Sentences with phrase «gentle prodding of»

They don't need BRA's; they need to get out of the real estate business via the less - than - gentle prodding of the provincial enforcement authorities after they have been caught committing their second minor offence, or their first serious offence... period.

Principal Podcasts Get to the Point Whether they launched their podcasts at the suggestion of a parent or the gentle prodding of a tech - loving staff member, principals who have tried podcasting repeat the same refrain — it is easy, inexpensive, and effective.

Even so, the shortage of cornering stick from the five - link, independent rear suspension means you use a gentle prod of the throttle can counter the car's tendency to run wide in high - speed corners, initiating a little oversteer to better balance the car.

It's unseasonably chilly out tonight, close to freezing; a gentle prod of the throttle catches the rear summer tires slightly off guard and coaxes the Corvette's tail into a small slip angle while the front end remains pinned straight ahead.

Although the little sedan generally starts silently in electric mode and eases quietly away from stops, the engine springs to life instantly with even a gentle prod of the accelerator.

Not exact matches

Pulisic adds that he always watches game footage of himself to learn from his mistakes, and after some gentle prodding, he also reveals that he's benefitted from watching how teammate Marco Reus makes his runs beyond the defence.

The first steps toward the international move began about 15 years ago with some gentle prodding by a group of leading international reporters — from New Scientist, The Economist, Nature and The Guardian — who had been urging an expansion of the program.

Surprisingly, though, the four - cylinder doesn't feel strained — a deep prod of the throttle will indeed ring it out to a ragged redline but more often than not, a gentle right foot will be enough to rely on the pint - sized turbo's torque swell to bring you in line with faster traffic.

Surprise and delight touches include a cupholder cover that motors out of sight with a gentle prod, a dash compartment hidden behind the climate controls that is accessed by — you guessed it — a motorized cover, and a set of privacy shades for the back windows that thoughtfully cover the rear quarter glass, too.

In the reception room, under the gentle but insistent prodding of trained Assimilation Facilitators, Turks and Kurds called a truce, Tutsis queued patiently behind Hutus, Serbs chatted up Croats by the demilitarized water fountain.

From about the half - way point there's no bursts of intuition, just a gentle prod from muscle memory because you've danced this dance before, and already know roughly how all the steps will fit together, it's just the timing that needs sorting out.

While Samsung can flip a «kill switch» to remotely deactivate every old unit or limit the charge of the battery, — a strategy the company has chosen to apply in the US and Korea — the Canadian division has opted instead for a somewhat gentler prod: a notification every three hours urging users to switch up to a new Note 7.

If none of your gentle prodding convinces your sellers to tidy up, perhaps the ultimate bargaining tool will work — money.