Sentences with phrase «less demanding of»

And whereas the American social mantra is «the melting pot,» the Canadian counterpart is the «salad bowl,» which is much less demanding of its constituent elements and ethnic components.

For motorcycles are ideal for electric power - they are lighter and less demanding of energy than cars.

They seem more self - reliant than other breeds, equally demanding of human attention but less demanding of human affection.

Less demanding of your attention than younger dogs, they are content with their own company for longer periods, then will lavish you with all of their adoration and affection when it's cuddling time.

Marital partners who find it easier or less demanding of self - investment to meet their sexual or emotional needs outside the marriage will not achieve intimacy.

But «Penguins» has no trouble meeting the lesser demands of the small screen.

The company used to sell the third generation Elantra years ago but never sold too many units due to the less demand of D - segment cars at that time.

Not exact matches

Andurand, who runs oil hedge fund Andurand Capital Management LLP, wrote in a string of tweets on Sunday that companies may be less willing to risk investment in long term oil projects because of low crude barrel prices and a predicted peak in electric vehicle demand.

During the recession a pay raise was not even a consideration (much less a demand) for most employees, many of whom were willing to take dramatic pay - cuts just to keep their current position.

When the company auctions that oilfield drill, for example, the goal is for its pricing model to forecast demand in the near future based on different factors, such as the price of oil, leaving Ritchie Bros. less vulnerable to market surprises.

Because starting a company is getting less financially demanding, the number of start - ups will grow.

Lithium - ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.

As the business sector accumulates more surplus cash, it has the effect of driving down interest rates because there's less demand for corporate bonds and other forms of business lending.

In this case, I think we can safely assume the demand for less junk on pristine beaches is global, meaning demand among billions of people.

Outlook shows the projected demand for employees in the field in 2022, as measured by Employment and Social Development Canada: ➚ = more than 1 job available per job seeker — lots of opportunity ➙ = about 1 job available per job seeker — balanced opportunity ➘ = less than 1 job available per job seeker — low opportunity

That added to concerns on Wall Street about demand for Apple's new devices after the launch on Friday of the iPhone 8, a less expensive model than the iPhone X, drew smaller crowds than previous launches.

«If they can't call in new employees to help service demand or send people home, they're going to have to err on the side of less employees in the interest of costs,» she said.

The hard work is done — all that remains is to bring the cost of the meat down to less than the real thing, which may not be that hard to do if the demand for and cost of beef keeps skyrocketing, especially in China.

Before human - driven cars go extinct, however, they may enjoy a brief heyday as individuals and families take advantage of the less - expensive on - demand economy.

We do see demand for core going up quite a lot, and probably a little bit less in terms of demand for a real opportunistic.

Dugan said there weren't any surprises CMHC found when compiling the report, but he did spot «a little bit of a softening» of market activity in Toronto and less of a «spillover» in demand from the city to neighbouring communities, including Hamilton.

The biggest demand for commercial loans, as far as U.S. Bank is concerned, is primarily for middle market firms looking for loans of up to $ 1 million or more, and on the lower end for $ 250,000 or less, says John Elmore, vice chairman of consumer banking for U.S. Bank.

Lithium - ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current demands when they are in cold conditions, have a low battery charge, or as they age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down to protect its electronic components.

Meanwhile, buoyed by many of the same forces driving most commodities (not to mention insatiable demand for energy), Canadian oil companies, including Imperial Oil, Husky Energy and Canadian Oil Sands, also reported strong — albeit less historic — earnings.

And as so - called unicorns — private companies worth more than $ 1 billion — struggle with lower valuations, less potential investor cash, and more demanding investors in follow - on rounds, it should be a word of warning for startups of all kinds.

Remember, currencies with less float will move more on a given increase in demand, so a little bit of euro selling against these other currencies could go a long way.

Developing economies find themselves in need of new growth models now that there is less demand for imports, no matter how cheap they might be.

Pavlovsky said Chanel still relied on about 15 different tanneries and noted that the average price of high quality lamb leather was rising as people were eating less meat and demand kept growing — a trend which also applied to calf hides.

On many projects, the standard is 1/8 of an inch at best; Apple often demanded far less, even for hidden surfaces.

«Now there is less space, on average, across the G7 for more borrowing to stimulate demand,» he said according to notes of his speech released in Ottawa.

Granting any particular government access to encrypted communications would no doubt lead to other governments — ones that may have less stellar records of protecting human rights — demanding the same privilege.

A new study shows that jobs that are both high - demanding and give employees less control are associated with a 15.4 percent increased chance of death.

When comparing highly - demanding jobs, those that also gave employees less control were associated with a 15.4 percent increased chance of death.

Second, you've got a lot of demand from institutional investors at a time when there's just less supply.

At the same rate that their responsibilities were multiplying at work as well as at home, the support they received from co-workers was declining, creating a double whammy of more demands and less help.

Energy research group IHS CERA calculates that fully one - half the U.S. shale resource — a 30 - year supply at today's rate of consumption — could be produced at today's prices or less, meaning the market can accommodate a jump in demand without a corresponding price increase.

However, even in less dire straits, balancing client demands with public response is a source of stress.

A narrow plurality of offerors (49 percent) say the On - Demand economy should not be regulated and companies should compete to offer workers fair pay and benefits, even if it means less security, compared to 40 percent who say the government should regulate the sharing economy to guarantee independent contractors the same benefits afforded to full - time workers, even if it means fewer jobs.

Suppose that beer production is 100, but for some reason - less beer on international markets, more pizza or some combination of the two - the relative demand for beer increases, and beer producers are now able to obtain three pizzas for one beer.

Growth in exports over 2017 and 2018 are projected to be slower than previously forecast, due to lower estimates of global demand, a composition of US growth that appears less favourable to Canadian exports, and ongoing competitiveness challenges for Canadian firms.

On top of that, a typical conversion rate via content marketing is less than 1 % and PPC (pay per click) and SEO don't grow new product demand — they largely just harvest existing market demand, Kim said.

However, for these players it is more difficult to meet the demand of key bank products (such as loans) due to less restricted regulations that force their customers to spend heavily on compliance and maintain large capital cushions.

«Although we've now seen two consecutive quarters of strong market growth, we believe the strong market performance has less to do with strengthening demand and more to do with increased appetite from the channel for inventory,» added Linn Huang, research director, Devices & Displays.

Offerors are split over the tradeoffs between independence and job security: Forty - three percent say they prefer the independence of the On - Demand Economy even though it may not have the same job security or access to benefits, while 41 percent say they prefer the security and benefits of working for a traditional company even if it might mean less flexibility.

In particular, rising credit delinquency, as well as less demand in certain categories, such as motor vehicles, has consistently augured the end of the expansion.

Wei said that during the past year the company has strived to meet «demand for high - end and healthy products of the middle class,» with its premium soup series containing less additives to cater to health - conscious consumers.

On the demand side it seems plausible that, as people get richer, more of their income can be spent on financial services, including debt servicing, as proportionately less needs to be spent on necessities.

The stock soared 24 percent on Thursday, rebounding after having lost more than half its value in less than five months on fears of slowing demand.

But closing down unnecessary capacity can pay for itself, even if unemployed workers are temporarily put on the government payroll (causing debt to rise, but usually by less than it had before), but only temporarily as Beijing takes other measures to boost household income through wealth transfers from the state and so to boost consumption, a form of demand which is likely to be more labor intensive than the demand created in the process of over-capacity.

Oil prices have arisen from the lows set in March, but a glut of inventory and few catalysts for dramatic jumps in global energy demand suggest 2015 earnings will likely be less than half of last year's tally.