Sentences with phrase «by throwing money at it»

But retention challenges are not going to be solved by throwing money at the issue — or, in this case, at the agents.

«Obama needs to quit trying to solve everything by throwing money at the problem.

So to answer you regarding your concern for rising sea levels, you will not ease your concerns by throwing money at this perceived problem, nor will brainwashing and propagandizing change the intellectually stalwart who understand the futility and politics involved.

Dealers can not solve everything by throwing money at it, which is why Larry Gagosian looks at his worst when he ventures beyond Anselm Kiefer or Pablo Picasso — and yet each of us has to face for ourselves the puzzle of what matters.

Not every problem can be solved by throwing money at it, but some can.

I am not one to think that we solve problems by throwing money at them, but it was not only in New York City that schools received big funding increases.

Meanwhile, William Easterly, in a fascinating discussion of education policy in the developing world in «Barren Land,» cautions against building human capital simply by throwing money at schools.

The old socialist belief that problems can be solved by throwing money at them has replaced a commitment to real change.

Florence Foster Jenkins fails to work on the basic level of an inspirational story because every problem was solved by throwing money at it, which is not relatable to the majority of the population that consists of working - class, unwealthy people.

Sony's Santa Monica Studio was able to churn out a compelling experience centered around a father and son while also delivering the PS4's defining technical showpiece and gamers responded by throwing money at Sony.

Of course, no societal issue can be solved just by throwing money at the problem.

Perhaps most egregious, he proposed hundreds of millions more to the Regional Economic Development Councils to create jobs by throwing money at selected businesses.

As reluctant as I am to admit it, sometimes you can solve a baby sleep problem by throwing money at it.

Wenger went to persuade the player, that is good and all, but unless someone goes and persuades the owners and the agent by throwing money at them well then it's a non start from the beginning.

It is however nigh on impossible to guarantee this by throwing money at any specific player, you can weigh the odds up but you cant guarantee.

Talking of love, I'm not suggesting that wenger doesn't love Arsenal fc, I'm sure that he does, but some people can show their love in an affectionate and caring way, Whilst others can only show it by throwing money at it and I believe that wenger fits into the second category!

The dinner party disaster was averted by throwing money at the problem.

Instead of band - aiding the problem by throwing money at it, you might consider scrapping the whole thing altogether and starting from scratch.

Not exact matches

Companies with traction or ones that are started by a previously successful entrepreneur often get money thrown at them.

And yet, just eight years later, it seems Facebook may be turning into the very thing its founder once rejected: a still important technology company that's growing a bit long in the tooth and fighting to stay relevant by throwing stacks of money at whatever just might be the next big thing.

I, therefore, doubt the effectiveness of Tokyo's latest effort to revive its stagnant economy by throwing at it a new wall of money.

There are lots of dumb things you could do as a startup entrepreneur — like base your company out of Bakersfield, allow yourself to be acquired by Groupon in an all - stock transition, or pitch your growing U.S. - based startup to the Samwer brothers — but nothing could be more dumb than throwing your hard - earned venture capital money at a public relations firm.

Multiply that by the millions or billions that venture capitalists were throwing at this bubble, and it's easy to see why big money managers were in a technology euphoria and not too worried about the underlying fundamentals of these companies.

I could focus on cash flow and get rid of some smaller student debt, or focus on net worth by throwing more money at my investments.

When nothing happens, especially nothing bad, investors are bemused and show their appreciation by throwing more money at the bull.

Well it is true that some people seek sorcerers to implement Jinn that are satanic demons into mankind or his house or his business to finish him or make his life miserable or to stop flow of his business income... In such case it is either you are religious enough and say your prayers often then it becomes hard for this to harm you or otherwise you need to find some one who practice exorcism to remove this evil... But many are just pretending to be good at it and help you not but squeeze money out of you with tales and stories... There is another type of possessions and that is not through a sorcerer but directly by coincidence what man is at his weakest moments and those weakest moments for a possessions are when you come through a great fear or when cry or laugh loudly in hysteria, or during a certain moment of mating... or even when sneezing loudly... That's why there are prayers to be said on daily basis to guard you from such things and specially if passing haunted places such as deserted houses but most evil ones are residents of public toilets and market places... Some of them even would claim that you have made a wrong action by which you have killed a dear one to them and for that they have possessed you and that is mostly night time such as throwing a cigaret butt to a dark place or stepping killing an insect or even an animal at night which could have been one of them or possessed by one of them... So this is true thing happening to many who suffer unexplainable illnesses or sufferings which could look like mental illness that comes and goes as pleased...

Experts on political economy differ notoriously, but no one any longer takes it as given that an artfully contrived government can create or maintain the good life for its citizens or that we most effectively respond to social problems by, as the saying goes, throwing money at them.

They built the Bullpen Avengers by developing a pitcher, throwing money at one and acquiring the latest one without giving up any of their top prospects.

Bolstering the squad with quality players is key during this window, if I was Arsene I would take advantage of our league position and financial stability to persuade top players to join us before crazy money is thrown at them in the summer by other teams.

With the amount of money being thrown at clubs from Sky and BT, most of the teams are now in a position where they don't have to sell to make ends meet, as has been proven by both Everton and WBA this year.

The club won the FA cup and we could see how the next transfer window was a «binge spend» by the people in charge, throwing money at potential answers, the potential never happened so they wasn't the answer.

After throwing big money in a quick fix attempt by luring Paul Pogba back to the Theatre of Dreamsand convincing Zlatan Ibrahimovic to exit PSG, Mourinho is now looking at specific needs of the team.

Between her handing down maternity clothes that she no longer fits in (she shopped at local thrift / consignment stores), clothing swaps thrown by other friends, and the way my bump has developed the only maternity wear I've had to spend money on has been a couple of belly bands and some pretty nursing bras.

Instead of those great meals that were either cooked by your patient, non-butt-wiping hands or ordered in (because money wasn't thrown at things like diapers and gas drops), you eat what the kids eat.

Save money, help the environment by reusing materials instead of throwing them out and gain more reliability against leaking, especially at night if you double up!

Money, loads of it, is deployed, power at its naked, excessive and abusive best, is thrown at the people by those in power.

While Cuomo claims the state has thrown money at these schools for too long, Baker calculated that 12 of the 17 lowest - performing school districts cited by Cuomo are among those with the largest state funding shortfalls, based on student need.

To the Editor, Instead of throwing away $ 225M in taxpayer money, Cuomo could save a couple thousand jobs at Remington, Savage and other arms makers at no cost to the taxpayer by ridding us of the SAFE Act.

Sen. Kathy Marchione questioned whether the money for public financing would be better spent on gap elimination aid for education, while Sen. Greg Ball threw a pointed jab at Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk, wondering out loud about independent expenditure groups funded by «Soros.»

Cuomo tore into the de Blasio administration's handling of the homeless crisis, saying that better «management» by the mayor was needed instead of just «throwing more money at the problem.»

When you're being looked at by that many agencies at some point you throw off a little steam and that's probably what that money was.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, argued that municipalities already have every incentive to streamline services and that little would be gained by «throwing more money at them» to do so.

«So we're nine million in the hole on the sales tax projections for 2015, we're under budget, and the County Executive seems to think that the best way to solve every problem that Erie County is facing is by throwing more money at it, and I don't think we can afford it,» said Lorigo.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo tore into the city's handling of the homeless crisis Tuesday, saying that better «management» by the de Blasio administration was needed instead of just «throwing more money at the problem.»

The writer relates how he sold the book based on a 100 - page sample, and had Hollywood throwing money at him within two days of its acceptance by a publisher.

Richard, a flinty cynic as interested in making fools of his marks as he is in taking their money, Brian, bursting with a cheerful elann at how easy it all is while stomping out the last annoying vestiges of his conscience, are two guys thrown together by necessity but maintaining a chummy sort of wariness and a tricky sort of one - upsmanship.

This loose remake, with its PG - 13 neutering, can only feel like weak tea by comparison, now matter how much more money has been thrown at it.

Sophie Barthes directs this latest attempt, written by first - timer Rose Barreneche (née Felipe Marino), and it's rather a wonder that anyone felt that, one, what the world was lacking at the moment is another Madame Bovary adaptation, or two, that quite so much money and talent should be thrown into it.

It is true, as the task force insists, that we can not improve the schools of America by just «throwing more money at them.»

Tell deliberate lies: Ridicule public education advocates as «defenders of the status quo» who want money thrown at stale ideas, even though those ideas are backed by solid evidence.