Sentences with phrase «even small measures»

Must generosity be uncomfortable or does even the smallest measure help?

Moments of redemption come in the surprisingly excellent performances of the children, who, given little to work with, find a way to flesh out their characters and provide Bushwhacked with spark and even a small measure of joy.

In a year - end wrap - up in Salon, Jeff Bryant pulls together a list of the year's charter scandals that, if evidence mattered to self - proclaimed education reformers, would change the minds of those who continue to fight every effort to rein in charter expansion and to provide even a small measure of oversight.

He had lost patience for clients who could not provide him with even a small measure of respect, and yet expected his full attention whenever they called.

Not exact matches

Few small businesses can afford optimum cybersecurity measures but many aren't even taking the precautions they have available.

That's why we hold over 200 individual investment positions in Strategic Growth, why we diversify across industries, why I left complete put option coverage underneath the Fund's portfolio even in response to a favorable shift in our measures of market action two weeks ago (now neutral), why the dollar value of our shorts never materially exceeds our long holdings, and why even in the most favorable conditions, the Fund can establish leverage only by investing a small percentage of assets in call options (never on margin).

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

After all, even they know the deficit measured as a share of GDP is quite small and the debt - to - GDP ratio is low and falling.

God is so very small in physical stature, he wouldn't even measure the width of one's hair!

In the face of the marvel of what can be called the immensely small world of the atom, and the immensely great world of the cosmos, the human mind feels itself completely surpassed in its possibilities of creation and even of imagination, and understands that a work of such quality and of such proportions demands a Creator whose wisdom is beyond all measure, and whose power is infinite.

«In particular, the event horizon — the boundary within which nothing can escape — is typically very small, so even our best telescopes have yet to measure one.»

For example, since they all thought the Middle Ages believed the universe was small and cozy, we read the passage in Ptolemy's Almagest where he concludes that the universe is unimaginably vast, and calls the whole earth (which Eratosthenes had accurately measured as about 8,000 miles in diameter) a needle prick compared with the universe; and we read Boethius» Consolation of Philosophy, which popularized this idea; and even a typical sermon that used the idea to show how great God was to have created such an enormous universe.

If we do not give thanks daily for the Christian fellowship in which we have been placed, even where there is no great experience, no discoverable riches, but much weakness, small faith and difficulty; if we keep complaining to God that everything is so paltry and petty, so far from what we expected, then we hinder God from letting our fellowship grow according to the measure and riches which are there for us all in Christ Jesus.

Right or wrong, packaging is frequently scrutinized and used as the measure of a company's overall sustainability, even though it may contribute only a small percentage to the total eco impact compared to other things, such as transportation, and water and energy use.

For example, I was blogging away on natural birth and natural induction methods, but my medical midwife was pushing me to induce by 41.5 weeks, even though by all their interventions and tests, he was measuring «small» and my placenta was certainly fine to wait.

Well, it's safer than russian roulette; most people will have a good outcome, but even small numbers are meaningful when you're measuring DEATH.

Researchers supporting co-parenting identified a number of fundamental methodological flaws of recent studies that challenge co-parenting of infants and young children: the failure to interview both parents, small and non-representative samples and use of unreliable and invalid measures, and the fact that even these studies have actually found no significant differences in child outcomes in single versus co-parenting families.

Cuomo's uses «historic» for most of his measures, big and small, and Cuomo and the Senate's Republicans have referred to their extensions of a $ 2 billion income tax hike on wealthy New Yorkers as a tax cut, even though they opposed the tax hike during the 2010 campaign as a «job killer.»

He's also seemed to establish a record as a Republican moderate, even sometimes being among a small handful of members voting against measures supported by the rest of his party.

That is one of the surprising results of the first study to systematically measure the number of neurons in the brains of more than two dozen species of birds ranging in size from the tiny zebra finch to the six - foot - tall emu, which found that they consistently have more neurons packed into their small brains than are stuffed into mammalian or even primate brains of the same mass.

«Our magnetometers (magnetic field sensors) are highly sensitive and can reliably measure even the smallest of changes in the ambient magnetic field,» explains Professor Uwe Hartmann.

Another revelation was the relatively small change in my societal status after earning a Ph.D. (which can be measured by the utter surprise on strangers» faces when they find out that I have Ph.D. in bioengineering and by the refusal of some to call me Dr. Clemmons even after being informed of my proper title).

On parent - reporting measures, girls with autism seem to struggle more than boys with performing routine tasks like getting up and dressed or making small talk, even when the study group is normalized to meet similar basic clinical diagnostic criteria across sexes.

It is predominantly yellowish insect that measures only 3 mm, which is small even by planthopper standards.

While the tiniest bacteria measure 200 nanometers across, nanobes are even smaller.

Jun. 13, 2016 — The first study to systematically measure the number of neurons in the brains of birds has found that they have significantly more neurons packed into their small brains than are stuffed into mammalian and even primate brains of the same mass.

Even though cheese has almost no carbohydrates in it and a good quantity of protein, it needs to be eaten with a measure of caution since servings are usually very small.

The findings shown here — that even small variations in sleep patterns can affect measures of wellness in otherwise healthy people — has large implications for how much we can really control our sleep and social lives without doing harm.

Whisk the children downstairs and help them whip up a family brunch - older children can measure up the pancake ingredients and even the smallest of hands will be happy mashing up bananas.

The Weston A. Price Foundation measured an even smaller amount of fluoride when organic black tea was used to brew the kombucha.

The C - Reactive Protein test offered by Life Extension is highly sensitive... able to measure even the smallest amount of inflammation in your body.

Hi Rachel, I started doing some of the stuff you said and I already notice a difference, even if it's small, I just wanted to know if what I was doing is enough to make me lose the thigh fat i'm 5,2 and my weight is 113 lb and I have 28 % body fat my thighs are 98 cm * measuring from around the butt *, so here's what I do: I walk 6 - 7 Km * 1h and 22/28 mins * 4 days a week and I do low empact cardio with no jumping in my home and a HIIT from what you suggested in another post, I do the cardio and the HIIT each on separate days, one day a week, and I do leg resistance training 2 days a week separated by upper body resistance training 2 days also so, what do you think?

Bonus: Blenders are big enough to beat eggs for a small army in one quick go, and the measurements printed on the side will help you measure out even portions for every omelet in the batch.

Even if you're not jetsetting this year, CB2's Acapulco chair and this swimsuit by Mara Hoffman turn the smallest backyard into a sanctuary (add an umbrella drink and a kiddie pool for good measure).

Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).

Moreover, even small differences in measured effectiveness can have practical consequences for schools and teachers, depending on how these assessments are used.

An important limitation of this measure is that it does not take into account the wide variation in the geographic size of districts (e.g., a small district could be classified as sparse even if it has many schools per square mile and a large district could be classified as dense even if it has very few schools per square miles).

Thus it will be no small challenge even to monitor and evaluate U.S. high - school reform initiatives if we don't have measures that people agree on.

Even if we take the smallest impact estimate from our analysis (a 1.72 percentile improvement in reading scores, which corresponds to a 0.06 standard deviation increase), the economic benefits measure in the range of # 1,375 to # 3,581 over the course of a recipient's lifetime.

The requirements set out by the GDPR depend on the size of the organisation, but even small and medium - sized businesses, including schools, are expected to adopt measures enforced on larger businesses and implement them appropriately.

Most differences between programs would be too small to matter, even if we could measure them accurately.

With the support of this public - private alliance, Brad will be leading an initiative to work with around 30 small schools in a rural area to develop a model of group purchasing and other innovative measures that will deliver tasty, nutritious food to children while also enabling the meals service to break even.

While VAM tries but fails to isolate a teacher's small effect on student test scores, SGP does not even attempt to measure a teacher's effect.

While the categorical grants that Michigan once offered provided some help, Hammer says even those measures were always «very small relative to the need» and mostly enacted to quiet critics.

Even the best standardized test is unable to measure the sizable domain of knowledge acquired over a year of study, and contains only a small sample of questions.

Buick Encore: The Encore is a super-compact SUV that measures even smaller than the Ford Escape.

Spanning some four chassis generations and ten distinct model numbers, with even a couple of notable half steps thrown in for good measure, the rally - bred small sedan has won motorsport titles as well as the hearts and minds of drivers the world over.

Any authors (or even indie publishers or booksellers), for example, who have achieved some small measure of success who may be willing to participate in Read Tuesday could help to promote the event as a whole.

It measures only 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.4 inches and weighs in at mere 3.5 ounces, so it looks small compared to even average - sized smartphones.

Depending on how measure things passive investing is still only 36 % of the equity mutual fund universe and an even smaller part of the fixed income universe.