Sentences with phrase «by cutting them off»

Eliminate vagueness and make it more achievable by stating it this way: During the month of August, I will lose five pounds by cutting off refined sugar, breads, and all fast food.
Pick one to two problems every day that are important for you to dig into strategically and allot real time to them by cutting off your access to email, texts and social media notifications that seduce all of us out of the zone.
In what Facebook promises will be «many changes» in the coming months, the platform started by cutting off API access to Events, Groups, Pages, and Instagram for new developers.
Investors continue to hammer Tesla, a day after founder Elon Musk dumbfounded some on Wall Street by cutting off what the billionaire called «boring, bonehead» questions about the electric car maker's finances during a conference call with stock analysts.
«In my view, the Nebraska legislature pulled out all the stops to give TransCanada the prize by cutting off any ability on the part of the state's citizens to mount a meaningful challenge to the permitting process.
Indeed, Alberta forced previous Prime Minister Trudeau's hand in 1980 by cutting off oil flow.
So when he heard that Saddam Hussein was punishing a group of so - called «Marsh Arabs» — rebels who made their living along the wetland's islands — by cutting off their water supply and draining the marshes, he went back to Iraq to do something about it.
One tries to make her foot fit by cutting off her heel, the other by cutting off her toes.
News channels often have to apologize for smearing political candidates by cutting off audio and video feeds before the end of their sentence.
Paul could be saying «if you do not want to look like a prostitute or rebellious feminist by cutting off you hair, don't prophecy or pray with your head uncovered either», to make the same comparison possible we would only have to see how worldly women today appear.
They want to achieve this by cutting off all foreign financial aid and launching a political boycott.
One actually struck what he supposed was the first blow for freedom by cutting off the ear of the slave of the high priest.
By cutting himself off from those activities that increased his involvement in the world and by worship, he could gradually free himself and rise toward his rightful place.
Prepare the apples by cutting off the top and then, using a sharp small knife or apple corer, scoop out the seeds and core in the center of each apple.
Level the cakes by cutting off the domed tops (I like using a serrated knife for this) and split each layer in half so that you have 4 layers in total.
Prepare the brussels by cutting off the base of each sprout, slicing them in half from top to bottom and remove the excess or loose exterior leaves.
Do this by cutting off and inch or two from each end, and using either end as a base to stand it up.
Start by cutting off the top of the pomegranate, about a half inch below the crown.
Remove the first outer leaves of the cabbage, in case they are wilted or have holes, and carefully remove the leaves by cutting them off the core.
In the meantime remove the wilted outer leaves from the Savoy cabbage and carefully remove the leaves by cutting them off the core.
Prepare the roasted garlic by cutting off the head of the garlic.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Cut the broccoli by cutting off the large florets.
Slice the orange starting by cutting off the top and the bottom, exposing the wheel of orange flesh inside.
Chef's notes: To trim and clean the artichokes, start by cutting off the top 1/2 to 1 inch of each artichoke to remove the spiky tips.
While prepping the swiss chard — remove the complete stem by cutting the off the leafy part of the swiss chard.
Start by cutting off the bulbous end of the squash (pictured on the left above).
I tried again the next night by cutting off 30 seconds and it was perfect.
Prepare the asparagus by cutting off the bottom 1 - 2 inches.
For no Latin would spoil the looks of a roast fish by cutting off its most decorative features.»
The best coconut palm sugars are produced from the sap of the coconut tree by cutting off the coconut flower, which would normally form into a coconut.
Start by cutting off wing tips; discard.
Trim the artichokes by cutting off their stalks so they will sit upright in the pot; cut off the top 1 — 1 1 2 inches flat across.
To name a few: infertility, size determined by cutting off too much, and burns thus permanent damage to the area.
Too tight running gloves can create problems by cutting off blood circulation at your wrist.
Start by cutting off just the very tip of the pacifier.
In fact, using a tensor bandage to relieve swelling or leg pain may actually make the problem worse by cutting off your circulation completely.
You can even add these ornaments on a pre existing ribbon hairbow by cutting off the pick and gluing in center of the bow.
By cutting it off, the surgery exposes the end of the penis.
He also recounts bizarre incidents, such as the young South Korean man who declared his support for the Sawyer Miller candidate Kim Dae - Jung by cutting off one of his fingers in front of two consultants and writing «I support Kim Dae - Jung» in blood.
«The truth is that you don't «invest in MWBEs» by cutting off a key source of startup capital and you don't deliver «real, local wealth creation» by siding with multi-billion dollar hotel companies against home sharing hosts who plow 97 percent of the list price of their space back into the local economy,» the letter states.
By cutting off the supply lines one can force them to take more realistic positions at the negotiations, the logic that if they don't get their way they can always ask the Saudis for more TOW missiles, won't work anymore.
For decades, the I - 81 viaduct has hindered the region's overall economic growth by cutting off downtown Syracuse from University Hill and preventing development in a high - value area.
Kenny said: «It is clear the Tory party high command intend to make the Labour party bankrupt by cutting off the main source of funding that they have relied on since the 1930s.
«It is clear that the Tory Party High Command intend to make the Labour Party bankrupt by cutting off the main source of funding that they have relied on since the 1930s,» he added.
Otherwise we risk reducing the life chances of pockets of the most needy by cutting them off from the whole spectrum of life.
President Obama called Trump's plan to force Mexico to build a border wall by cutting off billions of dollars in money transfers from Mexican immigrants «half - baked,» adding: «Good luck with that.»
The Democratic Party machine, Senator Schumer in particular denied Ohio Democrats a choice by cutting off Hackett's access to campaign cash - in effect denying him a spot on the ballot.
That's the same benefit that would be achieved by cutting off power to almost 200,000 households.
They dispatched powerless individuals — often slaves — by cutting off their heads, beating them to death, or crushing them with canoes until they died.
Total remission, Alani said, may be possible with metronomic dosage, but the initial goal is not only to kill cancer cells but to create an environment in which it's very difficult for them to grow, largely by cutting off the large blood supply these types of cells often need.
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