Sentences with phrase «simple measures like»

As Sandy Geffen from Sotheby's International Realty South Africa states, «simple measures like a fresh coat of paint and replacing dated taps and cupboard handles could make a significant difference to the final sale price as well as how long a property remains on the market.»

Simple measures like having a fan, drinking more water produced a 99 % reduction in fatalities.

In Baltimore, Maryland, the city's Sustainability Office launched a Neighborhood Energy Challenge with surprising results: last year, low - income Park Heights» homeowners conserved more energy on average than residents of gentrified Carroll Park, saving as much as $ 1,300 a year through simple measures like weather - stripping and reduced water use.

You can also provide ramps where a dog needs to climb stairs, take shorter but more frequent walks, provide opportunities to swim or have other non-impactful exercise, provide him with an orthopedic bed and elevated food and water dishes, and even simple measures like not calling him to come to you when he's lying down unless it's necessary.

You can reduce your risk of theft by simple measures like leaving your vehicle in a well - lit, secure area, locking your car, and keeping any valuables stowed out of sight.

It also doesn't help that as a society we spend billions on products, advertising and messaging to promote the latest type of diet, fad, program, trend, etc., each one a competing priority on our time, attention and mental energy as we try to focus on what will help us achieve our fitness goals — more times than not, simple measures like «lose weight», «gain muscle», or «reduce blood pressure.»

Simple measures like moisturizing foot skin regularly so it remains supple and not easily broken can help prevent infections.

«Simple measures like improved feeding and antibiotics could go a long way».

Not exact matches

Our own measures of market action extract a signal from the behavior of thousands of securities, and are not captured by simple indicators like 200 - day moving averages or advance - decline lines.

Often, in an effort to reduce costs, fleet managers extend the intervals between simple but important preventive measures like oil changes and tire rotations — sometimes well beyond the manufacturer's recommendations.

Just like their design aesthetic, Scandinavian food is simple -LCB- a mixture of whole grains, berries (preferably picked fresh in the summer), vegetables, Omega - 3 rich fish like salmon and herring, hard cheeses, fresh dairy, and a bit of poultry and lean meats thrown in for good measure.

I snorted over how chefs always like to boast that their recipes are «fairly simple» for home cooks but then use weights measured to the one hundredth of an ounce, fooling nobody.

Let your child do simple activities like measuring ingredients, dividing up portions, and reading recipes.

I like to keep it simple — I'll be filling my liquid measuring cup with slightly tepid water and pouring it onto the diaper until it reaches maximum absorbency — I like to hit that point just before it begins to drip if I was to hold it up.

I had my in - laws use this when they came to visit and help out with my newborn since they aren't familiar with doing laundry with the nuts and using the liquid is SO simple (and also not messy, no measuring into cups, etc like traditional detergents.)

The truth is that if you can do a little research, measure properly and use simple tools like a screwdriver, hammer, glue and drill - YOU can avoid paying thousands of dollars in labor and product mark ups by doing it yourself!

«If you had something really simple like this, you could actually measure the overall reproductive health of a population in a pretty simple, low - cost way.»

«Many prevention measures can be simple, like implement adequate food safety staff training for all restaurant employees and apply sufficient sick leave policies, and can potentially avoid substantial costs in the event of an outbreak.»

To Detect Colon Cancer, Look in the Mouth Researchers in the Johns Hopkins Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Program, found that people who have a hereditary colon cancer syndrome known as familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) also have abnormally dense blood vessel growth in the lining of their mouths, so they developed a simple and quick screening test that uses an automated camera - like device to measure the vascular density in the lining of the mouth.

«They taste decadent without processed sugars or additives like most candy — just simple, whole ingredients and a little dark chocolate for good measure.»

In most cases, the pain goes away within six months, and simple measures, like stretching exercises, are the best way to manage it, the AOFAS says.

Certainly, the varied side effects are curse - like, but many of the symptoms can be alleviated by simple measures.

You can also add a simple hang line, my measuring and marking where you'd like the two end points to be (again, make sure its level before drilling).

I am a simple man who has a good sense of humor and I'm serious, respectful in nature, I am a good man to the joys of life, I reconsider the measures before taking them and I like challenges much as I want to achieve my goals, I'm here to replace the piece of my heart that is missing.

Some of the designers even showed off what just a simple color and pattern change could do to provide a measure of individuality, even more so than most customization options available even in the likes of the Battlefield series.

The back story of those six gleaming panels goes like this: In 2008, as part of a University - wide pledge sponsored by the Harvard Office for Sustainability, 45 percent of the HGSE community took a vow to improve the environment — both on - and off - campus — through simple, everyday measures, such as shutting off lights, hanging wet laundry, recycling, and even forgoing paper napkins.

Like all businesses, schools can implement some simple energy save measures to improve conditions and saving money, without compromising the comfort of staff and students.

Though some states are sticking with the simpler proficiency measures, and some are using a hybrid system, others, like Colorado, have taken a lead in weighing growth scores highly.

I like the simple fact that most commodities are based on supply and demand and that is something that you can track and measure.

Too often, the bonuses favor simple outcomes like higher sales, without focusing on the quality of sales, which also can be measured, but usually isn't.

Novy - Marx's The Other Side of Value paper showed that a simple quality metric, gross profits - to - assets, has roughly as much power predicting the relative performance of different stocks as tried - and - true value measures like book - to - price.

The rationale for using gross profitability, rather than any other measure of profitability like earnings or EBIT, is simple.

While it is possible to plan entire landscaping projects around tick - prevention, simpler measures such as clearing tall grasses and invasive weeds, mowing the lawn frequently, and surrounding the space with a border of non-vegetative material like wood - chips or paving, can be part of an anti-tick approach to gardening.

It's amazing how babies and kids can be entertained with simple kitchen supplies like wooden spoons or plastic measuring cups.

The designs for the business cards show the adaptability of the simple graphic that features across these touchpoints, a measuring tape - like line with nodes that vary in their distance from one another across different team members» cards.

«In addition to encouraging the use of rain storage tanks, builders would be required to use other low - cost and sensible water management methods; these include simple measures, like diverting rainfall to gardens, constructed infiltration swales, mulch and permeable pavement, all of which will help to sustainably direct the rain directly where it falls.

I like to keep things simple, so you take the three points of the triangle in the model as representing a flat triangle, move the triangle corners to match the three measured temperatures, then place each point within the triangle at the same distance above or below the triangle as it is in the model.

Unlike standardized measures with a 0 - 1 answer like infant mortality or primary school enrollment, energy access is not as simple as having a power line connected to a household.

We need cooling measures in place and simple solutions like access to ice packs, ensuring hospitals are ready to receive people and so on.»

Simple observations of surface features were joined by inventive methods for measuring what a region's climate had been like thousands or even millions of years ago.

Any other measure, like simple popularity or profitability, can clearly result in damaging ultimately unsustainable attitudes and actions becoming popular and profitable contrary to the advacement of humanity.

But sometimes a little style is needed to entice people to take such basic measures — something designer Rochus Jacob provides with his latest elegantly simple creation.A shortlisted entry in the Incheon International Design Award (IIDA) 2010 competition, Jacob's «water displacement objects» are as straightforward as they sound: white, rounded stone - like pieces of recycled plastic that allow people to take a full bath with 50 percent less water.

A simple and more direct question without sounding like you're looking for approval is better: «does the property measure up to what you expected?»