Sentences with phrase «us firms line»

Though investors and analysts sometimes question fast - casual chains about the cost sacrifices they may be making by holding a firm line on their menus, Shaich isn't dissuaded.

Silicon Valley is a unique environment where venture capital firms line the streets, share expertise and are unafraid of investing in the dreams of imaginative entrepreneurs.

We think European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi's firm line on resisting pressure to adjust the central bank's accommodative monetary policy is the correct one.

As has been the case for a number of years in Europe, the political backdrop remains uncertain, and this is one of the reasons we think President Draghi's firm line on resisting calls to adjust the ECB's accommodative monetary policy is the correct one.

The unit helps buyout firms line up funding.

Of course, Western theology has made its peace with the Enlightenment, the fundamental assumption of which is that there is a firm line between the empirical world and the transcendent world or spirit world.

And my eye retraces the outline of a face to see behind it the firmer lines of a younger face that I knew «way back when.»

Mgr Egan is a Ratzinger loyalist who takes a firm line on dissent.

Some, for example, have noted that far from being inclusive, globalization has in fact instituted new and firmer lines of exclusion, marginalization and differentiation.

Melancthon finally took a firmer line than expected, influenced perhaps by Jean Calvin who was present.

The goading from fans was not going to change the firm line he previously took when he said there was «zero percent» he'd try to drive the 17th green this week.

Centre manager Karen Keenan says assessments, including residential stays of an average of 12 weeks, make no assumptions about whether children are likely to be «better off» with mum, dad or both, but take a firm line that fathers are important: «We start from the point of view of the child, and over many years we've found that often it's the father, rather than the mother, who is the more competent or promising parent of the two.»

It doesn't prevent a meltdown, but it does give me a firm line to hold.

Children might get upset when you set a boundary like No hitting, but as that child grows, realizing you are also stopping him from being hit by others, he will appreciate this firm line.

If you are implying that Neufeld thinks that sexual abuse is acceptable on some level, or that his approach doesn't involve drawing «firm lines between right and wrong,» you are mistaken.

Bafflingly, he announced it without a firm line on whether it would make it into the manifesto.

Rather than tackle in detail the thorny problem of drawing a firm lines between selves and objects, the authors propose that a subject exists when there is the possibility of intersubjective recognition between us and that subject.

The committee also drew a firm line on international efforts to halt climate change which sidestep the UN.

After the 2010 general election, right - wing Tory MPs decided they lost because they were straddled with Big Society gobbledegook to sell on the doorstep, instead of firm lines on immigration and benefits.

Only later did she lay down firm lines connecting these floating features.

It may be that «there is a firm line» between vegetative and minimally conscious patients, «but our tools are too crude to tell us who is on which side of the line,» he says.

A firmer line of evidence for supernovae in Carina came from another researcher's 2009 identification of an ultradense stellar remnant called a neutron star there.

The film's theme is that many adolescents don't draw firm lines between reality and fantasy.

Most importantly, savings should be a firm line item in your budget.

To test to see where we draw a firm line?

The abstract works in these years underwent a further change with a retum to compositions, with firmer lines and a chromatic range that favored primary colors, making clear reference to Mondrian: Manhattan Beauty, and New York City Beauty (both 2001).

Its display blurs, as it should, firm lines between artworks and artifacts, giving both equal significance as objects of our moral attention.

Roxy Paine's works raise existential questions about our place in the natural order and the extent to which we can draw a firm line between the processes of nature and those of technology.

Despite the criticisms, it is clear from some recent developments that the Department of Energy has taken a firm line in some cases.

While others offer developers meek incentives to do better, Portland drew a firm line 25 years ago with no sewer and water services beyond it.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and McDermott Will & Emery are among a four firm line - up set to receive licences to launch in South Korea tomorrow (26 September), as the country pushes ahead with opening its legal market to international firms.

Firms line up as airport sold off after seven month bidding process, while Norton Rose wins a role on the airport's planning appeal

Paul Ridge, partner at Bindmans, which acted for the Education Review Group, comments: «The difficulty with the decision is that the court will not draw a firm line as to what a school should and should not do.

Heavyweight UK and US firms line up on BBA Aviation's acquisition of Landmark Aviation from the Carlyle Group

The Japanese investment bank finalised the line - up last week (22 November), with CC and Mayer Brown joining existing advisers Allen & Overy (A&O), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, Travers Smith and Ashurst on the seven - firm line - up.

The listed company is set to launch a review of its current five - firm line - up, in a move that will mark the first formal review of the roster since it was first introduced in 2008.

Following a tender process, the banks re-appointed DLA Piper, Addleshaw Goddard and Hogan Lovells and HBJ Gateley, while awarding new spots on the seven - firm line - up to Pinsent Masons and Shepherd & Wedderburn.

UK firms line up alongside Irish counterparts on what is set to be one of London's biggest IPOs in years

He points to the firm line on liability.

Karakatsanis J. took a firm line on the primacy of the categorical approach that has emerged post Dunsmuir: «The contextual approach can generate uncertainty and endless litigation concerning the standard of review» (at para. 35).

Because there's no firm line you need to cross between «earning more» or «saving more,» you can change your «mix» or focus accordingly.

Recruiters and resume experts draw a firm line between putting your best foot forward and lying on your resume.

Halloween has become a kind of adult holiday (which was not at all true a few generations ago), and with adults and teens dressing up as figures from horror movies and going to extremes to scare other adults (a harder task than scaring a little kid), we need to make sure there is a firm line against violent / bloody / gory and generally horrific images.

Not exact matches

THE Bank of Queensland will use Western Australia as a testing ground for a return to the use of mortgage brokers and a new branch model in an attempt to firm up its bottom line.

Matt McIlwain, the managing director at Seattle - based investment firm Madrona Ventures, further suggests the city's overall attitude is in line with how the company operates: «It has a very can - do, growth - oriented attitude, which aligns with the Amazon culture,» he says.

Sure, there are many other factors affecting this trend besides on - line merchandising — most notably real estate firms which have accelerated neighborhood declines by escalating rents — but those factors combined have decimated downtown and suburban shopping areas and have had a major impact on our way of life.

González Franch believes Worker Well - Being is helping the firm's bottom line: «It's a win - win situation, believe me.»

«Outsourcing to a trucking firm would allow UPS to enter into the final - mile business without committing its own capital up front to expand its fleet or acquire end - of - line, final - mile infrastructure such as terminals,» R.W. Baird analyst Ben Hartford said.

In 2013, branding and consulting firm Sylvain Labs helped serial entrepreneur Jonathan Levine develop a line of headphones under the name Master & Dynamic.

TriNet offers the comprehensive range of services you would expect from an HR outsourcing firm, but stands out by organizing its services along industry lines.