Sentences with phrase «shaping up much»

Indeed, a new Morningstar report comparing index funds and actively managed portfolios found that while index funds generally outperform their actively managed peers, those active funds with low expenses tend to shape up much better vs index portfolios than high - fee actively managed portfolios.

Not exact matches

Taylor says his team didn't want to use a thumbs up, so it tried a heart - shaped «like» button, much like Instagram and Tumblr use.

She thinks it will have to top up payments by between # 360 million to # 655 million in 2015, but it's still in much better shape than it used to be.

As of 3 p.m. EDT, WPX Energy (NYSE: WPX), Cobalt International Energy (NYSE: CIE), EP Energy (NYSE: EPE), Oasis Petroleum (NYSE: OAS) and Baytex Energy (NYSE: BTE) had all traded down as much as 10 % today, and all of them are shaping up to see close to, or more than, double - digit declines by the end of the day.

Bonds and commodities aren't bouncing up or down nearly as much, which Reinhart says means the economy remains in good shape.

The contest is shaping up to be much closer than expected which has seen some bullish pre-election currency bets pared back as we enter the final countdown to GE 14.

Probably shows up much better than the original, which is in extremely bad shape.

Fossil discoveries in China, «hailed as among the most spectacular in this century,» turned up seventy species from the Cambrian period with «the appearance of increasingly complex marine animals in a riot of shapes and anatomical designs anticipating much of life as it is today.»

Or more up to date, I bet NASA doesn't talk about a spherical earth given that we now much better understand the true shape of the earth and many related parameters.

At the end of so much effort, the neck seemed frail, but the head was still lifted up, and the ears stood there, still shaped for attention, soft as they were.

I made a second with some minor changes, I rolled the dough in a log shape in plastic wrap and when I was ready to bake them I simply sliced them up much easier than making balls and flattening.

Nut milk bags work so much better because they are already bag - shaped, don't stretch over time, are resistant to picking up stains or food odors, and can be machine washed.

- attention - to - detail - schmetail nature is probably responsible for a fairly high rate of baking failure), but I ended up having to add a heap of flour just so I wasn't working with glue, and pretty much plopping them individually onto the board to work into something that resembled scone - shape.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

He's putting up good numbers [averaging 14.9 points and 8.8 rebounds through Sunday, second on the team in both categories], and he's in much better shape than he was in the last two years.

I found that if you pour water directly into the tang bottle and then close it up and forget about it for two weeks, you can later extract it as tangball paste easily, and it stays in a ball shape MUCH longer than making them on the fly.

Again, this is a year in which the Coastal will boil down to our November showdown with the U. I'm not saying VT is in shape to make the playoffs much less win it all, but this schedule certainly sets us up for that first realistic push towards the playoffs

Chelsea's players have a different make - up to ours however, with their midfielders much more comfortable in the two in front of the defence in the shape of Kante and Bakayoko, while Granit Xhaka and Aaron Ramsey play very differently.

Secondly, Wenger needs to become far more flexible when it comes to his formation selections... remember this is the same individual that hadn't used a 3 - back system for 20 years and only conceded to the experiment when the proverbial shit hit the fan... you know it killed him to adopt «Conte's» system, which is probably why he resisted so long; in fact his stubbornness to adjust even earlier might have cost us the 4 hole... much like most sports that have tactical formations, every team should have a «base» offensive and defensive scheme, but they likewise need to have some inherent flexibility depending on the opposing teams tactics and / or when specific substitutions are made... how many times have you watched a Wenger - run team make a late substitution but not change their shape on the pitch... furthermore, how many times have you seen our team fail to make the necessary adjustments at halftime due to Wenger's tactical stubbronness, which often led to giving up goals in the early minutes of the second - half... the best teams in the world know how to make halftime adjustments whereas we always seem to be surprised when the opposing team throws a wrinkle into the mix following halftime... this my friend is soccer 101

With goals piling up at both ends, and a new, young, free - wheeling United side beginning to take shape, it is hard to escape the sense that Berbatov is very much yesterday's man, however recent and excellent that yesterday might have been.

Our much improved defensive shape, and defending as a unit, afforded him the opportunities to take risks in attempts to win the ball back, and though he was excellent in preventing the more promising of opposition moves he displayed as much, if not more, quality when it came to breaking up moves in the very early stages of their attack.

The reason is that when if they move to a high 4 -3-3 press, they would not be able to cover the flank in the midfield unless the side backs push up, something that they are reluctant to do because it would compromise their compact shape and leave too much space in the back.

It also maintains its shape and does not bunch up or stretch out much, which helps keep his arms in and makes him feel snug longer.

As a breastfeeding mother's shape changes, due to milk supply and weight fluctuations, the Velcro a back panel can bedjusted by up to 10 inches around the ribcage, ensuring as much of a comfortable fit for the 1,000 th pumping session as for the first.

As much as possible, I want my daughter to grow up around people who don't try to shove her into a gender - shaped box.

space saving - we all know how much space baby kit takes up, so we love how this can be adjusted into three shapes to squeeze into your cupboards

I always get the Rotelle pasta because they are shaped like wagon wheels and he can easily pick them up (angel hair... not so much).

Some pregnant women find that the C shaped pillow gives them more comfortable, especially it won't take up much space on the bed like its counterpart.

The potential downside of course is that staff may shape, block or ignore so much information that the Decider doesn't have enough good facts to work with (see: Iraq Invasion, 2003), but in Obama's case his innate intellectual curiosity (which also shows up constantly in Plouffe's book) combined with the apparent quality of his advisors seems to be an effective counter.

Not much of that money has been earmarked so far, but that will change Thursday morning when the governor is scheduled to come to town to announce what is shaping up as the -LSB-...]

However, that may not appeal as much in what shapes up to be a «change election.»

It would've been... I think it would be a much competitive race if it was Anthony Weiner versus Mike Bloomberg than it is shaping up to be with Bill Thompson versus Mike Bloomberg.

Now, much to the dismay of party leaders who were hoping to unite the city's outnumbered Republicans behind a single candidate, Cahill says that he will actively campaign in the three - or four - way race currently shaping up.

«That since the younger generation of Nigerians makes up for more than 60 per cent of the nation's population, it is our hope that they inherit this country in better shape so that they can build a much better future for themselves and their offsprings in an atmosphere that is devoid of anarchy, hate, suspicion and negativity that characterize the polarized, and clearly irreconcilable differences forced on us by the Biafran Igbos».

There has been much speculation that the Lorigo - Kay ticket is really about holding a place open atop Row D until after the Republicans have complete led what's shaping up to be a real knock - down, drag - out of a convention.

The National Republican Congressional Committee conducted polling that shows Bacon in much better shape in a general election match - up against Eastman than Ashford.

This outfit derives its resources from the liquidation of the Communist Party's assets built up over many decades by British workers (with a little help from their Soviet comrades) Therefore Progress can have no principled objection to another political tendency with impeccable socialist credentials and a much longer relationship with the organised labour movement to join them in the fraternal contest to shape the direction of Labour's policies and influence the selection of candidates.

Scientists know that they still have much to learn about what these shape - shifters are up to.

New Horizons also could potentially take a close - up look at a smaller, more ancient object much farther out in the Kuiper Belt: the disk - shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune believed to contain comets, asteroids and other small, icy bodies.

The question that will shape the future of identity on the net is how much we are willing to give up to be assured that every book reviewer on Amazon is who they say they are.

Muir Woods National Monument, CA Marvel at the redwoods — renowned as the tallest trees in the world — but also take a moment to taste the clover - shaped redwood sorrel that makes up much of the ground cover and has a surprisingly citrusy flavor (though it's toxic in large doses).

Knowing that an egg's shape is determined not by the shell itself but by the membrane inside, Stoddard worked with Harvard University physicist L. Mahadevan and his student Ee Hou Yong to come up with a mathematical representation based on the membrane's properties and how much pressure it received — from the developing chick on the inside.

The amphiphile has been tailor made from «bucky balls» — football - shaped molecules made up of 60 carbon atoms (C60) which are chemically modified by attaching a much longer «tail» made up of chains of carbon atoms, as found in a regular soap.

Fill three balloons up partially with water, so they start to form a spherical shape but do not stretch out the membrane much.

How 2015 will shape up is, of course, uncertain, but that ocean heat will play a role, as water responds much more slowly to changes in heat than land.

But you may not have given much thought to what happens when it's time to take out this one - inch, T - shaped device — either because you plan to start having kids, it's reached the end of its lifespan (which can be up to 12 years, depending on the type you have), or you just don't want the thing in you anymore.

Balance on your sit - bones and lift your legs up so that your body is in a V - shape, as much as possible for you.

Honestly, now I am happy to have had the experience of having 3 babies in 3 years and having to lose pregnancy weight, because I will actually end up in better shape than when I got pregnant, since I gained so much knowledge and enthusiasm for exercise along the way.

I read books, studied everything I could get my hands on relating to personal style and business, signed up for mentor programs, and learned all that I could about styling all body shapes, personalities, styling with colors and patterns, and so much more.

Since I love my round Ray Ban sunglasses so much, I ended up getting the same shape in this fun color!