Sentences with phrase «blunt tool»

But even this might be too blunt a tool for our future energy needs.

It is a somewhat more blunt tool in comparison to open - market operations, since it influences many financial institutions at the same time.

And Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said the «blunt tool of inspection» was not an effective way to drive improvement in careers guidance.

To alter DNA modifications, researchers used blunt tools like histone deacetylases, but targeted epigenetic modification was impossible.

The MPC knows monetary policy is a fairly blunt tool and is not enough to combat the real adjustment required for new trading arrangements.

But while boycott is a legal and sometimes effective tool in situations where litigation and other recourses have been exhausted, it also is a very blunt tool which easily gets out of control and can hurt innocent people.

Congressional Democrats, including Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, on Thursday sent Republican colleagues a letter calling the Congressional Review Act «an exceedingly blunt tool» for blocking what they see as «common - sense revisions» to out - of - date BLM rules.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «The strategy of carpeting the country in Asbos and demonising thousands of young people was always far too blunt a tool to deal with the complexities of anti-social behaviour.

In practice their rarity and inconsistency rendered them a very blunt tool when we're looking to spot quite subtle differences — the reality is that marginal seats aren't that different from the country as a whole:

Internet - battles are often rife with claims that Nissan GT - Rs are numb, blunt tools designed to cover ground at immense speed but without personality.

Although more refined than its predecessor, the 370Z is still a delightfully blunt tool.

Wexboy that's a great read, Something I've learnt (the hard way) and many good investors and traders always use is the simple blunt tool called a stop loss.

The Mayor's director for transport policy has called the congestion charge a «blunt tool in its current mode».

Senior lawyers accept need to restructure partnerships but firms still wield blunt tools.

At best, the other characters are used as blunt tools for political debate and critique, particularly when dealing with Carrie's colleagues, like the During Foundation's philanthropic founder, Otto During (Sebastian Koch).

It also clearly demonstrates that the courts are prepared to intervene when the Lord Chancellor seeks to use his powers, using blunt tools to reduce the cost to the state of facilitating litigation.

In practice these are fairly blunt tools that tell me «1 cent a point for American miles is a really good deal» but that I'm not going to spend 2 cents unless there's a very specific scenario — like a few points at the margin to top off an account for an award I've put on hold — where it makes sense (and in that scenario, my valuation of each point is higher since they're helping me to save with a real redemption).

If you think Berry's rather bizarre claims overturns well established science you are rather more blunt a tool than I originally thought.

In a speech in Vancouver, the head of Canada's central bank says adjusting interest rates is a «very blunt tool» that has widespread effects.

But sitting down for an interview at the event, Waugh warned some of the blunt tools preferred by regulators would do more harm than good.

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act has become a blunt tool that unscrupulous people use to demand the removal of material that's unflattering to them — including from our site, Retraction Watch.

«Big data is a good thing to have, but it is a blunt tool, lacking precision.

Fiat money is simply a blunt tool for controlling people.

Even then, a boycott requires extreme caution, because it is a blunt tool that may hurt innocent people and have many unforeseen consequences.

But since 2012, national planning rules have blunted this tool by enabling the widespread use and abuse of viability assessments.

But referendums are a blunt tool.

Michael Dardia, co-director of research at the Citizens Budget Commission, said the CBC is sympathetic to restraining spending — but the tax cap was a blunt tool.

Dr Richard Roope, Cancer Research UK's GP expert, said: «The PSA test is a blunt tool missing the subtleties of the disease and causing men harm.

Olestra is a blunt tool to reduce that exposure.

The reality is that PSA testing remains a blunt tool.

Thus, while the mere presence of a variant in dbSNP is a blunt tool for variant filtering, dbSNP's deep allele frequency data make it incredibly powerful for genetics studies: it can rule out variants that are too prevalent to be disease - causing, and prioritize ones that are rarely observed in human populations.

We must learn to transcend any blunt tools we developed over the years — negative self - talk, over-reactions, judgments, facades, fears, expectations, passive - aggressive behavior — and replace them with precise tools such as authentic communications, loving relationships, balanced lifestyles, commitments to personal integrity, and yoga and / or meditation practices.

We must learn to transcend any blunt tools we developed over the years — negative self - talk, overreactions, judgments, facades, fears, expectations, passive - aggressive behavior — and replace them with precise tools such as authentic communications, loving relationships, balanced lifestyles, commitments to personal integrity, and yoga and / or meditation practices.

Russell is a great lead, but he is supported by frequently awkward performances that struggle with the blunt tool of the script and sometimes awful dialogue.

It's here that Kevin Reynolds» (Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves) film becomes a blunt tool, one that abandons both drama and originality in favour of preaching to the choir.

At best it is a blunt tool.

Admittedly, the law is a blunt tool for making nuanced social policy decisions.

As I observed last year in Letters, «Policy is a blunt tool that works best when making people do things is enough... Policy is far less effective when it comes to complex endeavors where how things are done matters more than whether they're done.

Yes, it is a blunt tool, but it allows for clear comparisons and discussions about how to be as efficient as possible.

They are a blunt tool, and they do not protect against all forms of identity theft, but they can prevent criminals from using hijacked identities to open new accounts.

Probably the bluntest tool is the good old price - to - earnings ratio.

This is in contrast to all other retirement saving software, which are blunt tools that barely get you in the ballpark, and usually costs more than twice as much.

Evans» first tapestry work, Letter to the Future, replicates the appearance of handwriting on a sheet of legal paper with carefully hand - stitched words addressed to the Future, describing a exhibitions when «they had blunt tools and everyone was lazy,» and signed from William Shakespeare.

Although the dismissal of an action is a blunt tool that is to be used sparingly, I find the circumstances of the case at bar are such that this tool should be used.

Opening up directors» responsibilities and duties to shareholders in a more direct fashion may create a blunt tool for shareholders.

Criminal law is a blunt tool that has been overused by successive generations of politicians as a lazy way to deal with complex social problems.

It is said it is a blunt tool, used to threaten, coerce or induce defendants to plead guilty in a way which may not serve justice,» he says.