Sentence examples for trimming about from inspiring English sources

The retailer, which has about 1,500 stores, closed 3 stores in the quarter, trimming about 240 jobs.

Trimming about two inches from the sedan's length and wheelbase, and an inch in height, the Coupe loses some practicality: rear legroom shrinks by five inches and the trunk is about 15 percent smaller.

UBS, for instance, has decided to get out of most debt trading and is trimming about 10,000 jobs.Against this backdrop there is one part of bankers' pay that is likely to rise.

The cuts, trimming about 15,000 troops, would not, however, affect Britain's commitment to maintaining its current level of 9,000 soldiers in southern Iraq, deployed in support of American troops farther north, the government said.

The announcement of the Atlanta closing came two days after Mead said it would close plants in Michigan and Indiana, taking up to $6 million in charges and trimming about 205 jobs to reduce costs.

At the same time, the Walt Disney Company said it was trimming about 50 employees, including a number of managers, at its storied Miramax unit, which cut output by more than half, to about three films a year.

Brooks's deal trimmed about $5 million of the $11.7 million he would have counted against the salary cap.

Having trimmed about $6.5 billion in long-term debt from the balance sheet since the end of 2002, it can now use that cash flow to generate renewed growth.

Mr. Van Rompuy's proposal seeks to trim about €25 billion, or about $31 billion, from farm spending.

It has so far trimmed about half the jobs it said it would as it consolidates.

"They are trimmed about eight times over the years to get their beauty.