Sentences with phrase «by staggering amounts»

Instead, the three best friends (played by Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Seth Rogen, and Anthony Mackie) go out on the town for a wild night powered by staggering amounts of booze and drugs.

Our democracy is a wistful relic of a bygone era when corporations and Super Pacs and billionaires could not outspend the average American in elections by staggering amounts of money.

Budget agencies recently revised the projected cost of the program upward by a staggering amount, and the U.S. Department of Education reports that many PSLF enrollees borrowed over $ 100,000 to finance graduate degrees.

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Although Obama holds a clear lead in contribution from the legal sector, the number is dwarfed by the amount he received from the industry four years ago when he received a staggering $ 46.5 million.

The overall amounts of data being generated by gamers is staggering, and the next generation of video game design will feature the gamer as an unofficial co-creator.

The amount of electricity that could be gathered by a whole state (or country) worth of sensors would be staggering, and unlike solar or wind power, there would be no visible change to the land — no whopping propellors, and no fields of solar panels.

When we clear forests, we're not only knocking out our best ally in capturing the staggering amount of GHGs we humans create (which we do primarily by burning fossil fuels at energy facilities, and of course, in cars, planes, and trains).

With the staggering amount of NBA Mock Drafts that get made every year by Diehard basketball fans, this one by basketball writer, Jared Dubin, is by far the best and most entertaining one yet.

On New Year's Day bettors can stagger out of bed, re-hydrate by drinking copious amounts of water, spend time regretting all...

On New Year's Day bettors can stagger out of bed, re-hydrate by drinking copious amounts of water, spend time regretting all of their decisions from the previous night and by 5PM eastern time, be prepared for two exciting games.

Though your baby won't gain a staggering amount of weight in the first few weeks of life, you can expect that he'll gain several ounces by the end of the first month.

Multiply that by the number of women in the world and it makes for a staggering amount.

Griswold said it's considered one of the most costly diseases in health care, amounting to a staggering $ 22 billion to $ 25 billion each year, a cost that's increasing by 11 to 12 percent each year.

The amount of information here is staggering, but do not miss «Depression: A Primer» by a blogger and illustrator named «Ellen» who has struggled with the disease.

The researchers also found that the communication was initiated by the IFJ and the activity was staggered by 20 milliseconds — about the amount of time it would take for neurons to electrically convey information from the IFJ to either the FFA or PPA.

That year, he published 44 papers — a staggering amount by anyone's standards.

As the beam passed through the stack, different parts of it were staggered by varying amounts, depending on how many graphite «steps» it had to travel through.

Second, the amount of information required to re-create him is staggering — about 4.5 x 1042 bits, by one estimate, determined recently as part of a highly entertaining graduate physics project at the University of Leicester.

It's a staggering amount of carbon, but so far less than the greenhouse gases emitted by countries like the United States or China.

A classical ketogenic diet — with a staggering 70 - 90 percent of total calories coming from fat — might not be necessary.51 Classical ketogenic diets restrict protein as well as carbohydrate, since 48 - 58 percent of the amino acids in dietary proteins can be glucogenic, thereby undermining the purpose of a diet intended to generate a high amount of ketones and limit glucose as much as possible.46 As therapy for AD, however, simply lowering carbohydrate intake to a point where some ketones are generated and hyperinsulinemia is corrected could have positive effects just by easing the metabolic burden on the brain.

You lose a staggering amount of light and texture watching a movie through dark polarized lenses, and Deathly Hallows is a film that lives in the nuances of earth tones that are turned to mud by 3 - D.

Whether you journey with the varl as they seek to return to their capital, or command a ranger as his village is razed by the dredge, the unique array of perspectives — alongside a staggering amount of lore and world building — provide an environment rich in legend.

It's a staggering number of projects — and an amount that will likely increase by the time you finish reading this article.

By the 2014 — 15 school year, that amount fell by $ 7 billion — a staggering loss equivalent to the sum of federal student aid dollars that are received by all colleges in Texas annuallBy the 2014 — 15 school year, that amount fell by $ 7 billion — a staggering loss equivalent to the sum of federal student aid dollars that are received by all colleges in Texas annuallby $ 7 billion — a staggering loss equivalent to the sum of federal student aid dollars that are received by all colleges in Texas annuallby all colleges in Texas annually.

After analyzing a truly staggering amount of data, the researchers conclude that teacher effectiveness can be measured by using «value - added» analysis of student achievement growth on standardized tests.

But the reality is that I am still staggered by the amount of debut authors being published every week by large mainstream publishers from the tiny percentage of submitted manuscripts which see the light of day.

But the amount sacrificed by the authors will be staggering.

This practice, endorsed by a federal agency, has cost consumers staggering amounts, with estimates ranging into the hundreds of millions of dollars a year during periods when mortgage rates were high.

To put this announcement into perspective, the staggering amount of resources Zuckerberg and Chan plan to donate exceeds that of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has an endowment of just over $ 41 billion (including wealth donated by Warren Buffett).

That explains why, according to a report on consumer credit by the Federal Reserve, the total amount of revolving debt owed by U.S. consumers stood at a staggering $ 953.3 billion as of May of 2016.

James Montier: The sheer amount of irrelevant information faced by investors is truly staggering.

The amount of mods and additional content generated by this game alone is staggering.

With the more aggressive AI attempting rather optimistic overtaking moves I would both staggered and irritated by the amount of times I was handed a penalty for their rashness.

Enough dosh to choke a whale, enough cash to solve third world debt with change left over, enough to make you believe in your soul; a copious, staggering, obscene amount of wonga spilled by every enemy, block and powerup.

Whether you journey with the varl as they seek to return to their capital, or command a ranger as his village is razed by the dredge, the unique array of perspectives — alongside a staggering amount of lore and world building — provide an environment rich in legend.

If that seems a staggering amount the pool of money picked up by downloadable PC games is at a punch - you - to - the - floor - and - stomp - on - your - face level; PC games generated $ 32bn last year.

Speaking to A.i.A. by phone, New York art advisor Wendy Cromwell said, «There is a staggering amount of trophy merchandise coming through the market at one time,» and added that estimates on contemporary art seem irrationally high when compared with postwar examples.

Around the world, the amount of sunlight reaching the earth has dropped by between 10 % and a staggering 22 %, since the 1950s.

Now that I am living for a while in California, I am staggered by the amount of «unnecessary things» that I see in the malls that dot the suburbs.

One recent study calculated that over the 50 - year period ending in 2001, the direct monetary benefits conferred by the atmospheric CO2 enrichment of the Industrial Revolution on global crop production amounted to a staggering $ 3.2 trillion.

The implications of the amount of lives that could have been saved in this eight - year timeframe is staggering: tens of thousands of people have likely been unnecessarily killed by coal pollution because of the delay.

Most of us know by now the staggering amount of plastic waste that ends up in the oceans; but to hear that 8 million tons of plastic finds its way into our seas annually... well, what exactly does that look like?

And billions more will be spent on other legal technology products and services to handle the staggering amount of tasks being generated by today's document - intensive litigation.

But what really stood out for me in the Ghomeshi case was the staggering amount of commentary about the fact that female complainants were, gasp, being cross-examined by a woman!

The amount of term life insurance that can be acquired by healthy people is sometimes quite staggering.

The ladder strategy works by staggering the term length and coverage amount of several policies, rather than buying a single policy.

After just a few minutes, I was staggered by the amount of aesthetic options the shop offers, including psychedelic patterns, glow - in - the - dark paint, custom graphics and even extra buttons.

2009 saw record numbers of university leavers and new figures show more than 660,000 people have applied for a university place for the next academic year. This staggering amount is up by 12 per cent from last year, once again breaking the record for the number of university applicants. With these figures on the rise, the coalition government have made an extra 10,000 university places to support the hefty amount of applications, meaning more students than ever will be graduating with degrees in the coming years. It is becoming even harder for employers to recruit graduates when they simply can not distinguish who is more qualified for the job â $ «how does one chose between the graduate with the 2:1 History degree from Durham or the 2:1 English Literature graduate from Bristol?

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that employment for crime scene technicians is supposed to increase by 27 percent by 2024, which is a staggering amount.