Sentences with phrase «people have backed»

Hundreds of people have backed a campaign to return a Barbara Hepworth sculpture to a shopping centre.

Metrics: — The Kickstarter campaign hit its initial goal in less than an hour and raised more than $ 1 Million in the first 24 hours — More than 36,000 people have backed the project so far — The average pledge per backer is over $ 65 (compared to Shadowrun Returns «average pledge of $ 48)

I'm happy so many people have backed that one.

Some eight million people have backed projects on the site, raising more than $ 1 billion.

He said he would rather «cut off his arm» than accept another austerity bailout without any debt relief for Greece, adding that he was «quite confident» the Greek people would back the government's call for a no vote.

In labor, I often suggest this set of positions when labor seems to not be progressing, (i.e., contractions are not getting longer, stronger, and closer together) when the pregnant person has back labor, or the position is determined to be not LOA, either by vaginal exam or external palpation.

Real Labour people would back her up while she is on mat leave, not try to intimidate her.»

They have fun together, they are secure in knowing that the other person has their back, and intimacy flourishes.

The most interesting thing about this movie (viewing it in 2012) is the idea people had back then that being free of human entanglements was the only thing worth striving for.

There's no honor here, no grandiose dueling in the town square, no damsels in distress needing to be saved: just a number of people having the back of their heads blown to pieces.

Students have a sense that they belong and that people have their back.

Probably how much I loved it there, including the food, the weather, the beaches, the people and the absolute insistence too many people had back home that I shouldn't go.

Well, you know, something like this isn't a normal opening where people have their backs to the art.

Knowing that the other person has your back and will support you — trusting that they care for you, that they will behave decently, and that they have your best interests at heart — builds a positive climate within a relationship.

Not exact matches

«Lots of people have been waiting for this one to pull back to safer levels from much higher levels [where] it was, and that's exactly what's occurred over the last couple weeks,» he said.

Sorkin: There's a very special person back East known as Jim Cramer, who has been following this company for a very long time, who knows you very well, who I know has a question or three, if not more, for you.

Dave Ramsey has noted in the past that people using credit cards typically spend 10 % more money than they would have otherwise, dwarfing the «1 % cash back» that you may be getting back in rewards.

And finally, lead with your strengths and trust that the other person will have your back, either advising you to step away and reassess or pursue something wholeheartedly.

Although there is a long history stretching back to the 1990s of legislation aimed at protecting religious minorities, a new batch of bills has cropped up in reaction to state movements to grant LGBT people the right to marry.

In the UK there's more fear of failure, where as in the US people tend to carry back on even when they've failed.»

Back in our caveman days, we would have been wise to select tall, strapping people to lead the tribe because they'd be able to physically defend us — and that preference prevails even today.

«I think as government officials we need to have the capacity to step back and reflect the various views expressed and see how we may be able to better serve our people.

«Often times, people just want to know that you are sorry and that you have a plan for getting back on track,» he says.

«I'm grateful for everything you've done to help connect the world, and for everything you've taught me, including about encryption and its ability to take power from centralized systems and put it back in people's hands,» Zuckerberg wrote.

Empowerment messages and advice or self - improvement became what resonated most with people who would keep coming back to me.

«Some stores are practically selling generators off the back of the truck because people have been waiting in the stores for the generators to arrive,» he said

-- Daniel Putterman, cofounder, co-CEO, and head of business for Kogniz, Inc. which recently released AICam, fully - autonomous surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence that identify people and threats in real - time, using video - based facial recognition and object detection; also having founded and run venture - backed technology companies over the last 20 years including MaxInfo, Inc. (acquired by NETM), EoExchange (S - 1), Mediabolic, Inc. (acquired by ROVI), and Cloud Engines, Inc..

At the same time, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has patted itself on the back highlighting a 36 percent decline in apprehensions from 2008 to 2010 due to fewer people attempting to cross the border.

What the Midwest really needs just as much as capital is talented people who have moved out to the coasts — maybe after growing up somewhere like Ohio or Michigan — to bring their talents back home to Cleveland, or Detroit, or Louisville.

They've also determined that when people look back on their lives, the biggest regrets they have tend to involve their relationships.

I'm in the camp of people who believe that once you've taken a photo in 360 degrees, it's hard to go back to plain old 2D photos.

Not only does she outline the following eight essential skills that every true adult should have down cold, she also delves into how parenting practices can hold young people back from mastering them.

But I can't tell you how many times I've seen people's eyes light up when you repeat their words back to them, as in: «This app is going to revolutionize the way people order local chickens from the farm,» to which you would say, «This is going to revolutionize the way people order local chickens from the farm?

Everyone knows that Travis is not coming back; still, Benchmark said a lot of nasty things about TK and is now sitting back and watching other people try to convince them that the best thing to do «for all concerned» would be to sell out.

Leaving her previous jobs, Emily told me, has allowed her to leave behind negative energy that held her back and it's made her life easier in many ways, giving her the ability to be herself and connect with people.

British military chiefs have hit back at Donald Trump's decision to ban transgender people from serving in the US military.

Looking back on her career, she says there are a few key principles she has lived by that she'd advise any young person to follow.

After all, we all know people who have failed and never gotten back on the proverbial horse.

What I'm seeing now is there's a couple people who've built 12 - hole courses.Six holes in the front, obviously, and six holes in the back.

Furthermore, the CBO expects the Senate's health bill to substantially raise Americans» out - of - pocket medical costs by slashing Obamacare's mandated benefits and rolling back assistance to poorer and sicker people, as well as discouraging some low - income Americans from buying insurance in the first place (the BCRA would nix Obamacare's requirement that people carry coverage or pay a fine).

«It's not so bad in a general election because you have got five years to sort it out and the lies and promises will blow back in people's faces,» Sugar said.

This Peter / Paul conundrum is interesting: we very often see examples where people have paid off their credit cards using available lines of credit, only to have their credit card balances swell back to where they were within a year or so.

We have a lot of people that bought one not really believing they could get a quality camera for $ 20 and then came back and bought more.

Kirsch's goals for the program are lofty, not only ending the cycle of poverty for the families involved, but also giving dignity and self - respect back to people who have never before caught a break or been told that they have what it takes to succeed.

Sort of like people in the newspaper business, they'd like to go back to a day 20 or 25 years ago when the internet didn't pose any threat.

Or like people in the television business would like to go back to a day when there wasn't a Netflix.

When unemployment hit rock bottom a few years ago, few people credited that it would battle back so strongly in the post-recession climate.

«Many people wake up after about four hours, because that's how long it takes to metabolize alcohol, then they have trouble getting back to sleep,» she says.

They have been successful in that kind of an environment and those are the kinds of people that are attracted to aviation,» says Stonecipher, who is not himself a veteran but has grown up in a family that made it a tradition to give back to those who served.

Make sure you have «friendly» people in your back pocket who are aware of the process and the discussions thereto, but are not directly involved in the process.