Sentences with phrase «higher than winning»

But so many at - risk children and parents face that exact scenario, with stakes much higher than winning or losing an athletic competition.

Wenger has no ambition higher than winning 4th place.

after extensive psychoanalysis of wenger, i've realized he values faithfulness to players higher than winning.

Not exact matches

Democrats likely look at the comparative numbers and crow that they are «winning» because their ratings have been higher than those of the Republicans, and for a longer time.

As they won wage increases higher than the current rate of inflation they would, for a short time, gain real wage increases.

He is one of the progenitors of Brooklyn's hipster scene — a shaggy, tattooed, larger - than - life titan who, last fall, dropped $ 300,000 on a lavish Las Vegas meal for 25 friends after winning $ 1 million at a high - rollers» blackjack table.

It turns out, lost deals actually have a 12.8 percent higher sentiment score (in other words, the buyer uses more positive and less negative language, generating an overall higher «score) than closed - won deals, across all calls that span the sales cycle.

I employed this strategy with a few of our salespeople, and we had a 90 percent win rate against competitors with a very similar product while also selling our product for significantly higher prices than our competitors.

More diversified than Visa (v), Mastercard gets a higher proportion of its revenue from outside the U.S., positioning it to win as consumers around the world switch from cash to electronic payments and from bricks and mortar to e-commerce, says Greg Dunn, comanager of the Thornburg International Growth Fund.

Some people will say, «Well, I almost won here, we led a few laps there, I qualified on the pole there...» I'd rather take a kid who wins every single weekend at his local track than someone who always runs 15th in a higher series.

The «win» for customers inside LinkedIn's ProFinder is that you can (ideally) find a higher caliber, more trustworthy professional than you might on various freelance sites, given the extra credibility and professionalism that comes with the LinkedIn experience.

Why do those with besties end up better off than those who win high school popularity contests?

Last month, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology won a competition among more than 1,000 college students who presented design concepts for how the Hyperloop might transport pods of people from city to city at high speeds.

Samsung «s holdings of cash and cash equivalent stood at 76 trillion won at the end of September, 8 % higher than the previous quarter.

How to Sell at Margins Higher than Your Competitors: Winning Every Sale at Full Price by Lawrence L. Steinmetz, and William T. Brooks This is book discusses the importance of margins in setting prices.

Likewise, in 2014 higher than expected turnout among millennial voters helped the GOP win its Senate majority.

While Chinese banks tend to front - load loans early in the year to get higher - quality customers and win market share, the lofty figure was even higher than the most bullish forecast by economists in a Reuters poll.

The Grammy Award - winning pop siren snoozes more than half the day away for one reason and one reason only: so she can hit her ear - piercingly high high notes.

Around that same time, a study came out that revealed that black head coaches, despite winning a higher percentage of games, were less likely to be hired (and more likely fired) than their white counterparts.

The «win» for customers inside LinkedIn's ProFinder is that you can (ideally) find a a higher - caliber, more trustworthy professional than you might on various freelance sites, given the extra credibility and professionalism that comes with the LinkedIn experience.

After winning two high profile 401k fee lawsuits, courts have approved the payment of more than $ 31.9 million in legal fees.

«I believe (once again speaking for myself) that high - quality stocks should have an even bigger win over low quality than our GMO numbers suggest,» Grantham, the company's chief investment strategist, wrote in a newsletter.

If you had chosen «Call» and the price of the asset is higher than the strike price, at the end of the contract period, you win the trade.

Nike has the largest Instagram following, which is 5x larger than Starbucks, but Starbucks wins overall with the highest engagement ratio (which TrackMaven defines as the «average number of interactions per post per 1,000 followers»).

The cyclically adjusted price - to - earnings ratio, which is a favorite metric of Nobel Prize - winning economist Robert Shiller, suggests stock prices are higher than any other time in history other than the dot - com bubble of 2000.

The signals have the highest win rates and more than 70 % accuracy.

Like you, many people dream of winning big, either in the lottery or at a casino, and one of the advantages of playing online is that the payout ratio is even higher than that of a land based venue.

If I compare the high yield portfolio to the DSR portfolio over a 12 months period, the DSR portfolio easily win by more than doubling the high yield portfolio return.

Out of 8 land sites released for sale by Singapore's government last year, 3 of them were won by Chinese developers; their winning bids significantly high than the bids made by their competitors.

The won has appreciated to more than a seven - year high against the Japanese yen this month, while rising to a nine - year high versus the euro, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

A few, but not many signal providers are able to provide a winning percentage of higher than this.

O Soma flowing on thy way, win thou and conquer high renown; And make us better than we are.

The national white vote followed the pattern that Henry Olsen detected in certain coal counties where Romney «won higher margins than John McCain did, on substantially lower turnout.»

Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is in the prime position to win a recommendation from the board of Treasury Wine Estates after lodging a bid significantly higher than rival firm TPG.

Merrychef eikon e2s models boast high - speed cooking up to twenty times faster than a conventional oven, excellent finished products and a multi-award winning design, further emphasized by this latest achievement.

Grassland produces a line of high - quality butter products for dining and baking operations, and has garnered more than two dozen awards for butter, winning top honors at state, national and world competitions.

With high - quality wines winning over the most demanding palates in more than forty countries, the winery is the sixth largest Argentine brand, both in domestic premium wine sales volume and as an exporting group.

An award - winning, progressive culinary professional with more than 15 years of experience in the kitchen, Chef Marc Krampe brings his creativity and skills from several high - end restaurants specializing in French, Japanese, New American, and Thai cuisine to Social Southern Table & Bar.

While defending, after we win the ball deep, there is no one to pass the ball to other than the striker, who is high up the pitch and also isolated.

In the last 4 seasons, Arsenal have won 4 FA cups and finished higher than Spurs in the league except once and Spurs won nothing.

I ranked ASU's win over UW higher than Cal's upset of Wazzu simply because I was far more confident in Washington's ability to avoid such a loss.

We need to finish higher than 2 of these teams United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Spurs Reality 2: Winning Europa will be tough as hell but as we are the top ranked team our chances are better than finishing Top 4 in premier league.

The Reds are set to travel to Manchester City today, and Arsenal fans should be hoping of a home win, but there may be a percentage of supporters who have not yet given up on finishing higher than fourth.

EA Sports is honoring Foles after he won Super Bowl MVP — and it means he's rated higher than Tom Brady:

Wichita State won the national championship in 3.0 % of our simulations, which is significantly higher than the implied probability at the Westgate Superbook (1.23 %).

We always encourage bettors to buy on bad news and sell on good, and there's no better time to sell high than after winning a major award.

No surprise to see Garcia as the favorite, as he's the highest ranked player in the field by a decently wide margin... Vegas continues to list Ollie Schneiderjans among the top 20 favorites to win a tournament despite the fact that he hasn't finished better than t41 since the first week of February... Snedeker seems like good value at 35 - 1... Niemann, for those concerned, is +30000 or 300 - 1.

Not only do they have a great record, but they have more wins as an underdog (30) than they do as a favorite (26) which helps explain the high number of units won.

I think MSU should be higher than this, based on its wins, but this is already a huge jump.

Everyone was crap (the teams in the top 4 finished with less than 80 pts except them) see what happened when top teams started to win more than 80 pts / season, they didn't even finished in the top four when the pressure was high.