Energy management firms have struggled to find financing for energy-efficiency contracts as credit conditions remain less-than-ideal.
Neither company is necessarily the ideal partner, and less-than-ideal partners often have to settle for each other.
In other words, Contador, certainly the most talented rider, may land in a less-than-ideal team situation next year.
When pitching the idea for a social media site to connect artists with fans, they received a less-than-ideal response, Vachon said.
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Inevitably the variety was planted in less-than-ideal spots, and the vines carried crop loads that were too heavy to ripen fully.
Apps designed for the less elongated displays of iPhones past will still work, but they'll be presented in a less-than-ideal letterbox format.
And there was veteran guard Baron Davis coming off a strained right hamstring to play 34 minutes and finish with seven assists and nine turnovers a less-than-ideal situation.
So, should you suddenly need a new job during the holidays or a major life change or some other less-than-ideal time there are things you can do to prepare.
Despite a bit of bad press for its Model S and a less-than-ideal close to the 2012 financial year, things have been looking up for Tesla.
Batteries used to be the only way to power implantable gadgets, but additional surgeries are needed to replace the power packs once their juice runs out -- a less-than-ideal solution for patients.
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Ad rates might not have been optimal, but a network can feel good about less-than-ideal sales if an show is delivering huge ratings one hit can help a whole schedule and success is better than failure.
But there are a tremendous number of people out there who feel that in some way - in some shape or form - they had less than the - far less than the ideal experience, growing up and having a parent.
Speaking of a less-than ideal UX, Mosseri also informed us that Facebook has discovered well over 10, 000 users who have sideloaded Home onto unsupported devices.
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Or is it, in fact, the pet approach of the experimenters pitted against a treatment-as-usual or less than ideal opponent?
While the AmPlug has proved to be staple in my practicing arsenal, it suffers from its less than ideal build quality -- it had to be nursed back together by tape and rubber-bands after only a few months of ownership.
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Playing point forward is less than ideal for Anthony, a six-time All-Star, because it makes him more deliberate and leaves him less opportunity to act as a deadly spot-up shooter.
Offering up to 7.5 hours of battery life(5) and measuring less than 1-inch thin, the HP Pavilion dm3 gives consumers the ideal balance of mobility and performance in an affordable, slim and light notebook PC.
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The situation is what we'd call less than ideal, though you can always expand the on-board storage via the solutions Microsoft proposes.
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That's why I said late last week that a short-term continuing resolution was something that was far less than ideal in providing the needed certainty, but that over the course of the next several months, Jack Lew and our budget office will work with Congress to ensure the necessary funding for critical government operations.
But no matter where you live--with the possible exception of San Diego--there will be some times during the year in which the weather is less than ideal.
As The Asahi Shimbun reports, that system isn't the best for producing deep bass (making them less than ideal for music), but it apparently fares considerably better with the medium and high-pitched sounds of birds and rustling tree branches.
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It is less than ideal, but people opposed to expansion should ask themselves if they really want the alternative - loss of business to another airport in Europe that is prepared to expand, with the resulting loss of jobs, economic decline, and fall in house prices that would follow.
This in contrast to the HD-DVD demo which was in the back of a store on a much less expensive TV in less than ideal lighting conditions.
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