Sentences with phrase «double takes in»

Resisting gimmicky double takes in favor of earnest wit born of happenstance accumulations (and savvy juxtapositions of unspectacular supplies), the works gives the impression that their details count.

Rodriguez gave a tell - tale double take in the linesman's direction but led the celebrations as soon as he saw the flag would not be raised against him.

Strut past a crowd and make them do a double take in the Jamaica sneaker, a chill strappy sneaker.

Revisiting the AUP: A Digital Double Take In the beginning, when the Internet was new, many schools attempted to keep online students safe by establishing strict standards and rules known as acceptable use policies (AUPs).

For the Jan. 26 sale of «Important Old Master Paintings,» Christie's presale total of $ 22 - 28 million presaged a range that was more than double its take in 2004.

Wall & decò's Out System wallpaper is fantastic for creating a surreal double take in exterior spaces such as terraces or pool areas.

Not exact matches

I double - majored in theater in college, so I was planning to take on this challenge through some method acting — but since Musk has been sleeping on the Tesla factory floor and skipping showers as of late, I decided to spare my co-workers.

That figure is expected to grow by $ 31 billion by 2015 - 16, handing the Progressive Conservatives ammunition in their assault on the Liberals, who've doubled the province's debt since they took office nine years ago.

In fact, with the amount of territory up for grabs and fighting taking place, that number could easily be doubled.

Those federal rules, which double down on restrictions adopted in 2014 and stern warnings to lenders issued by OSFI earlier this summer, require banks to qualify borrowers at higher interest rates, impose additional limits on mortgages for buyers with small down payments, and compel financial institutions to share the risk by taking out insurance policies on low - ratio mortgages.

Google said it had to remove 3.2 billion ads last year, almost double the number taken down in 2016.

«Taking the two years to the end of 2016, almost a third of the rise in the number of people in work reflected growth in self - employment (double the share of that category in total employment), with another fifth corresponding to more people in part - time work,» he wrote in a recent note to clients.

Only a year ago, with sales at his filtration - and - fluid - handling - products company doubling every year, Roesner decided to take a drastic step in response to the job glut: he sold his company.

In the last decade, the length of time it takes companies to go public has essentially doubled, according to Greifeld.

According to the Journal, the survey result represents a 4 - point increase from a similar survey taken in October, and it is the first double - digit advantage for the party since shortly before the 2008 presidential election that resulted in a Democratic super-majority in the Senate, and control of both congressional chambers.

For starters, it's taken more than three years for the index to double this time around versus a few months in the dot - com days.

Wolters Kluwer's stock price has doubled since she took charge a decade ago, and the firm has returned half of its cash to shareholders in 2015 in the form of dividends and share buybacks.

Rush jobs come up, but in almost every case, taking the time to gather the facts, analyze the issue and double check your work yields a better result than shooting from the hip.

So I developed a seriously tough budgeting model for new projects — I had to double how long I thought the project would take, double how much it would cost and half how much revenue I would generate in the first twelve months — and if it still stacked up, go for it, if not, forget it.

Sales in prime western recreational regions are down significantly from 2010, while months of inventory (the time it would take to sell the current listings) are well into double digits.

The company takes a piece of each sale — and a high one; it is in the double - digit range for every purchase.

Her decision to explain her preemptive double mastectomy in a New York Times editorial, though controversial in some health circles, underscored her willingness to foster hard conversations by taking a public stand.

Of course, strong leadership also often goes hand in hand with bold ambition: Polman took a big risk by declaring his — to double the company's size even while reducing its environmental footprint and increasing its positive social impact.

Kelly doesn't think we'll see a double dip — when GDP moves back into negative territory — but does think the market likely will take a slight dive at some point in the year.

Because, in reality, it's not about the 100th of a second it takes to double tap that photo — it's about the fact that they looked at your profile.

Add another one to the list: for one year, it smashed all records for the highest executive compensation in Canada, awarding its former CEO Michael Pearson $ 179 million in company stock, for a total take - home of $ 182 million, more than double paid to the previous year's highest paid CEO, BlackBerry's John Chen.

The company must have long - term potential; it needs some sort of sustainable competitive advantage that will keep it in business for years to come; he wants double - digit returns — «Why bother buying a business if you're not getting at least that for taking on the risk of owning a company?»

Doubling your users in the space of a year or reaching the million download mark sounds impressive, but if your announcement pales in significance to that of your competitors, then it might be better to take a different angle.

Mobike claimed in May that its bikes had doubled the percentage of Chinese biking to work in selected cities, taking the share of bicycle commuters to more than 11 percent.

Over the course of 2016, Cowin's stake in Domino's Australia (he invested in a local pizza parlour that eventually took over the brand's franchise rights) doubled in value.

Since the children took over, Wölffer's sales have boomed, doubling in size about every two years.

In a September 2008 policy statement, the Fed said it often lets investors take double - digit bank stakes not designed to exert a «controlling influence,» but would review any resulting business relationships «case - by - case.»

«The games on a double - sided BR disc would take the better part of a couple of days to download in some of those AAA [the video game equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster] cases,» he says.

In the adjoining space, there was a double - high deck, 26 feet — it took up two floors.

Here, in honor of Facebook's big double - digit birthday, we've decided to take a look back at 10 of the biggest moments in the company's history.

Wall Street has already taken it as a given that Snap will more than double its revenues, which were about $ 404 million in 2016, to $ 1 billion this year.

Part of Madoff's appeal was that he offered investors double - digit returns year in and year out and — until the stock market collapsed — let his investors take out money anytime they wanted.

«Replay will take on new meaning... as fans watch the games» best players hit towering home runs, make gravity - defying catches or turn acrobatic double plays — all from every conceivable angle, and in more detail than ever before,» Intel Corporation senior vice president Wendell Brooks said in an announcement.

Ever do a double take when you hear the person standing in front of you ask for the Pizza Sub at Subway or a Quesarito at Chipotle?

Amazon said it was taking all 15 stories and 600,000 square feet of the new building in Shoreditch — more than the 11 stories and 431,000 square feet of space it said it would take in 2014, allowing it to double the capacity of its London research and development center from 450 to 900 technical employees.

Duo took in $ 73 million in revenue last year, more than double the $ 31 million it brought in the year prior, the company disclosed in February.

But he could have taken home more than double that amount if he'd accepted a Cabinet job in Donald Trump's administration instead.

The study takes as its starting point a frightening statistic - the suicide rate for teen girls has doubled in the last ten years or so.

The shrinkage and refocusing helped double revenue, and Catterton took the company public again in 2012.

While domestic policy frameworks emerge as low - carbon / green - economy initiatives take shape, global markets for clean technology goods (excluding services) nearly doubled in eight years from C$ 550B in 2005 to C$ 970B in 2013.

«Our headcount doubled as we took on more big name projects, largely because we now had the resources to invest in and win those deals.

He promised that investors could double their money in 90 days, pretending to take due account of the costs and shipping time from Europe to America.

Hardware-wise, Amazon has announced so many Echo devices in 2017 that it's hard to keep track of them, including updates to existing models as well as the Echo Show (with a 7 ″ screen), the Echo Look (which can take full - length photos of you and provide style recommendations), Echo Spot (a newfangled alarm clock), Echo Buttons (for Alexa - powered gameplay), and the Echo Plus (a speaker that doubles as a smart - home hub).

The stock market has been one major winner under President Obama, with the S. & P. 500 having more than doubled since it bottomed out in early 2009, shortly after he took office.

For now, the only country where Airobotics has received full approval to operate is in its home country of Israel, which — partly because of its position in the Middle East and ongoing conflicts with neighbors — has taken a leadership role globally in building defense systems and doubling down on using technology to advance itself.