Sentences with phrase «of scoring points»

It's the lazy man's way of scoring points.

It's more a matter of scoring points than anything else, and as such, exacerbates scepticism, thus being counterproductive.

With pennies acting as your way of scoring points, Woah Dave!

It's your job to score victory points and thereby defeat the other players, with the exact method of scoring points changing based on which of the three missions you undertake, but we'll get back to that later on as all the gameplay mechanics remain the same regardless.

Unfortunately we didn't have the chance to improve, but after a tricky start to the weekend I'm happy with today's result and I look forward to tomorrow's race: we have a good chance of scoring points and we need to make the most out of our chances!»

Bianchi is finally promoted to a car capable of scoring points, and partnered with Sirotkin.

The offense looks capable of scoring some points, probably more in bunches than consistently, but enough to win some games.

Badoer was a solid driver but, two races with Ferrari aside, never had cars good enough to give him a decent chance of scoring points

But the Roadrunners have had several weeks to prepare, and are capable of scoring points.

We love the thrill of scoring points and getting to the next level.

The Spartans sent eight wrestlers to Bakersfield, and every one of them scored a point.

Not exact matches

In fact, according to Forrester, out of 13 different online marketing strategies and sites, Facebook came in dead last, with a satisfaction score of 3.54 on a 5 - point scale.

Say your spouse has a credit card with little or no balance and a great payment history; if he or she agrees to add you as an authorized user, from a credit score point of view you automatically benefit from her card's available credit as well as her payment history.

Just like before, successful immigrants must score 67 points out of a possible 100, but language fluency and age now count for more, while points for work experience have been reduced.

Canadian politicians know there are points to be scored with voters by threatening trade wars, but things could quickly spiral out of control

Researcher Ruta Aidis, a fellow at George Mason University, gave Canada (and Australia) an overall score of 69 out of a possible 100 — just two points less than the No. 1 - ranked country, the United States — in the 31 - country survey, commissioned by Dell.

The logic: Oregon has scored an average of 33 points a game this season despite being held to single - digit efforts twice.

U.S. teens scored a mean 492 on the OECD test, eight points below the overall global mean of 500 — and more than 100 points below first - ranked Shanghai - China's 603.

The CEOs were asked to grade Dodge's performance over the past seven years on a 100 - point scale, and the former governor earned a score of 81.

CBS News recently reported that 40 million Americans have an error on their credit report, with half of these errors significantly lowering the innocent person's credit score, sometimes by as much as 50 points.

(A one point credit score difference — such as a 719 instead of a 720 — could cost you as much as $ 4,500 extra if it means you don't qualify for a conventional loan and must get an FHA loan instead.)

There's no point in having a score of 850 or even a score over 800.

But whether Romney scores a point on that aspect of the issue or not, he still has a rift to fix with the Hispanic community, specifically over his promise to veto the DREAM Act if he were president.

(By contrast, Tesla scored 99 out of a possible 100 points for its Model S.)

«Google uses its Quality Score algorithm to rate the quality and relevance of your keywords and AdWords ads,» SEO expert Larry Kim points out.

The bowl operates similarly to other fantasy football platforms: Users will select a team of nine players — who score points based on their real - life, in - game performances — and face off against teams assembled by other contestants across the country.

The Over / Under line, which bets on the combined score of both teams, is at 48.5 points, according to SportsLine.

Savchenko and Massot aced their performance and received a score of 159.31 points.

When it comes to selecting a charity to support, executives say the most important factor is efficiency and honesty, giving it a mean score of 6.3 on a seven - point scale.

The expense of air travel ranked as a more significant concern, getting a mean score of 4.9 on a seven - point scale.

The Amazon Fire TV Stick was rated by six of the above sources (including us), for instance, so its total review score at this point in the process was divided by six.

The executives surveyed gave the Harper government high marks for its handling of the issue, with a mean score of 82 on a 100 - point performance scale.

«In responding to this incident — indeed in responding to this election — we need to hear each other's stories, not slogans, we need to work towards understanding, not scoring points, and we need to find a way to move forward that respects and values each and every member of our community,» Superintendent Shawn Lewis - Lakin said in a statement.

That's only a fraction of Uber's $ 41 billion valuation, but Lyft generally doesn't behave like it's run by immature frat boys and it has those pink moustaches, so score another couple points for the underdog.

Elena Delle Donne's third season was the best of her short career, as she led the league in scoring with over 23 points per game on 46 % shooting, to go with over eight rebounds, a steal, and two blocks per game en route to winning MVP.

A two - time Defensive Player of the Year who's led the league in blocks four years in a row, Griner is now leading the league in scoring, averaging 22 points per game on 57 % shooting while once again leading the league in blocks per game.

Overall score: 1,568 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Technology & Innovation (No. 6), Workforce (No. 7) Worst categories: Quality of Life (No. 28), Education (No. 32) 2016 rank: No. 5

Overall score: 1,602 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Workforce (No. 1), Infrastructure (No. 1) Worst categories: Quality of Life (No. 37), Education (No. 34) 2016 rank: No. 2

While Philly had scored the go - ahead field goal with just a minute left that gave it a 13 - 10 lead, the chance of the Eagles stretching the lead beyond the point spread seemed hopeless.

We scored Trump and Clinton based on the performance of these indicators, awarding more points for stronger correlations to the candidates» actions.

Overall score: 1,615 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Education (No. 2), Quality of Life (No. 3) Worst categories: Cost of Doing Business (No. 36), Business Friendliness (No. 33) 2016 rank: No. 4

Overall score: 1,616 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Economy (No. 1), Workforce (No. 3) Worst categories: Education (No. 33), Quality of Life (No. 28) 2016 rank: No. 8

With the website dogged by bottlenecks and bugs, she faced a wall of finger pointing and nitpicking, where critics seemed more intent on scoring points and pushing agendas than offering solutions.

Overall score: 1,562 out of 2,500 points Best categories: Workforce (No. 4), Technology & Innovation (No. 7) Worst categories: Cost of Doing Business (No. 38), Cost of Living (No. 32) 2016 rank: No. 3

During the election, Trump scored points with an array of working - class voters by saying he would renegotiate trade deals, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which the president has said favored other countries over the U.S.

Under her leadership, the average SAT scores of the entering freshman class increased by nearly 50 points, and participation in global semester study abroad rose from 25 percent to 75 percent.

So were the average GMAT scores of its entering classes, which tended to range near 600, more than 100 points below the best schools, which typically report scores in the 700 - plus range on an entrance test where the highest possible score is 800.

After that comment raised eyebrows, FICO — creator of the most widely used credit - scoring system — clarified that «at this point, social media data is not part of any FICO score.»

Situated on the mouth of the Fraser River, this community boasts a long fishing history but this hasn't scored it points with most buyers — until recently.

Scores of Wall Street investors bought into the worst - case scenario on Thursday, sending the Dow down more than 550 points intraday after Trump's announcement.