Sentences with phrase «as a bellwether of»

The most - watched US television network and home to multiple games a week, CBS serves as a bellwether of sorts for NFL viewership.

Sir Martin Sorrell: Davos is often described as a bellwether of the key geopolitical issues for the yr in advance, but anyone hunting to the forum's constellation of stars for a glimpse of the future is very likely to be disappointed Picture: Rex Features In January the world's political...

Viewed as a bellwether of the tech sector and a prominent player in the S&P 500, Apple was the first domino to fall.

Nuneaton, a central English town seen as a bellwether of middle England delivered a 66 % vote for leave.

Other countries may also view the Keystone XL decision as a bellwether of the US's resolve.

It's always tempting to see the first week of critics» awards as a bellwether of what's to come in awards season, to draw lessons from each new round of kudos.

Some people point to these instances as bellwethers of what's to come, while others say they're extreme examples without larger implications.

The public tends to see the Turner Prize as a bellwether of British art.

Certainly, if the I.P.C.C. is to be relied on as a bellwether of the predominant view of climate experts, that is a dubious assertion, even if it refers to the 2001 report from the panel and not last year's.

While some regard the ascent of in - house departments as a bellwether of disruption, partners and senior corporate counsel — whatever their differences — are both lawyers and were indoctrinated with the aforementioned legal myths.

But it's worth watching closely, as a bellwether of where the court may go in the near future — depending, of course, on what happens Tuesday.

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Travelers, which is seen as a bellwether for the insurance sector, said catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, widened 2 percent to $ 354 million in the first quarter.

That figure could serve as a bellwether for the future of American health care, because Massachusetts led the nation in extending insurance to virtually its entire population through Romneycare, starting in 2006.

The fund's green light for cryptocurrency trading comes after the price of Bitcoin, which has served as a bellwether to other cryptocurrencies, has tumbled in 2018.

But UPS's results are widely viewed as an important bellwether for businesses of all sizes, since commerce relies so heavily on shipping.

The technology bellwether fell short of most revenue projections, dragging down shares of its rivals as well.

Johnson described the expected vote as a «bellwether for the direction of a new Zimbabwe.»

Putin, whose statements are often interpreted by Russia - watchers as a bellwether, suggested on October 10 that blockchain technology might offer «new... solutions» to the Federation's «banking sphere,» but cautioned that the «use of cryptocurrencies also carries serious risks.»

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IT, once the blue - eyed boy of India Inc, has been the least - talked - about sector for more than a decade now, as the bellwether industry gradually lost its sheen with the decline of western economies.

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This annual report serves as a reliable bellwether of trends as indicated by approximately 600 senior marketers surveyed from a cross-section of industries.

Modernization theory views such processes of institutional change within American religion as the alleged differentiation of private piety from public policy, the growing differentiation of secular education from its religious roots, and the emergence of professional therapy as a distinct alternative to pastoral counseling as bellwether trends in advanced industrial societies generally and suggests that they may be in some way influenced by broader international patterns.

Could this sporting move portend Missouri's political future, not as a bellwether, but as a bridge between the GOP strongholds of the Great Plains and the Deep South?

As the Hon. Annette Robinson (State Committee Member and former Assemblymember, 56th AD) stated Wednesday night, Brooklyn is one of the largest counties in the nation, and a bellwether for our country.

The county, with its mix of urban and suburban municipalities, is usually the best bellwether of statewide election results: In the 2014 gubernatorial election, Gov Andrew Cuomo received 57.1 percent of the two - way vote there and 57.4 percent in the state as a whole; in 2010, he brought in 68.8 percent in Westchester, compared to 65.3 percent throughout New York; and in 2006, Eliot Spitzer received 70.2 percent of the county's vote and 70.8 percent of the state's.

The race had been closely watched in part because Westchester County, as a populous suburb just north of New York City, is considered a bellwether for how the rest of the state could vote in 2018.

Democrats are declaring victory, both nationally and in New York, after seeing the results of yesterday's elections, which they cast as a rejection of President Donald Trump's agenda and a bellwether of what's to come in the 2018 contests.

The value of Long Island as a bellwether has been somewhat blunted in recent races by abysmally low turnout.

Elsewhere the party lost Nuneaton and Bedworth - often seen as bellwether seats - while it fell short of gaining control in areas like Swindon, Dudley and Walsall, where they hoped to establish middle England strongholds.

Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam has bested former Rep. Tom Perriello to win the Democratic Party's nomination for governor of Virginia, a closely watched race that many observers have seen as a bellwether for the future of the party.

For these reasons, the County Executive race — like this year's election for Governor of Virginia — is seen as a bellwether in regard to whether the impact of the 2016 election and the «Trump effect» will reverberate down to state and local levels.

Like it or not, the combination of natural and artificial influences that birthed Easter Island's unique aquatic terroir have given it the dubious honor of serving as a bellwether for the future.

Ultimately, Judge Nancy Firestone of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., selected 44 landowners to serve as «bellwether plaintiffs» to assess the claims.

By measuring the loss of a core tranche of dominant species of large and medium - sized mammals and birds, and using the results as a bellwether, the researchers found that for every 10 % of forest loss, one to two major species are wiped out.

Lake Chad, which sits in the center of this climatologically conflicted transition zone, serves as a bellwether for changing conditions in the Sahel.

The fall of 2015 could be the last time the reading dipped below that mark at Mauna Loa — which has become a kind of global bellwether as the first place where CO2 concentrations were actively monitored — and, perhaps, at the 12 other sites where Keeling's program now makes the same measurements from the Arctic to the Antarctic.

As the first of several national laboratories that China intends to launch in the coming years — others will be devoted to brain research, physics, and environmental science — the Qingdao lab will also be a bellwether for efforts to persuade scientists to accept greater government scrutiny and direction in exchange for ample resources.

«If you think of them as a (climate change) bellwether, they're ringing the bells like crazy right now,»

So while scrolling through Fashion Week photos online, it's healthy to remember that what's significant about fashion blogging isn't just the opportunity it provides to show off Valentino pumps or rave about Phoebe Philo, but also its role as a bellwether for the changing nature of consumerism and self - expression in the digital era.

The BAFTAs have always been an important bellwether for predicting Oscar, but they may be even more in tune with the Academy this year as a rule change allowed the entire BAFTA voting body to vote on every award (like the Oscars), instead of writers only voting for screenplay, actors only voting for acting, etc..

Some saw the moment as a bellwether signaling a new dawn for the group, that they were developing a growing acceptance for the films that would start coming at them around this time of creative invigoration in the cinema.

As one of the steadiest bellwethers of the Academy Awards, the SAG Awards have considerable sway on the Oscar race.

By Alex K Kay For all intents and purposes, the British Academy Of Film and Television Arts (popularly acronym'd as BAFTA) is the penultimate bellwether precursor event before the big one: the Oscars.

Directors Guild of America overlooks trio for directorial achievement prize, traditionally regarded as Oscars bellwether

One, meanwhile, can be discounted as an Oscar bellwether: Helena Bonham - Carter will probably add a Best Supporting Actress award to «The King's Speech»» s total, but with three of her Oscar rivals out of the running (Jacki Weaver ineligible, Hailee Steinfeld in lead and Melissa Leo curiously unnominated), there's not much to be gleaned from the result.

Neither won Best Editing, which has often been touted as the secret bellwether of the eventual Best Picture winner for as long as people made it a business to prognosticate the Oscars.

by Walter Chaw As abortion dramedies go, this year's already seen Todd Solondz's far superior Palindromes and will soon see the abhorrent right - wing stem cell flick The Island, and for bellwethers of such things, there's still Hal Hartley's timeless Trust from fifteen years back.

The category is also known as a strong bellwether of Oscar success, with an increasingly strong correlation to the votes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, decided upon around the same time Film Independent members are voting on their honorees.