Sentences with phrase «better than i hoped»

I recognize that many of the things we do deal with are symptoms rather than causes of the urban plight, but I also believe that when people are hurt and bleeding, Band - Aids are better than nothing; that some hope is better than no hope; that a dim sign of God's presence in the city is better than no sign.

It is as good, if not better than I hoped as I was thinking about it during middle of the night feedings.

They turned out even better than I hoped — I had one for breakfast with a little yogurt, but this would also make a wonderful dessert.

I had heard so many great things about it but have to say it is even better than I hoped for.

The results came out better than I hoped.

It's even better than I hoped for!

«We've been surprised at the growth, when you start a business you sort of wish and hope but certainly we've gone better than we hoped,» Pirate Life CEO Mick Cameron said.

Wow, these came out fantastic, even better than I hoped.

Yes that may be extremely unlikely but its better than hoping after you lose an easy match.

I have wanted this guy at Arsenal for the past two seasons and right now he is better than I hoped for.

The race went a lot better than I hoped.

The bench turned out better than I hoped and has held up through SEVERAL rains and run ins with bird droppings ~ I just hose it off every time one of my feathered friends decides to «use» it.

So getting David Cameron committed to 80 % elected is much better than a hope that Labour will finally, after years of dragging its feet, get round to backing reform.

«Medical Research Revealed» started in April 2002 and it's working out even better than I hoped.

The night was even better than I hoped it would be.

While on set, I got the feeling they were making something special, but now that I've seen the finished film, I can happily report the movie is even better than I hoped.

HOPE elementary students fell behind their peers, as 70 % of Colorado students with the same standardized test scores in 2013, scored better than HOPE students in 2014.

Whatever the price, it's a lot better than hoping that Google and Apple and Microsoft will treat Amazon like their best friend and allow Amazon open access to their ecosystems and their users.

This was our first time using a service to book a vacation - and it turned out better than I hoped it would have.

All the best to you, and I hope your farmhouse kitchen turns out even better than you hope.

Quality and beauty were better than hoped.

Not exact matches

How to Build Better Business Relationships: Listen More Than You Talk «We all want to extol our strengths, our virtues in hopes of impressing others and, ultimately, getting more business,» says Alisa Cohn, an executive coach.

There's a great deal to be gleaned from people who have actually done what you're hoping to do rather than from newbies who are inventing their «careers» as they roll along, hoping at the same time to get their businesses built and scaled before they run out of time, cheap money or good ideas.

What sets elite performers who turn out prodigious quantities of valuable work apart from normal worker bees, who despite our best intentions and long hours, consistently produce less than we hoped?

If you're going to have a virtual copilot, I would hope that it's a better driver than I am.

«I would hope it would be better than a cash prize.»

When I ask what he hopes to be doing in three years time, Mast replies that he wants to continue to make chocolate that is more delicious and of better quality than what mainstream confectioners sell today.

Affiliates do more than toss up a list of links and hope for the best.

It worked better than the Chinese could have ever hoped — on paper at least.

We did and the end - product was better than we could have hoped for.»

The estimates were better than the Evolution partners had dared hope — from $ 48 million to $ 75 million.

I'm sharing this story with you with the hope that you'll be better prepared than I was.

What consumers seem to understand even better than some of us in the business is that putting your name on a product says you're proud of it and you hope they like it.

The hope is that jurors who understand the case as best as possible will rely more on the facts than their own, biased opinions during deliberation.

But more than anything, Flaherty's plan for eliminating the deficit amounts to kicking the can down the road and hoping for the best.

Find a reason that means more than that fear: creating a better future for your family, wanting to make a real difference, or hoping for a more rewarding and fulfilling life.

As a fully - fledged laptop, I was hoping for a better selection of ports than Microsoft provided here.

There is a shred of hope for pay services to cling to in the MoffettNathanson results, however: Namely, the fact that the third - quarter figure was substantially better than the 605,000 fewer subscribers the firm reported in the second quarter of this year, news that helped to trigger a sell - off in television - related stocks.

EMC is no doubt hoping that Glass Lewis's endorsement of the deal will be enough to persuade undecided EMC shareholders who are skeptical that a newly combined company would be able to better compete in a fast - changing technology landscape than either Dell or EMC by themselves.

Smith started Vice as a print magazine with Suroosh Alvi and Gavin McInnes in Montreal more than two decades ago; with Smith at the helm as CEO, it's now a multi-platform content mill with a reported audience of between 250 million and 300 million people a month, many of them members of Generation Y. Smith made his money by convincing an older generation that Vice knows millennials better than they could ever hope to, and that pitch has worked: Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox paid US$ 70 million for a 5 % stake of Vice in 2013, and Rogers Communications (which owns Canadian Business) inked a $ 100 million partnership.

Again, there's no indication the newly stable company's investors are willing to make that kind of an outlay, but it may actually be the cheaper option than doing nothing and hoping for the best.

But rather than waving a white flag, or simply, hoping for the best when traffic comes through, there are specific updates you can make to turn a quick site surveillance into a long - term conversion.

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.

Rather than selling VIA or using an ESOP, I was hoping I could achieve better outcomes for all by creating a different kind of employee - ownership model — the rare «perfect deal.»

Judge Klein's decision to overlook the disparate treatment accorded pensioners and capital - market creditors disappointed municipal - bond investors, who had hoped for better treatment in the wake of his Oct. 1 decision that pensions deserved no more protection than other contractual obligations.

This week, we tallied the performance of our picks, and I'm happy (and relieved) to say that we really were better than average — although we also made a few recommendations that haven't panned out the way we hoped.

True, the MREs are a far - less - than - ideal food, and the medical aid will be inadequate — but it's better than nothing, and there's the hope that better resources will become available soon.

No study like this is perfect, but we hope we've brought some attention to the perpetual battle among states for economic development, and answered the question we posed at the beginning: Why do some states do it better than others?

Many hope that this new version of Windows will be a sharp departure from Windows 8, which was intended more for tablets than desktops and was not well - received by the tech community.

With little warning, it filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11, in the hope, Brandon said at the time, of emerging better than ever.