Sentences with phrase «not at hand»

If this capital was not at hand, governments and corporates would have to borrow to meet capital requirements, thereby risking higher debt - servicing expenses.

(Based on account in Frost's «The Northern Wars,» which is not at hand.)

It will not get better because the means and the mechanisms to fix the economy are not at hand and Obama & Co. are not worrying about it.

So, sure, some things will be combined, but the all in one era is not at hand, and won't be.

Unfortunately, as theoretical computer scientist Sorin Istrail of Celera Genomics in Rockville, Maryland, shows, a simpler solution is not at hand.

«High - protein meal and a wake - up snack, when good espresso is not at hand (library, airplane, etc).

But what use is the best revolutionary theory when the historical subject of the revolution is not at hand or is not yet ready?»

Oh, pilgrims walking by oblivious, your minds, it seems, on something not at hand, can you have come from such a distant land» the way you look suggests as much to us» that you're not weeping, even as you pass right through the suffering city, like that band of people who, it seems, don't understand a thing about the measure of its loss?

Their headstones now have sunken into sand, amid tall weeds, some cholla, scattered sage, the writing visible, but not at hand.

Oh, pilgrims walking by oblivious, your minds, it seems, on something not at hand, can you have come from such a distant land» the way you look suggests as much to us» that you're not weeping, even as you pass right through the suffering city, like that band of people who, it....

Others may feel uneasy that more technical medical assistance isn't at hand.

When these foods aren't at hand, it isn't convenient to serve them.

Beyond any of that, Halloween has remained one of the scariest motion pictures I've ever seen - the creeping invasion of pure, unknowable evil representing what we'll all have to face one day: an inevitable demise (though hopefully not at the hands of a masked maniac).

I take my hands off the wheel as I gain confidence in the system's capability, but a stern warning from the dash quickly tells me not to — we're not at hands - free driving yet.

It'll all be a waste if you don't enjoy yourself and you shouldn't at the hands of someone else's negative attitude.

Not exact matches

The President would not walk away empty handed, but without a House majority on his side, his attempt to impose taxes on the wealthy at pre-Bush levels ultimately failed.

I take a few calming breaths and focus on the task at hand and not everything that needs to be done.

The agreements — don't gossip, don't take things personally, don't make assumptions, and do your best — help me start from a rational position of trying to understand the issue at hand, without bringing any negative mental baggage that may come along naturally if I weren't aware of them.

Plus, every VC is working with more than a handful of startups at any given time, so we simply don't have the bandwidth to hold a founder's hand on a day - to - day basis.

If the back - up you are looking for doesn't need to be physically close at hand, you have a whole lot more options to choose from.

At the first event in the Steve Jobs Theater, the tech giant is hoping not one — but three — new devices will have consumers digging for their wallets to get their hands on a new smartphone.

If you speak English well and don't mind chatting with strangers, you have all the qualifications you need to try your hand at online language teaching — but you can do even better if you're multi-lingual.

I would present it in such a way that they understand that this is what makes you happier, able to function on the task at hand better, and not that it's a deal breaker.

It is not inconsistent — in fact, it is wholly reasonable — to say that some people (people guilty of multiple child murders for example) absolutely «deserve to die,» but at the same time to say that the state shouldn't be trusted with the discretion to hand out that sentence.

Handing out free stuff at your next trade show isn't likely to close any deals.

How to Manage Interns: Providing Mentorship and Advice Even if you have a hands off management style, when you bring on interns, you have to make sure that they have at least one point person, if not more, that they can go to with their questions.

Offering everyone who isn't onboard with the shift a buyout isn't totally feasible, but keeping your team educated and focused on the task at hand is a critical first step.

In other words, men weren't supposed to pitch in much at home if they were also working, but even women who worked outside the home full - time were supposed to be as hands - on as full - time, stay - at - home parents.

In general, founders don't seem to worry about failure at the hands of their competition — only 5 percent cited this as a concern.

On the other hand, someone who runs a home daycare may not be able to claim the expense at all if it's not essential to the running of the business.

Instead, the command will need to «not appear as being part of the task at hand — which means the robot must think it's deciding to turn itself off instead of obeying the orders of a pesky human.

When people are overconfident, they may not have enough anxiety to focus and perform the task at hand.

Sure, I didn't finish that book proposal I ambitiously thought I would, but I did get pretty good at typing with one hand.

«Japanese companies have a lot of extra cash at hand because when there's deflation, the value of cash won't diminish even if they keep the money and not spend it on capital expenditure,» Iwata told Reuters in an interview in January.

«Ending the cost - sharing payments would be a clear signal from the Trump administration that they are not aiming to run the ACA marketplace effectively, so insurers would likely just throw up their hands and leave the market,» said Larry Levitt, a senior vice president at The Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health - policy think tank.

On the other hand, Lucas and Lee Brown, 22 - year - old twin brothers and students at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, made the decision to close down a fashion business they'd been running from February to October 2005 when it became clear that their inventory wasn't selling.

This line of thinking implies that the failure is primarily one of communication, not of the fundamental principle at hand.

At MassRoots, the cannabis social network based in Denver, it is not unusual to have marijuana and team meetings go hand - in - hand.

He doesn't check his phone, e-mail or Twitter feed first; he stays focused on the task at hand.

This isn't heart surgery, this isn't brain surgery, where you yell at someone if they hand you the wrong scalpel.

A desperate Diaz detailed the treatment the company had received at the hands of an IRS agent who would not accept her payment plan.

So, it's important that you not only hire talented employees, but that you also make sure to show investors that you've got the best team for the job at hand.

On the other hand, if you never plan to need a fiduciary board, you might not need to have a board at all.

Using the garden hose analogy, our Lazy CEO will notice the dribble of water, find the kink in the hose, untangle it, promptly hand the hose back to someone in the organization, make sure the system won't allow another kink at that place, and eventually head back to their lounge chair.

It does show that for Pao, as for many of the women in Snyder's study, simply being excellent at the job at hand isn't going to get you very far.

It's also not good business when you constantly try to gain the upper hand at all costs because, over time, no one will want to do business with you again.

As a startup founder you want to move fast to get your vision up and running but not taking the time to hire correctly from the start could leave you with the wrong people for the job at hand.

And let's not forget relatively recent changes at the Star, Canada's largest - circulation newspaper, which is now in the hands of publisher John Cruickshank and editor Michael Cooke.

Students with a growth mindset, on the other hand, didn't care if their mistakes were revealed to their peers; they saw this as inevitable and nothing to be ashamed of, because their goal was to «learn at all times and at all costs.»

Autopilot, she wrote, can't actually drive the car, but it lets consumers keep their hands off the steering wheel for minutes at a time.