Sentences with phrase «just rubber stamp»

Evaluate any change order closely and while projects usually have change orders, don't just rubber stamp them.

«We're not just a rubber stamp at the end of the process», she explains but «work with the investment teams from the beginning of a transaction; analysing the best way to balance the legal risks against the commercial priorities and while doing so we help shape the transactions and the direction of our investments».

The fines set for misleading advertising is not just a rubber stamp for courts to apply the maximum in all cases,» says Steve Szentesi, a competition and regulatory lawyer based in Vancouver.

Don't stack the board with «yes» people who will just rubber stamp the CEO's plans.

It is just a rubber stamp using resources for no useful purpose.

Also, during Obama's first term with 58 democratic senators, 2 mostly / somewhat democrat voting independents and 40 republicans, the senate version of the blue dog coalition ensured that Obama's 60 vote block had a measure of conservative voice and that it wasn't just a rubber stamp of approval for Obama.

It's important that we raise the flag and do the best we possibly can to give voters a legitimate choice as opposed to just a rubber stamp as a fait accompli.»

I would become more than just a rubber stamp for couples.

If enough of congress voted on it (greater than 2 / 3rds majority), we elect a racist president, and the Supreme Court just rubber stamped it without reading, the 13th amendment COULD be repealed, and slavery could be «allowed» again by federal law.

«We don't need another DEC Commissioner who just rubber stamps the directives and politics of the second floor.

There is no doubt that the best parent groups are valued partners at their schools, not just rubber stamps of a principal's wishes.

Their brokerage side is basically just rubber stamping documents.

The seller is in no way determining what amount or set - offs the co-operating brokerage is to be paid just rubber stamping same.

Not exact matches

Let's just rubber - stamp American policies, standards and values.

Real seems to be his preferred destination as he agrees personal terms with the club, with Bayern now just needing to rubber - stamp the sale.

Colored pencils and paper, markers, rubber stamps, and messy finger paints are just what your child needs to connect artistically with the world around him.

Otherwise, this would have been just another rubber - stamp meeting of the «Three Men in A Room», doling out cash in a secretive and obscure process.

«We actually are falling down in our duties if we just do a blank check or rubber stamp,» said Young.

«We actually are falling down in our duties if we just do a blank check or rubber stamp,» Young said, «without actually understanding what projects are going forward.»

Mayor de Blasio doesn't seem to want to have that discussion and just wants a rubber stamp renewal, but when 8 out of 10 students who walk across a stage and receive a New York City high school diploma need remediation in college, how can we say that this public school system is doing its job?»

While it's true that an original rationale for having an electoral college was because electors were regarded, at the time, as being relatively free from undue influence, nowadays they mostly just rubber - stamp the candidate for their respective party.

Even if the party of power - United Russia - fails to achieve an outright majority, the three other main «systemic opposition» parties (the Communists, Just Russia and the Liberal Democratic Party) should secure enough support to ensure the Duma remains, to a large extent, a Kremlin rubber stamp.

«Elise Stefanik's victory in the Republican primary race to the right proves just how far Karl Rove and the Washington special interests will go to add another loyal rubber stamp to their ranks,» said DCCC Executive Director Kelly Ward in an email statement shortly after Doheny conceded.

The others are just rubber - stamps — or, like the Women's Equality Party, a single candidate's personally controlled machine — that merely cross-endorse major - party candidates.

But she would be a rubber stamp for her party's agenda in Washington, just as she has in Albany.»

«They brought in David Coleman, the architect of the standards, to give a presentation, they asked a few questions, there was no debate, no cost analysis, just a sales job, and everybody rubber - stamped it,» Heather said.

Instead, the local authority's cabinet will be asked to rubber - stamp proposals for a council - backed multi-academy trust and the closure of just one school, Bellingham Middle School.

Similar rhetoric comes out of Colorado, where the state Department of Education has announced a more rigorous process for reviewing proposed cyber-schools, so they're «not just rubber - stamped, which is sort of how it was in the past,» said Amy Anderson, an associate commissioner.

They need to meet with staff and students, and engage in conversations that will have concrete results and not just rubber - stamp administrative requests.

The book's font has a hand - stamped look, and what appear to be rubber - stamped pictures float lightly beneath the text, just like the replicated pages from Jane's childhood journal.

What has more truthiness is that a giant corporation employing world - class IP law firms can get just about anything rubber - stamped by the US PTO if they obfuscate it sufficiently.

Yet just a month later, EU ministers rubber - stamped the existing carbon accounting rules, reaffirming that the burning of wood pellets is renewable energy.

To be sure, the consultation has to be meaningful, i.e., the consultation can't just be a rubber stamp or a process to go through.

Even if the company and the SFO can reach agreement, the role of the judiciary in the process should not be underestimated — they are not just there to rubber stamp a deal.

John: «A vital thing to note is that SRK does not view due diligence as a check the box exercise and if a client just wants a rubber stamp on a transaction, it must be explained that our due diligence is independent and the result may not always be what is desired.»

So rather than just rubber - stamping decisions, I prefer to let my wife in on why I feel the way I do and also offer her my ear for any concerns and, ultimately, conditions.

Additionally, AlanM, the CRA assesses the under the table contractors based on past reporting and current business reporting, they don't just pluck a number from the air and say this was your income and expect the courts to rubber stamp same.