Sentences with phrase «likely than stone»

Artifacts made of organic materials like wood — much less likely than stone to survive the millennia — give us «another window to the past,» Lee notes.

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This suggests a less than pleasant conclusion for entrepreneurs — happy comments about your product or service are likely to sink like a stone while complaints may skip along covering great social distances.

The probability of a randomly selected mutation in a randomly selected gene having precisely that effect is quite low, so just as with the stones in the field, a positive finding is more likely than not to be spurious — unless the experiment is unbelievably successful at sorting the wheat from the chaff.

More than likely head coach Ian Stone is giving both of his keepers lots of playing time because they are both freshmen and he wants to build them up for the future.

Having dealt with Republican operatives like the one whom Liz quoted, I can say I've heard that kind of grousing too often with regards to Ed Cox — and more likely at the Hilton than the Blarney Stone.

A request for the extension of site plan approval for a retail plaza in the Town of Ulster last week saw town officials reveal that what some local residents believe is a prehistoric circle of stone pillars is more Fauxhenge than Stonehenge — likely to have been erected in the mid-20th century.

People who gained more than three stone (20 kg) during adulthood were also twice as likely to develop esophageal cancer compared to people who had little weight change.

The brittle stone tip of a spear used in these tasks is not only likely to loosen and break but is also far more difficult to repair than a sharpened wooden spear.»

The «primitive» nature of the human hand suggests that any changes that led to a widespread flowering of stone tool culture was likely neurological rather than structural — in other words, the adaptation occurred in our brains, not in our hands, he says.

Hospitals that maintain adequate nurse staffing in this environment are likely those that have «visionary leadership,» and are investing in both nursing and quality improvement efforts, rather than coping with a lack of staff by forcing nurses to work mandatory overtime shifts, Stone says.

Disclaimer: We considered including Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), a likely Best Actor nominee, but in his cartoonish Dalton Trumbo's defense, this tendency to be a «character» and say each line «like it was carved in stone» is called out within the movie so larger than life Dalton Trumbo was.

More than likely, they're going to be resurrected either via the Time Stone — which Thanos used to rewind history so that he could remove the Mind Stone from Vision's (Paul Bettany) head — or the Soul Stone.

Less manic, goofy, and memorable than an Oliver Stone spin on the Wilson - Plame affair would likely have turned out, Fair Game balances its slow - boiling anger at the Bush administration's malfeasance in selling the 2003 invasion of Iraq by keeping an eye on engaging the general audience with Scenes from a Georgetown Marriage.

Oliver Stone) Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, Benicio Del Toro, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Demian Birchir, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch With Universal recently moving the picture out of the fall, into a prime summer release date (opposite «The Amazing Spider - Man» of all things) it likely means Oliver Stone has got this picture wrapped up faster than usual.

Stone and Gosling fare better in the Gene Kelly - inspired dance sequences than any of the songs (save for «Audition,» which will likely net Stone an Oscar nomination on its strength alone), although that hardly matters, because the movie glides by on their irresistible charm and chemistry.

I've openly recommended CreateSpace as a strategy for many clients as a test, stepping stone, even a way to enter the publishing world with the giant Amazon in play — but, and always a but in the mix — there has to be editing, get a professional cover done and yes, lay it out — don't do the template Amazon version... than have the layout designer do the uploading — for less than $ 3,000 (most likely), you have quality cover design, interior, editing and you are rocking and rolling with the big boys — you get max percentage on eBook payout, you have print books available on demand and you can start marketing your work and words like crazy.

There are a few different types of stones that can form in the kidney or in the bladder, and Portuguese Water Dogs are more likely to develop them than other breeds.

If a parent has bone or joint disease, allergic skin disease, bad teeth and gums, ear infections, eye problems, separation anxiety, destructive behavior, tender feet (cutting toe nails), oily musty skin odor, coprophagy, liver, heart or kidney disease, bladder stones, asthma, fatty tumors, poor physique or coordination, umbilical and other hernias or another disease, then the puppy is at least ten times as likely to inherit these problems than a puppy from healthier parents.

James Hansen looks at the geological record for clues where 3C looks writ in stone and 6 - 7C are far more likely than 1.5 C and he's become disturbingly alarmist.

Cyanogen OS 12 is more than likely just a stepping stone to a more impactful 12.1 S release, filled with the results of the Cyanogen team figuring out where new features and optimizations can go in this new UI.

Setting goals such as giving up chocolate completely, losing three stone a month or that you will go to the gym five times a week may sound good, but they will more than likely lead to disappointment and you will lose heart very quickly.

Husbands are 85 % more likely to stone - wall than wives.

If you drop your favourite coffee mug, it's far less likely to shatter than on real stone.

The owner selected wood rather than stone because wood provides a warm ambience and is more resilient — kinder to the cook's back and feet and less likely to result in broken dishes.