Sentences with phrase «hear about a handful»

And I wouldn't be surprised to hear about a handful of low - income schools, perhaps small magnet schools that cream off the top students, that are doing as well as higher income schools.

Not exact matches

The campaigns that everyone has heard about — that hit the big numbers — have tended to hire just a handful of firms.

It then gave Baker a handful of paragraphs before throwing in some quotes from the Angelus Foundation (never heard of it), an anti-legal highs group, about how «darkened windows could make the drugs more attractive to youngsters».

A handful of Conservatives «hear - heared» his arrival at the appropriate moment but they were uncertain about doing so.

«We've heard a great deal of concern from all corners of the city about the misuse of these kiosks for lewd and nefarious purposes, and today's announcement that web browsing services will be disabled on LinkNYC kiosks is a step in the right direction,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «These kiosks and the connectivity they provide are key to bridging the digital divide in our city, and we must ensure that a handful of less - than - wholesome users do not threaten the success of the entire enterprise.

Y ’ all have heard me say it a thousand and one times about my skin — it's been a handful over the years, to say the least.

If I ask a movie buff what he or she expects from The Criterion Collection, I'll probably hear talk about an excellently crafted, artfully made film released with a high standard of audio / visual quality and a handful of in - depth special features.

Then after that we heard that the band Anvil were being recruited to play themselves in the film and I think it was about then that the room really started spinning for a good handful of folk.

By the time children enter formal education, it is estimated that they know the meaning of about 5,000 to 6,000 words when they hear them, and can probably recognize in print a handful of easily memorized «sight words» — words like «the» and «to» and «stop» that pop up often in books and on signs and menus.

The litigation, obviously, typically follows successful passage of voucher programs in the states, and so far, there are just a handful, but we're hearing about the litigation proceeding there.

Here he tells the story of this remarkable car / Auto - biography: Colin Crabbe — Matthew Bell hears from Colin Crabbe about his life and career as an adventurous hunter of historic cars from the four corners of the globe / One hundred years of cussed motoring — In the centenary year of Leslie Hounsfield's singular design, Gerry Michelmore explains the peculiar joys of the two - stroke Trojan / Moretti 750 — Its enticing looks have always threatened to outshine its performance, but the tiny Moretti is now getting the recognition it deserves, explains Karl Ludvigsen / The Paris - Ostend race of 1899 — Nick Jonckheere tells the story of the gruelling long - distance road race, and the plucky Brits who took on all comers / Invicta's Baby — The 12/45 was meant as Invicta's saviour, but only a handful were sold.

While I'm sure practically everyone is sick of hearing about this standoff, I hope the bizarre PR campaign being waged by Hachette, the New York Times, the Authors Guild, and this handful of authors is unsuccessful.

Last we heard concretely from MB about their manga line was back in June 2010 when they cancelled a handful of their boys» love titles.

All I hear is genuinely a handful of whining about something you can fix inside the event you werent too busy looking for attention.

Despite that huge range of tactics, there are a handful of specific marketing activities that we hear authors and publishers buzzing about most.

I hear they are starting to restore a handful of very popular indie titles, but the big UK chains seem to continue to fear that indies will flood their websites with nasty stuff about getting it on with Bigfoot.

You've heard that you shouldn't get an air - bubble injected — how about a handful of foot - long worms?

I know a handful of major cities in Australia but you (and others) write about such cool places I have never heard of.

We've heard from several TravelSkills reader about wait times in excess of 80 days for Global Entry personal interviews at the SFO enrollment center... so we checked with Customs and Border Protection and they told us that there are still a handful of openings in the 30 - 60 day window.

A new, comprehensive study confirms what we keep hearing about nuts: eat them, even just half a handful a day, and live longer.

Present at the hearing were several lawyers representing the music industry and a handful of pro se defendants, and Judge Gertner made no bones about pointing out the obvious imbalance:

While we often hear about skiers being seriously injured, and many people can name a handful of celebrities who have been killed in skiing accidents, the fact is that a relatively small number of skiers are seriously hurt or killed each year relative to the number of people who ski.

Nothing we've heard about the Windows Store suggests that it'll have more than a small handful of players.

This week, we talk all about our Google Fun House impressions, rumors we've heard from a source about navigation in Android P, the rebrand of Android Wear as Wear OS and what it might mean, Stephen's early experiences with a slew of Nest products, a handful of app updates, and much more.

With this new support, users will be able to complete a handful of different transaction types simply by asking their Alexa - enabled devices to do so, including the ability to ask about a credit card balance as well as pay a credit card bill, inquire about a Quicksilver card balance, and hear about recent transactions made with a Capital One checking account.

In fact, they'll only ship with two Samsung apps and a handful of other apps.You've probably heard about Samsung's dwindling smartphone market share... Read more

building a business that no one has even heard about except for your handful of clients.