It was beyond the scope of our committee's usual practice.
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Thomas, as is his usual practice, did not speak or ask questions.
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It is unclear if price-fixing took place—usual practice for a cartel.
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"This is a usual practice used to attempt to compromise an individual," he said.
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In keeping with Netflix's usual practice, the company did not publicly disclose box office earnings.
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If there is a blockage, the usual practice is to open it with a stent.
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As is its usual practice, the commission did not explain the factors behind its decision.
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Owning and operating property assets is usual practice for AIG and many of its fellow insurers.
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If the court follows its usual practice, the first lawyer will be allowed a brief rebuttal.
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The usual practice in Taiwan, by contrast, is to divide up the company between all the children.
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It is usual practice in Japan for married women to be buried in their husband's family tomb.
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I am beginning to see why Disney refused the usual practice of giving TV critics advance screener copies.
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The sites invert the usual practice of medicine by turning the act of prescribing drugs into a service.
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"Our usual practice was when an allegation came in, I would consult with our legal advisors," Goedert said.
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It is usual practice that Germany abstains in EU votes if ministers from different parties disagree on a policy.
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The source said removing clothes from hostages was a usual practice of terrorist groups trying to avoid being tracked.
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A spokesman for Exxon said it is not the company's usual practice to comment specifically on such personnel matters.
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One of the sources said that, according to usual practice, the ECB had so far only reviewed the issue informally.
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Contrary to the usual practice, notice of the motion was given Wednesday morning and taken up for discussion immediately after.
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Vietnamese coffee is one exception to my usual practice of not sweetening my coffee (the other is Turkish or Greek).
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The Supreme Court, per its usual practice, did not explain why it didn't take Exxon's appeal of the state court ruling.
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Based on the federal judiciary's usual practice for misconduct complaints, that review is likely to end now that Kozinski has retired.
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For many months, the Supreme Court took no action on the request, which was at odds with the court's usual practice.
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Breaking with his usual practice of speaking off the cuff, Trump read from a teleprompter and left without taking questions from reporters.
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As with our usual practice, in all matters relating to our company, we will make the necessary announcements as and when required.
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For the artist, who typically works in drawing and sculpture, this sort of intimate performance is a departure from her usual practice.
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And since I didn't have the confidence to go out and meet someone in the usual practice, I decided to hire an escort.
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Under Cordray, the CFPB initially lost those suits, but Mulvaney departed from the bureau's usual practice by choosing not to fight those rulings.
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The usual practice is that a company's terms of service contain a blanket statement of consent that users never read or agree to.
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Paying upfront was not the Enquirer's usual practice because it would have been costly and endangered the source's incentive to cooperate, he said.
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But Mr. Trump has upended the usual practice by pursuing actions against China that are every bit as aggressive as his campaign messaging.
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The usual practice of treating art and culture as a superfluous aspect of the human experience undeserving of public support is not tenable.
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Natasha Bertrand: The impeachment resolution passed in the House late last month set up a structure that departs from the House's usual practice.
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In other words, the airline will sacrifice revenue from higher-paying customers to cater to those in coach—the opposite of the usual practice.
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The failure to meet the deadline meant Christeson's conviction in state court was never reviewed by a federal judge, which is the usual practice.
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Usual practice at NFL stadiums is to set aside an elevator for the respective coaches of each team, but that didn't happen this time.
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Republican aides say that alternating a single physical copy of an FBI background report between Democrats and Republicans is usual practice for judicial nominees.
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Sanders, who returned home to Vermont on Tuesday night, did not plan a public statement, a departure from his usual practice on primary nights.
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Mr. Powell dispensed with the usual practice of reading the full statement of the Fed's Open Market Committee, which sets rates, before taking questions.
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Sanders, who returned home to Vermont on Tuesday night, did not plan a public statement, a departure from his usual practice on primary nights.
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While mandatory programs can be changed (and sometimes fundamentally altered), the usual practice is to leave the programs alone and fund changes in beneficiaries.
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DHL's contractors will take parcels directly to homes instead of its usual practice of dropping off packages for delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.
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Last term, he wrote two solo dissents — not his usual practice — to warn against what he sees as a words-on-the-page capitulation.
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Which is why Judge Emmet Sullivan scheduled today's hearing: to get a sense of why he's being asked to depart from the court's usual practice.
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The Knicks had a livelier than usual practice on Friday, an attempt by Hornacek to bring a more physical style of play to the team.
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The usual practice at Supreme Court confirmation hearings is for the nominee to refuse to answer questions about issues that may come before him or her.
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In the Stanford case, the woman who said she was assaulted did not publicly identify herself, so we followed our usual practice and withheld her name.
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In the course of the consultation, it is the usual practice of trade negotiations to propose amendments and make adjustments to the text content and related expressions.
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Her life is a stark contrast to the usual practice of Japanese women, she tells CNBC, because 60 percent quit their job after having their first child.
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On Friday, according to their usual practice, the justices will take a preliminary tally in a private session on the case of June Medical Services v. Russo.
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Sanders, who returned home to Vermont on Tuesday night, did not make a public statement after his losses, a departure from his usual practice on primary nights.
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Mr. Comey, who prides himself on being a great communicator, settled on a public announcement, a departure from the F.B.I.'s usual practice of silence on investigations.
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"We want to update the naming of the sea [and] we gave a new name in line with the usual practice: the North Natuna Sea," he told reporters.
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And on Tuesday, when he visited a new Fiat Chrysler Automobiles assembly plant in Detroit, he continued his usual practice of greeting strangers in a hands-on fashion.
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Even so, Trump, in a departure from usual practice that presidents do not comment on Fed policy, said he was worried growth would be hit by higher rates.
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That is the usual practice in Saudi Arabia, but in this case many also see an attempt to prevent further scrutiny — and skepticism — once official conclusions are reached.
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Mr. Wolff, a German, noted that, over all, Ms. Merkel stuck to her usual practice of broad statements so she could finesse the outcome as time goes on.
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And it would be a rare case of the feds pushing the states to try something new, rather than the usual practice of promoting policies already being used widely.
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One foreign owned online publisher who asked to remain anonymous said there had been no contact from the regulator on the new rules, in a break from usual practice.
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The justices began their term in October and, as is their usual practice, aim to make all their rulings by the end of June, with more due on Monday.
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The Library's existing record of Twitter's first 12 years isn't going anywhere, but — as an included white paper points out — it isn't the institution's usual practice to gather data comprehensively.
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Rosneft said, in an emailed response to a request for a comment, that the purchases will allow it to cut transportation costs and are "usual practice in the oil industry".
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MOSCOW, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Russia's finance ministry said on Tuesday it was considering scrapping its usual practice of setting a maximum amount of OFZ treasury bonds on offer next week.
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Amazon is, in keeping with its usual practice, not giving much away about how successful Home Services has been to date, but it's definitely growing in terms of supplier interest.
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Demand in Mexico has grown so strong that more global automakers have started bulletproofing cars on their own Mexican production lines as opposed to the usual practice of after-market armoring.
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H.R.1 would also set up a bipartisan, blue-ribbon panel to vet potential nominees and make public recommendations to the president, which is not the usual practice for other agencies.
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In Egypt, where the usual practice is to remove part of the clitoris, four-fifths of procedures are now done by doctors; in Sudan over half are done by health workers.
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Breaking with the usual practice of not commenting on criminal cases, the prime minister and several members of his cabinet offered messages of support for Mr. Boushie's family after the verdict.
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As early as 19503, Graham told a Chattanooga, Tennessee, crusade that he would not accept the usual practice of segregated seating and personally removed the ropes marking the section for blacks.
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The bank also said that "as is the usual practice," its board would review the bank's dividend settings, a comment analysts believe increases the chances the lender could lower its dividend payout.
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Until recently, the usual practice was to detain suspects using a system known as shuanggui, an extra-legal form of arrest that allowed party members to be held in secret for months.
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The bank also said that "as is the usual practice", its board would review the bank's dividend settings, a comment analysts believe increases the chances the lender could lower its dividend payout.
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As is a usual practice in Croatia, the statement did not name Lovren but said it charged a 29-year old Croatian citizen, citing details from his testimony given a year ago.
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"The requirement of gender-sensitive language in course work on the Religious Activism module and its link to marking is not usual practice and is already under review," Hull University told CNN.
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So much so that I have to issue a blanket apology: While I read all of your notes, I've not been able to reply to all of them, unlike my usual practice.
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In corporate life, the usual practice when firing someone is either to say nothing or to say something nice, on the theory that the unlucky person is likelier to respond in kind.
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IT2: Usual practice I don't need to check my counterparty according to my ethic code, when I have a lawyer in front of me, I do not need to make any due diligence.
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"Based on their usual practice of allowing reflection and further development after issuing significant opinions like Masterpiece, it is doubtful that the Justices will immediately dive back into these treacherous waters," he said.
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In a departure from Lasker's usual practice, there is a sooty-gray, (anatomically) heart-shaped silhouette thinly worked into the middle of the pink-gray field (a similar gesture occurs in "Democratic Beauty").
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The usual practice for big, controversial bills like this is for congressional leaders to ensure they have votes in hand — or at least really close to in hand — before actually taking the vote.
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"The usual practice [when a drone is spotted] is to suspend flights for half an hour, which is the usual battery lifespan for drones," said Parker, head of the drone training company Flyby Technology.
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But that is far from realistic because cultures cost money and take time, discouraging doctors, labs and insurance providers, and also because the usual practice is to quickly treat urinary tract infections with antibiotics.
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But that is far from realistic because cultures cost money and take time, discouraging doctors, labs and insurance providers, and also because the usual practice is to quickly treat urinary tract infections with antibiotics.
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Buhari called for two ministers for Christian and Muslim prayers before the national anthem was played at the start of the closed-door meeting, the usual practice before reporters were asked to leave the room.
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Two consecutive Sundays before the Iowa caucuses, Trump attended morning church services in the state, even breaking from his usual practice of returning to New York City every night to sleep in his own bed.
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On Thursday, the day the show was taped, the writers were informed that they would no longer be allowed to run revised versions of failed jokes to the showrunners, as had been the usual practice.
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Indeed, in the press conference following the BOJ announcement, BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda broke with his usual practice of refraining from commenting on the exchange rate and instead said he was closely watching the yen's movements.
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But this week the palace announced that his health was "not stable", instead of its usual practice of waiting for him to recover from whatever ailment had been troubling him before releasing any information about it.
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In a break with the usual practice by U.S. presidents, Trump has been unusually vocal about the dollar, publicly criticizing its strength several times, though analysts question whether his frequent rhetoric will have a lasting impact.
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In the immediate aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre, the N.R.A. supported an A.T.F. review of bump stock devices, seemingly breaking with its usual practice of fiercely opposing any new restrictions on legal access to firearms.
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The recent meeting eschewed the party's usual practice of tying current events to the triumphs of earlier Communist history and instead set the scene by referring mostly to the congress in 2012, when Mr Xi became leader.
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During a regular media briefing on Monday, China's Foreign Ministry accused Pompeo by name of telling lies, a striking departure from its usual practice of referring to foreign officials as "the relevant person", or using similar wording.
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"As part of our factual accuracy review, and consistent with our usual practice, we are providing witnesses with the opportunity to review portions of the report that relate to them," spokeswoman Stephanie Logan said in a statement.
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Netflix had campaigned heavily for "Roma" to win the first best picture award for a streaming service and broke with its usual practice of allowing the film to debut in theaters three weeks ahead of its online debut.
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A robin's usual practice here is to pick earthworms out of the exposed soil churned up by moles in what passes for a lawn at this house, but there are no worms near the surface on freezing days.
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However, in a workplace that uses pre-employment testing as a screen — the usual practice today — employees have every reason to avoid drug use in the days immediately preceding a test, even if they plan to use drugs later.
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Getting miners to agree fixed-price deals - a break with their usual practice - was a major part of the government's months-long scramble to avert a winter energy crisis and protect power companies' profits from runaway thermal coal prices.
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Taking projected sea-level rise, worst-case scenarios for hurricanes and high tides into account, the facilities at the plant will be elevated by 28500 to 6900 feet rather than the previous usual practice of 2628 to 28503 feet.
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A majority stake in WeWork for SoftBank, which has raised more than $93 billion to create the technology-focused Vision Fund, would be a shift from its usual practice of taking minority stakes in high-profile late-stage startups.
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Tonight's presidential debate may have been functionally the end of the Democratic primary campaign—not just because the forthcoming primaries favor Joe Biden, but because the coronavirus pandemic has made much of the usual practice of a campaign impossible.
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Last year Mr. Trump called for a review of the Treasury's exemption from the usual practice of the budget office doing cost-benefit analyses of regulations issued by government agencies, sparking a turf war between Mr. Mulvaney and Mr. Mnuchin.
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Buhari called for two ministers for Christian and Muslim prayers before the national anthem was played at the start of the closed-door meeting before reporters were asked to leave the room, all of which is the usual practice at cabinet meetings.
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It is bad enough to think that horrific environmental contamination might happen as an accidental side-effect of poor or short-sighted governance, but Linder's project makes it clear that America operates on a business-as-usual practice of intentionally obscured public health hazards.
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The usual practice is that the horticulture department that manages Lalbagh and other similar gardens in the city would auction or sell off the deadwood to timber merchants and wood dealers to be chopped up and carted away with no sentiment for the trees' provenance.
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What is different this time around is that these junior miners are actually intending moving to production, a break with the usual practice of the past of proving up the resource as an exploration company in the hope of attracting a buyout from a larger player.
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Outgoing chairman Norris said Fletcher had signed contracts with fixed costs, a departure from its usual practice of leaving the risk of inflation on clients as the builder sought to win high-profile contracts such as a convention centre in Auckland from casino operator Sky City.
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The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate committee that oversees labor policy is pressing the National Labor Relations Board's chairman to explain why the agency has engaged in a recent spate of rulemaking, rather than its usual practice of deciding key legal issues in individual cases. Sen.
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Mr. Trump's unfiltered exchanges have drawn international attention since the election, most notably when he met Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan with only one other American in the room, his daughter Ivanka Trump — dispensing with the usual practice of using State Department-approved talking points.
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The fact that Senate Republicans, under the leadership of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, have come out to claim a total shutdown of the long-established and usual practice of providing a hearing and a vote, particularly to such a nominee, is outrageous.
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In a departure from the usual practice of assessing tariffs on goods based on the date when they reach American seaports and airports, the Trump administration declared that the increased tariffs on $200 billion a year in goods would be applied only to shipments that left China from Friday onward.
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In July, for example, it took the rare step of announcing the department's lengthy objections to this year's National Defense Authorization Act in a so-called "heartburn" letter, rather than the usual practice of quietly sending such concerns to the committees as part of the negotiations on the final bill.
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Quite apart from the politics of the justices (which is consistent with a split on both standing and the merits), the usual practice in such settings is for at least one justice who voted to dismiss for lack of standing to vote nevertheless on the merits in order to generate a majority opinion.
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For example, deviating from the usual practice, DOE refused to provide an award fee in fiscal year 2016 for "integrated project execution" to CB&I Areva MOX Services, the contractor building a plutonium fuel fabrication factory at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, which is significantly behind schedule and over budget.
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Researchers managed this by eschewing the usual practice of borrowing from how music and speech processing works for algorithmic prediction, which are much better when it comes to predicting predictable paths of travel, and instead came up with a "partial trajectory" method that references real-time trajectory data with a large library of reference trajectories gathered before.
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After a 4-day period in which two trains derailed and another broke down in a tunnel under the Hudson River on the Friday before Easter Sunday, Amtrak officials decided that their usual practice of trying to confine repairs to nights and weekends was not sufficient to keep up with the deterioration of tracks and equipment.
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"A lot of our clients are in a hurry to issue dollar bonds now as they hope to seize the low funding cost window which is different from their usual practice when it took them much longer to make a dollar bond issuance plan," said a debt capital market (DCM) banker at an American bank who declined to be named as he wasn't authorised to speak to the media.
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"It happened to be a full moon on the evening I submitted my proposal, so I engaged in my usual practice"— which consists of "listening to my favorite erotically-charged music (which is always glam metal: Motley Crue mostly), lighting a candle that has been carved to symbolize my goal, and unsheathing my crystal dildo to consummate the spell"—"and exactly one month later, on the full moon, I received word that I was in," she says.
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