Sentences with phrase «than a win in»

After retreating into political exile for a few months, the veteran political operator returned with a vengeance to lead the Wildrose election campaign that brought the party from the depths of the abyss to 21 MLAs, more than they won in 2012.

Tampa Bay, however, didn't feel Duncan made enough plays, and now — on a team that will be satisfied with nothing less than a win in the Super Bowl — he mans the middle for a defense that improved by leaps and bounds in its first year under Smith.

You lose more than you win in this sport, so I think that makes you tougher and stronger.»

Anything less than a win in last night's game against Bolivia could have seen them eliminated, and the first big chance of the game (on 40 minutes) fell of course to Alexis.

Anything less than wins in those two games would make me believe we are not yet ready to challenge for titles.

And though you can always find players who look back and think positively about their experiences with such coaches, you can find many more who were unhappy during the process, and wish their brief shot at organized athletics had been rewarded with more than some wins in some record book somewhere.

Governor Malloy won this election with fewer votes than we won in 2010.

If correct it would leave Labour with more MPs than they won in 2010 or 2015 - and the Tories 12 seats short of an overall majority.

Not exact matches

Zymeworks» recent winning streak is a sign — perhaps the most emblematic yet — of a revival in the Canadian biotech sector, this time promising more sustainable growth than in the past.

-- Elliot Tomaeno, founder and CEO of Astrsk PR, an award - winning PR agency that has launched more than 300 companies and products since being founded in 2012

Nesi points out that Roar Organic in five months won over more retailers than his other products did in three years.

These days the Virgin brand is trusted globally, so if we set up a venture in a new country, progress is swifter than in the days when we had to win over customers one transaction at a time.

The first Olympic Champion on Team USA usually gets the most clips played back over the ensuing two weeks, putting them in a better position for endorsement deals and longer - term relevance than anyone on a team sport or who wins closer to the Closing Ceremonies.

In Chicago, no one's had a bigger recent victory than the Cubs in winning the World Series after a mere 108 yearIn Chicago, no one's had a bigger recent victory than the Cubs in winning the World Series after a mere 108 yearin winning the World Series after a mere 108 years.

Earlier this year, after more than a decade in the hospitality industry, award - winning Perth chef Daniel Sterpini made what could be considered an unusual career choice.

It turns out, lost deals actually have a 12.8 percent higher sentiment score (in other words, the buyer uses more positive and less negative language, generating an overall higher «score) than closed - won deals, across all calls that span the sales cycle.

Founded in 2007, Mast Brothers won some fawning media attention as creators of cutely wrapped chocolate bars that use simple ingredients and purports to taste better than big brands like Hershey (hsy).

In the intervening years, I watched in disbelief as the Timberwolves struggled to win more than half of their regular season gameIn the intervening years, I watched in disbelief as the Timberwolves struggled to win more than half of their regular season gamein disbelief as the Timberwolves struggled to win more than half of their regular season games.

The company won the first of more than 55 product awards it would clinch in the next two years.

In the history of Canadian business, there is perhaps no greater tale of fortune and glory won and lost than that of Seagram Company Ltd..

If you've never seen Alec Guinness in anything other than «Star Wars,» you should watch this Oscar - winning performance he gives here.

Democrats could theoretically have voted for a Republican in hopes of upsetting Trump or ensuring his win, rather than vote for Clinton if they thought it was a done deal.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, down in public polls by more than 20 points to Hillary Clinton in the state, stormed to an upset win over the former secretary of state.

Upon finding out that the results would be far closer than anyone anticipated, Mitchell said that he still believed Clinton would pull out a close win once all of the votes in places like Detroit and Grand Rapids were tabulated.

Tod Wilson is the owner of Mr. Tod's Pie Factory, a wholesale and retail bakery with locations in Somerset and Englewood, N.J.. He's also the first person ever to win «Shark Tank,» and his life and business have both changed considerably in the more than four years since.

Call it a win for the power of old - school customer service and immediate gratification, the kind that drove more than $ 1.2 trillion in sales during the second quarter of 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

So, memo to Neil Young: when you attempt to bring the world a better quality of media experience, know that you're battling against more than a century of business experience that shows the best - quality formats seldom, if ever, win out in the mass market.

Some people will say, «Well, I almost won here, we led a few laps there, I qualified on the pole there...» I'd rather take a kid who wins every single weekend at his local track than someone who always runs 15th in a higher series.

As one of the site's top sellers wrote in a blog post in 2009: «Your odds of making $ 10,000 per year [on Etsy] are better than winning $ 10,000 through the Powerball, though not by a ton.»

A survey done by TD Bank in February found that a full 20 % of Canadians are counting on a lottery win, an inheritance or government payments to provide a comfortable retirement — rather than money saved in an RRSP.

He won by 342 votes to 198 with 2 abstentions in the lower house, a much wider margin than in Wednesday's vote in the Senate, where he remains vulnerable to further defections by allies like one that forced him to resign temporarily last week.

With a winning performance from Jonathan Banks, Mike became one of the most interesting and beloved characters in the series, with a hardened presence that makes him more stoic and intimidating than nearly anyone else in the show.

Much smaller than its American rivals, our airline has won fans, awards and market share by focusing on the customer experience and investing in its staff.

Pricey pixels The new Ultra HDTV was first available in South Korea in August for 25 million won, which works out to more than US$ 22,000.

«If Trump wins, the Japanese are more freaked out than almost anyone in the region,» Bremmer told Business Insider in an interview as the election results were rolling out on Tuesday night.

In the end, Hulu finished fourth in terms of overall Emmy wins (behind HBO, Netflix, and NBC), but that ranking is more than enough to signal the streaming service's rapid ascendancy to the upper echelon of HollywooIn the end, Hulu finished fourth in terms of overall Emmy wins (behind HBO, Netflix, and NBC), but that ranking is more than enough to signal the streaming service's rapid ascendancy to the upper echelon of Hollywooin terms of overall Emmy wins (behind HBO, Netflix, and NBC), but that ranking is more than enough to signal the streaming service's rapid ascendancy to the upper echelon of Hollywood.

In fact, when you provide unique experiences, more often than not, that's when you win.

As expected, Corbyn defeated Smith in comfortable fashion, winning with an even larger mandate than he received in last year's leadership contest.

According to Darren Barefoot of the Vancouver - based Internet market research firm Capulet Communications, rather than asking viewers to submit personal video testimonials (the site shows only four entrants in a contest to win $ 300 in Nicorette products), he suggests using blogs and other social networking tools to open up dialogue and?

How to Sell at Margins Higher than Your Competitors: Winning Every Sale at Full Price by Lawrence L. Steinmetz, and William T. Brooks This is book discusses the importance of margins in setting prices.

This is all a guess, mind you, but I'd rather take the points and hope than find myself in the second quarter hoping that Brian Hoyer and the Patriots second unit and win by two touchdowns.

His résumé is enough to justify it: two - time MVP, first unanimous MVP, scoring champion, NBA champion, best player on a team that won more regular season games than any team in NBA history.

The competitive pressures were so great to develop self - driving cars in 2015 that the then Chief Executive of ride - hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc, Trevor Kalanick, decided that «winning was more important than obeying the law,» Verhoeven said.

«It's about winning favor early in the transaction and understanding the thing that drives them; giving them the feeling that they just got a bit more than they were expecting.»

Operating profit from display unit Samsung Display tumbled 90 percent to 110 billion won as weaker - than - forecast sales of the Galaxy S4 left smartphone screens sitting in the inventory, while subdued sales of television sets also had an impact on TV screen shipments.

Likewise, in 2014 higher than expected turnout among millennial voters helped the GOP win its Senate majority.

Buying single stocks in search of the next unicorn is certainly more fun than a diversified low - cost investment strategy, but trying to win big comes with a lot of unnecessary risks and questionable rewards.

The logic: Dabo knows what he's doing when he's playing Alabama, and while the Crimson Tide are strong every year, they lacked a significant win that made me step back and believe they were a degree better than every other team in college football.

By mid-2014, the founders had won more than $ 52,000 in competitive, non-dilutive grants, and hired two full - time employees to help scale.

Here are four ways CEOs can win the public's trust and admiration, according to Edelman's survey of more than 33,000 respondents in 25 countries, including Canada and US: