Sentence examples for have a choke from inspiring English sources

As a condition of Vodafone's acquisition of Mannesmann, British regulators ordered that Vodafone sell or spin off Orange; otherwise, Vodafone would have a choke hold on the British market.

"You have a choke point where millions of writers are trying to reach millions of readers," Mr. Petrocelli said, "but if it all has to go through a narrow funnel where there are only four or five buyers deciding what's going to get published, the business is in trouble".

In December Obama's response to police violence was again questioned after a grand jury failed to indict a New York City policeman for his responsibility in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed African American man who died after having a choke hold applied to him during his arrest on Staten Island in July.

Everybody has a choke point.

"If every single toy has a choke hazard warning on it, then the warning label becomes meaningless," complains Alison Cassady, author of the U.S. PIRG report.

If your mower has a choke, ensure that it moves without obstruction and can close fully.

Inspectors subtract points (out of 1,000) for various violations, and some of these have nothing to do with cleanliness restaurants can get dinged for not having a choking sign or for not having proper ventilation over a panini press.

They do not have a fuzzy choke, but they still need serious trimming.

It's unlikely, given their state of disrepair, that many Iraqi wells have a storm choke.

It comes as no surprise that pollution has a choke-hold on China's economy, with a recent report suggesting that a staggering 6.5percentt of the country's GDP is being spent on pollution-related costs.

If it has a removable choke tube attached, remove the choke tube before sliding the dowel into the barrel and do not include the choke tube in your measurement.