Sentences with phrase «of docked points»

I'd dangled the carrots of prizes and threatened with the sticks of docked points for misplaced modifiers.

Not exact matches

Larson ranks second this year after being docked points by NASCAR for a violation on his car, but at this rate, he's at the front of the pack so often he has to be considered the favorite to win his first Cup.

«We've recaptured the spent heat of the compressors in our motor room and use that to heat loading docks in the winter,» Cicatelli points out.

(We won't dock points if you choose to add them, however; a little sweet can help balance the deeply savory quality of bone broth).

Both teams were docked points, and a glorious rivalry was born — one that would rumble through much of the 1990s and 2000s, taking in Martin Keown and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira, before reaching a farcical nadir (or zenith, if you're that way inclined) when Cesc Fabregas allegedly lobbed a slice of pizza at Alex Ferguson.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says Manchester City should have been docked points and stripped of their titles instead of being fined for breaching Financial Fair Play rules --(Daily Express / various)

Arsenal lost the game 2 - 1 after Olivier Giroud was sent off, but the bad news is that if the player is found guilty he will probably be given a suspension and fine, but there is absolutely no chance of the Croatian Champions being docked points or the game being replayed.

The Brazilian FA has decided to try and address the problem of clubs not paying their players by docking them points if they are late.

Two popular alternatives seem to be either docking teams constructors points or issuing some sort of fine, though both of those would potentially have their own problems as well.

As soon as Juventus were relegated for punishment, and Milan were docked too many points to ever challenge, Ibra jumps ship to Inter, guaranteed of headlines and a league title.

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) said clubs could be docked up to 15 points in the league table depending on the value of a transfer and would be prevented until all contract proof is submitted.

and see each team docked twenty points and out of the title race.

Latches to Car: The base of this infant seat easily attaches into most modern cars with two metal hooks that loop into the docking points in the car.

: The base of this infant seat easily attaches into most modern cars with two metal hooks that loop into the docking points in the car.

Furthermore, Künzler and his colleagues show that this point of attack is also found in specific bacteria which means that the toxic protein can also dock on there.

As Chinese mainly use public bikes for part of their daily commute, in the morning, cyclists rush to find docking points near the subway station to return bikes.

«Look at this place,» Wang said, pointing to dozens of empty docking points.

The mutation, in a gene called HTR2B, prevents production of the serotonin 2B receptor, a key docking point in brain cells for the neurotransmitter serotonin.

Farmers are seeing the same trend in voluntary FDA and Agriculture Department standards called «good agricultural practices,» which include several common - sense measures such as hand - washing but can dock farms points if they sit within 2 miles of livestock.

Together with the working group around the surfaces specialist Professor Andreas Terfort (Frankfurt University), the Lindhorst group has now produced a system with which the orientation of the saccharide docking points, and thus the bonding of E. coli bacteria, can be controlled.

That honestly takes away a lot of its appeal for me, and that's why I docked it a points.

The only issue I have with the game and the reason I docked it a point is the lack of game modes.

I'm particularly in love with the shot of Michelle Pfeiffer as she's standing on the docks by the lighthouse, and we see her from the point of view of Daniel Day Lewis, as he's waiting to see if she'll turn around and look at him as the boat passes.

K - 19: The Widowmaker (hereafter K - 19) has a tedious narrative married to vein - swelling performances presented in that frank gracelessness indicative of director Kathryn Bigelow's sledgehammer - chic since long about Point Break, brought together under the steady hand of a legendary editor (Walter Murch) that only just guides this behemoth of conflicting ideas and wet (and drunken) Russian submariners into the dry dock of coherence.

Additionally, the rankings dock Louisiana five points for lacking an «escalator» provision that automatically raises the cap on total amount of tax credits available — however, Louisiana does not impose a total credit cap at all, which is even better than having a cap with an escalator.

If the rubric specifies that only such things as the number, length, quality, and accuracy of the posts are graded and not such things as «timely contribution to discussion,» the instructor can not dock students any points for making all of his or her posts for the week between 10:00 pm and 11:55 pm on Sunday.

On the newly issued report cards, 24 of 45 schools in Madison were docked points due to low test participation.

The Contractor shall provide, at no additional charge, upon 24 hours» advance notice, a tug or tugs and docking pilot, acceptable to the Contracting Officer, to assist in handling the vessel between (to and from) the Contractor's plant and the nearest point in a waterway regularly navigated by vessels of equal or greater draft and length.

The first two rounds of the competition were a safety - check, with points docked for any repairs deemed essential, followed by a rolling - road shootout.

Car and Driver yet jokingly ridiculed the Metro's age and equipment, docking seven points from its overall score for its lack of amenities and mentioning that it was originally sold brand - new without hubcaps.

Another small bugbear with older Asus tabs was the balance point of the docked tab / keyboard, which tended to be slightly top - heavy.

The rumor mill is putting its expected price point between $ 499 and $ 699, with the cost likely to rise with the inclusion of the dock.

At some point the «college student» crowd (read «those on a budget») may «switch» to tablets as a «term paper machine» but that will only be when 1) these can run office - type apps; and 2) when the tablet, with a keyboard dock, can compete with netbooks in providing close to the same functionality (word processing, working with PDF documents, presentation preparation, light working with video, storage of gigabytes of files).

A good point of comparison on the Android side is the Lenovo IdeaPad S2110A, which also comes with a keyboard dock.

And the Transformer also has the unique (from a Honeycomb point of view at least) option of becoming a notebook like machine when docked into the fully functional keyboard.

The right edge of the G - Slate is home to thin volume rocker and the left edge contains a microUSB port, an HDMI - out port and contact points for the optional dock accessory.

There are also a couple of contact points on the side of the Tablet Z for charging, with Sony offering a dock that not only offers to charge your tablet but also acts as a variable angle deskstand, but it will cost you # 39.

* Optional media base for docking and optical media * Full - size keyboard with dual pointing * Up to 64 GB2 solid state drive; up to 120 GB2 hard drive * Optional battery slice designed to provide up to 9.5 hours of battery life3 * Intel ® Core 2TM Solo and Duo ULV processors * ATITM RadeonTM X1250 UMA integrated graphics

The real selling point of the Eee Pad is its ability to transform into a 10.1 - inch netbook via an optional keyboard + battery dock.

The rep I spoke to said that the S2 is due out in the second quarter of 2012, and although the price point has yet to be officially determined, he said that the base model (Wi - Fi only, 16 GB of storage) will probably start somewhere around $ 400, with the dock somewhere in the range of $ 150.

Using its integrated magnets, the cradle of the charging dock perfectly aligns the Smart Connector of your iPad for charging, and a thin polycarbonate layer at the points of contact with your iPad ensures scratch - free docking.

Asus explains that the Transformer's design also transmits audio through the same openings at the bottom of the tablet that serve as the connection points for the Mobile Docking Station.

A caveat: When a mortgage lender processes your loan application, it runs a «hard inquiry» on your credit score, which can dock your score by up to 5 points, says Beverly Harzog, a consumer credit expert and author of «The Debt Escape Plan.»

Coming to the point The upshot of all this is that if your country does not allow docking, your national breed club should network with other national clubs in countries with similar laws to develop consistent wording about tails for your breed standards.

Many veterinarians are quick to point out that putting an animal under any type of anaesthetic carries a risk and elective surgeries to needlessly change an animal's appearance or behaviors (think de-clawing, de-barking, ear cropping and tail docking) should not be encouraged.

During this first visit, their veterinarian pointed out that Esther had a short tail — a common characteristic of farmed pigs who have gone through a painful tail docking process whereby a portion of their tails are cut off with a knife or pliers often without anesthesia.

The handler may use any amount of the dock and they may start their dog from any point on the dock when competing.

A double size couch, coffee table, chair, an electric fireplace, 34» HD flat screen TV with a live feed of Amphitrite Point lighthouse, a multi media dock station.

The Mobi docking station map helpfully points out the location of bike rental shops in Vancouver, too.

This docking of points has recently sent the travel industry into a roar and people are not happy about it, but it looks like the verdict is going to stay.