Sentences with phrase «lower quality alternatives»

2) They had lower quality alternatives to the relationship (i.e., they thought that their partner was one of the better dating partners they could attract).

It will cost a bit more to feed your pet these excellent foods but you can't expect that you can feed the best for the same price as the cheaper, lower quality alternatives.

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A low cost alternative to current commercial products could radically improve the quality of care for the 300 million people worldwide who have chronic respiratory disease.

Lower cost solar panels, improvements in geothermal and wind, and advances in building energy efficiency are giving us new alternatives to create as many or more high - quality jobs using non-emitting sources of power.

With prices starting under $ 500, Swagtron is making an aggressive move to bring down the price of quality alternative transportation lower than ever before.

I too avoid teflon and toxins, which is why I almost purchased this same item until I discovered this amazingly high quality low - cost, toxin - free alternative:

At Maison Terre, our mission is to create sustainable and eco-friendly products that provide you a natural alternative to today's high volume, low quality, chemically produced goods.

While still featuring the same high - quality ginger used in Fever - Tree's signature Ginger Beer (fresh ginger root sourced from the Ivory Coast and Cochin, India), Fever - Tree Naturally Light Ginger Beer is the cocktail - enthusiast's low - calorie alternative for mixing with the same bright, spicy, long - lasting ginger taste that artisan ginger beer cocktails deserve, without sacrificing taste.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

However, there are low - cost alternatives and buying a budget crib mattress doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a low quality one.

Ultimately, plant - based milk alternatives «are of varying quality, expensive, often full of sugar, low in fat and protein, and are fortified with synthetic vitamins,» says Natasha Burgert, a pediatrician in Kansas City, Missouri.

Exchanging high - GI foods for low - GI alternatives within core and non-core foods may improve diet quality of Australian children and adolescents.

First, they suggest that, in the absence of higher - quality alternatives, participation in a low - intensity preschool program may have some limited positive long - term effects.

And, even prior to online options, alternative and «credit recovery» programs were rife with the potential to offer low - quality, watered - down expectations for learning.

Another problem is the sheer lack of high - quality public school alternatives within reasonable driving distance of many a failing urban school; given the choice between the low - performing school in their own neighborhood and the mediocre school ten miles away, parents may stick to the path of least resistance.

In the piece, headlined «Alternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduaAlternative» Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System, ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell describes how traditional schools and districts are pushing kids into low - cost, low - quality alternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduaalternative programs in order to hide dropouts from the public and boost test scores and graduation rates.

Overall, the study's findings suggest that, in the absence of higher - quality alternatives, participation in a low intensity preschool program may have some limited positive long term effects.

According to longtime education writer Maureen Kelleher, now at the Education Post, the ProPublica story is misleading and ahistorical in focusing on charter schools and claiming that No Child Left Behind is the culprit behind the growth in low - quality alternative school programs.

But even the best journalists and newsrooms make mistakes sometimes, and the latest ProPublica story on the spread of low - quality alternative schools may be an example.

Go too low and you are subconsciously undermining the quality of your products, but go too high and this generation of online savvy customers are sure to search for a cheaper alternative.

For instance, the results for black students are consistent with the plausible alternative hypothesis that predominantly black schools tend to attract and retain high - quality black teachers but only low - quality white teachers.

After all, the rise of alternative certification — which has lowered barriers to entry into teaching seemingly without sacrificing quality — is arguably one of reformers» biggest policy wins.

But 2,000 respondents to an Ipsos MORI survey have faith in the capacity of comprehensive schools to enable social mobility, with 47 per cent backing high - quality schools over other educational alternatives, such as lowering tuition fees, to help poor pupils.

In a review of California's «last in, first out» process conducted over four years ago, the state's own Legislative Analyst Office concluded that seniority - based layoffs lead «to lower quality of the overall teacher workforce» and recommended that «the state explore alternatives that could provide districts with the discretion to do what is in the best interest of their students.»

Meanwhile the state allowed districts such as Fairfax County to evade their responsibilities toward preparing all children for success in higher education and life through its Virginia Grade Level Alternative assessment regime, which allowed districts to offer low - quality curricula to kids they didn't want to work hard to education.

Although some preparation programs require that students complete as many as 600 clinical training hours through student teaching, other programs — which are all low - quality alternative certification programs — report that their students did not complete any clinical training hours.25 Even the most intensive teacher preparation experiences pale in comparison with the 10,000 hours of deliberate practice that researchers say are needed to develop expertise in any given field.26 While there are isolated examples of excellent clinical residency models that provide students with ample time to practice their skills in a classroom setting, 27 there is not an entire system that supports this approach.

While the crux of Rocketship's published mission — creating alternative, high - quality education choices for vulnerable students — is credited to Father Mateo Sheedy, pastor of San Jose's Sacred Heart Parish, who in 1999 began questioning the low performance rates of students in his parish, Rocketship began in earnest in 2006, when Father Sheedy's congregation set off to pursue his mission of improving outcomes for students in San Jose alongside John Danner and Preston Smith.

The interior couldn't quite match some German alternatives for quality but a low - slung driving position and uniquely - styled dashboard made the RX - 8 feel special inside - and by coupe standards it was practical too.

The standard steering wheel is disappointing, too, the aluminium - look lower part of its rim actually consisting of two pieces of ill - fitting plastic, but a better quality carbonfibre - look alternative was an option.

What was once a low - cost and low - quality alternative to the major Japanese brands now stands as a viable competitor.

When risky assets get very correlated with each other, and the only alternative game to play is buying high quality bonds, it is an unstable situation that portends lower risky asset prices.

Low - risk investments — high - quality bond funds and other fixed - income alternatives — produce more annual income and are more stable, but have no real growth potential.

After the boom years of actively managed load based mutual funds in the 80s and 90s, index funds came into their own as a low - cost high quality alternative.

[And now we're a step away from MOOCs being unleashed on the rest of the world as an alternative low cost / high quality education.

There are strategies targeting single risk - factor exposure (e.g., value, low volatility, momentum, quality, or size), those employing alternative weighting methods (e.g., fundamental, dividend, or equal weight) and a smaller, but expanding, set of multifactor strategies coming to market.

There is limited and weak evidence to suggest that it may have a role to play in reducing anxiety in dogs over the medium to longer term but the available evidence is of low quality and / or high risk of bias, with confounding variables providing alternative explanations for the findings.

I think it's wonderful more and more pet owners are looking for alternatives to low quality, highly processed dog and cat foods.

In the unlikely circumstances of cancellation of a tour or holiday by us we will offer you the choice of an alternative tour of equivalent quality (if available) or a tour of lower quality if you require it (if available) in which case we will refund to you the difference in price between the original booking and the tour of lower quality; or we will make you a prompt refund of any monies paid by you to us under the original booking.

He teaches at the free experimental art school the Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU), and is co-founder of the alternative art space 1:1 in the Lower East Side.

Cooper's health care plan has not been evaluated for a long time, and we believe there are alternative health care designs that still provide high - quality choices for employees but at lower costs.

On the other hand, the present environment is surely an excellent time to buy quality art: prices for blue - chip paintings are low, while alternative investments are still volatile.

With most of the world's highest quality resources already exhausted, companies are turning to formerly undesirable alternatives such as tar sands oil, which come with higher energetic price tags yet lower returns.

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So low - quality meat and sweetener, a shoddy alternative car fuel, an agrarian crisis visited upon our neighbor to the south... that's more or less the corn crop.

is able to pair the extensive talents and experience of our professionals with lower fees and creative alternative fee arrangements, while maintaining the highest levels of quality work and professionalism you have come to expect from large law firms.

I asked Ekko co-founder Sean Murray what prompted the development of the Hub: «Ekko was initially created as an alternative to traditional wireless TV headphones,» he replied, «which typically transmit low - quality audio to just one standard pair of headphones.

Oracle did a pretty good job of killing MySQL after buying Sun Microsystems, he told LinuxInsider, but the demand for a low - cost, high - quality alternative remained.

Rather, their goal is to prohibit people enrolled in Medicaid from going to Planned Parenthood as their provider of choice, regardless of whether alternative sources of care are available.17 These attacks ignore the fact that women choose to obtain family planning services from Planned Parenthood health centers because of the high - quality services they receive there.18 Moreover, by targeting Medicaid enrollees, these attacks are once again squarely aimed at the most disadvantaged women, including low - income women and women of color.

According to the investment model, satisfaction with a relationship should be greater to the extent that a relationship provides high rewards and low costs, whereas commitment increases not only due to greater relationship satisfaction, but also to increases in the investment of resources in relationships and declines in the quality of available alternative partners.

For some reason, I always overemphasize the investment and think the quality of alternatives is much lower than it really is.