Sentences with phrase «given the size of»

Insiders speculate the International Olympic Committee was asking for too much money, given the size of the Canadian market, making CTV parent BCE especially gun - shy after the massive loss it took on its last Olympic contract.

But given the size of Trump's expense reimbursement, it seems likely that at least some of the nearly three quarters of a million dollars that Trump was reimbursed by his company for expenses should have been included in wages.

Zhang agrees that such a benefit is possible for hog producers, but notes that the effect of soybean tariffs could still be catastrophic for the larger agricultural industry, given the size of the Chinese soybean market.

Given the size of the U.S., it's quite a bit different.

«Given the size of its economy, population, and given its political clout, Nigeria's stance towards the African Continental Free Trade Area is key,» Imad Mesdoua, senior consultant for Africa at Control Risks, a global risk consultancy with offices in Lagos, told CNBC via email.

There was never any risk of oil washing up on the beaches in Rio given the size of the spill and the direction of the ocean currents.

I even think that if Lyft and Uber wanted to merge right now they might be able to given the size of the traditional taxi / livery industry (although in 5 years I think it would be a different question).

He even said he welcomed a tariff war, given the size of the U.S. import - export deficit, tweeting Friday:» Trade wars are good, and easy to win.»

The checklist provides clarity in the evolution of Atlassian products, but Simpson admits that it's still remarkably difficult given the size of the scale.

I can assume, given the size of the battery and the fact that I had only one device plugged in, that it charged quickly.

Given the size of the combined business, Canada will now become a stand - alone Zone reporting directly to Bernardo Hees.

Still, given the size of the technology opportunities the company sees and the heightened level of competition, Apple's board says it's important to continue taking a measured approach to returning any cash to shareholders.

Nonetheless, given the size of the terms of trade rise, and the fact that the economy started from a position of reasonably low unemployment, it was thought that underlying inflation was more likely to start to go up than to keep falling.

To put this in perspective, in terms of overall economic size, Australia ranks 14th in the world, so trading in the Australian dollar is well ahead of where one would expect it to be given the size of the economy.

Specifically, Willi argues that merchants view Amazon as a competitor, PayPal has very competitive economics given the size of its volume and global basis, and many Amazon Pay shoppers are likely to be PayPal account holders and inertia may limit their inclination to switch to Amazon Pay at merchants where they are currently using PayPal.

Given the size of the Chinese territories, the country borders with a majority of the countries along the one belt, one road.

They argue that activists seek too much power given the size of their stakes, which amount to as little as 1 % in some cases.

Many investors believe that China is currently under - represented in global equity indices relative to its economic influence (for example, China represents roughly 17 % of global GDP, 11 % of global trade, and 9 % of global consumption but today comprises only a 3.5 % weight in the MSCI ACWI Index).1, 2 Given the size of the China A-shares market, inclusion in global indices is regarded as key to bringing China's overall representation more closely in line.

Irma is expected by some experts to top Harvey's damage, given the size of the storm and the population that was in its path.

That may help alleviate some of the tension at JFK right now, but given the size of the crowds and the uncertainty surrounding those who have been detained by customs officials, it will take something much bigger than a working AirTrain to bring calm to the scene.

Given the size of the pet - food market, which is estimated to reach nearly $ 30 billion this year, investors have been enthusiastic.

Given the size of the stockpile, most media commentary is of the same comforting tone — nothing to worry about.

Given the size of jumbo loans, lenders may ask to see 6 - 12 months» worth of mortgage payments in reserve.

«We lost some momentum toward the end of 2013 from disappointing job growth and limited inventory, but we ended with a year that was close to normal given the size of our population,» said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.

But the transaction would be a huge financial stretch, and Takeda investors have been skeptical about the merits of a Shire deal, given the size of the potential purchase and concerns that a large share issue will be needed to fund it.

Given the size of the millennial population, any of these scenarios will have a profound impact on homeownership and renting in our society.

it was their hands that saved her knee (given the size of the tumor, she could have lost the knee / lower leg) and sciences medical advances that allowed them to catch it in time before cancer possibly did form.

I also find your assertion that there is no other planet that is orbiting a sun at the right distance to support life highly unlikely given the size of the universe and the age.

SPC managing director Reg Weine expects strong growth in Goulburn Valley sales, given the size of the Chinese market, which is five times that of Australia.

«Given the size of Diageo, it's my expectation that they will do their utmost to assist the affected employees into alternative employment.»

The impish slightly built youngster had the briefest of World Cup's coming on twice as sub during the unsuccessful group stage but the talk is of his growing potential and given the size of club's circling Ninis it appears that he has a bright future and perhaps that future could be at Old Trafford?

Given the size of their budget and their inexperience, most if not all pundits were tipping Swansea to go straight back down.

Given the size of the squad, it's hard to see full scale rotation here.

It seemed overcrowded (with empty chairs, not even with people) and small given the size of the resort.

Given the size of the LL, you pretty much need to use their lunch box.

First, as hypothesized by James McKenna, night wakings may help prevent SIDS [10], they are necessary for cue - feeding given the size of an infant's stomach [11], and may even be an evolutionary adaptation to ensure someone is close by and caring for the infant, ensuring his or her survival.

And meanwhile, it's unrealistic for every single citizen to go to the mayor and express individual opinions given the size of Chinese cities.

So called populist leaders promise to create jobs and provide resources for poor people with scant regard of how they can achieve this given size of the economy.

The year is expected to be an especially difficult one for Cuomo and the Legislature, given the size of the deficit and the traditional push to hike education spending in an election year.

Given the size of the program, that's an effective rate of 16 percent.

«I take it that given the size of the economy you couldn't have addressed all issues in your opening statement and so I take it that the issues you raised are on your priority list.

Given the size of the boats, which are often packed with people by smugglers in Libya, there were probably more than 100 people in each, Proactiva spokeswoman Laura Lanuza said.

Given the size of the US budget it wouldn't be a problem to spend 2 billion for publically financed elections.

«Given the size of the examinations system, the number of papers that contained errors last summer represents a small proportion of the overall total.»

Few advocates considered the M.T.A. request onerous, given the size of both the city's budget (now $ 77 billion) and its complete and utter reliance on the M.T.A..

Morgan has said the WHLDC board lacks Latino representation given the size of the Latino population in West Harlem.

But given the size of the cuts required, this seems about as likely as enough spare change miraculously turning up down the back of the Gordon Brown's sofa to put the country back into the black.

Professor Peter Kraft at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA, says: «Given the size of these studies, we expected that we would find a lot of new breast cancer risk variants, but the studies tells us a lot more about which genes are involved, revealing many previously unsuspected genes and genetic mechanisms underlying breast carcinogenesis.

Higher efficiency means more electricity produced for a given size of solar cell, which increases power output and lowers overall system costs.

However, given the size of their nucleus, much larger than yeast's, it is the nucleoporins that move towards the activated genes and not vice versa,» explains Françoise Stutz.