Sentences with phrase «still under the gun»

It doesn't matter that Motorola's quarterly earnings are breaking records — GC Peter Lawson is still under the gun to cut costs, reports The Lawyer, a UK publication.

While a handful of cases have been thrown out as a result of unreasonable delay, with others pending, and the Crown dropping less pressing matters to free up court time, the judicial system is still under the gun.

Not exact matches

But in an industry where one major account can determine financial success or failure, Nadal's MDC model will be under the gun to prove it's still the real deal and not just false advertising.

Newcastle have shown a resilience to their game under Alan Pardew and are currently enjoying a decent spell in the league having lost just one of their last eight, but they're up against a resurgent Bolton who are gunning for their fourth consecutive victory in all competitions and did recently end a six - match losing sequence on the road, albeit having still to arrest their current six - match losing streak in the league away from home.

Kids can still come in contact with a gun at a neighbor's house, when playing with friends, or under other circumstances away from home.

While we're still 17 months until November 2018 and the political environment could change, Republicans are likely to be under the gun.

They say the law as written presents a conflict because the 10 round magazines are still allowed at shooting ranges and sporting competitions, but under the impending ban, gun owners would no longer be allowed to buy them in New York for those purposes.

Two months after it passed the state legislature, Florida's latest gun reform law is still under scrutiny from gun control and pro-gun advocates alike.

It still stands, they settled for negotiated annual licensing fees, and now the rest of the industry is under the gun.

She flew down the hall, toward the back of the house, slipped into the closet under the stairs, went through the secret wall panel, pulled up the trapdoor on the floor, and scampered down the ladder one - handed, the gun still clutched in the other.

Neither Megumi nor Aoshi is under his employ, however, but he's still got that gatling gun of which he is so fond.

Put a gun to my head and I'll probably blabber the Strike series, Alex Kidd or Destruction Derby but then that would still be under duress.