Sentences with phrase «from getting a piece of the pie»

In trying to stop Oyster and Scribd from getting a piece of the pie, they took everything away from their own authors, the same authors who have been singing their praise all this time.

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ALBANY, N.Y. — It's been well established the state is running on a tight budget this year, but mayors from across New York are trying to get the biggest piece of the pie they can.

As they grow older, children behave less like Ernie and more like Bert — although they are not always happy when others get more, they would much rather give the bigger piece of pie to others than waste it, as long as the decision about who gets the smaller piece of pie comes from them rather than someone else.

With a complete redesign and its sights set on grabbing a bigger piece of the compact segment pie, the only thing stopping the Cruze from succeeding is not getting this car in front of enough eyes.

More authors means a smaller piece of the pie for each author individually, so when someone defrauds the system, they are effectively stealing from every other author in that system — not Amazon, because they get their share before the fund size is set, just the authors.

Readers get to choose from a bevy of books for a low monthly subscription, while authors can obtain a piece of that pie if their books are borrowed.

As a result, people from all over the country continue to flock to Vancouver in hopes of getting a piece of the world - class lifestyle pie.

If the Government was getting a bigger piece of our pie (similar to fuel companies) rest assured we would be protected from the Big, Bad Wolf — The Competition Bureau.