Sentences with phrase «better shore up»

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You need to decide if they do the rest of their job well and if so, partner them with someone else who can help shore up their deficiency.

In Colorado's Weld County, home to Peppler's farm and more than 19,000 active oil and gas wells, some officials see selling unneeded portions of their allotments from the Colorado River as a way to shore up city budgets.

The best thing you can do is take 10 - 20 minutes at the end of each work day to shore up your loose ends.

Nokia, which closed its 15.6 billion euro acquisition of Alcatel Lucent in January, is looking to stronger growth in fixed line equipment from the recently acquired business, as well as 900 million euros in cost savings through 2018 to help it shore up profits in the near - to medium - term.

Those changes are aimed at shoring up its important tire and auto parts business, as well as smoothing crucial relations with its powerful store owners and cutting costs, ahead of U.S. discounter Target Corp. opening its first Canadian stores in March.

Unable to secure additional investments on good terms from new investors, the six - year - old company has raised a new $ 15 million investment from its current investors to shore up its balance sheet amid a cash crunch.

And yet, like a lighthouse blinking on a faraway shore, I think Google is up to something good.

If anything, they should take this opportunity, when growth prospects are good, to shore up other parts of their business that may be lagging behind.

Rather than working to tearing down this wall and making the world a better place, American society and the media continually shore up this separation between «faith» and reason, hence the comparitively sorry state of science and research in our country today.

ISTM, that while we must do our best to shore up our own systems as much as we can, the underlying fact is that, everywhere, there are a few people who will deceive / destroy.

And then — just when the fishing business was picking up again and your family beginning to let you hack into its good graces — Bartholomew had come over the hill and found you down by the lake shore mending the fishing nets.

The willingness of President Bush (in his better moments) to spend money to shore up civil society — making it perhaps less necessary to spend money down the road, as the promise of the «ownership society» was fulfilled — was taken as an opportunity by those not invested in that «limited» project (I have in mind here both the conventional Republicans in the Bush White House and the pork - barrelling Republicans in the House and Senate) to open the federal purse with relative abandon.

Totus Tuus captures in microcosm the contagious renewal that is occurring from the ground up among the youngest generation of American Catholics, and it bodes extremely well for the future of the Church on these shores.

Towards the conclusion of his landmark book After Virtue, the Scottish philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre observes that the death rattle of the Roman Empire began when men and women of good will «turned aside from the task of shoring up the Roman imperium» which had become socially decadent and culturally diseased.

But the sermon was good, and this would allow Simon to hear it better, if he was in the same boat with Jesus, and so he picked up his nets, put them in the boat, and then shoved off and rowed a little way out from shore so that Jesus could continue to teach.

Hooray mankind found some evidence of our past - that's a good thing - but there's no reason at all to claim it goes to shore up anything Biblical.

Perhaps Papa John's opened too many new stores overseas a bit too quickly, he says, but it «learned a lot early on, shored things up, focused on quality and now the international team is doing well across the board.»

ASEAN nations have since redoubled efforts to better manage domestic food supplies and shore up regional arrangements to share information with one another on cross-country stocks and prospects as well as curb volatility in rice and food prices.

Brown - Forman tried to shore up Southern Comfort as consumers shifted to more traditional whiskey and flavored variations of well - known brands such as Jack Daniel's and Crown Royal.

As well as that, it would also be pretty sweet off the pitch as we might see a little more of James Rodriguez WAG on these shores, be it at Anfield for games or rocking up at club Christmas or end - of - season parties.

Evans is a good player but is not what we need to shore up our defensive frailties.Only a change in our Managers philosophy on the art of defending can do that.

We still won't know for a while just how far the English sides can progress in this season's competition, but it's starting to shape up like our best chance in many years to see a winner based on these shores.

Washington looks poised to be a threat with the second best offense in the league, averaging 5.52 runs per game and the third best ERA among starters at 3.71, but will need to use the trade market to shore up a disastrous bullpen that owns an MLB - worst 5.20 ERA.

And after Coquelin came on for Alexis to shore up the centre, Welbeck won a corner which Cazorla scored with a cheeky chip to make it 4 - 1 and a thoroughly good game all round.

The Pistons are in decent shape, but would do well to shore up the backcourt around Knight.

He was trying to initiate attacks, cover his flank, assist Bellerin as well as trying to shore up the huge gap in midfield left by our new up and coming CF's Ramsey and Flamini...

There is some very good news for Arsenal fans who are hoping that Morgan Schneiderlin is the player that Arsene Wenger signs in the January transfer window to shore up our fragile midfield.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

he would really shore up the d and hits well until we could deem riley ready.

Giroud, well f**king done, even helped shore us up at the back.

Arteta came on for the Ox with ten minutes to go to shore up a defence that shouldn't have needed it if the strikers had done their job better.

We could have scored more in the second half with some better decision making and finishing but we showed some stell to stop a resurgent Watford from adding to their goal, with Cech making some good ssaves and Wilshere and Elneny coming on to shore up midfield.

Arsenal best spell during the last few years was the 8 months where Coquelin and Cazorla were working together to shore up the midfield.

Shoring up DM & GK is the best bit of business done in years, its a long time since weve been very strong in these areas.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decWell your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decwell but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decwell but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decwell but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

The Swiss international midfielder got himself sent off for the second time this term, raising a huge question - mark over his temperament, and we may well need to shore up our midfield as we look to challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title.

Gibbs is probably the second or third best option out there, so unless injury he wont start, he will travel though and might get on to shore up games just like you mentioned.

Wenger had a chance to really shore up a very good club by only grabbing 1 or 2 outfield players — which is a light transfer window by almost any standards — and by shedding players like Sanogo and Campbell who have frankly failed to impress in the slightest.

Liverpool have conceded 44 Premier League goals this term, six other teams have let in less including Crystal Palace, so one can well see why Rodgers would seek to shore up his defence.

Biggest strength: A good defense should shore up its biggest weakness (cornerback play) and has enough raw material to stop the run well again.

January needs to be acted upon like we are going to be relegated — that doesn't mean signing an injured midfielder!!!! A season or 3 ago we were in for Phil jagielka and Mark Schwarzer but tight arse refused to pay the # 12 m and # 2m respective asking price — and we fell away from competing without a whimper... well the spine I've been bleating on about for so long needs creating so go and get petr Czech now and shore up our diabolical defence..

But, I figured we would address what we need — better attacking options in the midfield and an attempt to shore up our defense (which hasn't been all that bad to be honest)-- but I am not all convinced we did that.

Scholes1822 he seems to be shoring up with the lads who have been at the club for a while.Gave Carrick a new contract, told Young he's wanted, by all accounts meeting with Jones this week to keep him part of the squad, so see no reason he'd get rid of Tony V, i thought he was Utd's best RB last year, even if he's not the starting fullback solid player to have in the squad.

There are quite a few number of players in his ranks and if he plans to get far in the upcoming season, he has to shore up his defence, as well as his attack.

Our requested crib was quite rickety and its replacement proved no better, so we shored it up and pushed our bed against it and the wall for extra security.

He wisely wants to keep and strengthen the many good programs started by DeMarco, while shoring up deficiencies in technology and personnel training; many corrections officers, he says, lack CPR training and have not been recertified in firearms.

But when it came time to choose a keynote speaker for the San Francisco convention's opening night, Mondale thought of Cuomo right away: Who better to set the tone for the convention and shore up the party's traditional blue - collar base than the eloquent and emphatically liberal Italian - American governor of New York?

To some extent, he projects an image of himself as the Great Mediator, an image that could further shore up his support among good - government liberals.

The mayor, sniffling through his remarks, highlighted major investments in the city's public hospitals, whose finances, a city - commissioned report found, were teetering on the edge «of a financial cliff,» and in shoring up the city's bridges, as well as a one - time, $ 183 credit paid out on the water bills of more than half a million homeowners.

The governor took his first out - of - state trip to Somos el Futuro and has spent a good chunk of time shoring up support in the minority community, especially through small business initiatives.