So banks have an incentive to keep to a minimum their ratios of capital to loans (or assets).
In looking for a solution, engineers are certainly thinking about how to keep to a minimum the amount of water they recover alongside the oil.
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"The structure of this settlement agreement places moral pressure on the court to keep the fine to a minimum so that the reparation is kept at a maximum, " said Mr Justice Bean, who said he was under pressure to keep the court fine to a minimum.
He said responsible beekeepers try to keep swarming to a minimum but it was "frequently unavoidable".
This time, however, nervous officials were at pains to keep publicity to a minimum.
But no surprise they decided to keep that to a minimum this time.
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Transport officials say the work will be done between 09:00 and 18:00 GMT to keep disruption to a minimum.
Mr Moore told the BBC News Channel the Border Force aimed to keep disruption to a minimum but "would not compromise on the safety and security of the UK".
To keep inflammation to a minimum, Dr. O'Keefe recommends a restricted-calorie diet (similar to the Mediterranean diet), consisting of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, nuts, vinegar, tea, and fish oil, as well as low to moderate alcohol intake.
Pregnant women should walk regularly (with or without a stroller), keep snacking to a minimum, and avoid soda and other sugary drinks, Ostbye says.
Of course, given that it's Evernote's bread and butter, there are also plenty of improvements to the current pairing options, including a "Sync Now" that allows you to sync at any time and a "Sync on WiFi-only" alternative in case you want to keep data usage to a minimum.
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It was important to keep the jostling to a minimum, since the rover was still carrying a soil sample.
My list was copied from the famed checklist the Federal Aviation Administration mandates to keep airline crashes to a minimum.
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But by restructuring the context of my apology I was able to keep bad memories to a minimum and prevail.
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In the meeting, residents were urged to keep waste water to a minimum as concerns about the village's sewage system were raised.
Councillor Matthew Lock said the county council wanted to keep animal suffering to a minimum and make sure drivers, walkers and cyclists were safe.
The Georgians seem content to keep customs duties to a minimum.
The Democrats would like to keep Republican gains to a minimum, especially with the 2000 census and redistricting, as well as the presidential race, around the corner.
You always want to keep potential loses to a minimum.
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Where ports and hardware keys are concerned, HTC's done its best to keep the distraction to a minimum, carving those odds and ends out of the very same plastic as the chassis.
Rome has less than a third fewer taxis per resident than London or Paris, because the Italian taxi guild lobbies and strikes to keep taxi licenses to a minimum and competition non-existent.
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The London-based company Communicaid, which specializes in international cultural training for businesses, advises business travellers to Switzerland to keep small talk to a minimum during meetings and conferences, and to always stay mindful of the time.
The only way to determine the cause of stroke at present is for the patient to have an MRI or CT scan, both of which can take up valuable time in hospital when every second counts to keep brain damage to a minimum.
"I tried to keep the conversations to a minimum because Mr. Greene is so unpleasant to deal with, " said Laura Herbert, who worked at both LB Property and LRA Property, adding that Greene screamed at one LRA employee for paying outstanding vendor invoices on his property accounts.
Of course, keywords are critical, but smart users of AdWords technology keep them to a minimum.
So what I said was let's keep them to a minimum, but I couldn't excise them all.
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Scotland Yard earlier defended the heavy police presence which they said had helped keep trouble to a minimum.
Keep trading to a minimum using a low-turnover portfolio management approach.
During the course of the program, Adrian will try and keep costs to a minimum - flying Economy, staying in a budget hotel and using public transport.
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