Sentences with phrase «handful seem»

Sony did recently announce that 100 new game titles are coming to the console this year, with a handful hitting store shelves later this month, but that handful seems like just a tease since the PS4 has gone months without seeing a big exclusive AAA release.

That all the skeptics (and calling them a handful seems unreasonable — it includes some quite prominent ones) so far contacted won't put their money where their mouth is seems quite significant — William]

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Meanwhile, the weekly meetings helped bring back into the fold the handful of Republicans who seemed willing, initially, to negotiate across the aisle.

That threshold was reached, it seems, last summer, after a handful of outside groups boxed congressional Republicans into the disastrous government shutdown (ostensibly in an attempt to defund Obamacare).

But while AIG's defenders have vilified Goldman Sachs for collateral calls that seemed timed to inflict maximum damage, Boyd pins the blame for the insurer's downfall on a handful of AIG executives too fixated on securing power and maximizing their bonuses to realize that their company was lurching along on a death march.

Mayweather is among a handful of prominent celebrities and social media personalities who have promoted Initial Coin Offerings, a practice that seems primarily aimed at buyers with little substantive understanding of cryptocurrency or blockchain technology.

It seems fair to assume, using statistics the company has released, that there are fewer than 1,000 sellers who make $ 30,000 a year or more, and a mere handful who make more than $ 100,000.

The answer is definitely not the same for everyone, but when you break it down, there really are just a handful of ways to make it big... or so it would seem.

That would seem to give consumers more incentive to use those larger services, which could make it harder for new competitors to break through — all while giving a handful of large ISPs the power to oversee who gets benefits.

While there are lots of potential ways we could help working mothers, one that may seem counterintuitive is to focus less on the handful of women at the top — just 28 of Canada's 500 largest companies are headed by women — and to emphasize instead the successes happening in the middle.

If you're a founder contemplating crowdfunding, don't be misled by the handful of «hits» that seem to go viral, then easily amass thousands of supporters and funders.

Valley entrepreneurs and investors seem to think that any fallout probably would be confined to a handful of investors and a lot of young, well - paid software engineers who can all go back to grad school.

$ 99 per month seems like a lot of money to me now but finding just a handful of profitable keywords via this program can pay for itself in no time at all.

If, on the other hand, you receive just a handful of names, then it's likely that the claims that have been made are exactly what they seem to be — too good to be true.

Although it now seems that the «zero lower bound» for nominal interest rates wasn't actually zero, it is not clear that the recent negative rates implemented by a handful of central banks in Europe offer some new vista of policy effectiveness.

The original post was soundbites, a handful of misquoted ayat to seem knowledgeable.

For much of his career, he wrote bitterly satirical novels about well - off Londoners; even when the prospect of nuclear catastrophe arises, as it does in London Fields (1989), Amis seems to treat «The Crisis,» the coming «horrorday,» primarily as a vehicle for revealing the largely unpleasant traits of his handful of main characters.

Of course there are battles to be fought about the politicization of the curriculum and the watering down of substantive content within departments; and it does seem that there are at least a handful of foundational books that everyone ought to have read.

It seems that, during the economic boom preceeding the bust, more than a handful of Irish people, like many noveau riche upper middleclass Americans, began spending some of their disposable incomes on imported exotic reptiles.

There have been a handful of days over the past several months where getting out of bed seemed unlikely.

They seem to imagine that they face problems with a noisy handful of «insubordinates» who can be put down by methods used in earlier generations, while the «majority of the faithful» submissively look upward to the «Holy Father» for signals as to what to think and do.

Made with just a handful of ingredients — olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, parsley, pasta and Parmesan — I serve an oversized bowl of these oil - coated noodles alongside a hearty kale salad and no one seems to mind that I may have omitted adding any meat.

There seems to be nothing you can't do with it: Grind it with the right seasonings, and you get a Pizza crust; Throw in a handful frozen cauliflower with your other smoothie ingredients and it's a leaner and...

If the topping seems too grainy and not chunky enough squeeze a handful then break it up and sprinkle it evenly over the top of the fruit.

If I keep the amount to about a handful, it doesn't seem to give me the digestive trouble it once did!

Grab a handful; if it holds together willingly, and doesn't seem at all dry or crumbly, you've added enough liquid.

Because, no matter how many handfuls I eat of them they don't seem to be going anywhere.

The texture of the dough can depend a little on how ripe and large your bananas are, and last time I added a handful of shredded coconut to the dough because it seemed a little loose and sticky and just kneaded it into the dough until it had a firm texture.

Occasionally, I'll be looking for something to snack on and will reach for a handful, but it never seems to do much to deplete our supply.

Even if the suspension is reduced, it seems quite clear that Brady will be forced to miss a handful of games, so what should bettors know about Jimmy Garoppolo?

To be fair, some people are just born fighters (like Alexis), they have the ability to self motivate, and Eddie does seem to have a little of that, from the handful of times I've seen him.

Inevitably, Tony Pulis will attempt to rectify somebody's season come the closing months of the campaign, but it is pleasing from a neutral perspective that Premier League owners seem intent on bucking the trend of sacking their manager after a handful of bad results.

Dismissing him with a wave of your hand because of a handful of second - half and postseason starts seems dangerous.

If anything it makes it seems to make it worse because they spend so much money and time promoting their small handful of stars that amazing match - ups like this one somehow fly under the radar.

It seems like every season there are a handful of monumental upsets that defy logic and cause shockwaves throughout the betting world.

There are to my count only a handful of major perpetrators who seem to hiijack the threads these days.

We on the other hand have a handful of skilled but individual players who seem to be un-inspired, incohesive, and out of ideas under the direction of Wenger.

He just seems so aloof @ times, physically he is a handful on the pitch but his techical uunderstanding of the game leaves me exasperated @ times.

There are also a handful of teams who seem like safe bets to finish in last place including the Raiders -LRB--300), Browns -LRB--200), Bears -LRB--175) and Redskins -LRB--150).

He didn't exactly drive decent cars in his career, but even when there was a race of attrition or something, poor Badoer seemed to be flat out of luck, like at the 1999 European Grand Prix, when he was running fourth for Minardi with a handful of laps to go when his car broke.

At halftime, it was still 0 - 0 — Courtois saved a few more, and although Arsenal made a handful of defensive mistakes, Chelsea seemed to have trouble hitting the target.

Robbie Keane also joined the Hammers on loan from Spurs on deadline day and despite making only a handful of appearances for Tottenham this season, is set to lead the line on Wednesday at Bloomfield Road, either alongside a rejuvenated Carlton Cole and Victor Obinna, or top scorer Frederic Piquionne — The possibilities are endless for Grant it would seem.

However, its handful size seems to be uncomfy to the baby who has immature spine and bone.

We're a handful of months into this mom thing and we both agree that it already seems like time is flying by.

You want the dough to seem dry to the touch, but also stick together if you grab a handful.

I have had a handful of friends with regular migraines who, upon inspection, also have PTTs — it's a good thing to check out if you have migraine or headache issues with no seeming cause.

At the same time, a public sympathetic to the physical protests seems to be changing its collective mind as they see violence creep in at the edges and a handful of outright predators take advantage of the naïveté of some of those assembled.

They point to the role that outside spending by a handful of millionaires played in the Republican presidential primaries by helping to keep Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich in the race, and wealthy donors also seem to have made a difference in Dick Lugar's recent downfall.

«Only the Liberal Democrats can be trusted to promote a free and socially just society» — but it seems that only a handful of Lib Dem MPs can be trusted do so in the voting lobbies of Parliament.

Jay seems unimpressed by the idea that upholding these ethical principles would rest on such a small handful of people.