Sentences with phrase «than a few years typically»

In most cases, drivers that have stayed with the same car insurance for more than a few years typically pay more than is necessary.

Not exact matches

Things look equally bleak based on metrics typically used by investors to evaluate a borrower's ability to make payments: In Asia and Latin America, companies» debt now represents roughly four years of operating profits, up from fewer than two years prior to the financial crisis of 2008.

The favorable market performance associated with many historical economic expansions is fully accounted for by 1) favorable post-recession valuations, with the S&P 500 averaging less than 9 times prior peak earnings at the recession low, expanding to just over 11 times peak earnings in the first year of the bull market, and 2) favorable trend uniformity, which typically emerges almost immediately in the form of a powerful breadth thrust off of a bear market low, and is confirmed within a few weeks by much broader trend uniformity.

Typically these periods in past few seasons has seen us chasing the top table team with average of 10 points, then comes our end of season charge which has seen us having more points than any other epl team in the final two months of the season over the past few years as well.This is mostly due to injuries plaguing key members our team around this period every year, apparently we've gone through our rough mid season patch again or might still be going through seeing as we have list some key players like carzola, bellerin to injuries again.

Typically these periods in past few seasons has seen us chasing the top table team with average of 10 points, then comes our end of season charge which has seen us gaining more points than any other EPL team in the final two months of the season, over the past few years at least.

Act like you're divorced» a few years ago, I distinguished the difference between acting single within a relationship — single people have a lot of expectations, typically unrealistic, about marriage, and that does more damage than good — versus acting divorced, with all the benefits of expectation - busting hindsight.

English - proficient foreign - national science trainees in their first 2 years of graduate school are likely to be offered a teaching assistantship instead of a research assistantship, because their lack of experience and training tends to limit their effectiveness in the research lab and because the amount of service required for a teaching assistantship (typically 20 hours / week or fewer... often much fewer) is less than for a research assistantship.

Chances are, you will achieve your first job as an assistant professor (if that is your goal) with fewer years of research training than your «Ph.D. - only» compatriots, who typically do a couple of extended postdocs of three or more years before reaching the point where they can compete for a faculty appointment.

It is uncommon — typically fewer than 50 people get it each year, the CDC contends.

Typically, urban and rural schools serving poor and minority students have the highest turnover rates, and as a result they have the highest percentages of first - year teachers, the highest percentages of teachers with fewer than five years of teaching experience, the lowest paid teachers, and the lowest percentages of accomplished teachers.

Such probes typically result in agreements that give the districts a few months to review the policies and practices in schools and identify inequality in upper - level courses and, subsequently, less than a year to come up with a plan to rectify the shortcomings.

The data also indicate that patterns of student attrition at KIPP schools are typically no different from other local schools except that KIPP schools replace vacancies with fewer students in the last two years of middle school, and those late - arriving students are somewhat higher - achieving than students entering KIPP schools in 5th and 6th grades.

Poor oral language development, as students who live in poverty typically hear 32 million fewer words than those students born above the poverty line in the first five years of life.

But although its campuses typically outscore nearby traditional schools, fewer than 5 % of students at several of its campuses scored at the «proficient» level in math last year.

In Orange County, fewer than 100 students typically take the test each year.

In some poor, typically urban schools fewer than 10 % are proficient at reading and math by fourth grade, and yet these kids are pushed forward by the demand of a one - size - fits - all educational model to work within a curriculum that was designed for kids who are fully proficient in the learning content and skills that were «covered» in previous school years.

Ironically, people who insure these cars are also typically required to be more than 25 years old — by which time in life few people are accurately described as classic.

As part of its typically massive presence at SEMA, Chevrolet is bringing no fewer than four Camaro concepts to this year's show.

We typically receive more than 1,000 applications each year in this category and award fellowships to fewer than 5 % of applicants.

Reg has sold more copies of his book this year than more than 90 percent of U.S. titles sell in a given year (Nielsen reported in 2008 that 91 percent of titles sold fewer than 1,000 copies) Nielsen's figures include books published by services like Author Solutions, which typically sell fewer than 200 copies (by the admission of your own CEO, in this 2009 New York Times article).

Balloon loans usually have shorter terms than traditional installment loans, with the large payment typically due after a few months or years.

The interest rate can be a fixed rate, but is typically a few percentage points per year higher than for a mortgage secured by a permanent house.

You can see on the longer term chart that we've been tracking the 15 year loan (with 15 year amortization) and it's also flatlined lately at 4.5, when it had typically been offered at a few bp lower than the 10 yr fixed loan.

Typically, an ARM is most appealing to homebuyers who don't intend to stay in the purchased house for more than a few years, as interest rates tend to increase over time.

As has been the case in recent years, the year - on - year uptick in prices indicates fewer distressed properties on the market; these properties, foreclosures and short sales, are where the home sells for less than is owed on the mortgage, and typically drag down median prices.

year - on - year uptick in prices indicates fewer distressed properties on the market; these properties, foreclosures and short sales, are where the home sells for less than is owed on the mortgage, and typically drag down median prices.

Short - term fixed loans, such as 15 - year loans, typically have lower interest rates than 30 - year loans, but higher payments, as the amount is spread out over fewer years.

Balance transfer offers to people with good credit typically include an interest - free period of a few months to more than a year.

I mean, sure you can look at the price of the games that given with the membership for a few months and say that it justifies the annual cost of the membership, however, the fact of the matter is, most members have already previously purchased the games or would not purchase 90 % of those that are now being offered; especially since the majority of all games ar Indie Titles (which are more «hip» to own than actually fun to play), and the AAA titles are few and far between, and those that are offered, are typically 3 - 5 years old.

We expect pre-owned sales to decline from last year as fewer new title sales this year have led to a lower inventory build than we typically have going into the holiday season.

At Gagosian San Francisco, the programming will roll out slowly — just three or four shows in the first year, far fewer than the seven or eight per year typically shown in New York, where openings are a «more ingrained part of people's cultural schedule,» Orlofsky says.

That means the uncertainty in temperature measurements can be larger than the difference between individual years, which typically comes down to just a few hundredths of a degree.

a nation of remarkably productive, often well - paid workers who are becoming increasingly reluctant to pause from their labors and refresh their souls — a nation whose cash - drenched corporate employers typically don't pay for much time off (less than two weeks annually, on average), a nation whose globe - gripping federal government is the only one in the whole industrialized world not to legally require generous periods of paid kick - back - and - hang time — is a nation that's socially screwed up, particularly in comparison with European countries like France, which orders its citizens outside to play for the entire month of August and a few other weeks spread through the year.

This coverage typically expires once the motorcycle is more than a few model years old.

Depending on the policy, you pay one lump - sum premium or a few large annual premiums — typically for fewer than 10 years, according to LIMRA, an industry research and consulting group.

The policy usually pays out limited death benefits during the first few years, and typically requires premiums that are somewhat higher than standard life insurance policies.

Symptoms are often evident as early as 1 to 3 years of age1, 2 and typically continue into later childhood and adolescence,3 - 5 resulting in academic underachievement, reduced social competence, and mental health disorders.6 - 8Quiz Ref IDHowever, fewer than 25 % of young children identified with behavioral problems receive treatment.9, 10 Because of the frequency and nature of their contact with families of young children, primary care physicians are in a unique position to affect the course of early - onset disruptive behavior.11

Rather fewer meet the diagnostic criteria for research, which for the oppositional defiant type of conduct disorder seen in younger children require at least four specific behaviours to be present.7 The early onset pattern — typically beginning at the age of 2 or 3 years — is associated with comorbid psychopathology such as hyperactivity and emotional problems, language disorders, neuropsychological deficits such as poor attention and lower IQ, high heritability, 8 and lifelong antisocial behaviour.9 In contrast, teenage onset antisocial behaviour is not associated with other disorders or neuropsychological deficits, is more environmentally determined than inherited, and tends not to persist into adulthood.9

Businesses with fewer than 100 employees suffer nearly a third of the reported employee theft, with the fraud schemes typically lasting several years before detection.