| Locals contend that prostitution and crime are soaring as people find no other way to stay afloat. |
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| Although they had provisions to last a few days, they subsisted on bare minimum of rice gruel for energy to stay afloat. |
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| In spite of the storm, this enormous and exotic black ship nevertheless manages to stay afloat and steady on its course. |
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| Forced to stop producing beer, the brewer in 1919 found itself searching for other opportunities to stay afloat. |
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| When Tuvalu gained independence in 1978, the natural issue it confronted was how to stay afloat financially, not topographically. |
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| As a developing nation, Brazil has adopted punitive interest rates to stay afloat in the midst of economic shocks. |
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| That left the rest of the group to use their hands and a small rubber container to bail water out of the boat as they struggled to stay afloat. |
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| In seas up to eight feet and dangerous rip currents, two of the three Cuban migrants struggled to stay afloat. |
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| Joey survives the fall from the ocean liner and's able to stay afloat on a passing bale of pot until she's pulled to safety by Stranahan. |
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| One cannot really blame them because even the best talent in women's athletics have found it difficult to stay afloat in the international arena. |
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| Since then, the business has generated sufficient sales and garnered enough grants for basic research to stay afloat without going into debt. |
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| And for those who want to stay afloat, or sail out of the doldrums, experienced and effective management will become even more crucial. |
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| But she also comes across as a humourless frump, needing constant cajoling from her husband to stay afloat. |
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| Over the past several years, those in the fisheries have struggled to stay afloat in the face of ill-thought-out government policies. |
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| Last month the Doncaster-based firm said up to 40 miners at the colliery would have to lose their jobs in order for the pit to stay afloat. |
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| Certainly, the weakening contract prices are a blow to the company as it struggles to stay afloat under the weight of massive debt. |
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| The only reason why they are able to stay afloat is their buoyant sacs near their throats. |
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| They thought it was the tide but within minutes they were up to their waists in water and struggling to stay afloat. |
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| I can assure the House that they too want loans and loan guarantees to help them get back on their feet or stay afloat. |
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| During that time, Ottawa systematically refused to support the industry and provide the loan guarantees it needed to stay afloat. |
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| They are forced with the decision of trying to stay afloat and basically become a business person. |
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| As a matter of urgency, it must also help companies affected by this economic crisis to stay afloat. |
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| They enabled KSG to stay afloat for the time needed to find a buyer and work out a restructuring plan. |
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| Without the aid of a lifejacket or a thermal protective aid, hypothermia rapidly reduces an individual's ability to stay afloat or swim. |
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| The downtown area was in decay and the businesses in town were struggling to stay afloat. |
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| As a result of the low water temperature, the victim's ability to stay afloat unaided, or swim to shore, was greatly compromised. |
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| In water polo, our timeouts consist of eggbeatering to stay afloat. |
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| The pirates attacked us with everything they had, which was significantly more than we did, and we were hard pressed to even stay afloat in the water. |
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| In the five years since the financial crisis struck, the country is still struggling to stay afloat as debt payment remains the biggest drag on its economy. |
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| At a time when the economy is experiencing the effects of corrections in the world economy along with local difficulties, many businesses are struggling to stay afloat. |
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| While in the water he removed his lifebelt and tied it around one of the nurses and helped her stay afloat until they were rescued by British and French ships. |
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| That leaves uninsured and underinsured low-income residents having to rely on safety-net providers who are already overwhelmed and struggling to stay afloat. |
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| Therefore, the boat was equipped with fifteen watertight compartments, strictly divided up lengthways and breadthways, so she could stay afloat whatever happened. |
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| Clothing worn by the deck-hand did not provide buoyancy and, when wet, increased in weight and compromised the deck-hand's ability to stay afloat, hindering rescue efforts. |
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| To stay afloat they look at every possible source of income. |
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| We were seeking loan guarantees to enable companies to stay afloat as long as the cases then underway had not been completely dealt with by the courts. |
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| I always wondered how cloud city in ESB stay afloat and does not fall? Is it some kind of repulsor beam, or what? |
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| Thus, the operator's inability to stay afloat in conjunction with his poor health and possible loss of consciousness seriously compromised his survival. |
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| Also, access to safe, affordable child care is a crucial issue for many women, because their families need two incomes from paid employment to stay afloat. |
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| In a series of tableaux, he traces the progress of a man with no standing, no skills and no power, struggling to stay afloat in a dehumanized society that stands idly by and watches him sink. |
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| Although mines producing nickel, niobium, iron ore, platinum metals and diamonds faired reasonably well, most other metal and nonmetal mines were struggling to stay afloat while many failed to survive. |
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| Phenomenology invites us to revise our senses, our judgements, to no longer consider as an absolute truth what we think that we have mastered but instead to stay afloat in the flows of phenomenality. |
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| Employers are forced to lay off workers just to stay afloat. |
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| They would have enabled companies to stay afloat much longer. |
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| Tour agencies are struggling to stay afloat. |
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| During a warm-up activity in the deep end of the pool, Reyes could not stay afloat. |
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| Paul Sheerin believes Fraser Aird's sclaffed winner has left relegation-haunted Arbroath needing 12 points to stay afloat. |
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| This is particularly important when a vessel may not be expected to stay afloat for long after sustaining extensive damage from collision, grounding, or capsizing. |
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| Foodservice industry plans must consider financing and insurance to stay afloat during restaurant shut down and must also consider employee income support needs, food supply disruptions and product and fuel shortages. |
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| And thereafter United had that look about them of a swimmer trying to stay afloat with his jeans getting soggier and heavier. |
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| These contracts would not be covered under those agreements, but they sure would help many of our businesses get through these difficult times, because a lot of them are barely able to stay afloat at this point. |
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| These small rural communities do not attract the attention of the big television networks, and all we hear about are big companies that are trying to restructure financially in order to stay afloat. |
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| Just about anything that will stay afloat can be called a recreational fishing boat, so long as a fisherman periodically climbs aboard with the intent to catch a fish. |
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| The canal was deep, well over his head, but thankfully, the boy knew enough to doggy paddle and stay afloat until his mother leapt in to save him. |
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