Sentences with phrase «talk of aiming»

Once she realized his talk of aiming «to strengthen ethics and introduce greater transparency and accountability» was just talk, she quit.

Talking of aiming low, aren't we already low, as we have been aiming low for years... Campbell, Ox for me are lows....

In fact, the Paris Agreement talked of aiming to keep them «well below 2 °C», but 1.5 °C has always been an ideal limit.

Not exact matches

In a scientific community that is starting to talk about fusion in terms of pennies per kilowatt - hour, General Fusion aims to build a cheaper alternative to the multi-billion-dollar reactor designs.

The benefits of trade should be shared more widely, he said, with a system that does more to include poor countries, small firms, marginalised groups and entrepreneurs — an apparent nod to anti-globalisation activists who say that secretive trade talks are exclusively aimed at helping big business.

His visit was partly aimed at bolstering support in Congress for NAFTA at a time when tax legislation is consuming lawmakers» attention and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is growing frustrated with the slow pace of NAFTA talks.

Perhaps sensing the troubles of his closest ally, Cuban President Raul Castro in December agreed to talks with the U.S. aimed at normalizing relations, a move expected to fuel growth in the communist - run economy.

The talks, known as the Doha round, were launched six years ago with the aim of adding billions of dollars to the global economy and lifting millions of people out of poverty through trade liberalization.

To achieve your aim — getting paid — it's important to get the name of all the people you've talked to, especially if they've made a commitment.

News of the sale comes as North and South Korea hold their first talks in more than two years aimed at solving the crisis over the North's nuclear missile program.

International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has walked out of talks aimed at addressing Belgian opposition to the Canada - EU Trade Agreement, stating:

When JPMorgan first started to talk about the botched trades — some of which are still open positions they are trying to unwind — the bank said that they had grown out of hedges aimed at protecting the bank against losses on the bank's large bond portfolio.

American, Canadian and Mexican officials are meeting in Montreal this week for a sixth round of talks aimed at renegotiating NAFTA.

During the meetup, Mr. Chen Rong, founder of Elastos, delivered an inspiring speech to talk about the aim of Elastos towards the development prospects of blockchain.

The report, which was first made by Sky News, says that Google is in «advanced talks» to place a minority $ 30 million stake in Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and invest an undisclosed amount that is somewhere in the range of «hundreds of millions of dollars» in Sir Richard Branson's ambitious space tourism venture, which aims to take well - heeled clients who can pay $ 200,000 for a ticket to an orbital space flight around the Earth.

The 359 - page report was made public as U.S. officials were in Mexico City for the latest round of talks aimed at renegotiating the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.

Today's talk is intended to be part of a vigorous debate currently going on in the international community about which exchange rate regime should (and, more specifically, should not) be adopted in emerging countries, with this particularly aimed at countries which are undergoing financial deregulation.

HONG KONG (Reuters)- NIO Capital, an investment firm founded by leading Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO, is in talks with prospective investors to raise up to $ 500 million in a dollar fund aimed at the country's auto sector, people with knowledge of the plans said.

I know having shared this with other men, I am not alone in this and the kind of issue I am talking about it every bit as in need of attention as other forms of sexism that we have been discussing if equality is the aim.

One of the ministers» principal aims was to reach out to the local white community, especially the clergy and churches, looking for a chance to talk about the changes whites were having to face.

One could point out, quite accurately, that Whitehead talks about God and the world in such a way that it is very clear that while God proffers a subjective aim which, if accepted, would result in the greatest good possible under the circumstances, actual entities sophisticated enough to entertain complex contrasts of feeling also thereby have genuine freedom of choice with the result that they are free to reject the aim proffered by God, free to turn their backs on God's lure toward the best possible tomorrow.

But the intelligibility of the talk, and the listener's understanding of it, are still not the talk's true aim.

The vast amount of money spent by the right - leaning Super-PACs were largely aimed at talking to a small fraction of middle - class white women.

The proper interpretation of Lamarckian notions in genetics thus depends fully on knowing «what» we are talking about: all new patterns of efficient causation in animal bodies can be traced to some occasions» subjective aims.

«The ultimate aim of the Fellowship can only be to intensify our sense of kinship with the universe to the mystic degree - to that point when the individual feels as if he and the universe were madly in love with one another», Younghusband said in a talk at Westerham in Kent (31).

While Sidney B. Simon at the University of Massachusetts and his colleagues claim that their values - clarification approach «does not aim to instill any particular set of values,» they certainly reveal their ideological bias toward the autonomous, bourgeois, rationalistic self when they talk about «learning a process for selecting the best and rejecting the worst elements contained in the various value systems.

Aiming to highlight the advantages of meat - free eating, it will include 140 stalls, talks, cookery demos, workshops, arts and crafts, short films, five all - day bars and music in the evenings.

Grocery wholesaler Metcash is in talks to set up joint ventures with publicans in Queensland and NSW as part of a strategy aimed at boosting its liquor distribution revenues.

Milan Shah talks about the aims of the 2016 International Year of Pulses and the potential for industry to embrace pulses to foster innovative, nutritious NPD and culinary practice.

After hounding me with tales of Ballybunion and Irish caddies and Guinness stout and how far right you have to aim a sand wedge shot in a 50 - mile - an - hour, right - to - left wind, he finally talked me into going, which led to another first.

i just hope for the day one of the leading figures in arsenal retire and talk / write what really happened in this period and who has the fault for what, kroenke, gazidis, wenger, usmanov etc. we shouldnt even trust usmanov fully this is like the perfect time for him to instigate the hate against everbody in arsenal to achieve what he wants, he could probably be also one who just wants to satisfy his own aim: /

African players with a few million squid tend to be satisfied, instead of aiming for the top constantly, well thats talk for another day.

I guess if we should also aim at players of Jovetic quality then either Ozil and Alexis are low quality or you are talking xxxxx

Captain Emily, aiming to make sure of victory, delivered a rousing «I have ibuprofen» team talk the following morning that looked to have provided the impetus that was needed.

Of course while the talk is of Benzema Arsenal could really be aiming for otherOf course while the talk is of Benzema Arsenal could really be aiming for otherof Benzema Arsenal could really be aiming for others.

i'm often faced with the question «what have you achieved with your so called branded beautiful football» and in my quiet time, i think about it and i came up with a conclusion that all teams vie for one main reason,» to win trophies» which we have lacked in the last six years.As an Economist, i understand Arsene wenger's mentality, philosophy, youth developmental project, rebuilding and most especially, the sole aim of puting Arsenal's financial stability in order but he should also understand that the only consolation we fans get after paying to watch Arsenal despite the high ticket prices which's about the costliest in the league is winning trophies, the ability to say amongst other footballing fans that we have a great squad that plays good football and win trophies.That's what i'm talking about!!!

We're talking about a bit of retail therapy with one aim:

The film really pulls no punches aiming to dispel the junk food industry's strongest talking points: it's all a matter of personal responsibility; we can just exercise our way to health; and we don't need government regulation.

He said Thursday's talks aim «to improve the quality of lives for both people of Mexico and the United States by combating drug traffickers and finding ways to bolster both our economies through a broader relationship that promotes commerce and legal immigration.»

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held talks Wednesday with four Arab states boycotting Qatar as part of a round of intense shuttle diplomacy aimed at resolving the regional crisis.

Mr Cameron is in the Belgian capital for talks with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso, and the commissioners for trade and the environment, but he will also use the opportunity to reassure Tory MEPs of his aims in the EU.

Straight - talking, anti-establishment, fiercely anti-austerity, and aiming towards the establishment of a new politics, Jeremy Corbyn and Pablo Iglesias, the leader of the Spanish radical left wing party, Podemos, represent a pan-European phenomenon giving expression to discontent and feelings of abandonment.

In a previous article, I talked about a new research project that aims to fill some of the gaps in our knowledge about democracy promotion.

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The speech by Nick Clegg at the Mansion House talks about both the commitment to end the structural deficit by 2018 (which is relatively uncontroversial) while also committing the party to George Osborne's aim to reduce debt as a proportion of GDP by 2016 - 17.

The counterintuitive solution being talked about most on the Scottish Labour left in the case of a Corbyn victory is to demand full autonomy from a Corbyn - run UK party, and to use a newly empowered conference (alongside new policy - making bodies soon to be established in Unite and potentially in other unions) to restate the socialist aims of the party.

But green groups haven't hesitated to take aim at Trump online, with the Natural Resources Defense Council criticizing his recent move to rescind climate standards for federal infrastructure and the League of Conservation Voters praising Miami's Republican mayor, Tomás Regalado, for saying it is time to talk about climate change.

It also assisted his aim of suggesting that he was still in control, by enabling him to talk about things where he and his government might be making some difference, rather than awaiting events overseas.

Responding to the announcement of a climate deal in Paris, Matt Cullen, Head of Strategy at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: «Ahead of the talks in Paris, leading insurance CEOs and executives had urged world leaders to aim for a temperature rise of no more than 2 degrees.

Diabetes UK is raising awareness of the importance of talking about diabetes during Diabetes Week and is aiming to raise # 200,000 throughout the week to expand its Careline — a vital service providing information and emotional support to anyone experiencing emotional distress, anxiety, depression and other difficulties related to diabetes.