Sentences with phrase «of pecking»

4 The bossy hen Bold and fearless by nature, the bossy hen definitely comes top of the pecking order when it comes to the best food, water and laying spots.

Formats are selected carefully and the best in business options help you stay organized and on top of the pecking order.

A Master of the Alberta Queen's Bench once wrote that stare decisis creates a judicial pecking order in which judges lower on the pecking order are not entitled to ignore the decisions of their pecking order superiors.

There are still schools that are able to set their price, largely at the top and bottom of the pecking order, but everyone else is discounting tuition significantly.

And at the bottom of the pecking order, associate ranks were inevitably among the heaviest hit.

NQ solicitors can sometimes see themselves at the bottom of the pecking order but they're not!

In Far Cry 5, they are murderous foes capable of pecking and gobbling an adult human or mountain lion to death in seconds.

You get most of the good stuff, but you're not at the top of the pecking order (Platinum) so to speak (in fact, there's a fourth less documented level higher than Platinum status).

However, those with Silver status will be near the bottom of the pecking order.

Pups in the middle of the pecking order tend to have the right combination of drive and determination, tempered by a natural desire to please.

It sounds to me like your two aggressive pups have decided to try to take this position for themselves, and that the last little male is at the bottom of the pecking order.

It is your responsibility, as the leader, to make your dogs understand that their position is at the lower end of this pecking order.

My wife and I tried it once, we both woke up on opposite sides of the bed with about 12 - inches of space each and we have a king size bed:) As you read more about training Great Danes, you'll find that a dog should be at the bottom of the pecking order within its human pack.

The breed is oftentimes best suited with older, considerate children, though may also do well with younger ones given that the pet has been taught to respect the kid as above him in terms of pecking order.

In fact, the Krehbiels have one standard size mare who is at the bottom of the pecking order.

At the top of the pecking order is the 3.7 - liter V6 in the Edge Sport.

Buick's was the Estate Wagon, a name that subtly conveyed a sense of moneyed suburban ease, and for years it stood near the top of the pecking order.

The lowest rung of the pecking order is inhabited by the skinheads most eager to get messed up and instigate fights at the drop of the hat but who are far too reckless and undisciplined to be entrusted with anything important.

At his old school, Will Burton (Gaelan Connell) was on the bottom of the pecking order — literally.

Working the pecs, lats, shoulders, triceps and even legs to a small degree the bench press deserves its spot at the top of the pecking order for upper body compound exercises.

In addition, though males almost always start their adulthoods at the bottom of the pecking order, the female starting rank varies with each individual.

This fits with research showing that narcissists are more preoccupied with being top of the pecking order than maintaining traditional morals, says Cichocka.

«Instead of pecking at the floor, for instance, they start pecking at each other's feathers,» Rodenburg says.

First, Rubenstein and Hack found that dominant stallions show a particular interest in the squeals of stallions which occupy the lower half of the pecking order.

In addition, they «are often at the bottom of the pecking order in the faculty,» Yoon adds.

A microphone sensor that monitors LIGO's surroundings caught the sounds of pecking birds on tape in July 2017, Berger, of the LIGO Laboratory at Caltech, said.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, will be reticent to impose limits on donations, given their backing by numerous private donors giving large sums individually, and arguably stand to lose most from any reforms, given that they are currently at the top of the pecking order in terms of income.

This contest of the pecking order has to stop.

i tend to agree with terrys comments yesterday and say that what we really saw was not great team work but a clear view of the pecking order at Arsenal... ball under the arm means its mine everyone else butt out!!

It doesn't even matter if your contract is up for renewal and you have no intention of signing a new one, you'll still be given game time if you are top of the pecking order.

Loris Karius has largely played second fiddle to Simon Mignolet since the summer of 2016, with the Belgian put at the top of the pecking order in both the Premier League and domestic cup competitions.

Then on Jan. 23, McClatchy — a team that has just one senior — outplayed the Dragons in every sense of the game, winning 54 - 29 and placing themselves at the top of the pecking order in their league and throughout the region.

Williams was clearly at the top of the pecking order, Villeneuve's pole lap time half - a-second up on the best placed Ferrari of Eddie Irvine, who would start the race from third.

Head coach Jim Harbaugh hasn't weighed in on any type of pecking order since Speight completed five of his six throws while passing for one touchdown and running for another to lead his half of the roster to a 14 - 13 spring game victory.

Doesn't sound too important when you speak about him, the squad needs players at the bottom of pecking order, so that's why I don't complain about him much.

So far this season, the former Atletico star has found himself near the bottom of the pecking order, with the Barcelona ace yet to make an appearance in all competitions for the club.

In a year when the conference's traditional powers look vulnerable, Kyle Orton and explosive Purdue are leading a realignment of the pecking order

But if the rationale is that he is at the bottom of the pecking order because Allegri values technical skills and great passing ability from his defenders, then color me skeptical.

Hernandez's impressive performances this season has pushed the 22 - year - old to the top of the pecking order ahead of Owen and top - scorer Dimitar Berbatov.

The only issue the youngster may have is that Rob Holding and Calum Chambers are both arguably ahead of him the pecking order and given that Mertesacker and Gabriel also remain in with a shout, it's not very often that we get to see Bielik make the step up to the first team.

Scezeny is the worst of the 3 keepers we have and surprisingly he is at the top of the pecking order.

Those who are «first» in God's economy work are found at the bottom of the pecking order.

Despite this, Citi's review of the general insurance sector placed QBE's main competitors Suncorp and IAG at the «top of the pecking order».

As all entrepreneurs know, when a market is about to explode, it is the prime time to push your vision forward in order to be at the top of the pecking order.

Your old standby bar graphs and pie charts are just the tip of the iceberg — it's not uncommon now to see executives and professionals of all stripes working on visuals instead of hunkering down at the keyboard for a long session of pecking away in Word.

To him, this was a small price to pay for escaping the monotony of pecking away at a keyboard in a lifeless cubicle for eight hours a day, five days a week.

«Instead of pecking themselves to death trying to figure out how to comply with all the state and federal regulations,» says Breslin, «we help our clients get ahead of the legal issues — such as vacation time, workers compensation and insurance, and they can focus on what they do best.»

One involved picking out seeds from a background of similar - looking pebbles; their performance was evaluated by dividing the number of seeds consumed by the number of pecks.

Baby chicks in a box could peck one of two keys with different pictures on them, and an electrical apparatus tallied the number of pecks.

Not exact matches

There's no pecking order or organization chart; it's not a question of who's wealthy and who isn't.