Sentences with phrase «over the majority of»

Disney took over the majority of the «Star Wars» universe after it purchased Lucasfilm in 2012, but that deal lacked the first «Star Wars» film from 1977, which Fox produced and owned.

Backblaze founder and CEO Gleb Budman acknowledges that B2 probably won't win over the majority of storage workloads now running on other platforms, especially if users need very high performance or computing located near their data.

While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.

«Over the majority of the time period, we've seen a benign inflation period characterized by stable to falling interest rates,» he said.

Yes, she has to cede control over the majority of her pension pot but I believe it's worth it to ensure she's as secure as possible from here on in.

It's no wonder why — we have seen major alterations of buyer behavior and buying patterns with technology enabling more buyer control over the majority of the buying cycle process.

The Manchus established by force the Ch» ing imperialism which ruled over the majority of Han, Muslim, Mongolian, and Tibetan people.

The vast movement of religious revival which took place in the fifth century of the Hijrah (eleventh century A.D.) and led to the establishment of the Almoravid dynasty in Morocco and Spain gave a strong impetus to the spread of Islam among the subjects of the great pagan African Ghana Empire, whose sway extended at one time over the gold mines of the Upper Senegal and over the majority of the Berber tribes of the Sahara.

The 360training.com Learn2Serve Food Protection Manager Exam is accredited by ANSI - CFP, which has jurisdiction over the majority of the states in the U.S.

I agree Wilshere falls into the category of players that haven't contributed a great deal over the majority of 2 seasons past at least.

When you have players like Toure and Aguero the opponent will not even think about attacking you as much because they would rather defend which essentially hands City control over the majority of games they play.

Not sure why Mourinho praises Luke Shaw as the best left - back at the club, yet opts for Young over him the majority of the time.

The new board was reconstituted under a provision of the state budget approved earlier this year that restored NYRA's control over the majority of the appointments to its board.

Apart from ability, and in some cases, a talent for intrigue, all failed to win over the majority of their parliamentary colleagues or their Party at large.

Also, with electorate nearly equally split over a majority of important issues, the size of the body matters slightly less, but a larger body is more likely to allow passing more laws since you can always trade votes between blocks on random laws that a given block cares less about (e.g. I'll vote for your farm bill if you vote for my factory bill).

«Unfortunately, women make up under 30 % of the State Legislature despite being over a majority of New York's population.

Although the outcome of this election could cause one party to take over the majority of the Senate seats, the rules of the Senate will keep control of the Senate's hands.

Mr. Spitzer, a better known candidate who spent millions from his personal fortune on television advertising, won over a majority of black and Hispanic New Yorkers, and voters making under $ 50,000 a year.

This instant runoff process continues until a candidate receives over a majority of votes.

As Dr. Bowden transitions into retirement, Dr. Dickinson will take over the majority of his lab's ongoing projects, including this in - depth look into sulforaphane.

And, if there's one thing I've learned about weight training, it's that «less than stellar» would be a huge improvement over the majority of laughably horrible routines being done by most people.

I painted over the majority of the table.

Ever since Disney and 21st Century Fox struck a deal, with the House of Mouse set to take over a majority of Fox's assets, fans have been eagerly awaiting news of the first X-Men or Fantastic Four appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Our sympathies, after all, should remain with Quan, and seemingly to compensate for that character's actions, the movie wants us to have a certain distance from Liam — the character whose story takes over the majority of the story's middle section.

Nearly 400 of you took the time to cast your vote, and, on the basis of your vote, I am willing to predict that the Duncan Administration is going to hand out awards to well over a majority of the contestants.

The best answer to this latter question, I believe, is no, and it comes in two parts: 1) however much the economy is changing, not all high - school graduates need to be ready for college and career, in whatever way that term is reasonably defined, and 2) practically, since roughly two - thirds of our high schoolers do not graduate college and career ready, today we would deny well over a majority of our students a diploma if we were to impose these more - rigorous requirements on the attainment of a diploma.

One in 5 are for - profit schools and still others turn over the majority of their funding to for - profit management companies.

Often, the Ministry will appoint a temporary «limited statutory manager» to take over the majority of the board's duties until the school has sufficiently improved.

This particular setup gives it a big advantage over the majority of full time all wheel drive utility vehicles which on top of burning more fuel being in permanent 4 wheel drive.

Carrying over the majority of the styling from the 2014 model year, there are slight variations between the 2014 and 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500.

With roof - rail curtain air bags and high - strength and ultra-high-strength steel over a majority of its body, the Matiz Creative ensures segment - leading occupant protection.

Ford says that it will send the RS500 from its factory coated in traditional high - gloss black to a special 3M facility in Frankfurt, Germany, where a matte black film will be placed over the majority of the vehicle's body panels - leaving gloss black surfaces on the lower grille, splitter, rear spoiler and rear diffuser.

The bigger problem for authors are the publishing houses themselves because with the decline in paper books, it simply makes no sense for an author to turn over the majority of her profits to one of these places and * that * costs the author far more than piracy.

Private lenders have been getting back into the game after shying away from it for years after the government seized control over the majority of the market.

Although we knew that cats in the wild, and over the majority of their human domestication, consumed wet or moist food (not the semi-mosit foods sold in pouches!)

Occasional spikes are not that important, what is important is that your treatment plan keeps glucose at as close to normal as possible over the majority of time.

In other cases, your referral doctor may take over the majority of your pet's medical care.

Where registrations for a breed have consistently been small (e.g. Komondor) or have recently risen from zero over the majority of the period 1980 — 2014 (e.g. Turkish Kangal Dog), partial reports are given.

Following the counting of the votes yesterday, March 7, the UDP still has control over the majority of the municipalities but the PUP has made...

Following the counting of the votes yesterday, March 7, the UDP still has control over the majority of the municipalities but the PUP has made some significant gains.

Their latest game set a post-apocalyptic world, where a virus has taken over a majority of the world's population.

e-Sports, Twitch and other gubbins take over the majority of the show floor, and in some ways games seem like an after though.

Opening: «Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest» at New Museum New York is long overdue for a Pipilotti Rist survey, and the New Museum has appropriately given over the majority of its exhibition space to this exhibition, subtitled «Pixel Forest.»

With the broad watercolour brush, load with the hue slightly darker than the ground, but slightly lighter than your dark - edging colour, and work over the majority of the background.

The true believer in AGW can look at the ice core record and see, for example: 800 years with temperatures rising while CO2 is low and falling; 4000 years with both CO2 and temperature rising; then 400 years with temperatures falling while CO2 is high and rising, and say that we do not know what caused the first and last of those periods, but over the majority of the period (4000 out of 5200 years) the two were in step.

On longer time - scales, and over the majority of large ocean regions in the 20th century, there is good agreement between NMAT and SST.

You may think 15 - 20 ppm swing over the majority of half the earth in a period of 1/4 of a year isn't much, but we're all excited about an increase of 100 ppm in about a century.

Over a majority of the Earth's tropics, air passing over forested land produces twice as much rain as air passing over areas of sparse vegetation, the study found.

And claims about winning over the majority of a population in any given state are entirely untested.

Unavoidable power outages loomed over a majority of Broward County as well, leaving students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in fear of Hurricane Irma since many locals heavily rely on technology and air conditioning systems.