Sentences with phrase «on about the dozens»

Budget 2016 announces that the Government will eliminate tariffs on about a dozen manufacturing inputs, providing an estimated $ 9 million in tariff savings over the next five years to Canadian manufacturers in the consumer goods and transportation sectors.

Jesus is based on about a dozen messiah figures, most notably Mattia.

Literally no sign that Arsenal are keen on signing anyone, we've already passed on about a dozen that could've added plenty.

In the case of the comptroller against the Department of Social Services, DSS is claiming that the financial information on about a dozen wards of the state under its administration is not subject to comptroller scrutiny.

«We are using CrossCheck on about a dozen journals, and it has spotted things that we would otherwise have published,» says Aldo de Pape, manager of science and business publishing operations at Springer in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

At a speed dating event, you can enjoy that moment again and again as you go on about a dozen mini first dates with about a dozen different people.

First, these multi-millionaires didn't pour a lot of their salaries into the movie - it looks cheap and amateurish (maybe because director David Kendall's previous experience behind the camera was working on about a dozen TV series).

I could go on about the dozens of other apps and their potential uses in class because there are so many, they are so useful, and they are all free.

I was already working on about a dozen of them).

I've played versions of Populous on about a dozen different platforms, including the Master System, the TurboGrafx - 16, the original Game Boy and the DS.

They've marked down the cost on about a dozen of them, with most of them falling under the Chillingo name.

You didn't refute that, you went off on about a dozen unrelated tangents.

Over the past 10 years, Mr. Clifford, 44, has worked on about a dozen murder trials and defended some of Ottawa's most notorious accused.

Not exact matches

Harvey kicked off the festival in 1986, when he and about a dozen others burned a wooden man on a San Francisco beach.

He has used that moniker to refer to the newspaper on Twitter dozens of times since launching his campaign, appearing in nearly every one of his tweets about the Times since the summer.

The investigation was prompted by about a dozen complaints concerning the Trump school that the attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, has found to be «credible» and «serious,» these people said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was not yet public.

He's active on Twitter and Facebook, but what about doing something with the dozens of dog - lover blogs, websites, and newsletters?

On this day, Aeryon's office on the outskirts of Waterloo, Ont., is a quiet place where about two dozen people toil in cubicles separated by glass walls scrawled with engineering formulaOn this day, Aeryon's office on the outskirts of Waterloo, Ont., is a quiet place where about two dozen people toil in cubicles separated by glass walls scrawled with engineering formulaon the outskirts of Waterloo, Ont., is a quiet place where about two dozen people toil in cubicles separated by glass walls scrawled with engineering formulas.

Urovant is one of the member companies under Vivek Ramaswamy's Roivant Sciences umbrella, which contains about a half dozen firms, each of which is focused on a different disease treatment space.

About a half - dozen members of Hydro One's senior team huddled around the long, rectangular table in the executive committee boardroom on the eighth floor of their downtown Toronto office.

With his latest opus due out this month and a half - dozen more films on the way, the director and historian Ken Burns has learned a lot about how to manage big teams through even bigger projects.

«We ended up with almost 500 ideas, which were whittled down to about 50, and now they're down to about a dozen that we will focus on,» Jacob says.

His solution: he assembled a working team of about a dozen people — including industry sources and accountants — who created a comprehensive business plan and an attention - grabbing video that focused on the company and its industry's growth potential.

Of course, he could be proved wrong about that, but for now Cydia is pulling in about $ 6,000 a day by selling dozens of programs you can't find on iTunes.

Most of Zappos's executives have rented apartments on the same floor; a dozen other Zappos employees have also moved into the building, in which a two - bedroom apartment rents for about $ 1,600 a month.

Hsieh has put on dozens of similar events, at his own expense, to try to get his employees excited about the move downtown.

For those unfamiliar with Reddit, the recent controversy that shut down dozens of popular forums on the site probably seemed like much ado about nothing: A well - liked staffer who handled Reddit's «Ask Me Anything» interviews was let go, for reasons that were largely unclear.

The team assembled in December consisted of about a dozen top managers - including executives from finance, legal and human resources - and aides to discuss ways to mitigate the impact of sanctions on Rusal.

The half - dozen diverse stories are a must read for anyone who has lived under the shadow of depression, covering the founders» level of disclosure about their condition, recommended approaches to staying healthy, and opinions on the level of stigma remaining in the industry.

As he geared up to sing a song he had apparently authored («My Chinese Dream»)-- karaoke style — to a few dozen reporters in a conference at a hotel on Central Park South, one thing about this eccentric Chinese millionaire seemed clear — Chen Guangbiao isn't afraid of the limelight.

Although the price of sweet potatoes has gone up about 7 cents since 2010, you can probably still afford to «splurge» on a half dozen or so for this tasty dish, courtesy of Trader Joe's.

Indeed, The Funded is just one of dozens of insider blogs on venture capital that have sprung up recently, most prominently Pmarca, a site written by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, whose «The Truth About Venture Capitalists,» a 4,400 - word essay posted on the site, has become a must - read for any CEO raising capital.

There are dishes in the sink and about half a dozen chargers on the counter.

On Sunday, they hosted about a dozen Republican senators and their families for a dinner, and other administration officials have been mounting a full - court lobbying press on Capitol HilOn Sunday, they hosted about a dozen Republican senators and their families for a dinner, and other administration officials have been mounting a full - court lobbying press on Capitol Hilon Capitol Hill.

Yes, you'll need to have captivating visuals and a clear message with great content, which you can read all about in the aforementioned dozens or hundreds of books and articles on ecommerce.

One of the largest banks in the country has a half a dozen applications running on AWS now but is not ready to talk about that publicly

The provincial government says a dozen cars carrying potash jumped the tracks about 10 kilometres west of Swift Current on Tuesday night.

About a dozen years ago, mega-best-selling author Stephen King wrote a book about the craft of writing that became an instant bestseller: On Writing: A Memoir of the CAbout a dozen years ago, mega-best-selling author Stephen King wrote a book about the craft of writing that became an instant bestseller: On Writing: A Memoir of the Cabout the craft of writing that became an instant bestseller: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft.

The owner is selling the business for personal reasons, but his staff of about a dozen, including two marketing professionals, may be willing to sign on with the next owner.

Trump made another pitch for Democratic support on Capitol Hill, where his top aides met with about a dozen Senate Democrats and Trump himself phoned in from his Asia trip.

In the two years I've been writing about open - plan offices, I've read dozens of scientific studies on the subject, all of which point out that they're a productivity disaster.

To remedy that, the bank has assigned about two dozen bankers over the past couple of years to focus on this segment of clients.

Amazon laid out very specific criteria for the new, second headquarters campus it's looking to build somewhere in North America, and dozens of cities are no doubt preparing pitches about why they present the ideal mix of talent, transportation access, quality of life amenities and so on to meet the company's requirements.

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Jeffrey Klobucar, an attorney representing about a dozen former students, said he's waiting to see the agreement before making any comment on it, although he added that he's worried about the outcome for students.

According to nearly a dozen current and former Uber engineers and product managers who attended or were briefed on the Tuesday all - hands meeting, employees said they were concerned that Mr. Kalanick's willingness to work with Mr. Trump after the immigration order would color Uber as a soulless company that cared only about its bottom line.

He was featured in two 60 Minutes segments in December 2008 about the housing crisis (which won an Emmy) and in March 2015 about Lumber Liquidators, has appeared dozens of times on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business Network, was on the cover of the July 2007 Kiplinger's, has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and has spoken widely on value investing and behavioral finance.

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In April, the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, sent a letter to more than a dozen retailers, including Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap, J. C. Penney and Victoria's Secret, requesting more information about on - call scheduling and questioning whether such practices were legal.

In fact, they estimate they meet in person only about a half - dozen times a year, and most of those encounters come on the golf course.