Sentence examples for be slashed at the from inspiring English sources
With the House of Representatives due to pass into Republican control at the beginning of next year and the Democrats' majority in the Senate due to be slashed at the same time, Mr Obama looks set to end his second year in office without having brought forward a plan for immigration reform, let alone getting one enacted.
The trouble is that some customers have reported a less rosy picture: agreed prices suddenly being slashed at the last minute, for example.
The Access to Work budget has been slashed at the same time as the Tories have been telling us there will be jobs for everyone.
Interest rates have now remained at 0.5% for more than six years, after being slashed at the height of the global financial crisis to contain the recession.
Jobs in the financial services industry are being slashed at the fastest rate since 1993, a survey by the CBI and PricewaterhouseCoopers revealed today.
His jewel-tone dresses were slashed at the sides to create ruffles, with sheer insets underneath so that they didn't look so ladylike.
Meanwhile, the government is continuing to pursue an operating license for Yucca, although the proposed financing for that work was slashed at the behest of the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, a strong opponent of the project.
Like the priciest iPhone, it initially cost $200 with a contract from AT&T - the only US network that sold it - but the upfront cost was slashed at the start of September to just 99 cents.
A safari jacket was slashed at the breastbone to make a bustier, a very Gaultier touch; a white top was given horizontal navy stripes (the classic Eurotrash look) with trompe l'oeil Hermès ribbon.
Commissioned to make an epic – "Captain Ahab Out West" – his budget was slashed at the last minute, then he was fired on return before he could edit a frame.
It has also been pre-accredited for the feed-in tariff and, says a spokeswoman, will be one of the last community solar schemes to be guaranteed the subsidy since government support was slashed at the start of the year – but it is on a tight deadline: construction must be completed by 31 August this year.
