Sentences with phrase «actually declining over time»

When the return on an investment is less than the inflation rate, purchasing power is actually declining over time.

The complexity of workplace materials and college textbooks have held steady or increased over the past 50 years (Council of Chief State School Officers & National Governors Association Center on Best Practices, 2010); meanwhile, the level of text complexity in high schools has actually declined over time (Chall, Conard, & Harris, 1977; Hayes, Wolfer, & Wolfe, 1996).

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Over the period from the»70s until today, while pay for Dean Foods chief executives was rising 10 times over, wages for the unionized workers actually declined slighOver the period from the»70s until today, while pay for Dean Foods chief executives was rising 10 times over, wages for the unionized workers actually declined slighover, wages for the unionized workers actually declined slightly.

The Finance Minister indicated that, the current debt to GDP ratio is about 71 percent, whiles noting that «for the first time in over 12 years, since the declaration of HIPC [Ghana assuming the status of a Highly Indebted Poor Country], we have seen the rate at which we actually accumulate debt decline.»

So with these little bits of conduct, then, you can actually chart a decline in deference to the president over time and the rise of a more vigorous, aggressive way of dealing with public figures.

Our findings suggest that people with neighborhoods that require more mental complexity actually experience less decline in their mental functioning over time.»

Congress actually exacerbated the growing gap between the maximum grant and EFCs by making the EFC formula more generous (i.e., reducing families» EFCs) over time — particularly between 2007 - 08 and 2011 - 12 — such that a middle - income family actually saw its EFC decline in real terms.

Challenging the Research Base of the Common Core State Standards: A Historical Reanalysis of Text Complexity Educational Researcher, October 2013 Researchers find that contrary to the authors of the English Language Arts component of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)-- which builds a case for higher complexity in textbooks and reading materials for students by pointing to research showing a steady decline in the difficulty of student textbooks over the past 50 years — text complexity actually has either risen or stabilized over this time.

However, it is questionable when the accountability system changes over forty times in a short span of time so performance can not be fairly measured and declines are not actually linked to performance but changes to how performance is calculated.

over the years before, during and after the time that they had agency pricing: Did the rate of decline of paper sales actually lessen while agency pricing was in effect?

Over time, we've seen the value of this offer decline dramatically — at one time Delta actually donated the proceeds of these end - of - year sales to charity, but now they just go into Delta coffers.

Consequently, the next time a serious drought takes hold of some part of the world and the likes of Al Gore blame it on the «carbon footprints» of you and your family, ask them why just the opposite of what their hypothesis suggests actually occurred over the course of the 20th century, i.e., why, when the earth warmed - and at a rate and to a degree that they claim was unprecedented overthousands of years - the rate - of - occurrence of severe regional droughts actually declined.»

Passionate love is said to decline fairly quickly, while companionate love is thought to remain fairly stable (or actually increase) over time.