Sentences with phrase «belt tightening as»

«If we are going to ask people for more sacrifices over a longer period of time, a longer period of belt tightening as a country, then we just have to make sure that people see it is being done as fairly and as progressively as possible,» Clegg said.

Most state agencies are grappling with spending cuts of 5.5 %, and they're bracing for more belt tightening as state economists prepare to release reduced revenue estimates for the current and coming fiscal year.

When you do get a new job try living with the belt tightened as it was whilst you were skint!

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Even as airlines tighten their belts and increase fees, some airline credit cardholders now enjoy extra perks.

One of the state's largest Aboriginal trusts is being forced to further tighten its belt as its royalties from Rio Tinto's Yandi iron ore project continue to fall.

France, Spain, Greece and Portugal are already in recessions, and Italy is expected to head into one as a result of belt - tightening measures being pushed by its new prime minister, Mario Monti.

This changing tone is unlikely to equate to an immediate acceleration in growth, and some big developing countries such as Brazil are tightening their belts.

In a weakening economy, consumer confidence typically declines, causing consumers to tighten their belts by postponing vacations and the purchases of non-essential products such as new clothes, televisions and new cars.

There are many different factors involved, of course, such as Chelsea hitting their spending spree just as Arsenal had to tighten our belts, but however you look at it the last 10 years or so have belonged to the Blues.

Arsenal's move to the Emirates Stadium the following year would herald an era of belt - tightening, just as Chelsea and then Manchester City were spraying their oil money like kids with water pistols.

Use your knee to push down on the seat as you tighten the car's seatbelt through the belt path.

Use your knee to push down on the seat as you tighten the car's seatbelt (lap - only or lap / shoulder) or LATCH attachment belt through the child safety seat's belt path.

It takes only a few seconds to move and tighten the harness belts as needed.

Follow the car seat's instructions exactly as you thread the seat belt through the car seat belt path and tighten it.

Town halls are having to tighten their belts in exactly the same way as hard - pressed families are,» Ms Eaton said.

In this climate of austerity and the need for public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.

«Traditional institution must tighten its belt and serve as helping hands to present government in its bid to eradicate corruption and reposition the country.

Given the negative and selfish rhetoric we've heard from the leaders of the various public employee unions this year when Governor Paterson has asked them to share in the general belt - tightening that so many New Yorkers have been enduring as the result of the Great Recession, one might assume that if taxpayers knew that their gift was paying the salaries of state workers, they would not be so benevolently disposed toward our program.

Culture secretary Maria Miller paved the way for spending cuts to the arts budget as her department braces for more belt - tightening in this summer's 2015/16 spending review.

Eastport - South Manor school officials, whose district is among four on Long Island identified by the state comptroller as fiscally stressed, have begun notifying residents that belt - tightening measures — including staff and program cuts — may lie ahead.

The scrimping, saving and belt - tightening is paying off, as residents of Oswego County will only see a small increase of less than one percent in their property taxes for 2014.

As with all governments, at any level, and even families that have had to tighten their belts, I understand the 2 % reduction of funding for Aid and Incentives for Municipalities (AIM), which reflects the Governor's need to lower state spending.

We are tightening our belts and, as I said from the beginning, it's going to be painful.»

Eastport - South Manor school officials, whose district is among four on Long Island identified by the state comptroller Thursday as fiscally stressed, have begun notifying residents that belt - tightening measures — including staff and program cuts — may lie ahead.

Mr Davis goes on to suggest some of the ways in which he would find savings; several, such as abolition of ID cards and abolition of regional government, are already party policy - but others are not and therefore act as a useful contribution to the debate on the issue of how to tighten the nation's belt:

It is budget season in the city of Syracuse and as departments search for ways to tighten their belts, the Syracuse Fire Department has applied for a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offset the cost of 12 new firefighters for a two - year period.

Additionally, Commisso is looking to tighten the belt on Albany finances, denouncing the current mayoral administration's economic development policies as corporate welfare.

Then, in 2015, the National Science Board endorsed proceeding from the design to the construction of the vessels — but advised NSF to include construction of two, rather than three, vessels in its future funding requests, following a recommendation for belt - tightening as laid out in the National Research Council's decadal survey for ocean sciences, released in early 2015.

This briefer approach to caloric restriction, a severe form of dieting, challenges previous research that dieters might need to tighten their belts as often as twice a week to see positive effects.

This is happening despite, or in some cases because of, belt - tightening in Washington; federal R&D funding as a percentage of GDP is at its lowest levels in several decades, according to the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program.

Arts education has declined in U.S. schools over the past 50 years and continues to drop as schools tighten their belts.

The mandatory across - the - board federal cuts known as sequestration slashed $ 1.55 billion from NIH's budget this year and will result in belt - tightening at labs with ongoing grants as well as hundreds fewer new grants than in 2012.

As for the car seat, sit on it or shove your knee into it while you're tightening the belt.

I have the same waist measurement as you and I used the sash belt to tighten up the waist area.

Everyone is tightening their belt as a result of the economic climate but that's no reason to cut back on your dates, you might just have to get a bit more creative with your ideas.

But with free school closure rates, it seems to me, likely to be well above anything experienced in local authorities in the past; further questions hanging over the future of organisations such as Chapel Street and Parkfield; and general worries about the merits of setting up lots of small new institutions at a time of belt - tightening, questions about this policy are mounting up.

But now, he suggested, as councils tightened their belts, many were struggling to «meet their statutory obligations to educate all their young citizens within the financial envelope».

In the event that the vehicle's lane - keep assist and lane - departure warning systems don't get the job done, the run - off protection system is designed to protect occupants from serious injury when the vehicle veers off of the road; if sensors detect a run - off taking place, the front safety belts will tighten for as long as the car is in motion to keep passengers safely in position.

Optional safety features include a blind spot warning system with rear cross-traffic alert, lane departure warning, a backup camera and a Pre-Collision System that can warn you about oncoming obstacles as well as tighten the seat belts and autonomously brake the car.

Adaptive cruise control is joined by lane assist, traffic jam assist and crew protect assist — which tightens belts and closes windows ahead of a collision — as well as Emergency Assist, which can automatically bring the vehicle to a standstill if the driver is unable to.

«The ultimate driving machine» is one of the auto industry's longest - running slogans, but the Wall Street Journal reports that the company is parking its iconic catchphrase for a while as Americans tighten their belts.

Akio Toyoda has a new cost - cutting mantra while preparing for a new round of belt - tightening — even as Toyota books record profit.

The cruise control's radar is also used for a crash mitigation system that, when sensing an impending collision first gives an audible warning then activates precrash systems such as tightening seat belts.

Promising careers were suddenly ended as banks, hedge funds and law firms engaged in mass lay - offs and brutal belt tightening.

As publishers tighten their belts and take on fewer manuscripts.

Emergency funds are defined in terms of months of tightened - belt living — that's according to the usual gurus such as Suze Orman, Dave Ramsey etc..

The old habit of rolling credit card balances from one 0 % promotional rate to the next came to an end as banks tightened their belts and the cost of credit skyrocketed.

Similarly, if you intend to tighten your belt in the first few years of retirement as a safety measure, you might make these ballast buckets smaller.

Their reasoning could be something as simple as tightening their belt and cutting off the fat.

Mortgage lenders have tightened their belts over the past couple of years, so obtaining a new mortgage is not as easy as it once was.