Sentences with phrase «on whittling»

The most ubiquitous pay - to - win defenses trotted out by its apologists center on whittling away at the scope of its definition with the introduction of new terminology delineating forms of presumed lesser offenses like «pay for convenience», «pay to skip grind», or «pay to avoid RNG».

The most ubiquitous pay - to - win defenses trotted out by its apologists center on whittling away at the scope of its definition with the introduction of...

There will be moments where you're facing multiple attackers, and at times like those you'll often be better served concentrating on simply disrupting their attacks rather than just focusing on whittling down their health points.

These deals can mean 12 months or more interest - free to work on whittling down your balance, but the best balance transfer deals are typically reserved for those with the best credit scores.

After you get rid of that you concentrate on whittling away your student loans.

Of course like many here I'm an aspiring author as well, although still working on whittling down the voices with all their ideas in my head so I can focus on just one until it reaches completion.

In summary: Don't focus on whittling down your wardrobe to a fixed number of pieces.

The Arlington Heights Park District is committed to offering the highest quality fitness programs so that you can focus on whittling your waist and not your wallet.

«The Best Joke Ever: A Letter from Paul Tough on Whittling Down,» September 28, 2000 «Are there any books I just can't live without?

He added that he could probably find space for a Fair Play award, and an Emirates Cup participation certificate, but that he was now intending to use his time at Arsenal to concentrate on whittling, home - brewing his own beer, and learning the saxophone.

Although, I am already on a whittling of the pantry plan, where nothing is being replenished except for my easy - to - find favourites: quinoa, red lentils and chickpeas.

May 4, 2018 • Amazon is working on a whittled - down list of cities where it might build the second headquarters.

Not exact matches

After trying out, with what seemed to be everything on the planet, this list has been whittled down to what works.

The selection of the new BOJ leadership comes at a crucial time for Japanese and global markets, which have been rattled in recent weeks on expectations major central banks will whittle down their crisis - mode stimulus.

«We ended up with almost 500 ideas, which were whittled down to about 50, and now they're down to about a dozen that we will focus on,» Jacob says.

Amazon has whittled its list of potential sites for its second headquarters from 238 bids across North America to just 20, the company announced on Thursday morning.

Overhead on these businesses is low, but any savings can be whittled away quickly by lack of business.

NASA whittles its total applicant pool down by filtering out people who don't meet those criteria and by relying on the input of a panel of experts, mostly active astronauts.

Since then, insurers have adjusted by whittling away at the benefits that came with variable annuities, imposing variable annuity investment restrictions on advisors, and sticking to their «derisking» strategies.

On Thursday, Amazon announced that it had a finally whittled the hundreds of cities vying to house its second headquarters to just 20.

A steady drop in the quality of the oil Venezuela exports, as well as default on payments to various refineries, have whittled away at whatever confidence was left in the Venezuelan government.

Some manage to whittle down their outstanding balances slowly over time and can repay the debt in full on their own.

Uber is whittling down the international markets it operates in so it can focus on core regions it feels like it can win.

On the federal level, while the wages of ordinary workers find no shelter from the Internal Revenue Service, exemptions and special preferences for landowners whittle down their taxes or turn real estate losses into profits.

The doctrine produces outward Christian activity - an informal code on what is «Christian» life - style (the agreed points of which are nevertheless being whittled down with each passing year), Christian activity in and out of church, and a Christian empire with organs of entertainment, education, and political influence - but it does not necessarily produce Christians who are, at the roots of their being, Christian.

The court has been whittling back on both free - exercise and establishment - clause claims in favor of wider amplitude for the exercise of the powers of government.

There are a number of ways in which evangelicals are whittling away at the doctrine of separation, and in effect are «standing the founding fathers on their heads.»

Here is a passage from the diary of Cotton Mather's brother: «Of the manifold sins which then I was guilty of, none so sticks upon me, as that, being very young, I was whittling on the Sabbath - Day; and for fear of being seen, I did it behind the door.

In early February, our team of editors and trend researchers whittled down the nominees to three finalists in each category based on the NEXTY criteria centered around innovation, inspiration and integrity.

Amanda, Merrill and the F52 editors whittle the entries down to 2 selections which are then voted on by the entire community.

Robert Whittle, UK general manager, explains, «Winning an award for our gluten free range has been the icing on the cake, the award rightly recognises the excellent quality this range has to the «real thing» and also endorses Pidy's unequivocal reputation of being first to market with cutting edge innovation in our sector.

By Laura Sayre Originally posted on April 1, 2003 Every stop on the tour of Leo and Diane Whittle's organic kiwifruit orchard is enjoyable, but the last is the most spectacular: that's when Leo takes you up the steep hill... Continued

After the application deadline on January 8, 2016, New Hope editors will whittle the field of products down to three finalists in each of 19 categories, and a panel of industry experts will meet to judge and choose the winners.

U.S. meat, wine among Canada's targets in label fight: minister Canada is whittling down its list of U.S. products that it may hit with steep tariffs in retaliation against contentious meat - labeling laws, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said on Tuesday...

Aside from basic fruit and vegetable consumption, on the rise thanks to an increase in farmers markets and efforts to whittle down the number of food deserts in the U.S., nondairy milk is the leading plant - based category, and it's taking a toll on conventional dairy.

It marked the 4th Week of Playoff action and in Six Games the remaining Teams were whittled down from 8 to the final 3 that will compete in Championship Sunday on Sunday May 15.

With some races touching on 40 entries for a race the field had to be whittled down before any of the main sessions began, and that was the purpose of pre-qualifying.

Megan Whittle scored 5 goals (275 on her career) to help lead @MarylandWLax to a 8 - 13 victory over Penn State on Thursday night.

On New Year's Eve, more than four months after the college football season kicked off, the field has been whittled down to just four teams.

True, Spieth had whittled his own lead down from five shots through nine holes to three with back - to - back bogeys on Nos. 10 and 11, but the shock heard «round Augusta came when he splashed first his tee shot and then his third strike into the brook.

The opening rounds run from now until 26 March, with the quarter - and semi-finals whittling the competition down further before the final on 26 May at the British World RX event at Silverstone.

So we whittled down 18 to 8 and it was on the single elimination Knockout Rounds.

There were some changes in that time, such as when there was an extra pre-qualifying session to whittle down the field before the main session, but it was largely the same: two sessions, one on Friday, one on Saturday, low fuel, sticky tyres, fastest driver on pole.

We've now seen the field whittled down to just sixteen, and we wanted to know what type of impact the opening week of the tournament has had on the futures market.

However, while everyone will have their own opinion on how their national team should line up this summer, it's the 24 managers whose decisions matter, and in the coming days they will all whittle their squads down.

With five more goals in this one, Whittle now has 61 on the season.

Whittle's closing on the scoring record.

While thing got a bit nervy towards the end as Anfield watched a three - goal lead whittle down to one in a matter of minutes, Klopp chose not to focus on the negatives and to instead highlight just how exciting his rock «n» roll team was on the day:

On the other hand, victory would whittle United's lead down to just two points and see City leapfrog Arsenal into second, albeit probably for only a couple of hours — The Gunners take on Wolves a little later that afternooOn the other hand, victory would whittle United's lead down to just two points and see City leapfrog Arsenal into second, albeit probably for only a couple of hours — The Gunners take on Wolves a little later that afternooon Wolves a little later that afternoon.

My parents did NOT make a «decision for me,» lawsuits had to be filed against hospitals to stop them whittling on little boys without parental consent!