Sentences with phrase «by putting pressure»

Occupant Classification Systems (OCS) work by putting a pressure sensor underneath the seats.

It is hoped that defendants do not use this tactic so as to defeat small claims by putting pressure on impecunious claimants.

The bank must urgently take action to make sure matters don't get any worse by putting pressure on the Liberian government to ensure Liberia's forest - dependent communities get a fair deal,» said Jonathan Yiah of SDI.

Also try to level out the board with your feet by putting pressure on the tail of the board.

Grade I patellar luxation means that the patella can be luxated out of the groove by putting pressure on it, but as soon as the pressure is released, the patella goes back in place.

My only concern is that the publishers will try to increase their profits by putting pressure on Amazon to arbitrarily increase the prices for the ebooks.

Normally it's solvable by putting some pressure on the control panel, but sometimes not.

Yes, there is lots of room for improvement and change and it is not by putting pressure on students and teachers to raise test scores.

The school blitz is aimed to get the funds moving ahead of the start of the 2014 school year by putting pressure on the Premiers to sign up before the June 30 deadline.

As well as that, Bad Neighbours 2 avoids the dreaded sequel slump by putting the pressure on to make the film juuuust different enough to keep it interesting, without alienating fans of the first.

Open the chest and push the legs wide apart with the help of elbows, by putting pressure against the inner side of the knees.

Running downhill ground can make you more susceptible to painful shin splints by putting pressure on your shinbones, but running uphill can alleviate that stress (just be careful when you head down!).

«This indicates that the Sun may play a large role in disintegrating these small Solar System bodies, by putting pressure on them via sunlight.»

By putting pressure on the skin, the compression garment tightens up the veins, leading to quicker blood flow and better overall circulation.

By putting pressure on the skin, the veins get pressured too.

By putting pressure on the legs they reduce the diameter of the veins.

After going behind, the Saints dominated possession in the first half and responded well by putting pressure on Liverpool's back line.

Our players chased after the ball and by putting pressure on them, they were unable to attack at will and we forced them into make mistakes at times and passing the ball sideways and backwards.

These technologies and the subsequent innovations they inspired have combined to hold down inflation by putting pressure on wages, increasing productivity, and encouraging competition.

They then seek to boost the value of their stakes by putting pressure on management to adopt a change in strategy — such as a spinoff, sale, or other organizational restructuring or changes in capital allocation — aimed at «enhancing shareholder value.»

Not exact matches

The hedge fund, founded by Barry Rosenstein, is putting more pressure on the grocer's management to turn around slow growth.

Whether it's by design or not, Ozzie's constant outbursts serve to take the pressure off his players and put it on himself.

A large sell - down by Chinese authorities could spark a rise in US bond yields, in turn putting pressure on US government finances.

«Treasury will continue to put pressure on North Korea by targeting those who support the advancement of nuclear and ballistic missile programs and isolating them from the American financial system,» Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement accompanying the sanctions announcement.

Now his softer approach will be put to the test — though the company is also diving back into the Kalanick - era playbook, including by marshalling public pressure on regulators.

CBA's announcement, which was made in a YouTube video by a senior bank executive a day after BuzzFeed Australia reported the data breach, puts further pressure on Australian banks already reeling from revelations of widespread misconduct in a judicial inquiry.

Williams, who will leave his current job as San Francisco Fed president in June to take over at the New York Fed, also said he expects the Fed's shrinking balance sheet will help steepen the curve by putting upward pressure on longer - term rates.

The wage demand, pushed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during intensive talks in Washington last week on modernizing the North American Free Tree Agreement, are aimed at preserving U.S. and Canadian auto production and putting upward pressure on Mexico's low auto wages.

They think it will put pressure on companies by drawing attention to the growing inequality between compensation for workers at the top of the company hierarchy and those at the bottom.

Jia was placed on an official blacklist of debt defaulters in early December, a move taken by Chinese courts to put pressure on people and entities to repay debts.

«It smacks a bit of the Bank of Scotland (HBOS) / Lloyds where you never know how much pressure is put on the biggest bank in Spain by the central bank so I'd be surprised if they had agreed to it under duress but that will come out,» he said.

Some investors might react by moving capital from the U.S. to safe, stable Canada, putting some downward pressure on Canadian bond yields and pushing up the loonie, said Burleton.

Then «tapering» talk by the Federal Reserve caused U.S. bond yields to shoot up and draw back the capital that had earlier flowed into the emerging markets, putting more downward pressure on financial markets and currencies.

«I think it will put pressure on the Fed to raise rates in the first half of next year by June, perhaps even March,» said Craig Dismuke, chief economist at Vining Sparks in Memphis, Tennessee.

Activists use their ownership stakes in public companies to pressure them to change in order to boost returns — whether by restructuring their businesses, shaking up management, or even putting themselves up for sale.

Financial pressures mounted, worsened by the Writers Guild strike in 2007 and 2008 and the vagaries of Ontario's studio tax - credit system, which put added strain on CORE's cash flow.

[T] he dramatic increase in leveraged bond positions by both US hedge funds and mundane money managers set in motion self - reinforcing liquidations once uncertainty over emerging markets including Turkey, Venezuela, Mexico, and Malaysia - all of which experienced sharp capital flow volatility - put pressure on speculative positions.

The deal, which could be announced as early as Monday, marks the industry's first big consolidation in Southeast Asia, home to about 640 million people, and puts pressure on rivals such as Indonesia's Go - Jek, backed by Alphabet's Google and China's Tencent Holdings.

This puts competitive pressure on the others — by our count there are over 100 companies waiting in the wings to try this and may be tempted to jump the gun.

Among other things, the cuts have put pressure on the IRS's Criminal Investigations Division (CI), which plays a crucial role in enforcement by investigating potentially criminal tax code violations.

«I have decided to terminate my relationship with Macy's because of the pressure being put on them by outside sources,» he wrote.

Anecdotally, many senior sales executives responsible for setting quotas adjust to this reality by setting artificially high quotas and putting more pressure on salespeople.

The PBO also said the federal government was able to achieve this fiscal sustainability by restraining the growth in the Canada Health Transfer escalator, thereby putting additional pressure on to the provinces.

Speaking of the Treasury, they've got to pretty massively increase the supply of bonds to the market to fund the deficits induced by the tax cut and spending bill, which puts downward pressure on bond prices and upward pressure on yields.

While not captured by current antitrust doctrine, the pressure Amazon puts on publishers merits concern.285 For one, consolidation among book sellers — partly spurred by Amazon's pricing tactics and demands for better terms from publishers — has also spurred consolidation among publishers.

The uncertainty created by a tumultuous global economy and uncertainty about the future means B2B buyers give extra attention to driving down costs and putting more pressure on reducing price whenever they can.

Divesting DirecTV would eliminate the price decrease for millions of DirecTV consumers predicted by the government itself, and divesting Turner would eliminate the content innovations and the advertising benefits that put downward pressure on Turner prices,» AT&T said in a court filing.

The deal puts pressure on Go - Jek, the $ 5 billion market leader in Indonesia backed by Google and Tencent, which has not yet expanded across Southeast Asia.

However, I think the awareness - raising effort is primarily directed at the public, and in particular those who can, by way of investment choices (whether as a shareholder or a tourist), put economic pressure on those decision - makers.

Increased measures are being taken by financial companies and retailers have put gun manufacturers under pressure.