Sentences with phrase «alarm bells when»

«An upholstered bed may ring alarm bells when thinking of maintenance, but in fact they can be cosy, super-comfy and easy to keep clean,» says Jacqueline Dunton, Founder and Creative Director of Sweetpea & Willow.

No other organization keeps such a close eye on the health of the borough's housing stock, and raises alarm bells when necessary.

Dunkin' franchisees rang alarm bells when Tims began invading their turf during the 1990s, warning their head offi ce of the «Tim Hortons phenomenon» and asking for help to fend off the newcomer, but the Canadian company prevailed by custom - tailoring menu items like baked beans and developing made - in - Quebec ads.

In Chicken Little, a young hatchling sets off the town's alarm bell when he fears the sky is falling.

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In the wake of a summer filled with headlines about NSA privacy violations, alarm bells are ringing loudly at the idea of «big brother» insurance providers wanting more information about what customers do when they're behind the wheel.

Equally, when a company that is burning $ 175,000 / month tells me they're raising $ 10 - 15 million it sets off alarm bells because even if I assume you'll double your burn rate it still implies 2.5 - 3.5 years of cash runway, which is too much for a startup.

When unemployment drops below that, alarm bells sound and the Fed marches into action.

«[Crypto values] went too high, too fast... at the time I urged caution, saying an asset that goes almost vertically up should typically raise alarm bells for investors... Arguable, even before the frenzied peak in December, when the price of one Bitcoin reached an all time high of more than $ 19,000, the market was beginning to become frothy and overheated.»

When equity markets foray into not - so - cheap territory, investors get nervous and edgy, ready to jump ship at the first alarm bell, justified or not.

You need to ask yourself why the alarm bell is not sounding when you make such a rationalization.

When I hear these sorts of arguments for observing Passover and other Jewish feasts, alarm bells begin to sound, and a whole host of Scriptures from the New Testament begin the «Hora» (the Jewish circle dance) inside my head.

But, Catholics do believe that we can ask Mary to pray for us, and we do believe that Christ has assumed her into Heaven and given her honors above that of any other creature (more on this when we get to the question concerning women in the Church), and we do believe that she has a (subordinate) mediator - like role (but before your alarm bells go off, please read this article by Taylor Marshall for a proper understanding of this.

However, when inflammation becomes chronic, it's like having the alarm bells going off in your body 24/7.

its interesting that versus swansea, when ppl started leaving the stadium, thats when alarm bells went off in the directors heads «you mean: they might stop paying us our precious money???».

To say our defence was better when we had the likes of Squillaci, Sanstos, Sylvestre in the team ring alarm bells....

I thought the alarm bells would have rung when he signed a two year extension.

When there is little interest in player movement and paying players who have reached free agency, alarm bells should be going off, especially since the entire point of free agency is player movement and paying players who were previously held back by an economic system designed not to pay them until they were proven commodities.

Surely the alarm bells must have been ringing all those years ago when being interviewed about the premiership trophy Wenger replied it was more important to be in the top four and it didn't matter about trophies — my alarm bells certainly did — he should have been replaced then!

When Gareth Southgate is their clear favourite to take over, alarm bells should be ringing.

The alarm bells started to ring on 20th March when Barcelona succumbed a two goal lead at Villarreal to draw 2 - 2.

That was he photographed strolling through Shanghai Disneyland on match day, when he was sidelined with an injury, set alarm bells ringing.

And when another English team finally took all three points, alarm bells rang.

It has become standard for Gillibrand to sound alarm bells — even when she appears in very little danger of being defeated, according to multiple statewife polls — in her fundraising appeals, warning of extreme right - wing boogeymen who would like nothing better than to take her out.

In some cases the regulator discovered «alarming» practices such as help bells being placed out of patients» reach, staff treating their elderly patients in a patronising or dismissive manner and found some patients subject to humiliation when curtains failed to be closed properly around their beds during examinations and procedures.

The victories were an undoubted success and Osborne's tin ear should sound alarm bells ringing for Conservative MPs when they come to elect a new leader.

When those two factors are looked at together, alarm bells should be going off in policymakers» offices.

But alarm bells should ring when our politicians address themselves specifically to faith groups, solicit them as partners with local or national government, and encourage them to believe that they might have a distinctive role in providing public services and meeting public policy objectives.

When politicians mention them, the «excuses» alarm bell should be ringing out loudly in your brain.

It is recalled that environmentally conscious Ghanaians, climate change advocates and people of northern Ghana strongly supported the NPP in opposition when the party raised the alarm bell through a press conference on the felling of these rosewood tress in northern Ghana.

When we find calcium and phosphorus in a forensic investigation, alarm bells start ringing because bone contains these minerals.

So when the results of international tests show Western schoolchildren lagging behind their peers in countries like Singapore and Japan, alarm bells start ringing.

It all started when James M. Tour, a well - known organic chemist at Rice University and sometime Scientific American author, began to ring the alarm bells about chemical terrorism.

But when George Smith read it, alarm bells rang.

Alarm bells started ringing in 2001, when the first comprehensive research on climate impacts for the park was done by the South African National Biodiversity Agency.

Chicken and Broccoli Sauce — Usually when you see chicken and broccoli put together in a sauce it involves a lot of cream and should send your alarm bells ringing.

When the brain's output signals alarm bells for pain, this can result in increased tension of the muscles as a survival response.

When these two things co-occur it should always ring alarm bells.

When you become a booty call after two years in a relationship, alarm bells should start to ring.

Alarm bells should ring when someone (and yes, that includes you) pushes or assumes intimacy that doesn't reflect reality.

In general, when someone you met on a dating site asks you for money, alarm bells should sound in your head.

Fortunately one of my friends had seen that when I sent her the very professional photos he had sent me and all her alarm bells went off and she sent me the link.

Framed by a boisterous dinner scene between playwright friends, alarm bells ring early in Melinda and Melinda when conversation turns to whether a random scenario, the arrival of an unexpected stranger at a dinner party, would work best as the premise for tragic drama or comedy.

When: February 6th Why: It's never a good sign when a movie gets postponed, especially one as big as «Jupiter Ascending,» but what really set off alarm bells was the decision to move it from a prime summer release date to the dead zone of FebruWhen: February 6th Why: It's never a good sign when a movie gets postponed, especially one as big as «Jupiter Ascending,» but what really set off alarm bells was the decision to move it from a prime summer release date to the dead zone of Februwhen a movie gets postponed, especially one as big as «Jupiter Ascending,» but what really set off alarm bells was the decision to move it from a prime summer release date to the dead zone of February.

Her alarm bells go off when his teacher, Sister James (Amy Adams), hints that Flynn has taken a special interest in the lonely lad and even went so far as to summon the kid from class for a private meeting in the rectory.

When the film opens, India (Wasikowska) has just lost her father (a miscast Dermot Mulroney — then again, the man is so rarely well cast), She and her mother (Kidman) are in mourning, albeit in their own uniquely strange way — setting off alarm bells that all is not as it seems — when who should show up but Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode, ever handsomely creepy / creepily handsoWhen the film opens, India (Wasikowska) has just lost her father (a miscast Dermot Mulroney — then again, the man is so rarely well cast), She and her mother (Kidman) are in mourning, albeit in their own uniquely strange way — setting off alarm bells that all is not as it seems — when who should show up but Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode, ever handsomely creepy / creepily handsowhen who should show up but Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode, ever handsomely creepy / creepily handsome).

The alarm bells start ringing when climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid) witnesses a major piece of ice breaking off from the coast of Antarctica.

With all the attention being paid these days to school accountability for students» performance on academic assessments, it's easy to overlook an indicator like attendance, especially when the data don't set off alarm bells.

On the other hand, when emotions escalate, the «Downstairs Brain,» the amygdala, the more primitive part of the brain, surges into action, especially when its alarm bell senses danger.

The app could ultimately notify school counselors when certain posts appear that set off alarm bells.

Alarm bells went off among Mayor Greg Ballard's staff Dec. 3 when Virginia - based Imagine Schools issued an arcane press release announcing its Imagine - West charter school in Indianapolis would be overseen by Trine University rather than by Ball State University.