Sentences with phrase «against hypothetical»

Paulo Moutinho, a senior climate researcher at the Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM), also praised the government's willingness to establish an absolute target, as opposed to a reduction against a hypothetical future, as other developing countries have done, but said he was disappointed in the forestry component.

You should always benchmark this against these offers against a hypothetical cash back rewards card that gives you 2 % back on every purchase.

It's why the use of VAM (Value Added Measures) can not contribute valid or reliable data to a teacher's effectiveness rating — because VAM is a predictive model based on comparing a set of actual student test scores against a hypothetical group of scores.

With more than a year until election day, it's the best forecasting number available, much better than the misleading mock races against hypothetical opponents that get so much press attention.

«I would caution against the hypothetical bonanza that some people see,» he told Reuters of Arctic regions in Russia, Nordic nations, Alaska and Canada.

However, because the omnibus was completed as late as it was, the Administration's budget materials only compare their FY 2018 figures against a hypothetical full - year continuing resolution for 2017.

Yet in the first poll matching de Blasio up against hypothetical opponents, he breezes past fellow Democrats Controller Scott Stringer, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, and Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

When matched against hypothetical Republican challengers, Cuomo has more than a 30 - point advantage.

However, there is a large gap between Bloomberg's job approval rating — 59 % — and the proportion of electoral support he would receive when pitted against hypothetical opponents.

«Having promised to redouble the positive, George Osborne is now the front man for a negative campaign against a hypothetical election result,» a Liberal Democrat spokesman said.

Even though they're arguing against a hypothetical scenario they believe they have the high ground some how.

Insurance and financial companies are permitted to treat the buildup of liquid reserves as an «expense» against hypothetical losses.

Not exact matches

Researchers tested a blizzard of potential «drawdown strategies» — that is, hypothetical rates of spending in retirement, mapped against investment returns on people's savings — to analyze which had the best chance to keep up with inflation and sustain a portfolio through a long retirement.

Many of the arguments against zero - rating are based in hypotheticals, but these intentions are not.

, who continues to poll stronger against Trump in a hypothetical matchup.

The leading performance benchmark for this strategy is the CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index (PUT), an index that measures the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that sells one - month S&P 500 ® Index (SPX) put options against collateralized cash reserves -LSB-...]

«I believe Chrysler will be looking for some kind of a deal in the future, which puts a hypothetical Premier Hudak in a difficult position because he has come out so strongly against what he calls corporate welfare.»

Thus while we can identify a concept of the church against which a dominant strand in recent theology has reacted, we can make only a hypothetical construction of what might have resulted had historical questions of institutional continuity been pursued.

As for your seriously off base torture comparison, if we saw a drastic increase in violent crimes, and there was a public outcry for harsher punishments to try and serve as a deterrent, and the Bill was drafted, made open to the public, and the solid majority of the population didn't turn against it with protests, signatures, and contacting their representatives; maybe a torture law could make it (though it would never get past the Supreme Court as the Consttution is now, but we'll let that slide as a hypothetical).

We also seem to have settled into the assumption that nobody ever commits a mortal sin and that St Paul was speaking in purely hypothetical terms when he warned against receiving Holy Communion unworthily (1 Cor 11:27).

Putting it in the hypothetical, he says,» If there's a good argument against polygamy, it's likely to be a fairly complex public - policy argument having to do with marriage patterns, sexism, economics, and the like.»

Instead, the Seahawks are projected to be 3.5 - point favorites in the hypothetical event that they had a rematch against the Broncos in a neutral location one week later.

If, and Im not living in hypotheticals Arsenal finished their chances against United in the early stages of the match they roll the Red Devils.

While that may seem hypothetical, it had some substance to it judging by the way Scotland performed against the Netherlands.

But Salah had Salah scored earlier it could very well have been a different game, this is one too many hypotheticals though, and the real issue is not how the forwards played — because they were promising before the red card, and Salah continued running behind, to no avail (thanks to the lack of vision from the midfield) before he was substituted at half time — instead it was how the team reacted to being a man and a goal down, away from home, and it brought back memories of that capitulation against Sevilla — Liverpool's next opponent — in the Europa League Final.

Cuomo brought up the hypothetical of a wealthy businessman who decides to self - fund a campaign for governor (Businessman Carl Paladino did just that in 2010, vowing to spend his own money against the very well - funded Cuomo campaign and lost in a landslide).

Any hypothetical military engagement where a nuclear armed country were to be in danger of being completely overrun would change the calculation on whether they would be willing to use nuclear weapons, but Russia probably would not, for example, use their nuclear weapons as a deterrent against attacks against their conventional troops in Ukraine, even if they were in danger of being forced out of Ukraine completely because the retaliation would cost much more to them than what they would be losing.

Cuomo has an equally impressive lead when he faces off against Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy in a hypothetical contest.

In a hypothetical runoff against Weiner, de Blasio would best the former congressman 72 % -22 %.

In this «hypothetical» scenario, when it comes to election time the opposition parties agree between each other that for any seat currently held by the ruling party, only one of the opposition parties will put forward a candidate against them.

In a hypothetical pairing against Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani has widened his lead over Paterson.

When matched up against the three Republican candidates who are in the race, Bruce Blakeman, Joseph DioGuardi and David Malpass, the survey indicates that Gillibrand tops each GOP challenger by around a two to one margin in hypothetical November showdowns.

In his analysis of the results, YouGov's Anthony Wells cautioned against over-interpreting a hypothetical set of questions, but also warned that a split could cause severe damage to the party's electoral prospects.

In a hypothetical matchup against Gillibrand, the two are locked in a tight contest.

Defense attorneys had argued that hypothetical questions prosecutors asked were intended to unfairly prejudice the jury against their client.

But federal prosecutors, in a filing responding to the motion, argued the use of hypothetical questions was legally proper in examining the «quality and integrity» of Oyster Bay's management, which they said was key to the charges against Venditto.

Lancman's spokesman, Eric Walker, said in an email, «We're focused on running against Bob Turner, and we aren't getting into every hypothetical redistricting possibility out there.»)

When she is currently pitted against former Republican New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in a hypothetical matchup for U.S. Senate, Gillibrand has some ground to gain.

Polling released by Udall's campaign showed him over 50 percent against both Reps. Heather Wilson and Steve Pearce and with a 20 - point margin over Chavez in a hypothetical Democratic primary.

So, while these are hypothetical questions that need to be taken with a pinch of salt, it does suggest that appealing to those voters who really are set against Brexit could be a route back for the Lib Dems, especially if they are the lone «anti-Brexit» party.

In a hypothetical general election matchup against Donald Trump, Clinton would lose the two counties that are usually crucial to a statewide victory 41 - 38.

When matched up against Republican Rick Lazio, Cuomo defeats Lazio in this hypothetical pairing, 67 % to 22 %.

The poll indicates that if a Democratic primary were held today, Paterson would lose in a hypothetical match up against New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo by nearly four to one.

In a hypothetical contest against Rick Lazio, Cuomo defeats Lazio by three to one.

Quinnipiac offered the 1,038 residents three hypothetical general election match - ups, with Mr. de Blasio running as a Democrat against either city Comptroller Scott Stringer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. or Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams running as an independent.

This hypothetical group made clear its stance against American maltreatment of Muslims and promised belonging, commitment and loyalty to potential members.

It is a hypothetical war waged August 12, 2011 against aliens who have fallen to our planet in what looks like a series of unforeseen meteor showers.

They also pit it against other notable grand tourers in a hypothetical purchasing situation.

Moreover, the court's role under the APPA is limited to reviewing the remedy in relationship to the violations that the United States has alleged in its Complaint, and does not authorize the court to «construct [its] own hypothetical case and then evaluate the decree against that case.»

If I understand your response then my response is correct that in the hypothetical scenario that all things stayed fixed (NAV of foreign holdings in native currencies) and the US dollar jumped 5 % against all of the foreign currencies then the foreign ETF should drop 5 % because it would take 5 % fewer US dollars to buy the same basket of foreign stocks.