Sentences with phrase «improved only a point»

They improved only a point or two when the spring buying season arrived.

They improved only a point or two when the spring buying season arrived.

Not exact matches

Not only has Cleveland's offense taken off since James took his hiatus, but the defense has improved, allowed 2.3 fewer points per game.

So, not only do Snap and Twitter have to improve their ad products» returns on investment, but they have to improve them to a point where more marketers get a better return from their products than they do from Google or Facebook.

As of September 2014 — three years after the plan was launched — only 71.1 per cent of working - age (15 — 64) British Columbians are employed, a number that has only barely improved since the low point of the recession.

A good ergonomic and safety consultation will not only point out risk factors for employee injuries, but will also present suggested solutions to improve the safety of your employees.

It is a title at the end of the day and we was only 1 point off UCL football, if we can keep Alexis then I hope we can improve enough over the next few months.

2nd point is we will only close the gap by finding where to improve on our own team.

The Hogs will be even better this year if the Oscars — tailback Malone and fullback Gray — can improve an offense that averaged only 15 points per game last fall.

Despite the fact that Arsenal go into the next round of games above his old club on points, Dalglish has claimed that we are the only one of the top six teams not to have improved.

The Heat may not fulfill its potential until next season or beyond, after Riley has found a center who fits in, and James and Wade have not only established a flow but also improved their three - point shooting in order to spot up when the other penetrates.

Although this only improved our systems record to 70 - 68, our return on investment (ROI) skyrocketed when the total dropped at least a half - point.

The only thing I can say is that we must keep going, keep improving, and try to win three points.»

Over the final six, the improving defense only twice allowed greater than 5.2 yards per play or 22 points.

With a draw, not only is it 1p for both, but there are also less points given out with a draw, so the less points there are in total around us on the table, the better the chances we have to improve our position.

I get your point absolutely, but the biggest difference between Mahrez and Walcott is that Mahrez already look like a moulded player that will only improve with the years, and Walcott has throughout his entire time at Arsenal been the fast player that needs to improve on his finishing, dribbling and intelligence.

Substitute Charlie Austin looked to have earned a point for much - improved Saints at the Emirates only for Danny Welbeck to notch an impressive winner for Arsenal in a result that sees Southampton stuck down in 18th spot.

With much more than just bragging rights on stake, a win for either team would be huge in regards to not only the three points on the day, but improved morale and momentum going into the last few games of the season.

Thanks to that infusion of new talent on the pitch and sidelines, Roma improved their road record in the spring of 2016, grabbing 23 points from 10 road matches, second only to Juventus.

Introduction: From a recruitment point - of - view, a sporting director must always have a deeply scouted list of alternative transfer targets, to not only maintain the club's footballing philosophy, but to ensure that high quality talent is secured at an excellent value for whatever roles and weaknesses the coaching staff want to improve.

Guys why are we comparing arsenal to barca i love arsenal it my club but i must be realistic barca is lite years infront of us look at the champions league last year no match they have won the champions league twice in the last five years and the last one with kids just like arsenal so its not about how young players are because if your good enough your old enough and am afraid the arsenal youngsters walcott, deneilson, nasri, diaby, bendtner, even the great vanpercy who all arsenal fans rate who as i mentioned before (Has not scored a free kick in god knows how long) world class right these players so far have not been good enoughso do nt blame injuries too much do nt blame refs look at the way arsenal do things something is wrong here is a prime example eboue joined arsenal in the 2004/2005 season to date now tell me that a long time right would you say he is a much better player than when he arrived i think no he has improved but only very little and thats the point football is a short business at a big club you spend three seasons for the most and then you must perform.

Despite losing the last game, the Stags are only six points off top spot with a game - in - hand, but will have to improve their recent league form which has seen them pick up two points from a possible nine.

Their improved form has still left them a couple of points above the drop zone only heading into the weekend.

We still only had the one away point but things improved on the road and I suppose they had to with four successive away games.

Chas, because we lost four points against Palace and Sunderland, which shows we can still improve on beating teams that are set up not to lose in such a way that there is a minimum of space in front of their goal and they will only venture forward when absolutely safe and with just a few players.

However, you can also say that Giorgio Chiellini was the most critical center back for the team: although his presence only improved the defense by 3 percent, he played against a lot stronger opponent (59.9 points vs. 41.1 points).

It has worked beautifully throughout the day time and our daughter has improved at night to the point where she is only waking once to go to the toilet however that occurs with my husband sleeping on the floor next to her bed and waking to take her to the potty.

The improved blood supply is fantastic for healing but only to a point.

But I love her overarching message (as you seem to, also) that we must set a reasonably high standard for school food and let kids learn to meet it, instead of assuming they'll only eat junk food so there's no point in even trying to improve school food.

But as he points out in this interview, his baking enthusiast wife has found that cutting back sugar by 1/3 not only doesn't adversely affect most recipes, the flavor is actually improved.

While this will improve your student's odds, it's worth pointing out that only four of 2,800 - plus students on this waitlist were offered spots in Carnegie Mellon University's freshman class last fall.

-LSB-...] Ultimately, if the point of WIC is to improve the health of low income mothers and babies and if the goal of the CDC is to increase breastfeeding rates in order to improve the health of the nation, all decisions about how WIC's support to moms and infants is provided should be done with a view to supporting breastfeeding first and foremost, with formula as an option only available upon specific request.

Sleeping apart at least part of the night has definitely improved the amount of sleep we're all getting, but only because Violet was at a point where she was comfortable with that.

What strikes me is that not only did Singas close a six - point gap to a one - point gap, but she's improved with both Democrats and Republicans.»

«It will not only provide for new housing and development opportunities, but it will improve pedestrian safety and access to parkland along the Bronx River, without compromising access to Hunts Point,» he said.

If the mayor really believes that the only way to entice economic development is by first improving the city's infrastructure, she's missing the point.

It also seemed to point out that only a small fraction of the city's public school students attend charter schools, and said its main focus was on improving opportunities for all children.

Looking through the rest of the poll, the Conservatives & Theresa May have a lead over Labour & Jeremy Corbyn on almost every economic measure YouGov asked about (36 on cutting the deficit, 32 points on managing the economy, 15 on providing jobs, 11 on keeping prices down, 11 on improving living standards, 6 on getting people on the housing ladder), the only exception was reducing the number of people in poverty, where Corbyn & Labour had a 7 point lead.

«CPV is not only taking out full - page ads, they sent a letter to Steve Brescia, the head of the Orange County... chair of the Orange County Legislature repeating the same ludicrous talking points that one of the largest power plants in New York state will actually improve our air quality, I mean, that's absurd,» Malick says.

On the English tests, students statewide only improved by a tenth of a percentage point, from 31.3 percent passing in 2013 to 31.4 percent in 2014.

As Hockfield moves into her role as AAAS president, she often makes the point that the challenges facing the world as the population grows to more than 9 billion by 2050 — including the need for improved access to sufficient food, clean water, sustainable energy and health care — can only be met through fundamental scientific and engineering research, accompanied by the translation of that research into market - ready applications.

Those who watched a demo video 20 times estimated that they would score more points than those who saw the video only once — this high - exposure group also predicted that they would be more likely to hit the bull's - eye and reported that they had learned more technique and improved more after watching the video.

Such extremes have led to millions facing food and water shortages, as well as thousands of deaths globally, pointing to the need to not only mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, but to also invest in adaptation and improving the forecast systems of developing countries, Taalas said in his forward to the report.

Yoga and meditation only begin «to work» when we let go of the need to improve ourselves and rather give permission to BE, in whatever form we are in and from that vantage point, watch any changes that arise.

This point on the list doesn't necessarily mean that we suggest you start weightlifting or any kind of exercise with the goal of only improving your appearance.

A study by Sakamoto et al. showed that subjects who performed fast bench presses had greater muscle activity and a higher number of reps.. These results point to the fact that higher velocity minimizes the negative influence of the sticking point, which is only one of the many ways explosive movement can improve your bench press performance.

Not only are you greatly limiting your maximum force production (and therefore really missing the point of resistance training), but you're not appreciably improving SPORTS RELATED balance.

I, for one — have had huge positive results — not only from weight loss point of view - but also joint problems improved and even improved memory, no fuzzy brain....

It has not only grown to over 23 million registered users in under three years, but its focus on improving the online dating experience specifically for females hits a pain point for Tinder, which has tried to distance itself from its «hookup» reputation.

Heavily improved over the previous Enhanced Edition, its high price point and few new quest bugs are the only reasons you may consider getting the cheaper, original edition over this one.