Sentences with phrase «then at least good»

There were, thankfully, instances of, if not quite hope, then at least good sense prevailing.

The Rule of Law Index reveals an apparent paradox: some wealthy countries perform poorly with respect to this sub-factor, while at the same time some poor countries perform if not well then at least better than certain wealthy countries.

Not exact matches

It's obviously geared towards having the chance of a romantic connection, but if it's not, then there's a great chance that it'll at least be a friend or someone that might be a good business connection or something, and so I think being geared towards just social discovery generally both makes it a more effective product and also there's still I feel like a little bit of a stigma associated with online dating, and this makes it just a much more accessible product.

And then there's a central storage area and galley, and a solar storm shelter, an entertainment area, and I think probably a good situation for at least BFR version one.

Then I'd go back to work, or at least find a better way to procrastinate.

Zukunft: Well, the first is you think beyond the tyranny of the present, and you need to think at least five to six years out, and you can't just think of what's going to happen during your four - year tenure and then just truncate it and just say it's going to be somebody else's problem four, five years from now.

It's key to understand how these boomers wish to approach retirement — as a delayed adventure, as a well - deserved rest — and then help them see how they can accomplish that plan, or at least a version of it.

Or, if not better, then at least a person with new earrings.

If you mark the items down, you can then make an attempt to finish them all — or at least a good portion of them.

At least, it does with his audience — and then it has that much better chance to go viral.»

Although stocks have recovered since then, there was good reason to be worried: history shows that the market is overdue for a correction of at least 10 %.

However, if you're sure your boss won't dismiss you immediately, then Wulfhart suggests giving them at least two weeks notice, as it can help increase your chances of a good reference letter.

You're also probably losing some good employees, if not to other jobs, then at least to disengagement and lack of interest.

This is unfortunate since if the Prime Minister had chosen instead to cut personal income taxes to «starve the beast» then he could have at least claimed that he was undertaking good tax policy.

The thinking is that, as the bond buying has not worked, then the best way to keep business flowing (and markets steady) would be to keep rates low, which encourages, at least theoretically, companies to borrow, expand and grow the economy.

If you're bankruptcy - free, an on - time payer (or no more than 60 days late), with more than $ 5,000 in debt for at least three years, then you should be good.

If times were bad as they frequently seemed to be, then at least I'd sleep better knowing everything wouldn't disappear into thin air one fine day.

The monetary policy debate over whether rule - like behavior is preferable to pure discretion dates back at least to Henry Simons in 1936.1 More recently, in their Nobel Prize - winning work, Finn Kydland and Ed Prescott demonstrated that a credible commitment by policymakers to behave in a systematic rule - like manner leads to better outcomes than discretion.2 Since then, numerous papers using a variety of models have investigated the benefits of rule - like behavior in monetary policy and found that there are indeed significant benefits.

If the pundit is well - respected in the investment community and has been around for at least the last 3 complete market cycles (that would be since 1990), then his or her credibility deserves an upgrade from pure speculation to informed speculation.

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A lot of times if there's no way to make money, then maybe it's just best to try to stay out and then at least not lose any money.

To find the best auto insurance companies in New Jersey, we took a look at which companies received the least complaints compared to the rest of the auto insurance companies, and then combined it with our auto insurance rate data above.

Request written quotes from at least one broker and at least one direct lender, then select the mortgage with the best combination of interest rate, cost, and mortgage terms for your situation.

Here's a good rule of thumb: if the current interest rate is at least a half percent lower than the interest rate in your existing mortgage, then refinancing may be a good option for you.

Well, I would like to posit that it is at least tangentially related in that from what I remember from the early days of the Reagan Administration, he cut a deal with Congress on spending that would have had nominal growth but real cuts based on then projected inflation.

If the thought of participating in all of the downside of the market is unnerving to you, then you may be better served by investing in an actively managed fund that has at least the potential to limit the downside (although this is no guarantee).

And if you literally mean a flat tax with from the first dollar (which is * NOT * what most flat tax proposals are, by the way — they all include at least a significant standard deduction)-- one with no deductions & credits (not even home interest deductions or charitable deductions or college deductions, etc), then we may as well be discussing what type of pig would fly more efficiently.

If you're lucky enough to be blessed with an endless supply of cash, then this is definitely not the worse idea, but since most men aren't, today we'll compare two of the most popular safety razor brands to at least give you a good place to start in your search for the perfect shave.

You might want to re-read what Ted M. initially posted, and then your responses... to me at least... what you wrote was not an isomorphic argument that in any way refuted Ted's, and i think - Ace made reference to that as well as - Ted.

With such a model, we would be able to incorporate financial stability threats into our reaction function, if not with absolute precision, then at least as well as we incorporate other economic variables.

Here is where people like myself generally part ways with most people in circles you may associate in: People like me struggle with sin, succeeding against it, at least in some measure for spaces in time, then failing again and ultimately casting ourselves upon God's grace, which is really good — reassuring, restorative, revitalizing.

Well after reading through a few dozen messages, and then getting a little tired, there seems to be a pattern, at least to my little mind.

yo the thing is not about believing or not, is the fact that if we don't believe then we are worthless living garbage who occupy a space in the universe only to create crap and pollution, in that kind of case we would better be recycled into some industrial material for a better use than eating and living like cattle, but if there is a god we acquire a divine status and a purpose to continue to exist beyond afterlife or at least the idea of it, which would give life a sense right?

Elementary children at the least equipped to deal with, and get help for, any issues of mental health, especially in dysfunctional homes that aren't the «worst of the worst»... there is likely a better chance the kid getting beaten black and blue will get notices (but not necessarily, sadly), then the child that is being psychologically or emotionally abused.

If one believes Cameron Crowe's recent PBS documentary Pearl Jam 20, then Pearl Jam has to be the whiniest band that has ever existed, because apart from a few good songs, their catapult - like trajectory into the national and international consciousness ought to be the norm — or at least that is what Mr. Crowe's documentary would have you believe.

Shouldn't Christianity, then, at least not contradict tools (as they are only tools for use as we see fit) that help us improve our lives and become better people.

But if you saw Doctor Strange, a movie RELEVANT described as being «packed with big ideas about spirituality and faith,» then you know that if MCU movies aren't getting better, they're at least getting smarter.

These gifts combined with a free university education to so many people for whom there were then no appropriate jobs, as well as a civil war, led to the failure of the experiment failed, but in a time when it is clear, at least to me, that global pursuit of more and more wealth is suicidal for the human race, I think it would be worthwhile to study such efforts.

Good job, then, that you have at least some time to ask for forgiveness for that one, isn't it?

Well at least you're not calling him a niqqer, because that would be racist (unless you're both black then it's fine).

So why is it wrong to believe in God and live a whole life without killing others and when you die there's nothing there, then you have nothing to lose, at least you have lived a good life.

If that is the case, then there is a perfectly good reason why the cause is lost, which means there's something you didn't see, which means you should stop praying, or at least change your prayer.

(They were all good back then, or at least I thought they were.)

@Sam Scoville: Are you saying that so long as we maintain a paradigm where there are «good guys» (always us;)-RRB- and «bad guys» (always them and sometimes not «bad» but at the very least, «wrong»), then we (general «we») are not rising toward Unity with one another and with God?

If Jesus uses parables, then why not consider that at least some other parts of the bible are meant as parables as well.

And then He has to at least be benevolent and without evil since a bad god is really not a good idea at all.

«That government governs best which governs least,» says Thoreau — and then goes on to say «which governs not at all.»

Well at least the christian has a free ticket to heaven much like the Muslim, all should be well thenWell at least the christian has a free ticket to heaven much like the Muslim, all should be well thenwell then eh?

We even have to ask ourselves whether we have a well - educated professional ministry, or at least a ministry whose basic theological education is continuously renewed, supplemented, and then incorporated into preaching and congregational leadership.

If it really has been «done to death,» then I can think of numerous topics that have been done many times more than this topic (at least where I'm at and interact): faith, hope, love, prayer, fellowship, giving, good works, christian unity, salvation, grace, faith healing, being culturally relevant, the gospel, the resurrection, religion vs. relationship, tithing, worship, reverence, christian music, legalism, old vs. new covenant, Paul's conversion, miracles, gifts of the spirit, sign gifts, tongues, nativity, the disciples, crucifixion, materialism, mysticism, new age, atheism, i could probably list about 50 more if I thought about it.