Sentences with phrase «out of the question on»

Eric Pickles at a press gallery lunch today did just that, as he artfully bumbled his way out of questions on the Bedroom Tax, further cuts and UKIP's threat, and charmingly addressed the audience of Leveson - battle - scarred journalists as «chums», reserving his strongest message for his own party's increasingly poor translation to the pavement.

Although it would doubtless have been out of the question on this site, Patrick Osborne agrees that a new build passive house — fitted out to a similar standard — would not necessarily have cost more, and might even have cost less.

The cost of buying a canvas that large is out of the question on my income.

Not exact matches

Tough questions — like whether to leave you comfortable job or start your own business, move across the country in pursuit of opportunity or stick close to home, study economics or art, get down on one knee and propose or give it another year — cause many of us to break out in a cold sweat.

It really depends on who you are and what you're looking to learn and do in your career, and I think if you think about it that way, you'll figure out the best set of questions to ask.

Even apart from the fact that they don't know what they're talking about because they don't know what's out there, the bigger issues are that: (a) almost all of these reports come back with a variety of related findings that may be precisely on point; and (b) the very age of the prior research may be invaluable if the new questions and inquiries have to do with trend lines, changes in attitudes or different behaviors.

But rather than blurting out anything, Welch says you should plan for this question «with an answer that shows your head isn't in the clouds, and your eyes are on the prize of the real job awaiting you.»

«And I think the question is, can we use our influence... to ensure that 51 % of the world's population isn't missing out on this massive wealth - creation event.»

Here are some typical questions a franchise broker would ask to get you started on the search for your franchising soul mate: What do you want out of a franchise business?

And since the prospect of paying off the maxed - out card is so remote, it's just a question of time before you will max - out a second card, and then a third, and so on.

To help you sniff out the good from the bad, we rounded up 15 questions to ask prospective advisers, from the Department of Labor's guide for consumers on how to tell if your adviser is working in your best interest:

One school of thought says she should just plow ahead with her environmental agenda; history will be on her side in the end, since no one today (outside of maybe a few U.S. Republicans) doubts that the question of phasing out fossil fuels is not a matter of if but when.

Recently on the TED Ideas blog Anthony Tjan, author of Good People: The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters and CEO of VC firm Cue Ball Group, talks to Julia Fawal and shares his favorite techniques for screening out jerks during job interviews, including these three questions:

Questions like this barely scratch the surface of the advice on offer — I didn't even mention the seemingly endless parade of apps and gizmos offering to help you get more done that you could test out and evaluate.

When pressed on who he would choose, Trump turned the question on the host, asking him, «Do you have a preference, out of curiosity?

«One question is whether Charney will finally be out on the street,» says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of retail consultants Davidowitz & Associates in New York.

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

But this brought out the final question of the day, about whether the block chain, not Bitcoin, will have the biggest impact on financial services.

Sanger - Katz lays out eight questions that are on a lot of folks» minds after President Trump's latest efforts to undercut the Affordable Care Act — an executive order Thursday morning, followed by an announcement last evening that the government would stop making certain ACA - related payments to insurers — and answers them.

The second edition of Damodaran on Valuation stands out as the most reliable book for answering many of today's critical valuation questions.

One of the biggest questions for Murdoch - watchers is who came out on top in the latest battle of wills and what it says about the future.

However, it's not out of the question that McDaniels will land on his feet if he chooses to become a head coach again.

To reduce the number of replies you're forced to type out hastily on your phone, use pre-saved «canned responses» to generate generic phrases and answers to frequently - asked questions in a couple of taps.

That ad uses video clip from Trump's attack on Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly in protest of her questioning of him at a debate of Republican presidential contenders last August when he said afterward that blood was «coming out of her eyes, coming out of her wherever.»

If you're looking for scientific guidance on this thorny question, it's finally here and the findings are... basically to go ahead and pig out on all of them.

Alan Middleton, a professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business, points out that the big banks now train tellers to upsell whenever they've got a customer standing at the wicket or asking a question on the phone.

Olympic Freestyle skier Kristi Leskinen prepares to test out the Bellyak, a new kind of «lay - on - top» kayak, and questions whether it can revolutionize the sport.

«I don't blame her for not raising questions earlier — you can't have management publicly disagreeing on strategy right out of the box,» he said.

Now, after his most recent comments about Muslims, a 2020 British Open at Trump Turnberry is out of the question, according to a report from The Independent on Sunday.

Looking out on the next decade, Jobs may well be asking himself a variation of that very question: After creating more than $ 150 billion in shareholder wealth, transforming movies, telecom, music, and computing (and profoundly influencing the worlds of retail and design), what should Steve Jobs do next?

If this is your company and you're caught in the middle of a minefield, your best option (short of quitting) for conflict management is to rise above it: Point out the specific behavior in question, don't personalize the issue (be objective), communicate assertively and state the facts, and document everything that goes on.

Waiting on a bank loan was out of the question, and her credit card limit wasn't high enough to cover her expenses.

One member of the audience, Alexa von Tobel of LearnVest (a millennial herself), said that she doesn't allow her employees to ask their supervisors specific questions about work during the regular work day, so that they will be forced to figure things out on their own.

Minutes after Morneau strode out of the meeting — ignoring shouted questions about why he hasn't put his own extensive business holdings in a blind trust — Long held forth on what he clearly felt was his moment to savour.

And Lanier saw an opportunity to go even further with Tonic: having it figure out on the fly which questions were relevant on the basis of the answers to previous questions, and then immediately flag potential health problems.

Though some of these seemingly out - of - left - field questions can be difficult to answer, they «test a job candidate's critical thinking skills, see how they problem solve on the spot, and gauge how they approach difficult situations,» Glassdoor's head of global recruiting and talent acquisition, Susan Underwood, said in a press release.

Having their votes no longer in the mix could prove to be one of the best uses of funds in the acquisition deal structure, because it's an easy way to close out their positions (which includes all their comments, questions and opinions on everything pertaining to running the company).

That's when Mokhtarzada, out of his element in the realm of venture capitalism, took on his first advisory board member — who quickly posed a fortuitous question: «If you sell this company right now, what are you going to do tomorrow?»

At one point a man asking a question (who later turned out to be from the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong) grew so irate during his questioning that when the microphone was taken away from him, he carried on speaking — virtually shouting.

To get some insight, we've reached out to Manny Ruiz of Intelligent IT, who offered to answer a few questions on how to successfully launch a startup.

However, cross-border purchases can take buyers out of their comfort zone, forcing them to pay in a foreign currency at unclear exchange rates, unable to use their preferred payment methods and unclear on questions of duties, taxes, customs, shipping, and other hidden costs.

«The type of discussions you ideally should have ought to be answering questions that people out there on the Internet are searching for,» says Adria Richards, Organic Technology Consultant and blogger.

«Instead of spending months or even years on a hunch that may turn out to be wrong, you're able to answer your questions really quickly — to stop debating in the abstract, and start making progress.»

Fat Envelopes» advice is based on the answers to 45 questions Hofmeister posed to 55 MBAs on a 12,000 - mile road trip around the U.S. «I wanted to find out how they got in, and what their struggles could teach a new generation of applicants,» he says.

It's a way out for them to get out of social situations they don't feel comfortable in, while allowing them to not have to suffer consequences or answer a million questions about where they were or what was going on.

«When I questioned pointedly about their culture and my concerns, they doubled down on it,» he said, telling him, «We do have an aggressive culture, we do step on people's toes, and we think that the best way to get performance out of people.»

He rationalized his decision by pointing out that science has surprisingly little to say on the question of why humans need sleep.

«In light of the significant concerns that have been raised by members of our caucus, and in light of the irresponsible and inherently contradictory messages coming out of the White House today, I would recommend that we withdraw consideration of the bill today, to give us more time to address the privacy questions that have been raised, as well as to get a clear statement from the administration about their position on the bill,» Schiff said on the House floor.

«As such, stressed out sales reps will all too often try to sell and negotiate at the same time by layering questions with value points, or worse, answering their own question on behalf of the prospect.»

Officials who have been briefed on the inquiry described it as having made strikingly little progress in answering the basic questions of the case, with frustrated FBI agents reporting that they are running out of rocks to overturn.