Sentences with phrase «as a minority»

He's served in the chamber since 2000, and was chosen as minority leader in 2009.

If you went strictly on the market with no regulation you'd end up in a scenario where people couldn't exist as a minority in a community with different standards.

Certain programs are focused on specialized populations such as minority students or students with disabilities.

Perhaps most troubling, the Conservatives have grown timid on issues where, as a minority government, they appeared to be taking bold strides.

Those with less capital resources to invest were limited to acting as minority shareholders.

That works for a time, but not over the long haul, and it works best as minority party politics, not as the ruling party.

Students from rural areas and high - poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the total sample.

Finally, as a minority group, Indigenous people are entitled to have their culture and their heritage protected.

But they will have to continue as a minority administration after elections earlier this month left the council under no overall control.

While I identify largely with racial diversity, the hiring issue I identified affects numerous people who self - identify as minorities, not just people of colour.

As a minority student from an urban school, I wanted to teach and give back to a community that has given me so much.

In the absence of an agreement, the minority shareholder should look for assistance from competent and experienced business litigation lawyers to enforce their rights as minority owners.

People who identify as lesbian, gay or any other orientation or gender identity may find that the social stigma of living as a minority is a source of stress or anxiety.

He did bring in two of his long - time associates as minority partners.

What's more, if you are a woman or member of an ethnic minority or both, your business could qualify as a minority - owned or woman - owned business.

Two more were established as minority positions (on a review of the civil legal aid system and democratic representation on police authorities) which went to conference.

As the minority report noted, 90 percent of teachers stated that testing and test prep has resulted in lost learning time and restricted access to computer labs.

As minority children have become a majority in public schools, districts struggle to build a diverse educator workforce.

The next - largest party is known as the minority party.

Labour continued to control the council as a minority, having only 38 seats going into the election.

Some of us felt frustrated in that our experiences as minorities seeking the travel abroad experiences was not as strongly communicated because there weren't as many of us there.

The character quickly gained attention and popularity — along with some criticism — as a minority character taking on one of pop culture's most iconic superhero identities.

Yet, as the minority opinion points out, the legislature abandoned the use of restricted funds for public schools long ago.

Often referred to as the «behavior detection» program, this type of screening is a recipe for racial profiling, again targeting those labeled as minority.

We pleaded for time as minority but the majority thought otherwise and voted in favour of the deal.

Funny, I have a friend that was accepted to college as a minority — receiving discounted tuition.

Thus as a teacher, I need to guide the majority of the students as well as the minority into a learning environment in which they are comfortable.

I suppose levels of expectations highlight my experience as a minority scientist.

Some might be content alone, but these could easily be described as a minority.

If exactly fifty per cent of the issued shares are owned by any party, this is considered as a minority position.

To minimize your work time and maximize your chances of receiving an award, target specific sources of aid, such as minority or discipline - based scholarships.

Depending on the arithmetic he may try to carry on as a minority government but would probably have to resign at the first major parliamentary defeat.

But as minority partners, they have little or no sway over salaries and management.

If you qualify as a minority, be sure to apply for grants that take your background into account.

Deacon, a Democrat, has been endorsed by Mike Kunzwiler, who serves as minority leader of the Oswego County Legislature and chairman of the Oswego County Democratic Committee.

For decades, voters were assumed to favour continued investment in nuclear weapons with disarmament seen as a minority issue of the far - left.

Labour's biggest union backer says the Labour leader should govern as a minority government in the event that Labour does not win the 2015 general election outright but is the biggest party.

Your refusal to allow me even as Minority Leader to proceed can only be an effort to cripple us».

George Pataki served in the state Assembly from 1987 through 2002 — the last four years as minority leader of the lower chamber.

Speculation about the Tories abandoning their Liberal Democrat partners and attempting to rule as a minority in the final stages of the parliament has been growing in parliament in recent weeks.

Employers Choice Online, Inc., a leading provider of employment background screening and mandated employee compliance training, announced today that it has been certified as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE).

Bo was also honored as Minority Business Leader by the Washington Business Journal and by the National Association of Realtors as the District of Columbia Realtor of the Year in 2014.

Faso, who spent decades as a minority member in the New York State Assembly, likewise railed against the funding issue during his campaign last year.

Consequently, Gap Inc. joined Bedrock Manufacturing as a minority investor in Marissa Webb.

In side - meetings throughout the week, the Bush administration's negotiators — as well as Minority staff from Congress — repeatedly and often quite savagely noted that no current legislation, not Warner - Lieberman, not any other bill, contemplated that level of near - term reductions, and they said flatly that they were not going to agree to something in text on which they saw no prospect of delivering.

We subtract the fair value of the minority interest liability from shareholder value in our DCF model as the minority interest shareholders have the rights to that portion of the cash flows.