Sentences with phrase «rs by a notch»

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Level 4 takes the degree of delegation up another notch by making the decision retrospective: the manager asked the employee to tell them what they did after the action has already been taken.

Assuming you'd like to be among the wise 18 percent, one of the best ways you can retain existing customers is by delivering a top - notch customer experience.

You can help build your business's credit by making sure your personal credit score is top - notch.

The drug came good in the end, and since it was acquired by Bristol - Myers Squibb it has twice notched more than $ 1 billion in annual sales.

CBS released the total viewership numbers on Monday afternoon, after preliminary ratings from Nielsen showed a 16.0 rating for Sunday's Grammys telecast, which was down slightly from the 16.1 rating notched by last year's Grammy Awards.

AIO is hoping their showing at Eureka Park — the startup zone here at CES — ratchets up their momentum by several notches.

Make sure you online presence is up to par by having an engaging customer experience, top - notch branding and easy navigation.

The discovery comes at a particularly sensitive time for merchants, not only because this is the busiest time of the year for most, when by some estimates U.S. retailers will notch $ 630 billion in sales, but also because most merchants are now in the process of switching over to terminals that accept chip cards, also known as EMV cards.

A study done earlier in the year by the same company revealed that finding top - notch people is even harder than it used to be.

The company's recently announced goal of hiring 10,000 military veterans and spouses by 2018, for example, means that Starbucks will be gaining a fleet of largely disciplined, top - notch employees.

Ontario's unemployment fell a notch to 6.8 %, but the story there was much the same as in London — a drop in the number of working, offset by an even larger drop in the labour force.

«Acceptable» is one notch below «Good,» the best rating possible by the IIHS.

I know Phoebe it's a great professional journalist with incredible expertise in the Brand Journalism industry who's helping good businesses to become great businesses by staying trasparent and consisntently delivering top notch customer service and most important, educating consumers with the latest and most current information and helping with their buying decisions.

They assert that a good idea is only executable when implemented by a top - notch executive team.

Meanwhile, Standard & Poor's, which last week downgraded Spain's sovereign rating by two notches, said the country is «very unlikely» to meet its budget deficit reduction targets.

Chicago's recent triple - notch downgrade by Fitch Ratings is a stark reminder that Illinois» inability to solve its pension crisis has consequences.

China's credit rating was downgraded one notch to A + by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), which cited increased economic and financial risks, following the significant rise in the country's debt levels since the global financial crisis.

Already in January Fitch has raised its rating by one notch to A - and this week we are expecting a rating review by S&P that may follow Fitch to upgrade Spain to A -.

It turns out that «being able to put more notches on my accomplishment belt, so to speak, by writing down things on my Anti-Todo list as I accomplish them throughout the day makes me feel marvelously productive and efficient -LSB-,][f] ar more so than if I just did those things and didn't write them down.»

Owned by 21st Century Fox, FNC is available in more than 90 million homes and dominates the cable news landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the genre.

Collectively, these seven countries have been downgraded by a combined 41 notches, and each Moody's downgrade always has cited debt as one of the factors (Table 1).

And while many of the episodes slipped into the worst of Christian entertainment's tendencies (one infamous episode ended up with a character getting attacked by a forest demon after playing too much Dungeons & Dragons) the writing staff had a knack for humor and characterization, and the voice actors were top - notch.

Once the pasta is coming through in a sheet reduce the setting by one notch and pass through again until you reach the last but one setting at which point you can feed the sheet through the desired cutter

Dijon mustard is definitely the most popular mustard used for your typical honey mustard dressing, but you can certainly tone it down a notch by experimenting with other mustards.

If you're already a kale fan, step it up a notch by learning how to make delicious raw kale salads — sometimes referred to as massaged kale salads.

My first professional cooking job was creating lowfat vegan recipe for a cooking school run by a doctor who ate an extremely strict diet, a la John McDougall (a notch more extreme than Dean Ornish).

Under his aegis, we are foever on the roll to ensure that our performance today is better than what it was yesterday and that tomorrow it will be further up by several notches as compared to where it stands today.

I love the flavor of Korean Beef and have been making a recipe using ground beef instead of sliced sirloin for awhile, but I decided to take it up a notch by adding broccoli to it to combine tow of my favorite dishes — Beef & Broccoli and Korean Beef.

Under his aegis, we are forever on the roll to ensure that our performance today is better than what it was yesterday and that tomorrow it will be further up by several notches as compared to where it stands today.

This pudding kicks things up a notch by being served warm.

A true powerhouse in every sense of the word: this vegan food blog was established by Kathy in 2008 and continues to deliver fantastic recipes year after year, with top notch photography, which without a doubt has inspired many bloggers.

Inspired by a recipe my children found in their own children's cookbook, I managed to not only «tweak» this dish to meet our dietary needs, I must say these are a notch above the original on everything from taste to nutritional value for anyone lucky enough to enjoy.

The fresh herbs kick it up a notch too and I'm intrigued by the use of maple syrup!

«I've been moved by the love the listeners give the performers and how the artists respond by taking it up yet another notch.»

I plan to make this tonight (girlfriends are coming over for movie night) but I am going to take it up a notch by topping it with raw food.

The winning drink created by Farkas is called «A Father's Son,» a beverage that combines Smugglers» Notch Litigation Wheat Whiskey, Campari Italian bitters, grapefruit juice, strawberries, sage and white miso paste.

The first one was taught to me by James Rice, a top notch BBQ cook from Texas.

I only use top notch quality olive oil for hummus, so it's kind of a shame to lose its flavor by blending it in.

We take the simple beet salad up a notch with caramelized roasted garlic and horseradish for an intensely - flavored side dish that everyone will love When you serve our Beet Salad with Roasted Garlic and Horseradish Dressing at your Passover or other holiday meal, your guests will be awed by...

The ProWine China exhibits were supported by a top notch ancillary program, including the «ProWine China Education Campaign» with wine seminars, workshops and discussion forums.

For cooks at any level, the website features tips and techniques to take their cooking up a notch, many of which have been developed by McCormick culinary experts.

«Celebrity's ships are modern, beautifully - designed, five - star boutique hotels on the high seas, and their dedication to delivering the very best to vacationers is matched by our proficiency in creating top - notch drinks and experiences that inspire.»

The winger has notched up eight goals in his 25 appearances thus far this term, and is believed to be highly rated by his parent club.

By class I mean the likes of Hummels — if we want to be title contenders we need top notch players in defence as well as attack.

Radamel Falcao has adapted well to life in La Liga, notching up 36 goals in his first season at the Vicente Calderon but Diego Simeone's side did not secure a Champions League spot for next term and as such could be vulnerable to big money offers for the 26 year old, who may well be tempted by a move to the Premier League side.

It would be cool to bring them down another notch as well by knocking them out in the first round.

Baker and Sinclair were joined at the camp by big - time offensive line teammate recruit Blake McDonald and top - notch receiver Rob Funkhouser.

Wake up and smell the f ****** coffee... Any team with mert flamini Ramsey Gibbs Monreal arteta giroud podolski will never and I mean in a million years never going to be top notch throw the delusional one in to manage and it's another ten years of nothing... If he was a decent human being he would resign tomorrow sadly he is just a third rate cheese eating surrender monkey who believes there is no alternative... A once serious club run by a corporate clique and this idiot... Lowest point in thirty year history of following arsenal

Juve and Atletico have properly decent CB pairings and Thiago Silva is top notch — I'll give you that but not so convinced by your blanket argument for the rest.

Villa are hoping to attach a # 20m price tag to Young, who has notched up eight goals and eight assists for Villa this season, but their position is weakened by the fact that his contract expires at the end of next season, at which point he could depart for free.