Sentences with phrase «as a constant in»

If those in power would only remain as constant in their policy commitments as is the public at large, the country could enjoy stable education policies rather than being bounced up and down like an India rubber ball.

Rifka insists on layering and motion as a constant in work of more than forty years.

as the constant in a system of permutations that comprises the Everything series.

For several years, his research focuses on the concept of Repair, as a constant in Human Nature, of which the modern Western Mind and the traditional extra-Occidental Thought have always had an opposite vision.

Not exact matches

It was also helped by a rise in its asset and wealth management division, a business that Wall Street giants are looking to more and more as a more constant and reliable income stream than trading.

As the Roman Empire waned, it faced constant threat by barbarians but lacked money to defend itself, so successive emperors reduced the silver and copper content in coins.

Social media lives in its own category that requires constant attention and resources, and it evolves daily as customer demand requires your brand's presence to be strong.

When you're riding the waves, you must also be on a constant lookout for changes in the environment, as it can get dangerous very quickly.

He spent his childhood working in factories, and at night he forced himself to sleep as a way to forget his constant hunger.

As Jason Cole, CEO of Da Primus Consulting, puts it, «The leadership is unable to set a clear strategy for the company and stick with it long enough to succeed, resulting in a lot of wasted money and energy from constant changes in direction.»

But it doesn't take a new homeowner long to discover just how large that premium can be in money and time: the constant outlays on maintenance and repairs (at least 1 % of the purchase price per year, experts estimate, and as much as 4 %), the chores and DIY projects that eat up weekends, the pressure to keep up with the ever - gentrifying Joneses.

Bezos's values have remained constant since Amazon's debut as an online book retailer in the late 1990s.

About 95 % of managers Jolly has studied over the past 10 years, both in his MBA classes and his coaching practice, suffer from the ailment, defined as the constant need to do more, faster, even when there's no objective reason to be in such a rush.

Operating expenses of EUR 173.2 million (Q1 2017: EUR 183.0 million) were EUR 9.8 million lower as reported and EUR 4.3 million higher at constant FX in Q1 2018 which included a restructuring provision of EUR 5.0 million as part of the roll - out of a company - wide optimisation programme.

«In constant currency, our leathers and jewelry businesses both continued to grow, as they have for the full - year.

As the report notes, this is likely because the services aren't as popular in suburban areas, where people rely on more constant access to a vehicle to get arounAs the report notes, this is likely because the services aren't as popular in suburban areas, where people rely on more constant access to a vehicle to get arounas popular in suburban areas, where people rely on more constant access to a vehicle to get around.

Not only does it help control marketing costs, as you're less dependent on constant customer acquisition, but there's a pleasure in dealing with regulars, as you build true relationships with people.

But as businesses continue to evolve at high speeds, your company needs to be in a state of constant innovation to keep up.

Cash flows are only discounted at the rate of inflation as they are reported above in constant 2013 dollars.

They are positive and forthright in their pursuit of «better,» serving as a constant example of striving to achieve excellence.

Photos of Grumpy Cat, her brown and white face in a constant scowl, have become a constant presence on Facebook and other social media, often accompanied by crabby messages such as «I don't like days that end in Y» or «I'm listening, I just don't care.»

The tech job jargon that attracts top applicants is as subject to changing tastes as the buzzwords found in any industry, perhaps even more so given the constant evolution of technology.

Few are more at risk in that catastrophe than the children of eastern Aleppo; prevented from going to school or even hospital, as both are deemed too unsafe, they live under constant fear of attack.

Trust me, there isn't a single person on earth who hasn't gone through the experience of shame in their life, whether in a one - time instance or as a constant companion.

For the hard - pressed entrepreneur, trying to absorb and act on this constant stream of new data can result in «burnout» — what the internationally recognized Mayo Clinic describes as «a state of emotional or mental exhaustion combined with doubts about your competence and the value of your work.»

In the last 2 years, HSE and Training has been set back 20 years, why MONEY of course, that is the only thing that counts, so constant cut backs from the big 3 Iron Ore producers, want everything as cheap as possible, as a result, standards have dropped to appalling standards, but they are cheap, and that is all that matters, and injury figures are easily falsified.

As inevitably strange situations and new sensations came and went at my reunion (because reunions are kind of wonderfully odd), I couldn't escape constant little reminders of how the new technologies we've so quickly become immersed in, are playing a role not only in our need but also our ability to be connected.

As the Lean Startup movement moves into new sectors and industries, I get constant requests for more stories about how people are using these ideas in new and unexpected ways.

The reason fairness would require that this ratio be equal to one is that, as argued by the Italian economist Luigi Pasinetti in his 1981 book, Structural Change and Economic Growth: A Theoretical Essay on the Dynamics of the Wealth of Nations, a fair interest rate is such that the purchasing power of one hour of labour stays constant through time even when its monetary equivalent is lent or borrowed.

While antitrade winds are also blowing strong on the other side of the Atlantic — as the failed TTIP campaign shows — trade is likely to be a constant source of tension between Washington and some European capitals in the next four years.

As long as the actual rate of interest is equal to the fair rate of interest, as defined above, the purchasing power that is being temporarily exchanged between the borrower and the lender remains constant in labour timAs long as the actual rate of interest is equal to the fair rate of interest, as defined above, the purchasing power that is being temporarily exchanged between the borrower and the lender remains constant in labour timas the actual rate of interest is equal to the fair rate of interest, as defined above, the purchasing power that is being temporarily exchanged between the borrower and the lender remains constant in labour timas defined above, the purchasing power that is being temporarily exchanged between the borrower and the lender remains constant in labour time.

I see them both as racing towards zero with their core offering in a constant battle to offer more services at lower and lower pricing.

I am extremely lucky to work in a job which causes me to be thanked countless times a day to which i have always replied with «no problem» or «no worries» and although my customers never seem to mind it drives me crazy mostly because I spent many years learning to speak and have spent many years teaching my children and think the constant use of one or two phrases over and over is limiting so just recently I have tried to use different phrases such as «your welcome» and «my pleasure» and anything else which springs to mind and is more suited to each scenario.

In fact, Trump's constant reversals on the TPP will also weaken his strength as a negotiator for potential future bilateral deals with Japan, the UK, or others.

Gross criticized the Siegel constant (a 6.6 % annual real return on equities) as an artifact of a high U.S. 20th - century growth rate that is unsustainable in the «new normal» economy.

The constant hope for a near - term rebound in tech, the economy, and capital spending does only one thing, which is to prolong the agony and endlessly repeated surprise as the facts emerge.

It's up 31 % in constant currency for fiscal year 2012 coming in, as Mark said, at $ 3.7 billion, and that's on top of a 30 % growth number last year, over $ 1.5 billion of incremental revenue over the past 2 years.

His reasoning is that «the charts show a breakdown as gold has been stuck in a near - constant decline for the past two weeks after peaking at $ 1,350 or so in early September.»

There has also been criticism as to the robustness of the Heidelberger currency printer in light of the near - constant requirement to print money 24/7, 365 days a year, and concern as to whether components of the printer have been ethically sourced.

Companies that report in euros, such as SAP, show lower CRM growth at 0.6 percent in current U.S. dollars, but in constant currency, they show 12.8 percent growth.

Consolidated inventories on a per - store basis as of April 30, 2016, including the distribution centers, but excluding inventory in transit and the Company's e-commerce businesses, were up 7 % on both a reported and constant currency basis.

broadly constant, due to reducing margins for miners as they overinvest in computing power.

If there is one constant in investing for nearly all investors, it's the idea of investing by age and how our investing needs change as we get older.

This model generates the price of gold as a function of the global investment yield required to produce a constant real after - tax return equal to long - term real growth in global GDP per capita.

As human beings we can't know it all, and only through a constant thirst for information and learning can we achieve something valuable in this arena.

Conversely, the Iveco segment performed better than we anticipated, as revenue declined less than our forecasts (and gained 9 % in constant currency) while margins expanded.

CNH Industrial's fiscal first - half revenue decline of 22 % -LRB--11 % in constant currency) was larger than we estimated, as revenues dropped across segments.

The share of Americans in collections has remained relatively constant, even as the country as a whole has whittled down the size of its credit card debt since the official end of the Great Recession in the middle of 2009.

Accordingly, the current account deficit has also narrowed somewhat over the same period to around 6 per cent of GDP in the March quarter (assuming that the net income deficit remains constant as a share of GDP).

In what might be his final years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke is transforming the U.S. central bank, seeking to shed its reclusive habits and make it a constant presence in bolstering the economIn what might be his final years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke is transforming the U.S. central bank, seeking to shed its reclusive habits and make it a constant presence in bolstering the economin bolstering the economy.