Sentences with phrase «plugging holes in»

Even though the AOC has now addressed and fixed this vulnerability, Lissner says this is no better than plugging holes in a failing dam.

all of my payments are on time, & i am working on reducing credit card debt, but it seems like i'm plugging holes in a poorly built dam.

What Shari gave me was individualized attention to my website and guidance in plugging the holes in my marketing methods.

Tinubu expressed regrets that the APC administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari has had to spend «inordinate time cleaning the rot and plugging the holes in the corrupt system the others had institutionalised as their strategic policy and national direction.»

In the meantime, we welcome the proposed rules as a sensible step towards plugging the holes in campaign finance rules created by the Supreme Court's Citizen United decision.

«Consequently, the Buhari government has spent inordinate time cleaning the rot and plugging the holes in the corrupt system they institutionalised as their strategic policy and national direction.

While falling oil prices spurred discussion of a provincial sales tax to help plug the hole in the province's royalty revenues, Alberta needs to consider more consequential measures.

The UK supermarket is considering spinning off or selling its Asian supermarket operations to raise cash and plug a hole in its accounts after a # 260 million ($ 474 million) accounting scandal, according to British media reports.

Many chances to plug the holes in the team, many transfer windows wasted.

I like the insurance side of things, but I personally feel plugging the hole in OLine dramatically changes our offensive performance and could be the largest factor in helping Dak perform.

1 new offensive coach to make us incisive when attacking 1 new defensive coach to stop the ridiculous defensive errors 1 new goalkeeper who is not as error prone 3 new defenders who can actually defend 1 defensive midfield who can track attacking midfield ad plug holes in the back 1 attacking midfield who is consistant 1 wide attacking player who has the ability to beat a player with skill Also can we please have: 1 new CEO who can do decent commercial deals 1 new owner who cares about the club and what us to challenge in the league

We need to buy smartly, plugging the hole in the squad, keep our squad healthy and hope our players will all hit form together.

«Where is Cuomo going to come up with billions of dollars he promised to help plug the hole in the MTA capital plan?

New York trails other states in modernizing its 911 systems to handle greater cellphone use, in part because lawmakers routinely divert money intended for that purpose and use it to plug holes in the state budget.

State Senator Neil Breslin appeared with Assembly members Pat Fahy and John McDonald, in a show of support for Mayor Sheehan, who implored all city residents, state workers and politicians to blitz state lawmakers in a fund drive of epic proportions to not only land the $ 12.5 million to plug the hole in Albany's budget, but also fix funding formulas so the mayor never needs to pick the tin cup again.

ALBANY — If the state is going to kick in to plug a hole in the city of Albany's budget, so too should the city's nonprofit institutions.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have reacted with concern to reports that money meant to support disadvantaged children is being used to plug holes in school budgets.

The Minority Caucus's resolution states that the proposed bill acts as a «cash grab to plug a hole in the New York State budget as an alternative to cutting spending.»

«As we're forced to wage these fights to defend what we've got, it's a win - win for the other side because they force us to spend a lot of money to plug holes in the dike.»

If the 50p tax was going to plug the hole in the nation's finances, then it might be a good thing, and it would be right that the rich should pay a larger share.

Suffolk County lawmakers are set to approve a $ 2.8 billion budget tomorrow that, according to some, raids an environmental protection fund to plug holes in the county budget.

The state's Thruway Authority has yet to release a full plan to pay for the remainder of the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement and Cuomo has yet to say how he will find $ 8.3 billion over the next five years to plug a hole in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's capital plan.

Using the glue to plug a hole in the pig heart worked so well that the heart still held in liquid after being inflated and deflated tens of thousands of times.

This month, the expedition aboard the Mstislav Keldysh will plug holes in the wreck, then fill it with a gel derived from chitin, the main component of prawn shells, and with plastic bags full of water.

Now, the government plans to confiscate research funding to plug a hole in the country's ever worsening finances.

If you've got ants, plug holes in your walls and keep counters cleaner.

The very first goal is to plug the hole in your leaking ship.

Hey, the less time you have to spend fighting with the clothes you already own gives you that much more opportunity to try on that oh so perfect item to plug the hole in your wardrobe.

This way, Matchpool plugs a hole in the dating world, as now fans of rock music, computer games or Japanese anime can form their own treehouse of love.

That would be the otherwise tediously ordinary Jake Lawson (Gerard Butler), who headed the international team that designed the satellite system, popularly known as Dutchboy (after the fable about the kid who plugs a hole in a dike with his finger).

Slightly smaller than the Five Hundred (which, along with the Fusion, essentially replaces the Taurus), the Fusion — based on the Mazda6 platform — plugs a hole in the blue - badge lineup, which has long lacked a head - to - head competitor for the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry, as well as cars such as the Chevy Malibu and the Hyundai Sonata.

In most cases, every one of my six readers found different things to wonder about — which helped me plug the holes in the story.

Androids's direction for its last 2 releases has been to plug the holes in its decidedly leaky security ship.

Just be grateful you don't live in other parts of the world, where governments are more graspy, and pension assets are a target to plug holes in the government deficit.

When I gave Ocarina of Time 3D a score of 9/10 in our review of the game two years ago, it was a score that ignored Nintendo's desperation in rehashing a fourteen year old game to plug a hole in a release schedule that had tumbleweed rolling across its empty expanse.

Likewise, I experienced similar issues in the «Prehistoric Plumber» game where Scrat has to plug holes in order to prevent water leaks.

In Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has proposed a $ 25 - per - ton carbon tax to help plug a hole in the state budget (Climatewire, Dec. 14, 2016).

A question for you: In attempting to come up with values to plug holes in raw data sets should I 1.)

We and my colleagues are the Dutch boys who try to plug the holes in the dikes containing organized crime in the province.

Victoria Woods, Head of Commercial Practice Group, reminds suppliers to consider existing contracts with on - going supplies after 1 January 2018, before VAT is introduced, to identify whether a fleeting saving provision could plug a hole in their contracts.

Pandora is plugging a hole in its paid subscription service with today's launch of Pandora Premium on the web.

I'm always interested in ways I can plug holes in my business and farm out the things that I am not best at.

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You need to get involved in at least supervising your superstars who you call in to plug the holes.

Create content that helps «plug up» the holes in your funnel and watch your leads increase.

The entrepreneur must also tap the minds surrounding him or her while trying to transform an idea into a reality: That means reaching out to the tech minds, the business and financial wizards and the marketing experts — all the players who can plug in holes in expertise to help a founder create a well - rounded, sustainable and successful business.

Toshiba needs to sell the chip unit to plug a giant hole in its finances caused by the failure of the conglomerate's U.S. nuclear business, but the deal has snagged on such issues as antitrust concerns if the U.S. disk - drive maker were a major owner.

The letter goes on to say that Chancellor George's Osborne's proposed emergency budget to plug the» # 30 billion ($ 43 billion) black hole» in the wake of a Brexit was «ludicrous,» and «scaremongering born of desperation.

The bed is powered by a charging port that lives underneath the mattress and plugs into the wall through a hole in the headboard.

A bail - in is what they call it when a government takes depositors» money to plug a bank's financial holes — just as was done in Cyprus last year.

Now with loop hole plugged by the GoI - Indian Banking system will be flush with funds and there will be huge surge in taxes collected by the GoI over the next six month or so.