Sentences with phrase «is a drop in»

As for the Golden Globes, Gervais pointed out that the show is watched» ¨ by 25 million people in the U.S. and maybe 300 million people worldwide» ¨ — «tweeting about it would be a drop in the ocean,» Gervais noted.»

Here's the drop in Qualcomm's stock Tuesday.

There was no drop in story or editing output.

Right now, the only thing we can really react to is the drop in sterling, which seems to be far exceeding what Deutsche Bank thought was possible.

The PayPal connection could be dropped in the future, especially in situations where a government is trying to cut its populace off from connectivity.

While such growth may be impressive for a company built on $ 75,000 in friends - and - family money, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the $ 1 billion - a-year market for 3 - D printers and scanners used by large corporations.

Automation has been replacing people in the workplace for two centuries, of course, but there's something particularly unsettling about a humanoid machine being dropped in as a one - to - one substitute for a flesh - and - blood employee.

If you live your life at Starbucks and move through an Uberized economy where an extra buck or two (for access, speed or convenience) is a drop in the bucket, it's hard to imagine the daily struggles of millions of moms trying to make ends meet.

Facebook would be the likely beneficiary if there was a drop in interest in YouTube ads, wrote Mahaney.

The estimated 22 million watches Apple (aapl) has sold over the past two years, for example, disappointed Wall Street and is a drop in the bucket compared to the 3 billion smartphones sold worldwide over the same period, including over 400 million iPhones alone.

It's a drop in the bucket.

«This means they lose some, but it's a drop in the bucket in their process to create things that will have a real influence,» said Jon Elvekrog, CEO and co-founder of San - Francisco - based social advertising firm 140 Proof.

Deregulation of the phone business was starting to sweep the world, which meant that traditional «direct dial» international phone service was dropping in price in many countries, eroding callback's advantage.

slogan has been dropped in favor of «Milk Life» as part of a brand new $ 50 million campaign that aims to tout milk's nutritional benefits.

This continued even when there was a drop in the popularity of arts courses in the second half of the 1990s, he told WA Business News.

But Henn said that this is a drop in the bucket for the world of radio.

Nearly 40 percent of 357 employers admitted to using an automated pre-screening tool for candidates, and of those more than 60 percent agreed that it's likely some qualified candidates were dropped in the process.

But one problem plaguing the company is a drop in ratings thanks, in part, to DVR viewing.

And $ 2.4 billion is a drop in the bucket for B of A, which has paid out $ 29 billion in meltdown - related settlements since 2009.

And its global turnover is a drop in the bucket in China, where Internet giants Alibaba and Tencent dominate the world's biggest mobile payments market — with an estimated $ 1 trillion worth of mobile transactions last year, according to iResearch data.

The cost of maintaining the yuan's level against the US dollar has been a drop in foreign exchange reserves and an 8.3 % drop in exports in the 12 months to July.

One upside: While the investments you hold may be dropping in value, the investments you may want to buy could be getting cheaper.

Solar pv has dropped 70 % in cost in the last 6 years and has become competitive with coal (which is dropping in price as commodity) making it more and more expensive to get out of the ground.

If there has been a drop in the market value of your inventory, you might be entitled to additional tax breaks.

This multiple rate was established pending development of an experience rating system, which would vary the ratio based on the employer's layoff pattern (that condition was dropped in 1977).

We can suppose that there will be a drop in activity in the sectors directly affected, particularly for the workforce.

The reason: If an outfit is crowdfunding for more than a few days, the prices of many currencies can move, which isn't ideal, particularly if those currencies happen to be dropping in price.

It was dropped in 1901 and then reinstated at the end of 1907.

One of the biggest transformations in global financial markets is the drop in government bond yields — not only to historic lows but into negative territory.

All your reps have to do is drop in appropriate buyer names and contact info where necessary, and they're armed with powerful sales presentations with personalized pizzazz.

Bobby Lee, CEO of BTCC, which runs the third - largest bitcoin mining pool with approximately 16 % of the hashrate, agrees that there will be a drop in hashrate.

It's still not great, of course, and as far as traditional equities markets go, a cost 50 % decline is a disaster, but in the cryptocurrency markets, and especially against the backdrop of the bloodbath we have seen across other points over the last few weeks, it's a drop in the ocean.

Unlike Manhattan, where asking rents are dropping in most corridors that matter, Brooklyn is seeing retail prices climb in more places than not.

The $ 31.33 billion drawdown over the past year is a drop in the bucket relative to China's $ 1.2 trillion holding, the third - largest after the Fed and the Social Security Fund.

However, there was a drop in the month - on - month figures, with prices slipping to 0.8 percent in September from an upwardly revised 1.5 percent in August.

Of these weaker data points to which Poloz makes note, the most concerning are the drop in non-energy exports, anemic wage growth and a disappointing jobs market.

It's a drop in the bucket compared to the level of forex reserves in HKMA's exchange fund.

This explains why consumer metrics like retail sales are dropping in an environment that supposedly has all time low rate of unemployment, and also why major retailers in the US have shuttered so many operations over the last few years.

The charges were dropped in January of this year.

«Someone told me this was a drop in the bucket,» Richards said.

But what is more interesting is the drop in sales of iPhone X.

Life on earth is a drop in the bucket compared to life in heaven.

What he got was a drop in the bucket when you think of what he did to the thousands in New York and D.C. back then.

Most Frustrating: When, after 10,000 child sponsorships were dropped in protest, World Vision reversed its decision supporting LGBT employees.

However, as often happens, quite a bit of nuance was dropped in these reports.

By this I do not mean that the term actual entity should be dropped in favor of self - sustaining unity in totality of functioning parts or of members.

Following Target's stand for inclusivity by allowing customers to use the restroom of the gender they identify with, there has been a drop in sales.

Stiefel's expenditures are a drop in a huge bucket in comparison.

It is probably an independent saying that was dropped in here because of the relationship of the ideas of leaven and bread.

> I mean, I am sure a million dollars is a drop in the bucket for her, she can make another million quite easily...