Sentences with phrase «albeit with»

But Mr Bruce added that with «rigorous monitoring and evaluation», the bank could become a regional leader in poverty reduction, albeit with a doubling of funding from the UK government.

Most analysts agree that if McMahon holds Oldham as expected (albeit with a majority much reduced from Meacher's 14,738), it will be largely thanks to the 20 % of the constituents who are British Pakistani or British Bangladeshi, traditional Labour voters who are far more likely than their white counterparts to turn out and vote.

Critics see it a profound failure of the key requirement for the core executive to provide unified control, albeit with checks and balances.

The problem: Citizens United has very little to do with the sort of corruption that has swept through Albany in recent years, which means that Cuomo's effort is akin to responding to a Taliban attack by invading Iraq, albeit with far less bloodshed.

One is consistent and has a coherent case, albeit with potentially major deleterious economic consequences.

This labor equivalent of «Game of Thrones» — albeit with less blood — stands in contrast to the other major state workers union, the Civil Service Employees Association, which represents blue - collar workers.

It would be wrong to suggest that Labour faces electoral destruction in Westminster if it loses its Scottish constituencies - Blair's three elections would still have resulted in Labour governments, albeit with truncated majorities.

In Essex, UKIP held on to its Clacton MP Douglas Carswell, who fought off competition albeit with a reduced majority from last October's by - election.

On Sunday, the Lib Dem delegates flouted party history and voted in favour of building more nuclear power stations — energy secretary Ed Davey having told them this is vital to fight climate change — and also voted to support fracking, albeit with an amendment to ensure pollution levels were closely monitored and those local to fracking sites were properly consulted.

This means updating European laws as they are passed, albeit with no say in them, European Court of Justice (ECJ) jurisdiction and, yes, free movement, although May promised a registration system for new EU arrivals similar to that already used in many continental states.

Assuming the recent trends observed for both Labour and the Conservatives are real, and assuming they continue more or less unchanged until the election (admittedly a big if, but bear with me) then the outcome is still likely to be a hung parliament, albeit with the Conservatives in a much stronger position.

«To the extent that it is better for individuals to stay in work, albeit with lower wages, than to become unemployed, the long - term consequences of this recession in terms of labour market performance may be less severe than following the high unemployment recessions of the 1980s and 1990s.»

Though he had appeared to pledge before the elections to return to the Democratic fold — an effort Gov. Andrew Cuomo professed to support, in exchange for the Working Families Party endorsement — Klein decided against re-joining a minority conference, and he struck a deal with Skelos in which the IDC continued to exist as a separate conference, albeit with considerably less power than before.

Boris is pulling ahead as I mentioned (albeit with second preference votes caveats) but Labour looks set to make big gains on the London Assembly.

The agreement reached on Tuesday provides for a four - year extension of rent control for New York City as well as an extension of the state's cap on property tax increases, albeit with some adjustments to allow for growth in PILOTs and BOCES capital expenses.

It has finally become exactly what he predicted, albeit with him neutralising his position on it in advance of opposing it.

Therein lies another critical feature; the continuing decrease in overall crime levels (albeit with varying trends across crime types).

That is, in theory a future parliament might pass an act requiring ratification without a referendum (albeit with political costs).

As the appeal of oil drew in May back in 1888, we have the emergence of a new commodity, albeit with the human race apparently en route to making the same mistakes once more.

He had this radio show love affair with Tenney, who has the personality of a scorpion, albeit with good looks.

When the spit hit the fan he had the good sense to step down almost immediately, albeit with a push from his caucus.

[1] Despite losing 4 seats to the Conservatives, the Labour Party remained the largest party on the council, albeit with a reduced majority.

Dave Donaldson of Kingston, rewarded for his loyalty with reappointment as deputy chairman, has advanced a sensible idea, albeit with relatively short legs.

Populus have found that Ken Clarke is the most popular candidate, even amongst current Tory voters, albeit with a much lower margin over Davis than amongst the public as a whole.

But «life - long and spirited» Democratic congressional candidate Erin Collier has her eye on the halls of the House of Representatives, albeit with a later start than other declared opponents.

A schlubby version of Michael Bloomberg, a self - made, self - financing successful businessman and effective CEO focused on serious campaign issues and governing, albeit with a thick New York accent, $ 100 suits and a messy haircut?

AMS and MMP are well established systems, albeit with well established shortcomings.

The SNP signed up to those guidelines in 2010 and then maintained them, albeit with some revisions, in 2014.

Given that CLPs already make nominations, albeit with only symbolic effect, we've a pretty good idea how such a change would pan out.

We were therefore well positioned for the relatively strong markets in the first quarter, albeit with continued volatility as we anticipated.»

Literally, he's a cordial, friendly presence, albeit with a camera - ready smoothness that his early career in broadcasting presumably produced, and not an angry fire - breathing politician of the sort typified by many House Republicans.

President Obama's team used Facebook to target voters a decade ago, albeit with different techniques (and no suggestion of wrongdoing).

The plans have already been welcomed by groups such as the British Chambers of Commerce and the CBI, albeit with the caveat that it must not be at the expense of other transport improvements or come at an extortionate cost.

Both moves would open up a space to abandon the Human Rights Act (HRA)-- widely detested by Conservatives — as long as the British bill of rights still satisfies the European convention, albeit with minor alterations.

At the same time, GOP lawmakers there point to proposals they've advanced over the years that eventually do get votes and made law, albeit with Democratic support.

Cox also frequently mentions, albeit with less regularity, the fact that he is the son of state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, even though his father has insisted on multiple occasions — much to the disbelief of Conservative and Republican detractors — that he is steering clear of Cox - the - younger's campaign.

Now Governor Andrew Cuomo is trying to pump more funds into the subway, albeit with a type of proposal that previously failed: congestion pricing.

With little more than a week and a half to go to the Scottish Parliament election (albeit with Labour remarkably still to unveil its manifesto) it seems there is nothing that can stand in the way of a second SNP overall majority.

Concretely, this points to a renewed emphasis on economic equality and collective action, albeit with a stronger role for civil society than in the past.

Even the Socialist Worker has told its readers to vote Labour — albeit with no illusions.

But if we apply the trends since 2010 implied by current national polls to Sheffield, Clegg's majority then should still see him through to victory on May 7, albeit with a much reduced majority.

Hey, we all manage to speak some kind of English too on the other side of the Channel, albeit with different and funny accents.

That relationship remains in place to this day, albeit with some changes after the 2014 elections.

This would give (existing and new) parties an important role in candidate selection, albeit with the specifics of this depending on the electoral system put in place.

I suspect that the public are more critical of Thatcherism, or at least divided, whereas the political classes have embraced it by and large, albeit with rounded edges.

Supporters of the amendment expressed irritation when culture secretary Maria Miller said it could function as a «wrecking amendment» to the gay marriage bill — an accusation she last used yesterday, albeit with more justification, on demands for civil ceremonies for heterosexual couples.

She will continue, albeit with a somewhat lightened workload.»

One area they might be pleased with is Trident, where the draft commits to renewal, albeit with the frankly bizarre caveat that any Prime Minister should be «extremely cautious» about deploying nuclear weapons - who knew?

Nonetheless, within a week of the speech, the NYSAFE Act was passed, albeit with some modifications that would be needed.

Normally petite, albeit with C - cups passed down through many generations of voluptuous Russian Jews, I was newly sporting G - cups and had only lost a few pounds besides the initial 8 - lb baby that had been extracted.