Sentences with phrase «holding things up»

Curious why «minor correction,» with demand and inventory being the last straw holding things up; what with potential high layoffs in tech, trouble waters form Chinese investors, and inventory glut finally making it through the development pipeline?

There's obviously some kind of barrier holding things up.

During times like this, you don't want to have to worry about red tape and bureaucratic problems holding things up regarding your Lexington compensation.

What's holding things up is deciding what to do about that threat and how to pay for whatever actions we take.

While Remedy «definitely want [s] a sequel,» even going as far as already setting the plot, it is Microsoft who is holding things up in favor of more DLC episodes.

There aren't any electrowetting displays being mass produced, so there must be some issue holding things up that isn't being mentioned publicly.

Prew said, «What's holding things up?

My 11 - year - old daughter walked out of the house this morning wearing a pair of jean shorts that never fit properly — her Invisibelt, covered in cool purple peace signs, was doing a good job at holding things up.

«Every path, every steep hillside and grassy slope, every familiar rutted road has its memories of moments of insight when the solution, or at least a way forward for some problem that had been holding things up, suddenly became clear,» she wrote.

«The bugaboo holding things up has been: How clean is clean?»

Ulster County Legislature Chairman Ken Ronk (R - Shawangunk) countered the comptroller this week by noting that instead of reluctance, what's been holding things up are legal details.

He insisted he isn't holding things up on that (remember that Espada stuck to Skelos» side like glue during the 31 - day Senate stalemate that followed the coup).

«It's all the ancillary issues that are that are holding things up, the policy issues.

Felder acknowledged that his issue was holding things up but insisted there were other issues as well.

Perhaps there was a cervical lip holding things up.

Its the agents fees holding things up -(Zenit want Arsenal to pay around the # 3m fee for this) We need the player, he wants to leave and still we cant do a deal without risking losing it.

Since that point, whispers are all we've had to go on, as both the Sox and Napoli were near silent on the issues holding things up.

Chelsea, however, seem to have got that fee down to around # 18m, though the Mirror claim there could be various add - ons and bonuses holding things up.

I can only hope that all of us who love Jesus and seek to make him known will come to a place of agreement on the things that matter, and hold those things up together, while letting the other things be left up for discussions that are filled with grace and humility.

«Your question is based on the premise that I somehow have the power to hold things up.

Espada had been criticized in recent days for attempting to hold things up, before eventually relenting.

Asked if she regretted the political strategy that bound the pieces of the Act together, delaying most of them from passing, Paulin said, «I never wanted to hold these things up.

With trials now ready to move ahead, Rees fears that delay «could hold things up».

Still, Smith said, «I don't want to hold things up,» and he promised that his committee would take up the bill within the next few weeks.

Personally, we'd much rather hang our hats on a nail that we knew held things up for the past 10 years than on a nail that we saw kept falling down over that time period....

The completeness of the short sale package is vital in a short sale and often times can hold things up if the lender does not have all the documentation when they ask for it.

At first I wore different hats or held things up to the camera, but that only encouraged them.

NOT simply because GG looks LIKE a mountain (though I guess that's part of it — THOUGH, of course, mountains don't meet the ground the way GG does, etc.)-- but mostly because of Anthony's drawing attention to the importance of Mark's talk about «a sense that the structure within itself could hold the thing up on its own» — and, again, Anthony's drawing attention to the importance of the «all at once» business.

I felt «Greedy Granadilla» and other sculptures had a tendency to depend upon the ground for support; it doesn't have a sense that the structure within itself could hold the thing up on its own.

The same goes for the snouts of «outlet» glaciers, where ice from the interior funnels through gaps in coastal mountain ranges, and where warming seawater has broken up clots of ice that can hold things up, like a logjam in a river.

So the Saudis alone could hold things up.

So, your spouse can hold things up by avoiding service, sending you on wild goose chases for documents or for old bank statements, and filing motions that are essentially harassment, but in the end, you will get your divorce.

A good tip I have for painting around outlets, switches, anything attached to walls, if you can't be bothered to remove them, is to loosen whatever screws are holding the thing up / in a half to a full turn... it gives just enough leeway to slide a small paintbrush underneath the edges and gives a flawless finish without removing them!

Not exact matches

It was just impossible and held the whole thing up.

When that is not possible, know your options, read your contracts, and catch things that might be holding up funds that should be going to your bottom line.

If the balance feels off, be sure to speak up — don't hold things back, because in addition to harming your professional relationship, it can affect aspects of your personal one as well.

It takes a long time to get either one, but you can file a provisional application that holds your place in line, in case someone else comes up with the same thing.

Undergoing a moment of awkwardness to clear things up is much better than people holding on to hurt feelings and letting them stew.

Despite a long line - up of popular shows like Narcos and Stranger Things, Netflix the company has been under some pressure — and so has its share price — primarily because of fears about what the future might hold.

It was held up because they neglected one thing.

When Jared holds up those gi - normous pants and you see the before - and - after photos of him, these things are concrete and they allow the audience to assess the credibility of the message for themselves.

Malcolm Gladwell may or may not have been completely right when he claimed that becoming a true expert in any subject requires 10,000 hours of practice, but whether his exact number stands up to scrutiny, the underlying truth still holds — getting good at things is time - consuming and involves a lot of hard work.

Brooks, president and CEO since August 2008, has accomplished many things in her three - plus years on the job — by the Bay's own accounting (and as a privately held company, there's no other kind), sales are stronger now than they've been in more than a decade, up 9 % in the second half of 2011 — but chief among them has been rebuilding the Bay brand in her own image.

Things were more expensive because Bachman unintentionally ordered an UberXL, which can hold up to six passengers and is exponentially more expensive than the typical UberX.

The only thing is, what's going to happen to the banks if / when rates go up and lots of people are holding cheap mortgages.

By the end of the evening one thing was clear — Giuliani had concocted such a shifting, nebulous alibi for Trump that it didn't even hold up to a few hours of media scrutiny let alone a future interview with a Federal prosecutor.

Conway also said he's «delighted,» for one thing, by the likes of Apple CEO Tim Cook, who «is holding up his hands and saying this isn't right.»

The Canadian housing market is known for two things: first, that it is the setting for a multitude of HGTV remodeling shows; and second, that it held up extremely well during the Financial Crisis of 2008, as Canadian banks were required to have a bit more rigidity in their mortgage practices than their friends to the south.

Mark Whitmore: This is Mark Whitmore, I keep forgetting we have two Mark's on the line here, and Chris you absolutely interpreted what I was trying to say correctly, and kind of to follow up a little bit, I think one of the things that the other Mark pointed out is the issue of timing, and whereas the two prevailing investing paradigms out there seem to be this notion of efficient market theory which attempts to just buy and hold the market no matter what, completely price indifferent.

PERIES: Michael, only thing that held up yesterday were some of the transportation stocks.