Sentences with phrase «approach in a number of years»

So I think that's really changed, we haven't taken a comparative head - to - head approach in a number of years.

Not exact matches

The number of homes for sale did increase slightly in February, which always happens as the busy spring market approaches, but supply is still down more than 8 percent from a year ago; supply is up on the high end and far lower on the low end of the market.

On the profits front, we've developed a number of approaches over the years to understand what drives cyclical fluctuations in profit margins (see for example Recognizing the Valuation Bubble in Equities and The Coming Retreat in Corporate Earnings).

As marketers, the pressure in recent years has centered on shifting to an all - digital approach and delivering a compelling customer experience across the vast number of digital touchpoints.

The so - called made - in - Canada approach to intellectual property protection put us outside the mainstream for a number of years, with weak Canadian laws making Canada a favourite location for websites promoting internet piracy.

As people are having children later in life, there is a greater chance that the college tuition bill for their kids will come due during their prime retirement savings years or, in an increasing number of cases, just as retirement approaches.

A few years ago when the number of languages into which it had been rendered was approaching the one thousand mark, it was decided to publish a volume in celebration of that event, to be called The Book of a Thousand Tongues, based doubtless upon the old hymn, «O, for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise.»

He notes that in subsequent years Gilson's approach attracted a number of high - profile adherents, including Joseph Ratzinger, who, over the long course of his theological and now magisterial service, has relied consistently on the «Gilsonian paradigm» when explaining the relation of faith and reason.

I was approached a number of years ago to see if I was interested in doing a film on Freud and C. S. Lewis, having as its main theme the question of faith.

But Professor Whitehead was only one of a number of thinkers in the years 1920 - 35 who were taking the same general approach to an understanding of man and his world.

We have in recent years witnessed a number of new theoretical schemes — or attempts to revive old schemes in which collective, behavioral, observable variables predominate: ecological theories, economistic models, market metaphors, notions of moral order and moral economy, and cybernetic and behaviorist approaches, to name a few.

Where early years settings and schools are pro-active in their approach to engaging fathers they see a significant increase in the numbers of fathers involved in the life of the setting / school — both in supporting children's learning and in governance.

The body explained that it was making the call because some «patriotic citizens approached us to help Nigerian youth find out the whereabouts of that cash given that the participants in the two streams of the NYSC last year felt short - changed» which was a result of the «inexplicable reduction in the number of statutory days for orientation camp last year.»

With more than two months left in the 2015 - 16 academic year at that point, the number of intoxicated students transported to the hospital t approached the total number of transports reported during the 2014 - 15 academic year, according to the report.

To offer some examples of how various institutions are trying to impart these lessons and skills to their students and trainees, a number of faculty members and university safety officers described their approaches at this year's spring meeting of the ACS in San Diego, California, Jyllian Kemsley reported last month at Chemical & Engineering News.

In other words, if the U.S. switched from a 10 - year schedule to a 30 - year schedule, this approach would still be more conservative than other countries while reducing the number of potentially unnecessary vaccinations.

During the first close approach just prior to four billion years in the future, the sky is ablaze with new star formation, which is evident in vast numbers of emission nebulae and open young star clusters (Image: NASA / STScI)

In recent years, however, a number of innovative advances have opened the door to a new approach.

In recent years, a number of genome - wide approaches have identified transcripts present in mouse and human ES cells or their differentiated derivatives using a variety of gene expression profiling methods [24], [27]--[32In recent years, a number of genome - wide approaches have identified transcripts present in mouse and human ES cells or their differentiated derivatives using a variety of gene expression profiling methods [24], [27]--[32in mouse and human ES cells or their differentiated derivatives using a variety of gene expression profiling methods [24], [27]--[32].

This approach has been used to cure people with multiple sclerosis, and has been attempted with varying degrees of success for a number of other autoimmune conditions for going on fifteen years now: there are researchers with a lot of experience in this type of therapy.

Three years on I have developed a general interest in what we eat and how it affects our bodies and have read a number of books that have all supported the lifestyle changes that I made following the «Get Real» approach.

While I take a mostly omission - free approach to my own eating habits, it's because years ago I did the hard work of figuring out what aspects of my diet were causing me harm in more ways than just the numbers on a scale.

However... in the past 11 years, an increasing number of studies have been challenging the low - fat dietary approach.

After introducing a number of athletic brands into the store, in 2006 Fieg was approached by Asics to collaborate on a redesign of a shoe from their archive, which was released the following year.

Any number of terrible incidents this year have demonstrated why that was horseshit, but the lightness of touch in which Simien approaches his thorny subject - matter, and the complexity and compassion with which he writes his characters (brilliantly played by an excellent ensemble) made the film as entertaining as it was thought - provoking.

If in 20 - years the world, through several approaches, some within the MDGs framework and others outside of them, have seem the number people leaving in extreme poverty fall by half then this suggests that it is possible to drop the number further.

This is an approach to the subject of Religion which has evolved over about 20 years of teaching in a number of different schools.

«[I felt] it would cover a number of my goals, which essentially were to focus on STEM, to engage girls in STEM, and to look at some really exciting creative ideas where they could integrate design thinking with using equipment; and making it a very cross-disciplinary approach so every subject could go in from Prep right through to Year 12.»

Moving up the rankings By electing to treat students as customers and adopting a commercial market approach to customer service, Edge Hill University's in - house FM team not only saw the institution leap nine places on the higher education rankings table within a year — from 95th place to 84th — but also made a number of cost savings.

After spending their early elementary years on these alternative approaches, in fourth grade, students are suddenly expected to demonstrate mastery of the standard algorithm with large numbers.

His «All Hands In» approach to leadership increased financial support to the Partnership by 300 %, effectuating the growth in the number of community schools in Albuquerque by 85 % in just five yearIn» approach to leadership increased financial support to the Partnership by 300 %, effectuating the growth in the number of community schools in Albuquerque by 85 % in just five yearin the number of community schools in Albuquerque by 85 % in just five yearin Albuquerque by 85 % in just five yearin just five years.

First published in 2009, the 2016 version proposes a number of new policies and approaches to legislating charters in light of seven - plus years of evidence and growth.

SEATTLE — After years of declining enrollment, a growing number of Catholic schools nationwide are placing their faith in blended learning, a teaching approach in which computers share the instructional load with teachers, and one that appeals to many parents disillusioned with traditional schools.

The programme was set up initially after the head teacher from St Peter's School in Farnworth approached Bolton School to ask for help in raising the attainment of a select number pupils in Year 6 who were preparing to take the Level 6 SATs paper.

The St. Paul school system has been revising its approach to school safety and student discipline for some time — and, as these efforts took hold, the number of student arrests dropped from 56 to five in a single year.

The Tories» approach to planning for school places and removal of local input when opening and expanding schools, has resulted in the highest number of infants in class sizes for 15 years and a quarter of primary schools are now full or over capacity.

These approaches underwrite preparation in exchange for a number of years of service in the profession — often in particular high - need locations and subject areas.

This approach is becoming increasingly popular — each year, the number of students participating in online driver programs increases by about 15 percent.

But in recent years, cases of credit card fraud have exploded in number, and this approach has quickly reached its limits.

In fact, for a number of years, almost all essay writing companies used this approach.

If the prelude to a second act is going back to school or otherwise paying your dues in a profession like acting, then the number of years it will take to make the transition can weigh on those who are already approaching their golden years.

They are taking a casino approach, making a big number of small trades, each with a small edge, and this can result in tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in profits each year.

While it is hard to ignore the MAGNET Simple screen's performance over the last 11 - plus years, an approach with such a small number of passing companies is nearly impossible to implement in order to create a diversified portfolio.

I wrote more on this topic last year in a series on alternative asset managers — the series focused primarily on my approach to asset management valuations, the level of balance sheet cash & investments in the sector, and a brief run - down of the managers themselves (inc. a number of hedge fund managers).

I've known Matt for a number of years now, and he and I think similarly when it comes to our approach to investing, which is focused on making a few select investments in high - quality companies that produce attractive returns on capital and, by our estimation, can continue to compound value going forward.

According to an examination of data published by CoreLogic and published in the Australian Financial Review, «The number of new apartments due to settle over the next two years has hit record highs in Australia's capitals... The volume of new apartments is now approaching, and even exceeding, the average number of apartment sales overall in the past five years...»

Though weather problems have reduced its numbers this year, the HSSTT's «Pets with Wings» program has flown hundreds of adoptable dogs to the U.S. Various fostering approaches have been tried as ways to relieve shelter crowding, and Vasconcellos ticks off the numerous ways the shelter is publicized to residents and tourists alike: in person, in publications and videos and online.

When Mike Fry, director of Animal Ark, Minnesota's largest humane animal shelter, approached Elliott years ago, he wanted a solution for the growing number of people surrendering their pets due to urination in the house.

He realizes thus far that this approach has been the most successful for the PS3, stating, ``... by refocusing the positioning of PS3 first and foremost as a gaming platform, we were able to bring an attractive title lineup and achieve a sufficient number of PS3 sales as expected in the fiscal year 2007 holiday season.»

Curators Julian Page and Joanna Bryant seek to offer an alternative and thoughtful approach to Gill's photographs, whose practice, established over a number of years in Hackney, East London, continues to surprise.