Sentences with phrase «significant portions of the population»

These folks aren't necessarily committing crimes, but this small but significant portion of the population does display some essential traits of psychopathy, like lack of empathy, selfishness, lack of guilt, and plenty of charm.

«I do think that a significant portion of the population of developed countries, and eventually all countries, will have AR experiences every day, almost like eating three meals a day, it will become that much a part of you,» Apple CEO Tim Cook said last month in Utah.

ResearchKit, an open - source platform for creating iPhone apps that collect healthcare research data, will bring together huge swathes of personal data from a significant portion of the population.

And at least two of those countries have significant portions of their population who would prefer the US gets wiped off the map.

Significant portion of the population admit to being «spiritual but not religious».

I said that the government (comprised of many people) at the urging of a significant portion of the population (comprised of even more people) made the decision that the care of indicidual citizens is more important than absolute corporate freedom.

I would argue that many people who are pro-choice are not big fans of the mandate, but they accept it as a better situation than having a significant portion of the population with no benefits (and no choice).

However, every single country that has a significant portion of the population that is Muslim does have issues with them.

Just because a significant portion of the population is ignorant about science (and I mean that in the nicest possible way), doesn't mean they get to dictate what is involved in science.

But in both cases, this date falls right in the middle of the 2 week «Construction holidays», which typically a significant portion of the population uses to travel.

When our organization began nearly 60 years ago, most babies were not breastfed and a significant portion of the population smoked.

«There is a significant portion of the population, again starting very young in age and in every stage of life where people experience either a temporary or more permanent loss in mental health and wellness.

While some prior research had found that supertasters tend to avoid alcohol, this new finding could help winemakers reach a significant portion of population.

One of the tragic results of this is that we now have a significant portion of the population that is un-informed and ill - informed on the critical issue of climate change.

However, a significant portion of the population of extrasolar planets does not fit either of these criteria and there wasn't really a way to find information about the atmospheres of these planets.

Unfortunately, regular misdiagnosis or dismissal of fatigue has caused it to run unchecked through a significant portion of the population.

But while feline fanatics do make up a significant portion of the population, it can often be difficult to find that special someone who equally shares your passion — most dating sites don't focus on that as a matching priority.

With Season 2 about to premiere, now's a good time to catch up with the first season's 10 episodes, which follow the intertwined lives of the residents of a small New York town after a rapture - like event has caused a significant portion of its population to spontaneously, simultaneously disappear.

For instance, a world that will require a basic incomes policy and in which a very significant portion of the population will not be employed?

Clearly, there are deeply rooted social, psychological, and cultural factors that explain why significant portions of the population don't see the apparently obvious connection between education and economic well - being.

There are plenty of you working in districts where a significant portion of the population is economically disadvantaged, and most school districts have tight budgets, so this can be a very real issue.

There are lots of districts where a significant portion of the population is economically disadvantaged, and most school districts have tight budgets, and this can be a real challenge.

if they can't read to learn by third grade and absorb new information from text, which is true for a significant portion of the population — in high poverty districts you're looking at anywhere between 80 and 97 percent of students, right.

While sociologists have studied the effects on society of having a significant portion of the population unqualified and incapable of securing employment, companies like Cengage are actively working to do something about it.

In a country where only 27 % of the population is reported to have internet access forcing newspaper to be strictly digital will mean a significant portion of the population will be cutoff from news access and more importantly, a clear picture of the activities of their government.

One of the tragic results of this is that we now have a significant portion of the population that is un-informed and ill - informed on the critical issue of climate change.

It seems completely unreasonable to assume that some significant portion of the population on planet earth will be satisfied with lower resource use on a long term basis.

But when a significant portion of the population is at last able to see itself reflected by someone who sits on the court, they are, perhaps, reassured that the court is a place where, even for them, justice does prevail.

Though we are not in a state of emergency, we are in the midst of a global influenza pandemic, and employers control access to the spaces at which a significant portion of the population regularly congregate.

Coupled with historically low inventory and extreme competition for homes in many areas, and you have renting as the new normal for a significant portion of the population.

Not exact matches

We're gonna need new commitments and training programs for significant portions of this currently - employed but severely at - risk population.

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

For most of the year, college students and professors make up a significant portion of La Jolla's population, but they're not the only ones who want to live in this idyllic location.

A significant portion of the drop can be traced back to an aging population, but participation has also fallen for working age Americans.

Writing in The Times, Henrietta Royle, chief executive of the coaching and strategy consultancy firm Fanshaw Haldin, made the point that while most Conservatives have no difficulty with equality for gay people, «a significant chunk of the party's core supporters clearly doesn't think that has to include redefining the traditional concepts of marriage to suit a small portion of the population without so much as a by your leave».

Unfortunately, lies embraced by a significant portion of a given culture's population tend to end catastrophically.

The conference suggested on a number of grounds the answer is «no» --(a significant portion of the world's charismatic population doesn't worship Jesus, or fall within «orthodoxy» i.e. deny the trinity etc.; the focus of charismatic worship is not Christ, but the «Holy Spirit» where this «Holy Spirit» may not even be biblical; the charismatic movement is «experiential» which posses no biblical authority, etc)

A significant portion of Puerto Rico's population shifted to the mainland United States, and those who stayed often understandably had more pressing priorities than sports.

This highly unusual characteristic may enable the variants to help to maintain a fundamental tension crucial for evolutionary success: promoting the generation of significant diversity within a portion of the population but keeping the pace of this change within certain bounds, maintaining it relatively constant overall and so supporting the stability of the genome and the cohesiveness of the species.

«Until those five big CMOs made the announcement of big plans for growth, serving a significant portion of the low - income population in Los Angeles, I didn't feel anybody was really paying attention to us,» said Marco Petruzzi, who oversees Green Dot Public Schools National.

Regression models with nationally representative data revealed that children from Mexican immigrant families were overrepresented in parental care and underrepresented in center - based care compared to their native peers from other race / ethnic populations, which helped to explain a significant but small portion of their generally lower rates of both math achievement and externalizing symptoms in kindergarten.

I live in Fairfax Co. and I know a significant portion of the student population does not have access to computers at home.

This region has experienced significant population growth during the past 25 years, particularly in the communities along the northern portion of the corridor in Iredell County.

After decades of consumer gluttony, a significant portion of the U.S. population became fed up with bloated vehicles that wasted gasoline, and in their mind, are the cause of many bad things.

No one in the family knows the fate that awaits them, a destiny that will be shared by a significant portion of the Palestinian population, as they are continuously displaced from one town or village to another, and from one country to another.

High - risk animals include dogs and cats less than six months old, bully breeds of dogs (as these breeds account for a significant portion of the intake population at Young - Williams) and «community» or feral cats.

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In the western North Pacific, we know there is at least one population that spends a significant portion of their time, including the mating season, too far west for our hydrophones to hear them.

Shift toward a drier climate, as is forecast for significant portions of the United States, including most of those with the highest rates of population growth, and PM risks will worsen.

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