Sentences with phrase «about a fifth as»

Nike has about a fifth as many users on its Nike + platform as Under Armour does on its apps, and in 2014 the shoe giant shut down its FuelBand fitness - tracker business.

Using the Plausible Deniability defense, they claimed that they weren't even in the loop when it came to paying AIG enough to turn around and pay Goldman Sachs and other arbitrageurs 100 cents on the dollar for securities worth about a fifth as much.

Vanguard's target retirement funds have expense ratios that are, in some instances, only about a fifth as high as comparable target date funds from the other families.

Not exact matches

Just as demand has jumped, stocks of lamb and mutton in New Zealand have fallen by about a fifth between 2007 and 2012 as farmers converted land into more lucrative dairy farms.

According to a 2014 survey by the NCTE and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, about one - fifth of all transgender adults are veterans, making transgender people approximately twice as likely as others to serve in the military, The Washington Post reported.

And, to our surprise, these previously ignored behavioral differences across CEOs have quite a large association with firm productivity, about one - fifth as big as the impact of a firm's capital inputs (machinery, equipment, buildings, and so on).

Novartis (NVS) shares have lost more than a fifth of their value this year, in part due to concerns about its lagging eyecare business Alcon as well as Entresto's prospects for meeting ambitious expectations.

For example, there's a scene in the book's fifth chapter in which Lyons discusses an article Shah has written on LinkedIn about the wisdom of bringing a teddy bear named Molly to meetings as a stand - in for the customer, so that staff will always remember to keep the customer top - of - mind.

As recently as 2008, about half the electricity in the U.S. came from burning coal and one - fifth from burning natural gaAs recently as 2008, about half the electricity in the U.S. came from burning coal and one - fifth from burning natural gaas 2008, about half the electricity in the U.S. came from burning coal and one - fifth from burning natural gas.

That was on full display the weekend of March 17, as Bitcoin shed about a fifth of its value (dropping below $ 950 at one point, before bouncing back to about $ 1,050 on Monday) as an increasingly bitter split in the developer community behind Bitcoin threatened to split it into two competing currencies.

According to Reuters, as of yesterday, about 3.8 million bpd in refining capacity remained shut down, representing a fifth of the US total.

The industry had been hoping that NISA can help lift the country above the middle of the Asian pack in biotech: Australia is fourth in jobs (more than 45,000 as of March 2016 according to AusBiotech) fifth in patents (5,930 list at least one Australian inventor, according to WIPO), and sixth in both companies (more than 400) and R&D (about $ 23.084 billion in 2013, according to OECD).

This was as a result of the fact that most of the insurance firm's portfolio is invested in debts as companies can only invest about a fifth of their revenue in equities.

The first of the following two charts shows that the ratio of the SPDR S&P Homebuilder ETF (XHB, $ 35.60) to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY, $ 217.09) remains about one - fifth below its early 2013 highs, despite the fact that the average 30 - year fixed mortgage rate has fallen back to the 3.4 % area — about where it was in early 2013 (as shown by the blue line in the second chart that follows).

Infuriating members of Congress, a smirking Martin Shkreli took the Fifth at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday when asked about his jacking up of drug prices, then promptly went on Twitter and insulted his questioners as «imbeciles.»

Or was there something about Elijah and his surrendered mantle that overwhelmed any secondary considerations, such as what it would mean to rush past the fifth commandment about honoring one's father and mother and instead leave them in the lurch?

First, as the title of a key chapter puts it, the American example shows that religion can «Make Use of Democratic Instincts» in a manner mutually beneficial to itself and democracy; second, sustainable democracy needs religion, which means we can expect democratic peoples to remain attached to its continuance or at least potentially receptive to its revival (cf. II, 2.17, # s 17 - 20); third, democratic times, because they are enlightened times, tend to be ones of increasing doubts about religion; fourth, the relevant religion for America and Europe, Christianity, will be tugged against and perhaps eroded by powerful and ongoing democratic currents toward liberationist and materialist mores; and fifth, religion's authority in democratic society will always rest upon common opinion.

And fifth, attempted remedies such as plans for strategic defense or for limiting targets to military objectives only increase anxiety about a first strike.

Just a friendly update from California that I have now spent my fifth day working on contacting all of the big free speech legal advocates in Canada and the United States (and those important organizations in Europe as well) about this story and the entire issue of Free Speech (which these public figure pastors in the U.S. who are nationally known want to silence).

In The Art of Biblical Narrative, Robert Alter suggests a key to characters» inner thoughts and motivations which would be helpful even to the inexperienced reader of Scripture: first, external details (appearance, clothing, gestures); second, «one character's comments on another»; third, «direct speech by the character»; fourth, «inward speech... quoted as interior monologue»; and fifth, «statements by the narrator about the attitudes and intentions of the personages» (pp.116 - 117).

So of course I was all up in arms when I found out that a bunch of publishers and politicians tried to «civilize» these documents by taking out the parts they didn't like — the n - word from a new edition of Huck Finn and those embarrassing sections about slaves counting as three - fifths of a person in Congress» reading of the Constitution.

As the fifth edition of the international series of summits closed, many questions about sustainability in the food industry remain: In light of growing incidents of fraud, what analytical tools can authenticate sustainable food products and protect consumer trust?

As international awareness about the environmental costs of producing and eating meat increases — The United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one - fifth of the man - made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide — the work of RiceBran Technologies is supporting environmental sustainability and combating waste while globally providing a nutritious source of protein, carbohydrates, healthy oil and dietary fiber as food ingredientAs international awareness about the environmental costs of producing and eating meat increases — The United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one - fifth of the man - made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide — the work of RiceBran Technologies is supporting environmental sustainability and combating waste while globally providing a nutritious source of protein, carbohydrates, healthy oil and dietary fiber as food ingredientas food ingredients.

They should have pounced on the rare, remarkable opportunities that came with winning a championship in the fifth year they existed, and they should be talked about in the same breath as the Yankees right now.

Arsene Wenger did not want to talk about the chances of Arsenal winning our Champions League group being likely to hinge on the fifth match, which will be when PSG come to London, even though he must be thinking the same thing as the rest of us.

I think there will be a lot of conversation about the fifth team that didn't get in or the 11 - 1 team that didn't get in because somebody's 12 - 0 that maybe wasn't quite as good as the 11 - 1 team.

As for all talk about The Players being the PGA Tour's «fifth major,» Woods appearance at the star - studded affair a few short days before the tourney kicks off would seem to put that nonsense to rest.

I have this argument with my dad everyday, I really don't care we are the fifth richest club in the world, football in my opinion is all about what happens on the pitch not in the accounting department, we as fans were sold a dream by the people at the top of our club including wenger that basically said after Ashburton grove was built we'd compete on the pitch with the best in Europe, guess what we haven't, the only thing we've done is make a rich American and his associates even richer, wenger has been a willing participant in this.

Arsenal will have our own FA cup game to worry about soon, with a trip to face an in - form Brighton for a place in the fifth round as the Gunners attempt to defend the FA cup trophy we won at Wembley in May.

Milivojevic's fifth successful penalty of the season in the 83rd minute after Williams» handball was academic with Palace still worrying about their safety as they only just above the relegation zone.

In the fifth minute of the match, James Tomkins had a shot on goal but it was nothing to write home about as the shot was well wide of David De Gea's goal.

Mick Yes, you and I agree about the technology as the solution, or we can just send» I saw it in person» — Menace to all PL games as the fifth official to have a final say

Their perspectives on fatherhood * Nearly 50 % of the conceptions were described as a complete surprise, and only three were planned * Nearly two - fifths (37 %) of the prospective fathers had had previous children; most still had some contact with the children but only two were still living with them and were engaged as actively involved fathers * Two - thirds (65 %) described themselves as having a low or medium sense of reality about their impending fatherhood * Three - quarters were expecting the baby to have a noticeable impact on their way of life * Three - quarters were motivated to learn more about pregnancy and fatherhood, with partners, family and friends seen as the most important source of information * Very few thought about health professionals as a potential source of support and advice, and some would have liked to have talked to one but felt awkward about it.

You will maintain that this would never happen but just wait until the fifth change in as many hours hits you at 3 a.m., and then let's see how studious about hand washing you are.

I am on my fifth month nursing my third child and I anticipate he will nurse for about a year as his older brothers did.

Fifth, he tried: «As I said, Boris Johnson was making a historian's comment about history.

As for cost - cutting, far from falling, the administration or running costs of UK civil departments actually rose by about two - fifths in constant - price terms over the three decades from 1980 to 2010 — a performance not very different from the trajectory of administration costs of English local government over the same period.

And as for the Russian version of Facebook, VK, well... it's about as responsive as the fifth ring in the Olympic opening ceremonies.

In fifth place this week is an article which pointed towards comments made by Alex Salmond about banning «all Donald Trumps» from Scotland and the passing of a law which could see football fans questioned and arrested just for the clothes they are wearing, as evidence that Scotland is drifting towards authoritarianism under the SNP.

As Social media was awashed with her pictures and pleasant comments from the political divide, same could not be said about Auntie Becky, whose seamstress was accused of not making her rise to the unique occasion of her beloved husband's swearing - in as the fifth president of Ghana under the Fourth RepubliAs Social media was awashed with her pictures and pleasant comments from the political divide, same could not be said about Auntie Becky, whose seamstress was accused of not making her rise to the unique occasion of her beloved husband's swearing - in as the fifth president of Ghana under the Fourth Republias the fifth president of Ghana under the Fourth Republic.

Seeking his fifth term, Reid has become the face of establishment and incumbency in an election that is about as anti-establishment and anti-incumbency as any America has seen in decades.

«That you Godsday Peter Orubebe being a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs on or about September 19, 2012 asked for and accepted the sum of fifty million naira from one Pastor (Dr) Jonathan Alota, as bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company, Chemtronics Nigeria Limited and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 10 of the CCB & T Act CAP C15 laws of the federatiuon of Nigeria 2004 and as incorporated under paragraph 1 Federal Republic of Nigeria and punishable under section 23 (2) of CCB & T Act as incorporated under paragraph 18 of part 1, fifth schedule to the Constitution (as amended).

Brian Skinner, a fifth - grade teacher at Orenda Elementary School, was shot and killed when he stormed out of his Pashley Street home with a knife as officers arrived to investigate a 911 call about 11 p.m. on July 28.

At a ceremony that included a saxophone performance and was attended by the Friends of the East Elmhurst Library as well as by about 30 fifth - and eighth - grade students from East Elmhurst's PS 127, the East Elmhurst Library's Community Library Manager Johnnie Dent and Queens Library Chief Executive Officer Tom Galante thanked Peralta for his donation.

In their letter to the union, the candidates, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, expressed their solidarity with the drivers, but said they were increasingly concerned about the impact the strike was having on public school kids, parents and drivers, as it entered its fifth week.

«I will be on Fifth Ave. not as your honoree but as a humble Puerto Rican and grandfather who at 74 continues to be committed to helping raise awareness about the fiscal, health - care and human - rights crisis Puerto Rico is facing at this historic juncture,» López Rivera wrote in the piece.

Three fifth - year students from the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture talk about their experiences studying at The Cooper Union as they prepare to graduate next week

The MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite captured the image on March 23, just as the fifth eruption was about to start.

So [as] one scientist [said] it goes to about the fifth level in us.

In addition to different cancers being able to manipulate these anchors, it was also known that about a fifth of lung cancer cases are missing an anti-cancer gene called LKB1 (also known as STK11).