Sentences with phrase «contingent of»

There's a contingent of users like myself who will miss the hardware page turning buttons, despite the added text entry convenience of the touchscreen, but for most users, an added touchscreen probably outweighs the trade - offs.

At this year's American Bookseller's Association Winter Institute, a contingent of booksellers from as far afield as Denmark, Guatemala and New Zealand joined the Americans to glean tips on everything from inventory management to book clubs to marketing.

There might not be a 50 % to 70 % contingent of readers who are married to physical books.

The latter seems incredible — that a large contingent of $ 13.99 ebook buying users exist but never participate on the Internet.

The fact that a not - insignificant contingent of customers happens not to believe so is at least partly a marketing problem.

That remark and the subsequent debate had been precipitated by a contingent of students from the school newspaper who marched on the chairman's office and politely requested more nonfiction writing courses — «of the creative kind.»

Perhaps worse, a lucky select contingent of schoolchildren got the chance to meet their Unfortunate Events hero, but the most unfortunate event that day involved his regaling the kids with a story about having only one testicle.

Luring a substantial contingent of bestselling authors away from the Big Six seems the only plausible route for an imprint to affect Amazon's overall business.

Only silent grumblings from a small contingent of self published authors who had no real platform to attract attention.

Also, there would surely be a large contingent of people who sign up fully intending to wring their money's worth out of the subscription fee, but ultimately end up «checking out» a book only every second or third month.

There is a large contingent of readers that like to read while soaking in a bath, or are a klutz like me and dump coffee on it.

But the growing contingent of bloggers is not the only reason for this shift.

Needless to say I was one of a tiny contingent of Western press present here.

As in past years there will be a large contingent of GM engineers and designers from Warren Tech Center, and the Bowling Green Assembly Plant ready to answer your every question.

This was perfect because the majority of the other Sparco and GForce - wearing journalists made a beeline to the fleet of 600hp Vipers, leaving us truck junkies with an entire fleet of new Dakotas and a contingent of Dakota engineers all to ourselves.

Among the people spotted include McLaren GT Managing Director Andrew Kirkaldy, Bentley Motorsport director Brian Gush, Nissan driver Sean Walkinshaw, as well as a large contingent of SRO staff, including CEO Stephane Ratel, technical director Claude Surmont and other top - level management / logistics / PR staff.

Honda recently assembled a fleet of S2000s, plus a Porsche Boxster, BMW Z3 2.8 and a Mercedes - Benz SLK230 with a five - speed manual gearbox, plus a contingent of auto writers.

While most of you were enjoying the Woodward Dream Cruise or the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, either in person or online, a contingent of us were getting our Beetle on in Travemunde, Germany at the 12th annual Beetle Sunshine Tour.

While most of you were enjoying the Woodward Dream Cruise or the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, either in person or online, a contingent of us were getting our Beetle on in Travemunde, Germany...

The race is also expected to see a large contingent of U.S. - based teams, in addition to full - season entrant Black Swan Racing, with entries from TruSpeed Autosport, WeatherTech Racing and DXDT Racing all provisionally entered.

The two - time 24 Hours of Daytona winner will have a strong contingent of contenders this weekend in the GTS Invitational.

As defending GTA champion Martin Fuentes sits out the title fight in 2017, the GTA division brings a great contingent of veterans and youngsters into the chase for the series title.

A growing contingent of automakers are bringing mini-cars to American shores, be they stylish examples...

Yet with this new emphasis on dynamics, has Honda been forced to make concessions elsewhere in order to cater to a specific contingent of buyers?

There is a very strong and loyal contingent of Corvette enthusiasts, and that certainly doesn't hurt when it comes to the voting.»

When the all - new C7.R Corvette race car was revealed at the North American International Auto Show last Monday, a small contingent of personnel from Corvette Racing and Pratt and Miller were on hand to witness the event.

«I believe this year's show will have a large contingent of pro touring cars, which have gathered huge interest in the past couple of years.

Q: The contingent of Danish fans at Le Mans is one of the largest at the race each year.

Along with the entire contingent of Maserati enthusiasts west of the Atlantic, Continental Maserati waits patiently in anticipation.

Chevrolet had a contingent of their performance cars in California for the track day and they were spotted by facebook user Ben Hsu who posted them to a couple of the private Corvette groups on the platform.

A contingent of 29 leading global journalists, tapped as members of the Global Media Awards (GMA) panel, was charged at the 2016 SEMA Show with selecting products from the New Products Showcase that would resonate best with consumers back home.

While primary markets for AMG are Southern California and Florida, a strong contingent of AMG owners in the northern U.S. will appreciate their rare combination of power and traction.

When the all - new C7.R Corvette race car was revealed at the North American International Auto Show last Monday, a small contingent of personnel from...

There's also a contingent of smaller «urban - focused» SUVs like the Renault Kadjar or Citroen C4 Cactus to consider — you can see our top 10 small SUVs and crossovers here.

CORVETTE DP: Westbrook second in qualifying for Spirit of Daytona Richard Westbrook led the contingent of Corvette DP drivers in the TUDOR Championship's Prototype category.

In addition to the RUF model above, the obligatory contingent of Porsches featured, including a 1965 356 C Cabriolet as well as a 2005 911 GT3 RSR, that sold for # 114k and # 152k respectively.

The contingent of mainstream car manufacturers in Formula E has consisted of Renault and Jaguar so far.

The 2016 Ford Explorer now has to defend its title as the best - selling SUV of the last 25 years against a growing contingent of worthy competitors.

This seems a smart move for Volkswagen if it wants to go beyond relying on its fairly small contingent of loyal customers in the U.S., and challenge far more successful Asian brands here.

Compared to Monaco or Scottsdale, the Auburn sale is known for featuring a large contingent of bang - for - your - buck cars.

There was a contingent of air - cooled cars on - track, but they were hopelessly outnumbered by the water pumpers.

Aston Martin hopes to reach a new contingent of high - end luxury customers as a result of the collaboration, particularly in China.

I'll be there with a contingent of parents, members of Parents Across America.

In Washington, DC, a contingent of women veterans talked about the effort to privatize and destroy the Veterans Administration.

A large contingent of charter school supporters, parents and students lobby each year in Albany to increase state funding to charter schools, to close the funding gap.

A contingent of LA parents, armed with a petition of about 420 signatures, will ask the state Board of Education this week to adopt a summative rating to evaluate schools in addition to a number of proposed measures that move beyond ranking schools solely based on test scores.

Yesterday, we had a large contingent of parents and students at the Capitol in support of funding for the Louisiana Scholarship Program.

Foster says one reason education is attacked as a profession is that a contingent of Americans want to privatize public schools.

* UPDATED A contingent of LA parents, armed with a petition of about 420 signatures, will ask the state Board of Education this week to adopt a summative rating to evaluate schools in addition to a number of proposed measures that move beyond ranking schools solely based on test scores.

The largest contingent of volunteers at Orchard Hill assists with activities of the school's fifth graders.