Sentences with phrase «more than the smaller»

Larger operations tend to have greater profitability, because of economies of scale, but, at the same time, these businesses would likely capitalize more than smaller ones from any innovations.

Still, though China has managed not to rely on any single country for more than a small percentage of its oil needs, its imports are still quite concentrated in terms of geographical region and in unstable regions at that, namely the Middle East and Africa.

Like it or not, however, left of center observers say such policies tend to favor big businesses more than smaller ones.

He and his two children watched silently as the robot, which turned out to be no more than a small, cranelike arm, shakily grabbed and lifted a plastic disk.

But more than small - business owners in any other industry, those in retail trade will have to adapt — if they haven't already — to a world that is more reliant on the internet.

There isn't much evidence that the category is more than a small niche, in which case Apple's pricing is smart.

If you're hiring, the drum - tight talent market for anyone with programming skills should loosen up considerably, although big companies may reap the benefits more than small ones, says Oliver Ryan, founder of the tech recruiting firm Lab 8 Ventures.

Heavy demand during the SXSW conference proved more than the small ride - hail upstarts in Austin, Texas — where the giants, Uber and Lyft, don't operate — could handle.

The recent sharp decline is nothing more than a small blip on the chart.

Energy experts say it is unlikely that the tariffs will create more than a small number of American solar manufacturing jobs, since low - wage countries will continue to have a competitive edge.

The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted from Alberta's tar sands and oil extracted from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.

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.

With nothing more than a small investment and a powerful desire to succeed, ATO can bring you into the lucrative tax preparer business today once you've decided to become a tax preparer.

For example, Fidelity will allow you to search both investment grade and junk bonds, show you the number of bonds available at both the bid and ask price, and will even allow you to submit a limit order (although you can not put in a good until cancelled order or one that is more than a small amount away from the current bid / ask).

However, Smallknot only approves established businesses that are out of the idea stage, and do not require more than a small monetary boost to get going, in certain way Smallnot's funding opportunity is very similar to angel rounds in the startup world.

In practice, it barely budged more than a small fraction of a percentage point each day.

But larger investment firms are profiting much more than smaller firms and that's driving the growth of digital - based investment advice to new heights.

In order to realize this capability, far more than the small number of operational Iron Dome batteries are required and a significant number of interceptor systems must be produced.»

Not long ago, large enterprises — with deeply entrenched incumbent business relationships, rolodexes, and enormous advertising budgets — wined, dined, and golfed with their customers more than any small business could ever afford or imagine.

Andrey: Does click fraud affect bigger companies more than smaller ones?

It would be impossible to represent within a single university more than a small fraction of the intellectual positions opposed to Christianity.

It is hard to see how a commitment to pacifism will ever be held by more than a small minority of Christians in the U.S., especially after the September 11 attacks.

The money is repaid from the new business, so that those who invest in the «private equity» company do not have to put up more than a small percentage of the cost.

The membership rituals in a large church, of necessity, can be little more than a perfunctory introduction of persons who will never know or be known to more than a small group within the congregation, if they are known at all.

Ever since, no Republican presidential nominee has gained more than a small percentage of the black vote.

Even those who could read had not read more than a small part of the full story as it was found in the New Testament.

I can eat a few, but not everyday (once a week) and really not more than a small handful.

I will make this next time with a gluten free cake mix so I can eat more than a small sliver.....

Doing a goose sounds scary, but it really isn't anything more than a small turkey or extra large chicken.

Okay, so it was more than a small amount, but no one saw me so it doesn't count, right?!

Almost the entire team was out of sync, there were more than a small bunch of players making mistakes, even some of your favorites.

Shitload of transfer money, he probably wasted more than a small country spends in yearly budget xD

But it is, Squillaci has been on the field for nearly all the goals conceded in pre season which I think is more than a small coincidence.

I want my children to see the full range of possibilities that is open to them, for play, for friendships, for relationships, for interests, and for eventual career options (no, Princess is not a potential career option for more than a small handful of girls).

If you feel little or no resistance more than a small «speed bump,» then most likely there is no problem.

«The story in your column today about Curtis Taylor brought tears to my eyes and more than a small amount of anger.

If you want more than a small handful of choices for sounds, choose a machine with more options available.

If I eat more than a small snack before exercising, I tend to get nauseous.

Because Petit Prince is a toddler and toddlers tend to wet more than smaller babies overnight, I decided to use the overnight insert snapped into the Dream Diaper shell and stuff the daytime insert into the pocket.

In any case, as Jen Wu of M: Metrics pointed out in a DMC presentation, limitations in download speed and image quality are going to keep video and «net access from being more than a small niche applications over the next couple of years.

His presence expands her room to manoeuvre more than a small majority decreases it.

Argued S. Vijay Iyer, director of the World Bank's sustainable energy department, poor countries are telling the bank they want more than small decentralized energy can provide.

Existing guided missile destroyers intimidate pirates more than small ships.»

«As of right now, there simply isn't enough demand to make more than small volumes of this liquid, and while it's a relatively easy process, it's not dirt cheap.»

We at Carnegie eventually gave up when it became clear that we could never be more than a small, passive partner and when J. Roger Angel's development of the GMT concept provided a more attractive alternative.

In my paneled session on resource scarcity, I end my 3 - minute «pitch» hoping for not much more than small strides toward putting the problem of global forest sustainability — the pure science of which we all seem to agree is largely done — into the hearts and hands of some of these mind - blowingly successful businessmen and social entrepreneurs.

Like many federal agencies, the DoE has yet to spend more than a small fraction (about $ 2.1 billion, or 6 percent) of its total allocation.

Sex differences in heat loss responses are dependent on body size and not sex, meaning that larger individuals sweat more than smaller ones during cycle exercise in warm and tolerable conditions.

From a human perspective, the beebot was little more than a small switch with wire sticking out of it.

«Previous studies at a few sites had shown that large trees suffer more than small trees during and after droughts, and our theory suggested this should be a globally consistent pattern, but this project was the first to test this hypothesis globally.»