not exact matches

I say Lets focus on the young gun Reiss Nelson... scored a cracker for under - 23's tonight... get him in the 1st team squad and let him run riot in last 15 minutes if we are already winning plus europa league and League cup.....

The Lib Dems are already pro-reform and already under the cosh from their own membership to stick to their guns.

While current County Executive George Latimer, a Democrat, has already signed an executive order banning the gun shows — a reinstatement of a previous ban that lapsed under Astorino — unlike the order, the passage of a more formal piece of legislation would permanently ban the shows in the future.

The Guillotines has spent a bit of time on the development turn wheel and because of this, Lau, who already has an iconic crime thriller under his belt, feels like more of a hired gun.

It might behoove the Minister to recall that, under his watch, mandatory minimum sentences are already being imposed for «illegal drugs and guns» along with new sentencing provisions for involvement in criminal organizations.