Sentences with phrase «hit the brakes after»

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Foreign investors hit the brakes last December, shortly after the Harper government approved the Nexen and Progress deals and the prime minister warned that future takeovers in the oilsands by state - owned enterprises (SOEs) would be approved on only an exceptional basis.

Vettel hit the back of Hamilton believing the Mercedes driver brake checked him and then seemingly turned into his title rival after pulling alongside him to wave his hand in frustration.

His lead in the standings is now just three points after he admitted to simply coming out of the Watkins Glen pit lane too quickly, hit the brakes, locked up and slipped off on cold tyres.

A proposed retail and entertainment complex next to the arena is tied up in litigation, and county officials hit the brakes on a 25 - acre biotech park after Northwell Health abandoned plans for a $ 350 million Center for Bioelectronic Medicine, citing the cost.

Although NCI's budget rose 81 % during the 5 - year NIH doubling that ended in 2003, the brakes hit hard in 2004, translating into a slight $ 2.7 million cut in NCI's operating budget after paying grants, salary raises, and contributions to trans - NIH activities.

All 2016 GLI models also receive Volkswagen's Automatic Post-Collision Braking system, which applies the brakes after a crash to help prevent the car from hitting anything else.

Rotors are easily warped nowdays due to quality, usage, and even by hitting a puddle of water after or during braking because it shifts the rotors temperature so quickly from hot to cold that the steel warps.

After rain though, water would spill into the car whenever I hit the brake.

The department says the regulations will help prevent accidents such as heavy trucks jackknifing after hitting the brakes in wet conditions.

The eight - speed automatic transmission now shifts much aggressively, holding gears even after you've hit the rev - limiter and downshifting as you brake to enter a corner.

If its computer detects the driver attempting an evasive maneuver to avoid hitting an object from the front, the XC60 will make the turn as effective as possible by braking the inner wheels, adding steering input and then braking the outside wheels after the maneuver to settle the chassis.

Brakes failed first thing after truck started, so when I was pulling the truck off the road into the driveway to park it, I hit my other car in the driveway.

After you finish writing your ebook, you are anxious to share it with the world and the process can prove frustrating when you are forced to hit the brakes in order to first create a viable marketing strategy.

It very hard to manoeuvre your car while avoiding traffic at times and often your car stalls after you've hit the brakes.

My belief is that «hitting the brakes hard» should mean an interim global cap at the present rate of fossil fuel production, as soon after conclusion of the December Copenhagen conference that national ratifications can be secured.

Another minor surprise: You could really feel the drag from the regenerative brakes after you stopped accelerating at lower speeds — as the Tesla rep remarked, you don't even need to hit the brakes to stop if you're going slow enough.