Sentences with phrase «even less a claim»

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It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

Even with the invasion looking less likely, Nazi Germany continued to launch attacks on England — some of which would claim thousands of lives in and around London in a night — carrying out the Blitz from late 1940 to mid-1941, when Hitler redeployed his air forces to participate in the invasion of Russia.

But with such anonymizing power made available for free, some less - than - legal (and even downright malicious) operations claim to operate successfully.

«Today, less than three months after filing (and even before we were permitted to file a response) Tesla has withdrawn its claims, without damages, without attorney's fees, and without any finding of wrongdoing,» Aurora Innovation said in an emailed statement.

If your down - on - her - luck pal has been sleeping on your sofa for the past year and earned less than $ 4,050 while you've been mostly supporting her (or him), then you may be able to claim the sponger — er, friend — as a dependent and deduct up to $ 4,050 on your federal return, even though the two of you are not related at all.

For 2014, single filers who earn less than $ 14,590 after subtracting their deductions and exemptions can claim the credit, even if they don't have kids.

It usually requires an explanation on the order of infinite retention («yes, our sales and marketing costs are really high and our annual profit margins per user are thin, but we're going to keep the customer forever»), a massive reduction in costs («we're going to replace all our human labor with robots»), a claim that eventually the company can stop buying users («we acquire users for more than they're worth for now just to get the flywheel spinning»), or something even less plausible.

Being in the health insurance industry is even better, as it is less prone to catastrophic claims payouts from natural disasters than the property and casualty business.

Finally, GM's quick repayment of the loans has whetted the appetite of some commentators (including DeCloet) for the ultimate repayment of the full government contribution. That would occur through the issuance of public equity by GM and Chrysler, creating a market for those stocks into which the government would presumably sell its shares. There is even some nefarious language in the rescue packages requiring the government to sell off its shares within specified, relatively aggressive timelines. The more I think about it, the less this makes sense — neither for the auto industry, nor for taxpayers. Why not hang onto the equity stake? If the companies recover and the equity gains market value, then the government will be able to claim that on its balance sheet (hence officially recouping the cost of its written - off contributions and creating a budgetary gain).

The NAE and other evangelical elites, often speaking for churches, have pivoted into a larger menu of political issues, even though lacking unequivocal scriptural and church teaching, and, no less important for Protestants, lacking consensus or even majority support from their own claimed constituencies.

Highly educated professionals - middle managers, college teachers, even lawyers - often claimed that they earned less than unionized blue - collar workers.

I get confused about what excellence can mean from institution to institution, given the American practice of grading colleges; even the much less than superlative schools claim to be excellent.

Maybe the church in Ireland should spend a little LESS time worrying about what happened to some 884 - year - old body part (which I'm sure didn't even belong to the saint they claim it did!)

Even, or perhaps especially, when whites engage in this transaction, one can not help suspecting that they don't really believe what they claim to believe, and that for them black non-achievement has another, less respectable but never spoken, explanation.

The evidence supporting the claim that Christianity was in South America by AD 50 is, at best, too flimsy to be deemed even suggestive, much less quasi-reliable.)

Even if you would know everything there is to know about Shinto, that does not give you the right to claim that god (or gods) is protecting a specific building from a tsunami, on the top of a hill, no less.

To show that atheists are morally better than Christians, some atheists claim that less than one percent of imprisoned Americans are atheist, even though atheists represent 10 % of the population.

We have creationists who can't even agree on which version of their myths to try to claim as true, some sure that the earth is old and some ridiculous enough to claim that it's less than 10,000 years old.

Real Christians Hate Religion... Real Christians Hate Hypocrites... Real Christians should be more like Christ... How could you claim to be a Christian if you don't even know your Christ... The reason why doomed people would never understand Christ is because they never tried to search for the Truth... They only listen to such rubbish things rather than the Truth... Read and do more and Talk less... It doesn't take a genius to know that Someone created you rather than you coming to life with just atoms randomly hitting each other... If you're really smart, think about it... Stop the non-sense talk about God and Science and find it out for yourself...

However, for reasons I will soon share, I deny that any of this necessarily supports Griffin's claim that the FWT can not successfully counter the contention that her theodicy is implausible, or even less plausible than the process theodicy.

Even less usual, perhaps, than claiming to be a Christian poet, or being summarily unhired from a Christian university because a single poem was deemed unsuitable by the administration.

It by no means follows that unilaterally abandoning historic Christian claims would lead others to do like-wise, and even if they did, it would be no less damaging to the prospects of pluralism.

Even so, Ruether balks» at claiming a historical precedent that might perpetuate a lesser status in Christianity for the female divine dimension.

I would never claim that Christians even function as a unity, much less are accusable regarding the actions of some of the members.

Boston also claims ties to the whoopie pie, but their evidence is even less substantial than Maine's or Pennsylvania's.

Of course it would be silly to suggest that winning any game, cup or otherwise, isn't good for the club, but let's remember just how problematic FA Cup success has been for this club... I'm certainly not going to suggest I didn't enjoy seeing Arsenal win, I'm a fan of this club first and foremost, but how bad are things when you find yourself secretly wishing that your own team lost so that just maybe real change would finally come... I resent this team for even making me feel such thoughts and it's going to take a lot of effort on their part to earn my trust again... this club has treated the fans so poorly that it has created an incredibly fragile and toxic environment, so much so that a «what have you done for me lately» mentality has emerged... fans rise and fall depending on the results of each game because we don't have faith in those in charge to make the necessary changes to personnel and tactics... each time we win many fans attack any dissenting voices and make unrealistic claims about the players, the manager and the potential for unprecedented success... every time we lose the boo - birds run rampant, calling for heads to roll and predicting the worst... regardless of what side you fall on, it's not your fault, both sides are simply overcompensating for the horrible state of affairs that have been percolating for several years... it's hard to take the long view when those in charge have lied incessantly and refuse to take any responsibilities for their own actions... in the end, we are trapped by the same catch - 22 that ManU faced upon Fergie's exit... less fearful of maintaining the status quo than facing the unknown, which was validated, wrongly or rightly, by witnessing the difficulties they have faced during this transitory period... to be honest, the thing that scares me most is that this team has never prepared whatsoever for this eventuality, which considering our frugal nature and the way we have shunned many of our most revered former players is more than a little disconcerting

Atletico Madrid paid # 24m for Griezmann and this source claims the La Liga side wouldn't accept anything less than $ 45m (# 33m) for the French international but even that fee may not suffice.

Whether it's Gazidis making ridiculous claims about our supposedly successful transfer window, even going so far as to suggest that everything went according to plann, or it's Wenger having the audacity to speak about taking a much more proactive approach to the re-signing of players with less than 2 years left on their current deals; which on it's own is a nothing story, it's football management 101, but let's not forget just a few weeks ago he was proudly championing his «ingenious» plan of having his best players playing in the last year of their respective contracts.

What is telling to me is that no one has jumped in for Walcott... Even if lemar doesn't come Walcott is unlikely to start and he claims to want that to revive his international career... He should b offered at to anyone for 10m or less to offload his absurd wage bill

Can you PROVE that the long - term harm from a few nights of CIO is GREATER than the long - term harm caused by sleep disorders or excessive crying in an infant who (for whatever reason) sleep training would have worked after just a night or two (or even one longer bout of crying for less than 30 minutes on one day, which some parents claim worked for them)?

In the Creating Shared Value report, Nestlé claims there were only 19 concerns about non-compliance with the WHO Code raised in 2011 and even less in 2010 and corrective action was taken in all cases.

Even after you supplement your baby with formula (which your mother claimed would help her sleep better), she's rooting for you in less than 45 minutes.

Since the few studies GFI cites are from lesser known medical journals, and even those studies don't fully back up their claims, one must wonder whether they are citing all the information they view as being «friendly» while ignoring the bulk of scientific research.

Some doctors claim this will help babies train motor and balance skills naturally and that it may even help soothe colicky babies with its smoother and less mechanical motion as compared to the battery - operated bouncer.

And even if a blanket publication of Parliamentary tax returns shows that Conservative MPs are less able to claim that they are really all in together, Bryant warns his party off political point - scoring.

This is arguably even less truthful than for the flag - hoisting residents of Downing St to claim England to be representing the entire UK.

A second referendum - a policy the Lib Dems can at least claim to have thought of first even if they've been less than full - throated in their support for it - would send a jolt through the party.

While Motyl claims this is indeterminate and «intentionally noncommittal», the phrase seems like prima facae support for Ukrainian membership, and is even less benign in the official Russian translation, which uses the future perfective, indicating an action that is expected to come to pass.

Even in 2010, the year Malliotakis first took elected office by beating the Democratic incumbent, her total vote tally was 52.2 percent (13,944 votes out of 26,705), marginally less than the 55 percent she claims on her website.

One survey that was reported on television (so it must be true) claimed that members of Congress are now even less popular than lawyers.

Andrew Cox, a spokesperson from UK Uncut said: «The government have been making huge cuts to welfare provision, even though their own research shows that less than 0.5 % of welfare claims are fraudulent.

Local road pricing schemes received even less support in the survey, with 51 per cent of people claiming they were against the idea, with the north east of England showing the highest level of opposition at 72 per cent.

Whenever you doubt that think of my list above or this simple fact: NYC has stayed in the black for twelve years (even though the mayor claimed otherwise more than once just to keep us fiscally conservative) and unlike many cities with far less social programs, NYC never had to entertain bankruptcy (e.g., Detroit goes under with $ 18 billion debt but NYC thrives with a $ 24 billion budget for DOE alone).

It even claims to produce 70 % less noise than the competition.

The deep sea is mysterious — it's nearly as inaccessible as the moon, and some claim we know even less about it.

The company even claims that the energy required to propel the Shweeb is less than it would take to walk, yet it propels you four times faster.

«People may tell you their opinions and make claims,» he adds, «but even though we have a tremendous amount of information on West Nile stockpiled, we still don't really understand why it causes more or less disease year to year.»

The greatest drug - free bodybuilders in history carry / carried less than 40 pounds more lean body mass than average individuals of their heights and bone structures, yet some dude who doesn't even stand out in the local gym claims he gained over 50?

Note: Regarding the claims that cereals are a «good source of vitamins and minerals», this is actually FALSE... The majority of vitamins and minerals in most cereals are not naturally occurring, but rather, are synthetically added vitamins, which have been proven to be less absorbed than natural vitamins and potentially even harmful in some cases.

So even if the vegan weren't eating enough healthy food, they still were supposed to have much less cancer mortality, according to the claim above.