Sentences with phrase «rather than winners»

Maine and Nebraska use the appropriately named Maine - Nebraska System, rather than the winner - take - all method of other states.

But to break the two party monopoly, the electoral system needs to change to a proportional system, rather than the winner take all system now.

BUT, the libs want a different electoral system... a proportional system, rather than winner take all.

To many gamers, player - focused ideas, rather than winner - focused concepts are more important to them.

Not exact matches

If you happen to think the Eagles can upset the Patriots, or simply believe it's way too close of a game to bet on an outright winner, you might consider gambling on the total score rather than the victory outcome.

Some retailers make a practice of buying businesses only for their locations rather than how much or what they sell, or who they sell it to, figuring that a high - traffic spot will eventually prove a winner for some business combination.

Like Porter, Bryant urges a strategy of «picking winners and focusing on those winners» rather than spreading subsidies and tax breaks evenly around the economy.

This plays a big role in investor behavior: Investors have a (bad) habit of selling winners and not letting losers go because of loss aversion rather than for logical financial reasons.

Responding to a question on whether Trump, who comes from the private sector, felt comfortable with his proposal that the government should punish or reward companies based on where they choose to locate their factories, rather than let the free market pick winners and losers, the president responded:

«I prefer not to pick winners and losers when we're looking at cryptocurrencies like bitcoin / bitcoin Cash... Both have merits but if I was putting new money to work today... I would be a lot more interested in buying a lagger that could attract inflows rather than something that's potentially overbought.»

Rather than superior intelligence, Buffett confided, it is the capacity for unconditionally rational thought — followed by proportional action — that separates the winners from the also - rans.»

the way that the stock market has acted lately, instead riding positive momentum from late 2016 and continuing to reward earlier winners rather than creating a rotation of new gainers.

In Q2 despite the official level of Wall Street having risen across the board, the Swiss managed to lose money because they bought the market rather than trying to buy winners, like the US tech stocks.

There are ways to work though our differences rather than resorting to litigation and lawyers, where the only true winners are the lawyers.

Even my hubby — who usually prefers to skip the bread rather than eat my grain - free experiments — said it was a winner!

It was announced yesterday that UEFA have agreed to change the seeding system for the Champions League group stage next season, with the new rules to favour the winners of the continent's major domestic leagues rather than those with a previously exemplary record of qualification.

Surely we should look at a whole team rather than just one aspect of it when talking about the potential title winners?

In a Sky Sports report, a Europa League winner with Chelsea, Petr Cech is quoted saying: «I have to say you want to have the Champions League one rather than the Europa League one but you can see more and more, big teams are treating the Europa League with respect because it is a European trophy.»

Allright, just let mr wenger put who will play in mid n forward, but welbeck, ramsey n sanchez is sure to play... the more we play inside penalty box, sanchez has high chance... welbeck just must perform shoot n pleasing goal rather than chilping, shoot we most power shoot and spirit... hopefully cazorla will play becoz he is match winner forsure...

The winner of this game is very likely to end up having the top seed in the NFC overall, and I am sure the Packers would rather be at home in the playoffs rather than on the road at any point.

The guy is winner and we need many more of him including a manager with a similar mentality rather than one who is happy with 4th.

@zalalem I think you're being a bit harsh on welbeck (guy who scored the winner against manure) he's not the greatest but he does his best and I'd rather him on the right than Ramsey

Not for the first time this year, Sebastian Vettel was denied a victory due to a strategy error but rather than sulk, the Ferrari driver instead joked with race - winner Lewis Hamilton that it was two seagulls that caused him to lock - up and make a mistake.

In my opinion, this Panthers team is closer to the 2015 - 16 division winners rather than the 2016 - 17 sixth - place finishers.

If you are gonna fight again, period, then what's the confusion, agree now to face the winner of Tony V Khabib rather than take another random fight which will only give you an out to say I can't fight the winner I just had a fight I'm off again for another year

Sportsbook.com also posted a prop bet on the margin of victory by the winner, which may provide some value rather than picking a specific horse to win:

No matter how much Arsene Wenger is hoping things will change, the fact is that all Arsenal fans know that at the moment Alexis Sanchez is more of a liability in the side rather than a possible game winner, and think that should spend some time on the bench until he sorts his head (and his feet) out.

A 5 - Inning line is a moneyline that uses the score after five innings to determine the winner, rather than the final score.

I really hope I am right about this, because if the there is to be a winner from the derby clash then I would much rather it was City, even though I think they will be a bigger obstacle to Arsenal's title hopes than United because I just can't bear to see Mourinho winning.

The difference is that he has inspired his team to potentially become title - winners rather than dark horses for the top four, and from a far more desperate starting position from last year too.

Oh what I meant about Clichy is more that for me, the sign of a winner is that he beats the best, rather than seeks to join the best.

We were mainly «competent» rather than convincing and ran out winners by virtue of 1) not showing our incompetent side that has been so evident lately; 2) a soft penalty at a critical juncture; and 3) an incompetent Milan strike force.

How do you think Arsenal fans would react if we were drawing 0 - 0 with 10 minutes to go against a side like Sunderland and we were probing for gaps rather than pushing everyone forward to find a winner?

Vitesse, as the Dutch Cup winners, took on Feyenoord in their De Kuip Stadium rather than the traditional venue of the Amsterdam ArenA and, like Chelsea, lost on penalties following a 1 - 1 draw.

However, rather than witness the five - time European Cup winners leave them clinging on to their seats, Augsburg witnessed a performance lacking swagger, spark and creativity from Klopp's men.

We will draw three separate winners for each prize this time rather than the usual winner - take - all format.

Your children will not only fight less, but will learn to feel compassion and to get along without winners and victims, seeking peace rather than justice.

Your little one will love listening to you read them a book or singing songs (don't worry if you're more than cat wailer rather than X Factor winner they «ll adore it anyway).

«Our craft services buy in bulk rather than buying individually wrapped snacks,» adds the Best Supporting Actor Emmy winner, who offsets the gas guzzling Ford truck he drives by diligently recycling his trash.

The winner will probably be announced several years from now, which explains why the award is in bitcoins rather than euros.

If, therefore, all is resolved by the end of this week — as the prime minister and others claim it will be — then it is Ruth Davidson rather than Nicola Sturgeon who'll emerge the winner.

Plurality election rules create and maintain a competitive two - party system except where (1) one party is almost always the Condorcet winner or (2) elections are contested regionally, rather than nationally (paraphrased)

The state GOP is meeting today at the Desmond in Colonie (outside Albany) and is expected to approve changing its winner - take - all primary system back to the proportionality approach in hopes of forcing 2012 candidates to campaign here rather than simply treating New York like a gigantic ATM machine.

@Bobson approval voting is a way to elect single members rather than bodies and can not guarantee a Condorcet Winner.

There are three states that require a majority winner rather than a plurality winner.

Additionally, many municipalities allow voters to select multiple candidates in races for school board and city council for example, rather than selecting winners of individual races.

@supercat This is mostly a matter of semantics, I think, but rather than saying that only the votes for the winner matter, I think I would present it as, «Voters effectively get vote on every candidate separately.»

The system provides approximately proportional representation, enables votes to be cast for individual candidates rather than for parties, and — compared to first - past - the - post voting — reduces «wasted» votes (votes on sure losers or sure winners) by transferring them to other candidates.

Citing a recent paper by Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, and Peter Orszag of the Brookings Institution, the groups reminded Governor Pataki that cutting state and local services during a recession will make the situation worse rather than better.

It is based on the goal of securing Labour as the largest party in the next parliament, rather than as the outright winner.