Sentences with phrase «now shot across the bow»

Not only is the company disrupting retail but they have now shot across the bow of groceries and food stuffs.

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It seems to me looking at a year when the stock market has gone down a bit, credit spreads have widened substantially and the dollar has been very strong it is hard to say that now is the time to fire a shot across the bow of financial euphoria.

«It sends a shot across the bow for bishops and other diocesan officials in other parts of the country, who have to wonder now if they've got criminal exposure, too.»

With Labour leader Ed Miliband now issuing no - holds - barred attacks on Mr Murdoch and the prime minister firing a warning shot across the bows this morning by telling reporters he would have accepted Rebekah Brokes» resignation, the last thing the media mogul needed was a negative impact on his business efforts, especially after he took the drastic step of closing the News of ten World yesterday.

Brace for another shot across the bow: Opioids like morphine have now been shown to paradoxically cause an increase in chronic pain in lab rats, findings that could have far - reaching implications for humans, says a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Brace for another shot across the bow: Opioids like morphine have now been shown to paradoxically cause an increase in chronic pain in lab rats, findings that could have far - reaching implications for humans, says a new study.

One of their selling points is that they do not expect you to conform to a style guide — which is a direct shot across Smashword's bow, although now perhaps out of date now that Smashwords actually lets you upload your own finished EPUBs.