Sentences with phrase «than chipping away»

This is much faster and r and less messy than chipping away at the bar, warming up the pieces and trying to control them in my now buttered hands.

This silence speaks volumes about a government that has no energy plan other than chipping away at ever cheaper clean technologies.»

The idea seems to be to make each battle feel like a quest in and of itself, to put abilities together in the right way to weaken the enemy and do major damage, rather than chip away bit by bit.

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In recent years, other regulatory attempts at strengthening online privacy rules have also had little effect at chipping away at the power of the largest tech companies, ultimately aiding internet giants rather than hurting them.

Zytiga's future is murkier than the other two drugs because Zytiga's patent protection is expiring later this year and that may lead to the launch of generic drugs that begin to chip away at its market share.

The point is that they are much riskier than a traditional fixed - rate mortgage loan, where the borrower chips away at the principal from day one.

If you are really able to do more than «chip away» at cosmology and evolution, then provide a superior explanation of «divine orchestration» in at least same the level of detail as natural processes you are calling inadequate.

A pack of hot dogs and some chips from the convenience store on the corner is significantly more obtainable than a couple pounds of apples from the supermarket a mile away.

When Pope Francis arrives in America next month, he will undoubtedly find a very different country than did Paul VI, John Paul II, or Benedict XVI.In the past decade, the culture of death has gained momentum (even as pro-life marches and valiant efforts to chip away at it continue), the sexual....

I usually freeze them in specific quantities (i.e.; 1 cup), and label them as such, since there's nothing more infuriating than needing 1 cup of egg whites and trying to chip that away from a frozen - solid block in the freezer.

After a decade in business, Kansas» largest independent craft brewery has found itself squeezed between national brands and taproom - room focused microbreweries — both of which are chipping away at the company's local market share at a time when the industry has grown hypercompetitive (more than 5,600 U.S. brewing companies are now in operation across the U.S.).

That's a mental hurdle more than any physical health one, and we're told from pros who've been wrecked by chip yips that they never realllly go away.

But with less than six minutes remaining in the game, the Spurs trail by just four points, 90 - 86, thanks to a steady chipping away of the lead with penetration by Tony Parker and Tim Duncan and outside shooting form Boris Diaw and Gary Neal.

Rather than spend significant capital, marshalling the necessary resources for a full repeal, Trump is likely to use a more executive strategy, in an effort to chip away at the foundation of Dodd - Frank.

«Rather than pick favorites, we should chip away at all the unknowns,» Millis says.

Physically, the last - level cache is broken into separate memory banks and distributed across the chip; for any given core, accessing the nearest bank takes less time and consumes less energy than accessing those farther away.

After more than 7 years chipping away at the analysis between other projects, Bailey and psychiatrist Alan Sanders of NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute in Evanston, who led the investigation, began to discuss their findings at meetings.

Rather than obsess over big assignments for multiple hours in a short window of time, try chipping away at them over a longer stretch of time.

I am going to instead give away my natural medicine tips for free, and if the Toll House Chocolate Chip Company wants to send me a billion dollar thank you check, they are more than welcome.

I am chipping away at losing weight with a moderate whole - foods - plant - based diet (including some less than perfect foods in smaller and smaller portions) because I am looking for something I can stick with for life.

Burning calories at low intensity for long periods of time activates fat rather than burning glucose, so it will slowly chip away at those fat reserves.

It is easy for filmmakers to chip away at the veneer of larger - than - life historical figures; it is far more difficult to acknowledge genius in a mere human and then construct a movie that attempts to capture both that genius and his or her humanity.

The Elliott animation is more prone to grain than his live - action surroundings, which chips away at the intended seamlessness.

There's nothing better than that, and it's yet one more chip away to show that there can be multiple pathways to success in Korea, not just one, and that the Korean culture can change its views on education.

Under less friendly questioning than earlier in the day, Deasy responded in detail to questions posed by Jim Finberg, attorney for the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the California Federation of Teachers (CFT), who attempted to chip away at the argument that the current tenure and dismissal statutes hurt students, and that removing ineffective teachers is quite possible now.

You can amass a lot of books in the same genre from different authors, for instance, for a more impressive prize, or chip in and give away a more expensive gift than you could manage on your own.

We comprehend that a common understudy has a great deal more imperative things to do than to chip away at his or her assignments daylong.

The point is that they are much riskier than a traditional fixed - rate mortgage loan, where the borrower chips away at the principal from day one.

Mine is quite similar to yours, though I am lucky to have a job that allows me to pay my loans and work at chipping away at my debt much more slowly than I would like to.

Lenders are looking for borrowers whose debt to income ratio is below the 30 % mark so if you're spending more than a third of your income servicing debt each month, chipping away at the balances can boost your odds of getting approved for a loan.

And that doesn't take into account extra income you might earn through a new job or other opportunity; putting any windfall you receive towards your student loan interest helps chip away at your balance and resolves your debt sooner than later.

If you make biweekly payments, you'll be chipping away at your principal balance faster than normal.

Since this is only the interest amount, a graduate would have to pay more than $ 2,000 per year to begin chipping away at the actual $ 30,000 principal they owe.

In other words, the probability of the return on the small - cap stock being farther away from the mean or expected rate of return is greater than the stable blue chip dividend stock.

The PDSA has found owners are giving more than 10 million animals high - calorie foods including take - aways, biscuits, chips and even alcohol

PointsHound has steadily chipped away at my usual hesitation toward booking anywhere other than directly with the hotel.

For the best views in town there is nothing better than just sitting on the old jetty looking back over the water at the sparkling lights of Townsville, whilst eating a take - away feast of fresh prawns, succulent reef fish and chips.

The 32 GB chip tucked away inside the Switch is blatantly less than other home consoles» storage capacities — the PS4 and Xbox One both start at 500 GB.

However, while the game definitely has a unique style and flair, the appeal of this multiplayer paint - blaster chips away much faster than expected.

Dhalsim, older and greyer than before, extends his limbs with grotesque grace, while F.A.N.G. a lithe, rangy combatant throws purple clouds of poison that chip away at his opponent's health bar.

And that doesn't take into account extra income you might earn through a new job or other opportunity; putting any windfall you receive towards your student loan interest helps chip away at your balance and resolves your debt sooner than later.

Moving to Qualcomm's processor is a step away from the in - house HiSilicon chip that's found in many other Huawei devices, but based on our experience with the Ascend Mate 2 it's more than capable of handling what you can throw at it.

Newcomers to the cryptocurrency space are faced with a quandary: to spend months chipping away until they finally acquire a whole bitcoin (assuming it doesn't rise faster than they can buy) or to snap up a cheap coin and become an instant thousandaire.

The increase in economic growth coupled with limited construction is helping to chip away at the more than 1.1 billion sq. ft. of excess space that remains on the market.

The point is that they are much riskier than a traditional fixed - rate mortgage loan, where the borrower chips away at the principal from day one.

I now chip away at projects, I take longer than I use too, but I do get more done this way!!

Nowadays, my reading material is different, but I can still be found munching away on potato chips more than I care to admit!