Sentences with phrase «as spare as»

«The goal is to get the space as spare as we can,» says Tracy.

The critical literature written in English to augment these biographical details is as spare as her geometry.

Burge's pieces on the other side of the second floor, several of which date back to 2009 and 2011, are displayed in conventional gallery fashion, but with an emphasis on keeping the naturally - lit room as spare as possible.

Keen's brand of alternative - country and Americana is as spare as it is razor - sharp.

He dove back into gestural abstraction just when his art had become as spare as anyone's in the early 1960s.

Reservoir As you drift home in the dead of night in the back of a black cab, the road is as spare as the open ocean.

Though the voice is as spare as the landscape of the High Plains east of Denver...

Not exact matches

In his spare time during his degree, he wrote spec scripts as a hobby.

I double - majored in theater in college, so I was planning to take on this challenge through some method acting — but since Musk has been sleeping on the Tesla factory floor and skipping showers as of late, I decided to spare my co-workers.

In China, dealerships known as «4S stores» (for «service, spare parts, sale, and survey») largely corner the market for popular luxury brands like BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, and Mercedes - Benz.

After the fall of the Nazi Regime, Petain was spared the gallows because of his actions as «The Lion of Verdun» and hero of France.

Y Combinator itself has put out a list of types of startups it would like to see apply to the program (many of them stunningly ambitious), my Inc.com colleague Bill Murphy, Jr. has even uncovered a truly monster list of 1,001 business ideas (though many of them, such as a toothbrush holder with actually big enough holes, are probably not going to make you billions), and I've personally rounded up even smaller business ideas that you can start without so much as a spare $ 100 in the bank.

In 2005, for instance, the quick succession of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita cooled the waters below as they passed over Florida, sparing the Florida Keys from a serious coral bleaching event affecting the Caribbean.

«But measures of domestically generated inflation remain contained and inflation is likely to fall back sharply next year as the influence of the factors temporarily raising inflation diminishes and downward pressure from unemployment and spare capacity persists.

Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat says the real potential for mobile doesn't lie in simple games to play when you have a minute or two to spare, but rather as a way to attract new paying customers to console games.

As for where clients» «spare change» actually goes, Acorns invests it in one of five portfolio options, designed with different levels of risk by Nobel Prize - winning economist Harry Markowitz.

«Russia as a state will continue to spare no effort to protect the interests of our companies abroad,» Peskov said.

It's tough working out of your spare bedroom as we once did; later wasn't much better: I worked in our make - shift office, and Bryan was relegated to the kitchen.

It's easy to get started in your spare time and ramp up as your income increases and you get more comfortable.

«Russia as a state will continue to spare no effort to protect the interests of our companies abroad,» said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

As we've noted before, it plugs into any iOS device's Lightning port and lets you offload (and transfer) whatever spare files you have sitting on your device.

The transactions are structured so as to spare institutional backers of the ride - hailing firm the pain of marking down the value of their investments, while at the same time offering staff an exit well below what they may have been hoping for before the company was hit by a string of governance scandals.

His action spared much of the harm that some countries still face as result of the devastating effects of lead on human health.

As chief executive of MC2 Microsystems, a computer - networking company, he has seen clients with the spare - no - expense attitude.

The Diaper Dude Messenger Bag has three prominent exterior pockets, each of which is the perfect size for some of the most important stuff, such as spare diapers, wipe packets, snacks, and so forth.

In the sport of remanufacturing, the fundamentals include such things as using hand tools correctly, watching the labor utilization rate, figuring out better ways to make spare parts.

First, keep in mind that your diaper bag will be loaded with several items you will hopefully hardly ever need, such as spare clothes.

There is a side mesh pouch perfect for an adult's water bottle and more than enough room in the two main compartments to carry all of your baby's needed gear — spare onesie, food pouches, stuffed bear, etc. — as well as your camera, route map, some snacks, and the other stuff you want to bring along for the journey.

But if you use spare time in the day, during the commute, while waiting for your coffee to brew or before you drop off to sleep at night, the actual writing part need not seem as daunting as some fear.

The deal will keep Kendra Scott's eponymous founder as the majority owner of the business which she started in 2002 with just $ 500, designing jewelry out of her spare bedroom.

Even as a professional, I've never lived above my means, never carried credit card debt, and paid down on my mortgage with every spare dollar I earned until it was paid off.

There was some good news the next day, though, as it wrote «although we have not been allowed on the property yet, Ken and Arnulfo and I were able to look from afar and we * believe * that our vines may have been spared.

As chief executive of MC2 Microsystems, a computer networking company, he has seen clients with the spare - no - expense attitude.

«I decided it was time to get out of the spare bedroom and set up a legitimate business,» recalls Crews, who left her job as a government contractor in 2010 to start Kombuchick.

In 1980, as part of his Harvard reunion, Blankfein wrote that in his «spare time,» he worked «as a tax lawyer, the only career for a real man of action.»

Some companies with ESOPs respond by keeping spare cash in such safe, liquid investments as bank certificates of deposit.

So long as your computer has a spare USB slot to hold its receiver, it's a good deal at $ 33.

As a result of the weak recovery, the economy has lots of spare capacity, interest rates and valuations are well below historical averages, and corporate managements are exercising extreme risk - averse behavior.

Paul Graham is on record as saying that you should do things that don't scale — but spare a thought for how they will, and remember to value your own time.

Citing the same reasons, the Malaysia Retailers Association (MRA) in July lowered its projected retail growth for the third time this year, to 4 percent from 4.9 percent, as consumers opt to save rather than spend their spare cash.

Facebook, LinkedIn and Apple have all implemented their own versions of 20 percent time, but as huge and highly successful technology companies with money to spare, it's a bet they can afford to make.

Atkinson warned that the market's spare capacity — largely concentrated in Saudi Arabia — will dwindle as demand keeps rising at a time when supply remains stagnant.

It's going to be a «full equal» to the current HQ — Amazon is requiring cities to have a spare of up to 8,000,000 square feet of land — and that's a major deal because as said earlier, when Amazon flaps its wings, tornadoes appear.

The company, which is based in San Francisco, was founded in 2008 as a way for people to easily list and rent out their spare rooms or their homes online.

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, three kids and two cats, as well as camping, making music and writing about antiques and collectibles.

The aging plane had rescued and resupplied American citizens after last year's hurricanes as part of the U.S. territory's fleet, which often struggles to remain mission - ready amid long waits for spare parts, said Adjutant Gen. Isabelo Rivera, commander of the Puerto Rico National Guard.

With access to our partners» experience and global network as well as our excellent industry background, we spare no efforts in helping our entrepreneurs and their companies succeed!

Giant companies such as Citigroup and General Motors — a share of which cost little more than a pocketful of spare change — were at risk of being delisted.

Published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change, it includes sparing healthy food from taxation, as well as selective compensation for income losses associated with tax - related price increases.

Since U.S. real estate prices bottomed in 2011, it seems as if almost everyone with spare cash has jumped on the «investing in property for rental income» bandwagon.