Sentences with phrase «higher than a handful»

Tennessee are higher than a handful of other states» minimum requirements, but nonetheless, the limits are too small to adequately cover most drivers.

Not exact matches

The decision to lock or float an interest rate can create a high - stress situation for many people — after all, few of us take out more than a handful of mortgages during our lifetimes.

The Rate Mortgage Rate Lock Decision The decision to lock or float an interest rate can create a high - stress situation for many people — after all, few of us take out more than a handful of mortgages during our lifetimes.

Inspired by «Manus x Machina» could a drinks brand embrace the fact that their product is made by passionate engineers with ultra high tech technology, rather than bearded brewers in check shirts sniffing a handful of hops.

Plus, the monounsaturated fat and protein they contain will keep you full for longer than high carb / glycemic alternatives, so a handful of them is a healthy snack option!

Arsenal though are at a massive 2/1 or better, and I bet there have not been more than a handful of games in the last 20 years that have seen us at such a high price for a home game, and I think that could prove to be a great bet, and this is why.

The mid-level to upper - level guys get paid better than most other teams would pay, so whereas other teams have a handful of high - priced players and a lot of low - priced guys (which results in a top - heavy salary cap), Belichick does an excellent job balancing his cap space out to the majority of the roster.

That includes a handful of potential first - round picks a cornerback and a higher number of top safeties than usual.

Despite the high percentage of traffic that goes to the top handful of websites, the internet is still a medium of niches rather than a mass medium.

Conservative MPs are currently rebelling less often than Labour MPs (in around 11 % of divisions in the first three sessions of the 2005 parliament, less than half the rate on the government benches) and they are doing so in smaller numbers; although a slightly larger proportion of Conservative parliamentarians has rebelled compared to Labour, few have cast more than a handful of dissenting votes, and even the most rebellious would not find themselves high up the PLP's league table of troublemakers.

Cumulative procedure volume at U.S. centers was a median of 80 cases, ranging from a handful of cases at some hospitals to more than 600 at the highest - volume centers, he said.

Made up of scores from 550,000 fourth and eighth graders from more than 40 countries, the assessment shows a handful of East Asian countries scored among the highest, whereas U.S. students wound up in the middle of the pack.

In less than a handful of cases, the natural methane levels were relatively high, above 10 milligrams per liter.

- Nuts and nut butters — while most almond, cashew, walnut and other nut based trail mixes or nut butters tend to be much healthier than the average peanut butter, they are also very high in heated oils (which produce cell - damaging free radicals) and inflammatory omega - 6 fatty acids — which can tend to dump inflammation on an already stressed athlete's body when overused to the extent most people implement such sources (by the handful and heaping spoonful).

Almonds are also very satiating, so even though they're a little higher in calories than many other anti-inflammatory foods, eating a handful of almonds may help you stick with a healthy weight loss program.

By the way, a handful of these pepitas for a quick afternoon snack is very satisfying and will wake you up from any mid-afternoon drowsiness much better than a Snickers bar or other nutritionally empty snack high in calories.

Crack a nut Dieters in a Harvard University study who ate a handful of peanuts or mixed nuts daily were more likely to keep weight off than a group whose regimen did nt include the high - fat snacks.

But there are also a handful of beauty bloggers who are swearing to a certain product called «Benton Snail Bee High Content Essence» which is much cheaper than Missha, and in my opinion, much more effective.

eHarmony.com claims to have a higher match - to - marriage rate than any other dating Web site and displays happily wed couples at every click of the button, though it is the same handful of couples over and over again.

Unlike in other countries, where there are just a handful of reputable dating sites from which to choose, the Philippines has more high quality options than you can count.

Dating agencies don't deliver more than a handful of promising results, but charge a high fee for their service.

It's going to print money on a level higher than the GDP of many small nations, it's going to be the talk of the early summer movie season, and it's probably going to bid farewell to a handful of faces that have become synonymous with this era of Hollywood filmmaking.

Crowe and Gosling burst with a high caliber of cinematic chemistry, their respective line delivery and physical acting boasting more than a handful of career - heightening moments.

There are a handful of schools in which the average is less than 32 percent (and as low as 14 percent) and many schools where the average is higher than 32 percent (and as high as 60 percent).

At the time, state data showed that, among Indiana schools with more than 90 percent of students receiving free or reduced price lunch, Christel House had higher test scores than every other charter school and all but a handful of traditional public schools.

A handful of in - boundary elementary schools draw higher or lower proportions of in - boundary students than expected after controlling for the schools» neighborhood characteristics and for the «Wilson effect» (see Figure 3).

A handful of in - boundary elementary schools have higher or lower boundary participation rates than expected given the schools» neighborhoods.

And while a traditional high school typically has students that attended a handful of feeder middle schools, Bravo's students come to the school from more than 32 different middle schools from around East LA, South LA and other places like Hollywood and Koreatown.

Lots of high quality materials are used, with a good amount of soft - touch and tactile trim pieces dotted about the dashboard and the main contact areas, and the overall design has a far more premium feel than the slightly iffy in places setup that you'll find on a handful of rivals, such as the soon - to - be-facelifted Buick Encore.

Although no automatic GTI was ever produced (other than a handful of special order vehicles) there was a limited run of 1.9 - litre automatic Gentry models, offered with a high spec.

Obviously, this makes translation not only prohibitively expensive for many publishers — other than the handful of language markets that can provide the highest financial return — but also a laborious process that makes these books slow to reach their intended audiences.

And I don't think that because self - publishing is suddenly «acceptable» that that statistic has changed; in fact, I'm fairly certain that it's higher, thanks to the flood of eBooks that are hitting the market as well as the many national media stories touting the success of a handful of authors making millions and making it seem like it's the norm, rather than the exception.

If a handful of best - selling authors are receiving say 50, 60 or even 70 % or more of the net revenues from their books, that would majorly skew the figure for the percentage of all revenue paid to all authors, especially since the brand name bestselling authors must be earning a higher percentage of overall revenue at most publishing houses than say an average mid-list author.

Title pawn opportunities are financed directly through pawn shops, almost always come with a handful of strings attached, are incredibly short term and usually feature sky - high interest rates, and may result in your vehicle being sold out from underneath you sooner rather than later.

It's worth noting that Group RRSPs limit your options to a handful of mutual funds that may charge higher fees than you're comfortable paying.

Using balance transfers, you can keep low balances on a handful of cards rather than a high balance on one card, which should help your credit score.

The key to this mostly high - yield bond fund is that it focuses more than anybody: it owns two stocks, two bonds (which seem to account for over 50 % of the portfolio) and a handful of preferred shares.

Katchen said there are only a handful of Islamic - compliant portfolio options available in Canada, some of which he said have «egregiously expensive» management expense ratio fees upward of more than 2.8 per cent as well as high account size minimums.

Considered to be one of Europe's highest villages at 2,000 meters above sea level, Chandolin is a largely undiscovered resort in the Swiss Alps with less than 100 all - year residents and a handful of fine dining and drinking establishments during the seasonal upswing.

Tango Beach Resort located in a tranquil part of Chaweng, on the east coast of Koh Samui and is right along an amazing beach perfect for walking along the sandbars at low tide.It takes no more than 10 minutes to reach the main strip where all the fun things taken place while just a few steps outside the resort lies a handful of restaurants, bars (some feature pool tables) and a patisserie.Guests can also get their usual nick - knacks from a 24/7 store right by the hotel.All rooms and suites offer a welcoming atmosphere and are appointed with modern bathrooms with separate shower and toilet, complimentary high - speed internet access, and are either overlooking the beach, swimming pool or gardens.

The first full calendar year for next - generation consoles PS4 and Xbox One failed to spur the release of more than a handful of great games — and most of those high - scoring releases were merely re-releases of older titles for the new platforms.

Even getting one ship kill against players after a number of deaths gives a higher sense of achievement than taking out a handful of bot controlled ships.

As I discovered at SEGA HARDlight, high - quality mobile games take a lot more than just a handful of coders bashing away at their keyboards; it takes several teams, much like any console game does.

He said that the PlayStation 4 Pro is more of a «half - assed upgrade» than a substantial next step, and this can be supported in large part by looking at the current «better with PS4 Pro» lineup — only a handful of games are capable of running at a native 4K resolution, and several AAA releases don't even upscale to that resolution, or support high - dynamic range.

(4) Such cartelization is certain to lead to higher prices to the public (see, to cite only one example among many, many, what happened when a handful of US title insurers replaced 100,000 US real estate lawyers — a «dysfunctional» per the State of California and «invidious» per the Supreme Court of Iowa industry «in which the public pays too much» per the State of California (about four times more than what the lawyers used to charge) while delivering services that are «shit» per an employee of a US title insurer who used to be an independent lawyer until she and all the other real estate lawyers in her city in Florida were put out of business by predatory pricing that lasted only as long as it took to kill the lawyers).

High - level MMO players may want to seek out a mouse that allows them to assign a multitude of skills and commands rather than just a handful.

As you'll see, the average values are typically higher due to the fact that a handful of extremely high earners can skew the average significantly higher than the majority earns.

«Because walkable urban centers close to amenities are typically a big draw for renters, you'd expect rents to rise faster in the city than in the suburbs — which is exactly what we've been seeing until very recently,» says Dr. Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Zillow, «but a handful of factors are helping turn the tables and beginning to push suburban rents up at a higher clip.

The Rate Mortgage Rate Lock Decision The decision to lock or float an interest rate can create a high - stress situation for many people — after all, few of us take out more than a handful of mortgages during our lifetimes.