Sentences with phrase «provides at least a bit»

What that means (without getting into a lot of boring technical stuff about correlation coefficients) is that bonds are more likely to provide at least a bit of a buffer when the stock market takes a dive.

Not exact matches

Not quite a window seat, because there is no window on that bit of fuselage, but at least it provides a little elbow room with no one in the middle seat.

Far better, at least from the bank's point of view, is to have the government step in and re-level the playing field for everyone — providing, of course, the changes don't take too big a bite out of profits.

They at least had the minimal decency to provide a group of controls (women to whom only misoprostol was given) but their experiment was otherwise every bit as ethically shabby as the Hausknecht fiasco.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

I am pretty sure that every Arsenal fan is counting the days until the January transfer window opens and Arsene Wenger can do what a lot of us thought he should have done in the summer, namely sign at least one outfield player to strengthen the Arsenal squad and provide cover for when the, inevitable, injury crisis starts to bite.

Provided the Conservatives can indeed win the biggest share of seats (and they'll probably lose a few — but only a few — to UKIP, so will get a bit less than they might otherwise), then they'll get the first opportunity to put together a coalition, or at least a working minority government.

While some foods with added sugars may at least provide a tiny bit of nutrition, sugary drinks are really at the bottom of that list.

When she first started doing chin ups, I had to provide quite a bit of support - enough so she can at least do 8 reps.. Now, she can do 1 rep by herself.

Add to that a ton of fun bits, the opening is all kinds a good and features a trio of awesome actors, and a script that, if not innovative, at least provides a few chuckles.

There's a bit of Humphrey Bogart in the way Clive Owen attacks his role and, although Amanda Seyfried isn't provided with sufficient screen time or depth to make her character into a compelling individual (she doesn't even have a name), she at least looks the part.

Another newly - finished and considerably more demented bit, «A Happy Feet Moment» (27s), finds Memphis — at least I think it's Memphis — using Mumbles as a hacky sack; it cries out for contextualization of some sort, but none is provided.

The screenplay Bryan Sipe actually skips over the scene of Gabby revealing her affair to Ryan, which might at least have provided a bit of melodramatic heft to the story.

At first, they provide a bit of amusement in a story that doesn't seem the least bit amusing.

While a bit unmoderated, which leads to a few more tangents than desired, each member provided encouraging words for any developing artist along with keen observations on the mercurial nature of success in the comics world, which at least allowed the audience to hear some informative anecdotes.

I am using an Android and I'm not sure if this is exactly research, but they provide a «Recent News» section (at least for the Stocks that I've looked into (IGC, XXII) Is that excluded from the research bit, out of pure curiosity.

Fewer accounts showing balances can raise your score at least slightly, while also providing a bit of a morale boost with each balance eliminated.

Pandora Tomorrow, somewhat fixes this with more open - ended level design, providing players with at least a couple of routes to choose from on each level, it may be nowhere near the extent of something like Deus Ex, but it's still nice to have just that little bit extra freedom.

The Court's contention that EU law provides for a complete system of remedies, or at least remedies «sufficient to ensure effective judicial protection for individual parties in the fields covered by EU law» (Case C - 64 / 16, para. 34) has to be understood as a formalistic conception in the sense that BITs clearly provide more complete and effective remedies to investors than EU law or domestic law — and this understanding has been at the heart of the reasoning of arbitral tribunals in cases where they have rejected the argument that intra-EU BITs are incompatible with EU law.

But it's more a synchronous, it doesn't say that you're online and you can talk to people, it doesn't provide or at least it allows you the ability to opt out of notifications a little bit more than Slack does.

Website downloading was a bit slow — at least for 3G — though the stylus provided a decent way to navigate around online pages.