Sentences with phrase «over scraps»

Then the plywood L was placed over these scraps of wood and secured with glue and more finishing nails.

So, while Congress delivers billions in tax benefits to the wealthiest segment in corporate, estate, and other thinly, if at all, veiled bargain tax bonuses, the lower classes are left to squabble over the scraps.

Thirty thousand plus registrants / Realtors «all» making a great semi-salaried-semi-commissioned derived living professionally trumps 100,000 plus desperate 100 % commissioned amateurs / Realtors, fighting over scraps like vulchers at a dump, for the most part.

Indeed, Samsung and Apple for a long time have accounted for all of the smartphone industry's profits as smaller players have had to force themselves to fight over scraps.

That's obviously not the case and what goes up must come down, but for the time being it's Samsung and Apple's market and the rest are left fighting over scraps.

As the price of Bitcoin continues its steep correction in 2018, Bitcoin miners find themselves fighting over scraps.

The problem here is that the cyclists and the pedestrians are for the most part, fighting over scraps.

We have been and are still being systematically hosed by this off - shoring bullshit, leaving countless millions of trained workers to fight eachother over the scraps.

If Bob has shown that ~ 85 % of the temp changes can be explained without reference to either the Arctic or GHGs, then they're going to have to fight it out over the scraps!

The rich will reside in fortified states / communities and the rest will fight over the scraps.

There is no doubt that climate assistance can be highly divisive, especially if countries are fighting over scraps.

There were left over scraps of canvas in my studio and ugly old clothes around, so one day I decided to cut up the clothes and try and make something different.

Made from the left over scraps from soft sculpture production and quilt projects, the heavy weight denim and canvas uniform quickly became a type of «studio camouflage».

The failure of the previous status quo seemed self - evident to a generation that had seen millions die fighting over scraps of earth: prior to 1914 it had been argued that no one would fight such a war, since the cost was too high.

But it's fun to speculate over the scraps anyway.

Children will love watching the crabs tumbling along the rock wall as they tussle over scraps of shrimp peelings.

Page 268: «We have a perception of these large companies that they must be creating a lot of jobs, but in fact they have a small number of high - paying jobs, and everybody else is fighting over the scraps.

Pekkanen also learned what other writers have learned: «Authors didn't have to wrestle over scraps of media attention; we could boost each other instead.»

Like starving dogs, the Big 5 will viciously fight over the scraps that remain.

This leaves Apple, Barnes and Noble, Google and Kobo fighting over the scraps.

Sadly the lionshare of the revenue that indie authors generate are by the quintessential 1 % who are generating a few hundred thousand dollars a month and everyone else is fighting over the scraps.

This does not leave much room in the market for smaller companies such as 3M and Baker and Taylor, who are basically fighting over the scraps.

That's the premise, that in a purportedly democratic but authoritarian Japanese city called Megasaki, Mayor Kobayashi has banished all the dogs, most of them sick with a mysterious flu, to an island where the filthy canines fight over scraps.

It's a story of mourning for what has become of the world, as the dogs get into scraps over scraps and, in the case of former show dog Nutmeg (voice of Scarlett Johansson), explain how unfair it would be to bring puppies into this world.

Sadly for fans of enormous whirling machines and people poring over scraps of paper, The Imitation Game is not a remake of Enigma.

The gifted boy (Owen Judge) befriends his classmate Ben Grimm (Evan Hannemann), with the two bonding over scraps taken from Ben's family's junkyard.

The important point is that, having once lived a life of privilege, they're now reduced to fighting over scraps.

Tear a little piece of dough from left over scraps and roll it into a ball and place on the base of the croissant (this will give the croissant a nice shape and fullness).

But it's debatable how long this will hold water for, and as the government found over the scrapping of the 10p tax rate, a tax change that leaves people worse off in payslip terms is pretty hard to talk around.

In his remarks, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar expressed concern over the scrapping of history from school curricula, blaming it for numerous social challenges bedevilling the country.

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the scrapping of the Ministry of Aviation by the Federal Government.

Clegg reportedly chose to prioritise Lords reform over scrapping the unpopular NHS reforms when he met with Cameron after May 2011's electoral reform referendum defeat, the Times reported.

If the government did see the 10p tax rate as a «transitional» measure - albeit one that existed for a not - inconsiderable nine of their 11 years in office - it's not something that was mentioned in their public statements until after the row exploded over its scrapping.

The Prime Minister had left junior climate change minister Greg Combet behind in Canberra to face the music alone over the scrapping of the botched home insulation scheme.

Not exact matches

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and 16 other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plan to scrap Obama - era auto - emissions standards that would require vehicles to get significantly higher gas mileage by 2025..

The Irvings had their hopes dashed in October when plans were scrapped for the $ 15.7 - billion Energy East pipeline, which would carry over a million barrels of oil from Alberta to Saint John, N.B. every day, some of which would be processed at Irving Oil's refinery.

The eccentric Billes family offspring scrapped for years over the fate of the Canadian Tire chain before one emerged triumphant.

Rather than scrap Harper's balanced - budget law, Trudeau should replace it with a more flexible measure that would legislate restraint over the medium term.

I'm glad i'm one of those people that write things down... on a billion pieces of scrap paper... all over my house.

Canada earlier this month scrapped plans to buy 18 Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets, underlining Ottawa's anger over the trade challenge.

Obama carried the four - county area by 12 percentage points over Mitt Romney in 2012, but Trump's promises to revive manufacturing and scrap trade deals has found welcome ears there.

Grant scrapped the original rejected draft — all 102,000 words — and started over nearly from scratch.

Still, it does have a few things going for it: The «fast delete» button lets you quickly scrap whole words at a time; there's a one - handed mode that lets you crunch the keys over to one side of the screen; and, when your phone is in landscape mode, it splits apart like an ergonomic keyboard, making it feel a little more natural for your thumbs.

The authors cite nearly 20 years» worth of case studies that show how category kings swiftly take over the market cap in a particular category, leaving scraps for other competitors in the space.

GoDaddy, which was founded in 1997, first filed for an IPO in 2006 before scrapping those plans over supposed valuation concerns.

While the merits of building a subway line over a light - rail one are, in this instance, contentious, the move at least bucks a trend in Toronto, a city where subway plans are often scrapped — not formed on short notice (not to mention at a higher cost).

Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do because we know they're for the best in the long - run: fire someone, cold call a stranger, pull an all - nighter to get the company server back up, or scrap a project and start over.

«It's very hard to scrap your existing system and start all over again,» says Grayson Witcher, a portfolio manager with Mawer Investment Management.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump, proposed in April to scrap the 2015 landmark net neutrality rules, moving to give broadband service providers sweeping power over what content consumers can access.

Pai, a Republican named by President Donald Trump to head up the FCC, unveiled plans last week to scrap the 2015 landmark net neutrality rules, moving to give broadband service providers sweeping power over what content consumers can access.