Sentences with phrase «less than a dozen times»

On occasion the phrase was used to refer simply to the land of the Bible — that is, to the land the Israelites returned to from Egypt — but in all of Christian literature before the sixth century it occurs less than a dozen times, and usually as a phrase to reject.

In fact, United scouts have observed him no less than a dozen times.

The English champions had scouted him no less than a dozen times over the course of past few months.

In fact, I think we have only been out of the house together, without the children, less than a dozen times in nine years.

And contrary to the government's claim that the post was a «low - show» job — «Percoco taught the curriculum less than a dozen times on average, with each class typically lasting less than [two] hours,» the government said recently — the defense maintains that her «compensation was reasonable,» an opinion shared by an economist it intends to call as an expert witness.

By that yardstick, Winstead, who turns up less than a dozen times, may as well not even exist.

As such, I hadn't paid much attention to franchise to know how it had evolved over the years but a quick look shows that Frogger has tried to «be cool again» no less than a dozen times since 1997 with countless ports for just about everyone platform on the planet.

In my experience, this error happened less than a dozen times, but caused Link to run off a cliff or spin in circles while playing.

Not exact matches

But in the third round McCauley, about to be defeated in front of a dozen family members who were watching him fight for the first time, saw an opening: Watkins briefly lowered his hands, McCauley unleashed a left hook and a straight right that dropped him, and the ref stopped the fight with less than a minute remaining.

In sending three batters back to the dugout from the plate in each inning, he needed more than a dozen tosses to do that less than a third of the time.

During Field Day 2015 there were no less than half a dozen time outs during the three hours of activities.

Great customer service have coming to this location for all of shoe repair needs, I have been to this location over a dozen of times since, the service is, well, 5 stars, fast, and the pricing is fair, and much less than where I used to check out these sneakers.

I chuckled less than half a dozen times — and about half of those are credited to the duo of Banks and John Michael Higgins, who return as the competition commentators and now (for some reason) documentary filmmakers.

Most biopics would kill for a life story as eventful as that of bank robber Forrest Tucker, who's said to have busted out of prison no less than 18 times, and mounted an additional dozen unsuccessful escape attempts over the years.

This time, the disclaimer seems less a hook than a defense mechanism: Complain that the film resembles dozens...

According to interviews with more than a dozen teachers and school administrators in five different districts, students in New York are taking more practice tests, and they're spending more time on math and reading — and less on other subjects — since Common Core was put into place.

Rick Perry's imminent entry into the 2012 GOP presidential race suggests that, for the second time in less than a dozen years, we could see a Texas governor try to make the federal role in education conform to his own preconceptions and lessons learned in Austin.

An instructor behind a podium speaking to a room of dozens of teachers who are less - than - engaged and would rather be spending their time elsewhere isn't exactly a breeding ground for fresh ideas and bright - eyed enthusiasm.

Most months, I still sell less than a dozen copies of books a month (although that number is climbing) and feel like I'm closer to the moon than becoming an author full - time.

For less than $ 500 (which includes your meals), you will have available to you two dozen speakers who would collectively charge you $ 9,000 for an hour of their time if you were to hire each one of them.

From time to time it's easier for me to pick up an actual paper book, but generally I read less than half a dozen a year in paper form.

Speaking in a television interview with BNN, Mr. Carney issued his third stern warning on the issue in less than a week, underscoring how concerned the central bank and the federal government have become about the fact that Canadians» debt - to - income ratio is now higher than Americans» for the first time in a dozen years.

a lower rate is not available at this time...» But here is the kicker — we have received no less than dozen offers for new cards with Chase all for great rates.

I'm less than a dozen hours into the game, and I've died more times than I can count.

~ 13 times less than land use changes (3.4 gigatons) ~ 11.5 times less than light - duty vehicles (3.0 gigatons) ~ 5.3 times less than concrete production (1.4 gigatons) ~ 2 dozen 1000 MW coal - fired power plants (2 % of the world's coal - fired electrical generation) Or, roughly the same CO2 emissions as Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Poland or South Africa.

Studying engineering, there were times that I was one of less than a handful of women in a class of dozens, and female professors were rare.

The skills you pick up there — concise, clear writing within limits of space and time for reporters, a different but no less imperative view of structure for most other prose — improve your writing more than a hundred blog posts with a half - dozen thoughtful responses.

The router works best with less than a dozen or so Wi - Fi devices at a time, though it can technically support a lot more.

In less than 50 square miles, there were dozens of M&A s going on at any time.

Believe it our not, even with our years of proven success and unmatched experience, our rates are still 2 - 3 times less than dozens of other «Executive» services!

This book provides comprehensive state - specific information and dozens of legal forms that the millions of U.S. landords and property managers need — all for the price of less than 30 minutes of a typical lawyer's time.