Sentences with phrase «shorter than the letter»

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But perhaps what makes Bezos» letter stand out is its brevity (it's much shorter than Buffet's or Dimon's) and consistent focus on long - term values, like keeping a beginner's mindset through what he calls «Day 1» companies.

I don't think there's any penchant for letters rather than just writing a short essay or piece.

What they found was that when asked to spell a word like, «cat,» for example, an older child may not be able to write any letters that actually sound like the letters in the word, but he / she recognizes that «cat» is a shorter word than say «elephant» and writes down their word accordingly.

Ty is one of the few names with fewer than three letters, making it even more special for parents looking for something short and sweet and to the point.

As MPs are more likely to respond to your own letter than to a standard letter, the best approach is to adapt the short letter below using your own words.

The full spreadsheet of those who have claimed expenses to pay for their ERG subscription is here, although it is not clear that this is the full membership of the organisation, as a number of people listed on ERG letters and other publications — including office holders — are not included, and the list is significantly shorter than the 50 - 100 members that its leading figures sometimes claim to have.

The Y chromosome, like all DNA, is composed of a series of molecules called «bases» that are represented by the letters A, T, C, and G. Current genetic sequencing technologies produce «reads» of sequence that are much shorter than the entire length of the chromosome.

His grandmother, Mary Beth Staab — «Beth» to her friends — a bright woman with more energy than a Kansas tornado, would hop the few short blocks to her grandson's house to help him practice his numbers and his letters every single day.

-- Mice and humans both have about 30,000 genes - and share 99 % of them - but the mouse genome is shorter than that of humans (2.5 billion letters compared with 2.9 billion)---- About 1,200 new genes have been discovered in the human because of mouse - human genome comparisons.

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Business emails are usually much shorter than business letters.

The ascending and descending points are squat; rather than strolling with you into the next letter, the short, sharp kick of the Ls leave a bruise.

In a new study, students in an introductory college statistics class who took a short online survey before each exam asking them to think about how they would prepare for it earned higher grades in the course than their peers — a third of a letter grade higher, on average.

If the 16 letters were «rtu kjs vb fw nqi pgf,» the expert would exhibit little skill advantage over the novice; on average, neither will get more than a short sequence of the letters right.

Some letters have more than one phoneme (e.g., long and short vowel sounds).

Note: In my experience, it takes me less time to indie publish a short story than it does to look up a market, get the manuscript ready, do a cover letter, do stamps and SASE, and go to the post office to mail it.

Rather than give Rachael everything she asked for, which would require a much - longer article, I'm going to concentrate on the last part of her question / request, a query letter for a book of ten short stories.

During my short time (5 years) as a literary agent, I personally evaluated more than sixty - thousand query letters.

I can definitely attest to the query being more of a sales letter than a short story.

Publishers are more likely to actually read query letters than anything else you send precisely because they're short, so it's important to come across as a professional.

«You'll need to provide an explanation letter, which should be short and focus on recovery from the event, rather than excuses for it,» says Casey Fleming, author of «The Loan Guide: How to Get the Best Possible Mortgage.»

Simple loan agreements can be little more than short letters spelling out how long a borrower has to pay back money and what interest might be added to the principal.

The letter must support the claims of extenuating circumstances; confirm the nature of the event that led to the bankruptcy or «foreclosure - related action» (also known as a short sale in Fannie Mae terminology), and illustrate the borrower had no reasonable options other than to default on his or her financial obligations.

Thus, financial institutions and banks issuing letters of credit compete directly with MBIA Corp. to guarantee short - term notes and bonds with a maturity of less than 10 years.

As poet Elizabeth Bishop suggested in a letter to James Merrill after reading his 1954 book, Short Stories, perhaps rather than offering any kind of criticism, I should simply say thank you.

I am reminded of a phrase Abraham Lincoln borrowed from the great 17th century scientist, Pascal, «I have made this letter longer than usual because I lacked the time to make it short».

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That is the subject of the short but pointed letter that UC Berkeley's Severin Borenstein sent to CEC Commissioner Robert Weisenmiller, arguing that «residential rooftop solar is a much more expensive way to move towards renewable energy than larger solar and wind installations.»

A short covering letter of no more than 300 words, explaining why you would be a good fit for the internship and how you would benefit from it.

Finally, I note that the Guardian decided not to publish a very short (less than 150 - word) letter I had written in response to Part 7.

More than 350 years ago, French mathematician Blaise Pascal apologized in a letter for his long - windedness, stating, «I would not have made this so long except that I do not have the leisure to make it shorter.»

They were also prepared to follow the outsourcing systems and procedures to the letter rather than being innovative and taking short cuts.

Although it's acceptable to use bullets to list your achievements, your cover letter should not be more than four short, succinct paragraphs.

The body of your cover letter should be no more than one or two very short paragraphs in length.

Your cover letter needs to be no more than four to five short paragraphs.

Short Notice Resignation Letters Here are letter and email examples, with tips for what to write, to use when you have to give less than the required notice.

I said I wrote short cover letters that were no longer than a scroll or two on a mobile phone.

Keep your letter to less than one page, short enough to read at a glance.

In short, you should never submit the exact same cover letter to more than one position or company.

I recommend sending out a short, pointed letter of inquiry, rather than a wordy description of your skills.

More than 80 % of recruiters spend no more than one minute reading your letter so keep it short and sweet.

You also don't want to send a really short cover letter that's less than 1/2 page or 3 paragraphs.

Almost 70 % of employers wanted a cover letter of less than a full page and about 25 % said the shorter the better.

Ideally, your covering letter should be no more than one page long and with short and clearly themed paragraphs.

Use several shorter paragraphs or bullets rather than one large block of text so that your letter is easy to read.

Remember that the cover letter should not be more than three or at most, four short paragraphs.

The one firm rule for a cover letter is to keep it short: No more than two or three short paragraphs.

Also, your entire cover letter should not be more than three to five paragraphs long - on the shorter side if you include the cover letter in the body of an email.

Your email cover letter should not be any longer than two or three short paragraphs.

One of them told me that he has received a lot of cover letters that are shorter than tweets including a cover letter that just said «Have a nice day.»