Sentences with phrase «part of an effort on»

It's part of an effort on my part to eat a little bit healthier by reducing my meat consumption.

Anyway, it doesn't really stack up that this pamphlet be written as part of an effort on the part of Reeves and Demos to cosy up to the Tories, for reasons i'll come onto in a moment.

As part of their effort on behalf of state legislative candidates this election cycle, the New York League of Conservation Voters has sent out its first mailer knocking Republican Sean Hanna for his environmental record.

As part of our efforts on government transparency, we obtained data on the compensation of most public employees in the state.

These days I spend most of my time creating, managing, and administering online social networks (FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, WhoSay etc) and a smaller part of my efforts on traditional media outlets which have shrunk and sometimes disappeared over the past few years.

In order to block proactive government policymaking and keep corporate interests unregulated, libertarian groups have focused a significant part of their efforts on climate change on distorting the science to confuse public opinion, denying the seriousness of the problem, and, most recently, impugning the integrity of the climate science community.

Not exact matches

Through a concerted effort on the part of our brains we gather as much information as we can as quickly as we can.

Bolt - on acquisitions have been a concerted effort on his part after the implosion of what would have been a historic $ 160 billion mega-merger between Allergan and Pfizer.

NEW YORK, April 25 - Venture capitalist Peter Thiel on Wednesday abandoned his effort to buy the irreverent news website Gawker.com, as part of a settlement freeing the billionaire from possible lawsuits for having secretly funded litigation that led to its demise.

NEW DELHI, May 2 - India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to help sugar mills by paying the cane farmers that supply them a subsidy for their produce, a government source said, as part of efforts to help a sector struggling with a glut.

As part of its marketing efforts, Roar created Roar.land, which required people to text a number with a password that was given out on cocktail napkins.

Facebook is stepping up its efforts to compete with Twitch and YouTube for video game streaming: The company is now offering select video gamers a chance to monetize their gameplay live streams on Facebook by giving their audience a way to tip them as part of a test of new monetization options.

With software replacing hardware in most major sectors, users and businesses depend on researchers to unearth vulnerabilities and make them public as part of ongoing efforts to improve security.

The open plan supposedly cuts down on the prison - like environment of the cubicle, suggesting a collaborative environment in which everyone can see their fellow workers and feel like they're all part of the same effort.

Though his effort may wane on defense at times, and he preserves energy for a late postseason run — he's now played into June seven years in a row — part of it is that no player in the NBA carries as much responsibility as James.

(Some researchers are also working on ways to modify Wolbachia or use its sterility genes, but that's not part of this particular effort.)

In addition to that, Macy's has been looking to reduce store clutter and re-establish itself as a tastemaker and has relaunched its loyalty program as part of its efforts to get back on track as detailed in this in - depth look at the company in the current issue of Fortune.

China has stepped up efforts to police how foreign businesses refer to parts of China, or territories claimed by Beijing, including Taiwan and Hong Kong — even if only in pull - down menus on websites.

Despite every effort on your part, there simply will be some people who don't have a positive impression of you.

Bell denied there was a directive from the top encouraging employees to positively review its products, and instead attributed the reviews to «an overzealous effort on the part of our service team to highlight the app.»

«At 7:32 p.m. local time today, US forces - Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS - K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS - K in Afghanistan in 2017,» US Central Command said in a statement, referring to the ISIS branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ISIS - Khorasan.

The work is part of an effort to bring dying reefs back to life by growing tiny coral fragments in labs or nurseries — between four and 25 times as fast as they'd grow in the wild — and planting those fragments on reefs.

He is also planning to remain the voice of Starbucks» social impact efforts, like when he asked his employees to write «Come Together» on cups during the government shutdown in 2011 or his decision to offer full - and part - time employees tuition for a college education.

His livestream on Thursday was part of the CEO's efforts to improve the company and make it more publicly accountable towards progress.

We will see an increase of companies calling on their crowd of dedicated, social media experts to take part in their social media efforts — collaborating, innovating, and communicating with each other and the company's customers.

As part of that sales effort, Trump on Wednesday welcomed to the White House seven representatives of companies that have passed on the benefits of the tax law to their employees.

After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.

In the auto - parts unit, efforts have been focused on the former, mostly by engineering plastic components to serve as lightweight substitutes for components made of heavier materials.

«At 7:32 p.m. local time today, US forces - Afghanistan conducted a strike on an ISIS - K tunnel complex in Achin district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, as part of ongoing efforts to defeat ISIS - K in Afghanistan in 2017,» US Central Command said in a statement, referring to the Islamic State branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ISIS - Khorasan.

The show — which was filmed last month at New York's Lexington Avenue Armory and featured performers Selena Gomez and The Weeknd, as well as Kendall Jenner and Gigi Haddid on the runway — is an important part of L Brands» (LB) efforts to keep its Victoria's Secret brand at the center of pop culture.

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday it will require six Middle Eastern carriers to undergo enhanced cargo screening as part of an effort to raise global aviation security.

The patch of ocean where efforts to find Flight 370 are focused is based, in part, on data from the British satellite company Inmarsat.

As part of this effort, Beringer hosts a summer concert series, offers Mandarin - language tours for international guests, and releases new vintage wines at ticketed dinners on - site.

While the metrics on the white board are different, Coach Dave's words remain eternal: energy (number of hours worked of overtime), effort (percentage of new product developments and revenue streams created by non-Bauer family staff) and desperation (the proportion of our overhead to sales, or how efficient we are in utilizing our capital and labor in our hungry quest for higher profit margins) remain an integral part of the winning formula.

Many may be wondering why the project of a national securities regulator is worth so much time and effort on the part of policy - makers.

But Reuters has learned that Tesla is collaborating with Anheuser - Busch, PepsiCo and United Parcel Service Inc to build on - site charging terminals at their facilities as part of the automaker's efforts to roll out the...

Any effort by these cloud companies to build their own chip tech, even if they use for just a small part of their overall data centers and cloud businesses, could cause Intel to lose out on sales.

Meanwhile, 73 percent of companies agree email marketing is a core part of their business efforts, and 25 percent rate email as their top channel in terms of return on investment.

Trump on Monday railed against the recent string of attacks in Afghanistan, and ruled out any US discussions with the Taliban as part of the effort to seek peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgents.

The process of bringing on a new employee is not a simple task and requires some time and effort on both the employer and employee's part.

A series of letters between JPMorgan's lawyers and the Fed, released to Reuters through a Freedom of Information Act request, show Wall Street's primary regulator took a tough stance on the bank's efforts to hold onto the global network of Henry Bath & Sons warehouses, part of the larger RBSSempra commodity trading business it bought in mid-2010.

It is part of an effort by CEO Jack Dorsey to curb the amount of abuse and harassment on his service.

Part spokesperson, part negotiator, Ivanka has led the White House's effort to promote the effort, using the small but important piece of tax reform as an opportunity to translate her campaign promises, which centered on helping women and working families, into polPart spokesperson, part negotiator, Ivanka has led the White House's effort to promote the effort, using the small but important piece of tax reform as an opportunity to translate her campaign promises, which centered on helping women and working families, into polpart negotiator, Ivanka has led the White House's effort to promote the effort, using the small but important piece of tax reform as an opportunity to translate her campaign promises, which centered on helping women and working families, into policy.

The first part of the promotion gave customers a chance to participate in the company's efforts to buy a section of land on the U.S. - Mexico border where President Donald Trump plans to build a wall.

A U.S. - led coalition has been launching airstrikes on Islamic State militants and facilities in Iraq and Syria for months as part of an effort to give Iraqi forces the time and space to mount a more effective offensive.

The quantity of work an employee does can increase with additional effort on his or her part but the same is not always true of the quality.

Video streaming company Netflix Inc. on Wednesday launched its services in 130 countries, covering almost the entire globe except China, as part of efforts to counter slowing growth in the United States.

Such wrongdoing certainly doesn't, for example, justify vigilante efforts on the part of private citizens to cover the spikes with fresh cement.

«The OIG's focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn,» McCabe said.

The product shutdowns, which Yahoo announced on its official company blog on Friday, are part of what the company said are regular efforts to evaluate and review its product line - up.