Sentences with phrase «less ability in»

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The government would also have less ability to respond swiftly and strongly in the event of a shock to the financial system.

For example, drone strikes are similar to Special Forces in their direct targeting ability in remote locations, but are less likely to create domestic opposition to the use of force because they don't put U.S. lives directly at risk.

While the U.S. economy has continued a healthy expansion, total U.S. energy consumption actually declined in 2017 by 0.2 %, illustrating the economy's ability to do more while consuming less power.

At a program such as Arkansas State, located in a small town and without the benefit of being the state's flagship university or being a member of a major conference, great results are contingent on the ability to market better, faster and with less resources.

«As focus has shifted to the digital, the ability to make an impact in the physical world is easier, less expensive, and more effective than ever before.»

Moreover, Iran is now less constrained in its use of cyberweapons, and regional terrorists increasingly are developing abilities to undermine computer systems.

Continued Markham: «For fund managers, financial industry leaders or any regulated group, the ability to show a regulator a report of [expenditures] in real time, having spent far less time and money gathering that data relative to legacy solutions, is immensely powerful.»

Economically disadvantaged individuals, meanwhile, are defined by the SBA as socially disadvantaged people whose ability to compete in the free enterprise system has been diminished as a result of lesser capital and credit opportunities.

In time, it may get less dire, because the E.U. is giving its 28 member countries the ability to set their own age restrictions, and some may opt for an age younger than the pan-European ban.

A study published last April suggested that in less than a week, a diet high in saturated fat can reduce your muscles» ability to turn the sugar in food into energy.

«This book takes the position that mastering the ability to focus on a demanding task all the way through — without allowing yourself to get distracted — helps you more effectively process complex information and deliver better results in less time.

Millennials have embraced self - deprecation as a great type of humor to have in a globalized society where people interact less in person because it adds an element of the ability to relate to the person with whom you are interacting.

Private companies now have an unprecedented ability to raise late - stage venture and other private capital to finance their innovation and investment, often on equal or better terms than in the public markets and with less hassle.

Even while more than 126 million female entrepreneurs were either starting or running new businesses in 2012 in the 67 countries measured, they are less confident about their abilities than men.

But investors are questioning her ability to create value with that strategy: the company's core business is now valued at less than its stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan.

This means intentionally doing less marketing in places where your customers aren't, or when you don't have the ability to support a long - term effort, or if you are spreading your resources too thin.

Networks like Twitter and LinkedIn have given us the ability to reach out to thousands of people in less than 2 minutes.

And in terms of general skills, if they start out with interests or endowments that make them more likely to be entrepreneurs or less likely, you can enhance their ability to be entrepreneurs through teaching.

Between flexibility to work from anywhere (I'm currently writing this from my hotel room in Paris), less time spent commuting, and the ability to set your own hours, it can be rewarding.

So a student in the bottom half of his class at Harvard University might be less confident in his abilities than a student in the top half of his class at a less prestigious institution.

Under the new changes, «small creditor» — now defined as institutions with less than $ 2 billion in assets originating fewer than 500 first - lien mortgages per calendar year — would now apply to a 2,000 - loan annual origination limit, effectively easing the path for more banks and credit unions to comply with the ability - to - repay rule.

In exchange for their off - site work, employees are asking for flexible work hours, less oversight, and the ability to connect from anywhere.

For those countries that are less far along in this transition, policy still reveals a substantial degree of ambivalence about the benefits of integration; and doubts about their ability to limit the risks in greater exposure to volatility.

It, however, did include the requirement for companies to use boilerplate consumer protection and transaction receipt clauses as well as the ability for low or no risk companies operating with less than $ 1,000,000 in outstanding obligations to pay a $ 500 application fee for a two - year provisional license that can then be renewed.

Fueled by web - based tools that speed up the application process, a new paradigm for evaluating credit worthiness, and the ability to leverage technology to help them determine eligibility (often in under an hour), these lenders may approve business loans that might be overlooked by traditional banks, and can typically do it in much less time than their traditional counterparts.

Work flexibility supports a healthy lifestyle in a multitude of ways: less stress without a commute, increased productivity because of less in - office distraction, money savings without buying office clothes, ability to tend to children or family members needing assistance, and more.

Generally speaking, if your business can demonstrate an ability to make the periodic payments, you haven't declared bankruptcy in the last 12 - 24 months, and are current with your personal debt obligations, you may be able to qualify for a micro-loan from a non-profit lender even if you have a less - than - perfect personal credit score.

In 2010, demand for business loans declined as firms were less optimistic with their growth projections and ability to qualify for a loan.

If the Republicans, who are holding out for concessions on the health care law — the Affordable Care Act — in exchange for a budget vote, back down or are blamed for a shutdown, they would have even less ability to push their wishes by refusing to raise the debt ceiling, analysts at DBS in Singapore wrote Tuesday.

When you move from the field in which you built your career and step into leadership, your technical talent becomes less important... The ability to tell appropriate, compelling and inspiring stories is essential.

The upshot of my politico - economic studies is that the difference is based on the ability or less of an economic system to gauge the level of social conflict in a given society.

a reduction in the rating awarded a debt or equity security; a credit agency downgrades the debt of a company, municipality, or governmental entity indicating a potential deterioration in the financial situation of the issuer and its ability to meet its obligations in full and / or on time.; a downgrade suggests investors are less certain to receive interest payments and return of capital

You never want to be in a situation where a major car or home repair — much less a natural disaster — impacts your ability to care for yourself or your family.

This is, in the purest of senses, privilege: the ability to avoid the consequences that most anyone else in the same situation would have to endure — and, along with that, the ability to walk all over less powerful people in order to avoid those consequences — due to one's own power and social position.

If the seller has confidence in your ability to run the business and knows it has healthy cashflows, then they should be less concerned about the requirements debt - financing from a bank puts them in.

However, it's also probable that short - term bond funds will become less reliable in terms of their ability to keep your money safe going forward.

The «machine learning would auto - remove those underperforming ads,» he continued, «and that's what would drive the ability for us, for the first time in history, to generate more than $ 1 dollar in donations for less than a $ 1 spend on the ad.

As such, at its 2016 meeting, shareholders will have to decide whether shareholders with a less significant stake in the company should have the ability to propose significant changes to Chesapeake Lodging Trust's bylaws.

What's getting everyone's attention is the ability to capture these potential sources of return in a low cost and transparent form — and we all like the potential to get more for less.

These points and miles are less valuable when used for domestic flights in economy class, especially when travelers have the ability to book flights with plenty of advanced notice.

The introduction of CRM systems and contact management programs have made sales projections less accurate today in the ability to...

In less - than - favorable economic times, their ability to invest in more diverse asset classes can act as a partial hedgIn less - than - favorable economic times, their ability to invest in more diverse asset classes can act as a partial hedgin more diverse asset classes can act as a partial hedge.

While bonds fluctuate less than stocks over the short run, they'll deliver less in the long run, so it's critically important for investors to balance their ability to handle volatility today in order to accomplish their goals tomorrow.

Because of their ability to invest in these longer duration securities of slightly less credit quality, stable value funds have outperformed money market funds on average by 150 - 200 basis points (1.50 % -2.00 %) net of fees annually over the past 20 years.

Surprisingly, having a smaller workforce and fewer resources may actually give you an enhanced ability to succeed in a competitive environment, as you'll have less management responsibilities and more time to focus on mission - critical aspects like outreach and product / service improvement.

After making that first record, we had no confidence in our ability to make great artistic decisions, and less confidence in our ability to refrain from attacking each other with blunt objects in the studio.

In fact, the only people who have displayed any ability to run the country better are Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich — neither of whom have a snowball's chance of even being the candidate, much less winning a rigged election.

Instead of creating a false god in your mind to mock, perhaps you would do yourself a favor to spend your mental energy considering the type of outside and eternal power that is required to create anything, why that power would create anything, why that power would give its created beings a will and ability to ponder existence, how that power would communicate with its creations, and how anything less than that power could co-exist with it in eternity.

Last spring, as her strength dwindled, and her ability to function on her own became less predictable, the inexorable end of summer portended the dread awareness that this time my return to full - time teaching would require engaging full time care by strangers in my absence.

If we are to survive, much less increase our ability to draw value from the environment, we must develop relational power in this area.