Fortier says that might force Democratic congressional leaders to pull back a bit on their reform plans when they come back to work next month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

As for sightseeing, there's little time for that during their studies at the Olympics, but the students are welcome to stay for a bit on their own afterwards - if,of course, they are not worn out.

VOA: standard.2010.02.26

Some teams are more possession oriented, meaning a little bit more low pressure on the ball and more skillful players.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

We always had pumpkin pie, and if we were really lucky, a little bit of whipped cream on top.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

So a tiny bit of the outside is melted and is left with this really thin glass on the outside."

VOA: special.2010.07.28

I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit, And that's a ragged old flag you got hanging on it".

VOA: special.2010.07.02

"Well,that's one of those things that a little bit it depends on how you spell it.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

The first games, preparations were a little bit not on point, but as the tournament progressed, everything was coming together,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

"So that was a relief. I was able to put it to the side a bit, focus on football.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

He goes - like Charles Bronson - on a revenge spree and learns to calm a bit when he finds another family.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

MAN ON TV. ; You add a little bit of olive oilto a non-stick saute pan, and you want to cookwith the olive oil in medium-high heat.

VOA: standard.other

and,in a bit of 'movie magic,' the film re-creates 1937 New York in and around a vintage theater on the Isle Of Man in the Irish Sea.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

Instead of going into a hole on the green, discs are thrown into a raised metal basket that looks a bit like a trash bin covered in chains.

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

"There's quite a bit of concern and disappointment in President Obama, in the sense that Israel sort of under attack on all of these settlement issues, on Jerusalem,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.29