Sentences with phrase «fair chunk»

I like to have fair chunk of cash around and I'm too risk averse to stick the whole lot into the market.

Although it's taller than the Roomba, the 360 Eye is also a fair chunk skinnier.

It sacrifices a fair chunk of bass, but everything that is here is clean, balanced, and distortion - free.

In other words, managers spent a fair chunk of time following up with employees to reiterate information they had already explained.

There are cases where it makes sense, sure, but today's voice assistants cover a fair chunk of those.

«The reality seems to be the transmission lines can handle a fair chunk of power and we should be looking at this as an option to deal with high hydro rates,» said Tabuns.

It surely is a long commitment and a fair chunk of change to get such a degree — but most people who get a master's in library and information science, English, music, or education can expect around the same salary as a pastor.

I'm reading a book by Simon Guillebaud who has spent a fair chunk of his life (maybe Simon does not see it as his life at all) in Burundi.

The tub is pretty bulky and imposing in terms of taking up a fair chunk of space in the cupboard or on your counter, and feels to me very body builder-esque in style.

but you're aware he's spent a fair chunk of this season in relegation??

... and yet they still ditched a bounty of prospects and absorbed a fair chunk of salary to make their team better in the short term.

Money equals power, after all, and Sheikh Mansour has spent eleventy squillion pounds buying himself a football club to crush teams like Blackburn as a matter of course (and then the rest of the Premier League and a fair chunk of Europe too, if his plans come to fruition).

After all, Chelsea, who'd spent a fair chunk of the season as a shambles, were missing their best midfielder, their second - best defender, and their legendary, leaderly captain.

His six goals this season is not too bad after all, especially when you consider he has missed a fair chunk of the season with injury problems.

Since Roman Abramovich decided that a west London football club would make an excellent repository for a fair chunk of Russia's mineral wealth, Chelsea have won 13 proper trophies.

He's lost the love of a fan base, he's lost the chance to become a Liverpool legend, and he's lost the respect of a fair chunk of the English media establishment.

Otherwise we'd have a yawning hole at the bottom of the Premier League table, and a fair chunk of south London would be nothing more than a blank, ragged gap.

After staying on after the game for at least 30 minutes and then taking a 30 minute walk to the car afterwards meant that we seemed to have missed a fair chunk of the traffic.

The wages may be a stumbling block but I think competition for the signature would be the biggest, not even mentioning the transfer fee which would probably cost a fair chunk.

Although there are probably a fair chunk of people whose opinions can accurately be described by one of those two polarisations, I suspect the majority are somewhere in the intermediate, between believing in him but carrying doubts, and suspecting his time is closing but hoping for a glorious finale.

That means you're not getting a lot of use out of something that might cost you a fair chunk of your budget.

There is a strain of the far left - not all of it, by any means, but a fair chunk of it - that is absolutely obsessed with Israel and Palestine.

Whether that turns out to be the case or not, it's worth remembering that a fair chunk of those lost Liberal Democrats haven't gone to Labour, or to minor parties or anywhere — they just don't know what to do.

Gribbin follows this with a fair chunk of history and background, pretty familiar stuff to anybody who has read Schrödinger's Cat or any other book on quantum mechanics.

But for the AnyBODY brand and for a fair chunk of body image experts, striving for physical change isn't necessarily a negative thing; wanting to create a healthier, fitter body that exudes confidence can be a noble goal and set you on a journey that invigorates, rather than sabotages, your self - esteem.

It provides enough laughs and entertainment to keep your interest through a fair chunk of it, and I'll never not like principal players like Eggsy, Merlin and Harry.

Dave has played a fair chunk of Monument Valley 2 with a family relative, «well, she played it and I made sure she didn't get horribly stuck and / or stressed out».

TALKING: Hyped up by sugar rush editing, the script gets a fair chunk of its laughs from the speed of its dialogue, even if losing gas on recurring jokes (such as trying to find a different word for «robots»).

Macdonald presents us with a renowned monster — it's estimated Amin had over 300,000 Ugandans killed before he was forced into exile — who appears, for a fair chunk of the movie, an endearingly eccentric figure.

It's a little difficult to say which one of the two is the «main» character, since they both carry a fair chunk of the narrative.

The ensemble performances are believable, though a fair chunk of years had to be ignored to fit the movie's span of just under two hours.

While we're on the subject of the Guardians of the Galaxy, they get a fair chunk of the movie, and despite the odds that are at stake, provide some much needed levity amongst the planet chucking and bejeweled fist clenching.

It goes without saying that all models are therefore a fair chunk of money, and the equivalent cash would net you plenty of options in the hot hatchback class.

That's a fair chunk more than the best - equipped Ford Fiesta ST - 3 (which starts at # 19,545), though the Renault's higher - quality interior and greater equipment roster goes some way to justifying the price.

You'd need to be sold on the Citroen's styling and image to choose it over more driver - orientated choices from Mini and Ford, given its pricing - # 18,880 is a fair chunk more than you'd pay for a Fiesta ST (# 17,250) or even a MINI Cooper S (# 18,655), both cars that offer more if driving and performance take precedence over style.

> MPG and running costs - MPG of 34.9 and CO2 of 186 / km are both significant improvements on the old car and should cut running costs by a fair chunk.

At nearly # 94k, the M6 coupe is a fair chunk cheaper than the Convertible, but can still count Astons, Porsches and Maseratis among its rivals.

The addition of the R - Line pack does add a fair chunk to the Tiguan's purchase price, but the package inclusions are extensive and add markedly to both the drive experience and styling.

The fact is, the Leon Cupra's key rivals all feel like they've had a fair chunk of extra cash thrown at their engineering budgets, and when you are really trying to motor on over a tricky stretch of road, it still feels a little crude.

The S - Class Cabriolet's boot is rated at 400 litres when the roof is up, but you lose a fair chunk when you're motoring roof down.

Just as the Ferrari 458 adds a fair chunk of historical significance to its essential brilliance, so the 718's arrival makes the 981 look like a really, really good idea.

The trunk is small in the coupe and even less accommodating in the convertible, the folding roof takes up a fair chunk of space and the narrow opening makes loading larger items a pain.

The hybrid engineering also adds a fair chunk of weight to the car, mostly thanks to the battery pack which tips the scales at 125 kg.

The Barina RS also requires more throttle more of the time, and the resultant tested fuel consumption of 10.1 L / 100 km is a fair chunk off the manufacturer's claim, and even further off the Alfa in real - world terms.