Sentences with phrase «take small measures»

These performance - based evaluations are often very subjective and only take small measures of a teacher's performance into consideration.

content while the already tech - heavy world around you seems to be getting a little meaner, harsher, and more polarized, you can take a small measure of comfort knowing that there are people out there who see the world the same way.

New York City transit riders might have taken some small measure of satisfaction from the sight of Carl Kruger resigning from the State Senate earlier this week.

Or have you already been taking small measures that can add up to be a bundle of green travel ideas — practical and sustainable in the the long - term?

Not exact matches

That's why using big data is so important for small businesses: Culling and organizing data from the company is a direct way to take the guesswork out of delegating, making it easier to measure success and adjust course as needed.

Few small businesses can afford optimum cybersecurity measures but many aren't even taking the precautions they have available.

Starting a small business takes research, smarts and self - confidence — and a measure of fearlessness.

Tesla is taking a «proactive measure» out of an «abundance of caution,» the company says, in handling an issue with a cable used in the adjusting of second - row seating in a small percent of Model X vehicles.

Measured across all loan products, and taking into account changes in customer risk margins, however, it seems that interest rates paid on average by small businesses have increased by a little less than the rise in interest rates directly due to the tightening of monetary policy.

But there are a few precautionary measures a small or startup business should take before plunging into overseas adventures.

A «natural grouping» is a small social unit made up of people whose fives are in some measure interlaced and who provide for each other a stable context in which the orderly transmission of values can take place from parents to children.

The faith — science debate has really taken off in the media, particularly in the U.S., and this is in no small measure due to the swarm...

It takes nothing away from the efforts of Griffin and Whitney to say that if process theodicy is here to stay it is due in no small measure to the theoretical groundwork laid in Hartshorne's metaphysics.

The faith — science debate has really taken off in the media, particularly in the U.S., and this is in no small measure due to the swarm of new books on religion and science that were all published in 2006.

Since Ashley began her Small Measures column here at Design * Sponge, I've taken note of the many things I can do to clean up my home environment and help contribute to a better world.

I measured out a few tablespoons of my Cajun spice blend mixed with Kosher salt into a small bowl to use throughout the cooking process - it's easier that way to take a pinch here and there instead of grabbing spice jars with messy hands.

I put some more shredded coconut in a bowl and took a tsp to measure out the chocolate mixture and form it into a small ball (your hands are going to get messy — rinse them off periodically for an easier time rolling) and then rolled it around in the coconut.

Himalayan red rice takes less water, so use the smaller measure if using it, while the other red rices need more liquid.

We (meaning Derek, I just stood there and took pictures), measured out the desired distance and drilled a pilot hole, which is a small guiding «starter hole» before you start putting holes in your grill lid with a giant drill bit.

The final is 86 - 0, but Princeton can take a measure of pride in the fact that they finished the game and collected a few more small victories over the course of the night.

Granted, I'm no expert and the pre-season is too small a sample to take a player's measure, but he's at least proven he deserves the chance to compete for a spot.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

Simply pop in a small measure of water and pop into the microwave for 4 - 8 minutes, and that's sanitation taken care of.

The doctor may order blood tests to measure your baby's bilirubin levels, which usually involve taking a small amount of blood from your baby's heel.

While effective for my own gym and running clothes and for my boyfriend's extremely muddy garb after his ten - mile hikes, take care if you have any small children in the house when considering if it's really worth the extra seconds you save by not having to measure out your liquid detergent.

Chairs with casters are not always advisable for homes with small children but before your kid gets hurt, take some measures to remove the hazard.

In an interview, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini outlined concrete measures he intends to take to arrest this galamsey phenomenon and increase the number of legalized small scale mining operations.

A guarantee of lending to small and medium sized businesses and the introduction of transparency benchmarks are also expected to figure, although it appeared that the latter was taking a back seat after Mr Osborne called on European governments to coordinate the action - implying Britain would struggle to introduce the measure in isolation.

FSB research shows that 44 per cent of small firms would take on more staff if the government cut national insurance, so such a measure would produce an environment for growth and help create much needed jobs.

The FSB also welcomed measures to create a more level playing field for smaller businesses to take on construction projects; and to make policing more locally accountable to the whole community.

Taken together, they weigh roughly the same as the smallest possible sand grain, one measuring just two - thousandths of an inch across.

Given that collecting, processing, analyzing, and reporting quality data are costly in time and resources2 — resources that are often taken from direct patient care when these activities involve physicians and other clinicians — there has been an increasing call to rein in the proliferation of measures by identifying a small set of high - priority measures.

Measuring the brightness of a star over time, he reasoned, would require a much smaller space telescope than trying to take a picture sharp enough to resolve a planet or a tiny loop in the star's trajectory.

According to Joris Sprakel, taking these kinds of sensitive, small - scale measurements is not possible using a large measuring device in a cell.

The researchers took measurements of small - scale temperature and velocity fluctuations, to measure the diapycnal movements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) across the Drake Passage region of the Southern Ocean.

A very small imaging dose of protons — much smaller than that used for treatment — travels through the body region to be imaged; measuring the energy lost on the way allows a picture of that volume to be taken using tomographic techniques.

We (meaning Derek, I just stood there and took pictures), measured out the desired distance and drilled a pilot hole, which is a small guiding «starter hole» before you start putting holes in your grill lid with a giant drill bit.

I would recommend taking a few grams of gelatin per day, since it's not a small vitamin like vitamin C that's measured in miligrams, it's actually a form of amino acid, so you need good amounts to balance the protein you get from food.

Taking Glutamine supplements prior to using NSAID drugs is a preventive measure which inhibits small bowel damage.

The at - home thyroid test measures Free T4, Free T3, TSH, and TPO from a small blood spot sample taken with your kit.

In the days and weeks and months after the horrifying events that took place on September 11, 2001, I was filled with a single - minded purpose of creating things that, in some small way, showed a measure of support.

Having a 27 inch waist, I selected the small, which is stated as a 27 inch, and and when taking a tape measure it it, is read as a solid 27 inches.

Grindr said last week only a small number of Australian users had been affected by the hacker's site, but it would be taking urgent measures to protect security.

There's an intensity to both Day - Lewis and Krieps here, giving and taking in equal measure, creating the most compelling kinky relationship of the year in film (not a small feat amongst the likes of The Shape of Water and Call Me By Your Name and mother!).

An important limitation of this measure is that it does not take into account the wide variation in the geographic size of districts (e.g., a small district could be classified as sparse even if it has many schools per square mile and a large district could be classified as dense even if it has very few schools per square miles).

Even if we take the smallest impact estimate from our analysis (a 1.72 percentile improvement in reading scores, which corresponds to a 0.06 standard deviation increase), the economic benefits measure in the range of # 1,375 to # 3,581 over the course of a recipient's lifetime.

It also allows states to take advantage of a range of innovative approaches to improve assessment and reduce the burden of tests, such as utilizing computer - adaptive assessment, implementing smaller interim assessments in place of large summative tests, and diverse measures such as performance - based assessments.

The analysis also took into account students» age, gender, eligibility for the free lunch program, and whether they had been assigned to a small class, as well as variables measuring the demographic composition of the student's class.

«When I took on the headship of a school in a small, run - down Gloucestershire town in September 2016, the school was in special measures, the student roll had fallen and there had been a high leadership turnover.

One re-analysis of the STAR data published in the American Journal of Public Health estimated that reducing class sizes is one of the most cost - effective public health measures society can take, with large savings in health care and almost two years of additional life for those students who were in smaller classes in the early grades.