Sentences with phrase «more by our ability»

This has made me inclined to think that being able or not able to learn to spell ENGLISH is determined more by the abilities you are born with rather than by how well students are taught or how hard they work at it.

The older I get the more convinced I am our financial well being is determined far more by our ability to generate big incomes than a buy and hold investment strategy.

Having said that, the impression I get is that models are typically tuned more by their ability to match basic features of the real climate system than by how sensitive they are.

Not exact matches

In every case a huge amount of fixed costs up front is overwhelmed by the ongoing ability to make money at scale; to put it another way, tech companies combine fixed costs with marginal revenue opportunities, such that they make more money on additional customers without any corresponding rise in costs.

By tapping into your natural abilities, your work will have more flow and ease.

While the U.S. economy has continued a healthy expansion, total U.S. energy consumption actually declined in 2017 by 0.2 %, illustrating the economy's ability to do more while consuming less power.

By setting up deals in which Lunar would receive equity - based compensation from its clients, the founders could tap into «the power of the multiple» — the ability to turn what might have been simply a fee - for - service payment into an equity stake worth much more in the long run.

Launched in 2001, Medallia was in the enviable position of being pitched by select VCs (the startup closed a $ 35 million Series A in 2012) and had the more enviable ability to be choosy as to which firm to work with (according to Crunchbase, Sequoia is their outside funding source of choice).

As a result of the success of these lights (suicides fell by 74 percent at stations where the blue lights were installed), similar colored lighting has been installed at Gatwick Airport train platforms,» Westland relates, though he stresses more study is needed to verify the ability of blue light to calm the agitated.

While naps can help bad sleepers pay off their growing sleep debt, studies shows they can make even good sleepers more productive by boosting their ability to learn.

, and in the piece they discuss why stories are much more influential than facts (again, a conclusion backed by numerous studies) through their ability to change emotional beliefs in a way that «logical» arguments just can't touch.

By presenting the encrypted mode as opt - in, the company would presumably be protecting its ability to offer AI chat bot services by default to its more than 900 million monthly active userBy presenting the encrypted mode as opt - in, the company would presumably be protecting its ability to offer AI chat bot services by default to its more than 900 million monthly active userby default to its more than 900 million monthly active users.

The findings showed that those participants who had a good ability to recognize emotions were also considered to be more socially and politically adept by their peers.

Rockwell has a staggered board of directors and no ability to act by written consent to call a special meeting, making a hostile approach more difficult.

And you're willing to push your ability a little more the next time because your brain is looking forward to that reward and you're surrounded by people who are applauding your success.

Shutting down the ability for these cyber zombies to make money by notifying your customers to change their passwords, notify their banks, etc. will be crucial to avoiding more damage than the breach itself.

By knowing something about their core values, you can dramatically increase your ability to tailor your messages to be more appropriate.»

By the end of the year, Autopilot will be able to handle even more complex tasks, like automatic lane changes and the ability to merge on and off highways.

Below are a few ways I believe organizations can create a more inclusive model, and strengthen their business by expanding their ability to connect and include others in the process:

«But these policies have now been deployed for some years - in the case of Japan, for more than two decades - and at least so far, they have not convincingly shown an ability to decisively overcome the problems posed by the zero bound.»

In a study funded by NASA, David Dinges, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a team of researchers found that letting astronauts sleep for as little as fifteen minutes markedly improved their cognitive performance, even when the nap didn't lead to an increase in alertness or the ability to pay more attention to a boring task.

Lowe's echoed that sentiment, saying that robots like OSHbot will simply enhance employees» abilities to serve customers by allowing them to focus on more complex questions.

Our ability to tune out the irrelevant is reduced, and thus do we become more easily distracted as the years pass by.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Musk added that with the ability to carry satellites or interplanetary spacecraft weighing over 53 metric tons or 117,000 pounds to orbit, Falcon Heavy will have more than twice the performance of the Delta IV Heavy, the next most powerful vehicle, which is operated by United Launch Alliance, a Boeing - Lockheed Martin joint venture.

For example, you can not make more than six withdrawals or payments per statement cycle by check, debit card, draft or electronic transfer from your money market account, and you'll have limited check - writing ability from the account.

Another is the ability to organize and galvanize donors by creating networks and spurring new or more coordinated giving.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Burnie Burns, cofounder of Austin - based Rooster Teeth, a production company with 300 - plus staffers that produced the made - for - YouTube sci - fi comedy Lazer Team and its upcoming sequel, still remembers being dumbstruck almost a decade ago, when Rooster Teeth consisted of little more than a handful of friends, by what the service offered: «They completely changed the game in terms of the ability to monetize video with pre-roll advertising.

It can be argued that this bill helps big business more than small — by slashing the corporate tax rate and allowing big corporations the ability to claim major deductions and pay fewer taxes, but there are some benefits for small business as well.

The bank statement program is designed to lessen this shortfall, determining an applicant's ability to repay based on a more practical, case - by - case approach.

Multisigs are used by many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Lisk, as a means of improving security as well as dividing the ability to make decisions between more than one party.

By: Donald Makhafola 6th April 2018 Advancing and applying smart technology is improving miners» ability to delineate geological structures more accurately, which is important because a key aspect that affects safety in the sector is the variability of rock mass characteristics over time and space, says consulting engineers and... →

If no more equity is available, we should expect the ability to pay to reduce by 22.5 - 30 per cent (assuming a loan - to - value ratio of 75 per cent).

By including the ability to use internal executable code, far more can be done with it.

Real wealth comes from income, and every single one of you has the ability to earn more (unless you are restricted by a work visa while living abroad).

In a press release, the company explained that the technology supported by Citi and Mastercard will improve the organization's ability to promote digital financial access and inclusion for the more than 86,000 low - income minority women entrepreneurs across the United States.

If the supply of that commodity is limited (e.g., no more gold to make coins can be mined), then the ability to manipulate the currency price (exchange rate) downward by varying the quantity in circulation (as occurs with quantitative easing in fiat currencies) is no longer an option.

Let others, fulfilling a function more august than mine, proclaim your splendours as pure Spirit; as for me, dominated as I am by a vocation which springs from the inmost fibres of my being, I have no desire, I have no ability, to proclaim anything except the innumerable prolongations of your incarnate Being in the world of matter; I can preach only the mystery of your flesh, you the Soul shining forth though all that surrounds us.

In this respect, Allison is quite different from N.T. Wright, who has far more confidence in his ability to reconstruct a historical portrait that coincides with the picture depicted by the canon and the Church.

The Sutton Trust has found excessive praise or grouping students by their ability doesn't aid learning, and that a teacher's knowledge of a subject is more likely to make a difference.

That was the century when, during two terrible years, the Black Death killed more than a third of the population from Iceland to India, returning four more times before the era was up; when gangs of terrorists roamed and plundered Europe without hindrance; when the Hundred Years War took on a life of its own, frustrating efforts to end it, «an epic of brutality and bravery checkered by disgrace»; when new weapons and errant knighthood brought an end to chivalry; when widespread peasant revolt was answered by terrible aristocratic repression; and when internal scandal robbed the church of its ability to comfort and save.

Don't you think that it's more likely what people call the voice of god is simply a complex awareness created by the human brain which has been evolving its ability to recognize patterns for millions of years?

If our world were a centered universe, a universe with an all - seeing (i.e., all - prehending) God with the ability to introduce, on his own, new information pertaining to the past into the experience of emerging actual occasions by means of their subjective aims, then our world would be a much more harmoniously ordered world than it in fact is.

The ability of a relatively few already powerful people or organizations to exert still further pervasive influence introduces the possibility of tyranny and misuse of power in some respects even more devastating than that accomplished by physical compulsion.

Mental health is characterized by the ability of the individual to use his powers ever more fully.

Each activity should make itself count by contributing significantly to the growth of persons in their ability to live creatively and to love themselves, others, and God more fully.

So woman's status being more determined by her being a virgin than it would be for a man in that culture and that affecting to a large degree her ability to attract a marriage partner.

Near the end of the book, he explores the puzzle of a virtuoso violinist who loses her abilities to dementia, highlighting on the one hand his reluctance to view the loss of the abilities due to dementia as a loss of dignity, and to view her as more «dignified» than a janitor by virtue of her virtuosic abilities.

Such an improbable idea that many have, to make the idea inarguable, said that the idea is beyond human comprehension and so by doing remove the need but more importantly the ability to prove and so make it an untouchable notion of truth based on an idea.