Sentences with phrase «numbers out of the air»

«The $ 100 million, obviously — we don't have enough cash on hand, I don't think anybody does, in order to deal with an outcome as extreme as him picking a number out of the air without any particular basis, doing one of those headline - grabbing lawsuits,» Denton told Capital.

Most churches just kind of shrug their shoulders and pull a number out of the air, generally a fairly low number if the church is small...

I wouldn't trade places with someone on the road to a long prison sentence for financial fraud because of things he said and did on the freakin» internet for 500 million dollars (just to pull a number out of the air).

Whether economists, quantitative analysts, chartists or guys who pull numbers out of the air, most people do not consider balance sheets when making predictions.

Pick a number out of the air (95 %) and imply that uncertainty only amounts to 5 % — wonderful.

Seems a bit of a pluck a number out of the air to me.

Contrary to public opinion, lawyers don't just pick numbers out of the air when deciding how much a lawsuit should be worth.

It's not enough to pull a number out of the air, said Glassman.

Is the candidate just pulling these numbers out of the air?

Those who have a definitive plan save more than those who just pull a number out of the air.

Not exact matches

2) The numbers don't come out of thin air.

Starz chief exec Chris Albrecht, who ordered two seasons of the Capetown - based drama Black Sails before it had even aired, points out that the number of scripted dramas on TV has increased by 33 % since 2010.

At the annual Herzliya security conference near Tel Aviv, Major - General Amir Eshel said qualitative and quantitative improvements in the air force since the 2006 Lebanon war meant it could carry out in just two or three days the same number of bombings it mounted in those 34 days of fighting.

In fact, rounded, even numbers should be avoided altogether — too phony sounding, as if the final figure was pulled out of thin air or something.

Fitzpatrick points to numbers that show Air Canada's on - time performance improving steadily since January, beating out several of its North American rivals».

Also, $ 250 and $ 500 per barrel are numbers pulled out of thin air, and may seem a bit sensationalist.

For start - ups, fewer numbers in the equation mean a projected valuation can be plucked out of thin air.

I didn't pull these numbers out of thin air.

Explore each brand's estimated advertising spend, their number of commercial airings, find out more details about its highest performing campaign, and watch the ad.

You don't just pull a number out of thin air.

There was a sense of disintegration in the air of the Church - as if things were somehow falling apart, even though it was still possible to rally large numbers to St Peter «sSquare to observe the white smoke coming out of the chimney and to cheer the new Pope as he arrived on the balcony.

@ 2357: seeing you are such a knowledgible person on the exact occurances of phenomenon in the universe, i would figure you could atleast SPELL the word correctly before poking at an oddball number i just chose out of the air to cover that topic.

When the air went out of the Gingrich balloon, a lot of conservatives looked at Santorum and said «Why (other than his lousy poll numbers) not?»

randomly select a book from your cookbook collection... you can do this any number of ways, Dom says he likes to count them all, assign each one a number and then randomly draw a book out of the hat but you could throw them all up in the air and select the one that hits you... I leave the selection process to you

The project involved the fitting out of a new egg processing plant with boiler systems, compressed air systems, water storage, steam systems, cleaning and hygiene systems, cooking systems, processing machinery, waste water and effluent systems, packaging systems (form - fill - seal lines and retail packaging lines) and a number of food - safe «cleanrooms» of various specifications.

Only a couple of game weeks of Premier League football are left this season and the air is thick with talks of x number of knock - out games.

Marden Wagner, then at the WHO, pulled the 15 % number out of thin air.

You throw numbers around you pull out of thin air and like Goebbels think of I keep lying enough some dumb fool will be won over.

If not two thirds, why not 75 %, 60 % or any other number that Harry Potter's wand might conjure out of thin air?»

A survey carried out by Japan's Environment Agency shows that the number of asbestos fibres in the air has increased to more than four times the national average, as earthquake - damaged houses are pulled down.

«There's roughly seven million people who die globally from air pollution every year, so getting rid of coal could take a big chunk out of that number as well,» Pearce says, adding that another goal of future research is to dig deeper into the life cycles of coal production as this study only looked at air pollution - related deaths.

It turns out that this type of mix - up is a major contributor to a number of air crashes.

If you consumed all of the oxygen that you breathed in you would expect to find that the amount of oxygen in the air that you breathed out would be 0 %, but it is typically in the 15 % to 18 % range, depending on what you are doing and a number of other factors.

A sniper's bullet tears through the frozen air, and in mere minutes the audience must puzzle out any number of critical questions.

«Any number should really be based on an estimate on the number of schools we need to meet place pressures, rather than plucked out of the air.

«Senator Alexander said he didn't think the General Assembly pulled the numbers out of thin air, and figured they probably relied on the help of some kind of education expert,» said McDade.

A number of things could have happened: You let air into the system, either by pushing the piston out too far or by un-doing the bleed nipple.

Smith pointed out a number of notches, strakes, and intakes on the hood, fenders, and along the underbody and rear of the crossover that are designed to optimize air flow and reduce drag on the F - Pace SVR.

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I would expect that 75 percent of their sales, just to pick a number out of thin air, could well be people who are Amazon Prime members.

In statements on this issue, officials from the FAA have pointed out the vast difference in air traffic congestion in the US versus other countries, which is somewhat easy to believe given the geographical size of the country, the sheer numbers of commercial flights per day, and the lack of a solidly reliable and convenient train network.

Also, I would love to see examples of marketing plans that aren't all jargon, or based on concrete numbers that seem to be pulled out of thin air, or featuring tactics that look like they're more for selling non-fiction than fiction.

We saw a number of iPad Air components and casings leak before its official announcement, and quite a lot of those leaked parts turned out to be real.

These numbers are being pulled out of thin - air.

I didn't pull these numbers out of thin air.

Saving 15 % or 20 % of your income each month will go a lot further in the long run than some arbitrary number pulled out of thin air.

I didn't just pull these numbers out of thin air.

If you are wondering, we just picked the numbers for this example out of the air to demonstrate how options work.