Sentence examples for expected to shave from inspiring English sources

The reductions were expected to shave about a half-percentage point from economic growth this year.

"That's expected to shave around six tenths of a percent off of GDP growth this year".

The refinancing is expected to shave $500 million from its accumulated debt.

Widows were expected to shave their heads, discard their jewelry, live in seclusion, and undergo regular acts of penance.

But as more signal work is completed, the train is expected to shave more time off the route.

The new stretch is expected to shave three hours off the current seven-hour journey between Munich and Berlin.

It's probably worth running the numbers if you expect to shave your rate by one percentage point.

A developer can expect to shave up to 20 percent off construction costs with modular building largely because labor costs are lower.

The troubled carmaker expects to shave $1.6 billion off its pension liability by freezing its pension scheme for white-collar workers (producing more howls of protest against the drift in corporate America towards defined-contribution pension plans).

"Derivatives used properly have enormous win-win possibilities," says Shapiro, who expects to shave 10% off Chase's $70 million annual electric bill (see By The Numbers).

These days, you're expected to either shave it off or cover it up, whether it be with hair plugs, a good old fashioned showbiz toupee or one of those daft caps that Jason Gardiner from Dancing On Ice was fond of before he, too, took the coward's way out.