Sentences with phrase «much of a dent»

She moved in with a friend and was able to pay off her mortgages, but she couldn't make much of a dent in her credit card debt.

No amount of to - do - list wizardry is going to make much of a dent in your productivity if that's the case.

Because while its first version was critically acclaimed for both its hardware and software, it has not made much of a dent in the U.S. smartphone market after launching last October.

The Zune was never able to make much of a dent in Apple's astronomical 77 percent market share, and finally surrendered in 2012.

That fee might be a pittance for a very wealthy person — regardless of what Trump's net worth actually is, $ 130,000 probably didn't make much of a dent in it.

Underemployment is of course better than unemployment, but many of the jobs new grads are taking don't pay well enough to make much of a dent in student loan debt.

However, as a practical matter, higher tariffs in Canada are unlikely to put much of a dent in the worldwide demand or price of goods made in China.

That's because the IRS considers forgiven debt to be taxable income so if you borrowed a substantial amount and didn't make much of a dent in the balance, all that money has to be reported when you file.

Unless major players in the main universities begin to favor our efforts during the next decade or so, we won't be able to honestly claim to be making a much of a dent against the current trends.

But even if we fail to make much of a dent in our established ways, our meeting may be one more step in changing the climate in which we work, and, if so, it will be worth the time and effort that has been expended.

His presidency did not make much of a dent in the abortion rate, and even though he appointed conservative judges, Roe vs. Wade remained intact.

The notion that the center of Christianity has moved to the southern world, to Africa and Asia, is familiar to U.S. Christians, but it doesn't seem to make much of a dent in how we operate or how we do theological education.

Although Chinaglia won the 1976 league scoring title with those 19 goals in 19 games, he didn't make much of a dent in the hearts of the fans or in the press because at the time attention was focused on Pelè.

The early getaway won't even put that much of a dent in fans» wallets — Baggies fans skipping out five minutes early on average wasted just # 14.78 of a season ticket across the season.

A single law suit by one mother, or even a few, won't make that much of a dent in this type of case.

The AG noted that many «experienced, smart, talented people» have been elected to the post of governor in New York and have thus far failed to make much of a dent in the system.

Even if there are 1,000,000 registrations now, and the fee were $ 15 per filing, that would still be only $ 15 million dollars however, which wouldn't be enough to make much of a dent in the funding hole by itself.

Any receipts at all from voluntary taxation would be a bonus for a desperate government, but even with all the incentives I suggest they are unlikely to make much of a dent in the deficit.

But tonight's event, held at Sprig, a bar and restaurant in the lobby of Midtown's Lipstick Building, likely didn't make much of a dent, with no more than several hundred signatures collected over the course of a two - hour open bar.

They could win all four of those seats and still not make much of a dent.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer released the results of a survey by his office Friday, which found that the city's push to install new bike lanes throughout Manhattan hasn't made much of a dent in bad behavior by drivers and pedestrians — and even rogue cyclists who the lanes were intended to help.

His dedication to the use of the word «complacency» was anything but complacent: we heard it time and again, but in the end it failed to make much of a dent.

Giving up political contributions is never easy, but it won't put much of a dent in the $ 23.6 million the gubernatorial front - runner reported on July 15.

Even outcry in the increasingly nonwhite North Shore could not put much of a dent in Mr. Donovan's popularity.

So in one sense, we don't care, but we know that it's going to be a big hit among religious conservatives; but is it going to have much of a dent in the understanding of evolution and the scientific enterprise among mainstream Americans?

But those changes aren't making much of a dent in the cultural norms that put a premium on productivity, especially at the start of an academic career.

Of course, slowing or reversing the rise of chronic conditions would be beneficial for the health and well - being of the U.S. population, but by itself it won't put much of a dent in health care spending growth.»

Although very popular in some parts of the world, fermented drinks are yet to make much of a dent in the North American market.

Still, that won't put much of a dent in the «it's her time» groundswell.

EA's racing franchise never really went anywhere, but recent entries like Need for Speed: Rivals and the 2015 Need for Speed reboot didn't leave much of a dent.

Though both were inexpensively made, neither of Soderbergh's first two films following his brief retirement from Hollywood has made much of a dent at the box office.

At the planning stage of this survey, not a single member of the Time Out Film team would've expected Danny Boyle's eye - wateringly hip, epoch - defining second feature to make much of a dent, let alone break in to the top ten.

These approaches all seem sensible enough, but whether they will actually make much of a dent in the growing gaps that Putnam identifies is unclear.

According to the latest figures, pension plans have not made much of a dent in their long - term unfunded debt.

Traditional «anti-poverty» measures are unlikely to make much of a dent in solving this one.

However, and experience indicate that those sorts of «income supports» might help children at the margins, but they won» t make much of a dent in achievement gaps or the real inequities in our society.

The state, which took over the McDowell public schools nearly a decade ago, has failed to make much of a dent in the county's abysmal test scores and a dropout rate more than three times the national average.

While the backers of Amendment 64 promoted the idea of raising $ 40 million for schools front - and - center in the 2012 campaign to legalize pot in Colorado, they did not provide voters with context on how much of a dent that makes in school finance.

Lexus CT launched with great fanfare by Lexus in 2011, though despite its headline - grabbing emissions figures it has never made much of a dent in the compact premium hatchback marketplace.

IS in the Market The IS has never put much of a dent in 3 Series sales.

Then again, omitting them wouldn't have made much of a dent in the # 31K price of this car, which is an awful lot of money for a very cosy mid-sized hatch, regardless of how well it goes, looks or feels.

But it didn't make much of a dent in Toyota Camry or Honda Accord sales.

The Catera hasn't been a failure, but it hasn't made much of a dent in the market either.

You get all the touches and exclusivity of the Jaguar brand with the F - Pace 20d, but without causing too much of a dent in your large bank balance.

It also just wasn't a very good tablet, and never made much of a dent in the market or in consumers» minds.

What remains to be seen though is how much of a dent that an affordable Windows tablet can make to the Android stronghold, or by how much that corner will be cut to arrive at the desired price point.

Citi's Mark Mahaney doesn't think the iPad is going to make much of a dent in the Kindle's dominance of eBooks.

That said though, while being used the battery didn't seem to drop by too much, and some pretty intense sessions on Need for Speed: Most Wanted didn't make too much of a dent on the battery level.

In my field, Middle Grade, I doubt that e-books have made much of a dent.

Napier believes the current crop of iPad competitors won't make much of a dent in the market, and will instead continue to fight for scraps while the iPad sees record sales.