Sentences with phrase «only about a dozen»

There were only about a dozen remaining.

Along similar lines, physiologists believe that the human eye is capable of distinguishing among more than six million hues, and yet the fact that we typically use only about a dozen words to describe colors suggests that we see them much less richly than we are capable of doing.3

I've made it as a pretty small batch, only about a dozen small pancakes, which is perfect for the two of us.

The Post Office Department explains that it issues only about a dozen new stamps a year and at present there are 2,200 nominations on file.

Playing 3 Games is something only about a dozen Teams ever been able to do in All Sports Series and only a couple have managed to win them all.

Suffolk's Police Athletic League is one of only about a dozen leagues nationwide piloting a new trimmed - down version of tackle football for the youngest players.

Espaillat is at the event as well but gets the last speaking spot, when there are only about dozen people left sitting in the ballroom.

WBFO»S Focus on Education reporter Eileen Buckley attended a session at South Park High School where only about a dozen parents and community members attended.

It's only about a dozen of them.

According to information from the New York State Authorities Budget Office, only about a dozen authority board members would be covered by the order under the Cuomo administration's new interpretation — and at least one of them is among those who have donated to the governor.

Mr. Schiliro said he believes there are only about a dozen absentee ballots.

Until now, only about a dozen Fast Radio Bursts have been detected on Earth.

The field is extremely competitive, with only about a half dozen permanent positions opening each year at national facilities and universities.

«There are only about a dozen tombs of royal women known in the Mayan world,» says David Freidel, leader of the archaeology team from Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

However, IceCube saw only about a dozen cosmic neutrinos per year, a rate at which the $ 279 million detector might never see enough of them to work as advertised: as a neutrino telescope with which to view the heavens in a whole new way.

Globally, there are around 600 crayfish species, of which only about a half dozen have become problematic invaders in the United States.

It used measurements from 195 core samples containing submarine landslide deposits caused by subduction zone earthquakes, instead of only about a dozen such samples in past research.

We have only about a dozen genes in our genome to digest complex carbohydrates.

I never thought I'd like this game as much as I do - but it's difficult to overlook the main flaws of unbalanced difficulty, a lack of levels (there are only about a dozen) and only three chances to play as Voltron.

Only about a dozen students, including my child, attended the school without the support of a state - funded voucher.

Only about a dozen city blocks separated me from my hotel room, where I could shed my ill - fitting suit, toss aside the painful dress shoes, and peel off my sticky shirt.

However, hiding in deep within the engine was its biggest sore spot, a puny 159 pound - feet of torque that sucked up a gallon of gas after only about a dozen miles.

Of the hundreds of miles that I put on our example of the 2014 Mazda MX - 5 Miata, only about a dozen of them were traveled with the top up.

There is only about a dozen books on the digital day sale.

Because there are only about a dozen things you can do on Kindle to truly make a difference in your sales.

Daycare was about half what you are now paying, but even though I had a well paying position (the people at manpower told me there were only about a dozen local employers where I could expect a comparable wage) that certainly would have eaten up a sizeable portion of my take home pay.

Out of ~ 125 data points, the index beats the fund only about a dozen times on average (or ~ 90 %).

The drug approval department in the Chinese food and drug agency under scrutiny approved 14,000 drugs in just three months — with only about a dozen staff members.

According to the BBB study, Missouri law mandates yearly on - site checkups of the state's 1,800 licensed dog breeders, but there are only about a dozen inspectors, who also have other duties.

Although the beach is easily reached, the take off zone is a very small area accommodating only about a dozen of surfers.

During our visit, there were only about a dozen flamingos in total.

Give or take an arthritic Dachshund, only about a dozen dogs have managed to live longer than that.

Each region typically has a village where you learn about the main plot from important characters, resupply items, and gather information, as well as undertaking a minimal amount of side - quests — there is only about a dozen featured in the entire game.

There's only about a dozen really great courses on the Internet to choose from.

Another artist that I mentioned earlier, Nancy Prophet, there are only about a dozen known works of hers so it's very exciting to find a piece of hers in a private collection and bring it to auction.

Likewise, only about a dozen members of the governing board voted on the «consensus statement» on climate change by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

He also emphasized that the climate chronology drawn from the corals was very fragmentary, representing only about a dozen «windows on climate,» each covering several decades to a century, spread over the last 130,000 years.

Nationally, there are only about a dozen LGBT justices in state supreme courts.

But despite only about a dozen people using the program in a town of 30,000, Zug City Council was upbeat, explaining that the experience was «worthwhile» and that the program might even be expanded.

As Microsoft acknowledged recently, only about a dozen existing Windows Phones will be getting the RTM of the Creators Update.

Phil Mahler, managing director with HFF, says that in the past 20 years he's seen the MOB sector grow significantly from double - digit cap rates and only about a dozen investors and lenders.

Not exact matches

The film alleges that the COS was only declared tax - exempt by the IRS after it waged a decades - long campaign against the agency, which included filing dozens of lawsuits against both the organization and individual IRS workers, and hiring private investors and fake journalists to dig up incriminating information about individual IRS workers.

Not only are there are dozens of reporters who just write about the stock market, there are dozens who just write about one specific aspect of the stock market.

This book will give you dozens of new and fresh green ideas about how to not only market your business responsibility, but beat the pants off your competitors.»

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.

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.

This book will give you dozens of new and fresh green ideas about how to not only market your business responsibility, but break new ground in solving the world's most pressing problems — AND beat the pants off your competitors.

His admirers — and they span the political spectrum — credit him and his bare - bones staff of about a dozen not only

My only point about the dozens vs. millions was your exaggeration.

Tara and Troy Livesay were among the highlights of my trip (my only regret being that I couldn't stay for a sleepover so we could finish about two dozen conversations).