Sentences with phrase «in staggering numbers»

Millennials are moving back in with mom and dad in staggering numbers.

We were the last generation to actively protest war and promote world peace in staggering numbers.

An arribada is the time the sea turtles come to lay their eggs in staggering numbers for 2 - 4 days.

TNR replaces the previous policy that required feral cats to be trapped and euthanized in staggering numbers.

Teachers do not always leave the profession with early - 1980s rebel flair, but we do leave — and in staggering numbers.

People are suffering from anxiety and depression in staggering numbers.

Biggest mysteries Kidney disease: Farm workers in Central America, India and Sri Lanka are dying in staggering numbers from a rare kidney disease, with pesticides fingered as a potential culprit.

Muslim background believers are leading Muslims to Christ in staggering numbers, but not in the West.

His company, Greylock Partners, was an early investor in a staggering number of top tier companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.

Since securing a job as a writer for «30 Rock» in 2006, Glover has used his diverse talents and signature humor to find success in a staggering number of industries, including television, stand - up comedy, music, and film.

Each of your genes can be expressed in a staggering number of ways.

[8] Even so, Chrysler intended the new 1970 Dodge as the most potent pony car ever, [9] and like the less expensive Barracuda was available in a staggering number of trim and option levels coupled to virtually every engine in Chrysler's inventory.

This year's awards pulled in a staggering number of votes — more than a half - million in total!

Heavily - traveled roads and congestion aggravated by a thriving tourist economy result in a staggering number of traffic accidents.

Battery tech has been growing more slowly than other technologies, and is now the long tent pole in a staggering number of industries.

Not exact matches

The sales numbers are staggering — signed contracts in April were 28 percent higher than a year ago, the strongest since 2005, according to RMLS, a real estate data firm.

A staggering amount of wholesale change is happening — from unprecedented and widespread aging to rampant urbanization and growth in a global middle class to an eastward shift in economic power and a growing number of disruptive technologies.»

There is still a staggering low number of female founders in the tech industry.

In fact, in the third quarter of 2016, the number of monthly mobile active Facebook was a staggering 1.74 billioIn fact, in the third quarter of 2016, the number of monthly mobile active Facebook was a staggering 1.74 billioin the third quarter of 2016, the number of monthly mobile active Facebook was a staggering 1.74 billion.

The good news is that the number of survey respondents in the dark about their advisor's compensation has been dropping since 2011, when it was a staggering 65 percent.

According to Gen. Hugh Shelton, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1997 to September 2001, the number of redundancies in the nuclear - launch process «is staggering.»

In almost every class of entrepreneurs I teach, I ask the question, and a staggering number of hands goes up each time (and that's after I tell people to leave their hands down if they want to keep their childhood private).

So when they pick your numbers down at the lottery — or your name in the NFL draft — just remember: The odds are staggering that the countdown clock has started and you are already headed for bankruptcy.

Although Obama holds a clear lead in contribution from the legal sector, the number is dwarfed by the amount he received from the industry four years ago when he received a staggering $ 46.5 million.

«I strongly agree with the president and condemn in the strongest terms the staggering number of leaks undermining the ability of our government to protect this country,» he said.

Nevertheless, the move was a prescient one: 25 went on to sell a staggering 3.4 million copies in its first week — the largest number since Nielsen began tracking the figure in 1991.

In accounting, Deloitte, which has about the same number of employees, has a staggering 86 percent working remotely at least 20 percent of the time.

In 2014, hundreds of books were released on the topic (according to Amazon the number is a staggering 437, but that comes from a simple subject search, and likely includes many outliers).

Apple's quarterly reports improved significantly in 2007: Stocks were worth $ 199.99 a share — a record - breaking number at that time — and the company boasted a staggering $ 1.58 billion profit, an $ 18 billion surplus in the bank and zero debt.

Here's a staggering number: nearly 7 million federal student loan borrowers are currently in default, according to the Wall Street Journal.

This is a staggering number, especially given Amazon's concentration in the United States, where it has been estimated that over 60 percent of households have Prime memberships.

That translates to staggering numbers of animals grown for food: there are over 30 million head of beef cows in the US, and 21 million pigs in Iowa alone.

The numbers in support of video marketing are staggering: Video marketers get 66 % more qualified leads per year and achieve a 54 % increase in brand awareness.

One approach to alleviating the illiquidity of financial vehicles like bonds and CDs is to break up your investment into multiple smaller amounts, which then go into a number of individual investments that mature one after another, in staggered fashion.

«I am sure the number of Christians who are in prison or martyred each year would stagger our mind if we really knew what the total number really was,» Graham told the opening session of the inaugural World Summit in Defense of Christians, reports Religion News Service.

When we follow Whitehead in thinking of prehensions of noncontiguous occasions — mediated or not — then the number of physical feelings of which I am blankly unconscious is staggering.

At least in my own anecdotal experience, the number of boyfriends and husbands that are either «dragged along to church,» or don't accompany their families to church, is staggering.

Also the number of reports received by CSIS after the Air India bombing as to who was to blame was staggering and still it was not handled in the appropriate manner by the gov» t and it's various agencies and now the men guilty of the attacks walk free.

It should be noted that the staggering number of $ 35 billion in fraud is not counted as revenue because the money is stolen.

The number of people who have seen him in person or on television, or heard him on the radio, or read his newspaper column or monthly magazine or one of his books, staggers the imagination.

The number of successive electronic occasions in a second staggers the imagination.

Miller registers «two major reservations» about the reading habits of this man who consumed staggering numbers of books: «Fosdick read too lightly in twentieth - century imaginative literature, and too frequently he rifled meretricious stuff for homiletical purposes.

However, do a quick research project on the rate of these diseases in populations which consume a more traditional diet (aka natural, low carb) vs the staggering numbers in Western populations.

In addition to working as raw materials, amino acids control a staggering number of biological functions from thinking ability to immune responses and muscle synthesis.

I thought the Cesc drop off in the second half of the season was a fabrication until I saw some recent stats — the drop in assist / goal numbers are quite staggering at Arsenal, Barca and Chelsea for the last 8 seasons.

David Padgett's squad went a staggering 3 - 11 in Group 1 games, and while that number is similar to Baylor's mark of 4 - 12, Louisville went 0 - 10 in games against the top 30.

Still, Wells's lifetime numbers in the Bronx were staggering: 9 - 1, a 2.84 ERA and a.218 batting average by opponents.

With Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho proclaiming that Eden Hazard is worth a staggering # 200m, here's a real look at the most valuable footballers in the world according to official numbers released this year, with the Belgian international only in third place and some way off his manager's estimation...

Kante's numbers have been staggering: for the second season running he made the most tackles in Europe's top five divisions (165), nipped in for the most interceptions (152), recovered possession 326 times and achieved a passing accuracy of 82 % — some 12 % above his team's season average.

It probably is too soon to be ranting and raving over Luis Suarez, who was handed the famous number seven shirt by Kenny Dalglish — a number he wore during his days as a Red, but the signs were definitely promising as we watched a player who scored a staggering 49 goals in 48 games last season for Ajax score on his début.