Sentences with phrase «prodding of»

They don't need BRA's; they need to get out of the real estate business via the less - than - gentle prodding of the provincial enforcement authorities after they have been caught committing their second minor offence, or their first serious offence... period.

The idea behind Nexus was always to showcase Android in its purest form, away from the poking and prodding of manufacturer skins.

Ontario's Native Justice of the Peace Program owes its existence to Hayes — and the prodding of Alan Mewett.

It is something professional climate scientists should have done years ago without the prodding of Anthony Watts.

One group had to defend Susan Solomon, the much lauded atmospheric scientist who, while a co-leader of the 2007 science assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, staunchly refused to provide her personal view of the implications of global warming research despite the prodding of reporters.

It is actually the other way round: the increased warmth produces an increase in CO2, which in turn feeds back into the climate system and thus serves to amplify the initial warming, just as interest, after the initial prodding of a loan, feeds back into one's finances to amplify one's debt.

Anyone who's completed the game's opening knows what I mean: Link awakens from a cryogenic slumber that renders him amnesiac, but aside from the prodding of an enigmatic old vagabond, he's free to do whatever he wishes.

His mood is fickle and swings wildly from drama to comedy and back again at the drop of a hat, or more precisely by the careful prodding of an actor sent to court to sway the King.

In the reception room, under the gentle but insistent prodding of trained Assimilation Facilitators, Turks and Kurds called a truce, Tutsis queued patiently behind Hutus, Serbs chatted up Croats by the demilitarized water fountain.

Set in middle of 350 ° oven and braise 3 — 4 hours until the meat separates easily with just the prodding of a wooden spoon.

At the prodding of some friends, I registered Word Branch Publishing, and I began publishing other authors.

The move to drop the discounts has angered some officials in the auto industry, which adopted the anti-lock technology at the prodding of insurers.

In addition, she (along with the support of prodding of Cuomo) is pushing for a system in which these scores would «trump all,» and in which a teacher rated as ineffective in the growth score portion would be rated ineffective overall.

And the kind of teaching Jessica Reid did — with nightly calls to parents, and nonstop prodding of students — comes at a high price.

Two weeks ago, seven members of the 17 - member New York State Board of Regents issued a vigorous dissent (included below) charging that the state's «new and improved» teacher evaluation system, being forced into policy primarily by the state's Schools Chancellor Merryl Tisch, with the support and prodding of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, is not (at all) research based, research supported, or research wise.

In 2013, at the prodding of the last governor, Patrick Quinn, lawmakers enacted changes meant to stabilize the pension system, which covers public workers everywhere in Illinois except Chicago.

Principal Podcasts Get to the Point Whether they launched their podcasts at the suggestion of a parent or the gentle prodding of a tech - loving staff member, principals who have tried podcasting repeat the same refrain — it is easy, inexpensive, and effective.

His finest moment is in a scene in which Lipsky — at the prodding of his editor — broaches the subject of Wallace's rumored heroin use.

The prodding of young Roger is all the encouragement we need.

At the prodding of the first movie's groom Doug (Justin Bartha, again used sparingly), Stu reluctantly agrees to extend an invitation to Doug's eccentric brother - in - law Alan (Zach Galifianakis).

When it flirts with more interesting dynamics, like the prodding of his mother or the homophobia of the girlfriend, the film only goes so deep.

With the prodding of his strong mother Jada, he does his best to provide for his son.

One Sunday in January, with the prodding of a friend, I signed up for one of those free online dating sites.

At the prodding of Muir and other advocates, Congress chose preservation.

The new effort - meant to fix that - is the product of the ideas and determination of the group and a new sense of creativity and flexibility by the park district, under the prodding of Supt. Robert Penn..

-LSB-...] to Unfancy + the prodding of a good friend, I've embarked on a new project — the capsule wardrobe.

At the prodding of a family friend Kevin tried golf at age eight.

But now she's practicing more — out of guilt and at the prodding of her husband, former New York Met Ray Knight.

In the film, Jon Favreau is a chef who's lost his passion and, subsequently, his job and, at the prodding of his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara) starts a food truck where he makes great street food... like Cuban sandwiches.

And, through the occasional reminder of the pain and the prodding of the Holy Spirit, I quit participating in the «Let's put them on the pedestal and see how hard they fall!»

But if, as one hopes, there will be 150 or more schools that are authentically Catholic in the manner envisioned by Ex Corde Ecclesiae, that will be in no small part thanks to the thoughtful and firm prodding of Archbishop Michael Miller.

And it was a reporter from The Boston Globe, at the prodding of his editor who had once worked with Pearl, who reached out seeking info on his status, the results of which created the latest hubbub.

The death of his father and the prodding of his wife led him to enter into a series of discussions with Assayas, a French journalist and longtime friend.

To be sure, the FTC hasn't sat idly: At the prodding of privacy groups, for example, it later fined Google more than $ 22 million for violating its settlement because of the way it had tracked some users» browsing habits.

Just a little prod of encouragement and a necessary re-shuffle of formation and

That disclaimer out of the way, however, there is much to recommend about this adventure, especially for the attention - deficit generation weaned on the cattle - prod of incessant electronic stimulation.

The road opens up right outside the hotel and a quick prod of the Sport button releases the full vocal range of the exhausts as we head off down the straight.

The eight - speed automatic transmission lives to downshift, and will happily do so with even the lightest prod of the pedal.

Any extended prod of the accelerator sees the rear tyres squirming and the vast orange bonnet rising slightly before chunks of Italian back - road are devoured to the accompanying shriek of the supercharger.

Fear not, fellow Americans, for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray's four - cylinder antics are strictly temporary, and the new 6.2 - liter LT1 small - block can be instructed to keep all eight cylinders ready to spin out 460 hp at a prod of the throttle.

Sometimes a prod of the throttle whips the tiny V - 6 into a delightful, power - producing frenzy, while the same throttle input at a similar engine load might on a different day produce a markedly more lackadaisical response.

Like with all AMGs, the engine starts with a boom, pulses at idle and roars with every prod of the throttle.

Either a little lift or prod of the throttle depending on the situation can have the rear of the car moving, and such is the beautiful poise of the V8 Vantage with its engine tucked all the way back up under the dash that it feels like an easy, fluid transition of the load from front to rear.

Other than the noise, the engine's characteristics don't change; the rev needle pings round the dial with every prod of the throttle and it accelerates through the first third of its nine gears at a remarkable speed.

Even so, the shortage of cornering stick from the five - link, independent rear suspension means you use a gentle prod of the throttle can counter the car's tendency to run wide in high - speed corners, initiating a little oversteer to better balance the car.

But the touchscreen itself is sometimes slow to respond and requires a heavy prod of the finger.

If the tarmac was even the slightest bit damp and you were suitably talented, you could have the car sideways at the drop of a hat (and a single prod of the ESP button).

Sadly, the grippy Alcantara wheel is gone but as soon as the 4.2 - litre V8 starts with the twist of a key and a prod of the starter button located on the transmission tunnel, it hardly seems to matter.

Yep, this isn't the work of a simple prod of a button on the dash — you actually have to get your hands dirty.

Still, with near 50/50 weight distribution and quick steering, the Aston's line through a bend can be altered at will with a prod of the accelerator pedal — there's real entertainment to be had here.