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You have no reason to hurry, no reason to cut corners or to try to do too many things at once.

To "cut corners" means to save money or to save time by doing something differently, something that is not the normal or usual way.

Evidence is also mounting, they say, that BP cut corners on Deepwater Horizon, suggesting that the accident was an aberration.

It was critical, it said the book is nonsense and so on, but it cut corners, the guy didn't say what he knew.

Other memos suggest the company was desperate to get a new implant on the market and cut corners on testing to do so.

TEPCO is already now under intense scrutiny to see whether it cut corners on safety prior to the disaster.

He was prepared to do many things, to cut corners, to exploit people and situations.

Everyone is trying to cut corners in spending.

Don't cut corners with this tedious part of the exercise -- it's often what determines who gets the ticket for an on-site session.

And is the practice as useful as its advocates claim, or is the popular suspicion that it leads to cut corners and dismal service correct?

We have to cut corners to keep the question clear. The best way is to hang up this picture, which explains what the question really means.

A government inquiry showed the company had cut corners on safety and banned union organizing.

Computer programmers find it necessary to cut corners and skip important practices to stay on schedule.

Other foreign joint ventures in Cuba cut corners, but Rio Zaza's alleged misdeeds involved particularly large sums of money.

God's forces DO NOT cheat, skip around, cut corners, wave magic wands or do their work "half ass ed. "

If you want to save up for a big item, you'll have to cut corners to get along.

Manager: So yeah, I'm sure you're going to understand our need to cut corners around here.

The revelations have led to questions about safety and whether corrupt subcontractors cut corners to line their pockets.

An urgency to finish the project or fixes to the application in a hurry can cause developers to "cut corners" to complete the code quickly.

The education ministry has also said it will assess the safety of local schools and "severely punish" anyone found to have cut corners.

He is still in business, but barely, and says he refuses to cut corners to make cheaper flags to compete with Chinese imports.

Yet breakneck economic development has cut corners, distorted priorities and created big conflicts of interest.

He pushed supervisors to speed up production times and stuck to his guns when they wanted to cut corners and raise prices.

Young Americans used to cut corners before an exam on "Hamlet" by reading the CliffsNotes.

As a 34-year-old woman in Zhengzhou told us, "Foreign firms are less likely to cut corners in the production and quality control process. "

Tree branches into two, two into four, a long way to go, do not cut corners, nor superfluous.

We have been forced to cut corners on stationary expenses during these severe economic times.

Don't try to cut corners when learning English. Stepping every step steadfastly is right attitude.

looks like a rushed job, feeling of cut corners, and hurried 3D modelling of the camera body shape.

"There probably are times that there's a desire to cut corners, " Skilling says. "We can't have that at Enron. "

If you try to cut corners, you will lose the quality of your products.

Likewise heath and safety inspectors ensure restaurants don't cut corners in the kitchen.

Indeed, despite its international ambitions, New Yansha illustrates how China's shopping mall craze is forcing developers to cut corners.

the three screws on, and some cut corners, only on a screw, will be out with the use of .

Part of the responsibility lies with factories that have cut corners on quality standards in order to win contracts.

We have to fine way to cut corners on this project because we've already gone over our budget.

"Holding integrity is sometimes very hard to do because the temptation may be to cheat or cut corners, " it says.

It is when times are hard and targets more difficult to meet that the temptation to cut corners is most intense.

When living inside other cells they tend to cut corners, relying on their host cell wherever possible.

A few years ago I told a restaurateur just starting out that he should cut corners on things his customers wouldn't notice.

Those dishonest builders always try to cut corners.

Do not cut corners in this regard.

There are the typical cut corners and rectangular body housing a zippo windproof insert.

It's always important to try to trim costs. But never cut corners on compliance.

Sometimes companies squeeze their contractors so hard that they are forced to cut corners.

I never cut corners ortrytried to save on expenses.

The crash revealed how China had cut corners in its haste to build the world's biggest bullet train system.

Employees feel peer pressure to do the right thing, or cut corners to make a "quick buck" .

But officials warn that the slowing Chinese economy might tempt producers to cut corners in 2009.

"Because of that they cut corners, which is why you get the constant stream of food contamination cases. "

When we look at the life of Noah, we see he doesn't try to cut corners. Noah did everything just as God commanded him.

Always choose the higher path. Don't cut corners on the journey of life and don't violate your personal ethics for any reason.

When the manufacturer cut corners on production costs by using cheap materials, they lost his market.

I tried to cut corners by taking the metro to go to work. Unexpectedly, the metro broke down.

The financial crisis has made people readier to cut corners.

They were criticized to cut corners in building the house.

Don't hurry. You cannot cut corners if you want to do a perfect job.

Some workers to cut corners, in white latex confirmed in water.

The new firm cut corners by implying new technology.

Spend freely on the things which will enrich your life and cut corners on those which don't matter.

Did you cut corners when you put up the curtains?

They fired me because the company is losing money and they had to cut corners.

He cut corners going home in a hurry.

Study is a serious thing. You can't expect to cut corners.

So, yeah, I'm sure you can understand our need to cut corners around here.

The company cut corners on the new product by using less expensive part in the design.

With only 100 yuan left, he had to cut corners to make his journery back home.

They cut corners in building my house.

Tighten your belt and cut corners.

Academic research suggests that similar legislation in America has led auditors to cut corners and take risks.

eg: If you wonder how to cut corners, there's an obvious place to look at-your spending habits.

If we think the code we're about to write is simple, we tend to cut corners.

I'm sure you can understand our need to cut corners around here.

She cut corners going to work in a hurry.

If a product gets the job done, then it's priceless, but if you cut corners and the product doesn't work, then it was worthless all along.

We will have to cut corners in order to save some money for our holiday.

He didn't cut corners on quality but abhorred waste.

I cut corners to arrive there.

He had cut corners in building his house, and it didn't stand up well.

I need to cut corners around here.

It is well known that construction firms and other companies often cut corners in China's rapidly growing economy.

For example, in the mining industry, about 5000 miners die each year and mine owners cut corners in violation of the law.

He cut corners wherever possible in order to support the family.

Yes, I know. But remember, I'm a student. I have to cut corners where I can. I'll have to buy a car on credit.

Cut corners? Are you sure that that's going to work?

Cindy: You can think what you like, but these days, we have to cut corners wherever we can.

I have to learn how to cut corners.

In fact, later on in the discussion Cowan mentions how dangerous it can be to cut corners in such matters

You don't want the airline pilot, for example, to cut corners when it comes to your safety;