Sentences with phrase «buckets compare»

«The energy in a large nuclear weapon is but a drop in the bucket compared to the energy of a [naturally] occurring tsunami,» Spriggs previously told Business Insider.

While such growth may be impressive for a company built on $ 75,000 in friends - and - family money, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the $ 1 billion - a-year market for 3 - D printers and scanners used by large corporations.

The estimated 22 million watches Apple (aapl) has sold over the past two years, for example, disappointed Wall Street and is a drop in the bucket compared to the 3 billion smartphones sold worldwide over the same period, including over 400 million iPhones alone.

The debut drew 5,000 viewers, a drop in the bucket compared with television, but it was a lot cheaper, and it reached its biggest fans, said Dan Kelleher, co-chief creative officer at kirshenbaum bond senecal + partners, or kbs, which created the campaign.

It's a drop in the bucket compared to the level of forex reserves in HKMA's exchange fund.

Life on earth is a drop in the bucket compared to life in heaven.

I suspect that the number of deaths attributed communist dictators is a drop in the bucket compared to the estimated 90 % death rate of indigenous Americans when Christian explorers arrived in the New World.

Super Bowl XLVII saw $ 90.76 million wagered in Las Vegas, which was a drop in the bucket compared to the billions wagered everywhere else.

That's a drop in the bucket compared to recent seasons.

And the $ 10k per day it's estimated to be spending on search ads is only a tiny drop in a very large bucket compared with what the company will end up shelling out for the cleanup, so the ads themselves aren't exactly taking noticeable resources away from the Gulf.

Yahoo's donations are «a drop in the bucket compared to the magnitude of the tax breaks they're getting» said Newfane resident Edwina Luksch.

Even two decades later when the Buffalo News did an analysis of top state - level givers, Litwin came in at just a total of $ 11,000 given between 1989 and 1990 — high for those years, but a drop in the bucket compared to where he would go.

Johnson's transition fundraising is barely a drop in the bucket compared with his own campaign, which raised more than $ 505,000 and spent about $ 416,000.

But it is a drop in the bucket compared with an employer's multimillion dollar investment in their lifetime career in astronomy.

That amount is only a drop in the bucket compared with the 65 billion gallons of fuel the aviation industry uses worldwide each year, but it is a start, the executives said.

This is a drop in the bucket compared to the growth we expect in 2016 once we start full - scale marketing.

Sure, the 111th Congress gave us Race to the Top, but that was a drop in the bucket compared with the $ 100 billion «stimulus» fund it was part of.

She continued: «Thirty - two students are a drop in the bucket compared to the thousands on the autism spectrum in the New York City school system.

Ford didn't say how much the wheels will cost, though they should be a relative drop in the bucket compared to the GT's MSRP estimated to be in the mid - $ 400,000 range.

IHS forecasts the mid-size truck segment will grow to about 300,000 by 2017, still a drop in the bucket compared to big truck sales.

About that view ahead: Maserati has only sold 24,000 Quattroportes in total — a drop in the proverbial bucket compared to, say, the 7 Series — BMW has moved roughly the same amount in the last eight months.

The individual issue sales from bookstores is such a small drop in the bucket compared to what they sell in comic book stores and online.

This is a drop in the bucket compared to the trade industry that raked in $ 870 million during the same period.

Since the program launched last month the library only bought 20 books, which is a drop in the bucket compared their normal spending habits.

Look at it this way — $ 17 really is a drop in the bucket compared to the time and money you can save yourself...

Digital is really visible and really exciting, and it's really fun to whip out your iPad and have 50 comics on there, but it is a drop in the bucket compared to what print is doing.

While that seemed like a bad thing, as it turns out, that's just a drop in the bucket compared to what they're making.

You will pay a small convenience fee for paying taxes with a credit card, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to what you could be on the hook for if you don't pay your taxes on time.

By the end of 2013, the five largest peer - to - peer lending institutions (Funding Circle, Lending Club, Prosper, RateSetter and Zopa) had nearly $ 3.5 billion in outstanding loans, according to Fitch Ratings — a mere drop in a bucket compared to their estimated (and not unlikely) $ 114 billion potential.

While that amount is surely staggering to consider, it's only a drop in the bucket compared to the outstanding student loan balance.

That's a drop in the bucket compared to the agony these inspections can save you down the road.

However, $ 100 can be a drop in the bucket compared to what you'll save if you're booking a business class long - haul international flight at the best redemption rate.

Anyway, we were again featured in many places which was good, but it was a drop in the bucket compared to the coverage obtained by the usual gaming AAA giants such as Blizzard, or even in comparison to the several indie titles the press is constantly going nuts about (No Man's Sky anyone?).

Even when BioShock, Borderlands, and other games were taking off, they were a drop in the bucket compared to anything Rockstar Games produced.

If you allow for some successes in the next 2 - 3 years, these will still be a drop in the bucket compared to the amount the government had «mandated» be produced.

Yes, human energy release through burning fossil fuels is a drop in the bucket compared to insolation.

That is a drop in the bucket compared to the timescale of Milankovitch natural forcings.

But this is a drop in the bucket compared to the states total electricity demand.

Hauser's grants were a drop in the bucket compared to the climate cabal's.

A drop in the bucket compared to China's almost 4 billion ton per year consumption.

I'd call Arctic sea ice mass a drop in the bucket compared to ocean volume but that's not accurate unless it's a very big bucket.

It's a drop in the bucket compared to the total value of the illicit global trade in wildlife, but WWF's winning a $ 5 million grant from Google is one more small step in eradicating the black market in endangered species.

The company is breaking ground on a plant expected to be operational in 2009, and by 2011 expects to have another plant up capable of producing 50 - 100 million gallons — a small drop in the bucket compared to our 146 billion gallon oil habit, but a step in the right direction.

Other WSJ Law Blog commenters say that Neuborne's $ 4 million request in a case involving $ 1.25 billion settlement fund is a drop in the bucket compared with what lawyers recovered in tobacco litigation.

For example, just after the 2012 US presidential election, it looked like a lot of people were googling «who is Mitt Romney» when in reality it was a drop in the bucket compared to plain ol' «Mitt Romney» searches.

This has been a key argument from Facebook, Twitter and Google during this whole process: Content from Russian - controlled accounts was just a drop in the bucket compared to all of the other ads and posts people could have seen on their respective services.

The Roku Streaming Stick + is an excellent 4K HDR player for just $ 70 — a drop in the bucket compared to what you'll spend on the TV.

Credit: Shaun Lucas / Tom's GuideProject Tango has approximately 30 apps available, which is a drop in the bucket compared with the Daydream library.

It does have that notch at the top of the screen housing all those cameras, which some in the media claim was botched, could have been better designed and supposedly would never have been released by Steve Jobs like that, but it sure has everyone talking, and aside from the Essential phone, which will Essentially sell like a drop in the bucket compared to global iPhone sales, no - one has ever seen a phone like it.

That's more than the Sony MDR - XB950BT's 20 hours, but a drop in the bucket compared with the Plantronics BackBeat Pro's 60 hours.