Sentences with phrase «by making the rules»

Matias» Reddit study, conducted over 29 days during which he and Reddit moderators screened 2,214 discussions on the science forum, found that by making rules easy to see (via «sticky comments,» as they are called on Reddit), Reddit users were 7.3 % «more likely to follow the rules.»

She had «broken» him of the habit in two weeks by making it a rule never to pick him up after the 10 p.m. news or before 6 a.m. Adele was not willing to do that.

You can fit a Chihuahua in your life easier by making some rules, scheduling and spending time with it.

By making the rules, you establish your position as the leader.

This process of engaging the Repair Checklist is a great example of shaping and prolonging an infinite game by making rules together.

By way of example, the FCA noted the Commissioner's argument that a person who does not compete in a market could nevertheless control that market by controlling a significant input to competitors in the market, or by making rules that effectively control the business conduct of those competitors.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a 21st century agency that helps consumer finance markets work by making rules more effective, by consistently and fairly enforcing those rules, and by empowering consumers to take more control over their economic lives.

Not exact matches

This is when a business is run by the «do what I say» rule where there is no authority or decision - making beyond the leader.

In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.»

Four months before political cartoonist Mike Fiore won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, his NewsToon app was rejected by Apple in December 2009, with the company citing rules about making fun of public figures.

There's a new form of crowdfunding being led by companies such as GrowthFountain that has been made possible by changes in investment rules that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (Finra) enacted in May 2016.

But the IPO rules prevent them from doing that by making sure they communicate entirely through a middleman.

The debates the newspaper held last month were made ludicrous by the rigidity of the rules and moderator alike, but the paper redeemed itself with its late polls.

«As an investor, I obey by all UN resolutions making sure we're not violating any sanctions, any rules,» Sawiris said.

«Consumer Reports is making this recommendation given the potentially fatal consequences of E. coli, the fact that there are still several unknowns about this outbreak, and that no type of romaine has been ruled definitively safe by government officials,» said James Rogers, the head of food safety at the non-profit-run magazine.

If you're a fan of the «head slap» made famous by NCIS character Leroy Jethro Gibbs, you know that this non-injurious action is usually meant as a reminder when a team member is in violation of one of the Gibbs rules.

After concluding that its $ 8 app was unlikely to get approved because of Apple's rules prohibiting camera applications, Snapture, a company that makes a camera - enhancing app that goes by the same name, opted to sell on Cydia instead.

The presence of a company culture makes a big impact because employees inevitably face choices that can not be regulated by a black and white rule book.

This is the second time the USPTO has made such a ruling in response to complaints about the Redskins trademark, brought most recently by five Native Americans.

For instance, we were once in a proceeding in which the judge made a ruling on evidence presented at trial by opposing counsel that was going to fundamentally change the outcome of the case.

Each entity type has its own ownership rules, which can also vary by state, so you don't want to make a mistake.

By the time the public comment period had ended for proposed rule changes to net neutrality 10 days ago, the Federal Communications Commission logged close to 800,000 responses, making it the most commented - upon rule change in the agency's history.

On one hand, going too far to the rules - based side will lead to an organization that is too rigid, with employees often doing things by rote that no longer make sense.

«These beverages are to be provided to the jurors each evening only if all trial proceedings have concluded for the day,» the judge wrote, making sure nobody could skirt the rules through legal loopholes: «The jurors are not authorized to order an alcoholic beverage for consumption by another juror.»

States permit poll watchers so long as they are registered, trained, and abide by state rules designed to make sure voters aren't impeded or intimidated while getting to and from the polls.

The central role of this independent regulatory agency is to protect investors in the financial markets by making sure that publicly traded companies play by the rules.

While the FCC has argued that net neutrality rules made it more difficult for broadband providers to invest in their networks and thus hurt innovation, evidence suggests that such regulation has had no negative impact on telecom investment — instead, it increased by 5 percent from 2014 to 2016, when net neutrality rules were in place.

The ACCC did not say on Friday whether the banks succeeded in influencing the ringgit rates — which affect who profits from a trade, and by how much — but said that rules required them to make their pricing submissions independently.

Apart from the spectrum aspects of the 5G rollout, Pai noted that the FCC has been making it easier for carriers to roll out new infrastructure, by removing «rules that don't make any sense.»

Even if it's an alien creature, it's going to abide by the same rules we would here... People will be drawn in, in ways that make them feel engaged.

The reaction: Union supporters were dismayed to learn the products on offer are not, as a rule, made by unionized labour.

«As they struggled to figure out what made a team successful, Rozovsky and her colleagues kept coming across research by psychologists and sociologists that focused on what are known as «group norms» - the traditions, behavioral standards, and unwritten rules that govern how teams function when they gather... Norms can be unspoken or openly acknowledged, but their influence is often profound.»

«There's a lot of questions to be answered to make sure our law enforcement officers are abiding by the highest standards and rules as they conduct their investigations.»

In the former case, a personal guarantee by the corporation's principals is usually required, which makes an exception to the limited liability rule.

LONDON — A bakery owned by a Christian family asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same - sex marriage.

His dismissiveness of such rule - making agencies may have been supercharged by past experience.

Yeganeh was the inspiration for Yev Kassem, a character first portrayed by Larry Thomas in a 1995 Seinfeld episode who was known for making customers follow strict rules to order or risk being turned away with his forceful cry: «No soup for you!»

LONDON (AP)-- A bakery owned by a Christian family asked Britain's Supreme Court on Tuesday to overturn a ruling that it discriminated against a gay customer for refusing to make a cake supporting same - sex marriage.

According to the USPS, the number of daily trips made by workers was determined by the postmaster, but there were no official rules.

Those who were born after that date, however, no longer have the ability to employ that strategy, because of changes to Social Security rules made by Congress.

The CMA's ruling comes amid a growing debate on both sides of the Atlantic about the ethics of price hikes for old off - patent medicines that are only made by a few firms and where there is little competition.

After all, this is how intellectual giants are made — not by following the rules of dusty academia, but by following the most tantalizing, counterintuitive ideas to their delightful conclusions.

Under takeover rules in the U.K., where SABMiller has its primary listing, ABI was required to make a formal offer by Wednesday evening in London, or else withdraw its interest, after having declared its intention to bid last month.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said its ruling stemmed from a 2008 decision in which it held that Cablevision Systems Corp. could offer a remote digital video recording service without paying additional licensing fees to broadcasters because each playback transmission was made to a single subscriber using a single unique copy produced by that subscriber.

Google hasn't helped that by not showing off a store and by making weird rules against advertising without explaining what will be allowed.

The FAA is planning to craft rules by this year to make it easier to identify drones and their pilots, a senior official said.

«Since there's no rule restricting the way we give options to people who are not executives or directors, we make those decisions on a case - by - case basis, based on a worker's seniority, merit, and importance to the company,» he says.

The company has listings in more than 65,000 cities, and faces a conflicting maze of laws and HOA regulations, making it hard to enforce rules by geography.

Knowing I wouldn't be able to make it through the entire week drinking this watery mess, I decided to make the shake more edible by mixing in almond milk (which stays in accordance with Khloe's strict «no dairy» rule) instead of ice, and by adding a small squirt of honey for sweetness.

However, you can make some progress by following the rules and touching on a few key ingredients.