Sentences with phrase «line their pockets at»

«Many drug companies are lining their pockets at the expense of some of the most vulnerable families in our nation,» Rep. Elijah Cummings (D - Maryland) wrote in a statement accompanying the memos.

The verdict is a fitting and long - overdue end to the career of a political titan who reveled in his power and his arrogant belief that he could line his pockets at the public's expense, with impunity.

This can in fact cause unscrupulous hedge fund managers to line their pockets at your expense.

One group for whom renewables is like Christmas every day are the innumerable rent seekers who have lined their pockets at our expense.

According to the Daily Mail, Joyce Robins, from Patient Concern, said: «How can it be right for lawyers to line their pockets at the expense of the NHS?»

The issues in relation to legal aid betray the easy criticism that lawyers are simply looking to line their pockets at public expense.

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At some airport checkpoints, passengers can also empty loose change from their pockets directly into donation bins for local charities before moving through the line.

Are they truly working in your best interests — or, simply lining their own pockets at your expense?

And I would encourage those who agree to speak at fugture US emergent events to weigh carefully if they really want to continue to line the pockets of those who engage in on and offline cyberbullying.

perhaps you should direct your «holy» ire towards the politicians who do nothing but line their own pockets at the expense of those in your «flock»... There is no shortage of immoral activity going on in this country.

I have had enough of the money changers at the front of the stage passing the pan to line their pockets and tell me what God meant in a passage in the Bible.

Help Joel Olsteen with the production of his reality program so he can continue to line his pockets and those of his family with limitless wealth, all at the expense of naïve followers.

Problem is, it's been totally hijacked by unbelievers who on one hand are happy to line their pockets due to the holiday, but at the same time want to drive all religious context out.

He's tall and strong in the pocket and has an over-the-top release that allows him clear throwing lanes without danger of getting the ball batted down at the line of scrimmage.

Another manager who will challenge for fourth on limited resources and line the boards pockets just as Wenger does or a manager who will stand up and tell the board what is needed to complete at the very top??? The sad thing is, I already know the answer.

For me this transfer period should have been the most active period in the modern history of the club... instead of travelling to the farthest reaches of the world to line Kroenke's pockets, we should have tamped down the travel schedule this year and focused on the real issues at hand

His primary concern is keeping the board happy and ensuring that we turn a profit to line the boards pockets and his own, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE FANS.

Nobody but Wenger accepts responsibility at the club, he shoulders it alone whilst the players and the board line their pockets.

But others, more astutely, would call it lining his own pockets at the expense of the morals and club values that he always claims so righteously to uphold.

WEAKNESSES: Turnover prone in college and needs to better protect the football, specifically with his pocket movements (21 fumbles in his 24 starts)... elongated, wind - up release... chaotic lower body throwing mechanics, influencing his ball placement... too willing to deliver off - balance without setting his feet... bad habit of locking onto targets, leading defenders to the intended receiver... made too many high - risk throws in college, not locating lurking defensive backs... spotty offensive line play in 2017 caused him to play skittish and quicken his reads / movements, leading to mistakes... relatively inexperienced, playing only one full season at quarterback in high school and two years at USC... durable in college, but missed his junior season after a broken foot (Sept. 2013), requiring surgery.

... Mahomes is going to spend as much time in the pocket as he did when he was at Texas Tech, making an investment in the interior line moot.

He's no longer a football manager, just a financial economist who's lining his own pockets along with the rest of the c ** ts at the club.

I cant get my head around all the constant lies about so called war chests and making sure that there getting youngsters for the future.its obvious to me that they will only be sold if and when they come good to line m & ms pockets not to benefit the side at all

Reading the comment carefully, you understand that the father (and child) feel less shame about taking advantage of school meals at breakfast, where the service is universal (available to all regardless of economic need) versus at lunch, where there is often a more visible distinction between paying and nonpaying students, or between students on the federally reimbursable lunch line versus those who can purchase for - cash (and often more desirable) «a la carte» food, or (in the case of high schoolers) between students who can go off campus to buy lunch at convenience stores and restaurants versus those with no money in their pockets.

Sew a line down the center of your front pocket starting at the peak.

Does not absorb at all when in a pocket diaper, the diaper lining is soaked at this piece of garbage is drier than a bone.

Here's the diaper opened up so you can see the stay - dry microfleece inner lining and pocket, the two microfiber inserts that are included, and the strip of PUL at the front of the diaper which helps guard against leaks from tummy sleeping.

The fleece interior lining of pocket diapers are great at helping wick moisture away from baby's skin for better sleep and to distribute the wetness overall for more uniform absorption.

«Instead, Huntley used her knowledge of the system to steal funds intended to help some of her neediest constituents, lining her own pockets at the expense of parents in need, and ultimately their children.»

«At his first official campaign event, Chris McGrath outrageously confirmed he is against ethics reforms to ban outside income and will continue to line his pockets through his outside law practice.

According to Sammy Gyamfi, the smart phone application, which is claimed by the developer as exclusive to Ghana and aimed at helping to revamp the ailing fortunes of Ghana Post, is a ploy to line the pockets of «people who just want to make money, because their party is in power».

I was right to say that they did not make much difference to the public realm, but wrong not to add that the helter - skelter sale of public assets to private purchasers, often at knock - down prices, strengthened Mammon's grip on the public culture as well as lining the pockets of extravagantly rewarded accountants, management consultants and former nationalized industry heads.

Thanks to a courageous, thoughtful, and competent town board concerned more about quality of life for the entire East End than lining the pockets of a few inconsiderate out - of - towners, we are very close to enacting reasonable restrictions on the noisiest helicopters and other commuter aircraft who come and go 24/7 at East Hampton Airport.

Silvers lawyers two weeks ago claimed that statements Bharara made about the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

The public will see this as another example of politicians attempting to line their own pockets at the expense of the public purse.

The Queens Democrat «used her knowledge of the system to steal funds intended to help some of her neediest constituents, lining her own pockets at the expense of parents, and ultimately their children,» U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement.

The lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the charges — which allege Silver lined his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000 — claiming public statements that Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara made about the case «caused irreparable harm by tainting» the grand jury that indicted him on Feb. 19.

Speaker Ryan is the architect of a tax giveaway that lined the pockets of billionaires and corporations, at the expense of working New Yorkers,» de Blasio said in a statement.

«These fraudsters engaged in the most reprehensible kind of conduct — stealing scarce housing resources from our most vulnerable citizens while at the same time lining their own pockets,» said Comptroller Scott Stringer.

Officials at the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) are lining their own pockets at the expense of thousands of island families still living without power.

Not only is it an affront to the unsubsidised general public, at a time when supermarket prices are rising and wages stagnating, but it's also a reminder of the pocket - lining tendencies that contributed to the expenses scandal.

At worst, corrupt politicians can line their own pockets.

The commission was looking into possible misdeeds by former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was indicted in February for allegedly lining his pockets with nearly $ 4 million in bribes and kickbacks in a stunning abuse of power dating to at least 2000.

Jennifer Gish lines up a shot sure to put the ball in the pocket as she sharpens her technique during a pool lesson at The Golden Cue.

We use this in vitro model of spontaneous tumorigenesis to generate a library of cell lines with 25 different de novo JAK1 - activating mutations, 6 of which are targeting two residues, Phe958 and Pro960, located in the hinge region at the periphery of the ATP - binding pocket.

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