Sentences with phrase «balked at making»

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

First, the good: public - interest news outlet ProPublica is asking citizens to help track political advertising by candidates and outside groups like SuperPACs (they need assistance because the FCC has balked at making local TV stations publish online...

I've always balked at making my own vegetable broth.

Lyon says the company has been vetting CEO candidates, but when it came down to details, at least two balked at making the permanent move to Vancouver.

Friedman understands that most nations do not have the infrastructure or culture needed to participate in the global economy and may balk at making the necessary changes.

While some dyed - in - the - wool purists may balk at making the game more accessible, these changes do open the experience to a wider audience.

Some might balk at this making things too easy, but for someone who doesn't want to replay through the game multiple times it's a welcome modification.

Not exact matches

Many observers, though, balked at the $ 710 million cost of the acquisitions, questioning whether Under Armour could quickly produce any return on investment — two of the three companies were unprofitable — let alone succeed in a space that shares little with making shirts and shoes.

Corporations agree: «It makes so much sense that you would expect decisions like these to be made with your senior management, starting with your CEO,» says Tod MacKenzie, Aramark's head of public affairs, who also worked on animal welfare policies with Balk and HSUS at DineEquity, owner of the IHOP and Applebee's brands.

As North American retailers balked at Canada Goose's prices (today, jackets typically retail between $ 600 — $ 800, but can cost as much as $ 1,700), «it was hard to make payroll.»

Americans for Financial Reform balked at the Act, explaining in a statement on Thursday that the legislation «contains so many unprecedented gifts to the financial industry that it would make financial regulation even weaker than it was before the crisis.»

and when the U.S. Congress balked at providing more aid in 1985 he went on television to denounce the «craven submission of our leaders and Congress to the demands of communism, [which] makes you sick to your stomach.»

I balked a little bit at the price of hemp hearts and walnuts when I was first making this but I've really found that a little goes a long way.

Five - time All - StarMichael Young initially balked at moving to third base to make room atshortstop for young sensation Elvis Andrus — Young won the Gold Glove there lastyear — but he has settled into a mentoring role for the rookie.

Chelsea are also interested in 19 - year - old Belgian striker Kevin de Bruyne but have not yet entered into negotiations with his club, Genk, and would balk at the suggestions being made that the youth international would cost up to # 10 million.

Right now, the local media (radio in particular) is so homerist that it would make KSR blush (UM has the top football / bball coach combination is college, the bball staff is top 5, the UM admin is CRAZY to balk at higher Larry Brown because of his NCAA baggage, the 2019 class will be a HAUL for Penny — and the fans are worse).

Birmingham balk at # 13m for Roman Pavlyuchenko of Tottenham Hotspur • City make counter-offer for striker

Many may balk at the idea of going north to even more frigid temperatures, but I assure you it will invigorate all your senses, enchant your entire family and make you appreciate winter (and it's milder version in Chicago) even more.

In light of this information, some researched balked at the idea saying that circumcision could make men feel invincible against the virus and could promote riskier behavior than in an uncircumcised male.

Unsurprisingly, children balk at being made to pile on clothes when bare legs and unencased wiggly toes can be more comfortable.

Even if you are a new mom who balks at the idea of leaving the house without an arsenal of baby products, including that fully loaded stroller, trust us; that feeling will pass as soon as you need to make a quick trip with your baby in tow.

Some Oak Park residents are balking at a park district plan to remove a sled hill and a dog run to make room for the installation of a synthetic turf field at a local park.

When meals are dominated by parental cajoling, forcing, or bribing, it makes for a tense environment — and kids balk at the pressure.

Whether you think your mom will outright balk at your decisions or you will simply feel too inhibited by her presence to make your own decisions confidently, if you don't think you will be supported, then do not invite her into the delivery room.

Senate Republican leaders may rely on the deal - making former businessman to lean on conservative senators who are balking at the bill.

Elizabeth Watkins, graduate division dean at the University of California, San Francisco, says she supports efforts to make it more expensive for PIs to indefinitely keep on scientists as trainees, but fears her colleagues will balk at having to prove their mentorship.

People balk at the thought of making their own dressing, but I swear it's worth the brief couple of minutes it takes.

I used to balk at browning meats for using in the slow cooker too but over time, I've realized what an incredible difference in flavor it makes.

While the idea of someone stealing the show on your big day might make some brides balk, we're sure you'll be happy to share the spotlight at least for a moment with your spunky flower girl or shy ring bearer.

It has a different outlook — completionists may balk at the improbability of a «perfect» run — but equally that could make it all the more alluring to those looking for a true score attack experience that doesn't give up its wares so easily.

Though some have balked at the casting of Maguire as the tall, gaunt Fischer, the trailers at least indicate that the movie won't be sanding down the paranoid chess legend's mental instability, or ignoring his virulent anti-Semitism — an obsession made all the more bizarre by the fact that Fischer was himself Jewish.

Needless to say, the well intentioned cast and crew would balk at such accusations, but why no one (at least at a decision making level) seems to ponder the connotations inherent in their output is exactly probably why it seems appropriate to revive a problematic character like Tarzan without bothering to directly acknowledge these concerns.

There's a lot, yet still too little, made of a fake breast that Robert De Niro's character has fashioned from his daughter's breast so that he can approximate breastfeeding (though the film balks at actually paying off the sight gag with the sight of him doing it) and a bit of unkindness towards southern policemen (Tim Blake Nelson, deserving better), and a good eighty - percent of the alleged humour of this stillbirth is invested in «Focker» sounding a lot like «Fucker» and people at a Focker family reunion having names like «Dom» which sounds like «Dumb,» «Randy» which sounds like «Randy,» and «Horny» which sounds like someone's already run out of ideas for how to stretch a one - word punchline into a feature - length film.

The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD: Playing through Link's cel - shaded adventure with its new glossy veneer will make you question why anyone balked at the graphical style at first blush: Wind Waker HD is truly a gorgeous game.

There's always a dedicated group of fans that will balk at any changes made to migrate the work from one medium to another.

The board balked at the idea, but less than two years later, in February 2011, followed her recommendation, which made way to ax more than 1,100 positions.»

The Range Rover that balked at convention when it made its debut in 2010 is about to enter its second generation.

However, make sure you get the right type, as laptops» larger SD cards won't fit into MicroSD slots, and some tablets will balk at the newest, largest MicroSD cards (such as 64 GB models).

My other consistent experience is that agents give up on submissions after 1 - 4 rejections, balking at sending a project anywhere else after their first few guesses proved wrong; even though making a sale is a case of finding the editor who loves the book, and — gosh, go figure!

Bizarrely, 3 of my 4 agents also balked at sending my work to editors who had specifically told — me - they wanted to see it (and who usually did indeed make me offers when I sent the work there myself).

The fact that he provides this information has made a difference in my own editing business, because now it's the rare author who balks at the price — and I charge less than what Gaughran calls the «industry standard.»

I don't balk at paying $ 350 - 500 for someone to do it; my earning potential is not their problem and they do not share my royalties if I somehow make it into the $ 100K club, do they?

And that makes me balk a great deal at e-books that cost as much and more than paperbacks.

Personally, you might balk at such a «big bet «on currencies... except, by not making it, you do know you're simply making another bet instead?!

While many balk at the question — of course it makes sense, they're my kids!

Make sure to have a bit of a financial buffer put away so you don't balk at the bar bill from a brilliant night when it comes to paying your fair share.

The hilarious part concerns a fringe minority of fanboys, that championned Occulus as some kind of anti-corp venture, wich made them balk at the idea of any competition in the sector, be it from Sony, MS, or any giant entity.

Some X-Men fans may balk at not getting to play as an established X-man or member of the Brotherhood, but from a gameplay sense introducing a new character makes sense, as it's mere seconds later that you're asked to pick from one of three mutant powers which have, rather conveniently, just activated within your chosen character.

At first, the idea of Cappy made me balk, but in the end, him and his sister, Tiara, have found a special place in my fangirl heart.

The explosion of smartphone titles such as Flick Kick Football and New Star Soccer have made football games more accessible than ever, opening the genre to audiences likely to balk at the convoluted menus and realistic gameplay of Fifa.