Sentences with phrase «needed shoring up»

They talked about which states needed shoring up, the best person to respond to questions or criticisms and who needed to travel to which state capital to testify, according to those familiar with the conversations.

Seems a major risk for a position we need shored up and another key player on the injury list would be horrible in his position.

Instead of organizing in every state, Browning said the group has decided to focus on the areas where Republicans need shoring up to support clean energy or where Democrats need an extra push to be a strong voice for the environment.

Right now that bank still needs shoring up.

Their frequent visitor is Mary (Lesley Manville), a unhappy woman with a drinking problem who needs shoring up with their sanity.

You'll undoubtedly find a plank in your platform that needs shoring up.

For backup support, it seems to me that one area that needs shoring up is textbook material on climate change, because a teacher who can point to a text source is better equipped to handle studen / parent resistance than one who can merely repeat verbal arguments.

Depending on how old your Panama City building is, there may be a part of the foundation that needs shored up, even if everything stayed in place for the most part.

Not exact matches

You need to decide if they do the rest of their job well and if so, partner them with someone else who can help shore up their deficiency.

The full amount of money needed to shore up Spain's banks is unlikely to be known until September, after individual banks have been examined.

As the centre of economic power continues eastward, the West will likely need to shore up its alliances to stay competitive.

Oil majors and large independent drillers need to shore up their asset portfolios after several years of underinvestment during a price slump, analysts say.

They need to shore up support from moderate Republicans who fear the bill dismantling President Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act will hurt millions of Americans enrolled in the program.

Sears Holdings (shld) said on Thursday it had reached a deal to sell its popular Craftsman tool brand to Stanley Black & Decker (swk), its latest move in the last week or so to shore up its finances with urgently needed money as sales continue to collapse.

SBA spokesman Mike Stamler says that recent initiatives to shore up the secondary market by both the SBA and the Treasury Department «will help free up the capital both brokers and investors need to purchase new SBA loans.»

He said the federal and provincial governments need to act to shore up companies and avoid a repeat of the early 2000s when it took more than a year for Ottawa to react with an aid package.

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras needs to shore up support at home for his plan, while euro - area finance ministers meet Wednesday to prepare the ground for a second, scheduled summit of European Union leaders Thursday.

Trillions in taxpayer funds were needed to shore up the institutions and billions more in economic stimulus, leaving the Nation crippled with debt.

Uber had needed to shore up driver trust long before Kalanick painted himself and the company into a corner with this video.

«The technology will be there, but it's the transportation and infrastructure communications» that need to be shored up, Morrison says.

Lawyers have not contributed much to the support of marriage and the family, even though the need for shoring up such support is quite apparent.

Dramatic steps were needed to shore up the system.

Woolworths shows retailers who want to shore up their defences against Amazon will need to spend up.

Take this opportunity to reassess your grape needs and shore up your inventory.

The Lions have plenty of needs at cornerback and defensive end, but with the retirement of Jeff Backus, they need to shore up their offensive line.

Evans is a good player but is not what we need to shore up our defensive frailties.Only a change in our Managers philosophy on the art of defending can do that.

Arsenal have so many CAMs and need to shore up other positions first.

To win the conference tournament, the Wildcats will need to shore up a defense that has been a bit shaky down the stretch.

Washington looks poised to be a threat with the second best offense in the league, averaging 5.52 runs per game and the third best ERA among starters at 3.71, but will need to use the trade market to shore up a disastrous bullpen that owns an MLB - worst 5.20 ERA.

New coach in Lynn, Whisenhunt as the OC, I'm not seeing that, I think they shore up their worst in the league run d. Miami needs a QB but one of the top four.

Just need a couple of players to shore up the depth.

Our problem is on the defensive end and logic dictates we need a few tough guys to shore up our back - line.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

But after committing to Middle Tennessee State in the summer of 1994, he was told he needed to shore up his transcript in order to take the court for the Blue Raiders.

I think we need to use the funds to shore up our fullbacks / wingbacks.

That is d dude we need to shore up our mid-field.

But we definitely need to shore up the OLine.

The Eagles don't have a lot of immediate needs, but they do have some long - term areas they could afford to shore up.

Arteta came on for the Ox with ten minutes to go to shore up a defence that shouldn't have needed it if the strikers had done their job better.

There is no doubt that Arsenal need to shore up their defensive options this summer, with a real concern setting in a centre back.

Well your righ with met spend but in amount paid out for players no net were 5th but i agree our champions league performances have been poor we had some tough draws and the premier league is more demanding then the other leagues in strwnght of competition and games played still excuses do nt win but that monaco loss left me shaking my head in cl we get theough the group but cant muster the strength needed for knockout and we should be performing better were under performing for the talent xhaka has frustrated me hes got the talent and plays well but cant hold focus in games he drops off and loses his marks our academy is doing well but yes it is tougher now to break in to the first team iwobi has done well but one or two seasons away from being there if he does turn himself elite ever has to score or he will just be another ox but i think its been a wake up call to the club we finally have to act theres a wave of ideas to not only get us back to winning ways but become title contenders and i think give him the extension one year its a world cup year and that will also allow our players esp strikers who been very poor this year realized its tough to play in englad and next year will have a better idea what it really takes to win here shore up some spots and depth and were in contention fail and the changes will happen but let him have one more year the fact were willing to spend shows me an upturn from the decline

The just need to shore up their squad with a couple of quality players.

The Swiss international midfielder got himself sent off for the second time this term, raising a huge question - mark over his temperament, and we may well need to shore up our midfield as we look to challenge Chelsea for the Premier League title.

However, the team will need to get back to the drawing board to shore up a few things on the defensive side of the ball if they plan on getting a few more wins before closing out the regular season.

Not a lot of Arsenal fans had heard about Gabriel Paulista before Arsene Wenger decided he was the right player we needed to shore up our defence, but obviously Le Prof has had scouts watching him and analysing his performances (as revealed yesterday) and believes that he could grow to be a star at Arsenal.

January needs to be acted upon like we are going to be relegated — that doesn't mean signing an injured midfielder!!!! A season or 3 ago we were in for Phil jagielka and Mark Schwarzer but tight arse refused to pay the # 12 m and # 2m respective asking price — and we fell away from competing without a whimper... well the spine I've been bleating on about for so long needs creating so go and get petr Czech now and shore up our diabolical defence..

Stoke need to shore up their league worst defense if they're going to stay in the Premiership next season and it will be intriguing to see if Cameron is a part of that.

The fans and the media have reached a common ground, as they all accept that there's need for change in the current Arsenal setup, but Winterburn feels all Arsenal have to do is shore up their defence.

But, I figured we would address what we need — better attacking options in the midfield and an attempt to shore up our defense (which hasn't been all that bad to be honest)-- but I am not all convinced we did that.

A player with the versatility of Bensebaini could be the ideal signing for a number of teams, especially if you need someone to help shore up your defence at the start of next year.