Sentences with phrase «practically nil»

«They are impervious to that kind of threat and their ability to restructure is practically nil,» he says.

You might have a different scenario if, say, a teacher were accused of abusing a student — though in that case, I think the experience is that the likelihood of the teacher being fired, as opposed to transferred to other duties or suspended with pay pending the resolution of criminal or disciplinary hearings (in which the accused or his or her lawyer is typically allowed to confront his or her accuser) is practically nil

To begin with, at that time the relation of the artist to the audience was practically nil.

Heavy drapes keep the room dark at night, and to assist with heat retention and noise minimisation (which is practically nil in the quiet town of Greenock) the window has a double layer of glass.

And it feels as if you're earning practically nil.

Everyone is congenial and your wait is practically nil.

Today, the net return on a money market fund is practically nil.

They will charge a fee, but they also take control of finances, so the risk of failure is practically nil.

When these scores are extremely poor, the likelihood of getting the green light is practically nil.

So, the risk of defaulting on an unsecured personal loan becomes practically nil.

The trick, of course, is that the overhead for frackers to stay dormant temporarily is relatively low — consider the low interest rates today — and restarting costs are practically nil.

With the advent of Common Core's national standards, a parent's ability to affect systemic change is practically nil.

The colors are bright and natural, the element is clean and sharp, and, beyond some grain, picture concerns are practically nil.

Difficult budgetary decisions by the previous and current Town Board had enabled Woodstock to recover from a «serious collapse in revenue,» as evidenced by a fund balance that was practically nil when he took office but now amounts to $ 461,000, said Wilber.

All good salespeople know that «No Solicitors «signs are put up by people who realize their sales resistance is practically nil.

Add to that the lower incidence of certain STDs (particularly HIV / AIDS) among women (in the western world, at least) and the risk of getting say, HIV / AIDS, from lesbian sex is practically nil.