Sentences with phrase «of a handful of people in»

Off the top of my head, I can easily think of a handful of people in my life (all spiritual mentors) who began their spiritual quest after reading Paramahansa Yogananda's unforgettable life story, Autobiography of a Yogi.

The vegan «failure to thrive» phenomenon is very real, and the success of a handful of people in a unique situation isn't enough to prove the diet will bring continued health for everyone who adheres to it.

We get the sense watching them that they are only but two of a handful of people in the world who could have performed the feats as depicted.

I'm one of a handful of people in my class (and my whole school really) who does not own a pet and is not fostering one.

«I think I was one of a handful of people in the class,» recounts Isaac, now a leading Canadian expert in the field.

Not exact matches

Independent developers — often just a handful of people and sometimes just a single individual — are popping up faster than mushrooms in a Super Mario game, and they're taking a big chunk of the pie through a thousand little slices.

In restaurants, only a small handful of customers complain in the hopes of getting a discounted meal or free service... but most people only express a concern if they truly feel unhappy or uncomfortablIn restaurants, only a small handful of customers complain in the hopes of getting a discounted meal or free service... but most people only express a concern if they truly feel unhappy or uncomfortablin the hopes of getting a discounted meal or free service... but most people only express a concern if they truly feel unhappy or uncomfortable.

Just because you won't see team members in the flesh each day doesn't mean that all communication need be relegated to the handful of times everyone gathers together in person.

I make sure I have heard from a small handful of people with diverse approaches, and then I place trust in myself, make a call and act.

Examining modern campaign politics, the open - source movement and some of the few recent bright spots in the traditional music business, Benkler isolates a handful of «design levers» — «elements of successful cooperative human systems that we can employ to motivate [people]... to contribute to the collective effort rather than exclusively pursue their own interests (at the expense of those of the group).»

Once you've interacted a handful of times, take the next step with a phone call or, even better, an in - person meeting.

There are only a handful of people I have a level of comfort with that I would send them an email introduction without opt in.

Economic disparity has been diminished in a meaningful way for a handful of people, and that's a welcome change.

But the handful of jobs it will create — it doesn't take many people to build or run a pipeline — pales in comparison to what Canada stands to gain.

In the short - but - punchy talk that was recently recommended on both the blogs of both top VC Brad Feld and prominent angel investor Joanne Wilson, Forman offers a handful of tips to companies that want to both make themselves appealing to that vast pool of talent that actually wants a life outside work, and get up to date on cutting - edge people management practices, including:

Just outside of Uber's spotlight are a handful of upstart companies in the person - moving space whose safety policies are not mere afterthoughts but integral to their offerings.

On a rainy afternoon in October, a handful of people hang out at the ING Direct café across from Toronto's Eaton Centre.

There were only a handful of people in the audience at this particular show, and that smallness makes a world of difference.

Currently, it's against the law for companies to punish people for political views in only a handful of jurisdictions, but it should be a bedrock of our republic.

JPMorgan drew up plans in 2012 to focus on middle - market banking and now has about 50 people in the investment bank dedicated to this group of clients, having hired local, senior, experienced bankers in a handful of regional centers over the past three or four years.

«If you're a digital native, you should be aware that the Internet may have partially re-wired your brain in such a way that when you meet people face to face, you're less capable of figuring out what they're thinking,» John Mullen recently wrote on the HBR blogs, citing a handful of fairly alarming studies.

Earlier this month, the People's Bank of China, in conjunction with a handful of government agencies, announced a ban on ICOs (token offerings).

While other companies are claiming to have started drone delivery services in other countries — such as one that launched in Iceland yesterday — very few have delivered more than a handful of goods, or are available to more than a few people who live in places where drones can land easily.

In the past year, Beijing has shut down a handful of popular live - streaming apps, passed a law that forces foreign companies to store data in China, closed trading on its largest Bitcoin exchanges, and cut access to tools that help people access Facebook, Google, and other blocked serviceIn the past year, Beijing has shut down a handful of popular live - streaming apps, passed a law that forces foreign companies to store data in China, closed trading on its largest Bitcoin exchanges, and cut access to tools that help people access Facebook, Google, and other blocked servicein China, closed trading on its largest Bitcoin exchanges, and cut access to tools that help people access Facebook, Google, and other blocked services.

In the back, a handful of of people from small businesses also located downtown served free food and drink: A man with tattoo sleeves watched as two women sampled tea from a startup called Tealet, a nationally - ranked barista (yes, there are barista rankings), poured specialty coffee.

As with the ongoing «fake news» scandal in the political world (where the public largely remains awestruck at the discord), only a handful of people in the world perhaps know bitcoin's inner - workings enough to really understand the issue or evaluate proposed code.

Thousands of people are trying to sell their goods, services and ideas on the internet, but only a handful of them actually find success in it.

«There are probably a handful of people, five to seven people, who if they just picked up and went, you would see that in the revenue stream,» said Kevin Sullivan, the state's revenue services commissioner.

Still, she sent the link to a handful of investors Social Capital had worked with, asking them to share it with companies that might be interested in having their businesses evaluated by software rather than people.

With a handful of notable exceptions, almost every member of the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest people got there because they own a large block of shares in a public or private corporation.

In my view, most of the Ether sold in the 2014 token pre-sale in exchange for Bitcoin may have been paid out to one person or, more likely, a handful of close associates working in concerIn my view, most of the Ether sold in the 2014 token pre-sale in exchange for Bitcoin may have been paid out to one person or, more likely, a handful of close associates working in concerin the 2014 token pre-sale in exchange for Bitcoin may have been paid out to one person or, more likely, a handful of close associates working in concerin exchange for Bitcoin may have been paid out to one person or, more likely, a handful of close associates working in concerin concert.

With a strike involving only a handful of people, we get a clear glimpse of why unions came into being in the first place.

In recent years, however, a handful of corporations have sought to eliminate their in - person meetings and instead switch to a virtual «meeting» of shareholders that inhibits a more open exchangIn recent years, however, a handful of corporations have sought to eliminate their in - person meetings and instead switch to a virtual «meeting» of shareholders that inhibits a more open exchangin - person meetings and instead switch to a virtual «meeting» of shareholders that inhibits a more open exchange.

The customer can pick and choose the items through the digital platform or in person at a handful of brick - and - mortar shops.

Only a handful of people close to Mr. Trump understood the depth of his interest in the presidency, and the earnestness with which he eyed the 2016 campaign.

Satan tells the truth in the bible and only kills a handful of people; god murders entire planet - fulls in floods and with earthquakes and fires and genocide - by - Hebrew - clan.

Big difference in those viewpoints - especially when you are only asking a small handful of people.

God created Adam from a handful of dirt and his spouse from a rib; Talking snakes; trees that bear fruit, that imparts knowledge and eternal life; a global flood, that required a pair of each organism on earth, be stuffed onto a boat; people who lived hundreds of years; a man who was swallowed by a fish, only to be spit up 3 days later, unhurt; a tower god was afraid might reach heaven; a woman who is turned into a pillar of salt; talking donkeys; unicorns; satyrs; a leviathan god creates and then does battle with; a zombie messiah, who was actually god incarnate; zombie Saints who left their graves and wandered about the town; belief in a circular, flat earth.

When the eminent physicist Edward Witten rhapsodized to an uncomprehending science journalist about the mathematical structure of superstring theory («I don't think I have succeeded in conveying to you its wonder, incredible consistency, remarkable elegance and beauty»), he was expressing a delight that only a handful of people in the world could ever share.

It was the period when the teachings of the prophets, accepted in their time by a mere handful, seeped into the blood and bones of the people.

When we arrived a handful of people were sitting quietly in the meeting room, setup squarely with long benches.

Stupid, stupid people with blind hate towrds a religion are being led by fanaticism, because a HANDFUL of men, thats right a HANDFUL caused the destruction of the Twin Towers.For you people, I ask you to look in the mirror and see how much destruction your Government has done in YOUR name.

A handful of people started showing up every week to worship in the living room of the Banks House.

If there were, we would all accept and believe it, whereas the only people in the world that I have ever met who actually do believe it are a handful of process theologians!

Our group, though small, is amazingly diverse, including homeless men and women, university and seminary students, people whose addictions are still active and others who are in recovery, young professionals and social workers, a mix of ethnicities and even a handful of «normal» folks.

Note in OT few people walked with God (Abraham, Moses, Enoch, Noah, the prophets and a handful of others) and the rest had the law on their back.

I sit and watch a handful of people up the front do everything, while remaining in my seat.

In ten years the church emptied from a few hundred to only a handful of members, as people left and found other conservative churches.

Maybe a handful of people in history have done anything similarly remarkable.

Add to this mix a handful of international students, most likely from a Middle Eastern, Islamic culture or from an Asian society in which people deem it strange to share any religious conviction, and we have an assembly that we could address only if the miracle of Pentecost touched our tongues.