Sentences with phrase «than my ability level»

But now that I've had just one class (that covered just the basics of using my machine) my eyes are getting bigger than my ability level.

I am so frustrated by the current system based primarily upon assessment of tests and examinations - «learning to forget» - and classes structured around age groups rather than ability level.

Not exact matches

That «I think I can do it» is key — Musk's gut level faith in his ability to achieve any goal, and overcome any obstacle, is one of the most important aspects of his character that has made him a larger - than - life innovator.

His comments come after the IMF in October said that Canada's high debt levels, and higher - than - average pressure on Canadian households» ability to pay down that debt in the private non-financial sector, leaves its economy more sensitive to tighter financial conditions and weaker economic activity.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

This is why the deal makes so much sense: AOL provides the technology to target individuals instead of content, and Verizon the ability to track those individuals — at least the over 100 million customers they already have — at arguably a deeper level than anyone else in digital advertising (for non-Verizon customers, AOL's ad platform is still useful, albeit not as targeted; rates would be commensurately lower).

Asset values and levels of borrowing can not indefinitely grow faster than gross domestic product, even though their ability to do so for a time has contributed to economic success over the past few years.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

But if investment is being misallocated, if investment levels are higher than China's ability to absorb and exploit capital stock, then it should not be surprising at all that debt capacity is becoming a problem.

Chinese debt levels are extremely high and growing too rapidly largely because the growth in Chinese investment is greater than the economy's ability to absorb it productively.

In fact, 75 % of job successes are predicted by optimism levels, an environment of social support, and ability to frame stress as a challenge rather than a roadblock.

The ability of ordinary people to participate in important decisions at this level is incomparably greater than their ability to participate in global government.

Due to screening, commercial baby foods may contain a lower level of nitrates than homemade as parents do not have the ability to screen veggies for nitrates.

With our ability to deliver fresh produce from knife to shelf in less than 24 hours, we saw an opportunity to take our product to the next level by providing customers with even more choices in fast prep, quick cooking, restaurant - quality side dishes without the hassles that come with mail - order subscription services.

That does seem a bit long even for a player of his ability and Spurs could do well to cash in and make a decent amount from a player who may not have more than a couple of seasons left at his peak level.

Of course every team will have different boards, as the ability to project college players at the next level is way more complicated than rating current NFL players like for free agency: both are subjective and fallible, but you have to trust the process of your evaluators...

It was reported Elneney turned down the opportunity to sign for Leicester before the season started as he did not wish to drop a level and was in love with Arsenal Football Club.We should be proud the club is held is held in such high esteem but the player and if he wishes to sign to be a squad player I absolutely welcome this contract extension.However Elneny is very basic in his overall displays.You have to ask if he has the ability to affect games, most especially against the clubs that are regarded as bigger than us (albeit at the moment.

Akpom looks promising and I definitely want to see more of him this season, but I still feel we need someone slightly more flexible than Giroud with proven ability at the highest level.

Ozil is skating by on reputation and moments of magic rather than consistent high level performances, Rambo & Coquelin are collaborating in an effort to destroy our ability to play effective attacking football by spraying hollywood passes and thinking themselves Lampard and Pirlo respectively.

Unlike Coquelin and Bellerin, Koscielny's career is closer to the end than it is beginning, because at 31 years old his ability to play at the top level, especially in a fast paced premier league, may begin to fall with age.

Well he has too there's no way around it... when you mesmerize about the opposition ability to finish it means you understand that a certain level of quality & consistency is needed to finish up plays & bury occasions (that we do create in numbers better than anybody in the kingdom).

Russell was not talking about Stabler's ability to pull off victories, which he did more often than not at every level of the game.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

By Elflien doing so well last season in addition to him being taken a little later than he should have gone, I feel that this will boost the confidence drafting teams have in Price's ability to play at a high level in the NFL.

And by «most accomplished» I am referring to the fact that Lee has shown the ability to take down and bully high level fighters in the UFC moreso than any other opponent Khabib has faced.

«The 35 - year - old is nowhere near the level he was and rather than using his experience to compensate for fading ability he looks increasingly shaky in goal.

He still has plenty of ability and more experience than almost any other top class keeper still playing, but at 36 - years old we have to wonder how long Cech can continue art the highest level.

To be fair, in some circumstances (and formations) Carroll can be a very effective option but to pretend there is far more to his game than his aerial ability (as our manager does) is a stretch as long as his neck; certainly at Premier League level.

Enjoying this closeness with baby leads to a better verbal ability of your child later on, better sense of balance, better emotional balance, better concentration, and better self esteem as baby is on eye level with other adults rather than always looking up.

Rather than registering for an entire year's curriculum, many people choose just a few of Abeka's books appropriate to their child's ability rather than «grade level» and progress at their own pace.

By the age of 11 there was no difference in reading ability level between the two groups, but the children who stared at 5 developed less positive attitudes to reading, and showed poorer text comprehension than those children who had started later.

Due to screening, commercial baby foods may contain a lower level of nitrates than homemade as parents do not have the ability to screen veggies for nitrates.

«This level of lawlessness has left us with no option than to doubt the ability of our Acting President to successfully preside over the affairs of our country.

«The most important tool an officer has is his ability to use his language and diffuse things rather than allow it to escalate,» another source explained, «particularly when the testosterone levels are beginning to rise.»

Back in 1985, Wise's colleagues Beverly Whipple and Barry Komisaruk, both at Rutgers, discovered that during self - stimulation and orgasm, women's ability to withstand painful finger squeezing increased by 75 per cent, and the level of squeezing at which women noticed the pain more than doubled.

Lower income kids performed at a lower level than others in reading comprehension and mathematical calculations but were competitive in basic cognition, memory and reading skills, indicating that poverty may affect development at the level where different abilities must be combined, such as verbal skills and memory, in the case of reading comprehension.

Perhaps more worrisome than its mouth, however, is the creature's ability to tolerate changes in the temperature, salinity and even oxygen level of its aquatic environment.

In the United States, smart grid investments that improve utilities» ability to manage the grid are moving faster overall than the rollout of smart meters, thermostats, appliances and displays at the household level, Guthridge said.

Exceptional talent in mathematics is relatively easy to identify because an important sign of it — the ability to solve problems quickly or at a high level of difficulty — is relatively simpler to measure than signs of other talents.

«We should not be satisfied with language levels that are lower than a child's cognitive ability.»

Now, a study led by Professor Harry Wang of William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science demonstrates the ability to predict a hurricane's storm tide at the level of individual neighborhoods and streets — a much finer scale than current operational methods.

I mean, to sell for more than 10 times what Christie's had estimated, it shows that Christie's just vastly underestimated the demand or the ability of Star Trek fans to pay for these things or that there is a still a huge, you know, level [love] of Star Trek that, you know, people have money to spend on it.

Day 7 and 42 mice had similar levels of DARPP32 - positive cells than the sham suggesting that the iPSCs had a time independent ability to differentiate into these mature neural cells.

Because although your thyroid weighs less than an ounce, this butterfly - shaped organ affects everything from your immune system to your metabolism; an out - of - whack thyroid can affect energy levels, sex drive, and your ability to lose weight.

Cortisol, in its normal capacity has several key roles in the body, but none more relevant to this discussion than its ability to raise blood glucose levels when it skyrockets because you're stressed.

Some people simply have a much harder or easier time building muscle than others, and this is influenced by different factors such as muscle fiber distribution, testosterone levels, growth hormone levels, bone structure, insulin sensitivity, myostatin levels and individual recovery ability.

When the output of human growth hormone is lower than it should be, so many areas of both the physiological and psychological systems are affected resulting in improper blood pressure and cholesterol levels, lack of bone and muscle strength, a weakened immune system, added weight, cognitive abilities, and psychogenic issues.

In its normal capacity, cortisol has several key roles in the body, but none more relevant to this discussion than its ability to raise blood glucose levels when it skyrockets due to stress.

«The available research, such as there is,» she says, suggests that «progesterone can alter the body's fuel metabolism and its ability to handle heat,» she says, meaning that women will probably feel hotter and more fatigued during prolonged exercise in the second half of their menstrual cycles, when progesterone levels rise, than before menses, when progesterone is low.

Rather than simply replacing hormones, Dr. Ostero's goal is to re-establish optimal hormonal levels, as well as to support the body's ability to maintain a proper hormonal balance on its own.