Sentences with phrase «squeaked through»

I had just squeaked through Organic Chemistry — a chemist I was not.

The problem as I see it for Quebec is that they wont be able to rely on the security aspect because 1) its clear from the narrow scope of the ban (i.e. provincial employees and persons interacting with government) that the intention of the legislation had nothing to do with security and 2) even if it squeaked through the door of s. 1 of the Charter, the court very well could find that such legislation would be ultra vires provincial jurisdiction (admittedly I haven't explored this argument too deeply).

Fortunately, the vote squeaked through in the Senate, and apparently, while it needs to pass the House as well, they have till January to do so?

The law squeaked through the California legislature in early 2010 but has had led to no school turnarounds.

In many ways, Pisha, who squeaked through high school and dropped out of college twice, is the perfect person to oversee research at CAST.

(If this sounds quite a bit like President Obama's struggle to push through his health care bill, which barely squeaked through without the vote of a single Republican, then you're up on current events.)

And thank you for suggesting the trousers to be narrower... -LCB- wouldn't do any good to have narrower * pants * eh -RCB-... I barely squeaked through without looking dumpy, and that's thanks to the heels.

Ground zero could be Saugerties, where Democrat Chris Allen was denied a third term and Republican Mary Wawro squeaked through by six votes.

And Juve squeaked through.

-- So far in the Round of 16, our undervalued teams of Brazil and Netherlands squeaked through to the quarterfinals.

After Anton Stralman pulled the puck off the goal line earlier in game 4 to prevent a goal, a puck squeaked through with less than 1:15 left in the game.

As for Germany, though they were jeered from the pitch, and though Jogi Löw at times looked to be in literal pain, they were given and they squeaked through a proper test.

The North Georgia conference was suspicious of my Chicago - informed theology, but I squeaked through.

It might not be the absolute blowout that it could have been, but they might still squeak through with a victory.

No one really anticipated all the blown calls that would still squeak through.

MADRID — Three thoughts from the Bernabeu as Real Madrid lose 3 - 1 to Juventus on the night but squeak through on aggregate (4 - 3) to the Champions League semifinals.

One that did squeak through was the GOP tax reform, and with mixed reporting on who the tax cuts will benefit, when, and how long for, individuals and businesses may feel swamped by the conflicting information they have been reading and hearing about in the last few months.

Senate Republican leaders evidently think their back - room approach gives them the best chance to devise a health care bill that can squeak through the Senate, given their narrow majority and the policy differences in their conference.

May might be able to squeak through this week.

Spring is trying SO HARD to squeak through this year!

You will still get a weirdo now and then squeaking through the cracks that wasn't weeded out by your specific online dating alga - rhythms; so it is up to you to keep your cool and be honest.

Every so often someone squeaks through on merit alone but it's extremely rare.

The legislation, HR 2264, was signed by the President last month after squeaking through both the House and Senate by the narrowest possible margins.

A hot issue in education today is whether many high school graduates are squeaking through via online credit - recovery courses.

I heard how they applied for balloon mortgages and several other loans to make their home purchases squeak through.

It's nice to know that if a bug manages to squeak through quality control, I can (supposedly) rest assured that developers will be working «round the clock until I'm able to experience their game the way they intended.

On the other hand, utility - scale PV projects can squeak through at less than $ 3.50 per watt (DC).

If you are concerned about being caught by the spam filter, there are a number of ways to ensure your e-mail squeaks through:

You can't squeak through an executive interview like you may be able to do for a lower level job.

Scores on most successful applicants remain well above historical averages, but significant numbers of home buyers are squeaking through with subpar scores.

Not exact matches

Through the church, the neediest were given permission to squeak!

Abandoning that smoke screen upon reaching the gold medal game against none other than powerful Spain — and the rematch everyone had been awaiting for so long, or at least since six days earlier when the U.S. squeaked out a 101 - 68 thriller — Knight had the gall to say the Americans had come through «the toughest draw.»

It flooded through him when he walked onto a basketball court — the jump shots with crumpled paper cups he took as a little boy after every high school game his dad coached, the million three - man weaves, all the sweat and the squeaks and the passion so white - hot that twice during his career he had rocketed off the bench to scream... and blacked out... and five or six times every season the backside of his suit pants had gone rrr - iii - p!

I found that Sophie's safari through the dishwasher took care of her squeak!

I believe you are banking on the last 8 years to see you through to infinity, and you fail to see that you barely squeaked one through less than 100 days after President Obama was elected.

But deciphering stuttered squeaks is no easy task, so researchers set up a computerized model to register stutters through a statistical analysis of vocalizations.

When air is pushed through the whale's nasal passage, it produces extremely high frequency clicks, squeaks and squeals that then echo off objects in the water, enabling the whale to get a high - resolution audio image of its surroundings.

The RPWS team expected to hear a lot of pops and cracks on crossing the ring plane inside the gap, but instead, the whistles and squeaks came through surprisingly clearly on April 26.

It might not ultimately make you feel better about the American nightmare we're all living through, but it might squeak a laugh out of you.

Jesse Eisenberg squeaks his way through as a Bronx boy that tangles himself up in 1950's Hollywood.

At that point, Suburban Infiniti did a thorough go - through for $ 528.82 and replaced a squeaking (and, it turns out, leaking) steering rack under warranty.

I have gone through struts once, several sets of tires but I am still running the original wheel ends with no squeaking or bearing issues.

Not the slightest squeak or rattle could be heard when driving through the winding and oftentimes harsh roads around Loch Lomond.

There's also plenty more creaks and squeaks to be heard in the Mini, and its ride is stiffer and sends jolts through the cabin over potholes.

Fuel filter kept disintegrating, fuel tank cable that opens fuel tank door kept breaking, fuel tank door does not open via button inside car door when it is hot out (have to go through trunk and use emergency release), and brakes squeak no matter what kind are put on.

We've driven the Montero through some of the roughest off - road areas without experiencing a squeak or rattle.

Squeaks with the dual passenger side and driver side rear doors, and rear vision through the interior mirror.

I am going to list the issues we currently have as of 120k miles: 2 broken locks, door trim has fallen off, terrible squeaking noise, A / C broke 3 times, heating won't work, cup holder has fallen off the seat, rear windshield wiper won't work, and the van «screams» when it goes through puddles.

Two youths in dinner jackets served them from a trolley parked outside in the corridor, and their comings and goings through what was generally known as the honeymoon suite made the waxed oak boards squeak comically against the silence.

He heard the sound of a belt buckle hitting porcelain, then a seat squeaking about, then some impatient ruffling through something.