Sentences with phrase «because of hitting»

They have a bunch of hitters who've spent their entire lives succeeding at baseball because of hitting one way, and it's possible that these specific players are spectacularly ill - suited to adjust.

There is a lot of competition with heavy hitters in the equities market and I've seen large institutions drag down a highly liquid stock with just one trade, causing others to dump because of the hit to their portfolios.

They go easier on Muslim because of the hit called on the Danish cartoonist.

The Lions» drive started at the end of the third quarter from their own 20 - yard line, but the Bills were flagged for a 15 - yard penalty because of a hit linebacker Preston Brown delivered to Stafford as he was sliding.

Not surprisingly, the media feeding frenzy has resulted, anecdotal evidence suggests, in a sharp drop in youth football registrations for this fall's season, with parents fearful that playing football will almost inevitably expose their kid to an unreasonable risk of injury (which, of course, is patently untrue; more than 7 million kids in the U.S. currently play football, very few of whom, statistically speaking and despite a few well - publicized cases - are likely to end up committing suicide because of the hits they sustained playing the sport, and millions upon countless millions who have played football over the past century without apparent ill effect).

As far as I knew, Dalida has enjoyed enormous popularity all around the world, largely because of hit songs like «Laissez - Moi Danser», «Helwa Ya Baladi», «Salma Ya Salama» and many more.

On the good side, it was very well specced and was quick when in sport mode (although I didn't use that much because of the hit on mpgs) and is low on car tax.

I like Smashwords alot because of it hits all the ereaders.

I mention these three artists because each of them hit their stride in the 1970s, or, after the «1960s,» when, according to Douglas Crimp, in his essay «The End Of Painting» (1981), «painting's terminal condition finally seemed impossible to ignore.

It can make sure that even when you don't know who to sue because of a hit & run accident, your injuries will be covered.

In addition, uninsured / underinsured motorist coverage will cover your costs if you suffer because of a hit - and - run driver.

i would love for you to redo my daughter's house... they bought it 7 years ago and the equity and value has gone from $ 119,000 (price they bought it for) to being assessed at $ 35,000 last year because of the hit the economy and housing market has taken in michigan.

Not exact matches

With our model, we can validate «hit» games at 20 percent of the upfront cost of regular game developers because we can continuously test and improve.»

The stock, which had been a longtime high - flier, briefly fell 14 % in after - hours trading because of the bad news and hit an October low of $ 95.

«I think that networks are in a tough position right now, where they have shows that a lot of people watch — much more than cable shows that are considered «hits» — but they're not allowed to call them hits because they're up against an old system.»

Another grateful occupant Mia, 20, expressed how lucky she is to be part of the program: «I feel like I just rolled some dice and hit something lucky because I don't think I would have found a place that genuinely takes care of kids like they do here.»

Space junk is dangerous because one collision could trigger a chain reaction of objects hitting each other, resulting in a thick cloud of debris that would make space travel extremely dangerous.

Organize Your Workspace: The Sources of Clutter Just because your office looks like a hurricane hit it doesn't necessarily mean you are disorganized.

Mesh backs are great, but mesh is not ideal for the seat because the chair frame may hit the back of the leg and can become a compression point and circulation inhibitor.

«Because of work commitments, Scheana and Rob felt it best to hit pause on their relationship for now,» the unnamed source said.

If my word isn't good enough for you, maybe you should point the Doomers to this highly recommended Daily Kos diary by Ministry of Truth from three weeks ago, the title of which is Corporate profits just hit an all time high BECAUSE wages just hit an all time low.

Because the performance - based stock grants also aren't worth anything until Valeant stock hits $ 60, the current value of Papa's paycheck last year is much lower, or about $ 14.7 million.

«We're not getting people with big medical bills, chronically sick people who would hit those lifetime caps or be denied because of pre-existing conditions.

Because of this, Hansen isn't worried about shareholders taking a hit.

Again, because of the way it's written, you could pick it up at any time, flip to any page, and be hit with a piece of wisdom.

During the 2015 blizzard that hit much of the northeast, workers at businesses that stayed open risked losing their jobs if they decided to stay away from work because of government travel warnings.

And a down cycle doesn't hit them as hard as it does the manufactures because many of them have robust replacement - parts businesses.

Musk, who several months ago demoted Eberhard to president of technology and installed an interim CEO, argues that Tesla is a hit precisely because he hasn't sacrificed the car's performance to meet any arbitrary near - term goal.

«Buying the yen because of a trade war in which Japan was going to be hit pretty badly, and Japan hasn't been exempted from the steel tariffs by the way, that seems to me pretty peculiar,» Giles Keating, managing director at wealth manager Werthstein Institute, told CNBC.

What's more, because of the business a company like Target does online, any hit to sales is mitigated by e-commerce.

As it turned out, Barton's banking expertise proved crucial in Seoul, because within three months of his arrival, the Asian crisis hit.

You're trying to get the one thing to be a hit, because entrepreneurs have a lot of failures, and I certainly had a lot of failures,» O'Leary says.

April 24 - The Russian government may feel compelled to support Oleg Deripaska after the billionaire and his businesses were hit by U.S. sanctions this month, because his sprawling empire employs tens of thousands of people across Russia.

«We're going to hit 450 parts per million» — the scientific assessment of the maximum amount of carbon our atmosphere can handle — «because we have no choice, and whoever invents technologies that allow people to increase their quality of life while hitting that number wins — and wins big.»

Rice would argue that it's a waste of Griffith's talent to limit himself to a single project, because true innovation involves far more misses than hits.

Some banks weren't able to lend for a while because of TARP,» Geshwiler says, referring to the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the federal government's program for bailing out banks hit hard in the financial crisis.

«In some of the refugee camps, girls, once they hit the age of 12, aren't allowed to play outside because they are considered too tempting for the boys,» said Matthews.

I used to think about all of the books, articles and speeches that I wanted to create but then eventually talked myself out of it, because I would hit a wall and just tell myself that creativity isn't a strong suit of mine.

Southwest Airlines Co. will probably take a $ 77 million hit in the third quarter because of its major presence at Houston's William P. Hobby airport, Becker said.

United Continental Holdings Inc. is likely to take at least a $ 265 million financial hit from Hurricane Harvey because of the carrier's reliance on Houston as one of its biggest hubs, an airline analyst said.

In part, that's because the rich have more discretion on when and where to buy homes — and with the costs of owning a home in New York going up with the tax plan, apartments aimed at the rich will see the biggest price hits.

Because of PDVSA's habit of paying late, sanctions that limit its ability to issue debt hit the «core of how PDVSA works, which is with arrears,» or payments made on debt, Palacios said at the Columbia event.

New design generates better control over the ball, extensive feedback when you have an off - center mis - hit, forgiving design because of the balance of the weight in the club face and sole of the club

Transat took a $ 5 - million hurricane hit in the first quarter and expects another $ 10 million to $ 15 million in the second quarter because of changed travel patterns resulting from the storms.

Has Hilton taken a hit because of Airbnb?

Getting economists to describe it is a bit like asking an astrophysicist to give you a detailed picture of what would happen if a giant asteroid hit the earth — no one really knows because, thank goodness, it has never happened before.

EASTWOOD: No, I just... Yeah, I just thought in the back of my mind I was well some people have made through these things so maybe we'll have a luck and when we hit the water and the water felt much more comfortable because in the air the sound of the engine not running was very disconcerting.

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But not only has the Israeli company been hit with calls for a boycott because of its manufacturing facility in the disputed West Bank, it seems changing consumer habits are hurting sales, too.

Because options have become such a big part of how we're paid, many managers just ask: What's the number I've got to hit to get them?