Sentences with phrase «someone leaning against»

«Based on current knowledge, the case for leaning against the wind is limited, as in most circumstances costs outweigh benefits.»

As the tax plan advanced in Congress, forecasting shops at Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and others penciled in a faster pace of Fed rate increases — essentially expecting the Fed would need to lean against the inflationary outcome.

If tax policy should be doing anything to change the income distribution, I would prefer it lean against these strong winds of inequality rather than making life still easier for those at the top.

Some argue that monetary policy should «lean against» incipient asset bubbles.

Confronted with the choice of whether to «lean» or to «clean» — leaning against emerging financial imbalances by keeping interest rates higher than they otherwise would be or cleaning up in the event the risks they create are realized by providing stimulus — central bankers at that time generally agreed that cleaning would be best.

That shouldn't stop exchanges concerned about their reputations and corporate governance standards from leaning against the fashion — perhaps by limiting dual classes to the first five years of public ownership, or capping nonvoting stock at, say, 25 percent of all shares.

Empirical research shows that a buildup of household debt in the economy makes a financial crisis more probable, so we wanted to understand the costs and benefits of leaning against financial imbalances through tighter monetary policy.

We expect the Fed to continue to gradually lift real interest rates over the forecast horizon, leaning against easy financial conditions, particularly as unemployment rates are already low.

They all struggle with how do you lean against the American healthcare system?

«There must be opportunities if you can construct a platform that will allow you to lean against biases in general.

A sound financial system also requires macroprudential tools to lean against credit cycles.

I have sat in the shade leaning against its rough, ridged bark, noticing how its roots distend and break through the surface of the soil, as I read a book or watch my children ride their bikes.

And then there he was, born while I was leaning against our old truck, standing up, into my own hands, nearly 9 pounds of shrieking boy - child humanity, welcomed by my uncontrollable laughter and his father's uncontrollable relief - tears.

I would lean against the side of the tub into Brian's arms for the contractions (he thanked his high school football coach often for teaching him a good three - point stance as he maintained it for almost 2 hours!).

The rabbis explain this term like two posts of equal weight leaned against one another.

One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was at the table, leaning against Jesus» breast.

I lean against the elevator wall and feel the sweat course down my face.

He sipped it, leaning against the refrigerator.

It is the help that opposes, two parts of equal weight leaning against each other to stay stable and strong.

• Capital punishment: I currently lean against capital punishment as an institutionalized practice or as a matter of justice, but am working through this one at the moment.

After the service, Anthony leaned against his car, smoking a cigarette, his three earrings and star and dove tattoos bold in the sunlight.

Alexandra drew her shawl closer about her and stood leaning against the frame of the mill, looking at the stars which glittered so keenly through the frosty autumn air.

Wide awake, I lean against the door and slide slowly down into a sitting position, watching the night's carnival, waiting, amazed, for the sun to rise.

The biggest clue we have is the Bible and it seems to lean against sin, even speaking of the bondage of sin.

The little sleep he allowed nature to take was snatched in a sitting posture, his head leaning against a piece of wood fixed in the wall.

As they lean against a window overlooking a garden in Ostia, the conversation of mother and son becomes so exalted that they begin to ascend toward «that Wisdom by which all things are made» — and then, «for one instant attain to touch it.»

The 40 - something leaned against the wall, then stood straight, looked at the group and spoke the words:

Most of our congregations, and a great deal of our theological tradition, lean against change.

Sometimes it seems the most respectful thing you can do is just slice them up and eat them raw, maybe a sprinkle of salt, leaning against the kitchen counter.

And, I have to admit, I wanted to photograph the cookies stacked up Martha Stewart style, with that one cookie leaning against the stack.

can't wait to have your new cook ~ art ~ inspirational book join my familie of favorite & dog - eared loved cookbooks on the ladder leaning against the wall (where Super Natural Cooking has happily resided for a few years now)... as a native northern californian (sacramento) now living in the netherlands 9 years, i can honestly express my heartfelt gratitude to you for bringing a huge part of «home» to me here and feeding my pride as a northern californian, as well as making me & all my loved ones here very happy with your recipes!

You have to come around lunch time and eat outside leaning against a dingy wall.

Continue stacking tamales around the ball, leaning them against one another.

Though I am getting more confidant and I didn't lean against it.

The silver bicycle that I got for Christmas is still leaning against the fireplace, ridden only once — in a snowstorm, in a fit of cabin fever, for one full block.

I sit down, lean against a tired tree and watch the water as I crunch an apple.

I used to go stand at the North Bank as a kid and got there as early as I could to try and get a position where I could lean against a barrier.

(Boog puts down the bat and leans against it in a typical batting posture as he looks out at the audience.

The Sonoma Drift makes its home on the west side of the grounds in a parking lot that's enclosed with concrete barriers for the occasion, a jubilant crowd pressed shoulder to shoulder and leaning against a second fence a buffer zone beyond.

The autograph - seekers leaned against shelves that held volumes by Joyce and Wilde and Beckett.

In otherparts of Ireland, a great half pound of butter is buried in a mound of potatoesa foot high, and slices of fried Irish bacon lean against the pile.

Some are lazy and like to lean against the starting gate, a habit that makes them come out sideways when it opens.

A short, thin, older black gentleman wearing a straw hat and holding an umbrella is leaning against the truck.

He does so with contempt, his 6» 6 frame leaned against the corrugated metal locker, an iPad in his lap playing Snootie Wild into his headphones.

«It had to be American,» he says, «because leaning against it, clear as a bell, was one beer can.»

Before the Rattlers» 2010 homecoming game the brothers leaned against a storage shed near the field and cried tears of joy.

Amazed at her good fortune, she moved to the side of the car and leaned against a 36 - inch - high concrete barrier.

«As with folded arms I leant against the left goalpost, I enjoyed the luxury of closing my eyes, and thus I would listen to my heart knocking and feel the blind drizzle on my face, and hear in the distance the broken sounds of the game, and think of myself as of a fabulous exotic being in an English footballer's disguise composing my verse in a tongue nobody understood about a remote country nobody knew.

• The dad who snapped at the incredibly nice workers at a kiddie event because they forgot to give his daughter a paper plate for a crafting project... then gave my kid a dirty look when he accidentally moved a plastic table while leaning against it... and then showed off his plumber's crack while watching his kid eat pizza.

Again a good breastfeeding position for an older child, sitting upright and leaning against your shoulder.