Sentences with phrase «by the closed door»

«You don't grow stronger by closing the door to other markets.

He sent a message that drunk driving is unacceptable, but also didn't bury a 22 - year - old kid by closing the door on a possible return.

We are all about safety at Celebrity Baby Trends and keeping little fingers from getting pinched by a closing door is a winner to us!

I managed to make it work by closing my door and my blinds and putting a sign up («Please Do Not Enter» — with a picture of a cow, lol), sitting at my computer and pumping while I typed or ate lunch.

Show your colleagues that you do not want to be disturbed by closing your door, tell passersby to come back later, and answer your e-mails at the end, rather than the start, of the day.

In so doing, you relieve some of the frustration wrought by closing a door, while sending the message that you respect the other person's needs.

Dispatching them easily, I secured the zone by closing the doors leading into the area and turning on the power.

The scholarship is part of a $ 2 million effort to compensate Ms. Moseley, 57, and other African - Americans who were denied portions of their K - 12 education when some Virginia schools resisted desegregation orders in the 1950s and 1960s by closing their doors.

However, I don't think it should be addressed by closing the door on perceived problems, but rather by gaining a greater understanding of what makes our community.

Exposure to overwhelming and fear - evoking sounds can be significantly reduced by closing doors and windows — try to distract your furkid with calming music or a television show with bright colours.

Hinder your pet's access to interesting plants by closing doors or placing them out of harm's way.

Once you decide, keep them in or out of the bedroom accordingly by closing the door with them on the appropriate side.

Feed them at about the same time so that they are separated only by the closed door.

Start by closing the door for short periods of time and increase slowly with the dogs comfort level

Try denying your cat access to a given area by closing doors, or by covering the area with furniture or plants.

You can keep holiday plants and Christmas trees inaccessible to pets by closing doors to block access or set up barricades like baby gates or other enclosure devices.

Nearly a third of those surveyed (32 percent) have already planned their holidays for the year — there by closing the door to new opportunities and the possibility of a last - minute adventure.

Working from photographs, some sent by friends and acquaintances from around the world, Tal R is on the outside too: shut out by closed doors and frosted windows, which he paints with varying degrees of abstraction in dazzlingly seductive hues.

By closing both doors, you can create a multifunctional space of retreat.

It is therefore ironic that by closing the door to a set number of policy exclusions Parliament unwittingly opened the door to insurers to argue by implication that any other exclusion not so nullified is valid.

The kitchen is closed off to the living room except for a narrow pass through, the living room can be closed off to the rest of the house by closing a door, and there's a long narrow hall leading to the bedrooms.

I dump clean clothes out of the dryer, random mail I need to go through, anything that does not yet have a place... everything and then I simply hide it by closing the door!

Not exact matches

Rather than circulating reports among fund managers and investors behind closed doors, so - called activist short sellers are adept at deploying «shock and awe» campaigns by publicizing information and allegations on Twitter.

It is done behind closed doors by an inter-agency committee in Ottawa led by the deputy minister of finance.

Months of deliberations behind closed doors at Shell headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, had led the top brass at the world's largest non-state-owned oil company by sales to conclude that the energy industry was changing fundamentally — in a way that could turn the profitable oil - sands operation into a liability.

Read a written statement by Jared Kushner released before his appearance in closed - door meetings with members of the U.S. Congress.

So whilst the closed door discussions will be about how to keep the status quo regardless of the rapidly increasing power costs and breakdown of service that is now being experienced around the country, the open conversations being had by the people are excited discussions about the future because we trust the likes of Elon Musk and Mike Cannon - Brookes to get the job done more than we trust big power and Government to come to any kind of meaningful and affordable long term solution.

But then again, our society is still crawling slowly towards truly embracing the notion, enunciated most forcefully by John Stuart Mill, that we shouldn't have rules against behaviour that doesn't harm anyone, and that, hence, what goes on between consenting adults behind closed doors is nobody else's business.

After all, even if the door closes on the current debt - settlement model — if the industry's history is anything to go by — another is bound to open.

The macroprudential measures that give Poloz and Schembri comfort were ad hoc, devised behind closed doors by an informal committee of senior technocrats led by the deputy minister of finance.

According to sources cited by Reuters, refinery Citgo Petroleum is closing its doors in Corpus Christi, while another refinery in the area, Flint Hills, has also been winding down operations, according to local news outlet KrisTV.com

Comey, fired by Trump last month, is due to testify on Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee in both an open session and behind closed doors.

On the weekend Redford was taken to task by Progressive Conservative party executive in a closed - door meeting.

On Thursday, the day after Fusion officials appeared before the House Intelligence Committee in a closed - door session after being subpoenaed by chairman Devin Nunes, Trump tweeted, «Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th.

The bold thinkers at the core of these companies are able to work as they see fit — they can stand for phone calls, sprawl out on a couch to decompress, hold meetings outside or close all the doors for focused work when they're really motivated by a new idea.

After talks lasting more than an hour and a half behind closed doors, Kim was driven back to the North side just before noon in a black limousine flanked by guards who ran alongside.

A recent study showed that 71 percent of small businesses close their doors by their tenth year in operation.

It did so by setting up meetings and opening doors that would normally be closed to a pair of college kids with a business plan.

Drivers in Uber's network are circling your neighborhood, and by the magic of GPS, the closest one is arriving at your door, oh, right about... now.

The raid brings the case closer to Trump's door than any to date, touching a close Trump confidant — and potentially a speech made by Trump himself.

Possibilities for reforming the distribution of H - 1B visas, which are used largely by the tech industry, were discussed at a meeting last month with chief executives of tech companies at Trump Tower, said two sources, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to talk about the closed - door talks.

The closing of the doors took place in a very low - key way: there was no formal declaration of any capital controls, but the Korean banks could obtain foreign exchange only by going to the central bank, so the central bank could strengthen the banks» bargaining position vis - a-vis the creditors by simply not making foreign exchange available to them.

A minority government would breathe new life into Alberta's Legislative Assembly, which has largely become a rubber - stamp for decisions made behind closed doors by PC cabinet ministers and MLAs.

Instead of hosting secret talks to resurrect the TPP behind closed doors, the government needs to go back to the drawing board and ensure any future trade deal is shaped by citizens every step of the way.»

The meeting, which will end with a closed - door address Wednesday by...

During the closed - door Washington briefing for chief executives with business in China, Lighthizer said that U.S. complaints about Chinese trade practices could not be resolved simply by additional talks with Beijing, and he appeared indifferent to concerns that the administration's hard line risked rupturing a $ 600 billion annual trade relationship.

According to a local report by Nikkei, Tokyo GateWay and Mr. Exchange have opted to close their doors after returning customer funds rather than take steps to correct inadequacies found by the regulatory body.

The school is closed through Wednesday, and officials say they hope to reopen the doors by week's end.

By granting preeminence to the courts, we close the door on those who do not have access to the legal process and, in a practical sense, to those who do not possess a degree in law.

In 1986, a Democratic Congress passed and the Republican president signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act, which attempted to close the back door of illegal immigration by, among other measures, imposing sanctions on employers for hiring unauthorized aliens.