Sentences with phrase «relatively meager»

Given that only 5 of the studies «allowed codable data» on past conflict, it seems rather fortuitous and remarkable that 8 of the 33 studies, or nearly a fourth of those selected by Bauserman, included studiable sole custody paternal groups — a demographic of relatively meager size.

The city lies along the shores of the Susquehanna River, and despite its relatively meager population, still offers a plethora of attractions to its residents and passersby.

Overall, connectivity is relatively meager in terms of the sheer number of ports, but the dual Thunderbolt 3 USB - C connections are high performance and futureproof.

Despite its size, the Theater One 2.1 weighs a relatively meager 27 pounds.

Right now, Apple's smartphone business in the nation is relatively meager, but a new retail presence could be just what the manufacturer needs in order to jump - start sales.

The front - facing selfie camera isn't as impressive, sporting a relatively meager 5MP lens, but it works well enough for selfies and with Nokia's «bothie» mode that takes a snap with both the front and back cameras at once.

While the lexicon of voice commands the PS4 understands is relatively meager, I predict it will be patched pretty quickly to support a broader vocabulary and become competitive with the Xbox One's impressive voice control system.

The dual - SIM support and relatively meager hardware further support my thought that the Normandy will supplant Nokia's Asha line of entry - level smartphones.

I'm not sure about the figures quoted above, but it's true that a relatively meager forcing in W / m ^ 2 induced feedbacks that substantially enhanced the magnitude of the temperature response.

12 In the middle of the century, there were only a third as many women as men artists, but even this mildly encouraging statistic is deceptive when we discover that out of this relatively meager number, none had attended that major stepping stone to artistic success, the Ecole des Beaux - Arts, only 7 percent had received any official commission or had held any official office — and these might include the most menial sort of work — only 7 percent had ever received any Salon medal, and none had ever received the Legion of Honor.13 Deprived of encouragements, educational facilities and rewards, it is almost incredible that a certain percentage of women did persevere and seek a profession in the arts.

Many of the «Full Games» clamored for are worth their weight, but it's not like downloadable titles don't carry merits, even beyond their relatively meager offerings.

And even if the rewards are relatively meager, consumers like the idea of receiving something for using a card they might have used anyway.

You do come out slightly ahead if you carry the balance for only a month, but trying to outperform high interest rates with relatively meager rewards is a dangerous game you're likely to lose.

Seek out external grants, too, but know that most such aid is relatively meager.

While this seems relatively meager, remember that inflation was nonexistent for most of this period, making a 3.7 % average annual return fairly attractive until the 1960s.

It's a low price for admission to the smartphone era, but given its relatively meager specs, don't expect to see Android 4.0 ever come to the device.

Internal storage is a relatively meager 8 GB, which is supplemented by unlimited Amazon cloud storage for Amazon content.

Only the rear seat legroom, relatively meager for a car this size, disappoints.

Jettison their current approach to retirement benefits in which teachers accrue relatively meager benefits through much of their careers, and then abruptly become eligible for much more as they near retirement age.

To be eligible for voucher students, private schools had to agree not to set admission requirements or charge tuition above the (relatively meager) value of the voucher, and to administer the state's standardized tests.

Her retirement wealth will be relatively meager even if she stays beyond 10 years but leaves before 20 years.

Just a swirly smear of stars and dust that produce their relatively meager light the old - fashioned way.

No other adaptive optics system is faster but even this might not be sufficiently speedy to push far enough into the visible spectrum to allow Magellan's relatively meager mirror to gather Proxima b's light.

Resentful of even his relatively meager R&D expenditures in the face of disappointing sales, some of his more senior co-workers wanted him to resign.

Woloz's cash - gathering was substantially more subdued last year, amassing $ 16,650 for de Blasio and almost $ 5,000 for Scott Stringer, and distributing relatively meager amounts among Corey Johnson and two of his rivals.

A report from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli released this week raised concerns that the Empire State Development Corp.'s job creation prowess was relatively meager compared to the amount of state funds spent.

True figures are more in the range of 130 billion barrels, stretched out over many years with relatively meager flow rates (aka demand - driven rising prices).

Will big banks suddenly start making all the relatively meager loans that aren't very lucrative for them?

Not exact matches

Though 2014 was a relatively low - key year for Appaloosa, up a meager 2.2 percent net of fees, Tepper's track record is undoubtedly one of the best in the industry.

Conspicuously, this is a relatively easy December period for the Gunners, who faced Man City away and Chelsea at home in the span of a week, last term, and managed to pick up a meager point from a possible six.

It's a good thing they're usually fortified with meager amounts of vitamin D, just enough to avoid rickets and keep blood calcium relatively under control.

However, before authors invest significant time into publishing a book that may bring in meager profits and attract a relatively small audience, they should consider options beyond publishing a book and books that may bring more long - term value.

A tablet device running Windows 8 Pro with a meager 1 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM would not perform as expected; only a Windows RT tablet would give relatively decent performance on such a meager hardware specification.

Perhaps this isn't surprising given the high cost of living, relatively low wages, and the meager savings that most of us manage to set aside.

After all, these 3rd parties couldn \» t simply port their existing AAA games, designed for powerful hardware, to the relatively weak and meager Wii, forcing them to make either bold, creative, and risky investments, or none at all.

I am also relatively immune to needs for research funding; 12 months of my salary are supported by Georgia Tech (unusual in the U.S.) and I even have a small research fund from Georgia Tech; much of my research is actually subsidized from the overhead and meager profits of my company.

As you'd expect, Sony Xperia Z Ultra weighs 50g more than its little (relatively speaking) sibling, the Xperia Z. Even with a weight of 212g, the thickness stands at a meager 6.5 mm, much like the newly announced Huawei Ascend P6.