Sentences with phrase «at least a small something»

I'm not sure I could last that long without buying at least a small something.

Not exact matches

I didn't make a lot of money, but I did get at least a small positive return from each of the asset classes I own, including equities, which is something given the TSX fell 11.07 % last year.

The deeper I look into myself the more clearly I become aware of this psychological truth: that no man would lift his little finger to attempt the smallest task unless he were spurred on by a more or less obscure conviction that in some infinitesimally tiny way he is contributing, at least indirectly, to the building up of something permanent — in other words, to your own work, Lord.

I don't know how anyone can hope that something will happen without at least believing that it can happen, no matter how small the probability of that may be.

In a few thousand years of recorded history, we went from dwelling in caves and mud huts and tee - pees, not understanding the natural world around us, or the broader universe, to being able to travel through space, using reason to ferret out the hidden secrets of how the world works, from physics to chemistry to biology, we worked out the tools and rules underpinning it all, mathematics, and now we can see objects that are almost impossibly small, the very tiniest building blocks of matter, (or at least we can examine them, even if you can't «see» them because you're using something other than your eyes and photons to view them) to the very farthest objects, the planets circling other, distant stars, that are in their own way, too small to see from here, like the atoms and parts of atoms themselves, detected indirectly, but indisputably THERE.

Or at least something resembling small ball.

Arsene Wenger has spoken about the current injury situation at Arsenal ahead of his side's Premier League clash with Everton, and has delivered a triple injury boost to at least give fans something small to smile about, as reported by Arsenal.com.

Obviously that can have a pretty big impact on you and so one of the things this family wanted to do was at least start small and start with this one hospital again in the UK and see if they can sound proof some maternity to just give people little bit more privacy because it is true you never know what is going on in the room right next to you and it can have the same effect to of someone that is trying not to freak out about labor and delivery over you know the hypnobirthing and you hear something going on in the next room and it totally throws you off.

I'd invited her on my yoga retreat and then on to Paris in hopes of helping her heal in some small way or at least find something to make her smile once or twice.

Hi I'm Jamie, I'm around 5» 5» or something and I'm 16 I currently weigh 65 kilos and need to get roughly around to 56 kilos I want to lose at least 5 - 10 kilos in 2 weeks but even tho I'm taking rapid loss shakes and eating small amounts of food it doesn't seem to be working, also I can't exercise out of the house so I'm forced to do quiet exercises in my room but it doesn't seem to do anything.

I also love Cartier and the Kering corporation for at least trying to do something about the problem and shifting their operations towards more nature - friendly ways of production, as well as supporting many small and medium businesses.

A small town, home to two large universities, I figured at least some of the twenty - somethings would be students — again hoping this might encourage a more normal demographic of guys along, and at the same time increase the laid - back atmosphere of the «dates».

War, the Game is a title that all strategy lovers should try out at least once in order to see how smaller teams can innovate by taking the classic concepts of the genre and turning them into something new.

Make your sappy true - life tabloid story, but at the very least take a small amount of time flipping back over the entire history of music in search of a cut that's more interesting, more vital than the god - damn Passenger — something which doesn't instantly remind you of many other, better movies.

Perhaps the very definition of a guilty pleasure, Paxton's directorial debut Frailty owes at least a passing fancy to the Garth Ennis - penned comic «Preacher» in its assignation of the Holy Ghost to something so mundane as a small - town axe murderer.

I'd really like to have something of a definitive (or at least well qualified like you did with the small / marginal engine and sudden load) list of things that somebody could look for when troubleshooting.

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.

Here is a sample of the prose style, which is something along the lines of Mad magazine rewriting Raymond Chandler: «The stranger was a woman, at least as tall as a small chair and probably as old as someone who attended nursery school many years ago.

Kevin is a small - time tech hound, amateur photographer, and a general know - at - least - something of all things geeky hailing from New York.

we really do care about the Kindle, want to help raise the quality of Kindle editions, and are good at making even the least well - known books look completely professional — something it's usually very hard for small publishers and authors to afford and nearly impossible for them to figure out on their own.

If you have OK or better credit, can come up with a small down payment, plan on staying in the home for at least four years, you are almost foolish to not buy something TODAY.

Instead, you can buy the SH as a small hedge against your long positions, so if they do fall off, at least something is buoying your portfolio by moving higher.

The tracking error will be relatively small, especially compared to something like a basket of hedge funds, which will at the very least would minimize reputational risk.

Of course, that sets it up for a good 2015 were investors to have a change of heart, but I want to look for something a little bit less mainstream, so I've sold off 1/4 of my position so that I can diversity my portfolio and delve a bit more into special situations (well, at least smaller cap companies with some kind of catalyst for value enhancement)

This is definitely something that's going to take some time and hard work, but even with just small payments at least you're getting somewhere.

They can stock items like clickers — at least two or three types — treat bags that the owner wears to hold the training treats, target sticks, really good harnesses that help teach the dog to walk properly, flat collars, clicker training books, click sticks, clicker leashes, small healthy treats, halters, puzzle toys, food - or treat - release toys for playtime when the dog isn't training but needs something to keep him busy in the house.

The significance of these diurnal al fresco gatherings is not known, but may have something to do with these sharks being cleaned by small wrasses and at least one species of goby.

One night, something that might have been a big worm but could also have been a small snake (and that at least was not a scorpion) wriggled out of the shower drain when I turned on the hot water.

They are a small hindrance on the overall gameplay, but at least they add something.

This additional twist to the side - scrolling beat «em up action does offer at least a small reward at the end of day, but it all just feels disjointed and definitely not something that long time Fable fans should respond to.

It also takes some cues from both the Far Cry and Crysis series, allowing you to spot enemies and tag them, thus making them easier to pinpoint at any time, as well showing you a small indicator when an enemy sees you (or at least sees something suspicious).

Even a small trickle of news, even something letting us know that the Western release was at least being worked on.

The drama of Eliot's lines proceeds, at least in part, from their treatment of scale, from their claim to reveal something immense by looking at something very small.

Since we have agreed that I accept (at least provisionally, as far as the powerfully augmented eye can see) an expanding Universe and am therefore clearly religious about physics and mathematics and reason if nothing else, can you explain to me how God isn't something and yet is capable of things like sentience, action, choice, design, starting off Big Bangs out of nothingness — all things that seem to involve a remarkably high degree of material complexity and organization (not to mention time, and space and energy)-- not to mention various Amazing Powers to make an entire Universe poof into existence out of nowhere with just the right rules to work out to become (in very small part) me some 14 billion years later.

Three seems like a small number, but if you strive to accomplish at least three things, you will have done something besides just putting out fires.

In that case, you should at least charge their account something, even if it is just a small amount to verify that the account is valid.

We've used different project management software to do it, e-mail, and even not just our writers but our actual staff team we have an office but many of them work from home or work remotely at least part of the time by choice and it's something we allow and encourage, but it isn't always the perfect solution for making sure that teams of people are on the same page and coordinated, and that's of course completely setting aside the fact that there are plenty of business owners who care about Face time and making sure people are working hard and we've actually, we trust the people we work with so that's not even on our radar, though it definitely would be on some small law firms radars as an additional struggle with remote workers.

Instead you still want something small to at least cover final expenses.

However, this API update means that — for now, at least — post scheduling is something only larger organizations will be able to take advantage of, as many smaller businesses don't necessarily use a third - party software program for working with Instagram.

I'm looking for something to replace my terrible - sounding bedside clock radio with the best sound I can get in a small footprint, and while I've only seen a couple of reviews of the Studio 5, they both mention superb sound quality (for the price, at least).

They look pretty sleek, especially the XL 2, and the stereo speakers means that the smaller Pixel is at least doing something with its large bottom bezel instead of just being wasted space like last year's model.

There's something uniquely productive about the Note 7, at least among smaller tablets — maybe it's the included stylus and optimized software.

Now this seems a little odd for Verizon to have a worldwide exclusive on wireless charging, but we have to at least give a small bit of credit to LG for making something else available.

Required Qualifications * Must be at least 16 years of age * Licensure requirements vary by state * Attention and Focus o The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted * Customer Service Orientation o Actively look for ways to help people, and do so in a friendly manner o Notice and understand customers» reactions, and respond appropriately * Communication Skills o Use and understand verbal and written communication to interact with customers and colleagues o Actively listening by giving full attention to what others are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times * Mathematical Reasoning o The ability to use math to solve a problem, such as calculating day's supply of a prescription * Problem Resolution o Is able to judge when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong; recognizing there is a problem o Choosing the best course of action when faced with a complex situation with several available options PHYSICAL DEMANDS: * Remaining upright on the feet, particularly for sustained periods of time * Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for moving from one work area to another * Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than whole hand or arm * Extending hand (s) and arm (s) in any direction * Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist * Stooping to a considerable degree and requiring full use of the lower extremities and back muscles * Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately * Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication * Visual Acuity: o The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as: transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, reading, visual inspection involving small parts * Occasional lifting of up to 30 lbs; exerting up to 30 lbs of force occasionally and / or up to 10 lbs of force frequently, and / or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects Preferred Qualifications * Previous experience in a pharmacy, retail, medical, or customer service setting * Previous experience as a Pharmacy Technician * PTCB National Certification Education * High School diploma or equivalent (preferred) Business Overview CVS Health, through our unmatched breadth of service offerings, is transforming the delivery of health care services in the U.S..

To a large extent, at least in the early years, this means taking on the behaviors and attitudes the majority of the children learned at home — a parents» - group - to - children's - group effect that can be identified as such only by observing the small minority of children who learned something different at home (and controlling for heredity).

i have knitted just once in my life, a blanket for my first grandson because that's what grandmas are supposed to do right lmao, i used a loom and knit it so tight it weighs a ton and for the life of me and 67 videos later could not figure out how to finish off the last corner, even though it was wonky my daughter and son in law received it with the proper ohhs and ahhs and my poor grandson had to suffer having it put on him and them it was passed to my second grandson and he had to endure it also, so i went to maggie's site to look at video and was lost with the first stitch, so maybe i will just get back to painting the walls in the kitchen so i can at least get something finished in this dang house lol xx p.s. you are not going to believe this but i hate the newspaper in my bathroom when i close the door the walls come in and make the room smaller than it is already and because i am a reader of all things i have read and reread all of the articles so many times so there it sits not finished while i try to come up with something, maybe crashing out all of the drywall and starting over oh lord xx