Sentences with phrase «little less than»

For more than 20 percent of the trips, the technique predicted the final destination within a little less than one - third of a mile from the actual endpoint.

They found that chromosomes were always distributed correctly in young egg cells, but that a little less than 10 % of older cells suffered from segregation errors.

His substantial but not particularly newsy remarks were probably a little less than the Gospel from on high, but the crowd lapped it up.

When analyzed together, their risk for breast cancer mortality decreased an average of 24 % per metabolic equivalent (MET) hours per day of exercise, where one MET hour equals a little less than a mile of brisk walking or about two - thirds of a mile of running.

Each electrogenic cell carries a negative charge of a little less than 100 millivolts on its outside compared to its inside.

Because the distance from Mars to Earth was about 250 million kilometers during the mission, the one - way light travel time was a little less than 15 minutes.

«That represents a little less than $ 6 billion a year of taxpayer money that goes into feeding our fleet with fuel.»

Once fully up and running, Rocket Lab expects its launches to cost a little less than $ 6 million.

The level of expertise needed to build a radio is just a little less than that required to build a nuclear weapon, they argued, so just as a civilization starts tuning up its transmitters, some internal spat causes it to go off the air in a storm of mushroom clouds.

The next step was purchasing a used thermocycler, a machine for amplifying DNA, for a little less than $ 800.

The happiest teens used digital media a little less than an hour per day.

Weighing a little less than eight pounds, the Blink Lite is something you can carry around as much as it can carry you.

The Plixio pillows are comfortable and supportive without being too firm or too heavy; these guys weight a little less than three pounds each.

Espada won, with a little less than 5,000 votes out of of a total of 8,352.

Of the 72 members who arrived during that time, a little less than half reported earning outside incomes; a quarter of the new arrivals pegged their outside pay between $ 50,000 and $ 515,000.

In a little less than two hours, Parramore was able to collect nearly 20 signatures.

In Queens, where Bloomberg won most districts except for parts of western Queens and all of southeast Queens, both candidates spent a little less than the city average to get their borough votes.

The Syracuse metro has a labor force of a little less than 310,000 people and an unemployment rate of just 5 percent, so it might be a big challenge for the company to fill all those jobs here.

Mr. Wright raised exactly $ 145,856.15 from April through the middle of the July, putting him in a strong position with a little less than a year until the Democratic primary.

«The number we reached this year was a little less than we thought would be ideal, but not much less.

All told, the committee raised just over $ 3.5 million in the last six months and spent a little less than $ 2 million, according to campaign officials.

It is fair to say that Conservatives are panicking a little less than they were a week ago.

A little less than 700 Bronx residents remain without electricity in the aftermath of last week's storm, but Con Edison promises to have all residents electricity restored by tonight.

That has the potential to cost the state up a little less than $ 50 million per primary.

The median district in the New Jersey legislature had given Obama a little less than 60 percent of the vote; Republican had a serious hill to climb there.

On transit, he said the next mayor must start a public conversation about how to improve the current funding scheme for the cash - strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which he ran for a little less than a year before stepping down to campaign for mayor.

Jurors took a little less than a week to find Silver, a 71 - year - old Democrat who represented the Lower East Side since 1977, guilty of seven counts of selling his office, disguising payments as legal fees that he traded for official favors.

It only takes a little less than half of the Republican minority to stand for a roll call, that's 16 members, in order for a roll call to be recorded.

For context, Congress pays a combined $ 9,700 each month for fellow Queens Congressman Joseph Crowley «s two district offices, while rent at Bronx Congressman Eliot Engel's three official sites together totals a little less than $ 7,000.

«With a little less than four months to go in the Democratic Primary to go, our campaign is catching fire at the right time,» campaign spokesman

The addresses come one day after the latest 9.6 percent unemployment figure was released and a little less than a month before the November elections.

So now the total amount MPs must repay drops by # 180,000 to # 1.12 m. This, it turns out, is just a little less than the # 1.16 m it cost for Sir Thomas to carry out his inquiry.

In contrast, a little less than $ 1 million was spent towards Senate candidates.

A little less than a half hour away, County Executive Astorino, along with his wife and three children, made his vote official in Hawthorne.

• Startups from the Buffalo Niagara region make up a little less than 10 percent of the semifinalists, with 13 entrants from Erie and Niagara counties making the cut.

His Republican challenger, State Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, pulled in a little less than 28 percent.

With Texas being about 750k per electoral vote, and Wyoming with a little less than 200k per vote.

The speed limit in the United States used to be 55 mph (a little less than 90 km / h).

«I think with the new definition, it's a little less than that.

A little less than a year ago, on Feb. 28, 2017, Trump signed a measure nixing a regulation aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of some severely mentally ill people.

i was determined to breastfeed, so nothing could stop me, even if someone was a little less than supportive, but i know other people would have quit in my position because of all the work - related issues... one thing that always breaks my heart is when women could nurse, but don't even want to try.

Our spray bottle probably holds a little less than a quart of water and to this we add about 1 teaspoon of liquid Castile soap and 5 - 10 drops of essential oil.

That was easy enough, though, for a little less than two weeks before my due date, my water broke (in a restaurant parking lot... true Hollywood style).

I lost like 2 1/2 inches around my waist, 2 inches around my hips and a little less than an inch off each thigh from Day 1 to Day 19.

I just took the Gerber apple juice and poured a small amount into an ice cube tray, filling them a little less than halfway.

Err on the side of caution and fill the glass bottles a little less than 90 percent full just to make sure you do not make a mess in the freezer.

Formula fed babies tend to lose a little less than breastfed babies.

Black teas can contain up to 120 milligrams of caffeine and iced tea will contain just a little less than hot brewed tea.

I haven't read the attachment parenting book, but I have read big chunks of the baby book, and I found him a little less than balanced.

Commissioners said they also planned to move forward with plans to buy a little less than a half - acre contiguous to the Lincoln Marsh Forest Preserve in Wheaton.