Sentences with phrase «about areas of the country»

We might ask initially about an area of the country where we might move, like California or North Carolina.

• He said the banks should be forced to publish data about areas of the country excluded from banking services.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, the corporation has been conducting town halls across the country in recent months, trying to gauge public reaction to the prospect of significant reductions in service levels, especially in those older urban areas where homeowners still get (costly) delivery to the door (equivalent of about 40 % of households).

In view of this, it is puzzling that these countries complained about «currency wars,» alleging that the «monetary tsunami» unleashed by the U.S. and the euro area was threatening their competitive positions by pulling up their currencies, when, in fact, the real and the rupeewere falling against the dollar and the euro.

«But the narrative about St. Louis leaves out the fact that St. Charles County and its elected leadership have helped make several communities in this area some of the best places in America to live, and that the region has one of the best startup scenes in the country.»

Even in conservative parts of the country, where public attitude about gay rights differs from more liberal areas of the country, employer actions that allow discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation can lead to a lawsuit that the employer could lose.

A decade ago, residents of northern European countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden were going online at a faster rate than in just about any other area in the world, thanks in part to substantial investments in broadband infrastructure.

I would imagine in urban areas like Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal, which have significant populations of recent immigrants, there's probably a significant subset of people who fled from countries where governments do all sorts of nasty things with the information they collect about their citizens and who aren't all that keen to provide such information here (you might say, «sure, but Canada's not Iran», to which the answer would be «exactly»).

We «ll get new data on how the consumer is feeling about their finances and the broader economy, and the manufacturing sector will be in focus, data will be released showing how strong conditions are in two areas of the country.

At this stage, we do not see a market response that signals serious doubts about the ability of those countries to remain in the euro area.

Just as important, at a time when fears over China's slowing economy are widespread and there's evidence of retail saturation in the country's major metropolitan areas, nearly half of survey participants said they expect to be better off financially in the next 12 months — and they are eager to spend, contrary to gloomy assumptions about the drag of sluggish economic growth on consumer sentiment.

So it covers about 87 percent of the country's population, excluding people in rural areas and those in the military and in prison.

The Elon Poll / The Business Journals survey gauged public opinion in these metro areas — many of the country's largest — about landing the project, which promises to be home to 50,000 workers and an investment of $ 5 billion.

About 90 per cent of sugarcane output in the country comes from farmers with a planted area of less than 5 hectares, Ignacio said.

«A first analysis of the Iran 2006 census results shows a sensationally low fertility level of 1.9 for the whole country and only 1.5 for the Tehran area (which has about 8 million people),» Tehran University demographer Mohammad Jalal Abbasi - Shavazi recently observed.

I was thinking about enclaves of upper middle class & professional blacks established in Atlanta and similar areas in the country.

Syria is a smaller country than Iraq, but the Surge focused largely (though not exclusively) on Iraq's Sunni areas — and Sunnis only make up about 20 percent of Iraq's population.

... The UN Commission for the nutrition challenges of the twenty - first century, in its Report submitted on March 20, 2000, has pointed out that» about one in four new - born children in developing countries - around 30 million each year - suffer retarded growth in the womb, an indication of how the nutritional well - being of mothers in pregnancy remains one of the most neglected areas in world health.

What about these areas that want sharia law and defy the laws of the countries they live in?

Today that same qualification, if the church teaches biblical truths about homosexuality, is a detriment to one's candidacy in many areas of our country.

In the north of the country, Afghans are starving because Uzbekistan will not open a bridge for relief supplies to cross, since it is worried about security in the area.

As you leave the area for the open road, roaring along with the rest of the traffic, the priest turns to you seriously and begins to talk about his country.

According to a study of the Food and Agriculture Organization about 700 million people in the rural areas of the poor countries live in absolute poverty and their lot is not improving.

Think about it, in the colder areas of the country people had to ready for winter.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

«As the representative body for 95 % of non-alcoholic beverages manufacturers and distributors in the country, we need to know firstly if there is a need to educate consumers about caffeinated products, and if there is, then whether that's in the area of consumption or caffeine content, or both.»

Janie warns about transplanting them too early, depending on the area of the country you live in.

The 11 viticultural areas of Paso Robles demonstrate the diversity of Paso Robles Wine Country and provide information to consumers and trade about what is in the bottle, helping them make a better - informed buying decision.

Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country and its affiliated hospitality and tourism partners are the third largest employer in the area, yet there are many managers and staff that do not know all there is to know about this valuable segment of the local economy.

The main crop is coffee (about 9 percent of the country's area), produced on 20 000 coffee farms and employing some 134 000 people.

Or maybe you simply grew up in an area of the country that doesn't give a damn about college football.

No clue about tactics, no clue about substitutions, no clue about team selection (Cech would have dominated his area and prevented at least one of the headers + he is most experienced keeper trophy winning keeper in the country and would remain calm), no plan B when he realised Carroll is playing.

I try not to make assumptions about what I'm going to encounter in any given area of the country, because I've found that my expectations are often challenged by experience.

NCF also began holding the annual What My Father Means to Me essay contest to honor kids for writing about their fathers and father figures and the Father of the Year Celebration to recognize those dedicated fathers and father figures in several areas of the country.

An earlier systematic review from Cochrane states, ««In countries and areas where it is possible to establish a home birth service backed up by a modern hospital system, all low risk pregnant women should be offered the possibility of considering a planned home birth and should be informed about the quality of the available evidence to guide their choice.»

By some estimates, Kampala, Uganda's capital city and largest urban area, already generates about 60 % of the country's gross domestic product.

This comment sounds a little as if you believed that people living in those «areas of influence» should have no voice about who and how rules their countries.

We talked about the importance of sourcing game locally and the potential that country sports have to bring much - needed tourism funds into rural areas all year - round.»

«I spent a lot of the referendum going round mostly prosperous country areas — they weren't deprived areas of the north — and the overwhelming reason given for voting the way they were, and they were predominantly older groups, were about immigration.

He said there was the need for the Federal Government to continue to support the endeavour which he said would help in the provision of more oil and gas for the country and bringing about agricultural revolution in that area.

It has come to my notice and indeed the notice of most Ghanaians that about 200 trucks of premix fuel meant to power fishing boats in our coastal areas have been diverted to pump stations in the country and sold to unsuspecting motorists.

Abdullahi had in the interview with a national newspaper declared, «We have all personalised restructuring with a view to targeting a section of the country and this is the area that we feel very sensitive about and we will resist it.

Much has been made in recent days about the gulf between wealthy Remain - supporting Londoners and the poverty of Brexit - supporting areas in the North of the country.

He claims by law his APC remains the only party that has fulfilled the requirement of the law having established offices across the country in about 250 areas, including 10 regional offices and a National Headquarters.

«It would be a noble gesture to those who live in the area, who suffered after the attack on this country, and at the same time would probably, in many ways, change a lot of people's minds about Islam, which is really a peace - loving religion practiced by peace - loving people.»

Madam Beauty Siasia, aged 72, was kidnapped about two weeks ago at her Odoni country home in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State by three armed men.

That would be a noble gesture to those who live in the area who suffered after the attack on this country, and at the same time would probably in many ways change a lot of people's minds about Islam, which is really a peaceful religion practiced by peace - loving people,» Paterson told CNN's «Larry King Live» on Wednesday.

Institutions and government officials leading these efforts have been optimistic about the impact that bilateral scientific collaboration can have in creating more positive exchanges and areas of agreement between the two countries.

Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner is worried about the slow pace of expansion of the country's high - voltage lines needed to transport offshore wind energy from the North Sea to industrial areas in the south of Germany.

It's a small country, it does not have the, kind of, a presence in the international stage of a China or an India or a Brazil, but it is concerned about the future of its forests and it wants to play in the climate game, that is it wants to participate in any kinds of offsets that might benefit its economy and also its wild areas.