Sentences with phrase «much the playing of»

«It isn't so much the playing of basketball during the day that is the problem.

To borrow a footballing cliché, this is very much a play of two halves.

Not exact matches

Jenkins wrote on Twitter that Germany's shift in energy policy was misguided and resulted effectively in fossil fuels replacing much of the missing nuclear power — a pattern that's playing out at home, as well.

Instead of hedging away from gas, as TransCanada and many other companies appear to be doing, it's a bet that gas will play a much bigger role in our energy future, probably at the expense of oil.

After being deflected by investors during a previous company's fundraise, they realized just how much race still plays a role in America — particularly in matters of high finance.

In a statement about the ad, Williams said she hadn't started playing tennis with the explicit intention of breaking down barriers, but that, «Over time, I became much more conscious of the impact I had, and I became more conscious of what I had to do to make a difference.»

Each person has a different metabolism, set of hormones, environmental factors, and potential underlying health issues that could all play a role in how much weight he or she loses.

Though his effort may wane on defense at times, and he preserves energy for a late postseason run — he's now played into June seven years in a row — part of it is that no player in the NBA carries as much responsibility as James.

From a clinical point of view, yeah, they're notable, but they get much more play than is warranted: Anybody who's being taped all day will sometimes turn the wrong way.

«But also we've found the hiring process is much better if you've got recruiters embedded within the company and they're much more proficient in telling potential employees about some of the benefits and the way the company works and really playing up the positive aspects rather than just saying, «OK, here's a list of five companies that are hiring at the moment; we're happy to make intros to you.»»

It shows that our upbringing does not play as much of a roll in these influencing traits as our DNA does.

Mark Schankerman, a professor at the London School of Economics, who first met Spangenberg after he donated some of his patent fortune to fund work in entrepreneurship at the London school, said patent trolls and their lawyers play a role in limiting the patent economy, especially in cases where they are demanding too much for IP — «the «holdups,» as he called them.

But Facebook had apparently been proudly documenting the influence it had on politics, and even reportedly had a section in the «Success Stories» tab on its business site that showed how much of a role the platform had played in elections around the world, according to the Intercept.

The U.S. can produce as much shale oil as it wants, but its Gulf Coast refineries are geared toward heavier kinds of crude that can easily process oil sand bitumen but aren't geared toward the lighter crude coming out of, say North Dakota's Bakken play.

Regardless of how 2011 plays out, one prediction will certainly hold true — businesses that take the proper steps to prepare for a potential sale will have a much better chance of achieving a successful exit than those who don't.

The Canadian market is actually pretty much rolled up; banner chains such as Fix Auto control about 60 % of the playing field.

Indeed, the industry has sparred with the DEA for much of the past decade about the role it should play in monitoring the delivery of drugs.

Parents of the new crop of digital natives are struggling to manage what their children watch, listen to and play, creating strong demand for better tools to regulate how much time and money children spend online — and giving developers whose apps have robust controls an edge in the hyper - competitive business of digital entertainment for kids.

This leadership style is not effective because it is too much of a power play.

A small batch of bauxite sent overseas for refining may signal the start of a much bigger play by Alcoa, which would have major consequences for WA's South West.

«The Internet is a powerful platform, taking control from gatekeepers and large corporations and letting small businesses and start - ups play a much larger role in creating value for almost every industry out there... this fundamental shift will create an incredible amount of innovation and opportunities for start - ups, and I hope Canada will be at the forefront of this development.»

In years to come, a lack of real income growth is likely to remain problematic for many Americans, but Soros is right to point out how a much maligned trend may perversely play to our advantage in the short - to medium term.

The chart below shows us how much college football players might be worth at the top programs if they were able to play in a free market system and receive compensation in a manner similar to that of the NFL.

(A big problem with the Wii, Nintendo's most successful console, is that users didn't actually play it much after they tired of Wii Sports.)

He argues that the stakeholder idea is much less likely to serve the role that Freeman and his fans think it ought to play, namely that of a principle for corporate governance.

Google recently unveiled more detail about its much - buzzed - about wearable computer, releasing a teaser video showing people doing everyday things with the futuristic tech specs — playing with the kids, skiing, driving, carving a giant tiger's head from a block of ice.

Yul Brynner, the great American actor who played the part of the King of Siam and devoted much of his career to The King and I, was known to prepare for each performance by trying to push down the brick wall at the back of the theater.

They step out of the way (and maybe play too much golf) as the employee sort of spirals into a place of too much self - reliance, feeling like theirs is a solo act.

Google's decision to ditch Google Play Music for an alternative wouldn't be much of a surprise.

He likes to boast with a soft humble - braggy smile that during college he spent so much time playing speed rounds of chess (called «blitz») with the hustlers around Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he nearly had to drop out of school.

The to - be-announced market is the window through which much of this scale occurs; it levels the playing field for smaller loan originators and community banks and enables lenders to offer longer rate - locks for borrowers.

As I stepped out into the business world I knew I had to compete, and the fear of looking stupid or failing immobilized me — causing me to play much smaller than I really was.

Every time someone holds back on a new idea, fails to give their manager much needed feedback, and is afraid to speak up in front of a client you can be sure shame played a part,» management consultant Peter Sheehan has said.

Tanking is obviously an inexact science, and has much more to do with lineup construction and the allocation of playing time than anything else — players are professional athletes, and convincing them to lose on purpose to bring younger, cheaper new talent to their franchise isn't exactly a great sell.

Facebook also played a role, given the fact that huge numbers of people rely on it for news, and much of that news was either distorted or outright fake.

Without taking up too much space, the current Roku stick gives you access to hundreds of different apps, including the big ones like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant Video, VUDU, and Google Play with an easy to use user interface.

I don't know anything about soccer, but it's very much a leadership book about how to build teams of people, how to play off personalities and understanding what makes people tick.

Given the still - typical gender roles than men and women play, this doesn't come as much of a surprise.

At the end of one particularly pressing day, Line realized that 12 hours of piano playing was way too much — she'd developed a painful bruise on her posterior.

A Lawyer While a lawyer doesn't play much of a role in your company's books, he or she will be helpful with the foundational elements of your business — namely, which kind of business entity you choose.

But the forces around us constantly encourage us to downplay its importance, so much so that when I began a project interviewing MacArthur Fellows (recipients of the so - called creative «Genius Award») about creativity, I inadvertently and subconsciously chose not to emphasize play in my interview questions.

Shortly thereafter, in 1992, just as Berners - Lee's World Wide Web had come to fruition, Neal Stephenson was inspired by the recent invention, which led to him publishing Snow Crash, a science - fiction novel that illustrated much of today's online life, including a virtual reality where people meet, do business, and play.

And for use on shorter outings, such as a trip the stores, a play date, a zoo visit, and so forth, the more limited pocket count isn't really much of an issue.

«The fact that inflation didn't heat up as much as most economists had expected plays into the narrative that the Bank of Canada is going to be very patient with regards to future rate hikes,» Royce Mendes, CIBC World Markets director and senior economist, said in an interview.

So, if you're interested in entrepreneurial talent outside of New York or Silicon Valley, click play to learn just how much the heartland has to offer.

The glass ceiling, the old boys club, brogrammer culture... it seems to me that these aren't signs of an all powerful patriarchy so much as an ongoing manifestation of men who are terrified to compete with women on a level playing field.

«European foreign fighters very much remain a part of this organisation and continue to play a role in the next phase of its mutation as it reverts back to its insurgent roots.»

Tax experts say the feet - high stack of returns that he's posed with for photos could provide significant insights about the presumptive GOP nominee — new details on his income and wealth, how much he gives to charity, the health of his businesses and, overall, how Trump plays the tax game.

I multiplied that amount by the number of registers, divided by the number of customers, and pretty soon I had a good idea of how much the club was making per head on the nights we played.

Though the jury is still out as to whether managers can increase employee entitlement (I think it can), some research hints that playing into the behavior of entitled people makes the problem much worse.