Is the government trying to wriggle out of a commitment on charging for throw-away plastic bags?
This led him to think of ways to wriggle into the commercial passenger trade.
Mr Hussein will find that he has much less room to wriggle once the countdown begins.
Regulators fear that hedge funds, which are not strictly financial institutions, will wriggle out, too.
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Mr Hussein will find that he has little room to wriggle now that the countdown has begun.
The slender lieutenant then tried to wriggle out the gunner's turret, but he could not gain his footing.
They were thus able to distinguish the quick from the dead by colour, rather than propensity to wriggle.
They will take it as proof that he always intended to wriggle out of the offer they rejected.
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The trial heard she was eventually able to "wriggle away" from Mr Mutebi.
While the health service is better prepared than it used to be, there is less wriggle room than ever.
Yet, as in other areas, Mr Romney gives himself lots of wriggle room.
Generali still hopes it can wriggle out of its predicament at little cost.
When the weather turns cold, the stinkers wriggle into homes through air conditioners and other tiny spaces, hibernating in packs.
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Hundreds of the cute little critters (GIF files for you techies) are programmed to wriggle and wiggle to a catchy tune.
Obuchi can use his simpleton's image to wriggle out of tight spots.
One reason is that those who fear they may be prosecuted try to wriggle out of giving evidence and surround themselves with lawyers.
But to wriggle out of the Maastricht obligation, it will need other European government heads to interpret this requirement as no longer applying.
Yet he cannot wriggle free of the traditional British predicament, wanting to lead and keep its distance from Europe at the same time.
To avoid the risk that it might wriggle free through a split vote from its shareholders, they signalled support for their preferred winner.
Even then, the IRS tried to wriggle out of paying, saying Schreimann hadn't returned some IRS phone calls and hadn't turned over some records.
Only a few years ago, Chinese outfits preferred contracts you could write on the back of an envelope and wriggle out of at will.
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Nonetheless, most analysts appear too sanguine about Vivendi's ability to wriggle its way to safety, in part because they accept its flattering ebitda numbers.
Frogs surface-dived into puddles and with a wriggle or two, dissolved into the muddy bottom, and land crabs ran en-pointe along the tide line.
So Mr Menem has allowed (most would say encouraged) his supporters to look for every imaginable way for him to wriggle round that barrier.
The idea behind the cable bid is to act as a go-between in the industry's consolidation, then wriggle out, perhaps through a stockmarket listing.
Delta Air Lines has improved its situation with its credit-card provider, and may soon be in position to wriggle more money out of its pilots.
Mr Hussein may now make a show of working with the inspectors in an attempt to ensure his own survival, but he has little room to wriggle.
"This sounds to me like someone is trying to wriggle out of what was agreed - a strange thing to do, " he told the Deutschlandfunk radio network.
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But President Bill Clinton's long days and nights at Wye produced a detailed implementation programme that the two sides will be hard put to wriggle out of.
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