Sentences with phrase «presses than the previous one»

The rats had to press the lever dozens of times before they were rewarded with a single sip, and each successive sip required two more presses than the previous one.

Not exact matches

Or perhaps the media outlets that participated are being played by a man who instinctively understands the media and how to manipulate it more than probably any previous president — a man who got $ 2 billion or so worth of free press coverage.

Review the vendor's press contacts and ask to interview previous clients to ensure that the success it's touting resulted from that vendor's own efforts rather than the work, staff and budgets of the companies behind those successful campaigns.

At the end of six months, he was able to press 300 pounds, 45 more than his previous high.

The Gaza coverage has been noticeably more robust in the pages of the press and on television than during previous Israeli offensives.

Addressing a world press conference on Friday at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, said adequate preparations have been put in place to ensure a successful event, assuring that the marathon had been designed to be bigger and better than the previous edition.

Dietl read the letter at a previous press conference, but seemingly and inexplicably hoping for more a press conference with more cameras than just NYTrue.com's camera, held an additional press conference for a second reading.

Greenland's ice sheet melted nearly 19 billion tons more than the previous high mark, and the volume of Arctic sea ice at summer's end was half what it was just four years ago, according to new NASA satellite data obtained by the Associated Press (AP).

Since this technique requires little more than pressing a button, users need little to no previous practice, and measurements can be done in a matter of seconds.

We're told an overboost function bumps that to 369 lb - ft; if you need a squirt, just press past the détente in the gas pedal, and you've got 74 lb - ft more than the previous generation E90 M3 could deliver.

This Fabulous New Offering Came With A New Sleek Body Design That Was Less Square Than The Previous Model, Improved Performance Figures, An Excellent Array Of More Up To Date Mercedes Benz Technology, Which Was Welcomed By The Worlds Press And Eager New Buyers.

The new - generation Range Rover Sport adopts a lightweight aluminum body structure that combines pressed panels with cast, extruded and rolled aluminum - alloy parts, so that the new platform is now 39 percent lighter than the previous model.

Although I see no mention in Oldsmobile's press materials of improvements to the 3.4 - liter engine, our test car seemed to run much smoother and with more refinement than previous cars I have tested with this motor.

«Sales of digital downloads continue to rise,» the organization's press materials say, «showing an increase of more than 34 percent in both dollars and units sold from the previous year.»

It's far more convenient to simply tap the screen to turn the page than to locate and press any of the various button designs of previous Kindle models.

One other interesting note: the Publisher's Weekly press release noted that sales of adult mass - market paperbacks «all but died,» coming in at only $ 20.8 M, less than half the figure from the previous year.

While the move was expected (the rate has been locked at this near - historic rate since September of 2010), the tone of the announcement was far less confident than previous press conferences.

After winning the award in previous two years, we are committed to giving our best to all passengers, mainly because we do understand that to maintain the prestigious title is way harder than to achieve it,» said Garuda Indonesia president director and CEO M. Arif Wibowo in a press release on Tuesday.

It was a terrible game that involved spending more hours than you should be expected to endure pressing the same button repeatedly to eventually move on to the next area which was exactly the same as the previous 17.

Gameplay is fun and has the core SMT elements (demon summoning & fusing, conversation, and the press - turn from Nocturne) but feels more reliant on luck than previous games due to the lack of a real defense stat other than your Max HP.

From its E3 press conference, Microsoft announced that a new Xbox 360 model has been developed, one that is smaller and quieter than the previous «slim» model.

I knew this game was going to be more open and expansive than the previous title, allowing more player freedom, but even after attending a press screening of the game during Gamescom last year, I was still not ready for how expansive both the game world and its rich plot were going to be.

And because of that (as well as the fact the paper talks about how such a revision could be out in all regions by summer, indicating previous development time and prior plans by Nintendo), I'd honestly think Nintendo would address more pressing issues with the 3DS hardware than just the size of the screens if they were planning a hardware revision due some time this year.

According to a Christies press release, «The painting was pursued on the telephone and in the room, going on to set a new artist's record, at more than tripling her previous record of # 146,500 [about $ 224,550].»

In the art world, an internet echo chamber promotes writers who do little more than restate press releases and previous reviews.2

Lead author de Freitas said in a press release, â $ œThe surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that made warming El Nià ± o conditions more likely than they were over the previous 30 years and cooling La Nià ± a conditions less likely.»

The press release seem less hyperbolic than the hype surrounding the previous report, so I was optimistic that this could be better than the previous report.

The discerning reader will already have noted that my previous posts on the matter actually point to a value more likely on the low side of this rather than higher, and were I pressed for a more precise value, 2.5 might have been a better choice even then.

NGOs reported that these laws were used more frequently than in previous years to control the press.

The News - Press in Fort Myers reports that in the last five years, the 55 lowest - scoring nursing homes in the state for the last 14 of previous 18 quarters racked up more than 100 — or more — violations that threatened resident health and safety.

While the press remains self - regulating, IPSO will have tougher powers to sanction and investigate than the previous system.

I was relieved to see Mills arriving at court on foot, rather than in a wheelchair, as her previous appearances at court in a wheeled conveyance were the subject of speculation and derision in the press.

There doesn't appear to be anything about today's technologies that is, on balance, more problematic than previous world - changing technologies, such as the printing press, rail roads, the electric telegraph and vaccinations.

On Tuesday, Facebook revealed that up to 87 million users» data had been obtained by Cambridge Analytica — far more than the previous estimate of 50 million circulating in the press.

«The iPhone 8 has perhaps been less well received than previous handsets from what we're being told in the tech press and we're now actually seeing that for ourselves, through our own customers» trade - ins.»

«Employers can legally pay women less than men for the same work based on differences in the workers» previous salaries, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday,» says the Associated Press.

Because previous research (Gilligan et al., in press; Suitor et al., 2009) has shown that the perception of any favoritism, rather than the particular pattern (e.g., mother preferred the respondent or another child), predicted sibling tension, we used the children's responses to create a dichotomous variable: 0 = child does not perceive mother as preferring any particular offspring as her future caregiver and 1 = child perceives that mother prefers either him / herself or another child as her caregiver.