Sentences with phrase «worse than second»

Tesla has referred to its pricey Model S sedans as «the safest cars in history,» but they came up worse than second best in a recent round of large - car safety evaluations by the U.S. - based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

I've been told a couple of times that the first season of «Fantastic Four» is a lot worse than the second, but damn if I'm willing to make much of a distinction.

But the ultimate ask should include a pledge not to primary if they come up short at the convention, or finish worse than second.

He has won or shared 31 conference titles at Kansas, finished worse than second only nine times in 44 seasons.

This is the case for Kawhi as the best player in basketball: He is no worse than the second - best defender in the world and among the very best offensive players in the world.

Over those five years, the Wildcats did not once lose back - to - back games, and they were never seeded worse than second in the NCAA tournament.

Brendan: He's never finished worst than second in his first three Masters starts, which is outrageous when you don't attach pictures to it.

Not exact matches

Sales to retailers slipped 2.2 % for AB InBev in the second quarter of 2015, worse than the industry's 1 % drop.

But hitting the 31 - second mark is especially critical, as videos below 30 seconds performed worse than any other category.

According to global market research firm NPD Group, LCDs now account for more than 90 % of TV sales — bad news for Panasonic, whose sales dropped by about 25 % in the second quarter of this year.

If you wanted to understand the rise of women in the business world in the second - half of 20th Century, you could do worse than to study the life and career of Mary Kay Ash.

The bad: Total VC funding across all technology sectors was roughly 40 percent less than it was at the end of June» 08, with about $ 4 billion in funding received in the second quarter of 2009 versus $ 7 billion in Q2 2008.

Second, there are far more bad SEO companies out there than good ones.

Economically, China may be highly vulnerable and will suffer worse consequences than the U.S. in a trade war, but as the world's second - largest economy, it can still deliver a powerful counter punch.

Buffett's partner, Munger, seconds that investment philosophy: «There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting,» he said.

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Across the United States, more than 9.5 million acres have burned to date, making 2017 the second - worst year for fires in terms of area.

If the authorities are willing to engage in loss - making activities to achieve the GDP growth target, there are two relevant characteristics of an economy like China's that change the nature of the GDP measure: first, economic activity is much less affected by hard - budget constraints than it is in most other economies; and second, bad debt is much less likely to be written down.

Second, assume that the bad debt generated by the system (by which I mean the excess portion of any debt used to fund projects that add less value to the economy than the cost of the project) is not written down within the reporting period in which it was extended.

Government spending shrank an annual rate of 0.9 per cent in the second quarter, much worse than the 0.4 per cent drop initially estimated.

Second, by arbitrarily truncating the distribution at an inflation rate of 50 percent, it makes the scores of countries with moderate inflation look worse than they otherwise would.

Last year saw the second - worst total of baptisms in 60 years, and this year the denomination lost more than 105,000 members and 188,000 Sunday worshipers, according to its Annual Church Profile.

officials were even more scathing in their verdicts, describing Mr Romney's second day in London as a «total car crash» and saying he was «worse than Sarah Palin».

I am no football coach or analyst, but bad throwing motion or not, I think Tebow is better than many of the current second and third - string QBs in the NFL.

Second, to believe that people with less means are ipso facto incapable of being interested in certain programs is worse than elitist; it is brutish and dangerous.

I second that, I believe the what people call «fundamental» today is anything but, fundamentalism wasn't a bad thing (just a few simple beliefs) but now it's become way too complex to be fundamental, I mean some of the most complex stuff on earth (DNA) is simpler than today's «fundamentalists»

AWESOME i usually don't post my comments, but i made this twice - once was bad and the second i am eating now and is amazing - so wanted to share my journey:) the first loaf i made was way too dry - i followed the recipe by cup measurements, but the result was a dough more than a batter, and the loaf was dense and hard.

I put it in the microwave (I know, microwaves are bad) for 20 seconds and then used the hand mixer again and it made the most beautiful icing — far better consistency than the first time around.

I read that all carbonated drinks (including beer) make the burn worse, and that only those with a coating effect such as milk make it better, and water does nothing other than just help for a second or two.

There are many worse places to hang in for a big fish than Second Banana.

Jordan Zimmermann is in the second year of a $ 110 million contact, and the follow - up attempt is going even worse than the disappointing first.

I really wish I am wrong about the situation, but if we start the season bad and then try reconstructing the pyramid on September the second, honestly I'd be less than surprised.

In the first half it happened, in the second half it was bad defending more than being outnumbered.»

Just because one striker is second choice for one team, does not mean that he is worse than the player ahead of him.

It's important to note that the UMD fan base and donor base is the second to worst and cheapest in the conference so it's even worse than Edsall by any objective manner.

The second part of it, is if you're swinging at more bad pitches while letting good pitches go by, you're likely going to make worse contact than by doing the opposite.

Are you really naive enough to believe that Wenger would bring anyone into this current locker room that is going to be given a strong voice... have you not been watching, listening or reading about our club for years... Lehman is a blind Wenger follower, which is the only reason he was even considered... just for a second think of all the strong personalities that have played for this club that have never been seriously considered even though they have expressed legitimate interest in participating in the coaching process... even worse, think of all the former greats who aren't even allowed on the same pitch as Wenger because they have offered their advice and / or criticism to the infallible one... I dare you to find a manager that has distanced himself from his former players as much as this man... it's the very reason why only one player I can think of has ever returned to play for Wenger and that was Flamini, which was hilarious considering we were desperately looking for a top quality defensive midfielder but Wenger could somehow find no one better than Flamini in the whole wide world... let's face it this club was simply trying to appease it's disgruntled fans by declaring that Wenger would no longer be given Ca rte Blanche when it came to the backroom staff so they probably asked him to give them a list of those who he would allow in the locker room... on that list he wrote Lehman, Pires and Bergkamp, likely because the first two are the only former players who haven't publicly questioned his horrible decision - making and the last one because he won't get in an airplane

But arguably even worse than that was his total laziness on the second strike of the night, as he was hopelessly slow to react as he lost his marker at a corner, leading to a completely free header across that led to Ben Yedder killing the tie.

Um pesonal experiments sorry nobody gave him 150million pounds to sign eonaldo or messi or 100 million pounds to sign a player oh plus another 400million to fill out the other ten sorry he was given ants and has still won our record signing 55million i mean other teams are able to spend more on bench sore pine slivered second strings than hes been on starters over the years and hes still won only manager invincible oh and then when the other clubs new we were low on cash and winning started injuring our star players and do nt say it does nt happen cause it does um he still won whole given ants to spend hes done amazing extend please one or to bad seasons compared to twenty great seasons and had our strikers finished their chances this year in 5 or six key matches we'd be sitting pretty reall only 3 or two and a draw or saw and we'd be sittingin the thick of itextend now that the board an owner are willing to spend snails for him finally atleast a little more than ants cause of inflation

While Alabama is technically worse at defending the pass than the run, it's relative: the Tide are second in Passing S&P + and first in Rushing S&P +.

If sports were an Excel spreadsheet, then second best for a 30 - team league should only be 1 / 30th worse than finishing first.

Traded to St. Louis two weeks ago, he will play his fourth infield position since being drafted by the New York Mets in 1985, and it's doubtful he can be worse defensively at first base than he was at second, third or shortstop.

One was against the SEC's second - worst defense (Kentucky's was better than Arkansas» in 2012) and one was against probably the nation's worst defense; neither was against a bowl team, though Louisiana Tech didn't go bowling because of an incredibly petty reason.

His 4.83 40 - yard dash was actually worse than the best offensive lineman this year and was the second - worst time of the entire running backs group.

The difference between a good or bad pit stop now is only about a second or two, but in DTM this year the longest pit stops took more than 10 seconds, with the quickest being completed in around six seconds.

• IKA VS. ICA Annika Sorenstam tied for second at Corning, which is bad for her but better than Danica Patrick's fourth at Indy.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Yeah we badly need a new striker any day any month any year but not any striker we need a good one better than what we have got we need a starter striker not a backup guy i want giroud to be our second choice And while you are at it bring a RW (salah or pedro would have done the trick) But back to reality we will get a big zero

Now he's a little worse than that, as he just became Kershaw's second strikeout victim.

Despite these inflated totals, the under has hit at a significantly worse rate with the 30 - second shot clock (48.9 %) than it did with the 35 - second shot clock (50.5 %).