Sentences with phrase «as cutting agents»

There's a long list of steps being taken: a new offence of possessing «paedophilic manuals»; a strengthening of sentencing guidelines for computer hacking operations; new powers to seize and destroy chemical substances suspected of being used as cutting agents for illegal drugs.

Not exact matches

Beijing has been pushing for greater domestic spending, cracking down on shopping agents known as «daigou» bringing products into China from overseas, and cutting high tax rates on imported luxury goods sold in the country.

He was briefly signed as a free agent by the Atlanta Falcons, but the team cut him loose before he even saw field time.

I have used this recipe without fail so many times now - have altered it and made a wild mushroom and truffle oil risotto (just omitted the peas and onions)- and also for a wonderful butternut squash risotto - baked the squash first - then cut into small squares - used cumin as the flavouring agent.

Of those five, no one more typifies Pittsburgh's genius for diamonds in the rough than Harrison, who arrived as an undrafted free agent out of Kent State in 2002 and was cut three times before finally learning Dick LeBeau's system and sticking in 2004.

Others will be cut just to create the room needed to sign the marquee free agents general managers see as their missing piece.

Breakdown: Parkey was brought in as an undrafted free agent by the Colts this offseason before he was cut.

also some fighters have better agents / managers who cut good deal for them and some just wan na stay in UFC and accept whatever, or do nt care as much... i also heard sometimes UFC offers certain fighters relatively less pay but then promises them they would promote them more / take them to Q&A s before fights and all

If he doesn't accept the generous contract offer that we offer him, which will make him a very rich man, and just signs for someone else for more money then he obviously doesn't want to play for us and will be thought of as just another mercenary player like RVP, Nasri, Hleb etc. I'm sure that what we offer him will be very good and the stalling to sign is just his agent angling for the highest offer so that his cut will be more.

As per the provided link, William Carvalho's agent, Jorge Mendes who is also the agent of Angel Di Maria is still in Manchester to help United sign the Sporting star for a cut price.

In March, the United States Department of Justice threatened to cut as much as $ 4.1 billion in federal funding to sanctuary cities that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement agents.

The number of pest control complaints in the city has jumped 1.5 percent since last year, when the Health Department slashed the number of agents as a result of budget cuts, the Daily News reported.

As a highly effective anti-bacterial agent, frequent applications of GSE on sores and cuts may help promote faster healing.

The cutting agents also boost the testosterone production so that you have unlimited energy to burn the unwanted fat as soon as possible.

It acts as a bulking & cutting agent that is opted by individuals.

Reports indicate as much as 80 percent of so - called Italian olive oil is a fraud, cut with inferior seed oils and given a coloring agent, then deliberately mislabeled as virgin or extra virgin.

Be it Enos reprising her thankless wife role from «Gangster Squad,» to Ludi Boeken as an exposition - dumping Mossad agent, to Peter Capaldi and Ruth Negga as scientists so thankless they're literally credited as Scientists despite being central to the third act, most of the players that crop up on Pitt's travels are perfunctory at best (to say nothing of Matthew Fox, inexplicably fifth - billed in a part that's not so much a cameo as a day - player gig — presumably he has more left on the cutting room floor).

In a flash, theyve cut travel prices in half by researching all available options, finding tips on trips from travel agents, as well as on the Internet.

► A giant caged gorilla is placed into a military cargo plane, accompanied by a man and a woman in handcuffs who argue with soldiers and an agent; the gorilla growls, snarls, and roars, showing large sharp teeth until he breaks apart the cage and several soldiers and government agents fire rifles and handguns to no avail as the animal roars and throws pieces of metal, striking some of the men, tosses several men against the bulkheads of the plane, and stands on the chest of an unconscious agent, who wakes up and shouts; a sliding military vehicle in the cargo hold pins the gorilla to a wall, the man and the woman in handcuffs break free and don parachutes, placing one on the agent and after the plane crashes in smoke and flames we see few bloody footprints of the gorilla leading away from the crash site (we do not see the bodies of the other passengers) and the agent has a cut on his forehead and the other man has lots of blood on the back of head and his T - shirt while the woman's face is scraped on one cheek and one side of her forehead.

That being said, it would be hard not to play it this way when the company she's keeping are as strong as they are: Tarantino's go - to man for dialogue delivery Samuel L. Jackson echoes Pulp's Jules Winnfield only this time his gun - running Ordell Robbie has less biblical monologues and more of a dangerous cutting edge; Bridget Fonda plays his vacuous beach blonde accomplice to perfection while Michael Keaton's doggedly determined ATF agent Ray Nicolette has the requisite cocksure arrogance.

Her mission is to target a CIA agent (Joel Edgerton), but things may not be as clear - cut as they seem.

But I really shouldn't bury the lede: if you are going to catch The Infiltrator (and here, your Cranston fandom and / or your interest in drug war films not starring Emily Blunt will surely factor in), you should know that you get to see Diane Kruger rock some serious fashion while nailing the tricky role of a smart and rookie undercover agent playing Bob's arm candy fiancée, you get to witness Olympia Dukakis chew scenery as Mazur's Aunt Vicki, who's not as clean - cut as her nephew, and you get to watch Amy Ryan... well, sadly not all the women could get choice roles here, now could they?

When we last reported on «El Presidente,» the high - concept buddy movie about a clean cut Secret Service agent and the disheveled, alcoholic schlub of an ex-president he's assigned to protect, Tom Cruise was loosely attached, as was «Recount» director Jay Roach, with Robert Downey, Jr. being eyed for the pivotal role of the ex-prez.

As for foreign rights, they are expensive to sell since both the primary agent & the sub-agent take a cut.

In this model, «agents» (Apple, Barnes & Noble, etc.) act as liaison between publisher and consumer, and they take a cut of the final retail price.

After the publishing, editing, marketing, art dept, and shuffleboard teams, as well as the author's agent, all get their cuts, the author only makes 2 % to 12.5 % of the list price.

Me, when I finally have a finished novel I will write it as many times as it takes to get a traditional agent and a traditional publisher, because that's the only way I'll ever know in my heart that my writing really made the cut.

And according to agent Meredith Barnes, some agencies are indeed charging way too much for the service — especially when they pay themselves 15 % to «represent» the client to themselves as «publishers» who get another hefty cut — often over 50 %.

When ACX royalties were cut, I was reminded of the time when I first acquired an agent — right as the agents were saying they needed to make a living so they need to take 15 % instead of 10 %.

I'm making about as much per book (after my agent's cut, and after Entangled's cut) as I would if I distributed the book through Smashwords.

However, if you're an author with multiple titles that have reverted, you may prefer to deal with an agent, distributor, or service willing to act as an administrator and manager for a percentage cut of sales.

Traditional publishers wrote the rules; no one — publishing houses, agents or mainstream media — would touch self - published authors, largely denigrated as hacks who couldn't cut it in the traditional world.

Also, remember that as a self - publisher you also won't have to give an agent her 15 % cut of your earnings.

Then, as profits started decreasing and publishers started cutting costs, they turned much of that role over to agents.

While a few of those numbers are probably a little murky (Marvel [along with DC] technically sell directly to retailers, with Diamond only acting as a sales agent — so, when they sell to Billy Bob's Comics Hole, they're selling it for a very different price than they're selling it to John's Big Regional Chain Stores), I suspect it is fairly likely that the cut to every other partner combined is pretty close to, in aggregate, of 65 % of the total cover price.

In some ways, agents acting as publishers is worse because these agents are supposed to be protecting our interests, not looking for ways to cut into our monies.

A standoff over financial terms has prompted the bookstore chain Barnes & Noble to cut back substantially on the number of titles it orders from the publishing house Simon & Schuster, raising fears among other publishers, agents and authors that the conflict may harm the publishing industry as a whole.

Christine - Advances are WAY down and after your agent and the tax man take their cut, as a debut novelist who doesn't have a huge head of steam behind you (e.g., you're not a celebrity or otherwise famous for something), you can only expect to have enough of your advance left to maybe pay your rent or mortgage for a couple of months.

This way you (and your agent, lawyer, etc.) get all this important information as quickly as possible and can immediately cut / paste sections from the Report Summary section (or any section) to send to the seller if there are any inspection items that need to be discussed.

As a novice or seasoned real estate agent or real estate investor, if you have not begun building your network with other real estate professionals in the real estate business you are cutting yourself short.

A cauterizing agent such as a powder should always be available in case a blood vessel is cut (or for any other bleeding emergencies).

Today, travel agents are a rarer breed, as commissions have been cut and the internet has allowed consumers to book more of their own trips.

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut focuses on the story of FBI special agent Francis York Morgan as he investigates the murder of a young woman in the town of Greenvale.

Pyrolysis, Gasification and Hydro - Thermal Carbonization are known biofuel technologies, What is new are the concomitant benefits of biochars for Soil Carbon Sequestration; building soil biodiversity & nitrogen efficiency, for in situ remediation of toxic agents, and, as a feed supplement cutting the carbon foot print of livestock.

The contradictory nature of the drug war came home to Pine Ridge August 24 as federal agents cut down and seized the one - acre field of hemp plants growing at Alex White Plume's home near Manderson, South Dakota.

Cons: typically uses HCFCs as blowing agents, which have high global warming potential and moderate ozone depletion, flammable and produces toxic fumes when burned, made from crude oil byproducts, all brands of XPS sold in US include HBCD which causes concern to EPA as well as others, protective gear is recommended to be worn during cutting and installation.

Since its inception, the firm has grown to more than 70 lawyers and patent agents, gaining a reputation both nationally and internationally as a leader in providing cutting - edge, timely and cost - effective IP counseling.

It would seem pretty cut and dried that law firms paid to do legal work by the federal government would have to abide by the policy as it states: «This policy applies to lawyers and law firms in Canada appointed as agents of the Attorney General of Canada.»

There are some agents who cut short the application form filling process (to make it easy for them) by filling in just your basic information such as your name, your address and your date of birth.

The silver lining to buying life insurance after a heart attack is that when you work with an independent agent, it's not as cut - and - dried as big - box insurers will otherwise imply.