Sentences with phrase «as a test run»

I made them today as a test run for Christmas.

I haven't baked them frozen before, so I would suggest freezing a few and trying to bake them ahead of time as a test run to make sure they'll go smoothly on your big day.

Molly, I just made this cake yesterday to celebrate a friend having passed her nursing boards, and also as a test run for my boyfriend's upcoming birthday.

I baked off about half the recipe as rolls as a test run for Thanksgiving since I'm bringing them to dinner at my boyfriend's parents» house.

I made these cookies this evening as a test run for the holidays.

Scores of residents on Monday, September 26, 2016 enjoyed free rides as a test run for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system began in Accra.

He also adds that students should not get an M.S. as a test run toward getting a Ph.D. «You can't ride a bike to learn to drive a car,» he says, «and an M.S. and Ph.D. are just as different.»

They view this as a test run for creating human embryonic stem cells in the same way (and according to the team, South Korean biologist Hwang Woo Suk seems to have accidentally accomplished this feat while executing his famously fraudulent human cloning experiment).

This paper is intended as a rapid release of planet candidates, eclipsing binaries and other interesting periodic variables to maximize the scientific yield of this campaign, and as a test run for the upcoming TESS mission, whose frequent data releases call for similarly rapid candidate identification and efficient follow - up.

Went with GW only as a test run to go with my Keto Diet.

I have added them to this post as a test run.

I made these this past weekend as a test run for Thanksgiving.

Created by Professor Hobby (William Hurt) of the Cybertronics Corporation, he was given to a family as a test run in order to see if the «mecha» boy could truly and unconditionally love.

And then he said: «OK, now pick one of those and film it as a test run with your friends.»

Trent and Pam, both divorced, have been dating for about a year, and the trip is meant as a test run for the two families becoming one.

The work took several years, and the first year of implementation was done as a test run, with no consequences.

Like so many young couples, my wife and I adopted Maxy early in our marriage, sort of as a test run before we embarked on the adventure of parenting children.

Jaya ensured the nine sirens were working properly, as a test run was conducted routinely at 10 a.m. local time on the 26th of every month.

The card was previosuly available to some users in the last few months as a test run, but it is now publicly available.

Thus, the Drone can be interpreted as a test run of sorts.

Considering the grief EA has received, perhaps it's better to consider Battlefront II as test runs for two different initiatives: a longer story - driven action game and a standalone Rogue Squadron-esque space combat game.

As a test run, he asked local craftswomen to create two embroideries, one with the words «December 16, 2040» (the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth) and the other with the text «July 11, 2023» (the day he predicted he would die).

Google's released what we might classify as a test run of this device before in the Google OnHub for Google On and Google Home.

The pre-sale was conducted as a test run for the token sale and to help cover preliminary legal and PR expenses.

As far as Vivo is concerned, other top companies have helped them float this just as a test run to see if this combination of specs works well in real world use.

Read on as we test run the Philips Hue Lux and see if the trend starter is still a sure buy.

You can consider taking a leave of absence, negotiating a flexible work schedule whereby you can dedicate one full day a week to your interests, telecommuting, or using your stockpiled paid time off to have a stretch of time to focus on your hobby full - time as a test run.

Not exact matches

As the six - person Paladin crews, which were partaking in an exercise called Bulldog Focus, waited for the go - ahead to test fire, they showed me a dry run of how it loads and shoots.

But his question is whether Theranos could have really developed a way to run as many tests as it offers (more than 240 so far) on the large scale needed at hospitals and in major labs without relying on already existing machines to automate processing.

Canadian Tire has a similar program for garage storage, as well as in - store simulators for test driving tires, golf clubs and running shoes.

Iterations will only be as good as the feedback received from users and running user tests to improve the product is paramount.

Now, if you order Chinese takeout through platforms DoorDash or Postmates in Redwood City, Calif., or Washington, D.C., your food might arrive as a Starship test run, with a ping on your mobile phone letting you know your delivery robot is at the door.

I'm in the process of testing some smart TVs — the kind that connect to the internet and run various apps, such as YouTube and Netflix — which is funny because I just finished reviewing a bunch of media streaming devices, including the Roku XS and Apple TV.

As an example, if you're concerned that website visitors aren't seeing your opt - in form, you could run an A / B style split test that randomly presents viewers with one of two different page versions.

Make Me A Millionaire Inventor «Weekend Warriors»: Things don't go exactly as planned during a test run for the «Aguadrone.»

«You need to wear the entire outfit, including shoes and accessories,» she says, noting that it may take as many as dozen test runs before your attire feels like second skin.

Ancestry stores your spit sample so it can be used for quality purposes, such as making sure the lab is running as it's supposed to and the testing is accurate.

Founder Cheryl Ng has long believed in building markets incrementally, placing modest quantities with international distributors as a means of testing consumer acceptance without risking a lot of capital on large production runs.

Eventually, you'll run out of funding (as well as motivation) from testing and improving the product with no sales to show for it.

According to spokesman Thad Madden, one of the most costly and labour - intensive parts of the process of developing large, complex systems, such as those that run modern ships and aircraft, is testing the billions of different scenarios the systems might encounter.

Romeo was the first device to be tested on a barge over open water instead of on a reef, as the US was quickly running out of islands upon which it could test nuclear weapons.

Volkswagen AG CEO Martin Winterkorn is set to be grilled by the executive committee of the company's board as the fallout from its emissions cheating scandal spreads.Winterkorn issued a video apology Tuesday, after the company admitted that 11 million vehicles worldwide run software that cheat local emissions tests.

Work with employees regularly to ensure things will run smooth in the case of an emergency, and have a loyal customer and vendor you can use as test subjects during those drills.

Lenders use your social - media feed not just as a character test but also as a way to determine how well you engage your customers — how well you're running your business and how happy your customers are with you.

The test is one of several blockchain experiments State Street and other financial institutions have been working on over the past year as Wall Street grows increasingly hopeful that the technology, first developed to run cryptocurrency bitcoin, can help them increase efficiency and cut costs.

Microsoft's latest Surface Book became available to pre-order on Nov. 9, and some reviewers who've already taken it for a test run hail it as a «top - of - the - line powerhouse,» with a 13.5 - inch or 15 - inch display, dual - core and available quad - core processors, exceptional battery life of up to 17 hours, and NVIDIA graphics performance, all on the Windows 10 Pro operating system.

And like their famous predecessors, the business breeders profiled in these pages — a gamut that runs from manufacturers of goods as low - tech as stuffed beavers to services as specialized as psychological testing — began with pocket change.

When the method is applied strictly, production can not resume until problems are detected and fixed — as shown by brief test runs.

In this way, Luvo can be seen as a test for a lot of the current thinking on how to design and run a business.

Besides, most child - care benefits in Canada are already means - tested, including municipally and provincially run child - care subsidy systems, as well as the federal government's Universal Child Care Benefit.