Sentences with phrase «as checks on»

The platform checks the developer's track record and financial documents as well as checks on the property before it lists deals on the site.

The platform checks the developer's track record and financial documents as well as checks on the property before it lists deals on the site.

Julie reviews her existing dating coaching clients» Facebook and social media pages, as well as checks on the social media profiles of their potential dates to see if they're a match.

As she checks on the little ones entrusted to her care, some babies fuss in open cribs beneath mobiles emitting soothing tones; the smallest, weighing less than half a kilogram, slumber in cases of clear plastic.

Dragonfly's multiple lenses serve as checks on one another for stray light, and their internal surfaces are treated with an anti-reflective coating.

But in this debate, the Democratic candidates spoke of morality as a check on capitalism.

And if his own ambitions stray too much from the public good, then hopefully the «discipline of the market» will act as a check on the tech visionary himself.

Shareholders want the ability to ensure good governance at the companies and to be able to act as a check on managers» control.

Along with a new independent chairman expected to be named later this month, the reconfigured board will effectively be controlled by shareholders — a shift expected to serve as a check on McClendon.

As a check on our top 100 data, we also looked at a more comprehensive list of venture and micro-venture firms, capturing those in CrunchBase that have been active since 2014.

In this Dec. 4, 2014 photo, investor share a light moment as they check on stock prices at a brokerage house in Fuyang in central China's Anhui province.

For a large segment of our culture, «God» has ceased to function as a check on sexual activity.

When something is taken for granted and not articulated, it may cease to serve as a check on various possible kinds of distortions.

In any case, functioning as a check on the state is by no means their primary reason for existence.

Part of its fruitfulness for me has been that it acts as a check on theology's being too doctrine - centered, and not taking account of the imaginative and the practical.

Knowledge of the historical Jesus is, then, important in that it can contribute positively to the formation of the faith - image, i.e. it can help to provide faith with its necessary content, and in that it can act negatively as a check on false or inappropriate faith - images, or aspects of a faith - image.

He helped create Vox Clara as a check on English - language liturgical translations.

For both options though, you will need to season them to your preference (my recipe is just a basic recipe, you will need to add extra spices, onions, bay leaves, garlic, carrots, jalapenos, pepper, etc.) Also, add a little more water as you check on them, if needed.

In another recent Washington Post article, several experts predicted that the popularity of school food reform and cultural shifts regarding obesity over the last eight years would serve as a check on Trump and the new Republican - controlled Congress, while others seemed less sure.

It thereby acted as a check on power of Rome's patrician class.

Tom Rosenstiel with the Project for Excellence in Journalism agreed, adding that in 2008 the traditional press became both more passive and more reactive than before, functioning as more of a conduit for the campaigns than as a check on them.

In NY we know they're the political party of the public unions and most NY Dems in Albany gratefully take their endorsements but their talons don't spread much past our borders so they seem irrelevant, especially on the national stage where they'll play NO role as a check on Trump.

In a boiling decade when the civil rights movement was in full swing and police were clashing with African - Americans across the nation, Lindsay believed the NYPD needed a Civilian Complaint Review Board to serve as a check on their power and show the public, particularly minorities, that a white police force could be held accountable by unbiased people outside the department.

As it appears increasingly likely that Hillary Clinton will be the next president, many conservative outside groups are stressing the importance of maintaining Republican control of the Senate as a check on her presidency.

They are the voices of the ordinary indigenes of the state who voted them to make law and serve as a check on the executive arm of government.

Caroline Pidgeon, the deputy chairwoman of the transport committee in the London Assembly, an elected governing body that acts as a check on the mayor, said that all these factors have led to a «perfect storm» of congestion.

Typically, this is seen as a check on the President's power, the assumption being that when the President desires a war, he must request the approval of Congress.

But advocacy groups and some mainline lawmakers argue he hasn't done enough to sow an end to the intra-party discord and has been accused of preferring the current situation as a check on the large Democratic majority in the Assembly.

In recent sessions, Cuomo has managed to have it both ways, more progressive than the Senate which he clandestinely encourages as a check on the power of the Democrats in the Assembly.

I agree on the higher age limit (neccessary to ensure people with a decent amount of life experience of some sort get elected to a chamber that is supposed to be composed of experts), but is 100 people really enough to act as a check on 650 people in the Commons and a government of 100 + ministers?

Buhrmaster was referring to the fact that the 46th Senate District was created in the state's recent redistricting — a 63rd seat that was widely seen as an effort by Republicans to keep their upstate - anchored majority as a check on the Assembly, which is dominated by downstate Democrats.

In some ways, the local council member serves as a check on the power of citywide entities like the mayor's office and the City Planning Commission, which consider land use proposals as they move through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure before reaching the Council stage.

He also said the Senate has always acted as a check on the liberal Assembly controlled by downstate Democrats.

The accomplishments: promoting more transparency in government, including the audit of his own office; reforming county banking by consolidating the county's banking business and other measures; and serving as a check on the county executive's administration and politicians «screwing up» county growth opportunities.

At the same time they see DiNapoli as standing mostly alone as a check on Cuomo's economic development spending given the Legislature has been relatively absent.

The gene encodes a protein called PD - 1 that normally acts as a check on the cell's capacity to launch an immune response, to prevent it from attacking healthy cells.

The Westminster system is based on the principle that the elected parliament should act as a check on the executive.

In it they extend the idea mentioned above of using wind shear as a check on the temperature trends and come up with a another new estimate of the changes.

The first step in treatment is careful evaluation that may include lab work to diagnose the thyroid levels in your body, an assessment of your immune system and how well it's functioning, as well as a check on your nutritional status.

Just outside your room is a desk area where you can pick up new missions or quests, as well as check on the status of quests and complete them, too.

In our current climate, with journalism under attack by the President, the movie is a necessary reminder of how vital the press is as a check on government abuse.

As a check on the WASB data, we examined data from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on districts» fringe benefit costs for teachers.

If you want to place a towel bar 9 3/4 inches in the center of a door that is 27 1/2 inches wide, you will need to place the bar about 9 inches from each edge; this estimate can be used as a check on the exact computation.

He is reported as saying that he acted only because «he believes they [his findings] should serve as a check on a policy of mass dismissals of teachers as a way to improve districts.

25 Nevertheless, as a check on the main findings, we discarded the most imbalanced cohorts to construct a sample of charter middle school and pilot high school applicants with close - to - balanced attrition.

As a check on the results using the ever - offer instrument, Table 5 reports a similar set of results using initial offer.

Even if the additional measures do not factor officially into evaluations, they can be compared with FFL scores as a check on whether supervisors are being too lenient in assigning ratings in the FFL.

This practice serves as a check on the equitability of hiring and placement policies.

As a check on the system, the federal government is requiring that students take the state tests in some grades.

Egan - Jones does that, though many of the major raters have similar models, that they watch as a check on their fundamental reasoning.