Sentences with phrase «by whittling»

The R1 addresses most of this by whittling the controls down to basically nothing.

By whittling down the list of ingredients in their products and discovering methods of creating effective, yet natural, pet - safe cleaning options, companies are meeting the increasing demand of green - conscious pet parents.

By whittling down the genes to this number, scientists learned a lot about biology.

Since then, insurers have adjusted by whittling away at the benefits that came with variable annuities, imposing variable annuity investment restrictions on advisors, and sticking to their «derisking» strategies.

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However, aggressive bulk buying by large provincial authorities will whittle the producer price down markedly.

Overhead on these businesses is low, but any savings can be whittled away quickly by lack of business.

Indeed, by analyzing a roster of competitive runners, Kilduff found that competitors running in a race with a rival whittled down their time by an average of five seconds per kilometers.

Nine days after we talked, the House came back with an omnibus appropriation that eliminated the loan subsidy and whittled down the salaries and expenses offered by the Senate.

To avoid losing a fortune of your money to taxes, you can whittle down your estate by gifting some of that money tax - free while you're alive.

You must still be cognizant of the taxable implications of the surrender, but penalty - free withdrawals allow you to whittle the annuity down without getting slammed by an onerous surrender charge.

NASA whittles its total applicant pool down by filtering out people who don't meet those criteria and by relying on the input of a panel of experts, mostly active astronauts.

Also, the 10 percent gain is whittled by mortgage interest, upkeep, taxes, insurance and other costs that you would not have, for example, with a mutual fund.

We should know by now that almost every major technology introduced in the name of expanded personal choice sooner or later is overtaken by cultural patterns and practices that finally shape everyone's behavior, whittling away almost to nothing the range of the choice.

At this present time, in a period of decline in Christian faith and morals which is still unchecked, still sweeping even lower, it remains true that the teachings given men by Christ, although whittled away and progressively abandoned, still preserve a better level of charity, justice, and chastity in human affairs throughout Christendom than prevails in those regions where the name of Christ has hardly entered, or where it is bitterly persecuted.

If the proposal by the EU for an MIA within the framework of the WTO or the proposal for an MAI by the OECD is adopted, then the Right to Development, so far as countries of the South are concerned, will be further whittled away.

Waugh helped Merton prepare his masterpiece, The Seven Storey Mountain, for publication in England, whittling it down by several thousand words and improving the title, and Merton dedicated his historical work Waters of Siloe to Waugh.

That is the question asked in «No Child» Law Whittled Down by White House, by Motoko Rich.

For instance, by helping a client make the transition from a rigid container to a standup pouch, ALLIEDFLEX's customers can whittle down the number of truckloads it uses to transport products.

We whittled those numbers way down by subbing 1 % milk for whole and creamy Neufchatel for higher - fat cheeses.

Amanda, Merrill and the F52 editors whittle the entries down to 2 selections which are then voted on by the entire community.

By Laura Sayre Originally posted on April 1, 2003 Every stop on the tour of Leo and Diane Whittle's organic kiwifruit orchard is enjoyable, but the last is the most spectacular: that's when Leo takes you up the steep hill... Continued

I wanted to make something that wouldn't require a trip to the grocery store, which made whittling down my options easy: no Buttermilk Pie or Bars because I didn't have cream to make a custard, no cakes because I don't own an electric mixer (no way I'm going to cream the butter and sugar by hand!)

By Sarah Brew, Kristin Eads and Steven Toeniskoetter 76 92 > 62 Brook & Whittle Ltd. incorporating Packstar > 68 Nestle Professional Caribbean > 73 Snyders - Lance Inc. > 76 Basic American Foods > 80 Evolution Fresh > 84 Berto's Gelato & Sorbet > 88 Jensen Meat Co. > 92 Tumbador Chocolate > 96 Leclerc Foods USA Inc. > 99 FX Matt Brewing Co. > 102 Green Organic Vegetable Inc. > 104 Deli Star Inc. > 106 Always Bagel > 108 National Choice Bakery > 1 Sequoia Orange Co. > 1 Spring Glen Fresh Foods 10 12 > 1 Westshore Pizza 14 58 food and drink • fall 2011 • www.fooddrink-magazine.com http://www.fooddrink-magazine.com Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food and Drink - Fall 2011 Food and Drink - Fall 2011 Tableside Chat Contents News a la Carte In the Safe Zone Strengthing Brands Restaurants: Smart Marketing Willie's Restaurants Slack's Hoagie Shack The Cheese Steak Shop Aloha Hospitality Inc..

After our editors whittle down the product submissions to the top three in each category, the winners will be chosen by a judging panel of industry experts and awarded at Natural Products Expo West.

I'm looking for a nice, round number by having everyone pick out 10, but if were impossible to whittle their list down and someone wanted to give their top 12 or top 15 or top 22, I would allow that.

As it is, their lead could be whittled down to as little as four - points by the end of Wednesday night, that is providing Arsenal win only their second league game in a disastrous six - game spell away at arch rivals Tottenham.

The Blues, who have seen their Formerly healthy lead at the summit whittled down by United, now find themselves trailing the Reds by three points having played a game more.

It's when this is finished that I know whether I need to remove a bit more wood here and there and put in wing detail, so the whittling begins again, followed by more sanding.

A preliminary review by the Election Commission whittled the number of valid signatures down from 3,800 to about 3,100.

She said she was told by one of them that the clause could theoretically be used to whittle away the legislature's authority to nothing.

Now that the Democratic field has been whittled down to three contenders, political observers believe Avella and Vallone are competing for many of the same votes, meaning each one is hurting the other just by being in the race.

A state that should by all rights be controlled by Democrats is churning out policy whittled down and muted by a Republican Senate.

It would be a truly hopeful opening in state politics — if only something, anything, in Paterson had undergone in his professional life seemed like good preparation for whittling down a $ 6 billion deficit while his hands are tied by an obstreperous Legislature.

That majority was progressively whittled away through defections and by - elections defeats, the most notable of the latter including those in Newbury, South East Staffordshire and Wirral South, resulting in the eventual loss of the Major government's majority in Parliament.

The Labor Movement in New York worked for nearly a decade to pass the Health and Compensation Act and will not stand idly by while it is whittled away.

With Mr. Bishop up consistently by about 250 votes during the count of 11,500 absentee ballots, and the number of contested ballots being whittled down by the day — through either concessions or a judge's orders — it became clear that Mr. Altschuler's chances for a turnaround were fading.

More importantly, the commission can not comprehend how the redefinition of the EFCC's mandate in narrow terms, ultimately whittling it down, fits into the clamour by Nigerians and the vision of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for a vibrant and courageous anti-corruption agency.

Though the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publish rankings, which are also available through the State Department of Health, county residents can more easily whittle down that information by looking it up on the county website.

Announced last week by NASA, the three missions — whittled down from nine proposals — will receive $ 2 million each to develop a more detailed concept over the coming 9 months, before NASA selects one in 2019 to be the next mid-sized Explorer.

It takes millions of years for boulders to be whittled down to small rocks by wind, snow and sublimation.

Early designs for the Titanic did in fact call for 64 lifeboats, but by the time the ship was launched, the company had whittled that complement down to 20.

Hemmings says that proposals for Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica are «lost in a sandpit of discussion or whittled away by Russia, Japan, South Korea, and a number of other fishing states.»

But there is no sign of such a massive companion today, so the planet is likely all that's left of a star that was whittled down by the pulsar.

I further whittled the list by striking off publishers lacking a general interest scientific journal or at least one biological, chemical, or medical title.

Here, the bright orange lanes have been whittled away by ultraviolet radiation from the star, turning them into knots with cometlike tails.

The group whittled down the choices by focusing on technologies showing signs of being ready to move to the next level with significant benefits to societies and economies.

Plus, the fact that they're functional exercises will whittle away excess fat by revving your heart rate and increasing your metabolic rate.

The following remedies are fantastic to have on hand for when you cut yourself whittling in the shelter, get bitten by a zombie, pull a muscle running from a zombie, or burn yourself making a fire to cook your dinner.

Some afternoons can be whittled away by cloud gazing.

When choosing an outfit for Valentine's Day I whittled it down to two — I eventually went with the Clemens en August black dress, but this J by Jasper Conran red dress is a more colourful alternative.