Sentences with phrase «big unknown»

«We just have this great big unknown out there about where all the money is coming from,» he says.

One of the last big unknowns in the global climate equation is Antarctica.

The Census of Marine Life's decadelong quest to take stock of sea life comes to a close with a slew of new species, population estimates and plenty of big unknowns

Where inflation has been 2 % in the US the last few years, health care costs have risen on average 6 % and with people living on average 10 years longer and a growing need for long term care, it is an expensive but big unknown for future retirees.

Consumers got a release month and a price as well, the two biggest unknowns about the Xbox One until last Monday.

And there's one other big unknown with special resonance for seniors and everyone who worries about their own future and the prospect of caring for their parents: healthcare costs.

The other big unknown here is cost.

But we're worried about news that those with savings will have benefits taken away, that up to two million people will face higher deduction rates and that there are still big unknowns like how to finance people's childcare.»

«We just have this great big unknown out there about where all the money is coming from,» Robert Brulle, a sociologist at Drexel University who studies money in the conservative movement, recently told me.

«Government and industry responders were faced with an oil spill of unprecedented size and sea depth, pitting them in a high - stakes battle against big unknowns,» Reddy and Arey wrote in an article in Oceanus magazine.

Despite promising results from past studies in rodents and nonhuman primates, testing the antisense strategy in people carried big unknowns.

They will know how to put them together to make simple words that use regular straightforward letter - sound correspondences, and they will be starting to be able to read bigger unknown words using digraphs (combinations of two letters that makes a single sound).

We don't know how many films will be on offer though, or how much they'll cost, and seeing as watching films is a big part of this device's appeal, that's a pretty big unknown quantity.

Having some potentially big unknowns not a good situation to buy a house.

So the only realistic outcomes are such a collapse or an economic transformation that prevents it, with timing the only big unknown.

«The other big unknown is - particularly in London - the impact of EU citizens, and whether EU citizens turn up and exercise their franchise.

One big unknown — particularly in London — is the impact of EU citizens, who Curtice warned could «scupper» the Tories if they turn out in big numbers and vote against the party.

But the big unknown is whether and how people currently in the black market would go legit.

The biggest unknown is how NAFTA negotiations will play out.

The biggest unknown for Samsung Pay is whether Google Wallet will come preloaded on Samsung phones.

Speaking to CNBC's «Squawk Box» on Wednesday, Motley Fool analyst David Kretzmann acknowledged President Donald Trump's trade policy with China was still «a big unknown.»

The biggest unknown for publishers — as with every other partnership involving Facebook — is how a specific piece of content will be treated by the social network's all - powerful algorithm, which determines who sees what and when in their news feeds.

«Antitrust is highly discretionary and the antitrust laws in the U.S. are rather vague and it really depends on who is doing the antitrust enforcement, and that is the big unknown as we go forward,» said Bloom.

A big unknown, however, is the missile's payload.

The big unknown: How would Wall Street respond?

The big unknown is whether the deal will win approval from the Trump administration's antitrust regulators.

But what exactly that solution is a big unknown.

The big unknown for Detroit is whether Apple gets into the auto business.

Now, the big unknown is just where does the Fed go from here.

But it removes a big unknown from the equation.

One big unknown, however, is the degree to which foreigners will be allowed, or would be willing to, participate in the asset sales.»

Future regulatory action is, arguably, the biggest unknown factor related to distributed ledger technology.

These two big unknowns — dark matter and dark energy — are estimated to make up about 95 percent of the universe.

The two big unknowns — dark matter (estimated at 22 %) and dark energy (estimated at 74 %)-- appear to make up the balance.

When scienca is a big unknown to you, it can be «understood» to match anything the bible says.

The possible effect of future change in climate is one of the big unknowns in the future of the diversity of life on the planet.

The biggest unknown is what do the Cowboys feel they have in Rico.

Pep is the big unknown in terms of being able to improve on City's last season, but he is an impressive manager.

And before you jump down my throat — right now, right here which trio would you put your money on to score the most goals??! I'd suggest the answer to that will depend on how Walcott, Bony and Falcao in particular go next season — the 3 biggest unknowns.

GJ: That's been a big unknown.

The big unknown is always the knockout stages, you can get a fortuitous draw and avoid the big guns or you can get a Bayern Munich, Real Madrid or Barcelona straight away.

Another big unknown for Southgate is who will play at centre - back.

And even if you have no desire to have sex with — let alone marry — a robot, easy access to robots (assuming they're affordable, a big unknown but presumably not initially) may impact how we approach our relationships, and create and re-create family.

Also a big unknown: hygiene issues related to the pumping and milk storage processes.

But all pregnancies are, to a certain extent, a big unknown.

I was worried about the big unknowns.

The big unknown: Will Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney from Manhattan, jump into the race?