Sentences with phrase «just at a disadvantage»

They're just at a disadvantage because they're unfamiliar.

Not exact matches

That put it at a big disadvantage not just to Detroit, but to Japanese rivals who had set up stateside.

«The places that are just corporately run stores, managed from far away — they will be at a disadvantage,» boasts Leal.

The truth, of course, is that part time investors are at a huge disadvantage to Wall Street not just in terms of resources, experience and expertise but also in terms of the many forms of insider trading.

The long neck actually placed the Cetiosaurus at a disadvantage in his environment, just the opposite from the natural Theory of Natural Selection.

The thing is, if you aren't equipped with a convection oven at home, you're already at a disadvantage in terms of achieving the roasted vegetable Holy Grail: pieces of veg with a uniformly golden - brown, crispy exterior and just - tender interior.

The UM Alumni group is at a bit of a disadvantage in terms of team chemistry early on in the season as many of them are just meeting each other for the first time..

Unless it was worlwide it woul just put British clubs at a disadvantage.

The Giants are at a disadvantage, as Zobrist reportedly wants to play just one position rather than be his former versatile self, and that position is second base.

A team that relies heavily on just 5 - 6 players for most of the game will be at a disadvantage against a deeper team, especially in the later rounds of the tournament.

The London Stadium detractors will say that this does not put us at a disadvantage, but the fact remains we have picked up 11 points from the 8 home games played to date, whereas the ten games on our travels have brought us just six points, with last weekend's win at Stoke our first this season on another ground.

Just one quick question for ol' Mike: I seem to remember that Huckabee is a born - again Christian and a full - fledged minister, and at least in my long - ago Sunday School lessons, we learned that Christ was big into helping the disadvantaged, a goal which providing health care to people who don't have it would seem to further (Matthew 25:40, «Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.»).

«Communities such as Hunts Point, East New York, Bedford - Stuyvesant, the poorer communities in New York City are just going to be totally at a disadvantage,» he said.

in regards to the so called violation of the establishment clause (just for the record, a law that forces a kosher deli to be closed on Sunday is not a violation of the establishment clause according to the still binding decision of the anti semetic Warren Court) since even in the super Orthodox jewish Senate district if there was a Catholic running against a Orthodox Jew and we liked the Catholic better then the Orthodox Jew on the issues then there would be only a slight disadvantage to the Catholic and depending on the issue at hand even an advantage as witnessed in the Weprin - Turner race.

It isn't just a lack of financial capital that puts many working - class students and faculty at a disadvantage; they lack social and cultural capital as well.

The Department for Education has just published its national plan to improve social mobility in young people; at the heart of their strategy is the ambition to close the language gap that develops between the most and the least disadvantaged children in our society.

They are just figuring out, for example, that education providers must make reasonable adjustments to prevent disabled students from being placed at a «substantial» disadvantage.

Professor Louise Arseneault, co-author from the IoPPN, said: «Young people who are neither working nor studying are often assumed to be unmotivated or unwilling to work, yet our study suggests that they are just as motivated as their peers — but many face psychological challenges that put them at a disadvantage when seeking employment.

Being without adhesive suckers would seem to put you at a major disadvantage if you're an octopus, but the deep - sea octopus Stauroteuthis syrtensis manages just fine.

The above policy statement on pesticides is at odds with an article published just a month earlier called «Organic Foods: Health and Environmental Advantages and Disadvantages.»

We just think that when compared to the other best Christian dating sites we've reviewed, the numbers alone definitely put Marry Well at a disadvantage over the others.

It just doesn't feel «challenging but fair» anymore, it feels like you're constantly at a huge disadvantage.

Robert Mazur's story is just as tense and exciting as anything that was depicted in Joe Pistone's story as Donnie Brasco but because The Infiltrator has been filmed afterwards, it puts it at a real disadvantage before it's even had a chance.

Just following the main story beats will always place you at an underleveled disadvantage, so Chronicles X offers you an endless supply of fetch, Affinity, and kill sidequests that have the secondary objective of grinding you to the proper level to continue the main plot.

Using the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) as our measure, we found some states had raised the achievement of economically disadvantaged students the equivalent of a full grade level or more in just eight years, 2003 - 2008 — this at grades four and eight and in reading and math.

Figures show that just five per cent of children eligible for free school meals gain five A grades at GCSE, while a child living in one of England's most disadvantaged areas is 27 times more likely to go to an inadequate school than a child living in one of the least disadvantaged.

Do you have any suggestions on how I can use technology with my students so that it does not put those students at a further disadvantage just because their family can not afford to support such learning?

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

In WSI schools that effectively implement arts integration, a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students score «Proficient or Above» when compared to all students (not just economically disadvantaged students) at the district and state level, across multiple grade levels, and across multiple subject areas on standardized tests.

«The students who brought this lawsuit are, unfortunately, just nine out of millions of young people in America who are disadvantaged by laws, practices and systems that fail to identify and support our best teachers,» he said at the time.

Hall received just two applicants for the district's first takeover at Southside - Ashpole Elementary, a low - performing PK - 5 school in Robeson County, where roughly 87 percent of students are considered economically disadvantaged.

Stockton - on - Tees, for example, had the smallest percentage of disadvantaged children who were school ready in the country in 2015, at just 38 per cent.

«That's why the proportion of disadvantaged children at grammar schools is extremely low, just 2.6 per cent of kids on free school meals,» Powell said.

For those of you who thought Porsche was holding back all these years, it's just not the case: versus a rear - engined 911, a mid-engine Cayman is at a decided disadvantage where rear - wheel traction is concerned.

The only disadvantage of the new hybrid powertrain, which is claimed to help the big SUV average just 2.8 L / 100 km is weight — since the Sport P400e tips the scales at a hefty 2509 kg.

The three drag races between the two cars end with the Stingray on top each time, though just barely, but the video host points out that the test was done at high altitude where the air has less oxygen, putting the oxygen - loving Corvette V8 at about a 15 percent power disadvantage but having no effect on the electric motor of the i8.

This is not to say that books with words are at a disadvantage, just that this particular wordless book was successful at getting across both the plot and emotional punch without any words.

The truth is that some people are just not good writers, and these individuals will always be at an unfair disadvantage.

This articles expounds further on the idea of Cost Averaging method of investing and actually takes a look at its advantages, disadvantages and how it fares when the stock market moves up, down or just steady.

That put people just starting out, particularly students, at a big disadvantage.

Again, just my opinion, but it seems that in an effort to potentially hide from the TSR you are putting yourself at more of a disadvantage.

Senior animals are at a real disadvantage in shelters, but they \'re just as loving as the young ones.

It helps with jumping and stuff but when it comes to aiming it's at just as much of a disadvantage as a regular controller.

You can play solo without feeling like you're at a huge disadvantage, and bringing friends into the mix just adds to the fun.

I mean you can hook up a bluetooth mouse and keyboard to most phones / tablets, but I feel like most people aren't going to do that and they're just going to be at a disadvantage, not as much as if it was a FPS but still it's a third person shooter.

Even then, it can leave players who have just started on the game if they pick it up late at a massive disadvantage against people who have played the game longer and collected more cards.

* Track radar whilst in scope — this was critiqued early on by many Halo veterans prior to the games release and for good reason; a sniper who just camps in one spot scoped in should be at a disadvantage.

Just following the main story beats will always place you at an underleveled disadvantage, so Chronicles X offers you an endless supply of fetch, Affinity, and kill sidequests that have the secondary objective of grinding you to the proper level to continue the main plot.

They burden people with rising prices and businesses, jobs and wages are put at a competitive disadvantage, just as policies that affected house prices have left millions paying through the nose for rents, and stacked huge liabilities on people on average incomes.

Over at The Oil Drum, Gail has just penned an exhaustive and, we think, invaluable post clarifying the perceived benefits and disadvantages of using corn - based ethanol as an alternative to fossil fuels.