Sentences with phrase «exaggerated numbers»

This approach is routinely used by governments and industry to justify large projects, and is biased towards producing exaggerated numbers.

For example, I am not opposed to the idea of exaggerated numbers in some of these accounts, as I think it helps make much more sense of what is happening and helps explain some of the problems inherent within the text.

That debate is not helped by exaggerating the numbers involved.

According to the official report, Ripple's overall market capitalization reflected that of the total digital asset market, although at times it seemed like XRP exaggerated its numbers in comparison to the whole market.

The media exaggerate their numbers and importance.

Actually I'm over exaggerating the numbers, the real number is undeterminable as in no proper count can be given.

Males exaggerate their number of sexual partners; university workers are not very honest about reporting how many photocopies they make.

Demographers criticized the survey on methodological grounds for exaggerating the numbers of Orthodox Jews in the area, while representatives of Reform and Conservative Judaism and secular Jews warned that, if the survey's figures were correct, the New York Jewish community was leaving a golden age of liberal activism and intellectual modernism and entering a period of social insularity and religious obscurantism.

«Of course these figures still exaggerate the number of Christians overall — the number of believing, practicing Christians is much lower than this and the number of those leading their lives with no reference to religion much higher.»

When news broke that the modest Gwarimpa Abuja home of former president Goodluck Jonathan was burgled, some mischievous elements, instead of sympathizing with the former president and call for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the burglars, chose to rather go about town excessively exaggerating the number of valuable items that were in the house before it was burgled.

Watchdogs like Consumer Reports and Internet forums where drivers are able to share observed mileage also play a role in curbing exaggerated numbers.

As to the last paragraph of this letter, the Valley Fire was in September, so is this group implying that they were helping with the fire relief before it even happened or are they once again exaggerating numbers?

Don't exaggerate the number of your proficient skills when you write your resume.

One should not, however, exaggerate the numbers involved in base communities, as many liberationists do in identifying them as «the people.»

The Lib Dems are keen to move away from first past the post (FPTP), which exaggerates the number of seats awarded to a winning party - or the runner - up - traditionally favouring the Labour and Tory parties.

This opens the door to fraudulent mortgage practices, as both lender and borrower could exaggerate numbers in order to secure a larger mortgage (which means more money for the lender and more house for the borrower).

FBI director James Comey may have exaggerated the number of emails top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin forwarded to her husband, ex-Rep.

I assumed $ 500,000 as the base home price which is actually way higher than the national median home price, but I am exaggerating my numbers and they still do not add up to justify your bogus claims.

Your cost can quickly get out of hand if your designer hits a roadblock (or simply decides to exaggerate the number of hours he / she worked).

Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support in any given constituency are unlikely to earn seats in a legislature, although their supporters will be more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.

FBI director James Comey may have exaggerated the number of emails Huma Abedin forwarded to her husband, Anthony Weiner, ProPublica reported late Monday.

ASSOCIATED PRESS — June 23 — The Milwaukee - area office of Great Expectations has violated Wisconsin's no - call law, exaggerated the number of participants» marriages and misrepresented its prices, according to a lawsuit filed by the state Justice Department.

As we said at the time, that could be an exaggerated number, and player style also impacts...

Though Welsh - Ovcharov believes that amateurs have exaggerated the number of fakes, she does agree that works from the Paris period, especially still lifes, can be problematic.

And certain people in an effort to increase its impact have taken to manipulating and exaggerating the numbers; something that it's very easy to find information about and holes their credibility below the water line.

That, the OAG said, meant NCC had exaggerated the number of trees it was saving.

Without the exaggerated numbers, there is no renewable energy source to replace the power generated from the sun and the wind during the long stretches of time when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow.

Think Progress Green offers a pretty damning case for why those pols are continuing to harp on the exaggerated numbers:

Exaggerated numbers: Was your applicant truly responsible for doubling sales at his or her previous company?