Sentences with phrase «be first in line on»

«They were huge on us being first in line on field trips, encouraging us to be the ones to ask questions in class or be the first one to go up to the front of the room to give our book report.

At least I can say I was first in line on a Sunday!

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From his first meeting with Xi, Trump promised that if China would cooperate in tightening economic sanctions on North Korea, the US would refrain from taking a hard line against what it perceived to be China's unfair trade practices.

In his third at bat he got hit by a pitch, but was later doubled off first base when he wandered a little too far from the bag on a line drive.

Drawing on a survey of 14,720 executives, the researchers found communal qualities were highly valued in first - line and middle managers.

The first production Ford Transit commercial van waits on the assembly line to be unveiled at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant April 30, 2014, in Claycomo, Missouri.

WALINI, Indonesia — Indonesia broke ground Thursday on a new rail line between the capital Jakarta and Bandung, officially marking the start of three years of construction on what is expected to be the first high - speed rail service to operate in Southeast Asia.

Depending on the airline and airport, these may get you access to special check - in or security lines (which are often faster), or early boarding on the flight itself (for first dibs on overhead bin space), said George Hobica, publisher of AirfareWatchdog.com.

Birchbox opened its first physical retail store in New York back in 2014, and in line with a number of other prominent entrants to the brick - and - mortar world from the digital realm, Birchbox is looking to double down on its presence in the offline world.

«Studies of CEOs have shown that those who are first - borns tend to run their companies conservatively — improving things by, say, streamlining product lines, simplifying distribution routes and generally making sure the trains run on time,» Kluger wrote in an article for TIME.

Axios notes that Spotify is likely on track to go public in the first quarter of 2018 through a direct listing, rather than going the more traditional route where Wall Street banks help a company line up investors.

And what rabid fans they are, dressing up in full Imperial Stormtrooper regalia to line up around the block and see the first screening at midnight on opening day.

Many businesses initially opposed the first state paid sick days law in Connecticut, yet within a few years a survey showed... that an overwhelming majority of businesses reported only small or no effects on their bottom line, and three - quarters now report being supportive of the new policy.

The company reported earnings and revenue for the first quarter that were roughly in line with consensus estimates, but did not provide much new color on an unfavorable tax allowance decision from federal regulators.

WikiLeaks, led by Julian Assange, said its publication of the documents on the hacking tools was the first in a series of releases drawing from a data set that includes several hundred million lines of code and includes the CIA's «entire hacking capacity.»

On the other hand, a high debt - to - equity ratio translates into higher risk for shareholders since creditors are always first in line for compensation should the company go bankrupt.

A board member and spokesman for the Quebec civil lawyers» and notaries» union — Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois, or LANEQ — he tried in vain in May to find members who were willing to share their first - hand experiences on the picket lines during their historic four - month general strike, the longest in Canadian public service history.

Ahead of Facebook's annual F8 conference, which was held on Tuesday and Wednesday in San Jose, California, the company's earnings from the first quarter of the year affirmed that its bottom line hasn't suffered from recent data - privacy scandals.

Top line growth, combined with the cost actions we took in the first quarter, have us on track to be adjusted EBITDA positive in the fourth quarter of this year.»

In the first part of the show, host Naomi Christensen lays out what's on the line in the softwood waIn the first part of the show, host Naomi Christensen lays out what's on the line in the softwood wain the softwood war.

For example, if you make your first five monthly payments on time, you'll immediately be given the opportunity to get a raise in your credit line.

i actually created my first editorial calendar yesterday (in Excell) for an on - line portal i'm editing — in addition to your template it includes topics / categories as well, but your post and following comments gave me some great ideas to upgrade it.

White House Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Wednesday laid out the administration's skeleton plan for tax cuts that was big on promises, but remarkably sparse on details, as President Donald Trump sprints to the Saturday finish line marking his first 100 days in office.

In a recent filing, Charter makes it clear that the company is taking an «inside out» approach to wireless, by focusing heavily first on indoor connectivity (leaning largely on its existing WiFi hotspot footprint), then shoring up cellular tower support down the line.

Shares of Capital Senior Living Corporation (NYSE: CSU), a leading operator of senior housing communities, are in the red after the company reported first - quarter earnings results that missed on the top line.

By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd May 2018 Diversified miner Glencore on Thursday reported that its production for the first quarter was largely in line with expectations across all commodity groups and that its full - year guidance remains unchanged.

Among those getting an iPhone 5 on its first day was Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who lined up outside an Apple store in Queensland, Australia, where he was traveling.

The first line of cases began with In re Daou Sys., where the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's decision dismissing a Section 10 (b) action on the ground that the plaintiffs had not alleged any disclosures that defendants were engaging in improper accounting practiceIn re Daou Sys., where the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's decision dismissing a Section 10 (b) action on the ground that the plaintiffs had not alleged any disclosures that defendants were engaging in improper accounting practicein improper accounting practices.

Getting a home equity loan or line is much like getting a first mortgage; you need to be approved based on the amount of equity in your home and your credit - worthiness.

You don't have to trust me on this one, trust this guy; who's the former CEO of Wells Fargo (WFC)(okay, put «trust» and «Wells Fargo» in the same line may not be convincing at first, but check the video):

First, if growth did not recover and surprise on the upside (in which case high asset prices would be justified), eventually slow growth would dominate the levitational effects of liquidity and force asset prices lower, in line with weaker economic fundamentals.

Nickel production of 30 100 t for the first quarter was 21 % higher year - on - year, reflecting the continuing stabilisation and ramp - up of the processing plant at Koniambo, in New Caledonia, where both production lines are now operational.

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com)-- Diversified miner Glencore on Thursday reported that its production for the first quarter was largely in line with expectations across all commodity groups and that its full - year guidance remains unchanged.

It is grace through faith that got us over the line in the first place and it is grace through faith that keeps us on the right side of it.

That distinction being presupposed, let us first ask what is to be said on the question of mutability or immutability of canon law and the Catholic style of life bound up with it, if we may so describe all the practices, rules, modes of behaviour in a Catholic's church life and his secular life lived on Christian lines, which hold good or previously held good through education, church precept etc..

The first time Tiffany Maxwell (Jennifer Lawrence), one of the stars in Silver Linings Playbook, appears on screen, she's wearing a cross.

You still never answered on Nature, you don't find it interesting that the first line in the Bible is the foundation for nature?

There are many different kinds of experiences we could appeal to and analyze in connection with this first line of criticism — let me assume that I have made my position clear enough for the reader to go on and work out the kind of analysis I would provide in each of these cases.

For those of you who feel that LDS doctrine is at odds with Christian doctrine, first learn what LDS doctrine is, then read the Bible (something few on this board probably do) then you will realize that LDS doctrine is in line with Christ's teaching perfectly.

All measurement is not measurement of lengths on a straight line; there is a second most important measurement of intervals, independent of such measurement of lengths, the estimation of angles, or, what comes to the same thing, of ratios and arcs of circles to the whole circumference, In point of fact, it is by angular measurement that we habitually estimate temporal intervals, whenever we appeal to a watch or clock, and in the prehistoric past the first rough estimates of intervals within the natural day must presumably» have been made, independently of measurement of lengths, by this same method, with the sky for clock - facIn point of fact, it is by angular measurement that we habitually estimate temporal intervals, whenever we appeal to a watch or clock, and in the prehistoric past the first rough estimates of intervals within the natural day must presumably» have been made, independently of measurement of lengths, by this same method, with the sky for clock - facin the prehistoric past the first rough estimates of intervals within the natural day must presumably» have been made, independently of measurement of lengths, by this same method, with the sky for clock - face.

The difference between durée réelle and «mathematical» time must therefore be due to some other cause than the alleged artificial establishment of a correlation between temporal intervals and intervals on a straight line, It must come in already in the first attempt to apply angular measurement to temporal lapses, if it comes at all.70

Nestle, chair of nutrition studies at New York University, has been on the front line of the food wars as managing editor of the first — and so far only — Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, which appeared in 1988.

Indeed, an argument could be made that at no time since the First Great Awakening have so many churches of disparate denominational, theological and stylistic approaches been so united in terms of their music: one can now walk into old - line Pentecostal churches, small - town evangelical congregations, mall - like suburban megachurches, and many a mainline Protestant sanctuary across the country on any given Sunday morning and hear the same hymns and choruses done in approximately the same musical styles, with similar settings and instrumentation.

I went to the airport, got in line and I was the first one on this flight.

In the first place, the line as a whole is established on «creativity»; that is, on the potentiality of things to come into existence as concrete actualities.

Evelynn's little hands are holding onto the tray of her stroller and I could drop to my knees in thankfulness for dimples at the base of fingers, for buds on the trees, for the coming of spring, for the first crocus of the season, for friends that live just down that street there, for pine trees and rough hewn fence lines.

This was never going to last, since heresy and relativism had, of course, never disappeared from the «papal agenda» and neither — perhaps more to the point — had his (and his predecessor's) analysis that disunity in the modern church was the result of a clash between two different interpretations of the Council itself, one right, the other wrong: as Benedict once more explained it, as his first Christmas as Pope approached in December 2005, «On the one hand, there is an interpretation that I would call «a hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture» [i.e., the line peddled by The Tabletfor thirty years]; it has frequently availed itself of the sympathies of the mass media, and also one trend of modern theology.

Yes... this is the severist most ignorant form of human brotherhood... but Bill Nye, is taking the first step towards his goal, and the goal of many athiest activist... take the rights away from God believers... because... a hundred reasons... children will be hurt, holds back our country yada yada... be careful who you get suckered in by as you travel these few years we are given on this earth... allow your brother to be your brother... allow him to chose for his life and family... never cross the line of «knowing better.»

Set in 1959, the narrator reflects back on the events from the present, highlighting the novelty of the encounter in the film's opening line: «I was twelve going on thirteen the first time I saw a dead human being.»

First, a caveat: without getting bogged down in the scientific status of the theory of evolution, we should note that among scientists there is a consensus on the broad lines of the theory of evolution.