Sentences with phrase «paltry amount»

Expensive smartphones shouldn't have such paltry amounts of storage.

You can earn Hacksilver in the game by killing enemies or finding the hidden treasure chests, but it will still be a pretty paltry amount compared to what is usually required for crafting or upgrades.

If $ 100 for 20 GB is what storage costs, you would be looking at something like $ 2,000 per month for 400 GB, which is a pretty paltry amount of storage for an enterprise.

With such a dearth of heavy elements, astronomers predict that the LMC should contain a comparatively paltry amount of complex carbon - based molecules.

Mr Clegg's Liberal Democrats have a vested interest in seeing more state funding of political parties, since they receive a comparatively paltry amount in private donations relative to the «big two».

Even Anderson's debut, Hard Eight, is steeped in a sense of economic woe, its violence predicated on squabbles over a frankly paltry amount of money that nonetheless means the world to those on the outs.

These two companies were the definitive market leaders with most other publishers like Image, IDW, and Dark Horse accounting for very paltry amounts.

Not only will these wind farms produce paltry amounts of electricity, the electricity produced will be of lower value due to the intermittent, volatile, and unpredictable nature of wind - generated electricity.

Indeed, it now appears that Garlock's entire case against the victims has crashed and burned, and that whatever paltry amount the judge awarded victims couldn't be justified by actual facts and evidence.

Apps were fast to launch, multitasking proved to handle itself well despite the relatively paltry amount of RAM, and graphically demanding game titles like Need For Speed: No Limits or Marvel's Contest of Champions ran well without any hiccups.

«A lot of high - skilled security consultants would think $ 3,133 is pretty paltry amount and could make that in a couple of days,» David Lindsay, a senior security product manager with Coverity, told the E-Commerce Times.

Over last years it has come about the situation that paying paltry amount of compensation is more worthwhile than investing heavily in the safety of human life and health.

jesus supposedly made a paltry amount of bread and fish into enough to feed all, why can't god just give all children the power to say a magic word and a plate of food appears?

Look at the paltry amount of guaranteed money in his deal compared to others.

Even for a Republican presidential candidate, the paltry amount raised from small donors is striking.

The customers are angry over what they say are the paltry amounts being paid them.

(Also, when my boss has a go at me for not finishing a piece of work, I want to be able to say that the criticism doesn't cover what I'm going to do in future to build on the steps that I've included so far to get some paltry amount of the job done.)

«The paltry amount the City has provided for decades — especially given the City's recent historic surplus — can't continue if we are to maintain a safe and reliable transit network, let alone improve and expand rider services,» M.T.A. spokesman Adam Lisberg said.

That may seem a paltry amount, but in fact such a change is startling.

For Michael, that meant he wasn't digesting or absorbing the paltry amount of nutrients from his poor diet.

Even with its superb gameplay and the addictive new Firefight co-op mode, a five - hour campaign is a paltry amount of content for a full - priced game.

It is recommended for fans of post-apocalyptic science fiction, zombie flicks, and those who have been disillusioned with the paltry amounts of intelligent horror films to come out in recent years.

I went back and gave her some paltry amount of money I had in my pocket.

It's not just the paltry amount of space available (only 10.1 cubic feet behind the rear seats)-- the tailgate opening is also the smallest of all these cars, and the liftover height is among the highest.

But the old GLK's most egregious shortcoming was its paltry amount of interior space, an issue that the 2016 Mercedes GLC300 addresses for both people and their stuff.

Above all, the paltry amount of space available in the cargo area and its high load floor eliminate any impression of utility.

Given the current car's paltry amount of space behind the seats (10.5 cubic feet), it's a welcome upgrade that should up this hatchback's practicality quotient.

Part of the reason New Zealand is seeing a decline in book sales is due to paltry amount that are printed locally.

We found this paltry amount of RAM and Processor speed diminished the effectiveness of the touchscreen interface.

Obviously, many stores feature thousands of Android apps and you may think to yourself, «Why should I bother with Good e-Reader if they have a paltry amount?»

Their entire lineup would be considered really towards the low - end of the spectrum, with a fleet of single core processors and a paltry amount of internal memory and RAM.

I needed to install an app to let me freeze these and other useless apps so they didn't take up the paltry amount of ram the device has.

This is partly because text is too small to read and local bookstores have a paltry amount of titles that have extra large fonts.

The main drawback on the Kindle DX e-reader is the paltry amount of firmware updates it has received during its lifetime.

Barnes and Noble is offering a super deal on their eBay channel right now giving away a refurbished Nook Color for the paltry amount of $ 129.

Yes, memory is non-expandable here and the standard model comes with only 16 GB of internal storage — enough to get going but a paltry amount compared to the 64 GB of top end iPads.

If you recall, I cringed at releasing a product for such a paltry amount, but I was willing to let the Amazon marketing engine work its kindle marketing magic.

If you recall, I cringed at releasing a product for such a paltry amount, -LSB-...]

Mintz, the tax expert, says the first step would be to reward people who have children with substantial tax deductions — not the paltry amounts they get now, but real deductions that acknowledge the true magnitude of the costs involved when families decide to add another mouth to feed.

When this happens, the only difference is that the funding vehicles are all only in the insurance company's «general fixed account,» and thus don't vary with market conditions (you just get a paltry amount of interest, like a very lame CD, which is why nobody does that anymore, so it's been all VUL since that came out).

Many people have some money saved that is just sitting in a savings account and earning a paltry amount of interest.

I value 10,000 points at approximately $ 40 so it's not a paltry amount that's on offer but it's hardly significant.