Sentences with phrase «less of a great deal»

Great news since now I can start thinking about what accessories to buy with my PS Vita, but the First Edition Bundle is starting to look like less of a great deal.

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But the world has changed a great deal since the height of OPEC's power in 1979, when member nations accounted for 50 % of global oil production, compared with less than one - third today.

I know first hand of one of the world's most celebrated wealth management companies that charges clients roughly 1 % of assets each year, and then parks a great deal of the money into S&P 500 index funds with expense ratios of 1 % to 1.25 % (compared to less than 0.10 % for an industry leader such as Vanguard).

Sometimes you'll find great deals from other banks such as CapitalOne or Bank of America, but those are generally less lucrative in my experience.

While there's a great deal of variation across individual market cycles, that's roughly the historical average for a 5.25 year market cycle: a 135 % gain, a 30 % loss, and a 65 % full - cycle return (about 10 % compounded annually, with the full - cycle return coming in at less than half of the bull market gain).

I love a great real estate deal, for example, where I can buy a high quality home for less than the cost of its construction.

It is fair to say that a great deal of Christian preaching, and not only at Christmas, has been powerfully influenced by Brown's earlier (1977) The Birth of the Messiah, and it is possible this new work will make no less an impact.

I've been to four of these, starting ten years ago, and in that short time the group's general attitude to Catholics, and to a lesser extent to Catholicism, has — as far as the outsider can tell — changed a great deal.

For that matter, a great deal of how we understand the faith has been more or less settled in this way — after decades, if not centuries, of heated debate.

It will take a great deal of courage and not a little imagination to risk failure, powerlessness, and cultural and political irrelevance — to be, in Pope Francis's words, a less «worldly» Church — for the sake of the truth.

This does not mean that such discussions have accomplished nothing, but it does mean that no exact and reliable estimate of what they have accomplished (though it is, I believe, a great deal) is possible until we have granted full «belligerent rights» to second - type theism, as a no less qualified contender than either of the others.

In other words, the choice which Life requires of our considered action is a great deal less complex than at first seemed to be the case; for it is reduced to a simple choice between the first and last stages of the successive alternatives which we have been able to define: the rejection of Being, which returns us to dust, or the acceptance of Being, which leads us, by way of socialization, to faith in a Supreme Unity — opposite directions along a single road.

As far as Christian groups are concerned, a great deal remains to be done to bring the investigation of the «lesser» groups up to date.

They uniformly maintain instead that God may have had to settle for far less than the best and thus that this world may well contain a great deal of genuine evil (GFE 29 - 44).

A truly apostolic Church may indeed address presidents, legislatures, kings and dictators as the prophets and Paul did of old; but like them it will be less inclined to deal with the mighty than with the great mass, with the community as it exists among the humble.

I have a good Christian friend who voted for Obama and spends a great deal of his free time helping those less fortunate than he is.

This was the accepted social pattern among some frontier groups, and although there was a great deal of this kind of drunkenness, there was probably less alcoholism than there is today.

** At the recommendation of Deb's post, I used 1 cup of sugar, for a slightly less sweet cookie since I was going to be using the filling (more like the original Oreo), use the greater amount (1 1/2 cups) if you want a sweeter cookie (less like the real deal Oreo) or if you do not plan to fill them.

Self - doubt's a pain in the arse, but it's something most of us deal with in greater or lesser degrees, every damn day.

Shula, though, deserves a great deal of credit for the job he has done in creating a disciplined, good football team from a bunch of players who were a good deal less than that a year ago.

Theo Walcott has been less than impressive un yet he is one of our heist paid players and will likely never be sold yet for all his supposed promise he still does not deliver the good that a 150 Grand a week player should, Danny Wellbeck has got us out of trouble on several occations but again his inate scoring talent is severely lacking and its telling that he was bought in without Wengers beady eye being on the deal and was offloaded by a club who should he have had any real promise would have charged us a far greater sum or point blank refused to sell him.

The former Mainz man has proven less prolific since his move to the BayArena but has drawn a great deal of admiration for his adaptable attacking displays.

Sami Vatanen trade: Devils, Ducks both solve problems in 3 - player deal - SBNation.com This is a great move for the Devils, but I'm a bit less sure of how it's going to work for the Ducks.

You must» nt forget when Alex Ferguson first took the helm at Man Utd he was dealing with players with lesser known credibility, but Moyes was taking over a bunch of superstars already moulded for greater achievements and success.

I never ever thought we'd be able to afford to stay at a hotel as wonderful as The Grand Floridian, but Virgin Holidays managed to find us a great deal with the dining plan included so it was actually quite reasonable, and because the rooms are so spacious it meant all 5 of us could stay in one room, which cost less than two rooms elsewhere.

This story of expulsion from a modern - day Garden of Eden captures what happens when lives that were only designed to acquire more suddenly face the prospect of a great deal less.

I think if the parent realizes that the child is negatively impacted and; therefore, starting to feel less happy, starting to worry about their fears a great deal of the time, that's the time to go seek professional help.

It adds another layer of nutrition (especially if you add in a hardy seaweed, like kombu) and it's a great way to introduce some new flavors so that you're less likely to deal with picky eating later on.

Numerous different other functions that make the child infant stroller a great deal much less challenging consist of storeroom location pockets for techniques, cellular phone, along with playthings.

He said that a great deal of his time was spent with less fortunate patients, explaining to young pregnant teenagers that cigarettes and gummy bears were not a good breakfast.

Being sick less often saves families, and society, a great deal of money over the course of the family's lifetime.

There are some fascinating items in the royal inventory such as # 400,000 worth of wine and spirits (# 100,000 less than 2012 implying a great deal was either drunk, sold or gifted).

We would be mad to go to a great deal of trouble and expense to adopt a system that is less fair than the one we have.

«A sharp, permanent increase in taxes on a small group of highly mobile taxpayers, who enjoy a great deal of discretion over the timing and nature of their income, will inevitably cause some of them to either shift income away from this jurisdiction, or earn less, or collect the income in forms that will not be taxed,» said E.J. McMahon on the fiscally conservative Manhattan Institute.

«We've heard a great deal of concern from all corners of the city about the misuse of these kiosks for lewd and nefarious purposes, and today's announcement that web browsing services will be disabled on LinkNYC kiosks is a step in the right direction,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «These kiosks and the connectivity they provide are key to bridging the digital divide in our city, and we must ensure that a handful of less - than - wholesome users do not threaten the success of the entire enterprise.

Electrolysis requires a great deal of electricity, and the amount of energy you get out from the hydrogen is (according to the laws of physics) less than the amount you consume in electricity.

Dr Fernando Montealegre - Z, a Leverhulme grant holder and leading entomologist from the University of Lincoln's School of Life Sciences, explained: «There are less than 10 species of grigs alive today, nearly 100 species extinct, so our research into these rare animals is very significant as it tells us a great deal about how orthopterans have evolved.

A likely explanation, she said — one that's backed up by a great deal of past research — is that some people react badly and get defensive when they're told they should feel guilty about something, making them less likely to follow a desired course of action.

«But a great deal of work lies ahead to see if this compound has the potential to serve as a less toxic treatment for fungal infections in human patients.

One very important consideration to think about is that while surface temperature has a very high degree of variability, you do expect total ocean heat content to vary a great deal less in response to a constant forcing.

As an example, in the hot summer you could possibly feel finest on a lesser fat diet with a great deal of raw vegetables, while in a cold climate you could possibly want more substantial, warm, cooked foods with a lot of healthful fats, like olive oil, coconut oil, ghee (clarified butter), cheese, and nuts and seeds.

Remember when you are approaching middle age and suddenly find yourself with a great deal less energy that you are used to, that it might be a result of a deficiency in human growth hormone.

How much affordable HGH injections cost can be a great deal less than the cost of the results of not taking care of a growth hormone deficiency.

It adds another layer of nutrition (especially if you add in a hardy seaweed, like kombu) and it's a great way to introduce some new flavors so that you're less likely to deal with picky eating later on.

Also, If I score a bunch of great deals in the sale section, I am less likely to even walk through the full - prices section.

Less than $ 100 for a special occasion dress is definitely a great deal (and even less than «average» people spend on that type of dress according to my research, LLess than $ 100 for a special occasion dress is definitely a great deal (and even less than «average» people spend on that type of dress according to my research, Lless than «average» people spend on that type of dress according to my research, LOL.)

This is another dress I had made in Vietnam (a great deal at much less than $ 100) and while it is a little lower than what I would normally wear, I love the shape of this dress.

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While a great deal of research has explored the economic, political and environmental issues that will be affected by increasing urbanization, far less has examined how this trend has impacted China from a social standpoint.

Despite the fact that online dating makes finding a partner that considerably less demanding and more plausible, dismissal is as yet an undeniable thing on dating websites and since you can solicit a great deal from individuals out in a short measure of time along these lines, you'll likely get dismissed a ton, as well.