Sentences with phrase «smaller slice of the pie»

The music of these so - called Christian songwriters is simple and appeals to a small slice of the pie, almost entirely within just one of 200 countries in the world.

Sustainably - grown coffees are still a small slice of the pie.

Rider - owned companies currently compete for an extremely small slice of the pie: Twin - tips account for some 40,000 of the 600,000 pairs of skis sold annually in North America, and more than half of those 40,000 are produced by industry giants, who, though late to the party, have overwhelmed the market with their production and distribution infrastructure.

This year's # 450m grant offered to councils that freeze their council tax is central government interference in even that small slice of the pie.

Of course, the premium convertible market is a small slice of the pie and, with such a short list of competitors, XLR sales should continue to gain momentum.

Of course, the premium convertible market is a small slice of the pie and with new competitors emerging (like the new Jaguar XK8) the XLR will have to fight for every sale.

I'm not annoyed or surprised — I predicted that once Amazon had its way with the big 5, once indies had served their purpose as a stick with which to threaten trad pubs, it would go back to business as usual, where the lion's share of sales went to trad pubs and Amazon imprints (a variation of trad pub), and indies had to generate far more content and work far harder for a much smaller slice of the pie.

But imagine my store... I have shelves and shelves and shelves full of pies, walls full, twenty flavors, willing to do new flavors at any moment to customer demand, willing to license small slices of any pie at any time.

Do you find that people will make utilities a large percentage of their portfolio, or just a small slice of the pie and put more into mutual funds, bonds, other single stocks, etc...?

While that may seem like a small slice of the pie, here's a look at how other expenses fair:

Focus initially on a small slice of the pie where you have connections, traction, and where your message will resonate and resound.»

Free to Play games are starting to gain traction on consoles but ultimately they're still a very small slice of the pie.

He reassured me that what I was seeing was only a small slice of the pie and that it did not represent the entire experience.

A plate is lying on the bed, piled with small slices of pie or cheese wedges.

Seeing that they are paired with pie charts displaying government censuses on the happiness of the Taiwanese people (a startlingly small slice of the pie represents «happy» people), the decision to include the more nebulous and conceptual words in the exhibition title, such as «Dissatisfaction,» «Agitation,» «Survival» and «Unequal,» becomes clear.

Yes, you need to find the other person attractive, look up to them and feel a strong sense of familiarity with, but those are but one small slice of the pie that constitutes a healthy and long relationship.

Yes, you need to find the other person attractive, look up to them, and feel a strong sense of familiarity, but those are but a small slice of the pie that constitutes a healthy and lasting relationship.

Simon Payn, president of the real estate newsletter provider Ready to Go Newsletters, says, «It would be nice to be the best sales rep in the world but with hundreds of thousands of real estate agents competing for a smaller slice of the pie, it's not possible to simply be «the best agent.»

The blogging world is such a funny place, it makes us feel as if we know each other when we really only see a small slice of the pie.

Not exact matches

In a slow - growth world, everyone is left fighting to protect their slice of a smaller pie.

Often it is a pie chart depicting a massive total addressable market (TAM) and conveying the point that the business only needs a small slice of that market to be a huge success.

I am not a member of that small slice of the leadership pie that relishes radical change.

would you believe Dad and I finished off our breakfast... with a small slice of Lemon pie... not cake!

Butter cake from Modern Classics Book 2: Cookies, Biscuits & Slices, Small Cakes, Cakes, Desserts, Hot Puddings, Pies & Tarts (Morrow Cookbooks) Cake: 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon (127g) unsalted butter, very well softened 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup + 1 1/2 tablespoons (218g) caster sugar 3 eggs 1 1/2 cups + 1 1/2 tablespoons (225g) all purpose flour, sifted 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, sifted 1/4 teaspoon baking soda, sifted pinch of salt 1/2 cup (120 ml) whole milk, room temperature Icing: 1 cup (140g) icing sugar, sifted 1 - 2 tablespoons lemon juice or water Preheat the oven to 160 °C; butter a 20 cm (8in) round cake pan, line the bottom with baking paper and butter the paper as well.

Mushrooms are one of the most versatile ingredients you can use; they are super quick to cook, you can use it as buns for a burger, you can cut them small and use as a filling for pot pies or omelettes, and you can slice them to use on top of pizzas, or on pasta sauces, or for pretty much everything you can think of.

2 quarts chicken stock 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 large carrots, roasted and diced 2 celery stalks, sliced 2 medium onions, peeled and chopped 2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 3 - 4 cups of roasted pumpkin flesh (whatever you end up with after roasting and peeling your 4 - pound pie pumpkin) 1/2 pound freshly ground chorizo sausage * cut into chunks 1 small bunch parsley, finely chipped (about 2 tablespoons) 1 tablespoon Madras curry powder Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

And although there are numerous direct competitors, including scores of small, craft hot sauce makers all vying for their slice of the Sriracha pie, it is Tran's «Rooster Sauce» (its informal nickname because of a picture of a rooster on each clear plastic bottle) gets almost all the attention and adoration in the fiery foods world.

While more and more Long Islanders are powering their homes with solar energy, it only makes up a small slice of the energy pie in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

«Giving parents a slice of a smaller pie does not give them more control.

In short, both Labour and the Tories are getting smaller and smaller slices of a bigger and bigger pie.

Basic scientific research, conducted at universities in communities across the country, is the smallest slice of the nation's R&D pie, yet it is the critical spark that ignites discovery and innovation in the United States.

In the long run, «from the manufacturer's perspective,» Smith says, «what they may be looking at is a bigger slice of what we all hope will be a much smaller [liability] pie.»

If you are using discs, slice a small cross in the middle of each pie disc using a sharp knife.

IDRA has contended for decades that rather than causing education advocates to fight over small slices of the funding pie, legislators should create a larger pie that provides what is needed in all major education areas so that all students are served appropriately.

Her presentation of SDE organizational capacity to lead, support, manage, or oversee - whatever the appropriate verb may be - represents a very small slice of the national pie, an important caveat that could have been more clearly communicated in her closing remarks.

Menlo Park, California — With sales of small luxury cars expected to quadruple in coming years, their makers are all jostling for a slice of this profit - rich pie.

I spoke to Viz CEO Ken Sasaki at Comic - Con in San Diego last July, and he told me that the app still accounts for the majority of their digital manga sales, but he expected sales on other platforms to grow; while Viz's slice might get smaller, the pie as a whole will get bigger, he said.

The rest of my works are still across multiple platforms, but as I see that slice of income pie getting smaller and smaller, part of me really wants to slide the rest of my catalog back to all - in status on Amazon.

I simply said «Give me a thousand bucks every six months and I won't let anyone else buy that one small slice of that one pie.»

Is everyone competing for larger or smaller slices of a single, unchangeable pie?

Just because your slice of pie gets bigger doesn't necessarily mean someone else's becomes smaller.

«You get a larger slice of a smaller pie, but you still get more pie in total,» says Runchey.

Despite this promising growth, however, sales of these products remain a fairly small slice of the bigger pie, with only 1.3 percent of all pet food sales at pet specialty retail in the U.S. falling into this category.

It is only a part of what is going on, a small slice of the entire pie of behavior.

Colobomas may be only small notches out of the inner edge of the iris, pie slices, or massive holes — occasionally so large it appears the dog has no iris at all.

Where would museum - worthy pieces like Andres... read more... «At Boston's Allston Skirt Gallery: a small, dark, and stinky slice of the art - world pie»

Alternative energy employs 5 times as many people as coal, yet makes up a smaller slice of the energy pie.

Along with a «10 - Minute Plan» for garden upkeep, which is designed to fit the attention span of even your smallest gardeners, and a list of 20 easy - to - grow plants, Lovejoy includes gardens aimed at grabbing — and holding — young attention spans, from growing a «Pizza Patch,» which features pie - slice plots of tomatoes and herbs, and a «Moon Garden» full of plants that bloom only after bedtime (it's worth staying up for).

No, this is not a «cheapo» phone surge by smaller players trying to grab a slice of the smartphone pie by fighting solely on price.

Every Android phone maker not named Samsung is fighting for small slices of a big pie — especially in the high - end market Essential wants to enter — so it makes sense to try to get as much of a return as you can from the handful of people who care enough to buy your device in the first place.