Sentences with phrase «numbers at face value»

Moreover, even if we take the numbers at face value, using them to support the argument for replacing existing services with VTECs is curious because, until January 2014, the only VTEC in operation was FMG's facility that has so far assisted around 1,000 Indigenous people into jobs (Fortescue Metals Group Ltd 2014).

There are serious methodological problems with this study, such as defining partial relief from oil price controls as a subsidy, but let's take the numbers at face value.

Third, just look at the author's numbers at face value.

Rather than take our published numbers at face value, they looked very carefully at our paper and took the deliberative step, using their statistical and climate expertise, to modify our results to a uniform prior in sensitivity.

Here's the funny thing: Even if you take the union officials» numbers at face value, the result actually confirms the thrust of Dropout Nation's analysis.

and then a minimum of 3 years more of residency, and usually 4 for OB - gyn... so taking your numbers at face value, OB - gyns have at minimum 4 years more education than your midwife that «goes to university for 4 - 8 years».

Overall, I had more faith in input - output models and was more willing to take the numbers at face value when I started writing the paper, but found the numbers just could not be justified.

There are just two problems with taking this number at face value, though.

Not exact matches

And if your description is to be taken at face value, what it has engendered is compromise in order to gain comfort in numbers.

While scanning Daytona 500 numbers, one prop bet did not make sense at face value.

And I'm amazed at the number of people here who will just accept at face value something that someone says in a blog of this sort!

even if I take the numbers you provide at face value... ok, so say a midwife «goes to university» for 4 - 8 years to become a midwife.

Cellphone apps that find users car rides in real time are exploding in popularity: The car - service company Uber was recently valued at $ 18 billion, and even as it faces legal wrangles, a number of companies that provide similar services with licensed taxi cabs have sprung up.

The authors are quick to point out, though, that the numbers can not be taken at face value.

Taken at face value, the logline appears to resemble any number of American comedies: A loving, if slightly unbearable, parent wants to teach his loved ones a lesson about letting go and living in the moment.

After uncovering a YouTube video on ASUS's channel claiming that the soon - to - be-released ASUS Padfone's battery was capable of up to 102 hours of use when in laptop mode, the folks at Engadget decided the numbers were a bit too good to take at face value.

I depended upon Morningstar's Josh Peters for the numbers in «Taken at Face Value.»

At face value, that number seems appalling, but a few optimists offered a different perspective.

Of course, more adventurous growth investors don't even blink at such numbers... but for the average value investor, on the face of it, these P / Es are likely way too steep to even consider (in absolute, relative, and / or PEG ratio terms)!

Jay, I did a little more digging and I think that $ 114.6 mm number includes COSN equity (21,279,721 shares at $ 3.05 / share), COSN preferred shares ($ 12.7 mm face value), and COSN debt ($ 37 mm face value).

Creatures When dropping Toki in a nest, birds now have a «cooldown», so they won't instantly pick you up again when walking out of the nest Birds don't stop anymore when they sense vibration, making them less annoying when accidentically stomping near them No more random sorting of creatures: they all appear on their assigned depth value, preventing smaller creatures from sometimes getting lost behind bigger creatures Fixed the «spawning multiple camera birds» bug Slug corpses can't kill anymore, so no more accidentally walking into them and dying Bugs When stomped, berrybugs and copybugs now always hop the same distance (3 tiles), making their behavior more predictible Berrybugs now briefly stop if they detect an edge above their heads while walking on the floor, making it easier to stomp them onto a wall Copybugs and berrybugs get stunned when they're in the trajectory of a to be spawned bubble, so they can't hop / roll away before bubble is spawned Glowy berrybugs now use the same turn animation as normal berrybugs, so no more faster glow bugs Frogs and bubbles Bubbles now prioritize Toki Tori over other entities, so no more accidental berrybug ballooning Added a small delay before catching an entity in a bubble to allow for catching Toki Tori, even if he's a little further away than an entity Added possibility to queue a «turn by whistle» while the frog is running towards a berrybug, so you don't have to wait before being able to let the frog face the desired direction Fixed a problem where a fat frog won't belch anymore Achievements In - menu achievements system, including progress achievements Added a number of new achievements Tokidex completion is now a progress achievement (you can see how far along you are) Fixed the Fried Chicken achievement, so it's less hard to get All electrocuted entities now count for the X-Ray Enthusiast achievement Menu Completely new, streamlined and fast to access menu system Ability to set language from menu New font Graphics Improved presentation of telepathic Ancient Frog messages, fixed a problem where sometimes they'd spawn multiple times Fixed black flickering when buttonbashing during fades and level transitions Screenfades are now 100 % black Added button prompts to the first time you need to use whistle and stomp Areas and puzzles Added l - ife area for Ife < 3 Added an extra landing stone in the wasteland area Added more snow globes: — RRB - Water mountain approach: berrybug in the «pro» puzzle can no longer be lost Water mountain top: frog for Ancient Frog puzzle now starts bloated, added light to make «pro» puzzle easier to execute Shaft top: Small tweak to make sure berrybug isn't killed by the slugs midway through the level Water cave: made the light shaft where you need to whistle the hermit crab a bit wider, created hole for frogs at end of level to prevent them from falling down, made some «pro» puzzles a bit more forgiving Dark forest: lowered warp when entering dark area, so it's easier to travel up with a bubble Lava cave: improved bat puzzle Meadow: made some pro puzzles less difficult Hideout: removed alternative solution for Ancient Frog puzzle Descent: made it easier to pick up fat frog at beginning

Nicalis» Tyrone Rodriguez sent out a series of numbered tweets that, at face value, seemed to be about The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth + development progress.

Those numbers are impressive enough at face value, but factor in Xbox 360's 14 - month headstart and they illustrate a miraculous reversal of fortune for Ken's console.

While the data from Steam Spy was helpful to those who know how to crunch their numbers, it was misleading to those who took it at face value.

At face value their numbers suggest the Arctic will be left with an extensive cover (> 4 million km ^ 2) of ice but only a small volume (< 2 million km ^ 3): i.e. on average the ice will be less than half a metre thick.

The context of the Lisbon workshop was your post on WUWT, now published as a journal article in Futures, which takes a number of claims at face value that have little if any merit.

No one knows whether tornadoes have increased in number or intensity, since the aforementioned changes in reporting practices «make the intensity question harder to answer,» Brooks said, adding, «If you take the dataset of reports at face value, it appears intensity has decreased over the years, but there are a number of things that have led to lower ratings for the strongest tornadoes.»

Data I understand data as being a «given», something we accept at face value, raw facts like numbers, characters or images.

The face value will sit at the same number from start to finish.

Would you please put some numbers behind the example, i.e. face value and cash value build up at 3, 5, 10, 20 years?

Many younger members of the Speakers Association will tell you the number - one value they get from membership is not at the local chapter or even national; it comes from the 24/7 access they get to like - minded professionals in the XY Facebook group and the face - to - face gatherings of this unique population of younger speakers.

When faced with demands to either «make the number» or disregard material information, most appraisers know they should turn down the assignment or value the property at the appropriate level, despite the lender's «needs.»

The pawn shop then puts the merchandise card on ebay and it usually sells at auction for approximately 90 % of the face value (pawn shop that is selling it will have called the 800 - number on the back to verify $).