Sentences with phrase «prodding from»

, it took a LOT of prodding from me before he realized it had been painted.

I can totally understand not wanting a pic on here... I resisted for a long time, then finally after prodding from @Joshua Dorkin relented, took one with my phone, and here I am, others have photos that look like they were professionally done, but..

She filed a venomous, ill - thought - out charge against TREB (ORE in general) in support of Realtysellers» et al highjacking attempts, but, with a little prodding from interested outsiders, her bosses realized the scope of her misguided Realtor - hating vengeance, and lowered the boom, in order to save themselves from the fallout that her undemocratic / biased officially mandated actions / behaviour had given rise to.

With prodding from his wife, he reluctantly goes.

Fewer still take the trouble to review coverage and implement changes (and some still need prodding from the agent or financial planner).

The best salespeople are self - motivators who can recover from failure quickly, stay optimistic, constantly set new goals and go after major accounts without prodding from a manager.

The answer came after some prodding from Walt Mossberg, of Recode and The Verge, who'd been asking whether Google would begin creating its own phones from scratch.

It is a hodgepodge of inaccurate and unscientific information where lawyers on their own without any prodding from us have put in information that is completely unreliable, for example, one lawyer plugged in that he had won a baseball award, best baseball player of the week, and his rating went up, and then he plugged in MVP of the league for the whole year and his rating went up.

Any grand jury, without prodding from the prosecutor, can call witnesses and demand evidence and demand this case be prosecuted... without the prosecutor's help.»

So with prodding from friends, he submitted a 10 - minute audition tape last October and was accepted.

If the time scale necessary for us to get kicked hard enough to take action to prevent the death of our civilization is longer than the time scale on which we have to take action, then we can't wait for the prodding from Mother Nature.

For all the angst devoted to the perceived obtuseness or even perfidy of the USA's current administration, I'd say fear not — they just need a little more prodding from Mother Nature and / or their citizens, and if that doesn't work, don't worry, a new bunch will be along soon anyway.

With some helpful prodding from 4J Studios, I finally understood what made Minecraft so satisfying (yesssss I finally found diamonds), heartbreaking (nooooo I fell in the lava and lost all of my equipment), and terrifying (hey what's that hissing sounOH GOD).

She knew I was bringing home something special for her and she happily ate dinner without any prodding from me.

With more prodding from my wife than from me, I took our former Roanoke SPCA mutt (priceless now, of course) in to work with me, only to find out that her white blood count was twenty times the normal range?consistent with leukemia.

They rattle off the demographics and likes and dislikes of their ideal readers in about 30 seconds, sometimes with a little prodding from me.

Downshifts from the 7 - speed torque converter automatic are delivered with less prodding from the gas pedal, and the steering is organic and features actual road feel, a trait that's rapidly diminishing in new cars.

And yet, something's sapping all the power from this car: maybe it's the unresponsive eco-minded throttle that needs a firm prodding from a standstill (but launches the car forward in spurts, once the power is on) or the six - speed automatic transmission that «felt like it was engineered in 1972,» according to Mark Vaughn.

Honda clearly put a lot of work into the design of this virtual car, so here's hoping with enough prodding from fans, media, and potential customers it will put the Sports Vision Gran Turismo — or something like it — into production.

The V - 10 behind the Huracans» seats is a perfect pendulum, easy to swing and catch, and with gentle prodding from our teacher, we were holding a slide for one lap, then two, then three.

The District and at least 25 states, under prodding from the Obama administration, have adopted or are developing value - added systems to assess teachers.

With some prodding from interested researchers and policy advocates, the Department of Education is allowing states to rectify this situation.

But the old system is itself obsolete, and 40 years of sad experience show that further tugging and prodding from the banks of the Potomac is not going to modernize it.

It's as good a place as any for them to bury the hatchet — with a little prodding from Jack (Freddie Highmore), an MI5 plant masquerading as a driver.

After some prodding from friends, he created and launched ChristianCafe in 1999 to set right what he saw wrong with the online dating space.

SCMP - Feb 9 - Baihe's latest TV commercial features an attractive young woman, who, after years of prodding from her aged grandmother, decides to get married to fulfil her elder relative's wish.

But, after some poking and prodding from friends, I decided, why the hell not?

It wasn't the best night of sleep ever, but it certainly wasn't the worst, and I was up with only a little prodding from my alarm at 5 am and did all the normal things — earl grey, english muffin with sun butter and honey, and two caff jelly beans.

After spending some time thinking about how I could help those around me, and a little prodding from my brother Steven, I realized that I could make a difference where it matters most, my hometown.

Brooklyn Democratic Party website came to be in a similar way, with some prodding from progressive reform - minded district leaders Josh Skaller, who is party of the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, and Nick Rizzo of the New Kings Democrats.

After prodding from Cahill, the legislature formally adopted the three - year policy last month.

That included patient prodding from Cuomo, with whom — in addition to group sessions — he met with privately in the governor's second - floor office in the state capitol.

Cuomo has made several recent high - profile appearances with Mangano — including one in Oyster Bay on Saturday — under prodding from D'Amato and from Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos.

With prodding from the State Senate head, the Arizona - based firm sought contracts from Nassau County for state - financed post-Sandy drainage and waste treatment infrastructure.

Gatemouth offers a different take on Jeff Gottlieb's candidacy in NY - 6: «Doubtless, when (Rep.) Gary Ackerman decided to retire, Jeff Gottlieb, without any prodding from anyone, submitted his name to (Queens Democratic Chairman) Joe Crowley, asking for permission to run.»

Sharing and taking turns comes more easily now, even without prodding from adults — though not always when it comes to their favorite toys.

So it may take a little prodding from you and some friends visiting before playing an outdoor game occurs to them.

After prodding from his father and his older brother, Shawn, Jason agreed to go back to Florida, and Donovan agreed to take him back.

In Brookline, TheCountry Club, under prodding from such distinguished members as ArthurHunnewell and G. E. Cabot, appropriated $ 50 for the construction of anexperimental six - hole course.

Eventually after some prodding from my cousin Shawn, who told me that «food that tastes good should necessarily look good», I decided to try to work on my camera skills.

How about the poking of prodding from demons, have you considered that today yet?

During this time I ridiculed her friends, all the while having that inner prodding from the Holy Spirit, though I never told her.

This could mean United Technologies has a policy of having each of its subsidiaries managed separately without any prodding from headquarters to make use of synergies from purchasing inside the same corporate umbrella.

If you want to develop an opinion that holds water, you need to poke and prod it from all angles to ensure it's water tight.

My son, Cliff, who was then 18 years old, had earlier come to a deep awareness of the global problem and had prodded me from time to time to think again.

I confess to needing a good prod from His rod and staff on a regular basis...

But a sharp prod from the left could force the old Labour tribe to abandon its insistence on total power, total control, obliging it to open and share with others.

The six - speed slushbox doesn't react promptly to manual inputs, preferring a prod from your right foot.

From about the half - way point there's no bursts of intuition, just a gentle prod from muscle memory because you've danced this dance before, and already know roughly how all the steps will fit together, it's just the timing that needs sorting out.

It was while at Lionhead Studios that the dream of having my own indie studio started fuelled by the many proddings from Cliff Harris who was already running his own one man studio while also working at Lionhead.