Sentences with phrase «time said the activities»

About 89 percent of teachers who believed they spent an appropriate amount of time on test prep felt it was a «very good» or «good» use of time, while 68 percent of those who thought test prep took too much time said the activities were a «very good» or «good» use of time.

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A Pentagon spokesman said there was no U.S. military activity in that area at this time.

«It may very well be that in some people — or all of us, some of the time — the network sustains its activity even when the people, in their conscious minds, go on to something else,» says Posner.

From personal experience, I can say it's far too easy to spend time on activities that preclude you from making the most of every moment of your day.

«Being designated a primary dealer by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is consistent with our global strategy of expanding our broker - dealer activities, as we seek to serve our clients with broader execution services and greater market insight and ideas,» Corzine said in a press release statement at the time.

«We wanted to draw attention to the importance in any community of free time and leisure activities,» said Montoya, 65, who helped put together this year's event as well.

«Singapore is a hub of entrepreneurial activity,» Whitman said, according to The Straits Times.

In an interview on the Times «The Daily» podcast, he said that these videos are just a small sampling of the evidence the Defense Department has collected while documenting alleged UFO activity.

«The new contract said he could become a «general partner or member of any corporation, partnership, company or firm,» so long as the activity was a «passive investment» that involved «minimal» time.

'' (Research shows) people who do the same thing every time before they perform — whether it's kicking a soccer goal, or shooting a dart, or some kind of a mental performance activity — people who have a set of rituals they do before performing, generally do better,» he says.

Venture capital has largely dried up in Russia — partially because there was so much venture capital activity in the last few years (activity between 2012 and 2013 was 10 times that between 2010 and 2011, Chikhachev says) but also due to some problems inherent in the Russian economy.

The Dabiq article said he became involved in jihadi activity around the time of the 2005 attacks on the London transit system, and came under the scrutiny of the British intelligence agency MI5.

«I would say that the central bankers of the world, that have demonstrated great skill at time when governments were dysfunctional... actually came to the rescue of the world by undertaking activities that normally would not fall in the purview of central banks,» said Frenkel.

«Papadopoulos» interaction with Russian agents, coupled with real - time evidence of Russian election interference, provided the Court with a broader context in which to evaluate Russia's clandestine activities and Page's history and alleged contact with Russian officials,» the document said.

The subject of the order is Mordechai Mayer, an Israeli settler arrested for «his involvement in violent activities and terrorist attacks in recent times», a defence ministry statement said.

In its latest quarterly threats report released this month, McAfee Labs said its products detected malicious or suspicious activity 49.9 billion times a day.

In the right client situation, BMO SmartFolio allows brokers to spend less time on administration and reviewing client accounts, and more time on value - added activities like financial planning and estate planning, says Silvio Stroescu, head of digital investing at BMO Financial Group.

In an email sent to Uber's staff, Callinicos said he is grateful for ending his career in finance in Uber, but it is time that he moved on to a new career, one that involved driving his daughter to middle school every day and attending her swim meets and academic activities.

If there were a problem with, say, derivatives accounting, where the basic guidelines exceed 800 pages, would the nonfinancial experts invest the time needed to seriously evaluate the business's activities?

In a bit of a surprise, he said he is not as yet convinced the recent cooling in housing activity in Canada, and slowdown in credit accumulation, represents a fundamental shift, indicating he remains concerned about the downside risk of keeping rates low for a very long time.

In a statement to Channel 4 News, the FBI said it did not find any evidence of terrorist activity at this time.

It said the Amazon project over time would boost wages in the state by $ 7.7 billion annually and increase total economic activity by $ 17 billion.

If you bought one stock every year or two, and you have a portfolio of say 7 or 8 stocks at a time, it may appear to clients (who see hardly any activity in their portfolios for months, sometimes years at a time) that you might not be working all that hard.

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

Ecclesiastes says, «There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.»

«Over half of Christians say it is fine to play sport then, as long as they find other times to engage in church activity.

I knew another woman who went to the church and she said no one was bullying the other woman, who she said attended only part time, did not participate in most church activities and interpreted her lack of social connections to imaginary bullies.

I would say that this is not without its risks, because there are measures from time to time against the movement, preventing its activity etc..

Still others argue that following Jesus is best accomplished in a building at a certain time of week when certain activities take place, while others say that following Jesus means leaving our buildings and going to places where Jesus would go, such as to the poor and homeless.

Quirky and perhaps at times a little meandering, it is as though we have joined him in his sitting room and, as he thinks out loud, generously sharing a lifetime of penetrating, logical reflection, he illustrates what he has to say by gesturing to books on the table, pictures on the wall, activities going on outside the window.

Thus, this saying confirms what we have learned already from other sayings, namely, that the time of God's activity as king is now, and that the form of this activity can be envisaged in terms of conflict.

Perhaps the kinds of studies that have been made of the art of administration, of the relations of policy and administration, of organization and management in other: spheres will be carried forward into the sphere of the Church and may show how much the pastoral director of our time, as pastoral preacher, teacher, counselor and leader of worship has also become the democratic pastoral administrator, that is to say, a man charged with the responsibility and given the authority to hold in balance, to invigorate and to maintain communication among a host of activities and their responsible leaders, all directed toward a common end.

It isn't long before somebody is asked to organize activities for the children, snacks for the children, then somebody doesn't like the subject matter of the adult study, somebody says it's going on too long, too short, and where's the music, we need somebody to play guitar, and who's going to organize the prayer at the end, and why do the children interrupt us all the time when we're trying to talk to God?

However, there were good times too, seeing his face light up when we walked into the room, seeing his smile, watching him laugh, seeing him enjoying music or some other activity, receiving those big hugs, watching him sleep so peacefully after hours of restlessness, hearing him say «I love you too!»

The New York Times backed up these claims in a recent report saying, «The shutdown of the charity, Compassion International, on suspicion of engaging in religious conversion, comes as India, a rising economic power with a swelling spirit of nationalism, curtails the flow of foreign money to activities it deems «detrimental to the national interest.

For to say that Jesus Christ is important, as I have done again and again in the preceding chapter, is to say that he, as One who lived and worked at a given time and place, provides the clue to the divine nature and the divine activity wherever that may be found.

Having said that it's good to be reminded from time to time that we need to deliberately meet with others of faith and «give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities (v24 Amplified).

Those who say that they do not have the time to spare for these activities can ask themselves who then should be engaging in it and, if they do not, then who is going to ensure the survival of the Church when it is being pilloried, if not indeed persecuted on all sides.

The basic purpose, said the attorney general, was «to allow members of applicable language minority groups to be effectively informed of and participate effectively in voting - connected activities» (New York Times, April 22, 1976, p. 25).

Then there's the awkwardness of public masturbation and groping the neighbor in the dining room, about which Dr. Philip Sloane says, «A lot of time, the activity we think of as sexually deviant behavior is just reaching out for intimacy.»

Seema Kennedy, a Tory MP and co-chair of the commission, said: «Today we are calling on the public, businesses and Government to consider what more could be done in their communities to tackle the problem - from starting their own men's activity to simply making time to chat to those around them.»

As the holidays approach, I get sucked into this unending stream of activities, tasks, and events, and I hardly find the time set foot in the kitchen (you can say I'm saving my strength for the grand finale:).

It's vacation time at the play group, which means the little boy, when not up to any nefarious activities, is hanging around the kitchen, making puppy eyes at me, saying «Mummy, I want something to eat», which is not entirely a bad thing.

The sommelier also works wine dinners, which has created activity over time, says Frank.

we well be better without both of them the only biggest mistakes wenger made during summer was not to sell both and recruit replacements we had the entire 3 months to do something about transfer activities wenger blow up 100mln to 120mln and thats the price you pay if you do nt have oversite too much power on single's person hands — from kitchen to training on pitch and i hate to say in my opinion Wenger is trying to be like a CEO / Coach at the same time.

«There weren't any swimming pools or day camps or movie theaters or any organized activities in the summer, so you had to be creative with your time,» MacInnis says.

We've already seen some small improvements to the sport, namely in terms of a huge increase in social media activity and relaxed restrictions, but Carey says that major improvements will take some time, as Ecclestone's focus on the short - term was one of the things that has hindered the sport:

A source told the Seattle Times that the Seahawks asked Kaepernick about his plans for the upcoming season and his «off the field activities» and Kaepernick said he didn't know.

By saying no to one thing, she was then able to say yes to an activity she longed to do, but never had time for (joining a local yoga class).

«A diagnosis of depression can be present when there is a clustering of multiple depressive symptoms (including low mood or loss of interest in usual activities) that are present most of the time for at least two weeks,» says David Goldston, director of the Duke Center for the Study of Suicide Prevention and Intervention in Durham and associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University.