Sentences with phrase «early figures on»

With the release of JK Rowling's first fiction title for adult and non-wizarding fans, The Casual Vacancy, just days away, early figures on the book's sales show that it has already taken in one million purchases in pre-orders, causing some to speculate that it will quite possibly reach the number one spot on several bestseller lists on its first day of sales this Thursday.

Not exact matches

Early on, I found myself trying to figure out how to use Mario's prime skill — lots of different jumps — to solve this - or - that puzzle.

But after she went to bed, Snyder figured it out: «I woke up in the middle of the night thinking what that error was... I came in, made a special trip on the early train that morning to look at a certain wire.»

Early on, I struggled with the typical «identity crisis» of sorts trying to figure out if I needed to «appear larger» to win significant business.

Airbnb, for its part, figured out early on that «really bad» photos of its listings in New York City were keeping guests away, as co-founder Joe Gebbia recalled to Fast Company in 2012: «People were using camera phones and taking Craigslist - quality pictures.

Earlier this week, an analysis from US intelligence officials revealed that North Korea has figured out how to fit nuclear warheads on missiles, and that the country may have up to 60 nuclear weapons.

Earlier this week, May reportedly won the backing of her fractious party to raise her offer on the divorce settlement to around 40 billion pounds, although the Prime Minister's office hasn't confirmed any figures.

Stephanie Miller (@StephMillerShow), host of the Stephanie Miller Show, was another public figure to increase the traffic of this post early on.

I tend to be an optimist, and early on, before we figured out our hiring and cultural philosophy, we dealt with a lot of flaky people and who dropped the ball.

My mother would probably have been mortified to learn that I was doing this on Saturday afternoons — she probably figured I got my comics from the corner store — but I'll be damned if I didn't learn how to read cars and traffic lights at an early age, a skill that has paid dividends ever since I got behind the wheel.

Other reasons the company could be faltering in China include the government's «official bias toward bolstering homegrown competition,» according to the Times, as well as scalpers, who tend to buy new cars early on and resell them, thus deflating actual sales figures.

Sometimes you do have to do everything, especially early on, but when you have the knowledge and are totally immersed in your field... you figure out what you can delegate, and learn to oversee those areas.

If we had received money to do what we wanted to do early on, I think we would have burned through it trying to figure out what this business could really be.

Since he had bid the street 98.75 earlier, he figures the client has probably seen a lot of 98.75 and 98.5 bids and wasn't going to hit his 98.5 bid «on the wire».

Figuring out a revenue model early on is important for the longevity of an mHealth app or service, particularly given the ballooning costs associated with developing this content.

By being fully transparent early on, you and the investor can figure out the best way to get an answer and move forward.

You'll focus on getting early traction and figuring out the channel (s) offering you the biggest bang for your marketing efforts.

Early on in my career as an entrepreneur, I couldn't figure out why everything stalled.

The February sales figures, however, are based on contracts signed one to three months earlier, when rates hadn't moved higher yet.

The figures and analysis in this post update the earlier blog, based on the most recent OECD data -LSB-...]

It's still early in the term for many of its equity offerings (which rely on a sale or refinance for a large portion of the return distributions), so management expects this aggregate figure to increase substantially over the next year.

The HSBC purchasing managers» index for December climbed to 51.5 from 50.5 a month earlier, according to figures published on Monday.

Yields on 10 - year US Treasuries rose close to 2.4 % after the release of May nonfarm payroll figures in early June, compared with under 1.9 % at the beginning of May and 1.6 % in January.

The figures released earlier today by comScore on the US online display advertising market confirm what most of us have suspected — Facebook continues to...

The figures released earlier today by comScore on the US online display advertising market confirm what most of us have suspected — Facebook continues to grow in influence and presence almost in every measure imaginable.

It helps to figure out — early on — which people within the prospect organization are most likely to be on your side and who have a vested interest in seeing you succeed.

Nevertheless, it is important to note that Verizon Wireless added 1.3 million wireless subscribers on contract - abed plans during the quarter, which is double the year - earlier figure.

Earlier this year, I wrote an article (Bitcoin is the Dumbest Investment Ever) lambasting the digital currency and its minions (which I still stand by) but being the hypocrite that I am, I could see the room for further bubble expansion and figured, «why not jump on this wave and make a few bucks during this euphoric rise».

I spotted this call earlier in my feed from Hacker — though I am not a member (until about 10 mins ago)... I figured a top was in in BTC and the market was behaving nervously so I got out at 16,600 — thoguht straight away to look at LTC and pop it in there for a bit, assuming that there would be a rotation out of BTC into there... Your trade recommendation popped up... I am sitting on my 150 % increased pile of cash from BTC and about to make the LTC order... and I went to the gym to «think about it».

Which brings us to a tweet earlier this month from Father Antonio Spadaro, S.J., a prominent figure on the current Roman scene.

Because he is a religious authority figure, people spontaneously project on him a rich variety of associations from their early life, including powerful feelings about such matters as God, heaven, hell, sex, parents, Sunday school, death, sin, and guilt.

(The notion of proposition did not figure in my earlier work on process sacramentology, in The Becoming of the Church.

It is smaller than the gap discernible in the 1920s, and only slightly larger than those for the «40s and «50s (see Yearbook of Amen can and Canadian Churches for the years 1920 - 1984)(I have made these calculations without including one denomination on the Carroll graph — the Lutheran Church in America — whose antecedents in earlier decades are too complex for reliable figuring.

In the same way «once upon a time» tells us to expect a fairy tale and «here is the news» to expect a report on the day's significant activities, the «sui generis» approach to the gospels invited the expectation that we would learn about the early Church, not the life of a historical figure.

The reader has to wait for the main subject of the title until the last two chapters as the middle part focusses comprehensively on the earlier life of the two figures.

In the «80s or early «90s, shooting an opponent resulted in the collapse of that figure on the screen.

Early on, Graham figured out that revivals had to be worked up as well as prayed down.

But that is something Americans figured out early on.

Each interpretation presupposed a particular pattern of eschatological outlook; and it is clear that the earliest Christology was really, as the term suggests, an eschatology, in which the central figure was the same — the risen, glorified Christ who had lived and talked and done mighty works in Galilee but had died on a cross outside Jerusalem, who was now at the right hand of God, and was soon to come in glory to inaugurate the New Age.

In addition to relating details of some of the personal, sometimes quite extreme, interpersonal conflicts between some of the early figures in paleontology, the book also provides a good overview of how scientific estimates regarding the age of the earth and the development of life on earth have advanced over the last few centuries.

Early on, I dare say back to the point Man became self - aware, the concept of an all - knowing, omnipotent, father figure who could intervene on their behalf in their pitiful and harsh existence took root.

Even though the early press runs of the first book, Top Secret Recipes, excluded buttermilk in this recipe — a very important ingredient if you really want pourable batter — many figured out the missing ingredient on their own and the error was quickly corrected in later copies.

Lately, I have found myself thinking a lot about Cinco de Mayo so I figured that I might as well get an early start and this chunky avocado salsa was first on my list.

Passion is what makes me wake up early, take a walk, drive to work, pick up my 5th grader, run interference on homework, field emails, figure out dinner, (Oh, Gosh!

Katy / Mercedes — I don't doubt that this has been written about many other places (see also: the dozens of comments here from people who said they learned the technique from a friend or grandmother), but I didn't look to see where because as I mentioned in an earlier comment (# 255), I figured it out on my own (and through the suggestion of a friend from college).

This is no special recipe, but I went on a small shopping spree on my birthday at the organic supermarket (LPG) after an early - morning trip to the finance office to figure out how the eff I'm going to pay my German taxes (like taxes aren't hard enough in English)!

Anyway, great idea on the early - bird / reader discount... Have to try to figure out how to do that in the book launch!!

Harvey Posert Jr., the Man Behind Robert Mondavi's Message, Dies at 84: Harvey Posert Jr., a career professional in public relations who was one of the leading figures behind the scenes in California wine's success over the past 40 years, died early on Oct. 3 at St. Helena Hospital...

-LSB-...] I also baked a yummy pumpkin bread earlier in the day figuring that it could be toasted for breakfast or snacked on while we were hanging around.

With Cazorla taking over as creator, Ozil has been shipped out to the wing and whilst he struggled earlier in the season in this position, on his return to the first XI after long term injury the German seems to have bulked up, reassessed his game and figured out the kind of role Wenger wants him to have in the team.