Sentences with phrase «small number of big»

A political divide has arisen because developers in a relatively small number of big money centers have used an increasingly higher percentage of EB - 5 investment, without much participation by developers in other areas,» says Robert Divine, head attorney in the global immigration group of Memphis, Tenn. - based law firm Baker Donelson.

Rather than parking capital in a small number of big - ticket investments, investors are looking for diversification by investing in several properties across various property types and regions.

With the rise of a small number of big tech companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.»

Setting a threshold insures that mom - and - pop shops do not pay the carbon price and that auditors only need to check up on a relatively small number of big businesses.

We were surprised at the relatively small number of big 4WDs on the island; it seems the islanders have better priorities than buying needless polluting fuel guzzlers; good on them!

So you get that concentration of power in a relatively small number of big publishers and bookstore chains.

One essential lesson from the closing of Jubilee Schools in Memphis is the danger of becoming overly reliant on a small number of big donors.

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said the problem is threefold: not enough local authorities planning for the homes they need; house building that is simply too slow; and a construction industry that is too reliant on a small number of big players.

[and our counter is too slow; in the counter we need to make a small number of big passes instead of tiki - taka» ing it up the field & have someone who can run faster than giroud] walcott maybe the person for such games as ST; but he can bottle it too.

With the rise of a small number of big tech companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.

He argued this would encourage reform of the party funding system by creating a greater incentive for a broader base for party funding, rather than the current reliance on a smaller number of bigger donors.

Now the ABS supporters want to add yet another layer, and more likely two more layers, of overhead to cover: (1) the return to the lawyers running the smaller number of big or franchised law firms, and (2) the return on capital investment to the venturers.

Not exact matches

MONTREAL — Watching television on the Internet is cheap and convenient, but so far only a small number of Canadians have cut the cord on traditional viewing as TV providers offer discount prices and spend more on programs to keep customers who pay bigger monthly bills.

Record numbers of consumers drive out to malls, big boxes and smaller retailers only to be ignored by skeleton staffs and made to feel like they are troubling the staff when asking for help.

To me, and obviously to a substantial number of U.S. businesses both big and small, it is clear that unless America cuts its high business tax rate it will struggle to maintain a competitive edge and remain attractive for investment.

The President boosted the number of federal regulations affecting small businesses by 13 percent during his first term in office, leading governmental regulation and red tape to overtake sales, taxes and the cost / availability of insurance as small business's biggest problem, respondents to the National Federation of Independent Business small business survey explain.

Most expensive wedding planned: $ 350,000 Biggest wedding (by attendance): 700 Smallest wedding: 19 Number of weddings planned per year: 20 — 25 Average planning time per wedding: 1 year Shortest planning time: 5 weeks

If it seems a stretch to apply the experiences of a radical second - wave feminist to the business world, consider that a surprising number of companies — big and small — are today opting to operate as ersatz capitalist communes.

There were a few dozen of them we wanted to connect with — a big enough number to partner with and convince our investors, but also small enough so I could put a list of names on a wall.

«There's so many interesting applications out there, yet for me, there's still [a] very small number of apps that are fundamental for my day and my week,» Pincus told the FT. «Even if you're a big huge company, or a scrappy entrepreneur, you still have to build a product that resonates with people.»

The number of small - business loans fell dramatically during the recession, as big banks cut off credit to customers they considered risky and many smaller and regional banks that once lent to local business owners shut their doors.

The «microbiome,» or the collection of organisms that reside within the human body (especially the gut), has become a big new interest area for a number of major pharma companies like Merck and smaller biotechs alike.

Maybe only a small number of companies get funded, but the big picture is the enthusiasm created that will spur entrepreneurs on, reigniting the economy.

If, though, we take the numbers as true, the main objection is that such broad definitions of small and big can hide vast internal disparities.

These theatrics, which go well beyond the usual angst at a new venture, have contributed to a growing perception that innovation has stalled and management is in turmoil at one of Silicon Valley's most promising startups, which some 20 million active users rely on each month for updates on everything from subway delays to election results — and which a growing number of companies, big and small, seek to use to market themselves and track customers.

And while I spent the next decade as a senior executive in a number of successful companies, big and small, my only stint as a startup CEO ended in bankruptcy when the dot - com bubble burst.

His small team, which is working on a game called The Long Dark (due next year), is comprised of industry veterans who have collectively worked at a number of the big studios in Canada, including Ubisoft Montreal, BioWare and Relic Entertainment.

«As recently as three years ago, Black Friday — dominated by Big Store brands — was clearly better than smaller brand - focused and clothing - focused Cyber Monday, in terms of the number and quality of deals, as well as the number of participating retailers,» says de Grandpre of DealNews.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

«Just a small number of stocks are kind of taking the group higher on the big up days, and on the down days they all kind of go down together.»

An Instagram following of 10,000 might seem unimpressive, but if that following consists of 50 other sneezers relevant to the niche you're going after, plus another 9,900 members of that same niche then that small - seeming number begins to look much bigger.

If your dream is to add to this number by starting your own bed and breakfast, or if you already own a small motel or resort and want to take bigger chunk of the total worth, there are some things you need to know about your financing and small business loan options.

HERERA: So, Fidelity joins a number of big Wall Street firms and small firms for that matter that are try to kind of rejigger their fee structure.

«Portland, Oregon attracts investors and a growing number of companies with its big city amenities and small town vibe.»

It has signed up a number of big publishers, including HarperCollins and Houghton Mifflin, as well as smaller ones like Workman Publishing and Perseus.

Here at Fundera, we've seen a number of wild success stories with debt refinancing — especially when it comes to graduating small business owners from expensive short - term financing to bigger and better loans.

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However if any of a large number of other theories is right, what we believe and do may have a very big impact on the future, so your advice is really only relevant to the small number who already agree with you.

The common «creation story» emerging from the fields of astrophysics, biology, and scientific cosmology makes small any myth of creation from the various religious traditions: some ten billion or so years ago the universe began from a big bang exploding the «matter,» which was infinitesimally small and infinitely dense, outward to create the untold number of galaxies of which our tiny planet is but one blip on the screen.

Let's face it: Noah's Ark is totally impossible — the ship is way too big to be made of wood but WAY too small for the number of animals taken.

Funny how they usually discount small «c» christian groups from the «dead» denominations and the «cult RCC» as not being really Christian except when adding their numbers to the total pew survey making for a really big percentage of Americans who are Christian.

In almost any denomination, in any part of the country, one finds a similar pattern: a few large churches with strength and resources to spare, and a big number of extremely small, weak churches.

Adjust the number of jalapenos you use based on the size of the peppers that are available: if you have big jalapenos you need only 6, and you'll need around 10 if your peppers are small.

«I've worked for a number of big and small companies, and I'm most proud of this association, and I'm very confident of what Wyandot can do.»

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Context is always a big, or small, part of any number of stats — even indirectly.

«It just shows that everybody has moved up and the number of clubs that can fight at the top is bigger this season and the difference between the teams is smaller.

This season everything is really tight so the small details make a big difference and for them it has made a big difference in terms of their number of points.

With a population smaller than that of Washington, D.C., and a governor whose home number is listed in the phone book, Wyoming often feels like America's biggest small town.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision