Sentences with phrase «is a little low for»

10 x lbm is a little low for most people, although lbm is a much better yardstick for those that measure body fat.

My faults with the plan: I am not that overweight and I enjoy running, so the calorie count is a little low for me and others who are already active.

At 3,» these were a little low for what I usually wear, but are fantastic as a more sensible sandal.

The waistband is a little low for my liking.

That's a little low for us but it reflects the overall condition of the piece.

The v - neck might be a little low for some people.

The price could be a little lower for such a short set, but then there's much more content here than on a single movie carrying the same tag.

Also, the combined mileage for the car has been about 28 mpg, which is a little low for a small car with a four - cylinder engine.

My father sat shotgun, (the car was a little low for his taste) and my fiancé climbed into the back.

That's a little low for a modern flagship; most smartphones these days stay above the 1080p threshold, and if you have exceptionally good eyes you may notice some fuzz.

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«But I think customers are choosing to spend their disposable dollars in different ways, and that's part of the reason why we are not more optimistic about the lower gas prices,» she added, noting that consumers are spending more on cars, healthcare, electronics and home improvement, leaving little upside for Macy's.

Low costs and high - volume purchasing is a little tricky especially for a start - up.

Not only are the figures for women - owned companies very low, relative to the female fraction of the labor force, but also the growth of women's business ownership seems to be greatest among non-employer businesses, which have little economic impact.

He had been leading the central bank for a little more than a year and he had been unable to shake the perception that he favoured a low - dollar policy.

Established in New York City in 2014, Row House was born from the idea that rowing is simply the most efficient low - impact, high - energy, full - body workout for any fitness level that unites, inspires and drives people to dig a little deeper.

«The general picture is little changed on last month, with the overall employment rate and that for women both at record highs, the inactivity rate at a joint record low and the unemployment rate falling to its lowest since early summer 1975,» Matt Hughes, a senior statistician at the ONS said.

Bond yields were a little lower, reflecting the divergent paths for benchmark interest rates in the U.S. and Canada.

With little success to toast on the field or at the ballot box for that pair in recent years, it's not surprising that champagne consumption is on the low end of our list.

Valentine's Day, for example, is the second-most popular time to hire a sitter, Hodel said — but the typical rate is actually a little lower than normal, at an average $ 13.15.

The author, Catherine Jheon, recounted the «nightmare» renovation she and her husband undertook, sinking hundreds of thousands dollars into a «crack house» purchased almost on impulse, with seemingly little to no concern for the low - income tenants who were evicted in the process.

Samuel Tombs, the chief UK economist for Pantheon Macroeconomics has tweeted to suggest that turnouts in London are a little lower than the national average.

With print - on - demand, entering the market is very low cost — for as little as $ 50 you can get started designing a product.

What's more, with social media, low - cost email marketing programs and a little creativity, you can reach thousands of the right people with your message — virtually for free.

Baby Jogger's woes had been brought about, in part, by fierce competition from lower - priced rivals selling strollers through big - box stores and discount websites for as little as $ 99, less than half the price of a Baby Jogger.

There's a smorgasbord of online tools at the ready to help you strive for inner peace — or at least work toward reducing your stress and lowering your blood pressure a little.

As Business Insider previously reported, Warren Buffett told Bogle for «The Little Book of Common Sense Investing» that «a low - cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the great majority of investors.»

I'd say earlier this year we were thinking that this second half of calendar 2012 would be a little bit more robust for enterprise infrastructure customers, just because the spending levels have been so low.

But Subway's decade of growth was also the result of sticking to its winning concept: The footprint for a Subway can be as little as 600 square feet, initial costs can be as low as $ 84,000, and a lack of griddles, fryers and drive - thrus means franchisees can open their restaurants almost anywhere.

While it is better to buy a low - P / E company over a high one, in today's low - return environment paying a little more for a high - yielding investment can make sense.

The high setting works great for larger rooms, while the lower settings will be a little calmer for small spaces.

Wealthfront is one of the lowest - cost online advice solutions, and giving it a try comes with little commitment thanks to the company's offer to manage $ 5,000 free of charge for NerdWallet users.

The reason Keynesianism got such a boost post-crisis was not for any real - world examples of its success — the list of its failures, by contrast, is lengthy — but because of the assertion, accepted far too quickly with far too little evidence, that monetary policy, at the fabled Zero Lower Bound (interest rates of near zero) had lost its effectiveness.

Treasury yields on Friday are little changed in Friday trade, but were mostly lower for the week, as a swoon for global stocks appeared to intensify on worries about escalating trade tensions between China and the U.S.

Low inflation and the impossibility of pushing nominal interest rates significantly below zero meant that there was little scope for lowering real interest rates and easing credit conditions by conventional means.

Little wonder that interest rates have been so low for so long!

Maybe you already pay low interest rates, so there's little potential for savings.

And it's all about capital preservation with a little low risk growth for me.

Thousands of retirees (and younger folks, too) are benefiting from a higher quality of life and a lower cost of living in places overseas where even a little goes a long, long way — whether it be filling a tank of gas, getting the week's groceries, paying for health insurance, or making all the other ends of a monthly budget meet.

The points you pay for refinancing might be tax - deductible, and they can lower your interest rate by a little bit.

In that sense, the Fed has the potential to make a huge structural difference in the economic lives of blacks and other minorities by heavily weighting the full employment part of the their mandate relative to the inflation part, especially since there's still considerable slack in the job market, with lower - wage, minority workers facing the brunt of it, and — importantly — little evidence of inflationary pressure (if anything, the Fed has missed their inflation target on the low side for a few years running now).

They will do little to help former factory workers who have had to take lower - paying jobs — which is one reason that calling for new investments doesn't bring nearly the cheers on the campaign trail that denouncing Nafta does.

We now believe that the effective lower bound for Canada's policy rate is around minus 0.5 per cent, but it could be a little higher or lower.

The Vanguard Group will cheerfully compare expense ratios of its funds against other funds, because Vanguard largely markets itself as the popularizer of low - cost index funds.4 Here for instance is a little thing from Vanguard's description of its Total Stock Market Index Fund:

It's easy to assume that low returns imply little compensation for risk.

The number one digital currency's spot price was little changed at around $ 9,100 on Tuesday, while futures, which have ended lower for five consecutive sessions, according to FactSet data, appeared ready to book modest gains.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to offer our marketing research work a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to sell our biotech products a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to retail our fresh juice and smoothies a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to retail our wide range of quality building materials a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.

We know that one of the ways of gaining approval and winning customers over is to offer our window and building exterior cleaning services a little bit cheaper than what is obtainable in the market and we are well prepared to survive on lower profit margin for a while.