Sentences with phrase «significant proportion»

The bottom line: The study showed no benefits to any men from either selenium or vitamin E supplements, and for significant proportions of men in the study these supplements were harmful.

Together, they represent significant proportions of global production of key commodities such as soy, pulp and palm oil.

In some schools this will be a very significant proportion of the children and the case for providing meals will be very strong.

In the present day, 18 - 30 year olds make up the most significant proportion of those who use online dating services and apps.

Data from national and international surveys suggest that despite improvements over the last decade, significant proportions of patients have poor control of their elevated blood pressure.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

Effectively, «doing aerobic training» and «building an aerobic base» are 2 different things: the first is one is including a type of training in your workout routine (which may also include any of a number of other exercise types in significant proportions).

Despite the strict rules governing impartiality, the report found that — like the LSE study of the press — Corbyn critics were, by significant proportions, preferred to Corbyn supporters, both in terms of agenda setting and voice.

The German experience has made it clear that renewable energy can provide significant proportions of total electrical generation without destabilizing the power grid — much larger proportions, in fact, than were considered possible even a few years ago.

In fact one of the most interesting features of the revisionist position is that it can harbor both liberals and radicals, a feat of significant proportions given the tension between these two groups.

It's not clear that the schools that do so are even a statistically significant proportion of the 100,000 or so schools in the National School Lunch Program.

Despite some public controversy over this, teachers indicated that they are already devoting significant proportions of time to teaching such texts in their classrooms.

Each room features significant proportions with 10ft to 35ft ceiling heights and exquisite custom millwork, stonework, reclaimed hardwood floors and special designed Nanz hardware.

Real estate practice has been responsible for at least 20 per cent of LawPRO claims by area of law since the company was founded, and because the value of claims in this area is tied to rising property values, real estate is associated with an equally significant proportion of overall claims costs.

Many large corporations, such as the Walt Disney Co., generate less significant proportions of their revenue from licenses.

Four in ten employees (42 %) who started working before 1975 said they would retire early because they feel «like they won't be wanted in the workforce when older» — a much more significant proportion than any other age group.

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) is a program designed to funnel money into schools serving significant proportions of students in poverty («Improving Basic Programs»).

• Even if equity returns in the future are projected to replicate the worst 50 - year segment in the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 history (1929 to 1978), 401 (k) accumulations are still projected to replace significant proportions of projected pre-retirement income.

The banks are neither putting significant proportions of their energy portfolios towards energy access for the poor, nor are they investing substantially in distributed clean energy solutions, despite the important role these technologies can play in delivering energy access.

In view of the gross uncertainty and necessarily approximative nature of making adjustment in the absence of meta - data or even when you say that you need to regard significant proportions of the meta as wrong, I find it surprising how similar the final adjustment is to the uncorrected data.

Ideal Companies: small to mid size entrepreneurial organizations conducting significant proportions of their work on the Internet and thru other digital channels.

«A very significant proportion of patients present with no risk factors, and the question arises in these cases of how to explain progression of the disease to its most severe form,» Ribeiro said.

# 171 James The wind would have to remove a statistically significant proportion of the UHI.

Finding capital is becoming harder for a significant proportion of small businesses despite the wider variety of financing options available.

where does that leave the significant proportion of the population that naturally tends towards a darker frame of mind?

By its very nature, the ocean is downstream from everything which means that a significant proportion of our waste inevitably ends up there, unless we close the loop on our waste cycle and begin producing sustainably.

Mr. Greenspan argues that if banks are regulated to reduce the risk they pose to the economy, they may pack up and take their dealings to London: «concerns are growing that without immediate exemption from Dodd - Frank, a significant proportion of the foreign exchange derivatives market would leave the US.»

A significant proportion of households still carry little or no debt, and in the years ahead might choose to borrow more.

Academic studies have found that a significant proportion of hedge fund interventions involve large increases in leverage and large decreases in investment, particularly in research and development.

A significant proportion of our gas sales contracts are sold under long - term contracts with large industrial customers, power producers and local distribution companies.

In practice though, the model is even more dependent than the convertible currencies on attaining a sufficient scale so that a significant proportion of transactions are made in that currency.

As we have noted before, a significant proportion of the difference is down to how the analysts estimate «consumption».

Of that, a significant proportion has been borrowed by banks, and this is virtually all hedged.

I think a significant proportion of the UK public with money looking for yield are ploughing into property rather than the stock market, as it seems to be built in to the British psyche that you can't lose with housing.

Another reason why the conventional approach to estimating the effects of Asia on Australian exports may overstate the slowdown is that a significant proportion of our exports are inputs into Asian exports, rather than final consumer or investment goods.

Non-partisan surveys by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) also suggest that there is a significant proportion of Canadians who are unaware of TPP — but not to the same extent as the figures reported by TJN.

«A significant proportion of our customers are small business owners who have very specific commercial lending and cash flow financing needs.

In fact, last year 17.7 million people were found to buy their car insurance over the phone — that's a significant proportion of UK license holders (39 %).

These account for a significant proportion of sales in the two largest cities (up to a half in Melbourne and a quarter in Sydney).

A significant proportion of marketers have expressed concerns in the past that digital communications is not all it is cracked up to be.

To the extent DMBA ETPs tracking the price of Bitcoins are formed and represent a significant proportion of demand for Bitcoins, large redemptions of the securities of these DMBA ETPs could negatively affect the Blended Bitcoin Price and the price and NAV of the Shares.

They generally speak Farsi and make up a significant proportion of those seeking asylum in Europe.

But there should be enough agreement among a significant proportion of administrators, faculty and students that a coherent conversation can go on.

It is also common knowledge (usually explained away) that this development has not yet been registered, in any significant proportions within the liberal theological establishment.