Sentences with phrase «small number of good»

The Whole painting thing is held together by a very small number of good painters.»

Researchers are currently working with a small number of good quality evidence, and 1 significant outcome from this research is the important need for there to be more studies of this type.

Chen cites grant applications as another cause for concern, stating that too many resources go to a small number of good scientists.

The goal is to come back with a smaller number of the best designs.

In other words, over the next five years, this government is planning to spend more money on income splitting for a small number of well off families, a promise made during the 2011 election, than on supporting economic growth and job creation through new spending on research and infrastructure and lowering taxes on investment.

«We found very high emissions associated with a small number of wells,» says Howarth.

[1] To date, studies of exoplanet atmospheres have been dominated by a small number of well - studied planets.

That pressure may lead researchers to publish many low - quality studies instead of aiming for a smaller number of well - done studies.

«Our results, using seismology and hydrogeology, show a strong link between a small number of wells and earthquakes migrating up to 50 kilometers away» said Keranen.

While first and foremost I am a car collector, I also sell a very small number of the best, premium quality cars to discerning buyers - most coming from my personal collection when I run out of room or decide to change up the roster a bit.

It's no longer a stand - alone model — nor a million - dollar one — but because it offers more space, luxury, technology and personalisation options than the best - selling and highest - tech limousine on which it's based, it's no surprise Benz's born - again Maybach has already attracted a small number of well - heeled Aussies.

Truthfully its been there all along, a small number of well paid and discreet courtesans.

Known as the Lifetime Retirement Investment Scheme (LRIS) for now, the investment option will provide a small number of well - diversified funds for members to choose from.

If, as Caulton et al. conclude, a small number of wells contribute heavily to the leakage flux, this actually makes fixing the problem more straightforward.

I suspect that the Lasso is picking a very small number of the best proxies, and picking a slightly larger number of noise series.

In fact, both are relevant and should be taken into account unless we are dealing with only a relatively small number of well - distributed, equal variance proxies.

We felt blessed to be surrounded by just a very small number of best friends and family.»

Not exact matches

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

Startups and small businesses often face a number of unique challenges including deficient funding, client dependence, insufficient staff and struggles with balancing out their desires to create top quality products and services, provide their users with the best possible experience and increase their sales margins.

There are a number of services that a good customer intelligence provider can offer a small business.

One of his sayings I now pass on to every start - up we fund: that it's better, initially, to make a small number of users really love you than a large number kind of like you.

Using a virtual assistant system to open up your website and brand to better customer service and wider market engagement unlocks a number of benefits for small businesses, especially those predominantly based online.

Re-aligning staff with a smaller number of layoffs now is better than not being prepared and facing massive layoffs down the line, he says.

«Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up,» Mills said last month while introducing the borrowers rights bill in Washington.

Contests are good for adding email addresses to your user base, but it is often far better to have a smaller, avid fan base than a larger number of people with no enthusiasm for your brand.

For the second month in a row, we had a higher than average number of small business owners saying they feel good about the economy in March — 69 %.

There are a number of different options out there, but typically the best route for a small business is to combine all of your short - term loans into one larger payment.

The 80/20 or 70/30 are good rules of thumb to follow when it comes to creating email content, with the higher number denoting the percentage of valuable information your email should contain, and the smaller number the percentage of «salesy» stuff.

The personal finance site recently crunched through numbers from the Small Business Administration, the Census Bureau, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics among other sources to uncover the best cities with thriving communities of educated, young entrepreneurs.

Initially, it was used almost exclusively by large companies, but by the mid-1990s, increasing numbers of small - and mid-sized companies had embraced ISO 9000 as well.

Wellins recently relocated from Texas and has held senior leadership roles in retail, digital and small business banking for a number of well - known financial institutions in Texas, New York, Arizona and California throughout his more than 20 year career.

If the company isn't going to sell a lot of watches, it may as well make healthy profits from the small number it does move to the faithful, who will buy anything featuring an Apple logo.

Theoretically, it's good for small business: The Wall Street Journal reports that Giuliani hopes at least 13 million people will trade their employer - based insurance for a private plan, bringing the number of Americans who buy their own policies to more than 30 million.

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.

«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.

But the number of entrepreneurs who want to use commerce in ways great or small as a force not just for profit but also for good is growing.

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.

«A number of conditions should be reviewed based on the strategic plan of the company to make sure the loan is good for them,» says Donna Holmes, director of the Penn State Small Business Development Center.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

Gannett initially offered $ 12.25 a share in April for what was then Tribune Publishing, which owns the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, as well as a number of other smaller newspapers.

Unfortunately, not many of the top 100 banks does a good job making smaller loans, available to business owners, in the $ 40,000 to $ 50,000 range, based on my analysis of the numbers.

What's amazing for small business owners about these new social media tools is that they are incredibly good at empowering individual people to efficiently and inexpensively maintain a far larger number of «weak ties».

Accordingly, much focus has been directed at his business record — supporters trumpet his business accomplishments (as seen above) and detractors highlight his business missteps (as seen below), with each side seeking to establish his business track record as either good or bad based solely on one small subset of numbers:

While a number of standalone and hosted versions are available, QuickBooks Online Simple Start is a good value for small office accounting needs.

She says Starbucks will push out a smaller number of more relevant product promotions and focus on those customers in the afternoon, a time when the company hasn't been doing as well.

Putting all this together, the Australian corporate bond market is relatively small in size and is less well developed than corporate bond markets in a number of other countries.

It is well known that the Conservative government is also committed to introducing income splitting for families with children under the age of eighteen, despite the overwhelming evidence that this change would benefit only a small number of high - income families.

St. Paul has the smallest number of establishments among the best cities to score a dream job.

He started Reliable Acorn in order to provide a small number of clients the best advice available.

This shared public ledger enables people to make transactions with each other over the network, opening up new global marketplaces for small businesses as well as a number of transactions all together.