Sentences with phrase «knocked off because»

They're better able to build their rates, their billing charges are sometimes knocked off because they're learning how to do things.

My official score is 9 out 10, with a few points knocked off because of the incomplete story elements.

«Back then I thought that there was probably a 50 - 50 chance that I was going to get knocked off because I was so visible,» says the doctor.

Which can in my experience be defined either as «carefully and lovingly hand crafted,» or «a rushed sloppy knock off because the rube buyers won't know or care.»

Not exact matches

Because I've maxed out my credit, I'll knock 25 % off the valuation here — since it can be annoying to max out and presumably not everyone does.

The Chinese are also traeling more and they prefer buying luxury brands overseas because there is less likelihood of fakes (presumably they're buying more on Fifth Avenue and the Champs Elysees than along Manhattan's knock - off row, on Canal Street.)

Sure, parents could decide to visit Store B instead of A because they can knock a few items off of their own shopping lists, but money is tight enough for most shoppers that savings on one item aren't likely to be spent on unplanned splurges.

It's amazing how fast top dogs get knocked off overnight because they got comfortable.

Guy Smith: That's been one of my observations, because I've been in the marketing trades within side of technology and there's always this divide between sales and marketing because the salespeople, in my opinion, my humble opinion, tend to be quarterly driven and whatever the lost sale that they last had is today's emergency and I have a feeling that that's one of the ways that feature creep gets into products is the salespeople talking about the sale they just lost and if we only had that feature, and then that knocks the entire development organization off course for the features that actually serve a broader market.

Because of inflation as noted above, you need to knock at least 2 % off annual returns when financial planning.

I was initially so stinkin» excited to write this post, because today's meal is just knock your socks off good.

A real dessert is one that is made with whole food ingredients, tender handmade care, and knocks your socks off because it tastes so amazing.

I only knocked a star off because this arrived open and had leaked all over the packaging.

Well, today is your lucky day because the recipe I am about to share with you for homemade garlic dill pickles will knock your socks off.

White Chocolate is gorgeous too - I'd maybe knock off a few % because it's not as «flavoursome» as the first two - it is very sweet but a bit subtler with the white chocolate flavour.

Or about how much I think frosted brownies knock the socks off of unfrosted ones because anything more closely resembling cake is better than anything less closely resembling cake.

The first year we did this, the lot was better largely because we were knocking the tops off the weeds.

Still, though, every now and then I like to experiment with apple pie recipes because you just never know... that really special one that knocks your socks off might be just around the magazine / cookbook corner.

I love the entire menu because there is something for everyone; vegan pozole, spicy chicken enchiladas, even a knock - your - socks - off chocolate pie but I dare say, I might have saved the best for last.

We need to talk about these bars, because they seriously knocked blew my socks right off.

You might as well call the fire department right now because our sauces throw flames that can knock you off your feet!

Make way Tabsaco, because this sauce is here to really knock some people's socks off.

I want to speak up in favor of the regular almond milk variety, though, because it's still subtly sweet, it's got an amazing aroma and faint taste of almonds, which makes me melt, and it's not so sweet that it knocks my socks off, makes my teeth hurt, and I wander around feeling like I'm in a sugar coma.

In OT, Team Goldin's Justin Cornelius hit one as the buzzer sounded to down Team Kozin, and now, Team Goldin holds the longest running Win - Streak in the League, because... Team Tucci managed to come back and knock - off the final Undefeated Team in the League, 2x Defending Champs, Team Lalez.

Hope Conor does fight him, because he would knock his block off.

The Jets are poised to give the Patriots a competitive game Sunday, especially because they nearly knocked off New England in Week 7.

The favorites kept getting knocked off, partly because of the ice, but partly because that's the way things are in pack racing, as they are in demolition derbies.

This proved to be particularly disastrous because Lynch nudged Carpenter on his way inside of him and kinda knocked him off of his block of Jones.

The driver said it was a foggy morning and he ran off the road into a pole, then knocked on the door of a nearby residence because he'd left his cell phone at home.

And even if you don't think the Cyclones can knock off Gonzaga and Duke and make a run, you should root for them to, because they're one of the most exciting teams in the nation.

It's a shame for Barcelona Sporting Club keeper Maximo Banguera that the Oscars were last month, because he put on a hell of an act pretending to be knocked out to avoid getting sent off in the Copa Libertadores.

Arsenal always look better in the 2nd leg in Europe, because we've already been knocked out from a disastrous 1st leg, thus our opponent sits back, and takes their foot off the gas.

I don't think there will be an undefeated league champ because we all have the potential to knock each other off.»

The most serious is the news that Wenger has now upped his estimate of the length of Francis Coquelin's recovery from two months to three months, and Le Prof also admitted that he took off Giroud and Bellerin because he was worried about their knocks.

Apart from Alexis getting injured, this could hardly have been worse for Arsenal, not only with our star playing the whole game but because Chile were held to a draw and that meant they were knocked off the top of their group by Ecuador.

But you'd better watch yourself when you go up against them, especially if you're a young contender like the Cowboys, because if you get too cocky you can still get your head knocked off.

I refuse to believe that footballers are so fragile that they must have weeks of rest after playing 2 games in a week or take weeks off because they got a «knock».

There's a rumour that Ox was taken off because he was carrying a knock, too; I hope that's not the case, he's really stepped up in the last couple of weeks and with Walcott unavailable he's the closest thing we have to an actual winger.

Because, to me, that was more Arfield just joining up with a forward move and getting on the end of a knock down / lay off.

This one seems obvious, but here's the explanation: By winning out, the Tigers maximize the Irish's playoff chances because they'll have knocked off two teams currently in front of Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff rankings: the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide.

Even then it used to get on my nerves, and not only because I had to get the lame knock - off jeans.

Crashes are guaranteed because the object of the race is to knock off the other guy's trailer.

Many dads won't take this important step with their son because they either don't want to get knocked off a pedestal or they are too ashamed of their past and want to forget about it.

Regan explained that he made a mistake as a parent because he stopped him: «Hey man, knock that off.

I tried to explain to her how most of the poop never makes it into the washing machine because you're supposed to knock the solids into the toilet or even just spray them off with a diaper sprayer.

It's also expensive to create a ballot line, because 15,000 signatures are required at minimum, and usually people get at least double that to avoid being knocked off.

Dozens of local - level candidates this season have been denied or knock off the ballot line after a state Supreme Court judge ruled no one had control of the party because a majority of the statewide candidates are yet to sign off on rules for the WEP.

Today, Banks said that Ukip had suspended his membership because he had claimed the «current leadership couldn't knock the skin off a rice pudding».

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Sen. David Valesky, D - Oneida, is one of the five senators Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other New York City Democrats are loudly promising to knock off in a party primary this year because of their coalition with Republicans.

«It's highly unusual,» said School Board President James M. Sampson, who was knocked off the ballot for his West District seat last week because he did not collect the required 500 valid signatures.