Sentences with phrase «chunk of time in»

We give our employees a larger chunk of time in the summer, say three weeks, with a few check - ins and have them work toward bigger goals.

But either way, that is a nice chunk of time in a world where most single player titles last between 7 - 10 hours in length.

«After spending a good chunk of time in the game in the state it is in I am nervous it won't ever really launch in any meaningful way — or by the time it does, Monster Hunter is already reigning so big and supreme (as it already is) that there is little reason to go to Dauntless.

Anyone will immediately that the menus are incredibly slick and stylish, and for a JRPG where you spend a solid chunk of time in menus and battles, having a UI that will not wear out its welcome is a beauty to behold.

We flick from one thing to another much more quickly than we used to, and we rarely invest a chunk of time in anything.

For some people, it can be productive to literally schedule a chunk of time in their day to worry, Morin says.

I'm so looking forward to showing off the town I spent a good chunk of time in to Sam, celebrating the bride and groom with dear friends, and also being able to finally have a fun occasion to wear some new beautiful baubles!

I was so curious about my dramatic results that I spent a good chunk of time in graduate school researching the science behind my asthma recovery from cutting out gluten and dairy.

For overnight, I love having a stay dry material for the inner as I know Petit Prince is going to be spending a good chunk of time in a wet diaper.

It's the place where your baby will spend a big chunk of his time in the early years of his life.

They'll also have to deal with Jake Arrieta's hamstring injury, which kept him out for a chunk of time in the second half.

One day this past week, I had spent a good chunk of time in the kitchen baking up a storm making some treats for my family.

With that first savory - mushroomy - cheesy bite you don't mind having spent a chunk of time in the kitchen — a couple of hours, give or take.

You don't want to spend huge chunks of time in orientation, in training, or in the futile pursuit of getting your feet wet.

March maladies are nothing new for Seager, who missed large chunks of time in the last two springs with a sprained knee and a sore oblique, only to answer the bell come opening day.

I have friends on Steam who have easily clocked over 150 hours on this game, often spending big chunks of that time in the game's excellent online co-op.

(x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

Not exact matches

But what if any of those customers leave in a short time span, erasing a significant chunk of revenue?

Like we said in one of our previous posts, cash and credit cards won't be things of the past any time soon, but mobile will definitely get a huge chunk of the payments pie in the near future.

While it's important to have two - hour chunks of focused time in your work schedule, it's equally important to give your brain and body a rest.

Some of the most successful people in the world dedicate a surprisingly large chunk of time to uninterrupted thinking, including Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

But the golden age began in 1984 when President Reagan deregulated the television industry, allowing broadcasters to sell larger chunks of time to advertisers.

Entrepreneurs need to be willing to give up a major chunk of their personal and family time — late nights at the office and work - filled weekends are the norm in the beginning.

Because your teachers spent large chunks of time standing in front of the classroom talking at you.

There are many ironies: Germany, which so frightened Europe for nearly a century, as it had in late Roman times, is now being beseeched virtually to take economic suzerainty over chunks of the continent where the physical German occupiers in bygone days were violently unwelcome.

Second: Winners» giving is more widely distributed — lots of quick bits of assistance to everyone in sight — and is consolidated in time chunks instead of sprinkled throughout the day or the week.

The personal wealth and holdings of President Trump's chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, were detailed for the first time on Friday in a filing that showed a large chunk of his income coming from right - leaning political news, film and consulting companies.

«A big chunk of that is that the entire global economy is growing for the first time in a decade.

At the same time, these founders wind up ceding control of their companies by giving up large chunks of equity in exchange for cash and other resources from their investors.

Or, depending on the plan, you might have a set period of time to pay it off in smaller chunks.

Bearing in mind the entire market cap of Bitcoin currently stands (at the time of writing) at $ 114,314,049,252, that's quite a significant chunk of money.

Chronic social media users sometimes describe how a network «sucks them in,» and before they realize it, significant chunks of time have passed and they're still scrolling away.

The Dow shedded more than 1,500 points at one stage, a large chunk of which occurred in a very short period of time.

The move comes at a time of huge growth for China's electric - vehicle industry

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to purchase a large chunk of shares in the upcoming initial public offering of Chinese electric - vehicle maker NIO, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could...

But with time, with great practice and study, and a nice chunk of that 10,000 hours, you will become an expert in infographics, giveaways, content development, or whatever efficiency you choose to develop.

I still find myself forgetting lunch and dinner while I spend lengthy and uninterrupted chunks of time lost in the online world.

To summarize, If you have a chunk of cash and you are planning to invest for a long time, it doesn't make any difference if you invest in mutual funds or ETFs (for the record, I prefer ETF).

They move chunks of information around in ways nothing else can — as payloads that convey intolerance, suppression of ideas and opinions, even violence at times, and persecution of dissenters, all with the weight behind it of an all - powerful God and it's eternal rewards and punishments that are conveniently hidden in an unknowable afterlife.

At the same time, in spite of 2 Timothy 3:16's proclamation that «All Scripture is God - breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness...», many Christians let alone anyone else sometimes wonder if it might be best to archive large chunks of it in a filing cabinet labelled «no longer relevant»

If one were the type to be depressed at the thought that the sun will run out of energy some day and our planet become an empty chunk of rock, then I should think one would derive cold comfort in the thought that even at that time God will prehend the present as objectified in his consequent nature!

Our common sense tells us that the universe is made up of chunks of solid matter simply located in space and time.

It is a strange and engrossing work, written in a manner that many have compared to Tolstoy: stories within stories, huge chunks of raw material gleaned from the newspapers and agitprop pamphlets of the time, seemingly endless speeches by would - be rulers in the doomed Duma, and all against the background of a weak and ineffectual Tsar dominated by his wife and «our Friend,» Rasputin, with Lenin seething and scheming in Switzerland, waiting for his time to come round at last.

Writing in The Times, Henrietta Royle, chief executive of the coaching and strategy consultancy firm Fanshaw Haldin, made the point that while most Conservatives have no difficulty with equality for gay people, «a significant chunk of the party's core supporters clearly doesn't think that has to include redefining the traditional concepts of marriage to suit a small portion of the population without so much as a by your leave».

Non-Mormons these days give little «cred» to Joseph Smith, but if we were in the time of Paul — we would probably feel the same about him — a self - proclaimed «apostle» (and attributed with writing a big chunk of the NT).

Use small chunks of time, as little as five minutes, to exercise wherever you can — in the early morning, during a break in the day, between meetings... It all adds up.»

Full of incredibly nourishing ingredients that together really work to boost your health, yet at the same time each bite is so incredibly flavoursome and comforting with big chunks of tender sweet potato and green lentils cooked in creamy coconut milk and tins of juicy tomatoes, then flavoured with a blend of ginger, cumin, turmeric and fresh coriander!

I have made this dozens of times, but I just tried something new — omitted the spices and bourbon, used one banana and some overripe strawberries (blitzed all the wet ingredients in a blender because I didn't want wet, heavy strawberry chunks dragging me down!)

They can also be made in advance and hang out in your freezer for a good chunk of time, so you can focus on other things like cleaning up your dirty apartment and making sure your drunk uncle behaves himself.

I spent a good chunk of time trying to search for one that didn't have egg in it.