Sentences with phrase «whittling away»

Teens make mistakes all the time — they need a way to acknowledge that fact without whittling away their sense of self - worth.

First, recent Tory amendments whittling away at judicial discretion in sentencing by increasing the number of offences subject to mandatory minimum penalties will only create new and more tragic examples of cases where a manifestly unjust sentence is required by statute.

Like so many «pesky» warming - peaks of the past that defy CO2 warming theory, USHCN's algorithm is slowly whittling away at original temperature data that otherwise would reveal a more cyclical nature to climate change.

But there's a growing effort to figure out how to attack and solve problems with this fascinating interactive communication tool, with its loom - like weaving of disparate threads and voices, its habit of aggregating dispersed ideas and its propensity for whittling away those backed by flawed logic or evidence.

(Congress is already whittling away at the long - term budgets for these hubs.)

My hope is that the interactions here will be a little bit like the scientific process, whittling away at unsupported arguments, building on areas of agreement and creating a trajectory toward understanding and meaningful action.

No longer relevant is the romantic archetype of the lone artisan whittling away in a ramshackle studio, anticipating long awaited prestige.

The most ubiquitous pay - to - win defenses trotted out by its apologists center on whittling away at the scope of its definition with the introduction of new terminology delineating forms of presumed lesser offenses like «pay for convenience», «pay to skip grind», or «pay to avoid RNG».

The most ubiquitous pay - to - win defenses trotted out by its apologists center on whittling away at the scope of its definition with the introduction of...

Why spend three turns whittling away at a ground unit, when you could push them into a chasm, or right into one of the many map - specific hazards like airstrikes or gaping chasms?

Other than that, continue to use Marking skills to keep tabs on the Baron, give your cursed characters blood, and keep whittling away at him little by little.

Two teams battle against each other, whittling away their point totals as each team member is defeated.

It is the product of more than fifteen years of Blizzard whittling away at a genre they arguably invented, weighing carefully how best to get it right for the most people.

Whittling away titles from your backlog feels so much more meaningful when you've made a record of their completion, rather than letting the experience fade into the aether of your gaming memories.

With Zbrush, artists work through subtraction, whittling away a mass of digital clay, allowing for more control and detail.

During the year's busiest shopping season, we have a few suggestions to help you start whittling away at your holiday shopping list and give a helping hand to New York City's homeless animals!

While you're whittling away at credit card debt, you can still shorten the amount of your car loan without increasing your budget.

Use this podcast simply for good ideas as well as for inspiration to keep whittling away at your financial goals, whether that's getting out of debt or socking away money for particular goals.

Swalwell himself is in the process of whittling away at $ 100,000 in debt.

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The payment plans help you keep yourself afloat financially while still whittling away at any remaining debt you may have.

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After you get rid of that you concentrate on whittling away your student loans.

When our mental functioning is whittling away and our mind becomes a lame duck, perception does not form the context anymore and all connections on the social chessboard are conked out.

Since then, I've been whittling it away.

Dodge Caliber: Dodge's unloved small car ceased production in December, but dealers are still whittling away at leftover inventories.

What cutting - edge, flavor du jour will have us whittling away our time at the next professional development stint?

It mostly entails the epic battle against dry skin, satisfying your beach bound wanderlust via Pinterest, and whittling away at your winter gourd stash.

My goal is now to continue whittling away at excess body fat through low - impact aerobics, weight training, and some HIIT in conjunction with a keto diet.

Whether they were canned or fresh, you probably snuck them under the table to your dog in the hopes that your mom didn't notice you weren't the one whittling away at that little green pile.

THE US is ahead of Europe and Japan in 27 technologies that the US considers essential to its military and economic competitiveness, but both Japan and Europe are whittling away at US dominance, according to a new report from the Clinton administration.

Kenyan conservationists are battling a plan to route a rail line through Nairobi National Park — another case of development whittling away at nature reserves

Extra staff and more than two dozen volunteers worked thousands of hours meticulously whittling away 66 million years of sediment that entombed the dinosaur bones.

CHIP's Engel painted a dire situation for the industry if Democrats succeed in dismantling the IDC, saying that the party would quickly start whittling away at all the pro-business protections in place.

Giving it to the Tories or UKIP is unimaginable; shifting support to the Liberal Democrats is highly unlikely given the enthusiasm with which Vince Cable has embraced the recommendations of the Beecroft Report and the further whittling away of individual and collective employment rights.

Unlike MORI's poll the changes are well within the margin of error, but it's a further whittling away of the Tory lead.

The former president said he had restrained himself from commenting on governance issues after losing the presidential seat to the NPP's Nana Akufo - Addo, because he believed that every new government needed time to settle in office, but «it looks like NPP is whittling away its honeymoon period with the mistakes that it is doing.»

The whittling away of a Unionist majority at Stormont following March's Assembly elections arguably acts as a profound disincentive to do so.

Ibrahimovic will turn 35 in October and in his veteran years has become a slow - moving, spectacular artillery piece of a striker, capable of whittling away defences with his shooting and holding the ball up for teammates.

I enjoy your blog, whittling away free time in the office reading about bombastic and amazing cuisine from the US and all over the world.

There are a number of ways in which evangelicals are whittling away at the doctrine of separation, and in effect are «standing the founding fathers on their heads.»

We should know by now that almost every major technology introduced in the name of expanded personal choice sooner or later is overtaken by cultural patterns and practices that finally shape everyone's behavior, whittling away almost to nothing the range of the choice.

Since then, insurers have adjusted by whittling away at the benefits that came with variable annuities, imposing variable annuity investment restrictions on advisors, and sticking to their «derisking» strategies.

Among the financial commentariat, there's quite a bit of worry that the most important post-crisis regulations will be whittled away in the coming years, setting us up for another meltdown.

But Moscow has whittled away at the edge Western navies gained after the Cold War.

Ever since Apple introduced Touch ID in 2013, privacy law experts have been sounding the alarm about the way biometrics can whittle away at your right against self - incrimination.

Overhead on these businesses is low, but any savings can be whittled away quickly by lack of business.

But you know what happens to bids in negotiations: They get whittled away, the terms get changed, and, sometimes, the whole negotiation breaks down under the force of an ultimatum from one of the parties involved.

After that, rising consumption could whittle away at the latent surplus capacity.

«The bottom line, the company has become a stranded asset that's likely to see continued erosion in value as restructuring (s) whittle away at its assets, including US $ 2.6 [billion] in cash and investments.»