Sentences with phrase «substantial chunk»

A pretty substantial chunk of the economy relies on defense spending.

That is a pretty substantial chunk, given the big names making up the competition.

That early process of just understand the problem and digging down really deep is a very substantial chunk of the process of discovery.

Some games let players buy cosmetic content, whereas others offer substantial chunks of brand - new gameplay.

The bulk of the money has gone to energy efficiency programs, with substantial chunks also going to community renewable energy and direct bill assistance.

Some cats may bite and pull out substantial chunks of hair.

But the truly clever thing is that you can choose to smash up a checkpoint, losing the ability to return to it in exchange for a relatively substantial chunk of money.

Some games let players buy cosmetic content, whereas others offer substantial chunks of brand - new -LSB-...]

It's a pretty substantial chunk of our solar system that's still out there to be found, which is pretty exciting.»

Titles from big publishers are still responsible for a very substantial chunk of Amazon's publishing revenue and losing those titles would sink its Kindle business.

Four percent of your revenue is a substantial chunk of change.»

You have to have a substantial chunk of your mortgage paid off before you can qualify for a HECM.

He urges the couple to spend not just on worthy causes, but to actually invest a substantial chunk of their money in fundraising, an activity that has been looked down on as potentially wasteful in the past.

Several sources said that a substantial chunk of Quixey's business has recently shifted to Alibaba and other Asian clients.

The Horizon project, for instance, has endured its share of setbacks, most notably a 2011 fire that shut down production for a substantial chunk of that year.

Takeover target Treasury Wine Estates has flagged to private equity bidders that a substantial chunk of the $ 100 million earmarked for capital spending on the business this financial year is for «Project Uplift», which will divert money into the production of higher - end wines.

Probably sitting on the outside of any Playoff bubble, but controls a substantial chunk of its fate by a.) having TCU and Oklahoma State coming on the schedule and b.) Baker Mayfield doing things to keep OU in games, like picking up 15 yards on fourth - and - 4 out of absolutely nothing.

By the way, a substantial chunk of that match was played in our 18 yard.

He is amazing and has dedicated a substantial chunk of his investigative journalism life to the global food crisis.

«It made me think that even though I always kept in touch every weekend with the constituency, never ever let them down, I hadn't realised that it wasn't just the disillusioned and dispossessed that were ready to vote for Brexit, it was quite a substantial chunk of the middle class and we need to take that on board.»

And of those who did vote, a substantial chunk voted for John McCain, the Republican candidate: 25 percent of those making under $ 15,000, and 37 percent of those making $ 15,000 to $ 30,000.

It needs a substantial chunk of what remains of the Labour left and some trade union support.

A longstanding plan to build an ice rink at the site of the former Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx will hit a critical deadline next month, when it must present a substantial chunk of funding in order to get a lease from the de Blasio administration to go forward.

Which means Cuomo has his own Democratic gubernatorial primary (against Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who gave him a scare by lining up support from a substantial chunk of Working Families membership before the party's convention) and Hochul her own, against Wu.

Again, the conclusion of their work was that Facebook's get - out - the - vote message could have driven a substantial chunk of the increase in youth voter participation in the 2012 general election.

Hundreds of them are here this week, a substantial chunk of the conference audience.

However, this much lower proportion still represents a substantial chunk of the economy.

No wonder so many people think their own families are net losers from the tax and spend system: they believe a substantial chunk of their rising tax bill is being used to support people who are wrongly pocketing large amounts of welfare cash.

If a special election is called — Mr. Cuomo refused to hold special elections to fill vacancies in 2014 — the Brooklyn Democratic Party will choose a nominee to fill what could amount to a substantial chunk of Mr. Camara's term.

A laboratory that receives a substantial chunk of funds will make the project a high priority, says Aebersold, who says a good example of funding small teams of committed researchers is the Synergy Grants.

Another substantial chunk of energy goes into trucking away the leftover sludge, which almost always ends up in landfills.

Impey speculates that the dark matter which lurks in these dim galaxies could make up a substantial chunk of the extra mass that would be needed to make the Universe dense enough to eventually collapse under its own gravity.

A substantial chunk of my day is taken up with e-mail.

In this study, the researchers gave 10 developers of varying backgrounds a specific security tool and a substantial chunk of open - source code to examine.

This is because it takes customers completely away from using cell networks, which bring in a substantial chunk of carriers» profits.

A long - standing challenge in physics has been finding evidence for dark matter, the stuff presumed to make up a substantial chunk of the mass of the universe.

It's a pretty substantial chunk of our Solar System that's still out there to be found, which is pretty exciting.»

Estimates of these costs range from $ 100 - million to $ 1.2 - billion for each new drug that makes it to market, and a substantial chunk of this funding is consumed by establishing that a drug is both safe and effective.

The team predict the black holes would need to have roughly two to fourteen times the mass of the Sun for them to make up a substantial chunk of the galaxy's dark matter — right around the mass expected for this kind of object.

Here we are, watching TPTB water the crops with Brawndo EVERY SINGLE DAY and a substantial chunk of the populace actively wondering why the rest of us are freaking out.

A substantial chunk of backstory establishes that this is indeed Thor (Chris Hemsworth), newly banished from celestial Asgard by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins).

A Warner Bros. representative told Kotaku that a «substantial chunk» of the studio's staff at the time of Disney's closure was back on board, forming a team well over 100 strong.

A substantial chunk, if not all, of state and federal dollars typically stay with the district as well.

That substantial chunk of change doesn't buy you any extra shove — for cost reasons, the ACR's engineers left the Viper's 8.4 - liter, 600 - hp V - 10 alone — but it does net you a host of other worthwhile improvements.

I would say never get under a car unless it's supported by something like a jackstand, or a substantial chunk of wood / metal / etc.

$ 66,000 is a substantial chunk of money, but I'm somehow able to wrap my head around it.

Its smoothness suggests the changing role of trucks as citizens of the world, not just the countryside: city slickers now make up a substantial chunk of Ram sales, necessitating the inclusion of standard features like front parking sensors — that's just how Ram wants it.

«With a total worldwide production of just 2,000 units, the MINI JCW GP Edition looks set to become an instant collector's item and Australia punches well above its weight in securing a substantial chunk of that production.»

«With a total worldwide production of just 2,000 units, the MINI JCW GP Edition looks set to become an instant collector's item and Australia punches well above its weight in securing a substantial chunk of that production,» he said.

Only lawyers will get a substantial chunk of the settlement.