Sentences with phrase «cajoling by»

In contrast, despite some cajoling by the House of Commons Justice Committee and Jackson LJ's recent Review of Fixed Recoverable Costs, we are still waiting for the government's wholescale review of the impact of civil court fees — which was due at the end of 2015.

Spinky is in a terribly bad mood — as we all are occasionally — and no amount of tender cajoling by his family can change it.

After much cajoling by Mrs. G, Shields, bored while making a film on location in Africa, faxed Agassi an introductory note.

it would likely be because in our country and community we are constantly threatened and cajoled by one specific religion.

Every year I vowed that I would stay in reminding myself of the petty drama the year before, but then every year I would be cajoled by a friend to get out of my sweats and end up going to some random party.

After being cajoled by his agents, it seems as though Iturbe has warmed to the idea of a season away from Rome.

Cajoled by Violet, Maud starts to listen.

All traffic is naturally cajoled by the signs to head north, but we aim for the westerly route — and straight into some of the most beautiful scenery imaginable.

So, after being cajoled by Woody Rogers, our favorite product information specialist at TR, I decided to take the Q50 to Tire Rack's headquarters in South Bend, Indiana, so they could take its measurements and hook us up with a set of winter tires.

In an untitled work from 1966, one figure eats from a tree while another boxed figure defecates, watched from above by one myopic figure and cajoled by another — an Orwellian allegory, perhaps, for an existence where every gesture is observed and controlled.

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Or cajole yourself out of bed by telling yourself you only have to work out for 10 minutes — odds are good by the time the 10 minutes are up, you'll be awake enough to finish your workout.

Cajoling statistical significance where in reality there is none, a practice commonly known as «p - hacking,» is particularly easy to accomplish and difficult to detect on a case - by - case basis.

CHRIST SAID TO LOVE YOUR ENEMY, TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, not to kill in his name nor to bring down the glory of God by cajoling ignorance into praying to satan.

A reluctant Arafat, pressured by the U.S., showed up for the summit, but resisted Clinton's insistent cajoling that he respond in kind to Barak's expansive compromises.

I think that «inerrancy» is often a term thrown around by leaders and teachers who want to cajole and control people.

They had one supreme theory: that the perfect beauty and happiness of cities and of human life was to be brought about by more factories; they had a mania for factories; there was nothing they would not do to cajole a factory away from another city; and they were never more piteously embittered than when another city cajoled one away from them.

The reason I say this is because there is an event in the life of Jesus that is often used by some power - hungry and control - freak pastors to beat and cajole the people in their church into submission, to quell all dissension, and to quiet all objections.

I am convinced that a good deal of talk about prayer is vitiated by the assumption that God is an intolerant, indeed we might say an intolerable, tyrant who must be cajoled rather than addressed; and this is tied in with a picture of his nature or character that is fundamentally unchristian or subchristian, even if many Christian thinkers have fallen victim to it.

In the real world, Smith demonstrates that patients requesting assisted death are more likely to be suffering from untreated depression, and are more likely to be cajoled into their decision by family members and medical personnel with decidedly mixed motives.

As it is, we print up catchy mailings, we wheedle and cajole; pledges bump up by 7 percent, and we celebrate.

it looks like wenger is being schooled by the geezer who seems to be the bookies choice to replace him at the end of the season, once again he just sits there clueless and howe is on the sidelines cajoling and trying to oragnise his team, and encourage them to victory.

There have been many comments over the last few years that Arsenal simply don't have any leaders on the pitch, someone who can take the game by the scruff of the neck and cajole the players into fighting for every ball when we go a goal down, a Tony Adams for example...

There have been many comments over the last few years that Arsenal simply don't have any leaders on the pitch, someone who can take the game by the scruff of the neck and cajole the players into fighting for every ball when we go a goal down, a Tony Adams for example...... Read the full article here

When meals are dominated by parental cajoling, forcing, or bribing, it makes for a tense environment — and kids balk at the pressure.

Some parents, by labeling their children as shy, appear to encourage a self - fulfilling prophecy, Adults may cajole coyly shy children into social interaction, thus reinforcing shy behavior.

Gaining agreement at international summits really does come down to the phone calls, the one - to - one meetings, the cajoling undertaken by political leaders, but in the lead - up to the Cannes G20 summit we saw no evidence of any such leadership.

I search for the perspective of others; and I take away value each time I visit; in turn, I hope to shape the experience of others in a positive way: by giving useful feedback, cajoling newcomers into constructive creators, and reminding senior members to continue giving the best of their experience — and the benefit of doubt.

Believed to harbor presidential ambitions, the governor will need a solid record to run on — which is precisely why he has been systematically trying to restore confidence and functionality to government in Albany the last four years by publicly being the adult in the room but privately using the full power of the office behind closed doors to force and cajole a stubborn Legislature into doing things on his terms.

Bragman's crucial error was giving Silver time to break the coup by bolstering his support over a weekend of phone calls and cajoling.

«We need to examine the impact of the drift away from maintaining order by presence, persuasion, communication, cajoling and when needed coercion, though often short of physical force, to a model principally geared around control and the use of powers,» he wrote.

Nigerians should not be cajoled to buy Made - in - Nigeria goods in order to build our economy and for the sake of national pride, but we should derive optimal value and customer satisfaction whenever we support our kinsmen by patronizing them.»

Nevertheless, Mandy and McDonnell put on an old pals act after being expertly cajoled together by Channel 4 News man Michael Crick at Labour conference today.

But the governor, praised for his tactical acumen even by his enemies, has always been able to keep some measure of control by splitting apart coalitions, cajoling allies and picking losers among his would - be opponents.

He confides in his best friends Evan - who will be played by The Social Network's Josh Pence - and Mike, portrayed by newcomer Derek Phillips, and cajoles them into helping him navigate the seedy gambling underworld in order to save him.

As washed - up rock manager Richie Lanz, Murray tries to cajole his way through Kabul after being stranded by his only client.

The opening scene, set in 1976 in a Boston police precinct is glimpse at what was to come: a priest has been brought in on allegations of abuse, the victim and their mother are cajoled, arrangements are made for secrecy, said priest is collected by his superior who sweeps while the judiciaries hold the rug.

One by one Gary cajoles, lies, tempts, and pleads with his old friends (Frost, Martin Freeman, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan) to join him for one more night of debauchery which is interrupted by old arguments and alien robot replicants.

News from the Front: Women Reporters of World War II Although seeing, hearing, and reading «on the spot» reporting by women in war zones is not unusual today, during World War II, women reporters and photojournalists often had to argue and cajole their way to the frontlines to report the news.

But productivity in any sector is never achieved by chastising or cajoling.

What great school leaders do — through inspiration, cajoling, support, and attention — is evoke change in classroom practice, teacher by teacher.

In interviews with 40 principals, 37 admitted to using some type of harassing supervision — cajoling, pressuring or threatening — to get teachers to leave in order to circumvent the byzantine removal process mandated by the union contract.

It never feels like a small car, but you don't have to cajole it; you just thread it quickly down a narrow road without being hampered by its size.

These are men who spent their salad days being cajoled, cussed out, and inspired by Carroll Shelby, building cars on a wing and a prayer in Shelby American's impossibly cramped, 10,000 - square - foot shop in Venice.

The company aims that this super sports coupe car by Audi will be successful in cajoling consumers towards it.

Many first - time writers and those eager to have their book published are often sucked in by high pressure sales reps who will convince the first - time author that they are losing money by not publishing their book straight away or heaping praise on them to cajole them to signing a contract without even reading their manuscript.

There were great designers such as Louis Bleriot, who flew across the English Channel, the first man to do so, with a foot so badly burned that he had to be lifted in and out of his seat; Thomas Scott Baldwin, «Cap» t Tom,» inventor of the flexible parachute and incomparable showman, who almost convinced the world that balloons were the future of aviation; John Moisant, who after three failed attempts to overthrow the government of El Salvador took to aviation and within months became the preeminent flyer in the world; Harriet Quimby, an actress and journalist who cajoled flying lessons from her employer to become the first woman to receive a pilot's license and then the first to cross the English Channel; and Glenn Curtiss's most famous flyer, Lincoln Beachey, perhaps the finest aviator the world has ever seen, a man who boasted so many «firsts,» «bests,» and «never before dones» that his exploits would beggar credibility had they not all been documented by eyewitnesses.

Activision created a «police state,» conducted secret «interrogations» of employees and held $ 54 million dollars hostage as they tried to threaten and cajole the team behind Modern Warfare 2 into making the next Modern Warfare game, according to an amended lawsuit filed in California today and obtained by Kotaku.

It's my understanding that U.S. real action is needed to spur China & other industrializing powers by example and moral superiority as the basis for whatever cajoling.

Unless, the international community can convince or cajole nations to make commitments consistent with their ethical obligations, then international climate negotiations are likely to continue to be plagued by the failure to tackle the most difficult climate change issues.

This is old now, but I just found a recording of an interesting 2007 talk by Carl Malamud about his efforts to cajole US Government agencies and Canadian corporations into recognizing and acting on the public domain status of all US government info, including, of course, case law.