Sentences with phrase «is the single biggest»

«The defense industry — the Department of Defense — is the single biggest customer in the world,» says Laingen, who estimates that the military awards some $ 150 billion in contracts each year, depending on the size of its budget.

Breaking the figures down further, the EIA estimates that «space cooling» — in other words, air conditioning — was the single biggest use of electricity in the U.S. residential sector.

With a critical mass of 450,000 patients annually among them, the six centers have agreed to combine their efforts on planning clinical trials in immunotherapy, recruit patients quickly, and share the information learned — which could be the single biggest factor in speeding up drug development.

DN: I think the Federal Reserve policy is the single biggest overriding influence in the public markets today.

Psychologists have long maintained that grit — courage and firmness in the face of hardship — is the single biggest factor to overcoming obstacles, setbacks, challenges and adversity.

«In my recent experience, it's the single biggest drain on people's financial independenceand security.»

«And I would say that's the single biggest impediment to getting anything done on this — that people just don't trust the government.»

«This will be the single biggest expulsion for over thirty years and it reflects the fact that this is not the first time that the Russian State has acted against our country,» May said.

Obscurity is the single biggest challenge in business.

Steve Jobs once said that innovation is the single biggest difference between a leader and a follower.

That to me is the single biggest thing that will change the landscape in Canada.

A recent study by Network Solutions and the University of Maryland shows that marketing / innovation is the single biggest competitive disadvantage confronting small business, after access to capital.

This is the single biggest thing you can do to build a strong business credit profile.

The possibility of an oil spill off the coast of Metro Vancouver looms large in the minds of B.C. residents, saying by a margin of five - to - one that it is the single biggest concern they have about the Trans Mountain project.

Higher wages are the single biggest driver of consumption growth, yet signs of wage improvement remain mixed.

It's the single biggest mistake I used to make on LinkedIn, and I still see far too many professionals doing the same thing day after day.

The exclusion from tax of employer - sponsored health insurance is the single biggest tax expenditure.

The shaving brush is the single biggest factor in achieving an outstanding shave.

In reality, the amount you save is the single biggest predictor of how much you'll have saved at retirement.

However, we do know that your payment history is the single biggest factor in determining your credit score.

It can be the single biggest factor in determining whether entrepreneurs can actually realize on the value in their founders shares.

On one hand it can be the single biggest factor that brings your business down if you are not careful.

It is the single biggest source of primary energy.

The snowbird phenomenon is about tax avoidance, and in large measure why Canadians own 500,000 residences in Florida alone and are the single biggest real estate investors in the U.S..

Rising home prices buttress consumer demand as home prices are the single biggest source of the average consumer's wealth.

And of course all the people who Christians slaughtered in the Crusades... Religion is the single biggest problem with humanity right now, but fortunately, we're growing out of it.

At Capoferro, we realize that your home is the single biggest investment you are likely to make in your adult life and we will work with you to make sure that your castle is every bit as much what you want it to be as we can make it.

Asked «What is the single biggest issue facing our country», the National Health Service was ranked second (17 per cent), with employment & welfare third (nine per cent).

Preaching is the aspect of ministry that I miss most since leaving ministry and yet is the single biggest reason I did leave.

While trim waste and spoilage also contribute to this problem, simply preparing too much food is the single biggest reason that foodservice establishments waste food.

Going forward, Homer says cost will be the single biggest determining factor in Painted Hills» continued success, but he has confidence that the public's growing appreciation of natural meat will help keep it rolling.

«She's the single biggest reason we are successful,» he says.

Hinckley, Minn. — Believing that the development of leadership skills is the single biggest factor in the success of its Associates and the organization, Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures just wrapped up its annual MLCV Leadership Conference 2017.

He's leaner & meaner than he was, his heart is being treated properly (hard to underscore this enough — could be the single biggest factor in his resurgence, his energy level on the court now is a powerhouse), and Pop is adjusting to him and allowing him to be LaMarcus instead of forcing him to be a random PF in the Spurs machine.

«He was the development coach at the time and I still believe he has been the single biggest influence on my career so I hope he does well and has the chance to turn the club's fortunes around.

What is the single biggest reason for Arsenal being such a valuable business — in a word «Wenger» — see where we were 20 years ago.

And we all like to apply our own spin...... BUT Wenger «panic» buying Ozil because we lost to AV is the single biggest crock of s ** & te I have heard, up there with moon made of cheese, Noah's ark and alien abductions.

Walcotts 12 year stay (this coming January, actually) is the single biggest scandal where keeping a player is concerned, in my 60yewars of watching Arsenal.

I personally believe this has been the single biggest contributor to our children sleeping.

Cozy Bums is the single biggest donor to the Prince George chapter of Cloth for a Cause.

Malnutrition is the single biggest contributor to child death in Malawi.

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Such a practice is the single biggest cause of disruption to oil production in Nigeria.

They believe cutting the cost of being in business is in the national interest and would be the single biggest step towards boosting private sector growth.

«Climate change is the single biggest environmental threat.

«It is the single biggest problem in in this state,» Cuomo said late Friday.

Even if race was their single biggest deciding factor on the issue, you would only have seen a 14 % change

Mental ill health is the single biggest cause of lost days in employment, but people rarely receive any support to manage their condition at work, or to go back to employment after being ill.

Poverty is the single biggest factor in determining the future prospects of a child.

But it's obvious to anyone who visits prisons or young offender units that drugs are the single biggest cause of crime in society, that they are destructive and pervasive and that - like 1920s» prohibition - current government measures simply aren't working.