Sentences with phrase «small beer compared»

Industry analysts reckon that, at maximum capacity, tidal power could generate 13 gigawatts nationwide, small beer compared with the 35 gigawatts of wind generation that already exists.

Which is part of the reason they come out with stupid comments like the end of Himalayan glaciers by 2035, but on second thought, maybe we meant 2350... http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/IPCC-retracts-2035-alarm-on-Himalayan-glacier-melt/articleshow/5482397.cms Releasing this much carbon is not a good thing, but when you look at the larger picture, our increasing carbon in the atmosphere from 0.032 % to 0.039 % is small beer compared to deforestation and our increasing global population.

The funding Seems like pretty small beer compared to many others.

The entertaining parlour game of who would replace Chris Dercon as director of Tate Modern (Tate curator Morris got the job), or Penelope Curtis as director of Tate Britain (Alex Farquharson from Nottingham Contemporary), are small beer compared to who might replace Sir Nick.

Fire Emblem still draws in a respectable crowd on the Nintendo portables, and roguelikes like Bedlam make good use of the good old grid - and - single - units battle system, but they're small beer compared to Final Fantasy Tactics and, arriving at last at the point, Advance Wars.

They are small beer compared with what is coming next.

However Sir Trevor's donation is relatively small beer compared to the # 16,800 donated by Taylor and the # 12,500 invested by Hearn.

All of this is small beer compared to the massive costs of new F - 35 fighter jets alone, estimated at up to $ 30 billion, but for voters still reeling from a recession the Conservatives» offerings may be appealing.

The stakes of your presentation are surely small beer compared with those of the «I Have a Dream» speech.

That's small beer compared with his final quarry of the day — Independence Blue Cross, a monster insurance company.

Not exact matches

Parker showed that women in the United States who drank more than three standard servings of alcohol (each either about a small glass of wine or a can of beer) per week halved their chance of getting the disease compared with those who never drank alcohol.

Compared to the sweeping changes of that era, what has happened since and what is likely to happen in the next couple of years is small beer.