Sentences with phrase «meager amount»

The bill would also allow meager amounts of tomato paste on pizzas to be counted as a vegetable.

Woloz's cash - gathering was substantially more subdued last year, amassing $ 16,650 for de Blasio and almost $ 5,000 for Scott Stringer, and distributing relatively meager amounts among Corey Johnson and two of his rivals.

Working against the iM is its weight: At just under 3,000 pounds, 137 hp is a somewhat meager amount of power to battle the forces of gravity.

The roster is nine girls strong, a rather meager amount when compared to other modern fighters.

How must a person live on such meager amounts of cash?

This is an incredibly meager amount by historical standards, and is indicative of the headwinds that this property type continues to face.

I found most of my best runs in the game came from a slow, methodical approach that saw me drawing enemy attention and funneling them to a hallway to pick them off efficiently while preserving the frail protagonist's meager amounts of health and tissue paper armor, as health and armor pickups were quite rare.

But, ask yourself this: What quality of work or level of experience do you think you'll get for that meager amount of money?

It was not fluffy and pretty like the images you provided, so I used it in between layers to try to get some extra height to the meager amount of cake that I had to work with.

During the summer, teachers are either teaching summer school for a meager amount of money over what they earn during the school year, or they are paying money for continuing improvement courses that they can not afford on their teacher's salary.

But Mississippi State has had back - to - back top - 20 seasons despite spending a meager amount, relative to its competition.

So, we rely on our diets for most of this essential nutrient, even though few foods are naturally rich sources of vitamin D and only a few, such as milk, are supplemented with anything more than meager amounts (see Should Foods Be Fortified Even More?).

About a half hour into the film I came to the realization that Rollerball might have the world's smallest script due to the meager amount of dialogue from anyone in the film, and of this dialogue, almost none gives us any feeling for any of the characters, who are mostly cast for looks than for acting ability.

For that meager amount, it's hard to blame them.

Contributing to the dysfunction is the student based budgeting and the meager amounts that principals have to run the schools and hire staff.

It isn't the meager amount the average writer makes.

Thankfully, there are now stock trading apps like Acorn, Stash, and Stockpile to use for free or for a meager amount instead of the brokers who used to charge you a lot per inquiry.

Although 5 cents per $ 100 saved seems like a meager amount, at least you'll get some extra savings for no additional work on your part.

I came to Thailand with a meager amount of savings.

So far I have just ~ 90K Chase Marriott points, a couple thousand each in United and Delta, and a meager amount in Southwest.

I know some people are upset about the localization changes, just as I know there are people who are upset about the meager amount of fanservice that managed to remain in the game.

You see, MX vs ATV Alive is the first game to use THQ's new pricing model, and that means the game is selling for a meager amount (around # 25).

Another perk is that even though the Wii Zapper can be yours for the meager amount of $ 20, it actually comes with a brand new target practice game, Link's Crossbow Training.

There really is a strange sense of satisfaction when you win a demon in a bid against imaginary bidders, and in contrast, a frustrating sense of loss when you lose a bid by a meager amount.

In my opinion (and hopefully yours, after viewing these numbers), boosting supplies by the meager amounts proposed is not a reasonable solution to help the American consumer.

Adaptive to even the most space deprived conditions, the system strikes a number of poses, horizontally, vertically, or on all fours like it's doing a Downward Dog... Like other modular planter systems, this one makes the most efficient use of a meager amount of available garden space while stylishly adding a little design flair.

Unfortunately, some of the worst drivers are also the least insured, as their insurance costs may be so high they may decide to carry only a meager amount of insurance.

A sizeable chunk of the premium paid in the initial years goes towards meeting charges, leaving behind a meager amount for policyholders.

(Luckily, that meager amount is expandable through a microSD card slot, which is something the larger LG G2 lacks).

The downsides here are a disappointing battery, a mediocre front camera, a meager amount of non-expandable storage (unless you're willing to shell out more cash), and a general resistance to many standards that have been set by Android flagships over the past few years, like a water - resistant design or a removable battery.

«Home shoppers are coming out in droves this spring and competing with each other for the meager amount of listings in the affordable price range,» says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at NAR.

«Home shoppers are coming out in droves this spring and competing with each other for the meager amount of listings in the affordable price range,» he said.