Sentence examples for getting ready to lay from inspiring English sources

In New York, governor David Paterson has run out of ways to put off budget cuts and is getting ready to lay off thousands of state employees.

Mr. Malloy's office is getting ready to lay off up to 6,500 workers, and the governor has announced reductions in sports and arts programs in schools and a cutback in services for AIDS patients and for the elderly.

THANKSGIVING DAY, which this year falls on Thursday November 24th, is fast approaching and retailers in America are getting ready to lay out their wares in the hope that the annual stampede by shoppers will be bigger and better than ever before.

Todd Walker, handling the bat gingerly, like a conductor's baton, maybe getting ready to lay down an especially dainty, or precise, bunt, offers advice that could apply to baseball, photography, and life: "Shoot straight and, as they say in golf, keep your eye on the ball".

NBC refuses to confirm it, but Wall Street sources say the Peacock network is getting ready to lay off 10% of its staff, or 600 people.

It seems HTC is getting ready to lay off nearly a quarter of its workforce by cutting 1,500 jobs in its manufacturing unit in Taiwan.

Quotes some of the homilies by which Greer lived his life, e.g., "When you're getting ready to lie, don't smile," "Retired people lie under a tree and play checkers, and first thing you know they're gone".

It's when the Beach Boys return from touring, and get ready to lay down the album's vocal tracks, that conflict sets in.

As they formed up by the Cenotaph and get ready to lay their wreaths, I overheard two women talking on my right.

As President Obama gets ready to lay out his vision of health care reform on Wednesday, it is important to note that the debate on the issue to this point has been, in reality, nonexistent.

Also for free, in the Winter Gardens (on Surrey Street) you should bring a pillow and get ready to lie on your back, as an inflatable full-dome planetarium screen will be set up, showing multiple screenings of Coral: Rekindling Venus, a mind-boggling film about psychedelic coloured coral reef, the colours of which are affected when the planet Venus comes through the atmosphere.