Sentences with phrase «mean much by»

That might not mean much by itself, but the bulk of the evidence on professional development more generally is that it's pretty poor.

The number doesn't mean much by itself.

The genome «really doesn't mean much by itself» — and for people seeking the most accurate picture of their risk for various diseases, a more nuanced and integrated picture is needed.

Recently my eldest daughter who is 13 years old wasn't wearing her new sunglasses, when I asked her why she said «daddy said they look like to much» He didn't really mean much by the comment but I was impressed with how much she cared about our opinion.

The digits, of course, don't mean much by themselves, but the range is impressive, especially considering there are 18,738 teams involved.

Not exact matches

You don't have to look much further than the multi-billion dollar app economy created by Apple and Google to see what he means.

Find little ways to show your freelancers how much they mean to you, even if you only know them by an email signature or Skype avatar.

Rescinding the program could mean the loss of as much as $ 460 billion in economic output over the next decade, according to a recently released report from the House Committee on Small Business, which was released by ranking member Nydia Velázquez (D. - N.Y.)

By definition, when you set out to disrupt you're taking aim at an existing market — which means pitting yourself against large, established players that have much greater resources and reach.

The country also has plans to be entirely carbon neutral (meaning it would put out just as much carbon as its forests and other carbon - sucking resources suck in) by 2021.

That means there is no mining, no calcining (a thermal treatment process), and no baking (the calcining and baking of gypsum produce as much as 200,000 BTUs per 4 - by 8 - foot panel of drywall).

The other 41 states have either a flat income tax — meaning everyone, regardless of how much they earn, pays the same percentage of their income to the government — or a progressive income tax, which means your tax rate is determined by your income.

By examining the link between the subjects» dispositions and how much they earned, the researchers found that men who were slightly more agreeable than the mean earned 18 % less on average — that's US$ 9,772 less than their more disagreeable peers.

She credits a large part of her success to absorbing as much as she could in each of her positions along the way — which, by the way, means she wasn't rushing through each part of the journey.

Those who took notes by laptop were much faster — typed lecture notes come out at a rate of about 33 words a minute, compared to 22 words a minute for handwritten notes — but the tendency to take verbatim notes meant they were not truly engaging with the content.

If you can tweet today in 280 characters, maybe it will be much longer in a few months or by 2019, which means Twitter is really just another blogging platform.

According to a Canadian official who requested anonymity, the central bank answered that a unilateral currency switch wouldn't mean much for Canada — all it has to do is supply the notes and coins purchased by Iceland — and the country was welcome to do it.

A big part of what's driving Opdivo's success is an early decision by BMS to chase a much wider share of the cancer patient population — a decision that has meant that doctors don't have to administer a time - consuming diagnostic test to check if patients have a protein called PD - L1 before prescribing Opdivo in certain cancers.

Social analytics firm SocialFlow said recently that the «reach» of a particular post on Facebook — meaning the total number of users who see it — has fallen for some publishers by as much as 52 % from January through July.

This means that we calculate the commonness of something by how quickly we can recall an example, which is what makes plane crashes and child abductions seem like much bigger threats than they realistically are.

«When true self - driving is approved by regulators, it will mean that you will be able to summon your Tesla from pretty much anywhere.

But if you have a private loan, those loans may be fixed or have a variable rate tied to the Libor, prime or T - bill rates — which means that as the Fed raises rates, borrowers will likely pay more in interest, although how much more will vary by the benchmark.

If you're skeptical about an «innovation index» meaning much in a practical sense, then consider this: in terms of productivity (measured by GDP per hour worked), Canada ranks far below the G7 average — a staggering 12 per cent below, in fact — and only marginally above that of the broader OECD.

Overall, Consumer Reports found that nearly two - thirds of consumers in the US are «misled» by the «natural» label on meat and that more than 90 % «expect it to mean much more than it does.»

As noted previously, much of the value of having a large charging infrastructure is symbolic - it serves to assuage the customer's fear as opposed to being the dominant means by which they charge their vehicle.

And by «studying» I mean I've tried to figure out why I've experienced so much conflict.

«It was a wonderful way to visit a place that meant so much to me and obviously so many,» Abrams said in an interview with Fortune at South by Southwest.

«It means so much for our mission, which is to catalyze sustainable transportation by creating a mass market for electric vehicles.»

After heading to Asia for year - end client meetings, Levkovich wrote: «A 10 % total return in the next 13 - 14 months was perceived as being too conservative by many even as our year - end target is in line with mean and median top - down forecasts... Interestingly, several clients suggested that our outlook was far below the bullishness expressed by other even when our numbers are pretty much well within the Street's consensus.»

And that means that Snap's future shareholders won't be taking quite as much risk by buying into the maker of the disappearing message app, which lost $ 515 million at its bottom line last year.

It meant a much longer commute to work in New York City, but ultimately cut his fixed costs by 75 percent.

Applying the Rule and the Impartial Conduct Standards after a 60 - day delay, however, means that much of the potential investor gains predicted in the Rule's regulatory impact analysis published on April 8, 2016, will commence on June 9, 2017, and accrue prospectively while the Department performs the examination mandated by the President and considers potential changes to the Rule and PTEs.

By the time I published my latest (July 17) blog entry Beijing had managed to stop the panic with the use of what I called «brute force», by which I meant that there was never likely to be much impact from interest rate moves, regulatory changes, margin relaxation, and so oBy the time I published my latest (July 17) blog entry Beijing had managed to stop the panic with the use of what I called «brute force», by which I meant that there was never likely to be much impact from interest rate moves, regulatory changes, margin relaxation, and so oby which I meant that there was never likely to be much impact from interest rate moves, regulatory changes, margin relaxation, and so on.

Yes, we're buying a ton more stuff online, but online prices don't diverge that much from other prices, at least as measured by our deflators (Mericle cites «outlet bias,» meaning the indexes don't always record when consumers switch to cheaper online sellers).

What I mean by this is keep helping out and adding value so when you finally ask for a link (and if you have a good reason), then you are much more likely to get it.

In the United States during much of the 19th Century, an erratic and unstable financial system combined with the huge infrastructure needs of a rapidly expanding continental economy meant that the US was almost always in short supply of money and capital *, and so to a large extent its growth rate was constrained mainly by British liquidity.

During the middle of the 18th Century and well into the beginning of the 19th Century India produced far more textiles — and usually much cheaper and of better quality — than did England, but a number of measures aimed at undermining Indian textile producers and protecting British textile producers (tariffs that almost always exceeded 50 %, for example, and by 1813 were as high as 85 %) meant that at some point in the first half of the 19th Century the British textile industry had become the most efficient in the world and was able largely to eliminate the Indian textile industry from global competition.

This means that Western Canadian Select, currently trading at 37.27, is already below that much - hyped $ 40 mark, and while Brent oil prices fell nearly 50 cents on Thursday, Qatar's Marine blend was up by a dollar.

Because capital exports are just the obverse of a current account surplus, this meant that after spending much of the 1990s in deficit, Germany's excess production, caused not by a surge in production but rather a decline in consumption, was resolved by the country's running a current account surplus.

It's been much appreciated and a valuable learning experience for all who followed along, and it reinforces that this is by no means an obvious call.

By the time you get to your 60s, most target date funds are at or nearing their «glide path,» which means your asset allocation will be much more conservative.

This means that how much mining you can do is mostly determined by how much RAM you have.

This means the manufacturing sector (in China) is likely still growing, but not by much.

«The decision by the Liberals to meekly accept what Ottawa was offering means that British Columbia could be losing as much as $ 5 billion in transfers over the next 10 years,» said Darcy.

The minimum payment is by no means enough, so if you find you can't afford much more than the minimum amount, that could be a sign that you're abusing your credit cards.

Deutsche Bank builds long - term relationships with clients by trading with them as much as possible, even if it means losing on some trades, says Nick Pappas, co-head of credit trading for North America at Deutsche Bank in New York.

They are able to balance this by having their tokens based on real - world assets, meaning the value will basically stay consistent, making the process much more appealing for banking institutions and investors.

As we know, the materialisation of some of the risks that had built up in the financial system, followed by a financial crisis, deep recessions and slow recoveries, has meant that much more has been demanded of central banks in recent years, especially those in the major jurisdictions.

And I think really what I mean by that, in Europe, again, we have seen three elections this year, which I think on the face of it are very much status - quo outcomes.

(As I've also noted, this is not a practical or optimal strategy by any means, since it has far too much tracking risk and would have required implausible levels of patience, but it's an enlightening fact nonetheless).