Sentences with phrase «by a relative handful»

And a candidate's Facebook page can serve as a public rallying point for supporters, which is particularly important for races that may be won by a relative handful of votes.

The majority of crimes are committed by a relative handful of repeat offenders who typically display serious behavior problems in early childhood.

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The consensus on these two is evinced by countless research papers dedicated to monetary policy strategy and implementation in the past quarter - century, compared with a relative handful on the design of countercyclical fiscal policy.

This long - extinct fish, and a handful of its relatives, demonstrate that in the immediate aftermath of the end - Devonian extinction, ray - finned fish had already acquired a diversity of forms that gave them an evolutionary edge, enabling them to fill the ecological vacuum left by the demise of most major fish groups.

Up until about 2010, only a handful rhinos were poached in Africa but the number shot up when rumors circulated about the same time in Vietnam that a minister's relative was cured of cancer by rhino horn.

There has been little scientific evidence of the relative effectiveness of these drugs, because most studies compare one against a handful of others or a placebo, and are often funded by the maker of a particular drug, which can bias the findings in its favor, the researchers note.

The movie passed by a handful of filmmakers who were interested, including Robert Rodriguez, before directing duties landed on relative newcomer Tim Miller.

HAND - STITCHED INSPIRATION The flag that inspired Francis Scott Key's «Star - Spangled Banner» was sewn in 1813 by Mary Pickersgill, with help from a servant and a handful of relatives that included her young daughter, Caroline.

Same goes for Smart Beta ETFs that attempt to beat the market by buying more of some stocks and less of others relative to the index based on a handful of idiosyncratic factor exposures.

In the few months I have been operating Superior Mutts Doggie Rescue Inc., I have been approached by a handful of people whose friends or relatives have died and who need to find new homes for their pets.