| The studio couldn't possibly have further ratcheted up the cuteness level of the movie. |
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| The new wave has ratcheted savagery and indiscriminate killing to unthinkable levels. |
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| The levels always pack enough challenges to keep the tension ratcheted sky-high. |
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| He has ratcheted up his songwriting to give us an overwhelming majority of winners. |
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| Somewhere a Dumpster is ratcheted open by the claws of a black machine. |
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| Republicans in the House of Representatives have ratcheted up their attacks on the stumbling launch of the Affordable Care Act. |
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| Thus is state surveillance ratcheted upwards, while energy failure is to be a public order issue, giving the police powers of intervention. |
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| Multilateral trade rules locked in domestic reforms and allowed them to be ratcheted up, ensuring predictability for investors and importers. |
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| I think that members would do this country a service if they ratcheted down the rhetoric and personal smears and focused on solutions. |
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| As it gained momentum, the pressure began to be ratcheted up on the Kenyan government. |
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| The whole watch is surrounded with a unidirectional ratcheted rotating bezel for the recording of hours. |
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| However, the combination of falling markets and overgenerosity with past returns has meant that some of these ratcheted returns are now unsustainable. |
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| After the media ban was ratcheted up in 2003, I was surprised that U.S. news organizations did not protest. |
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| After a period of softspeak on Kashmir, it has ratcheted up the confrontation at the verbal level. |
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| As the equality movement found a renewed focus and determination, so its opponents ratcheted up their efforts to scupper it. |
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| Many owe the lasting success of older players to the increasing value placed upon raw power as racket technology has ratcheted up. |
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| Because doing more, they say, would have ratcheted up expectations that he might win, making a loss all the more devastating. |
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| In the presence of tremor this latter form of hypertonia produces ratcheted, jerking movements, thus the name cogwheel rigidity. |
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| The debate ratcheted up sharply when a quiet participant asked hesitatingly the simple question 'but where does poverty come from? |
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| The original circumstances often crystallized or even ratcheted up the citizens' expectations. |
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| I understand that the premiums exceeded the need, but only because the benefits were ratcheted down so drastically. |
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| If limited space is available, the load can be ratcheted up and down by moving the lever. |
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| First, Republican legislatures have ratcheted up the attempts at suppression. |
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| As border protections are ratcheted down through the deal, Colombian farmers in these areas will lose access to local markets with new inflows of Canadian products. |
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| Do your hill work on a treadmill with the incline ratcheted up and subtract the down-hills altogether. |
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| Jordan has ratcheted up its air strikes in Syria since IS broadcast video footage in February showing the immolation of a Jordanian pilot captured there. |
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| He also cultivated ties with the army, punctiliously attending its parades. Some lurking rightSince then Mr Morsi has ratcheted up his power with two bold moves. |
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| He is transforming the star scrambler Denard Robinson into a more traditional passer and has ratcheted up the intensity of the program, which was 108th in scoring defense last season. |
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| Four days later, on his Sunday television show, he ratcheted up the aggro. |
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| As prime minister Alexis Tsipras scrambles to secure a financial lifeline to keep the debt-stricken country afloat, hardliners in his radical left Syriza party have also ratcheted up the pressure. |
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| Over the next three months Union agents carefully gathered information about ship, while Ambassador Adams ratcheted up the pressure for action by the British government. |
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| Still, the cast Ryan and Cole have assembled have a watchable, scratchy chemistry and the final 15 minutes see the pace ratcheted up several notches. |
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| Environmental campaigners ratcheted up the pressure for a judge-led inquiry into undercover policing today, after the last two protesters in the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station case were given community service orders. |
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| George Osborne ratcheted up the government's dispute with public sector workers on the eve of a mass strike by unveiling a new pay freeze and a potential end to national bargaining. |
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| So if you want to buy, I am selling Mohamedou Ould Slahi, recalling his interrogation by Zuley in 2013 Chicago inmates also remembered Zuley's deception – which he also ratcheted up at Guantánamo. |
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| However, this did not come without cost: the unemployment rate ratcheted up to more than 19 per cent in 2001 and still amounts to around 17 per cent. |
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| The government has ratcheted down the premiums a number of times. |
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| The entire feed grains complex has ratcheted higher since harvest, and the Canadian Wheat Board's Pool Return Outlook for malting barley has not kept pace. |
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| An example was Bolivia, where increased taxes and royalties and the renegotiation of contracts with foreign oil companies had ratcheted up the State's take from 18 per cent to about 80 per cent. |
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| Recently, horrible deeds have ratcheted up the emotions of public opinion, and the uncertainties caused by the economic crisis are further aggravating the situation. |
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| The IMF ratcheted down its estimate for global growth this week. |
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| In my view, its report ratcheted up the pressure on the international community and the UN Security Council from that standpoint in terms of the recognition that this was an issue that absolutely had to be dealt with. |
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| Crafted in scratch-resistant sapphire, the white unidirectional rotating bezel avoids any risk of accidentally prolonging the dive time, while its slightly raised and ratcheted design helps to limit any potential shocks. |
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| Earlier this week in Huddersfield two tricksters ratcheted up the traditional con game of fleece the pensioner to a sickening new level. |
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| The ratcheted handle has a unique locking mechanism for increased lock security as well as preventing ratchet weakening as seen with traditional ratchet handles. |
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| Combining a whodunit, with a whydunnit, the tension is ratcheted up, creating a really compulsive read that will give parents of teenagers some uneasy moments. |
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| Classical contrapposto ratcheted up the internal inconsistencies of the kouros stance, and Classical movement bet everything on striking and awing the beholder. |
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