Sentences with phrase «as nuisances in»

Dyckman Street restaurant owners said they tired of being painted as nuisances in the neighborhood.

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The cap: Enacted in every province, right - to - farm legislations exempt farms from a wide variety of common - law nuisances — so long as they're employing «normal farming practices.»

In 2017, the California cities of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, and Imperial Beach, as well as Santa Cruz county, Marin County, and San Mateo County attempted to sue oil majors over climate change damages, citing a theory called «public nuisance.»

Most urban dwellers think of pigeons as a nuisance, but it turns out they might be useful in the fight against air pollution.

He has made himself a highly visible nuisance to Liberal leadership, particularly by voting in favour of a Conservative motion in the House to extend consultations on the small - business tax reforms, and they kicked him off a couple of House committees as punishment.

It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s.

But I believe, and am of strong conviction at this, that this country is provoking the judgment of God on itself, by treating it's poor, under - privileged and those who fall through the cracks as a burden, and as a nuisance that is only in the way of it's «at all cost» coveted image of «greatness», instead of giving a hard and honest look WHY is it the way it is in this country?

She sees and rejoices in the complementarity of the two sexes, knowing - and teaching - that this is part of God's plan, not to be downplayed or ignored, much less regarded as a nuisance.

They viewed the ailing man, with no sight and no coins in his pockets, as an embarrassing nuisance worthy only of their dismissal.

Both will pull on the glacier, will fail to drag us along in spite of the noise they make, and will end up as icebergs, impressive but of nuisance value only.)

Much as most English Catholics love Her Majesty the Queen, many of us felt just a little uneasywhen it became known that she referred to the late Cardinal Hume as «my Cardinal», and not entirely enthused by television images of Her Majesty attending Vespers at Westminster Cathedral, for all the world as if it was Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey: not because such ecumenical gestures are in themselves a bad thing, but because this one seemed all too likely to be have been a reward to the English Church for no longer making so much of a nuisance of itself, as it could have done, for instance, by criticising the supposedly Catholic - minded Tony Blair for his wholehearted support for abortion (including abortion up to term)- a stance which, north of the border, had led the late Cardinal Winning to utter a series of blistering denunciations of the Prime Minister even during NewLabour's honeymoon years.

Still, there is no way that, for this Jerusalemite and all other Israeli husbands and fathers» along with students at university who miss their exams, and beginners in new jobs or careers who are one way and another bound to be set back» the burden of yearly, as I like to think of it, «fulfillment» is not at the least a nuisance and more often than not downright onerous.

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The latter is of special importance to Scicchitano as he says, «overcharging on food and packaging coming in our back door is a nuisance for our operators and something that plagues our industry, but doesn't keep us awake at night anymore.»

The FA cup has been devalued in recent years by the scheduling and by the bigger clubs treating it as a nuisance, the worst case when Man United dropped out altogether because of the Club World Cup, but Arsenal have treated it with respect and it has been good to us in return.

So they aren't in great European form but currently they do look as if they can turn up and make a real nuisance of themselves because they are in form.

Despite missing a penalty early in the game, the 25 year - old didn't drop his head and made a nuisance of himself as the Celta Vigo backline battled to keep up with his strength, skill and pace.

However, Everton can be a nuisance to the big guns as Manchester United found out earlier in the season.

The moisture that humidifiers add to dry air also help alleviate many common nuisances brought on by winter heating such as static electricity, peeling wallpaper, shrinking wood, and cracks in paint and furniture.

At a recent meeting, commission members discussed how skateboarding and in - line skating have a reputation as nuisance activities largely because young people don't have properly designated areas for the sports.

Makes me feel less alone in a world where babies are often treated as nuisances.

The nurse - ins are wonderful, and extremely supportive for nursing moms, but to the general public may be seen as a big nuisance.

You may find the crossbar to be a bit of a nuisance as it does get in the way of using the basket, but this is an inherent problem with most, if not all umbrella strollers unfortunately.

This can include things like heavy corporate influence (typically in the form of money) such as the battle over GMO labelling and highly influential disruptors such a Tim Eyman who are considered by many to simply be a nuisance.

A bill being introduced Wednesday afternoon would authorize the city Department of Transportation to establish rules for activity in the plazas — which could mean those street entertainers regarded as nuisances as well as assorted peddlers are confined to a designated area or driven away entirely.

The reality is that Andrew Cuomo is a true master of Albany's dysfunctional political culture in which public transparency and participation are viewed as nuisances, and obstacles to actually getting things done.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic Primary or General Election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a news release.

That came in the wake of demands by the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) for the tax to be removed as the Association's members described it as a nuisance levy.

Until now, Cuomo has sought to ignore his underdog rival, treating Tuesday's primary as a nuisance as he gears up to face Republican Rob Astorino in the November general election.

The 11 different taxes on petroleum products in the country have sparked calls on the government and other stakeholders to eliminate some of them, described by a section of the motoring public as falling in the category of nuisance taxes.

Having spent the first part of the campaign seeing the pro-Remain message they badly need voters to hear — that Brexit represents a risk the NHS can't afford to take, that a Leave vote would trigger further austerity — drowned out by Conservative in - fighting, Britain Stronger In Europe might decide, as David Lloyd George once quipped, that «a change of nuisance is as good as holiday»in - fighting, Britain Stronger In Europe might decide, as David Lloyd George once quipped, that «a change of nuisance is as good as holiday»In Europe might decide, as David Lloyd George once quipped, that «a change of nuisance is as good as holiday».

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage, she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,» Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement.

In any case, the Americans see us more as nuisances than as friends.

Gallo, who helped draft nuisance abatement legislation in his role as city assistant corporation counsel, hammered on themes like building code enforcement and holding social service agencies responsible for their clients» behavior in a bid to appeal to working - class residents of Midtown, where quality - of - life crime and neighborhood eyesores are irksome and perennial issues.

Mr. Díaz's father, an ordained minister born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, was elected to State Senate in 2002 after a short stint in the Council — but, for two decades before that, Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr. was an incessant nuisance to the Bronx political machine, a «gadfly,» as the borough president called him.

One adviser to the governor described Mr. Cuomo's political reaction as akin to a person who aggressively treats the early symptoms of a cold — from taking Theraflu to increasing fluids — in order to avoid the nuisance of actually getting sick.

These plants, which are often regarded as a nuisance, could in fact provide an extremely convenient way of cleaning up messy oil spills.

Prior to the 1970s, hydrates were thought of only as nuisances, because they can plug oil and gas pipelines in the field.

Conservation - minded chefs in the cities promote paiche as a sustainable choice, which is true at face value: The fish is a nuisance and other edible river fishes are disappearing.

In other pollution cases, the Supreme Court has supported suits claiming that pollution caused harm as a «nuisance» under common law, most often interpreted to prohibit noise and light pollution.

Past research has shown that alcohol outlets such as liquor or corner stores may promote nuisance activities like robberies, drug use, or other crimes in urban communities, rendering them unsafe for residents to walk by or visit.

«We know alcohol outlets can be associated with unsafe nuisance activities in urban areas, but this study appears to be the first to suggest U.S. tobacco shops may also impact public health,» said Andrew Subica, Ph.D., an assistant professor of social medicine, population, and public health in the School of Medicine, who led the study that focused on South Los Angeles, Calif. «Our analyses show that in South Los Angeles tobacco shops as well as liquor stores were associated with high levels of violent and property crime around their locations.

Tobacco shops, also known as smoke shops, may represent potential «nuisance properties» in urban communities of color, a study led by a researcher at the University of California, Riverside has found.

«Even though tobacco shops have rarely been targeted by the police or community for intervention,» he added, «based on our data, we believe tobacco shops in urban communities of color should be regulated to improve community health in the same way as alcohol outlets and other public nuisances.»

But the likelier outcome isn't the emergence of a supervirus as much as an overall increase in pathogen pollution — nuisance infections that drain health and economic resources, harming people, crops and livestock.

Genetic intermingling — or «admixture» in the crypto - racist jargon — is not, as some geneticists suppose, «largely a recent nuisance», says Marks.

The effects of the cyanobacterial blooms include a higher cost for cities and local governments to treat their drinking water, as well as risk to swimmers in high concentration areas, and a nuisance to boaters when blooms form.

Drifting seaweed, usually thought of as a nuisance, also plays a part in this process, providing an important habitat for the grazing animals that keep the seagrass clean.

«Our results provide convincing field evidence that grazing by small animals can be just as important as good water quality in preventing nuisance algae blooms and keeping seagrass beds healthy.»

«At the time, there seemed to be a prevalent view of noise as a kind of nuisance, as a deficiency of life, at least in comparison to human - engineered systems,» Elowitz said.