Sentences with phrase «at least a small number»

The research is ongoing, and several studies have suggested that being on an elimination diet may help around a quarter of those who have ADHD to cure or lessen at least a small number of symptoms.

More than likely, you gathered at least a small number of readers around your blog.

I can't imagine not having at least a small number of acrylic units to sell; otherwise, the store is depriving its customers from entering an entirely different world of aquatic display.

Not exact matches

Even a small number of high - profile accidents could do more than statistics to influence the opinions of lawmakers and potential customers, at least in the short term.

Theoretically, it's good for small business: The Wall Street Journal reports that Giuliani hopes at least 13 million people will trade their employer - based insurance for a private plan, bringing the number of Americans who buy their own policies to more than 30 million.

In a financing universe as rich with capital and opportunities as this one is, a fair number of small and young companies will be able to steer their way clear of banks altogether — at least for a while.

For a «tech» startup — at least among those that make any money at all — $ 43 million in cumulative revenue over four years is a vanishingly small number.

That's a pretty small number for a single guy... much less for a guy with a wife (who does not work) and at least 2 kids.

The number of people repressed for their religion under Communism is far smaller (at least an order of magnitude) than the excess deaths caused by these regimes.

Only a small number by priests and the number among your protestant denominations is at least as high.

Valued in the billions and the number one yogurt in America, the company is by no means «small» any longer, but it owes at least part of its success to how it manages to seem small and relatable to the public.

The results for the few food group intakes that were dichotomized before the heritability analysis, such as for infant formula milk and fruit juice, should not be overinterpreted because there are several indications that they might be an artifact: small numbers of pairs with at least one consumer for formula milk (15 %) and other beverages (13 %) made their distributions extremely positively skewed, and the reduced variation in the data due to dichotomizing these variables compromises power and accuracy of the parameters, therefore limiting interpretation.

If people really want to go to town on his 8 goals in first season, signed on dead - line day, no pre-season, played centrally for only a small number of games (14 in fact) then they should at least keep it in context; look at the first season or comparable age scoring from some of their other heroes like Kanu, Eduardo, Wiltord, Adebayor and RvP — they certainly were not ripping up trees and played centrally all the time.

Bearing in mind the number of points that Arsenal pick up against smaller teams, if we pick at least 4 points from each of the teams in the top 6 — then definitely we win the League.

I look at annual coaching overachievers and underachievers each year using second - order wins — basically the difference between what the stats think your win total should be and what it actually is — and while three years is a small sample, among the 223 FBS coaches with at least three years of head coaching experience between 2005 - 17, Martin's number is 10th - worst, with an average record 0.9 wins below expected totals.

The Republicans were aggressively on - target by contrast, at least judging from the small number of topics they hammered again and again (questions from the public were far more diverse — goooo marijuana legalization!).

One of the most significant features of this parliament has been the rise of a much more independent parliamentary party... The small number of frontbench jobs relative to the size of the 2010 intake... The difference between the Coalition Agreement and the manifesto promises that MPs were elected upon... The empowerment of backbenchers by Speaker Bercow... The IPSA factor... No10's party mismanagement... at least ten factors have created what I've called the supercharged backbencher.

But even preventing a small number of bites could have a huge impact because a female mosquito must engorge herself with a blood meal at least twice to transmit a disease such as malaria or dengue — once to contract the disease, and again to pass it along.

Only a small number of U.S. and Asian dogs share maternal ancestry with ancient American dogs, suggesting the arrival of European breeds starting at least several hundred years ago reshaped dog DNA in the Americas, she proposed.

Perhaps the toughest problem of all to overcome, at least for young scientists, is the fact that, as with any probability problem, small numbers of publications and citations inevitably mean big error bars.

(D) The average number of somatic hypermutations in the pandemic H1N1 patient plasmablast variable region genes compared with primary IgG plasmablast responses to vaccinia (small pox) or the anthrax vaccine, or after at least 4 boosters with the anthrax vaccine.

«The meta - analytic study requires a certain number of studies (at least 17 - 20 experiments) to detect smaller effects and to avoid false - positive results (if the findings are driven by the effect of single experiments),» Zinchenko said.

Due to the small number of cells injected, it takes at least two weeks before tumors are detectable in size (normally they would be visible in ten days).

However, the profile distortions were small in most cases, such that people generally provided heights, weights, and ages that were at least close to the real numbers.

Fans may not be altogether content with the small amount of bonus features included, but with the number of barebone DVDs released, the selection here might leave some things to be desired but at least not everything.

At least for EMOs, the prospects of long - term profitability make it possible to raise capital from venture investors or, in a smaller number of cases, like Edison Schools, the public markets.

But the small yet growing numbers of public school teachers who teach about religion say religious belief, at least among their students, is as shallow as it is wide.

Andy has repeatedly argued that the measure of the Obama administration's seriousness on reform is its willingness to award RTT grants to only a small number of exemplary states (at least in the first round).

With a relatively small number of exceptions, even those trainees receiving bursaries will be expected to accumulate more debt to become qualified or, at the very least, forgo the opportunity to embark on alternative salaried careers.

A small number of CMOs will have grown to serve at least 20,000 students, placing them among the largest 2 percent of school districts nationally in terms of size, while delivering a level of performance that will change the current paradigm of delivering performance at scale.

The decision reportedly followed requests from a small number of families and so far at least one pupil has decided to take the option.

In a small number of cases, the above criteria are relaxed slightly if the school operates with at least 70 more hours / year than a comparison public school

Since change takes time, our ability to analyze the impact of the reform effort has thus far been limited by the small number of schools which have been in the project for at least 2 years.

On track the Urus — now on 22 - inch wheels with a Corsa tyre — is a freak, storming down the straights and able, at least for small numbers of laps at a time, to brake late into corners.

Over the last two years since I jumped into the blogging game, I have seen at least half a dozen cases of well - known authors doing something equivalent to sticking their foot in it and pissing readers off either in small numbers or large.

And yet, in researching the article, I found a small number of co-publishing services who (at least appeared to be) exclusive when selecting books.

If you would normally buy a book in hardcover or paperback, then buying the ebook version represents a smaller profit — according to this article at least, which didn't give any numbers or a source for that.

At least one publisher, John Wiley & Sons Inc., recommends ResultSource to a small number of business authors.

«We're working with a number of major educational publishers to transform their content for epub and kindle, and other devices,» continued Gross, «and it sure seems that all major publishers, as well as smaller [ones], have projects in the wings for at least moving some content over.

For making payments (e.g. online or from a mobile banking app) you just need to add a «payee» and you can have as many of those as you want (or, at least, it's certainly not a small limit on numbers).

But growth investing, at least as the Cabot system practices it, looks to make the bulk of its annual returns from a small number of successful stocks that deliver big gains.

A small number of shelters regularly shoot at least some of the animals; shooting was earlier deemed a humane method of killing and to be acceptable for Oklahoma towns and cities with populations under 10,000 people.

Be sure you have at least as many pet carriers as number of cats or other small animals, and place them in an easily accessible place, like a closet near the door or fire escape route.

Almost every pet food retailer, big and small, sells some Science Diet product, and a number of veterinarians likely carry it too, at least the Prescription line.

In addition to posing a rabies risk, outdoor and feral cats that number at least 95 million animals in the United States, are responsible for killing an estimated 500 million birds annually in addition to scores of other small animals.

It was perhaps a bit small, with a sample size of 122 fledglings, but that number is large enough to be at least indicative, although not conclusive.

In addition, a small number of cats never became interested in food during training but found petting rewarding instead, and with this reinforcer, they learned at least to target.

Because the cat must have at least two adult female worms present to make this test positive, a negative test may mean that the cat may only have a small number of worms or that all the worms present are male.

I'm ever passionate about my magazine's mission, and I hope at least in some small way it's creating a greater awareness of the number of our homeless animals, the importance of spaying and neutering, the abuse issues, and the overall conditions of our animals locally and throughout the state.

North America's newest sports resort, is less than a three hour drive from Calgary International Airport, and was voted «Number 1 Resort for Powder in North America» by Skiing Magazine, and «Small Resort of the Year 2003» by the Good Skiing and Snowboarding Guide, Kicking Horse Mountain Resort offers ideal snow conditions for at least 120 days a year in the magnificent Canadian Rockies.