Sentences with phrase «too high a figure»

Thirty percent was perhaps too high a figure, according to the Times, and had been an unwelcome surprise to teachers.

This is still way too high a figure but remember that these are national figures.

2) 0.8 deg C is much too high a figure.

Be reasonable — too high a figure could scare away potential buyers.

Not exact matches

You may have set your sales figures too high when the economic slump hits your business.

Robertson Stephens, however, apparently felt that even that compromise valuation figure was too high — and advised that the figure be reduced further, according to one Robertson insider, who notes that Wired had become «a lightning rod» for the backlash against stratospheric valuations.

Analyze the company's financial statements to figure out, at whatever the stock price is, if you'd be stealing the company, if you're paying a fair price, or if the stock is priced too high.

While these figures are undoubtedly good news for the private sector battered by high unemployment and anemic growth, it's far too early to celebrate, says Russell Investments» chief economist Mike Dueker, who adds that recent unemployment figures are in part the result of people no longer looking for work.

It's so obvious to me 4 % is too high with a decline in interest rates and dividend yields, I don't understand how anybody can not agree 4 % is an antiquated figure.

I had a goal to make six figures from an occupation while I was in high school after one too many crap jobs making $ 4 an hour.

The $ 104 billion figure was viewed as far too high for a company with a still - unproven revenue model and questionable upside potential for growth that would rely far too much on new market share in India and China as opposed to a domestic market that was already saturated (and even losing memberships by the millions).

Let's go to preschool graduations and high school graduations and university graduations, and then let's stand in our empty nest house someday and cry because it went too fast and try to figure out the rest of it, and then laugh because there is still so much life ahead, who are we kidding?

Isn't that much too low for a very intelligent being such as man, who has a brain and the power to go out and do so much good if he will only realize that there is a Higher Intelligence that created him for a purpose and try to figure out what that purpose is and fulfill it?

«I have a very high fever», she mumbles with a raspy voice while trying to push a tear from her eye and at the same time figuring out which face she should put on to convince us that she is too sick for preschool.

68 % of the fans wanting him gone, that figure is simply too high to ignore for anyone but Wenger and the board.

I didn't want to set the goals too high, but I figured for them to vote for him, it would probably require something modest like 20 & 10 while leading the entire league in both blocks and steals.

The board don't give a sh!t bout winning anything they only care about keeping the share price high and their bank balances in the six figure region Wenger has only kept his job because he does what the board expects and that's keeping us competitive WITHOUT actually winning anything too serious and WITHOUT spending too much money Now here's the teal nasty bit imagine if we won the EPL the next thing the fans would expect is the CL and to win that we'd need to spend big far bigger than we ever have oh no far better to just make 4th each season and see the money roll right in to the boards pockets and f@ck what the fans think

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

U, otherwise Fergie would not have taken him for granted, Fergie thought he was too young to make a mark yet at 18, 3 years later figures as high as 77 million pounds are being thrown around in the media besides Patrick Viera came to us at 19, so why not Bielik?

In 15/16 the club's wages to turnover ratio was 69 % — a figure far too high for a major club.

usmanov supporter or not has repeatedly said that if and when he gets his 30 % it will allow him to look at the books and as discussed to an extent on Radio 5 live last night and in the The Swiss Ramble report, even if the figures are not quite correct there is no doubt that our wage bill on players alone is far too high as so many have little or no transfer value, yet are on pretty big wages.

Had Arsenal played a bit more like Stoke and had a less passing style of football, Koscielny's clearance figures would surely have been higher too.

That leaves approximately 150,000 for Garfield, but Tranter believes even that figure may be too high.

The set - up costs assumed in the Treasury report look too high (although Brian Ashcroft would like to see the Scottish government's figures), but they are only a minor component of their # 1,400 per person dividend.

On Thursday, South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the leading figures in the anti-apartheid struggle, added his voice, saying: «If the political price of your ascension to the highest office in Myanmar is your silence, the price is surely too steep.»

But, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Fianna Fail too would be rather disenchanted with these poll figures, with these leaving the party on a share of the national vote that would not be dramatically higher than that which the party won in 2011.

BHA Education Campaigner Jay Harman said «Faith groups make up over a fifth of all Free School applications in this group and that figure is far too high.

After that, in August of 2012, the governor said that figure was too high, and that he would appoint a tolls and financing task force for the new bridge, but he has not yet formed the panel.

The city's actuary has estimated the measure would cost $ 35 million in Fiscal Year 2015 — a figure the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association says is too high.

Although most members of the scientific committee which advises the IWC believe that these numbers are still too high, they have been unable to agree how to recalculate the figures.

The figures may seem high, but it was too early to make...

The figure may represent a theoretical maximum, but right now it could be orders of magnitude too high.

Boilers Explode: As far as the inquest could figure out, two old, repurposed boilers at the Keystone Rolling Mills in Pittsburgh, Penn., were being used to generate steam at a pressure that was too high.

The fact that people are too busy and stressed to maintain a healthy diet explains the high figures of obesity.

But what usually would happen is I would already be way too high on one end of my macros by noon because I didn't understand at a glance what made up these foods and then I'd spend the rest of the day trying to figure out how to right - size it.

My appetite felt way too high and I gained 65 lbs., which I figure was much healthier than going hungry but is not as it should be.

I am in medium law and am personally uncomfortable wearing knee high boots to the office — I have a very hourglass figure and feel that boots with a skirt come across a bit too sexy on me, although look perfectly appropriate on other people at my office.

One «high five» to us was paying a little bit extra to get a tour guide, who didn't tell us too much more than we could have figured out on our own (at one point he told us that if we wanted to know more, we could Google it) but meant we could skip the ticket line altogether.

It's figure skimming, but not low cut, too high or too tight.

However, the figure is said to be higher as some people feel too embarrassed to report the fraud.

too; 82 % have earned a bachelor's degree or above, a figure considerably higher than the national average of 28 %.

by Walter Chaw Theodore Melfi's Hidden Figures is so inextricably bonded to the rote motions of awards - season biographical uplift melodrama that it functions as proof of a template studios give to directors who won't kick too much about art and individuality and expression and all that high - falutin» stuff.

Almost immediately, UTLA President Warren Fletcher objected, arguing that the 30 percent figure was too high and a district - wide process was overly prescriptive.

A comprehensive cost figure is extremely difficult to calculate, but this does not preclude knowing that the figure is too high.

The fuel consumption figures will dictate relatively high BIK and VED rates for certain users too, though at this point in the market that's not as much of an issue as it might be lower down the Mercedes pecking order.

If that figure is still too high, Porsche offers an optional Weissach package, which like the 918 Spyder, removes an extra 30 kg of weight from the standard GT2 RS.

Although it's unlikely that you'll get quite that much to the gallon in the real world, our experience suggests that an MPG figure in the mid to high - 30s isn't too hard to achieve.

Naturally, since actual performance figures and / or its starting price are yet to be revealed, it may also come with a few nasty surprises — such as too much weight or too high a high price.

2006 Cadillac XLR - V: General Motors executives spent a lot of time in New York trying to explain GM's recent dismal sales figures, but there was some more cheerful news too: Although it didn't unveil any all - new vehicles, GM did debut some high - performance versions of current products.

Furthermore, the four - cylinder isn't brilliantly refined either (especially at higher revs), and we don't feel it suits the more relaxed qualities of the Toyota Highlander's driving characteristics — though, to this engine's credit, 20mpg city / 24mpg highway economy figures aren't too bad by class standards.