Sentences with phrase «kept down by»

Costs can be kept down by making it a road trip, staying with friends at the destination or even doing a house swap with someone you know like you, who'd also love the chance to get away for a few days this time of year.

Our compost bins are rat - free (my wife is a keen organic gardener), and I would rather have their numbers kept down by the cats than put out poison.

Costs are kept down by using fancy computer algorithms to do the work a normal financial advisor would do, which means investors aren't stuck paying the 1 % trailer fees which are built into the expense ratios of most mutual funds.

Our prices are kept down by selling a large volume of Mopar parts and accessories and receiving factory discounts other online sellers can not obtain.

Things are no doubt helped by a kerb weight that's kept down by use of carbonfibre composite panels on what's a bespoke body, while the roof is of the soft rather than hard variety.

Still, it is an affecting story, thanks in large part to Loach's long - standing empathy for the downtrodden, in this case the rural folk of County Leitrim, who find themselves kept down by imperious landowners and the Holy Mother Church.

Normally I'm not one to be kept down by unfortunate circumstance, but in this incident I had reached my breaking point.

They observed that plants flourished in the absence of insects when insects were kept down by predation.

HIV infection can be kept down by medicine but there is still no cure which can eradicate HIV from the body.

President Snow knows a world can't be kept down by fear alone, which is why the winners of the games were such a powerful symbol of hope to many in the districts.

As far as air travel is concerned, prices are mainly kept down by the fact that consumers generally have many service providers to choose from — not just airlines, but also methods of travel.

But you can keep them down by choosing an advisor who uses low - cost funds.

As I glanced to my left I saw four cops crash tackling a bloke to the ground and a fifth helpfully assisting to keep him down by putting his booted foot on his head.

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If you're planning to go the coupon route yourself, a primer on trends from Inmar's report: The clip - and - save renaissance forced companies to keep face values down — they declined by a penny to $ 1.44, a reversal of years of increase.

SINGAPORE, May 3 - Oil dipped on Thursday, weighed down by swelling U.S. crude inventories and record weekly U.S. production that undermined efforts by OPEC to cut supplies, although potential new U.S. sanctions against Iran kept markets on the...

They found that after weeks of exercise, there was an increase in participants» concentrations of butyrate, a type of fatty acid that helps keep our guts happy by tamping down on inflammation and producing energy.

The company also keeps costs down by selecting unconventional spaces for its retail locations — like the two - storey office space it leases in North Chicago, which features a wraparound patio terrace with couches and an espresso bar.

Van dwellers risk being found out by their employers for parking on company lots, and many keep their living situation on the down - low.

«They're keeping the rates down so that everything else doesn't go down,» Trump said in response to a reporter's request to address a potential rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September.

Zenefits did not have a comment about the write - down or the revenue - target miss, but Kenneth Baer, a company spokesman, said it is unfazed by the competition, and will keep on innovating in the year to come.

Well, it is largely determined by the author's ability to keep the «flow» of the story going and to deliver during pivotal moments, the same way a good prosecutor may begin to bare down on a witness that starts to show signs of «cracking».

That helped keep subsidies down and boosted operating income by 34 per cent to $ 6.4 billion.

But the company says by offering the opt - down choices, it has consistently kept 25 percent of people from completely opting out.

«Pension plans since the financial crisis have been in pretty rough shape because interest rates were held down by all the — I won't call it manipulation — but all the activities by the central banks to keep interest rates low and to spread growth,» he says.

Do you have contingency plans for keeping customers online if your company shuts down, begins bankruptcy proceedings, or gets acquired by another provider?

While Yo's popularity died down as the year progressed, Arbel is looking to keep the app relevant by using its location feature to receive anything from recommendations to weather updates.

A second order calls for seizing a heavily guarded cache of weapons kept by terrorists, and a third directs the marines to recover a downed pilot.

«I want it to keep going down by a thousand dollars a month,» said Valeti.

Advocates for kratom tend to argue that the FDA is protecting big pharmaceutical interests — or at the very least isn't keeping an open mind — by cracking down on the product.

Inside this vacuum - sealed container, a stacked series of five gold - plated copper plates hangs down, separated by wiring and more cooling components; each plate is progressively colder, leading down to a coffee - can - sized cylinder that houses the D - Wave's thumbnail - sized processor, which must be kept at 0.01 degree kelvin, or — 273 °C.

Facebook says it will keep looking into data misuse by Cambridge Analytica even though the firm is closing down.

Or is it the one who keeps his head down, plays by the rules and takes no chances?

The exchange has struggled to keep up — its platform has gone down on multiple occasions, overwhelmed by the influx of new users flocking to it to make a quick buck.

His Federal Reserve has kept inflation down by «quantitative easing,» a policy that artificially depresses interest rates by buying up government securities.

That tendency won't go away quickly - one of the ways that a garbage stock keeps people hanging on is by staging stellar intermittent rallies all the way down.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially shot down the conspiracy theory that the social network has some way of keeping tabs on its users by tapping into the mics on people's smartphones.

A dynamic is put in place in which debt keeps labor down — not only by eating up its wages in debt service, but in making workers suffer sharp increases in the interest rates they have to pay or even risk losing their homes if they miss a payment by going on strike or being fired.

«The Mayors» plan is a proactive opportunity for Metro businesses and residents to get the region's goods and people moving, which in turn will help keep our economy more competitive internationally by keeping traffic congestion costs and impacts down.»

But if the price of their house went down by 10 per cent, they would just keep paying their mortgage and some day it would be higher again.

Healthy demand growth for fuel not only in emerging economies led by China and India, but also in Europe, is helping global inventories to draw down faster now, keeping the oil market on the right track towards rebalancing, according to industry executives who spoke at a conference on Tuesday.

It really boils down to this: entrepreneurship is all about coming up with creative solutions, and of course, this includes getting and keeping customers — by understanding them.

In the days after the shooting, conservative blogs picked up a narrative later promoted by everyone from Limbaugh to Laura Ingraham that Broward had adopted a bleeding - heart disciplinary program because of a liberal, Obama - led effort to keep crime statistics down and criminals in schools.

Interest rates have continued to be pushed lower and lower and lower and most of this is because the Fed keeps on adjusting that federal fund's rate and adjusting interest rates down in the way that they do that is by putting cash into the market and buying back bonds or short - term bonds with the federal fund's rate.

But her suit offers a clear and detailed picture, down to the nondisclosure agreement itself, of what she says has been a months - long campaign by Trump's legal team to keep her quiet.

So, if you are thinking of just buying and holding, just keep in mind that if your BitCoin or other crypto currency holder gets hacked, gets shut down by a greedy or overarching government, or otherwise goes rogue, your investment may suddenly disappear.

Imagine, you still keep withdrawing 3.5 % of that, it means that your withdrawal amount also goes down by 20 %.

Those who expect to keep the property for just a few years can shave their rate down by choosing an ARM fixed for three, five, seven or ten years.

In keeping with this added cautiousness, members of the FOMC revised down their median projections for the Fed funds rate to 0.875 % by end - 2016 and 1.875 % by end - 2017, roughly equivalent to two hikes in 2016 (from four projected in December) and four in 2017, while keeping their economic forecast broadly unchanged.

The opposite is true: they are trying to keep it from falling or are at least trying to slow down its descent with every trick in the book (every intermittent phase of yuan strength since the beginning of the decline was triggered by intervention).

Because almost every financial action you take is influenced by your credit score — and because it's not uncommon for credit report errors to drag down your score — it's crucial to be aware of your score and do your best to keep it as high as possible.