• In practice, given that agriculture is often unprofitable for many years, the IRS is unlikely to hold your feet to the fire immediately on that one.

    FORBES: Investment Guide: Flings

  • More than 1, 100 firefighters remained in Ruidoso as they fight to hold the Little Bear Fire that is now 60 percent contained.

    MSN: Nuns, Boy Scouts among new wildfire evacuees

  • The conservative or Coalition opposition is determined to hold her feet to the fire by not granting proxy-vote courtesies in the new session that begins Tuesday in Canberra.

    FORBES: Aussie politics: Much like US

  • "I like some of the things that the Democratic candidates are saying, but you have to hold their feet to the fire, " he said.

    CNN: Nader eyeing another White House run

  • In other words, does he want them to hold their fire in the interests of creating this atmosphere that he talked about yesterday?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The U.S. hopes the threat will "hold Saddam Hussein's feet to the fire" on compliance with U.N. requirements for inspection and monitoring of Iraq's weapons program.

    CNN: AllPolitics - U.S. Officials Stand Firm Against Iraq

  • "The retreat in consumer price inflation in June boosts the case for the Bank of England to hold fire on interest rates for many more months to come to give the fragile, faltering economy every chance to develop growth momentum, " said Howard Archer, economist at IHS Global Insight.

    BBC: UK CPI inflation in surprise fall to 4.2% in June

  • Environment Minister Lord De Mauley told the meeting that he found the MP's arguments persuasive and he believed the government should hold relevant bodies' "feet to the fire" to pursue possible alternatives.

    BBC: Hot branding ponies 'indefensible' and must end, says MP

  • "Additionally, a couple of windows appeared to have been opened before the fire took hold, " Mr Riley said.

    BBC: Fernhust fire death prompts murder investigation

  • But it is too early to tell if this really is a sign that Mr Abbas is persuading the militants to hold fire, or whether it was simply a brief lull to mark this week's Muslim festival of Eid.

    ECONOMIST: Abbas sends in his men | The

  • While no official cause of the crash has been named, sources have told CNN that 150 of the oxygen generators -- improperly packed and stowed in the DC-9's cargo hold -- are believed to have ignited the fire that brought down the plane.

    CNN: Main banner

  • The new commissioners will have the power to hire and fire chief constables, hold them to account and set the forces' budgets.

    BBC: Harriet Yeo

  • The fire quickly took hold as the stairwell acted like a chimney, forcing many of the occupants to jump from the building or climb down drainpipes.

    BBC: Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson

  • And hopefully constituents will hold people's feet to the fire that love to give great speeches about creating jobs and then send people home off the job sites.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • These would have been cut by even more had the companies not persuaded the rating agencies to hold fire while they try to flog any assets they can.

    ECONOMIST: Is the end in sight?

  • It was designed with a specific purpose in mind, which was to hold Congress's feet to the fire, which is what everybody said at the time would be the effect of the provision.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • As for the sequester, it was designed, again, in this act of Congress, voted on by members of both parties and signed into law by this President, specifically to be onerous, to hold Congress's feet to the fire.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The cease-fire between the government and the Kachins pledges to hold a political dialogue and to resettle displaced people, estimated in the thousands.

    WSJ: Myanmar Town Restive After Clashes

  • Gibson made an immediate impact by playing a major part in the Republic's third goal on 54 minutes with Christiansen unable to hold the substitute's long-range shot and Long reacting to fire home the rebound from 12 yards.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Internationals | Denmark 0-4 Republic of Ireland

  • "The real question is whether the cease-fire will hold, how long it will hold, and whether it can be used to build upon and improve the situation and crisis, " said Haim Malka of the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

    CNN: Truce takes effect between Israel and militants in Gaza

  • Last week, Treasury minister Ian Pearson said he would hold all banks' "feet to the fire" to ensure customers were treated fairly.

    BBC: RBS offers to delay repossessions

  • Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle hold the top four spots on the Amazon worldwide best seller charts since launch.

    FORBES: Kindle Fire HD Best Selling Product From Amazon

  • While no official cause of the crash has been identified, the mislabeled canisters, which actually contained oxygen-making chemicals, are suspected of starting a fire in the plane's cargo hold.

    CNN: Main banner

  • To prevail in the primaries, Mr Romney had to blitz the airwaves at great expense, while Mr Obama, as the unopposed Democratic nominee, has been able to hold his fire.

    ECONOMIST: The Obama campaign

  • On Wednesday Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Mitchell that the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza would hold only if Hamas -- which rules Gaza -- ends weapons smuggling into Gaza and halts rocket fire into Israel.

    CNN: Top Obama envoy in Gaza peace mission

  • Four fire crews have been there overnight trying to hold back the flames - which were at one point threatening to engulf properties.

    BBC: Wildfire

  • An epilepsy patient could have a pacemaker for the brain: An electrode array like Donoghue's could pick up signals that lead to a seizure, and a stimulator could fire and reset the brain before the seizure takes hold.

    FORBES: Technology

  • Johnson had quickly established his eminence in the forties on 52nd Street, his sober, deliberately gloved tone partnering a rapid-fire execution that allowed him to hold his own with the trumpets and saxophones of the bebop small group.

    NPR: 'Blue Note Records, The Biography'

  • This covers not only teenaged boys, getting a thrill by watching a fire take hold and spread, but those motivated by the "hero factor" - people who want to be involved and to take the credit for fighting the blaze.

    BBC: NEWS | Europe | Inside the mind of the fire starter

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定