Sentences with phrase «informal poll of»

(In an informal poll of co-workers I've shot in this mode, nearly all of them said it accentuated features they wished hadn't been.)

If you took an informal poll of citizens of the United States, you'd probably find that April 15th is the worst day, ever.

To learn if there are consequences for attorneys who bring frequent emergency requests, I took an informal poll of some family court judges I respect as to whether they note the identify of the attorney when considering the emergency request in the hope that they judges would know which attorneys «cry wolf» and that there might be consequences for gaining that reputation.

Despite this conventional wisdom, Dr. Buzby, who uses clippers, does not see that happen; an informal poll of a few of her colleagues leads her to believe that most people who are able to get the quicks to recede use a rotary tool, and trim frequently.

Do you have any sense of, in your informal poll of Chamber members that you talked to, how often the employers use the credit history or credit check as the make - or - break decision in an employment action?

Seattle Books Examiner's Danielle Dreger - Babbitt took an informal poll of librarians in Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, New York City, and Portland about what they wish library patrons knew or did.

She was taking an informal poll of her readers.

In an informal poll of my author friends, this book is commonly ranked at the top of everyone's Favorite List.

Paulson cites an informal poll of Washington insiders that was conducted by the Fordham Foundation.

In an informal poll of over 100 newspaper, magazine, and online film critics and movie writers, Jordan Peele's horror satire «Get Out» emerged as the clear winner, edging out Michael Showalter's romcom «The Big Sick,» Edgar Wright's car chase thriller «Baby Driver,» and James Mangold's existential superhero flick «Logan» as the consensus choice as the favorite film of 2017 so far.

I was shocked to recently learn, through an informal poll of my 20 - something - aged colleagues, just how many tastemakers out there are as unfamiliar with the name Tonya Harding as Robbie was when she first read the script.

On a side note, I'd like to take an informal poll of anyone who's been drinking kombucha for a long time.

As I discussed in the chapter I wrote for (name deleted: the soon to be released book that Wayne, Kelli, and I contributed to), in an informal poll of my fitness newsletter, 90 % of respondents cited lack of time as their greatest barrier to a successful exercise program.

An informal poll of more than 100 scientists by Swindle in 1997, right after the first announcement of possible biological relics in ALH84001, showed that most of the community was already hedging their bets.

I conducted an informal poll of Ph.D. recipients in the sciences and asked them how they chose their thesis topic.

(Trust me — women instinctively know - take a informal poll of your female friends for fun).

Through an informal poll of some of my students» parents, I assessed what parents might like to see on a teacher website.

An informal poll of the staff at Lactation Care revealed some interesting stats.

An informal poll of about 20 residents at Wednesday's public meeting showed the skaters and residents preferred the Garden Plots site over the two options at Knoch Park.

I've done an informal poll of my friends and it seems that all but the most devout (from a couple of different camps) perpetuate the lie.

According to an informal poll of managers, Oakland has the best bench by far.

An informal poll of Space Angels Network members indicated strong reluctance to sharing personal information with startups.

After an informal poll of the staff, Rovello decided to move the company's foreign office to the nearest major city within Russia proper, Krasnodar.

We'll save a few truly silly questions about the Globes until the Golden Globe week hits but for now the rest of our informal polling of friends and TFE contributors now that you've read the Big Sick / All the Money / Snubs responses (you read that, right?).

Not exact matches

A recent informal poll he conducted of his 150 tour - operator partners indicated that 80 percent will expand in the next year, he says.

You should test your ad copy and other marketing via surveys, polls, informal focus groups conducted with a handful of your best customers, and direct attempts at selling face to face or to small groups brought together for that purpose, as well as split tests of headlines, offers, and prices via online and offline media.

The powerful macroeconomic and investing ideas will still be there next week — and at the end of today's letter I will discuss an informal poll I've conducted on the timing of the next recession.

I recently took an informal poll on Facebook asking what sort of interviews you would like to see next, and by far the most - requested was «Ask a Gay Christian.»

In an informal poll I found that some colleagues, emphasize that the best sign of proper integration is scholarly integrity.

Dr. David M. Buss, a psychology professor at the University of Texas at Austin, took an informal poll among friends and discovered that women reacted to this late - in - life parenting with a hearty «Go for it,» while the men he queried «furrowed their brows and said it was repugnant.»

Molinaro bested DeFrancisco last week in an informal straw poll of Republican officials.

His proven record of integrity, innovation and ethical governance is exactly what New York State needs,» said Langworthy, who voted for Molinaro in an informal straw poll of Republican officials last week.

It definitely wants to say something about power and control (one character argues that some people want to be controlled, which, by conducting a quick, informal poll, I think most of us would discover that, given the option, people would rather be in control).

The growing number of children who bring to the classroom an array of social problems — from the stresses of poor or broken homes to a lack of adequate motivation or language proficiency — represent the greatest obstacle they face, the principals reported in an informal poll taken here last week.

Washington — Although the official position of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) is one of strong support for retaining the cabinet - level Department of Education, an informal poll conducted by the association's monthly journal says that the publication's readers are — by a 2 - to - 1 margin — in favor of dismantling the department.

To get a deeper understanding of experienced teachers» go - to classroom management strategies, we took an informal poll on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

That's the distilled wisdom of a dozen or so highly skilled and experienced designers, true car enthusiasts all, whom we consulted in an informal poll at the Geneva motor show, where the oddly named Ferrari LaFerrari (the Ferrari) was the unquestioned hit this year.

For SEMA as an association, the Show affords a great opportunity to take the temperature of the industry, in part through informal exchanges with many in the trade but also to conduct formal research through polls and intercept interviews.

Many of the respondents to my informal poll reported that they'd learned to touch type early in their careers, either at school or at college or on first entering the world of work, and plenty went on to say it was the most useful skill they'd ever learned.

There have been a number of informal polls on Goodreads asking where users acquire most of their books, and «borrow from the library» commonly gets a plurality of votes, somewhere in the 30 to 40 % range.

Finally, here's my standard continuation of each request for prior participants in the poll: if you like or dislike a title you have read, in addition to telling us about it in this informal poll, how about writing a book review on the Amazon website?

Over the last few weeks, I've been trying something different and have an informal poll where you could interact and share your ideas via the comments section of the blog.

Finally, here's my standard continuation of each month's request for prior participants in the poll: if you like or dislike a title you have read, in addition to telling us about it in this informal poll, how about writing a book review on the Amazon website?

Speaking of the informal polls, they have been pretty popular in terms of the number of readers and participation of people adding their comments and feedback.

I'll be continuing the informal polls where you can participate — I read each of your comments as do others.

An informal, unscientific poll of various Macworld staffers rated that particular new feature as lousy and undesirable.

Most of the tips are based on research (including informal polls and hard data gathering), done by many indie authors.

Here is a sampling of responses from an informal poll we conducted of Facebook friends:

In our informal and totally unscientific telephone polling done as part of the preparation of this article, only Geico admits that they are looking into offering something similar (like what else is a company with a gecko spokes «person» going to say).

Speaking of icons, I'd like to conduct an informal poll.