Sentences with phrase «against the measure when»

De Blasio testified against the measure when he spoke about his budget priorities in Albany last week, saying it would «produce uncertainty in financing and unnecessarily add difficulty and delay to the process of building the affordable housing struggling New Yorkers need.»

Not exact matches

All four were unsuccessful, including Friday morning's dramatic 2 a.m. vote that failed when Sen. John McCain cast his ballot against the measure.

It's amazing how employee behavior changes when you create a goal and then measure against it.

The dollar, measured against a basket of currencies, has now given up more than half of the gains it notched up this month when investors rushed into the greenback as equity markets suffered a violent sell - off.

I was recently working with someone whose time literally fell into thirds when measured against those categories.

When all the current bookings are measured against supply for 2017 and 2018, First Solar expects to only have 300 to 500 MW of Series 4 supply left over.

When Europe recently renewed its own anti-dumping measures against Chinese steel, it ensured that these were in accordance with WTO rules and specifically targeting China.

When measured against the American and European markets, Asian stocks, excluding Japan, have been the top performers of 2017 so far, returning more than 30 percent year - to - date.

At home or on the go, customers can see how they measure up against family, friends, and find out how much they can save when they take control.

In addition, lower real wages and declining labor costs are making the country more attractive for foreign business when measured against regional Latin American peers.

Over the past 16 years, the US dollar's purchasing power, when measured against gold, has crashed by more than 81 %.

Nearly 16 percent of the IRA owners in the EBRI study were age 71 and up, a figure that looks promising when measured against EBRI s sprawling IRA database.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau's deficit of about $ 20 billion seems big, until you measure it against the size of the economy, when it becomes a meagre 0.9 percent of GDP.

As opposed to just measuring energy efficiency — which may be at odds with comfort much of the time — the Thermal Comfort Rating Metric (TCRM) would let buyers decide how important comfort is when weighed against cost and efficiency.

Our experience suggests that US stocks generally look expensive and offer limited long - term return prospects from current levels when measured against their own long history.

Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect live by any measure, he informs us that he takes pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.

In short, a belief that we're better people because we're (Christian, American, Educated, Atheist,...) leads us to avoid preventative measures against abuse, and justify abusive behaviours when they do occur.

So when we want to know about a person's friends and associates, we look at the people with whom she eats, and when we want to measure a someone's social status against our own, we look at the sort of dinner parties to which he gets invited.

When one can not measure beliefs against an outside standard, any belief is possible.

The world has always been against the church, but there have been times when the world has been partially converted, and when the church has lived with it in some measure of peace; there have been other times when the world was more or less openly hostile, seeking to convert the church.

When we measure our experience against the promised possibility of intimacy offered in the New Covenant, we do not feel embraced in such intimacy, but consigned to disobedience.

That figure shrinks to insignificance when measured against the $ 70 million in small change that annually flows into the BGEA coffers, or the additional millions that his books, weekly newspaper column and speaking engagements bring in each year.

When measured against the unfathomable vastness of the entirety of space and time, our lives are indeed insignificant.

Not many Americans would agree with you when you write, that... it is reasonable for the NYPD to take proactive defensive measures against «their» muslims..

And [in all your dealings] give full measure and weight, with equity: [however,] WE do not burden any human being with more than he is well able to bear; and when you voice an opinion; be just, even though it be [against] one near relative.

When Diocletian decided on measures against the Christians, the serenity with which this decision was implemented in the series of edicts after 303 AD.

In fact, in this line of thought, when a man uses violence the state has a right to apply all measures against him.

Still, our good citizenship is quite beside the point when measured against Jesus» reckless eschatological imperatives involving swords and crosses.

Since then, God has been found wanting when measured against facts and data.

The problem is when we say this, we are measuring ourselves against our standards, not the standards God has set in place — the Ten Commandments (Footnote # 1).

Nodoubt he has won the cup but that counts for nothing when measured against the top teams in England and Europe.

When you consider the dazzling arc of his career, it's no surprise that LeBron James, at the tender age of 20, is being measured against the greatest players in the NBA

Parents with 24 - hour - surveillance cameras on their child's crib look like unfit guardians when measured against the scrutiny Jett gave his greens last week.

They were in this game to the end They had enough good chances, they could have won this game By any measure, they are playing against a team with more talent When you rarely make the playoffs for several years, you get better draft picks, and those draft picks have come through for the Jets We are not finished, but our chances of winning this series are slim, but not none We give it our best Friday in the Peg, I hope it is enough

When executing analysis like this, we always prefer using against the spread (ATS) records as a measure of how a team, or player in this instance, performs because point spreads include a level of «expectation» that straight - up wins and losses do not.

A friendly against an understrength Spain was never going to be a deal - breaker when it came to measuring Southgate's suitability to be England's next permanent manager.

And the levels of affection or appreciation for Lukaku would be best measured by the crowd reaction when he scored or engineered a goal, which he did not manage against Spurs, even if he did win an important header to send Martial on his way.

However, evidence that overall fathers can (and often do) «buffer» their children against the worst effects of their mothers» depression is found from a study that measured what happened when the fathers didn't provide support:

Snugness is a measure of how closely a baby or toddler is «wrap» around by the baby carrier and how close the baby is against the baby wearer's body when carried.

When your baby is weighed by the pediatrician and then given a percentile, make sure they are being measured against other breastfed babies.

However, the fact that there is much more wriggle room in the state aid measures than he suggests gives him the opportunity to present a more proactive industrial policy as a victory against EU restrictions when in fact it is just an example of a member state working the system.

It said the system losses were as high as 27.44 per cent when power purchased was matched against sales in units and, therefore, asked the ECG to put in place measures to control and reduce the losses.

As was the case when he was a rank - and - file member, Heastie voted against measures that would have expanded their use in New York.

Jacobs once criticized Maragos for challenging Sen. Charles Schumer (D - N.Y.) after barely six months as comptroller and said he «didn't measure up» to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), when Maragos ran against her.

You see, this government knows what's coming down the road is a situation where there is so much scarcity (caused by the looting of trillions of public money & illegal wars ordered by the bankers) so it wanted to have in place some «tougher» crowd / internet control measures for when we're all marching & protesting against these criminals.

The Progressive People's Party (PPP) has given strong indications it is ready to challenge the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in equal measure when the party continue to unleash attacks against its flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom.

Cuomo noted that Zeldin opposed the SAFE Act when he was a member of the Senate Republican conference, and has voted against gun control measures since arriving in Congress.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has warned that legislation in today's Queen's Speech must have effective guidance so that companies know when they are taking adequate measures to guard against rogue members of staff facilitating tax evasion or money laundering.

Ladipo cautioned citizens of the state against consumption of rodents and to avoid contact with the blood, urine and faeces of rats when killing them as a preventive measure against Lassa fever.

Perhaps, the most far - reaching measure Nana Addo plans to institute in his fight against corruption is his vow to create a special, independent Public Prosecutor's Office to deal with issues of corruption when they come up.