Sentences with phrase «larger than the norm»

I spent most of last week wearing my American Eagle jeans (that I purchased shortly after I discovered I was with - child, that are a size larger than my norm) completely unbuttoned underneath my shirt.

So considering it's no longer a big secret both Apple and Samsung are working on larger than the norm iPads and Galaxy tabs, the question is which of the two will be the first to roll out the actual end product.

A handful of subsequent episodes would feature less - distinct Birdos, though some — such as the weaponized Thunder Birdo in «Toad Warriors» — proved to be larger than the norm.

Not exact matches

CD options at CIT Bank have a large range of options as well, rather than just one, which is the norm for many other online banks.

A perfect counter-example is Hinduism, which by construction is more spiritual than religious — it's adherents do not have strict rules or norms, and there is incredible diversity of norms within one umbrella (some who believe in caste system, even though a large majority of urbanites study in Christian missionary schools; some who believe cows are sacred though 2/3 of Indians are actually non-vegetarian).

These embryos could also be created in larger numbers than would have been the norm had conception taken place in the usual way.

Indoor bounce - houses and mini water parks have become the norm, and are so much more convenient for most play date groups than large parks.

Although there is this standard guideline, it doesn't necessarily mean there's a problem if your baby is significantly smaller or larger than what this guideline suggests the norm is.

In the North, African - American populations are largely confined to large urban areas and their less affluent first ring suburbs, and segregated neighborhoods that are a legacy of pre-Civil Rights era patterns of housing discrimination remain the norm in older parts of non-Southern cities, (although newer suburbs tend to be considerably more integrated than older neighborhoods outside the South).

The tradition in the United Kingdom appears to be that single party government is the norm, even when a general election leads to a hung Parliament, and that the largest single party, rather than participate in a coalition government, usually forms its own ministry, supported tacitly or openly by one of the smaller parties.

At his proposed distance, the 1181 explosion was roughly a fifth as luminous as the 1987 supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy, that also emitted less light than the norm.

Many people do not realize that they are overeating, since they have become accustomed to restaurant - sized portions being the norm, when said portions can be up to three or more times larger than necessary for a typical meal.

It should almost be expected as the norm that your date will look larger than portrayed in their profile.

Beatty, who has been using and studying CRS products for more than a decade, acknowledges that the language and purpose of the question cycle, which he says is «to form habits of mind and find the limits of knowledge,» sound more ivory tower than AP Bio, but he contrasts the current norm — the quick and shallow recall of facts required of American high school science and math students — with his larger objective: renouncing the myth of coverage, the idea that what a teacher covers in class matters.

This engine is a 2 - litre, four - cylinder turbocharged unit (larger than the 1.6 - litre norm these days) producing 228bhp at 6000rpm and a very strong 273 lb ft of torque in a plateau between 1600 - 3000rpm.

Similarly, if a literary agency keeps a lower commission structure than the norm, it demonstrates that they are attempting to undercut the business of larger / legitimate literary agencies for a chance at a larger piece of business.

Honeycomb - powered tablets are available in more form factors than ever before, and smartphones are growing larger still, with 4.3 - to 4.7 - inch devices quickly becoming the norm.

in real life, the larger the deviation from the norm, the larger the probability of it coming from luck rather than skills... This can be easily verified in stories of very prominent people in trading rapidly reverting to obscurity, like the heroes I used to watch in trading rooms.

With Millennials this tends to be the norm, as rentals tend to impose weight limits on pets, moving frequently is easier with a smaller pet, and smaller pets simply cost less than larger pets.

«Museum - quality» exhibitions at larger galleries have become the norm, but the private sector can still make bolder and nimbler moves than most of our public institutions.

A 2 (framing: loss vs. foregone - gain) × 2 (social norm: no - norm vs. with - norm) ANOVA performed on the data revealed a significant main effect of framing, F (1,1196) = 6.438, p =.011, r =.073, with larger emission cuts in the foregone - gain than the loss condition, a significant main effect of social norm, F (1,1196) = 13.904, p <.001, r =.107, with larger emission cuts in the with - norm than the no - norm condition, together with a significant interaction, F (1,1196) = 4.363, p =.037.

Higher - than - normal Atlantic surface waters off the East Coast acted to fuel the storm, and hence, larger - than - ever East Coast snowstorms are now becoming the norm.

While the Heenan, Blaikie debacle may have more, ultimately, to teach us about human shortcomings and hubris than the perils of the immediate legal marketplace, it does underscore the reality that defections, shakeups, acquisitions and takeovers have become the norm among our nations largest law firms...

You can't introduce change without experiencing some discomfort so to overcome the temptation to stick with the norm, I try to build momentum by taking small steps to solve one problem at a time rather than trying to solve a larger number of problems in one go.

There are a few conclusions that I have made at this early stage: (1) this research is needed more than I originally anticipated and I am already certain that I will only scratch the tip of a large iceberg (there is more than one PhD topic here); (2) the standards, rules and codes are not helpful; and (3) the process will provide the margins of accepted norms, but I anticipate three distinct spheres of behaviours will emerge — one for each ADR process.

It always irritates me how people refer to large firm partner salaries as if they're the norm, but fail to mention that fewer than 5 % or so of lawyers become large firm partners.

Older homes are often larger than newer models, but in Ohio, the average size is below the national norm.

These are drivers designed to move more than the norm, letting them create the long wavelengths of bass frequencies at the level of a larger driver.

This means that if you have a wrist larger, or smaller, than the norm you don't have to worry about it not fitting correctly.

First, husbands may be more likely to violate basic norms of family behavior than wives, from infidelity to simply claiming large amounts of leisure time for personal pursuits.

However, because Twenge and Nolen - Hoeksema (2002) provided norms for the CDI based on a much larger sample than the original manual (Kovacs, 1992), we used the norms by Twenge and Nolen - Hoeksema (2002).

As the participating parents reported a higher level of education than the general population, and a larger portion of them were married, available norms from the present study should also be viewed in light of these limitations.

In this case, your branding and tactics for appealing to your audience will need to be much tamer than, say, an agent who is based in a large metropolis where more slick and modern - looking imagery and branding is the norm.