Sentences with phrase «grease the wheels for»

But in the past year he's rolled out an analytics service and branded pages for businesses, perhaps greasing the wheels for monetization.

And while hormones don't directly cause people to feel or behave a certain way, they do grease the wheels for certain experiences and motivations.

As such arrangements were continually challenged, the subsidy greased the wheels for political bargaining over revenue distribution.

A Manhattan federal jury convicted Chinese real estate moneyman Ng Lap Seng of bribing two former United Nations diplomats, finding he engaged in a massive illegal effort to grease the wheels for a luxe expo center in Macau.

A dozen protesters from Orange County attended the hearing and later waited for Percoco outside a courthouse bathroom and followed him to a nearby subway, objecting to his alleged acceptance of payoffs to help grease the wheels for a gas - fired power plant in Wawayanda in Orange County.

«The same impenetrable quality that allows them to grease the wheel for a building like this, also creates a situation where many small property owners are trying to make perfectly reasonable renovations to their building and they get stopped by DOB for actually inexplicable reasons,» he continued.

«This money greases the wheels for the tax breaks and weaker rent laws that hurt tenants and taxpayers,» said Ava Farkas, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Housing.

They accused the ex-top-cop during the trial of «disavowing» his 2006 guilty plea to state ethics violations of accepting $ 255,000 in free renovations for his Bronx apartment in exchange for greasing the wheels for his mobbed - up pals.

Some say Clyne greases wheels for the well connected.

Some of the funniest scenes in Lincoln involve W.N. Bilbo, a slimy political operative from Albany who was summoned to Washington by Seward to grease the wheels for the amendment.

Or perhaps you feel that a custom design will really grease the wheels for your book sales.

A more educated and nutrition - focused customer base has also greased the wheels for a great deal of product development, as manufacturers increasingly produce diets meant to appeal to more discerning customers.

The latest trends are greasing the wheels for even further sales and growth.

It's worth Rockstar's time to get RAGE working on Switch as it will grease the wheels for many of its titles to engage with a new audience.

It is almost entirely marketing spin, designed to grease the wheels for many more coal - fired power stations to be built (at the expense, of course, of intelligent alternatives to fossil fuels).

DOI's budget successfully greases the wheels for more government giveaways to fossil fuel companies that will facilitate additional extraction — but it also slashes support for renewables, the kind of energy that America really needs.

Start to find common ground that will grease the wheels for an effective and productive mediation.

Not exact matches

Because nominal wage growth for a large fraction of workers has been held to zero, a somewhat higher rate of inflation would grease the wheels of the labor market by allowing real wages to fall (Akerlof, Dickens, and Perry 1996).

BTW I agree they should be fried in beef fat or lard, vegetable oil is only fit for greasing squeaky wheels!

«(Tkaczyk's) campaign proved that New Yorkers are tired of the corrupting influence of big money on politics, where major campaign contributions grease the wheels to special access and preferred legislative outcomes for a select few.»

«Bribing government employees is illegal for good reason, as a fair process requires wheels that turn without grease.»

Litwin did, however, agree to sign a private letter acknowledging the payments to Silver because, Runes testified, the company feared retribution from the Albany powerbroker, who allegedly greased the government wheels for Glenwood, resulting in profits.

The traditional ruler who described tax as grease that lubricates the wheel of progress, canvassed support for the current government in Nigeria especially Osun state.

LuvByrd operates on a freemium model, meaning it's completely free to join the dating site and communicate online, but you can choose to pay for premium features to grease the wheels and make the experience more fun.

All the «sugar» does is open the door and sort of grease the wheels to get something started, and it does tend to reduce the potential for drama if both partners are mature enough.

I'm afraid I'll sound condescending here, but if you don't at least follow the news, you probably are going to find Syriana to be a tedious watch, and that's a shame in itself, as ignorance to world events is what greases the wheels of the grand machine that keeps corporations fat and happy, politicians in their pockets, foreign regimes in a constant state of perpetual flux, and the standard of living for millions of people near destitute in what should be the among the wealthiest nations on the face of the Earth.

As Rick Hess has argued, the more - money - for - more - reform bargain greased the wheels of compromise during flush times — but is unsustainable during today's New Normal of flat - lined revenues and gaping deficits.

However, ME's have been known to come in those days and the first day back from those breaks which should be days for review to get students» wheels greased again, not new lessons.

Is there a difference between using grease on the lug bolts for steel wheels, as opposed to alloy wheels, due to the possibility that alloy wheels may expand more than steel wheels with temperature, thus causing them to be prone to loosening lug nuts?

The features of this Moog ball joint model are similar to the previous product: grease flows through the bearing to the stud, the housing is one - piece and oversized, the ball stud turns smoothly, new lubricants can flush out the contaminants, there are dust boots, and the product is for both two and four wheel drive cars.

To grease manufacturing wheels and meet anticipated demand in Europe, every other E-Pace will be assembled in Austria by Magna Steyr, the firm that has built the G - Class for Mercedes since 1979 and is currently configuring its lines for Jaguar's new electric I - Pace.

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The digital book of the future is being invented right now, and EPUB 3 has been invented to grease the wheels of getting your books out there for you and for your readers,» says IDPF's Bill McCoy.

With EPUB «greasing the wheels» of the distribution supply chain, simplifying life for publishers and reading system, there are now millions of eBooks available to all.

Credit card companies have long been greasing the wheels of government with high priced lobbying, but in 2009 Congress struck a blow for the common man (and woman)-- you know, the ones that actually voted for them.

This could prove a problem; but the Doom model provides a potential solution for Rockstar and could further grease the wheels to a GTA on Switch.

Efforts that succeed in reducing barriers to international trade and investment, and hence greasing the wheels of technology diffusion, may end up gutting markets for clean energy.

(in fact, for those who are marketing - oriented, it's a good excuse to reconnect and keep those referrals wheels greased) If Hunter had done so, he wouldn't be in this predicament now.

Relationships grease the wheels of life not only for pricing but for the amount of help they will give you and whether they prioritize your account or not.

This has greased the wheels, so to speak, for deal activity.

The bull market for stocks is in its sixth year and with interest rates still hovering near all - time lows, cheap money has been greasing the wheels of business growth.

«The wheels appear to be greased for the big...

«The wheels appear to be greased for the big players, but not so much for small business,» said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist.