Sentences with phrase «general falls short»

And one spot where Kobo in general falls short is that you don't have the option to upload and archive your own ebooks and PDFs to the cloud, something you can do with Amazon's Kindle platform.

Not exact matches

At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

«One was exceeding expectations, and the other was really falling short,» says Heather Adams, general manager of Southern Pines, N.C. - based buyCalls.

General Electric delivered quarterly earnings that surpassed analysts» expectations on Friday, but revenue fell short of estimates.

The Great General Electric Debacle of 2017 continued into 2018 as the company on Wednesday reported fourth - quarter earnings that fell short of analysts» expectations.

Hoguet, who is not a millennial, went on to note that Macy's internal economists accurately predicted a number of metrics last year when crafting the company's three - year plan — such as GDP growth, inflation, employment and wages — but missed the mark on GAAP growth, and fell short on sales of general merchandise, apparel and furniture, partially because they didn't predict how much off - price retail and consumer electronics would weigh on sales.

In general, SBA microlenders will lend to businesses that are not bankable — that's to say, businesses that fall short of a bank's eligibility criteria.

General Electric on Friday delivered quarterly earnings that surpassed analysts» expectations, as its businesses producing jet engines and power turbines offset declines in its oil and gas segment, but revenue fell short of estimates.

Any book will fall short of meeting every situation, but this one is a good general call to at least think about our personal ministry and how it applies to group ministry.

Similarly, a general concern for «social justice,» abstractly entertained as an ideal, but falling short of an embodied concern for particular persons, is a truncated idealism.

I suppose this is a step in the right direction, but I think that in general, the idea of «small groups» as a program or ministry of the church (whether it is of first or secondary importance) falls far short of the the radical change that is needed to truly be the church in the world.

But they are only to be expected, since belief that a woman can indeed be «in Persona Christi» necessitates a Christology falling short of Chalcedonian catholicity (that Jesus Christ is both fully human and fully divine), and thus a general departure from the teaching of the Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople as expressed in the Creed.

«Plenty of research exists today that suggests a direct benefit to increased protein intake and its impact on health, and consumers clearly have interest as evidenced by the number of new protein - enhanced snacks on the market,» said Dan Hammer, senior vice president and general manager of frozen division at Inventure Foods, Inc. «However, we found that while some snacks delivered on nutrient levels, many fell well short on taste.

The level of that respect was perhaps skewed by the fact that others, and the club in general, tended to fall so dramatically short of those standards during his time at Rangers.

This strategy looks to be focused on the general election because its goal is long - term support - building rather than short - term persuasion or fundraising — the move of a candidate who's willing to invest at least some online money in expanding the pool of supporters, volunteers and (ultimately) donors for the Fall rather than in trying to win Ohio and Texas in a couple of weeks.

In the general election of 26 June 2016, the PP increased its number of seats in parliament, while still falling short of an overall majority.

On anyone's terms, they fall short of what is needed to win a general election.

Deputy Attorney General, Joseph Kpemka who made this revelation on Point Blank segment of Eyewitness News however fell short of mentioning names of persons involved.

But the panel of judges, for Euractiv.com, found that Cameron's influence fell short of those wielded by lesser - known figures like Richard Corbett, a member of EU president Herman Van Rompuy's Cabinet, and Philip Lowe, the Commission director - general for energy.

Yet his efforts, coming late in the presidential primary season, fall far short of those of his likely general - election opponent, Hillary Clinton, whose extensive operation whipped into action a full year ago.

The proposal falls short of a request by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that he be appointed as a special prosecutor to review police killings of unarmed civilians.

«Once again this year, the budget falls short on transparency, both in process and in content,» DiNapoli said, in part referring to the fact that this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo once again issued messages of necessity to waive the constitutional three - day aging period for budget bills in order to get the state budget passed before the April 1 deadline (technically, it wasn't, but Cuomo and legislative leaders had a general deal in place on March 31).

The proposal falls short of calls by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman that he be given power to investigate the deaths of unarmed civilians at the hands of police.

He contested the seat unsuccessfully in the General Election 2017, increasing his vote by 8.6 %, but falling 4,332 votes short.

If James had collected $ 125,000 in matching claims by that date, she would have qualified for matching funds in the primary, when she faced Democrat David Eisenbach — but she fell short, and didn't qualify until the next cycle and the general election.

Tsipras led Syriza to victory in the general election held on 25 January 2015, falling short of an outright majority in Parliament by just two seats.

This was the problem with the policy at the last general election: it was a step forward but it appeared to fall short and was hard to sell.

If anything comparable were replicated at a general election, despite the current poll lead, Labour would fall substantially short of government.

Despite his comfortable victory in the general, Cuomo will fall short of the massive vote percentages of some previous Democrats, including senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, who each won with around 70 percent of the vote.

Observations and results In general, did the taller towers fall whereas the shorter towers remained standing?

The heralded new NRSA minimum exceeds by only $ 384 the average starting salary of this year's new general liberal arts graduates at the bachelor's degree level and falls $ 10,921 short of the average for all new college graduates, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, as reported by the Associated Press.

Judging from the firestorm of criticism, «The Heroes of CRISPR» falls short on a number of issues, beginning with this awkward money - tinged paradox: If the CRISPR story (and science in general) is such a beautiful ensemble activity, why is there only one name on the Broad Institute's patent?

But it fell short of describing all celestial objects, and to incorporate the full span of gravitational interactions, a modification to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is needed.

She has sustained more of a career than you might have expected, following her sophomore script the 2009 horror comedy Jennifer's Body falling short and Hollywood's general marginalization of female voices.

Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders» union NAHT, said: «After three years of warnings by NAHT, the government is still falling short of its core responsibility to guarantee enough teachers of a high enough standard to meet the needs of our growing school population.»

While teachers» priorities and values largely reflect those of the general public, their efforts to convey that knowledge to students are falling short of their own expectations.

First, regarding special education in general: while ensuring that individual education programs (IEPs), the key documents that outline the specialized services and supports provided to students with disabilities, are «meticulous» and reflect a «consensus» of IEP team members is certainly the ideal, IEPs frequently fall short in practice.

It falls far short, however, of the amount needed to reverse the # 2.8 bn real terms cuts that schools have suffered since the 2015 General Election, and will not protect against the further impact of inflation and other cost increases.

Lembo's $ 172.8 million deficit projection falls just short of 1 percent of this year's general fund, which covers the bulk of state government's annual operating costs.

For many reasons, which we discuss below, current efforts of professional development featuring multicultural education in general, and specifically literacy as cultural practice, fall depressingly short.

If there was any criticism to be made of the Elite - grade i30 reviewed here, it's that although soft - touch abounds, the interior trim quality and general presentation falls short of the class - leading Volkswagen Golf.

We expect that the Sport Trac will have a lower residual value than other vehicles in its general category, falling short of the Chevrolet Avalanche, Cadillac Escalade EXT and Honda Ridgeline

That's only a general rule, but it gives a good idea of what an eBook's minimum length should be and not fall into the short story category.

In a general context, margin refers to the edge or border of something or the amount by which an item falls short or surpasses another item.

In general, SBA microlenders will lend to businesses that are not bankable — that's to say, businesses that fall short of a bank's eligibility criteria.

Einhorn had been short the stock for some time, and although it slowly was becoming apparent that Einhorn's thesis was largely correct, the stock hadn't fallen much and continued to trade in the same general range that it had prior to Einhorn's famous speech where he announced his short thesis.

The technology industries may be affected by technological obsolescence, short product cycles, falling prices and profits, competitive pressures, and general market conditions.

In general terms, if you own short maturity securities, you could benefit when the yield curve steepens as short - term rates are likely falling, or at least rising less than longer - term yields.

They'll certainly provide short - term tailwinds or headwinds as general stock prices rise and fall, but over longer periods, good companies will do well, and stock prices of those companies will respond accordingly over time.

Bonds in general had an uneventful June but we just saw longer - term bonds go up in price (yields down) while shorter - term bond prices fell as the yield curve flattened out.