Sentences with phrase «drivers get in return»

At first blush, no one wants to pay another 20 cents a litre to fill up, but that doesn't account for what drivers get in return.

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Noting that the San Francisco ride - sharing startup lost somewhere north of $ 1.2 billion in the first half of 2016, Bloomberg's Justin Fox says that's a problem not because Uber's in danger of running out of money — it has raised around $ 15 billion — but because it spent that money without getting anything concrete in return, on ephemeral stuff like incentives to attract new drivers.

In return, participating drivers get a sort of seal of approval to display on their cars along with potentially lucrative access to passengers at restricted locations like Austin's airport and the city's many festivals.

In order to find value, it's time to get back to the basics of reading footnotes and focusing on economic earnings and return on invested capital (ROIC), the true drivers of valuation.

Jenson Button slipped out of F1 at the end of 2016 as he got the short end of the stick in McLaren's «innovative three - driver strategy» and although he could theoretically return with McLaren in 2018, everyone has pretty much accepted that he's retired.

The Williams driver is keen to get his lid down in a new category too with his LMP1 drive at Manor Racing, highlighting the return of proper, cross-category racing drivers in the post-Ecclestone era.

Say AAA goes to a candidate with a contract that he will write this bill to help drivers, and in return we give you nothing, and if you get elected and do not introduce said bill you owe us 10k.

Back in 2012, he got many people's hopes up when he revealed that he was considering a spin - off, «The character of The Driver might return in another film.

Teachers, drivers, third - graders and nonviolent offenders are all likely to get a lot of attention in Lansing in coming months, as the Michigan Legislature returns from summer vacation to tackle issues that could have major impact on many Michigan...

Even though I had to return several times because I needed to get a new driver's license before I could purchase the car, the salesperson stayed in touch with me and made sure I could get the car I wanted.

In return, drivers got a car two feet shorter, bumper to bumper, making parking easier; and roughly doubled their gas mileage.

I am hoping that in a few years when he gets his driver's license, he will find a summer job, and he will obviously then have to file a tax return.

The chic and civilized way of «doing» the garrison, one of a network that monitored the nomads» movements, is to have a driver arrive at the fort ahead of you to get the mint tea going; book a camel, but only one way, timing your arrival (the trip takes 45 minutes) to coincide with sunset; and return in the relative chauffeured ease of a 4WD.

The court heard that the negligent driver had telephoned one of the injured men when returning his hire car to the Hertz office to get the details of the other vehicle he had damaged in the incident.

If you have never filed a claim, are a new driver, or new to car ownership, it can be increasingly frustrating because of the high cost combined with the feeling of not getting anything in return.

Cooked bacon sandwiches for Sprogs» breakfast (to remove temptation from fridge for The Great Famine of 2012); did grocery shopping; bought Husband six - pack of beer for New Year's Eve party; bought chooks 25 kg bag of scratch mix; staggered to car with 25 kg bag of scratch mix; washed and hung out two loads of washing; filled recycling bin with empty bottles and cartons; baked eggshells to make grit for chooks; assembled wraps for Husband and Sprogs for lunch; baked banana bread to use up manky banana supplies; baked biscuits with Sprog 2, who doesn't like banana bread; shut back door 50 times to stop plague of mozzies getting in; shut front door 20 times to stop plague of mozzies getting in; killed lots of mozzies; threw out old magazines and newspapers; put crap away from recent car trip; cleaned chook shit out of chook house; sorted three baskets of clean laundry; unpacked and repacked diswasher; returned to supermarket for forgotten essentials: toilet paper, broccoli, sparklers and last shot of caffeine before The Great Famine of 2012; cooked dinner; washed Sprogs» hair and painted Sprog 2's toenails rainbow colours for New Year's Eve party; copped grief from Husband for painting Sprog 2's toenails (some sexualisation nonsense); went to New Year's Eve Party; reluctantly abandoned third glass of French champagne after being reminded of designated driver status; drove Husband and Sprogs home from New Year's Eve party; took Unisom; collapsed in bed at 11.50 pm.