Sentence examples for shave up from inspiring English sources

Over all, tax increases and spending cuts could shave up to 1.2 percentage points from growth this year, economists estimate.

Many economists expect the storm to shave up to half a percentage point from growth in the fourth quarter.

Philippos asks me a question that turns out to have great significance: "Do you shave up or down?" he asks.

Rockaway residents who work in Lower Manhattan will soon be able to shave up to 40 minutes off their commute, but many could empty their wallets doing it.

In the past, some have suggested that their O's would do everything from "improve mental clarity" to shave up to 30 seconds off a runner's five-kilometer time.

In doing so, Manhattan-bound commuters will bypass Hoboken, where they now must change to PATH trains, and shave up to 30 minutes from their commute.

We were all shaved up like the Dalai Lama.

According to the Partnership for New York City, excess congestion shaves up to $4 billion a year off the region's economy, and as a result 52,000 jobs are not created.

Messrs Katz and Krueger reckon that the rise of temporary workers could have shaved up to 0.4 percentage points off the NAIRU.Changes in the composition and structure of the workforce are not the only catalysts for altering the relationship between unemployment and inflation.

Since there are only a few PEVs arriving before 19 00, the peak can be shaved up to a certain extent.

Another complaint: Buying an xA hatchback, an xB or a tC coupe takes too long even though Scion's haggle-free "pure-price" strategy shaves up to three hours off the time it typically takes to buy a car.