Sentences with phrase «further whittled»

In addition to the use of plastics and state - of - the - art composites, the increased use of aluminium components in the engine and suspension systems has also further whittled down the weight of the relevant assemblies.

Recent reforms have further whittled away at pensions by cutting benefits and imposing greater restrictions for new hires in an attempt to pay down liabilities accrued over years of inadequate funding and poor returns in the stock market.

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

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.

Unlike MORI's poll the changes are well within the margin of error, but it's a further whittling away of the Tory lead.

Giving it to the Tories or UKIP is unimaginable; shifting support to the Liberal Democrats is highly unlikely given the enthusiasm with which Vince Cable has embraced the recommendations of the Beecroft Report and the further whittling away of individual and collective employment rights.

When you take these tests, you are able to further whittle down your match pool.

You'll want to further whittle - down the list based on your other selection criteria.

Not exact matches

A judge has ordered Alphabet to whittle down its trade secret claims even further in its landmark lawsuit against Uber.

It came as a huge shock to find a memorial to Frank Whittle, somebody I remember from having had Sunday lunch with, at the far end of the Henry VII Chapel.

The merger process has been a smooth one for Brook & Whittle and Packstar so far, according to Stewart.

Thanks to the added strength the merger has given both companies, Brook & Whittle and Packstar expect to grow even further in the near future.

The opening rounds run from now until 26 March, with the quarter - and semi-finals whittling the competition down further before the final on 26 May at the British World RX event at Silverstone.

The whirlwind travel itinerary provided an opportunity to further explore options as he attempts to whittle a widespread process down to legitimate contenders.

Each month that passes, we see his promise to fund 20,000 units of supportive housing get whittled further and further down.

Also, a high - end salmon feed and selective breeding has helped minimize fishmeal use, reducing the ratio of pounds of wild feed fish to produce pounds of farmed fish to 1.1 to one — a number AquaSeed owner Per Heggelund says he expects to whittle further.

This system, along with computer modeling and further tests performed both in and outside of cells, whittled the thousands of candidate molecules down to eight that could bind to SENP2 in cells and were non-toxic.

I would like to whittle my closet down a little further, but I also expect to continue subbing in new pieces; the goal will be to make sure that every single item in my closet is a «wow» piece — something that makes me feel fantastic and / or fills a fundamental role in my wardrobe.

Screenwriters Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg whittle the Holmes character down to the basics, reasonably expand him using some of Doyle's background information to give him a slight action hero edge, develop a pretty crackerjack story involving the occult and a plan to recreate the Gunpowder Plot using a Victorian - style chemical weapon, and read between the lines of the Holmes / Watson dynamic enough to make us read further between the lines.

Her introductory tape was one of about 200 submissions from the U.K., Australia, and the U.S. that Haynes whittled down to 20 — and trimmed even further after Selznick discovered that four girls had lied about their hearing loss.

Finally, have students whittle the sentences further to the requisite number of syllables for a haiku:

Evans says the search committee will whittle down that list to approximately ten applicants and after further interviews, the committee will host public hearings giving candidates the opportunity to speak to the community.

These numbers are whittled down even further as academic and artistic achievements, personal characteristics, leadership, and service activities are considered.

For sure, the Kia Optima does have its problems, and those advantages it does have are whittled away when you start looking at competitors that don't stray too far from the Kia's MSRPs.

Yes, the Man Booker Prize not only goes to a book published in the UK by a «formal» publishing house (don't worry, just in case you're confused and think your book is eligible, the rules are nice enough to state further down that you're not welcome), but also expects the publishers of the six books whittled down to the shortlist to foot the bill for advertising to the world that this book made it to the finals.

But here's the thing: once you've slashed your costs by 90 % or more by using exchange - traded funds (ETFs) or index funds, whittling them down further won't make much difference.

Therefore I use a screen, with dividend growth rate as one of my most important factors, to whittle the stocks down to a manageable number for further evaluation.

With Smash Bros, you didn't whittle down your opponent's health but rather inflicted damage in order to make it easier to throw them further, leading to the ultimate goal of knocking them off the stage.

He's the toughest boss I've faced so far, and the good news is, I've whittled him down to his last chunk of health.

In The Wind Waker, the entire once - kingdom has been whittled down to a few dozen Hylian citizens, and I imagine the Gorons that had made their home inside the tunnels of Death Mountain were forced to migrate far away (which they did, according to Spirit Tracks) or perish (which I assume a few stubborn ones still did).

I am working on this challenge myself and am whittling down to 650 sq. ft.. So far so good — but yes, the EDITING is painful!

The subsequent cases of McCarthy and Dereci, which sought to whittle down the Zambrano test, further muddied the conceptual waters.

Likely due to the introduction of the new «young innovators» category, this year, we far surpassed all previous years, receiving more than 200 nominations, which the internal panel whittled down to about 160 candidates who met our criteria.

The unleashing led to more than 1,200 initial ideas for the Justice 2020 initiative, which got whittled down, and then whittled down further through a Dragon's Den - type affair with Pentney and a few other senior staff open to being «sold» on the best ones.

The point of these technologies is to «whittle down as far as possible the potentially relevant documents which will be sent to lawyers for review and to enable lawyers to search and organise the documents sent to them».

Dahl went so far as to predict an environment where the number of bitcoin wallet providers is whittled down to a handful of well - capitalized winners.

As there are so many candidates for each role nowadays, it's become more common for employers to have a second stage interview to whittle down applicants even further.

See Whittle et al. (2009) for further details.

By making other adjustments such as adding weight to faster selling homes, OFHEO whittled the difference even further, but still came within only 1.6 percentage points of the index.