The photograph in her locker serves as a constant nudge away from lethargy toward vigor.
Actually luck doesn't have that much to do with it; it's just this constant battering away at this monolith".
Indeed, private investment tends to follow well-funded public investments, that are of course undermined by the constant bashing away at the ability of government to collect tax revenue.
Then there's the constant chipping away at their credibility, wild accusations thrown at them – from fixture lists to opponents throwing matches, from refereeing conspiracies to the far more pernicious, unfounded, accusation of drug use.
I suggest that the path we do not want to go down is the constant chipping away of our laws and regulations by those who claim special treatment because of the requirements of any religion.
The liberalisation process is, says Mr Lowe, "a constant grinding away at the nitty-gritty of anti-competitive behaviour .Even executives of the industry being pushed to liberalise have some kind words for the Eurocrats.
In addition, the rate allocation is a constant factor away from the optimal solution to the corresponding flow problem.
The paper provides a proof that using their LP formulation, all needed packet transmissions can be feasibly scheduled and that their solution to the maximum concurrent flow problem is a constant factor away from the optimal.
At the moment, all politicians operate in a political funding system that acts as a constant drag away from equality.
If you're an aviation enthusiast, the constant whittling away of the do-it-all aircraft's features, which in many cases actually amounts to adding weight and taking away maneuverability, must hurt a little bit too.
