Sentences with phrase «while holding off»

We may act for a debtor company attempting to restructure its affairs while holding off its creditors on one file, working for an accounting firm that is appointed by the court to act in the best interests of all creditors on a second file, and working for a secured creditor trying to recover as much as possible on the loans it made on a third file.

The two of you will follow a linear path as you go from district to district, solving puzzles and gathering upgrades while holding off an army of bloodthirsty bears.

Defeating a boss Salmonid, while holding off the rest of the Salmonid horde of course, will spawn Golden Eggs, which must be rescued by your team, grabbing several of them in each wave.

A new co-op game mode, titled «Siege», was also added, in which 2 — 3 players must team up to secure a zone while holding off waves of enemies.

Battling the Pinehurst course while holding off Tiger Woods, New Zealand's Michael Campbell won the U.S. Open — and couldn't believe it himself

Not many said this to my face (only one), but their actions of welcoming him back while holding me off at a distance, spoke loud enough.

In the second half Arsenal created the two best chances and scored one while hold off Chelsea.

Russia handing more military hardware to the Assad regime while it holds off action at the international level.

Marston tells his wife and son to escape while he holds off the attackers.

Verdict — The Audi Q3 has had it easy since the time it was launched in India because it was quick to beat the BMW X1 in the sales chart while it held off fresh competition from its Stuttgart rival with relative ease.

Not exact matches

Referencing the story of a 26 - year - old woman who admitted to going into debt to try to keep up with the lifestyles she saw on Instagram, Klontz said that she was smart to hold herself accountable to a blog while she committed to living below her means in order to pay off her debt.

It's a bit of a strange gambit for a treaty that has a six - month escape clause for any participant; while all parties currently seem reluctant to make any hasty decisions, the idea of tearing the bandage off over five excruciating years doesn't seem to hold much appeal either:

While we're at it, would you be better off as an entrepreneur if your city held a one - off event like a convention, that millions will pay attention to, or a smaller scale, perennial event that will draw a passionate crowd?

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had held off litigation against what he claimed were illegal gambling operations and the fantasy companies had suspended their «games of skill» while the proposed legislation was in train.

The Rio events introduced the world to several breakout performers with the potential to become true household names — even if some of these athletes must hold off on those oh - so - lucrative endorsement deals for a little while.

The goal of the WCM initiative is to tackle the «mid-career drift» too often imposed on women after taking time off to have children, while helping banks hold on to valuable talent.

Most people wait a while after they wake up to start eating; for me, it's easier to hold off for a few hours in the morning than it is to go, say, from 3 or 4 p.m. until bedtime without eating.

While the central banker is expected to hold off from raising borrowing costs for a second straight policy decision on Wednesday, and retain a degree of prudence in his rhetoric, Poloz will probably face mounting pressure to return to the rate - hike path soon, with inflation and growth beginning to pick up.

The current base at C has the most potential, only pulling back less than 20 % off the highs while holding above the rising 10 and 40 - week moving averages.

I know it has been a while since I last posted an update on the portfolio experiment but please forgive my laziness as reporting monthly was becoming a bit of a drag so I decided to hold off until the final month.

That statement would clearly be more reassuring to Americans had not the largest bank in the U.S. in 2008, Citigroup, blown itself up while lying to the public and its shareholders about its exposure to subprime debt and holding more than $ 1 trillion in assets off its balance sheet.

While patience to hold winning stocks definitely pays off, there are times when the stock trades can be equally profitable, even when held for only a few weeks.

While the period since the late - 1990's has enjoyed a couple of bright spots coming off of the 2003 and 2009 market lows, the overall period has produced dismal total returns for buy - and - hold investors.

She put me on hold for a couple of minutes while she took those accounts off.

Meanwhile, the US has seen all its investment banks go bust, sold off or hastily turned into traditional holding banks so they can be bailed out by Federal Reserve, while ginormous players in the mortgage space like Washington Mutual, Wachovia, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have effectively bitten the dust as independent companies.

Tiger Global Management planned to sell nearly all of its 20 percent stake, while SoftBank Group planned to sell off the bulk of its 20 percent - plus holding.

On the other hand, private industry has laid off a good chunk of their workforce while squeezing every last bit of productivity out of those who remain, held back raises while telling their employees they're lucky to have a job, stopped making 401k matching contributions even after their profits have soared to record highs and they've banked a ton of cash that they're NOT spending to hire or rehire laid - off employees.

TAX CHURCHES NOW as the commercial enterprises they have become... saying and claiming anything to recruit and hold customers and make their executives a nice living or even «personal jet» rich while foisting their incredible burden on municipal infrastructure off on individual homeowners.

She taught me how to hold one arm in front of me to ward off blows while holding a balled - up fist behind it ready to throw a good punch if someone decided to punch me first.

We've been holding them off for a while but they'll catch up soon enough.

I claim that Vosper, rather than blowing her own horn or trying to make a buck off the church while she can — as some have accused — is actually working in the spirit of Bishop Pike to bring about this same honest re-examination of traditional beliefs, polity, and social awareness and action as someone who appreciates the tradition and all it holds dear, but only in a different way than the church would wish.

God tells Jonah to preach judgment upon Nineveh, but because they show some signs of repentance, He holds off for a couple hundred years while they continue to run roughshod over the entire Ancient World (some repentance that was!).

Nothing elicits true honesty like dangling off a sheer cliff face held up only by a cord made from grizzly bear entrails while being pressed by Bear Grylls about flip - flopping on tax reform.

«Wash feet,» she said softly... My spouse, who was holding her while I performed this footwashing (any cosmetic or dressing procedure requires at least three, usually four, hands these days) noticed out loud what a sweet and gentle daddy I was being to wash the stink off her feet for her.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

The charlatans selling off instruments composed of risky home loans pulled a fast one, leaving Uncle Sam as guarantor holding the bag - while they walked away holding the money from the sales of the investment instruments.

While you are holding each mushroom, wipe the dirt off the mushroom with a wet paper towel.

I'm also thankful that I know how to hold my tongue, keep quiet, and scream in my head all while nodding, smiling, and brushing off comments like:

I need to make him some of this to hold him off for a little while!

I kept imagining myself trying to hold the spiralizer on the counter while it moved as I was spiralizing, and it eventually falling off, and the blades that other spiralizers store on the bottom, falling out and cutting my toes off.

Well, after a few moments of gut aching laughing inside the dressing room with one leg stuck in a pair of jeans pulled up to my knee - ish area and me hopping around on the other leg while simultaneously holding onto the wall trying to pull / peel the jeans off... I was beginning to sweat, my sanity was being questioned by myself and the saleswoman, and I was striking up quite the hunger.

When you see the likes of West Brom bringing in decent holding midfielders on loans while we do nothing, makes you wonder if we'd be better off with Tony Pulis in charge.

At around 81 minutes the ball gets played back to Schez who looks for OG way down the pitch and OG holds off a defender while having the ball hit his chest and the ball falls to his feet.

I think the guy could still get 4 - 5 sacks a year off the blitz and while holding down the middle and taking TEs out of the game for the next 10 years.

In Alex Song's last season Arteta was often left alone in the hole while Song wandered off to go try his hand at being Xavi, no wonder we lost more games with Song holding alone that we did with Arteta holding alone.

On the ensuing restart, Newman got away cleanly while the field behind him stacked up, giving him enough cushion to hold off Kyle Larson, who pitted for two fresh tires and had restarted fourth.

Oh, he still has a knack for keeping the curious at arm's length, much as he has learned to hold off his opponent in the pivot with one hand, while calling for the ball with the other.

Wilshere and Xhaka can hold onto the ball well which we need, Wilshere has the ability to step past his man and make a smart pass while Xhaka can hold off players with his strength.

Rahm held off a sneaky - good Andrew Landry in a four - hole playoff while you were probably watching NFL football.

The Ravens are one of two teams with a winning playoff road record at 10 - 5 while quarterback Joe Flacco holds the record with seven road playoff wins and he will arrive off the back of an impressive performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers.