Sentences with phrase «inordinate number»

An inordinate number of women have been silenced through settlement agreements, with many unaware that they were not alone, because of these enforced silences.

There are an inordinate number of prospective (and qualified) buyers in the marketplace chasing a small number of healthy businesses.

While I have championed the cause of women in ministry through the years, I've run across an inordinate number of women pastors whose demeanor was less than appealing (see Sister Marie's comment above).

Dr. Elders said she wanted to educate the American people, and it appears she succeeded with a few, an inordinate number of whom are children of the counterculture working at what used to be called the nation's newspaper of record.

Another distinguishing characteristic of Nigerian curries is that they are served with an inordinate number of accompaniments.

I made them to send to a friend for Christmas but alas, I have eaten an inordinate number of them already.

Curries are particularly popular in Nigeria, and one of their distinguishing characteristics is that they are served with an inordinate number of accompaniments.

Nelson used an inordinate number of recipes, didn't attribute them, and used some of Olney's language (significant literary expresion), while still adapting them.

After the franchise's most successful regular season and postseason in history, the Grizzlies face an inordinate number of questions.

Clark, 33, played so lifelessly in Games 3 and 4 that he seemed to be aging more quickly than a portrait in the attic; Samuelsson, 35, sustained what the Red Wings were calling a groin injury in the first period on Sunday and didn't return to the game; and either the 37 - year - old Chelios had suddenly lost a lot of muscle mass or he was taking an inordinate number of dives throughout the series.

An inordinate number of them say they intend to become nature photographers once they get everything together.

What still dogs Darling is his inordinate number of no - decisions — 39 over three seasons, 13 in 1986.

This weekend saw an inordinate number of debut appearances in the Premier League thanks to the international break last week.

CMU fell from 78th to 99th despite an experienced two - deep and avoiding an inordinate number of injuries.

Granted, Henderson's absence was but one of many in 2016/17, as the club suffered an inordinate number of injuries to key players this season.

Hence the inordinate number of babies who drop dead or nearly dead into the hands of clueless homebirth midwives.

I say this because of the inordinate number of questions asked by intelligent readers, questions that could be answered easily by browsing a guidebook or two.

However, if there's an inordinate number of Stacy Pita Chip ads, we will have to investigate kick backs.

PolitiFact has not looked into whether the state has also had an inordinate number of sex scandals, but two high profile cases come to mind: In 2008, New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resigned after revelations that he had hired a sex worker, and former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is in prison for sexting a minor.

Hard to figure why Cuomo's contributors, an inordinate number of whom represent NYC real estate interests, think he still needs to campaign.

Lawmakers had few questions about those proposals, instead focusing an inordinate number of their questions on whether or not de Blasio would consider instituting a property tax cap in New York City.

This change is great news for those of us in Grand Island and the Tonawandas because an inordinate number of our students go to Niagara County Community College.

Until now however, it had been believed that this was limited to the packing of government and state agencies with an inordinate number of relatives, friends and business associates of the President.That view underestimated the extent of the state capture that is currently bedevilling Ghana.

All year long, and especially each winter, I find myself treating an inordinate number of patients for protein deficiency.

If a woman engages in this behavior, she may expose herself to social censure, or attract an inordinate number of men who believe her to be ripe for exploitation.

Cedar Rapids takes an inordinate number of wrong turns, but it also has an inordinate number of good laughs mixed in with the not - so - good ones.

The film ultimately plays like a Disney film that utilizes an inordinate number of «F - words», and it even reminds a bit of the Paul Giamatti movie Win Win.

There was also a strong note of melancholy going through many of the better films, with an inordinate number set during the winter months as a way of emphasising this sombre tone.

All fun aspects, but they don't offset the inordinate number of times we must endure people choking up and crying.

For a movie that is supposed to be about redemption and doing the right thing, «In Bruges» takes an inordinate number of cheap shots.

Why it Might Fail: As mentioned, Allen has made an inordinate number of films throughout his career.

He has plenty of one - on - one meetings and he smokes an inordinate number of cigars.

On Saturday, his master class in the relatively small Buñuel Theater at the Palais very nearly caused a mob scene, with ticket and passholders scrumming with each other and arm - interlaced guards to access the theater — hundreds were unsuccessful — all for the privilege of witnessing the erudite but not especially gregarious director answer an inordinate number of questions about 2000's Memento, of all things.

In the latter category are the inordinate number of jokes involving women's lingerie: Lillard is also seen in a thong; a heavy - set woman is shown in revealing lingerie (just one of the film's oh - so - funny jokes at the expense of larger women); and, most bizarre of all, an uncredited, lace - clad Beverly D'Angelo plays a character who apparently likes to put fruits and vegetables in her nether regions.

Above all, an inordinate number of words and pages are devoted to laying out what is depicted as zealotry and inconsistency among other participants in the debate over school choice, as if that tells one anything about the schools themselves.

«It is a reality that district leaders here have been grappling with for years: The Minneapolis school district suspends an inordinate number of black students compared with white ones, and it is struggling to figure out why,» Green writes, before dropping this statistic:

Merryl claims that the tests are diagnostic tools that are used to inform instruction and curriculum development, to which Diane responds about the inordinate numbers of hours students spend testing and how whatever formative value might come from such tests is grossly delayed whereas teachers do not receive results until well after their students have left their classrooms, which greatly limits formative potential.

The letter acknowledged the inordinate numbers of incarcerated black, Latino and Native American youth, and the economic and social impacts of youth incarceration on society.

The vast majority of our inmates are illiterate, and an inordinate number are people of color.

It is a reality that district leaders here have been grappling with for years: The Minneapolis school district suspends an inordinate number of black students compared with white ones, and it is struggling to figure out why.

Perhaps, to a small degree — certainly Amazon seems to include an inordinate number of their own titles on the Amazon bestseller lists, and occasionally we'll all be surprised at how a book with modest sales somehow wound up on a bestseller list because of the strange (and secret) way some of them account for the books.

This fall, for example, an inordinate number of acorns dropped in my neighborhood: The sound of their striking the house startled me day and night.

We imagine that there will have been an inordinate number of sick days claimed yesterday in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK, as the iPad went available for >>