Sentences with phrase «usual numbers for»

Republicans are working under the theory that public sector employees who typically vote Democratic turned out in larger than usual numbers for a local election.

Not exact matches

These theatrics, which go well beyond the usual angst at a new venture, have contributed to a growing perception that innovation has stalled and management is in turmoil at one of Silicon Valley's most promising startups, which some 20 million active users rely on each month for updates on everything from subway delays to election results — and which a growing number of companies, big and small, seek to use to market themselves and track customers.

According to a study of boards of directors from the research group Catalyst, companies that had a higher - than - usual number of female board members serving for at least four or five years vastly outperformed companies with primarily male board members.

But third party services can sometimes require a Facebook login (a workaround for that would be to create a dummy Facebook account purely for login purposes — using a name and email you don't use for anything else, and not linking it to your usual mobile phone number or adding anyone you actually know IRL) Tell me more: Deleting Facebook clearly isn't for everyone.

PepsiCo is an oft - mentioned name in relation to diversity these days, which makes for an interesting comparison with its number one rival, Coca - Cola, also a usual suspect on the diversity radar.

This was familiar ground for Mr. Agrawal, now 47, an expert on innovation economics and one of Rotman's most popular professors; he'd attended an «endless number» of government - sponsored panels, round tables and meetings on the subject during his career, and many of the usual suspects were in attendance, including CEOs of some of Canada's largest companies.

Probably one of the main causes for the increasingly large numbers of divorces or separations in the usual family group is simply that husband or wife become bored or «fed up» with the narrowness and restrictions they meet.

For one, Stone punctuates it with a number of Doors concert - events and plays their songs at a higher - than - usual background volume during other scenes, and so you have to have openness to the band's music.

But simply making up numbers to argue for a policy change is much worse than politics as usual, and that's what these two leaders of the pro-choice movement admitted that the movement had done to get abortion legalized.

Do not fear Gooners, the title may suggest that Aaron Ramsey has had a setback in his return from injury and of course that would likely mean that he's out for a «number of months» if the usual Arsenal procedure was to take place.

we play for top four... now that our number four is not threatened we will loose the first league games as usual and as the seasons nears to end we will wake up and finish number four..

They have a number of promising young centre backs who ought to be given an opportunity to prove themselves for the remainder of the season in the EPL matches.They simply can not be worse than the rapidly declining Koscielny and Mustafi who can not cope with the likes of Swansea, Bournemouth etc. let alone a team like Spurs.The lack of steel at the back impacts on our more attacking players as they know they need to score 2/3 goals to have any chance of producing a win.As usual Elneny has come in for criticism but the real culprits are our centre backs and Xhaka who seems to be a fixture regardless of being bang average.

Dana White clearly knows Nate is a draw, Nate was never put on main event spots on PPV until his fights with Conor, first one had 10 days promotion, both fights were outside both fighters weight class, all in the usual location of Vegas, no milestone numbers (196 and 202), no belt, in fact UFC202 had no belt on the entire card yet they broke all PPV records, Conor vs Mendes did did not even reach 1m despite having the likes of Lawler title fight, as UFC 194, it was against Aldo for the belt after months and months of promotion and also against Alvarez following the stock - raising Diaz fights at MSG, NY for the first time ever, Champ Vs Champ on a stacked card with 3 title fights and the likes of Khabib on the prelims... still did not do PPV numbers with Nate.

The addition of Jack in midfield alongside Arteta and Ramsey sacrificed the usual number 10 opting for a deeper energetic runner and it paid off big time.

if wenger had planned for the very high (but usual, expected & predictable) number of injuries by expecting that 2 - 3 months into the season, 1/3 of his squad would be injured, and if he would be willing to rotate enough players, then we would no longer have the stamina problem.

Arsenal seem to be stepping up their search for young talent even more than usual as prices rise to astronomical numbers for proven performers.

I'm later than usual with the predictions for this weekend because the model's decided to be a bit controversial and I wanted to make very sure that I hadn't made a mess of the numbers and take a bit of time to explain why...

In previous years I have looked at other aspects beyond the raw figures, and whilst I plan to do similar with this season's numbers, time is as usual against me so this will have to suffice for now.

As for the passes he played in the match, we can again see the usual lay offs and square balls, but there are an increased number of vertical passes.

Your toddler may come up short on sleep for any number of reasons: You're on vacation, you had company over for dinner, you kept her up past her usual bedtime because you worked late last week, she's refusing to take naps or waking up frequently during the night, and so on.

Values were derived from regressing T on daily paternal caregiving, controlling for time of saliva collection, usual wake time (AM), sleep quality, psychosocial stress, and number of children, with fathers who reported no involvement in childcare as the comparison group.

In fact, it is common for expectant fathers to have a higher than usual number sexual dreams during the early part of their partner's pregnancy.

While by - elections are often used as protest votes against governments and have lower than usual turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications for British politics.

May's obscure Catering and Retail Services report is the usual stock - take, but this year it suggests building a number of new souvenir shops — presumably for the masses of Labour MPs who've resigned this Parliament — renting out the 1,000 - year - old Westminster Hall for banqueting and events, and allowing tourists to take high tea on the Terrace.

Known for being «just a normal bloke», Farage throws off the usual suit and tie loved by politicians in favour of this lovely Argyle number.

Part of what Trump has going for him this election cycle appears to be motivating the non-college-educated-but-conservative segment of the population to turn out and vote in higher numbers than usual.

A number of local residents and officials have blamed actions by the IJC for recent flooding, although members of that organization and the U.S Army Corps of Engineers have maintained that most of the issue is due to weather factors including rain during the Spring that was much heavier than usual.

«This was the fourth highest quarter ever for donations - the second highest outside a general election quarter - and we received donations reports from a larger number of parties than usual,» Mr Wardle said.

Potholes aren't anything new for upstate New York drivers, but the sheer number of them this year is wreaking more havoc than usual.

Amer said exceptions are sometimes given beyond the usual number of postponements for job or childcare issues or for people who have to attend funerals.

Even though none of the panelists showed up looking to find new employees, apparently our science training prepares us for a number of semi-related careers beyond the usual few.

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, for example, received more than four times its usual number of applications owing to cuts in NIH spending on breast cancer research, according to Paula Witt - Enderby, a researcher at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and a member of the charity's grant review panel.

They found that both mitigation scenarios should increase yields for all crops compared to the business - as - usual scenario, including cotton and forage, and that the more ambitious scenario has the potential to reduce the number of water - stressed basins.

For centuries mathematicians tried to solve problems by adding new values to the usual numbers.

The Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development, Neiker - Tecnalia, has created four new potato clones which are characterised by their high antioxidant content, their good production both in size and number of tubers, as well as by their resistance to the usual diseases of this crop.

Gerton hypothesized that cancer cells, which are highly proliferative and might need more than the usual amount of ribosomes, would select for expansion of copy number.

For the first 20 years this has been a marvelous number system, better than the usual numbers.

That means defining familiar operations — such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponentiation, logarithms, and so on — so that they work as well for surreal numbers as they do for the usual reals.

For science itself, the year 2005 had its share of headline - grabbing triumphs and controversies, but for scientists and science trainees planning their careers, the year offered mostly more of the same: the usual job - market uncertainties, a continuing scramble for research funds (which during the year became increasingly scarce), and more studies by important policy bodies aimed at increasing the number of scientists our nations produFor science itself, the year 2005 had its share of headline - grabbing triumphs and controversies, but for scientists and science trainees planning their careers, the year offered mostly more of the same: the usual job - market uncertainties, a continuing scramble for research funds (which during the year became increasingly scarce), and more studies by important policy bodies aimed at increasing the number of scientists our nations produfor scientists and science trainees planning their careers, the year offered mostly more of the same: the usual job - market uncertainties, a continuing scramble for research funds (which during the year became increasingly scarce), and more studies by important policy bodies aimed at increasing the number of scientists our nations produfor research funds (which during the year became increasingly scarce), and more studies by important policy bodies aimed at increasing the number of scientists our nations produce.

«You could take this same model or a different model and arrive at different cost numbers using a your own set of assumptions for «business as usual» or interests rates, for instance,» Supekar said.

Last up is a minimalist, monochrome number, ideal for those less partial to the usual bright colour palettes that tend to dominate summer attire.

Something past 3 to 4 emails without having requested her out on a date or for her number is a usual «Next» in the girl's mind.

The opening moments of Lincoln put those hyperbolic claims in perspective, as Steven Spielberg — with his usual flair for highlighting how truly ugly war really is — shows a nation so divided that its opposing factions are killing one another in numbers so extreme that the bodies are literally piling up on top of one another.

It makes sense for calls to be held after larger - than - usual news is revealed, since these press releases usually boost the value of shares and make investors happy (investors love the big numbers that Rockstar / Take - Two games often deliver).

As usual, the disc starts off with a number of previews for other Disney films and DVDs: the ubiquitous Chicken Little teaser, a title - only teaser for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, and DVD spots for Ice Princess and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

The final movie, «Breaking Dawn Pt. 2» (our review here) is in theaters, doing the usual blockbuster numbers, but for the near future at least, that's it.

Academy Award Nominees: The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards are here and while quite a few nods went to the usual suspects, there's a number of significant snubs and surprises.

The TV show's usual density of gags was reduced for theatrical audiences, so that a larger number of people laughing wouldn't cause too much dialogue to be missed.

While the usual masala touches are in force — energetic musical numbers; broad comedy beats, mostly courtesy of Amitabh Bachchan as Rishi's womanizing father — for most of KANK Johar strives for and largely achieves some sense of emotional truth only to give into the filmi formula, which comes off as all the more phony in this context.

On the same day they cast their votes for president — November 8 — residents of one U.S. state will decide whether or not to remove a cap on the number of such schools, which are given public funding but operate free of the usual restrictions placed on conventional public schools...