Sentences with phrase «were a big improvement»

The result, or so the story goes, was a big improvement in morale.

That's a big improvement from 2014, when 14 percent of households were food insecure, and from 2011, when the food insecurity rate neared 15 percent in the wake of the Great Recession.

«That's a big improvement.»

This figure came in ahead of expectations and was a big improvement over the weak production report posted in August.

Heading into Friday's Non Farm Payrolls (NFP) report for April, economists are expecting an increase in payrolls of 193K, which would be a big improvement from March's dismal reading of 103K, in what was the biggest NFP miss relative to expectations since the September 2017 report.

Hey, Messiah is a Big Improvement over Jaleesa or Jawaan.

It is a little crumbly, as are all non-egg cauliflower crusts, but really is a big improvement.

Regular marshmallows tend to puff up, then deflate / dissolve, so the fluff overall was a big improvement.

It's a big improvement over refined sugar, cocoa butter and milk fat.

2) Allows Alford to play the slot, where he'll be a big improvement over Poole and probably even more effective than he is outside.

James would be a big improvement, imo so would Minkah.

Clyne is a big improvement over Johnson.

This game was a big improvement from the final loss, where we only played for one half.

please tell me that shelving out 13m for illiramendi and getting rid of flamini would not have been a big improvement or bringing in pedro or douglas costa (and selling walcott) or buying schneiderlin or putting down 25m and cambell and getting dyabala from palermo or getting etc etc etc and these were all doable coz others did it....

However arguably the Brazilian would still be a big improvement to some of the other defenders we have at Arsenal.

«The boys did well in different systems, which I really like a lot because that is the biggest improvement, but only because they now do the jobs in the moment, much more often.

Sandro would be a big improvement on Marcos Alonso and fit into Chelsea's side nicely.

We saw nothing like that this week so it was a big improvement.

I don't think that is a big improvement over last season when we started with 4 at the back, if at all.

When you have Elney and don't believe that Coquelin is a bigger improvement, you know you have a problem

It's been said a million times, but the fresh technical regulations have produced aggressive, edgy - looking cars that are a big improvement on their slightly awkward predecessors.

Would Costa be a big improvement on our current options?

Gruden has often said he thinks that is the biggest improvement year for a player.

Four goals and five assists was a big improvement on 2013/14, and the 31 - year - old played every minute of every Premier League game this season (with the exception of coming off after his late red card against Manchester United at Old Trafford in October) for a Chelsea side that swept the competition away.

(Whoa, did I type that out loud???:)-RRB- Tablets and smartphones and the like are a big improvement on trying to prop up some book to occupy the time.

1 in 11 women in Afghanistan still die due to pregnancy / childbirth (lifetime risk), and this is a big improvement over just 10 years ago.

Heather McNamara: And the diaper sprayer for me was a big improvement, so what a diaper sprayer is, is you hook up on the side of your toilet, there is a valve and you can add a hose in, and at the end of your hose, you have a sprayer, spray nozzle.

A couple of good presidential campaign site reviews have popped up today: first, Todd Zeigler at the Bivings Report looks at Obama's somewhat ghostly new site and finds that the redesign is a big improvement.

Nearly six in 10 registered voters — 58 percent — say they don't want Spitzer to run for statewide office this year, but that's a big improvement from last September, when the number was 69 percent.

This is a big improvement over the current process, which forces drivers to mail in a written request to the Thruway Authority or other toll enforcers.

«Expanding access to driver's licenses would be a big improvement in the lives of some of the hardest - working and hardest - pressed New Yorkers,» said David Kallick, Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute's Immigration Research Initiative.

The governor did take that rather extraordinary tactic is negotiating some major pieces of the budget with rank and file members of the Senate which is a big improvement.

That's a big improvement on now.

The house in the country was a big improvement over the third - floor walkup, but it was lonely.

From a quality - of - life point of view, this is the biggest improvement.

That's a big improvement over 1975, when only 29 % of degree recipients in these fields were women (NSF, 1999).

That would be a big improvement over the warnings issued after last year's Tohoku quake, which Japanese officials initially put at magnitude 8.

It's a big improvement.»

Furthermore, our catalyst is able to deliver higher performance without sacrificing durability, which is a big improvement over similar efforts by other groups.»

But Lipinski told ScienceInsider after the hearing that he and his Democratic colleagues feel that the current bill is a big improvement over the earlier draft.

This is a big improvement over 59 clicks.

It would be a big improvement over figuring it out after birth in the hospital.»

«We think what we have now is a big improvement.»

Resuming the hormones this week to bump levels back up along with the right dose of exercise, I suspect if I were to retest next month there would be a big improvement already.

Obviously, this is a big improvement and I'm happy about it.

It's still a sensitive balance depending on whether I am taking care of my liver, and I still get the occasional low sugar adrenaline rush at night, but it's the biggest improvement I've seen since starting 5 years ago.

Now I am a fan of all of these writers: their diets are big improvements over the Standard American Diet, and they have improved the lives of millions.

If it's a big improvement (like 4 or 5 notches) they may start on 1 of the lowest dose (for example 1 x 500 mg tryptophan or 1 x 125 mg GABA).

The temperature of the water has risen to about 14 degrees now which is a big improvement on the 8 degrees that I encountered way back in February.

The graphics are great and the combat is a big improvement from other Rockstar games.