Sentences with phrase «calling the shots on»

Another high - tech company put its division heads — leaders who were used to calling the shots on their own — through a training program held on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia.

This year, however, retailers are advised to change their strategy to target the teens, who, according to Ernst and Young, are calling the shots on what to buy.

If the degree of influence is so significant that those holders can call the shots on consensus or market movements, well, that's pretty significant for a securities analysis.

This sounds like his religion would be extremely relevant as the elders of his religion seem to call the shots on his political opinions.

Make this basic muesli base and you can call the shots on the sugar in your muesli bowl by either having it plain or by adding a little fruit sweetness to your own taste depending on where you are with your sweet cravings.

Now this is a test of whether Wenger still calls the shots on transfers or not.

funny how they let Bisping call the shots on his first title defense while they (Dana) flat out threw Mighty Mouse under the bus for not allowing the UFC to force him into a title fight he wasn't preparing for.

Despite his thoroughly disappointing campaign, he isn't afraid to call the shots on Antonio Conte, possibly starting the mind - games early ahead of the FA Cup final.

Calling the shots on in South London will be Dave McIntyre and former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr.

It also seems far - fetched that Coutinho is trying to call the shots on who will be playing alongside him next season following his slow start to life at the club.

Buying lunch at school might be the first time kids get to call the shots on which foods they'll eat.

it's time for schools to stop letting kids call the shots on menu items by focusing on kids» preferences.

do we let kids call the shots on homework, literacy or bedtime?

After that year, I pretty much decided that I would call the shots on Mother's Day.

Fill a box / basket (you call the shots on this) with things you think your surrogate would want after giving birth.

Before you get pregnant, it's easy to think that you get to call the shots on your reproductive future.

Perhaps it is just wishful thinking, a symptom of Tories» frustration at the Liberal Democrats calling the shots on health.

Many believe that the biggest responsibility of the Mayor of New York City is to keep people safe and Bill de Blasio has largely done that, in no small part by letting his lightning - rod police commissioner, Bill Bratton, call the shots on public safety policy.

«For everybody out there concerned about particular areas of the President's proposed budget, the only thing I can say to you is take a deep breath, because the President's not the one that's going to call the shots on this.

«Between 2013 and 2015, Don Waney rose from a mere petty thief to an armed gang leader, calling the shots on what affects the generality of the good people of ONELGA.

She demanded her MPs have a say over the running of the whole of the UK, raising the prospect of Scottish nationalists calling the shots on policies which only apply south of the border.

Most couples who keep trying and exploring all their options for fertility intervention will succeed eventually, and all couples can become parents one way or another, but type A's want to call the shots on how and when it happens.

And apps like LuLu and Bumble are female - centric, allowing the women to call the shots on which guys can message them — as well as how their dates rate according to other female daters.

Making his movie directorial debut with The Wicked Go to Hell (1955), Hossein went on to call the shots on such Film Noir fare as Nude in a White Car (1960) and I Killed Rasputin (1967).

In addition to directing the George Clooney headlined social satire / thriller Money Monster, Foster has called the shots on episodes of Netflix series House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and Black Mirror over that period of time.

Oliver Parker, who directed St. Trinian's, is currently calling the shots on the new Gray, which started filming this week.

Peter Atencio, who directs Key & Peele's sketch show and has also worked on The Last Man On Earth, is calling the shots on the story, which involves the comedy duo acting like gangstas to retrieve a stolen kitten.

Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence is also calling the shots on Mockingjay: Part 1 & 2, so he» l be overseeing the task of working around Hoffman's death during post-production on the two films.

Indeed, seeing how director Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World) is the one calling the shots on Terminator: Genesis - drawing from a script written by screenwriter / producer Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Shutter Island) and writer / director Patrick Lussier (Dracula 2000, Drive Angry)- it's difficult to gauge just how this film is shaping up, as far as its artistic quality goes.

Paul's Greg Mottola is returning to his telly roots to call the shots on the pilot, which Sorkin has written and producer Scott Rudin is guiding alongside Six Feet Under veteran Alan Poul for US cable channel HBO.

Someone new is going to be calling the shots on Ray Donovan.

The director is Antoine Fuqua, who called the shots on Washington's Oscar - winner Training Day, so a superior product is more than likely.

Now that film has a director, as Fredrik Bond (Charlie Countryman) will call the shots on London Has Fallen.

Fast & Furious veteran helmsman Justin Lin called the shots on the new Star Trek adventure while Abrams went to work on Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, drawing from a screenplay written by Simon Pegg (who plays Scotty in the rebooted Star Trek films) and relative newcomer Doug Jung.

That's already happened for Taika Waititi who, off the strength of his work on vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows and this, is currently calling the shots on Marvel's massive Thor sequel Thor: Ragnarok.

Longtime director and well - known comic fan Kevin Smith will be calling the shots on an upcoming season 2 episode of The CW's Supergirl.

White hasn't called the shots on a feature - length film since his comic book adaptation The Losers in 2010, having since then directed for TV shows like Person of Interest, Hawaii Five - O, Lethal Weapon, and The Americans, to name but a few.

He'll be calling the shots on Deadpool 2 (he directed that teaser trailer that played before Logan), but before that, he's delivering a thriller starring Charlize Theron as a British spy kicking ass during the Cold War.

If the world's teachers were calling the shots on content in curriculum, what would they change?

C. M. Rubin's Monthly Global Education Report If the world's teachers were calling the shots on content in curriculum, what would they change?

Even with some of Hillary's key campaign staffers having ties to the charter school movement, it has become clear that Flournoy is the one actually calling shots on education policy.

The only issue that was settled was the question of who will be calling the shots on pricing.

The carriers call the shots on the features they want.

Unlike a custodial account that eventually transfers ownership to the child, with a 529 savings plan, the account owner (not the child) calls the shots on how and when to spend the money.

But unlike with an immediate fixed annuity, you still get to call the shots on how the immediate variable annuity is invested.

Whereas some independent manufacturers that only sold to independent retailers would not have gone into certain stores in the past, they're no longer calling the shots on that.

It's up to us to be the «adults» in the family and call the shots on what our furry «kids» are eating

Whoever calls the shots on this, «wake up «and get it done already.

Tehe former involves trying to lead a country to victory by calling the shots on the pitch.

LF Yeah, we don't get to call the shots on any of it.