Sentences with phrase «than the promised amount»

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As Mueller digs into CA's political ties, and Facebook promises to restructure itself to better handle the maelstrom of problems that formed through its platform and factored into the election results, both companies are experiencing an intense amount of scrutiny, from more eyes than ever before.

Trudeau went further than criticizing the policy — he promised to donate his family's amount to a charity in his riding that supported vulnerable women during pregnancy and motherhood.

It may look Instagram - perfect, but we promise it's a cinch to make, and a very small amount of olive oil (versus larger quantities of vegetable oil in typical fried rice recipes) makes this much lighter than takeout fare.

While the results were promising, the amount consumed was significantly higher than the amount of coconut water consumed by most people, and scientists concluded that further long - term study on humans was needed, particularly research that took into consideration the practical consumption habits of coconut water.

Further promoted advantages and promises by the industry include that RR crops create more yield than conventional crops, decrease farmers input costs by reducing the amount of herbicides sprayed and are safe for humans, animals and the environment.

Even if you doubt Cuomo's characterization of himself, and plenty do, there is reason to believe that New York State has finally arrived at a moment when such bold promises of reform might amount to more than just tilting at windmills.

Essentially, this amounts to imposing a tax that is then used to subsidize premiums (charging everyone a tax and then paying people to get health insurance is the same thing as charging people who don't get insurance a «penalty»), but Obama ran on a platform of not raising taxes on people making less than $ 250,000, so he went through this «penalty» shenanigan so he could pretend to have kept his promise.

The legislation adjusted aid calculations so the amount received by districts would be less than the amount promised, with the reductions going to fill the hole in state fiscal planning.

This week, House Democrats are beginning their push for a cap - and - trade scheme that makes big promises, but amounts to little more than a national energy tax that will destroy countless jobs and raise energy prices on families and small businesses already struggling during this recession.

The movie amounts to a tame, forgettable doodle, as if designed to imitate the scruffy Duplass movies that Naima worships; for Shawcat, however, it's a promising step in a new direction that suggests a far more confident artist than the one she plays onscreen.

None of this amounts to anything more than goofy fun, but that's what the ads promise, and the movie delivers.

Posters for the film promise a wild, drug - and - alcohol - fueled ride à la the recent Rough Night, but while there is plenty of drinking and a fair amount of drugs (just pot though, let's not go crazy), the overall effect is more akin to passing out on the couch at 9 p.m. than partying until dawn.

Unfortunately, no amount of publicity changes the fact that «The Legend of Hercules» promises to be even worse than the recent «Conan the Barbarian» reboot (another January dud), and that's certainly saying something.

Their promises have amounted to little more than chaos, incompetence and repeated delays.

Conversely, the U.S. Department of Education's proposed investment in IDEA Part B grants doesn't reflect the amount promised when the law was initially enacted, nor is it commensurate with the needs and services that our nation's school districts provide for the more than 6.5 million students who are educated through the program.

Its bloody expensive and does not deliver as promised (re; AW WSJ etc) amounting to nothing more than an overpriced partial lease only like with Time Shares you don't have anything in your possession for daily use when you want it and in the end you're out every dime you've put in with nothing to show for it other than a few moments of ephemeral pleasures and the temporal boosting of your fragile consumption dependent ego.

But Buick promises room for four adults and a decent amount of their stuff, a convenient power - folding top, and a cheaper cost of entry than a droptop Audi A3 or BMW 228i.

If there's less point in providing usefull writing that people see worth spending time reading (be that pirated or paid for) then could this increase the amount of and audacity of unrealistic promises that offer far more than the former which are actaully just scams?

The type of services covered under the new rules are companies that promise to 1) work with a creditor to settle the debt for a lesser amount than is owed, (debt settlement companies) 2) work with all of a consumer's unsecured creditors to promulgate a debt management plan to vary the terms of all such debts, under a debt management plan (debt management companies) and 3) negotiate with a creditor to lower the interest rate of the outstanding debt and / or waiver of certain debt fees, such as late fees or over the limit fees (debt negotiation companies).

If you promise to do something for a fixed amount of money, you take on a risk and it is no longer their problem if you work slower than you planned.

Who else but Donald could wipe out more than 1 Trillion dollars in the bond market [1] as investors worry about his campaign promises to cut taxes and take on massive amounts Read More

It should came as no surprise that lenders do not like this situation because the promise to pay contained in the note is gone and the lender has lost the ability to collect a deficiency if the house is sold at a foreclosure auction for less than the amount of the loan.

For the first time, the amount of assets in defined contribution plans (including both 401 (k) s and Individual Retirement Accounts) is greater than the amount held in plans that promise future benefits.

In the mean time a steady stream of ships are being announced that cost absurd amounts and promise to be even better than the previous promised best ships.

Unfortunately, it amounted to little more than Mario and Sonic pole vaulting and running 100 meter dashes at the Olympics, but this cover represents a time when the possibilities were a bit more promising.

The promise of algae is that the amount of land needed to grow it would be significantly smaller than for terrestrial biomass.

The initially promised affordability of the «unitary patent» and Unified Patent Court (UPC) especially for small and medium - sized enterprises (SMEs), which was repeated almost mantra - like throughout the EU legislative proceedings as one reason why the reform was of utmost importance, ultimately turned out to be pretty much the opposite, with the level of representation costs to be reimbursed by the losing to the winning party amounting to up to more than five times the sum which can currently be claimed in patent litigation proceedings before the German courts (for more details on the cost situation created by the reform, cf. the article «Unitary patent and court system — A poisoned gift for SMEs» here).

As Hanjin Shipping goes through the process, the employees onboard its cargo ships are faced with more than the typical amount of uncertainty; they do not know when they will be able to come to port, disembark and return home or whether supplies will continue to arrive as promised.

According to G.H.L. Friedman, that means «the statement purporting to be the contractual promise in such a collateral contract must amount to more than a broad, general inducement to enter into the main contract», it must «constitute a definite, contractual undertaking... meant to be taken seriously by the party to whom it is made».

More often than not, after delays and broken promises, an insurance adjuster will offer only a token amount to injured persons who do not have legal representation.

After 25 years, Gerber promises that the cash value of the policy will be at least equal or greater than the total amount of premiums paid up until that point.

As for David Bach, the man behind the idea that if you give up your Starbucks beverage every day you'll be able to build up a million - dollar retirement account, Olen notes that the amount of savings Bach promises are about 5 times higher than reality if you actually run the numbers.

With the amazing amount of power and incredible features that the new iPhones promise to offer, the stress on the phone battery is higher than ever before.