Sentences with phrase «as substantial numbers of»

The 45 % who voted Yes to Scottish independence — as well as substantial numbers of the 55 % who voted No — are eager for further powers to be devolved and for the timetable to be met.

Amplify Science is a robust, multimodal, hands - on program made to fulfill 100 percent of the NGSS, as well as a substantial number of the Common Core ELA and Math standards.

Not exact matches

Ultimately, the news from Microsoft may also have a substantial side effect: forcing an increasing number of companies to take a second look to ensure they are correctly classifying temporary workers, either as W - 2 employees or independent contractors.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

This year, however, a substantial number of schools couldn't provide the salary data we requested, so we've eliminated it as a factor.

The league would have to prove this in court with evidence, not just state it as a fact — and it's not clear at all that watching a couple of tweeted highlight GIFs is going to make substantial numbers of people refuse to pay money to watch an NFL game.

As for the problem of redemptions, there were, as had been feared, a large number of mutual - fund shareholders who demanded millions of dollars of their money in cash when the market crashed, but apparently the mutual funds had so much cash on hand that in most cases they could pay off their shareholders without selling substantial amounts of stocAs for the problem of redemptions, there were, as had been feared, a large number of mutual - fund shareholders who demanded millions of dollars of their money in cash when the market crashed, but apparently the mutual funds had so much cash on hand that in most cases they could pay off their shareholders without selling substantial amounts of stocas had been feared, a large number of mutual - fund shareholders who demanded millions of dollars of their money in cash when the market crashed, but apparently the mutual funds had so much cash on hand that in most cases they could pay off their shareholders without selling substantial amounts of stock.

While some rights holders have argued that the standard for a substantial is very low (the National Post recently argued in a case that «even the reproduction of a small number of words in a newspaper article can be an impermissible reproduction»), the Copyright Board says that its preliminary view is that «copying of a few pages or a small percentage from a book that is not a collection of short works, such as poems, is not substantial.»

If a person pre-mines a substantial number of these coins and «accidentally» burns all of them, would that qualify as a loss?

Other counterarguments describe Fiat currency creation and distribution costs, such as printing bills or minting coins or the cost of building a bank or credit union branch, however the latter argument is less impactful given that substantial number of branches that have already closed and are projected to close over the next decade as consumer preferences switch to mobile banking.

Other significant year - ended wage increases were recorded for a number of industries with substantial public - sector representation, such as education.

It may not be the number one system, but it is superior to most of its competitors, as it has the potential to help traders yield substantial profits.

But, practically speaking, it requires an expanding judicial regime to manage conflicts between the increasing number of rights, and it tends to «legally neutralize» natural and substantial differences, such as those between the sexes and, most alarmingly, those between adults and children....

Mormons do not run religious schools that take public aid from the state, such as secular textbooks, though that is a practice approved by the Supreme Court in states with substantial numbers of parochial schools.

Indeed, as Pleket has shown, from Augustus onwards, the emperors were the focus of «mysteries» that resembled the long - established mysteries of the Hellenistic world, and drew substantial numbers of adherents.

Both substantial activity and the realm of pure possibility are entirely neutral with respect to what kinds of actual entities shall occur: for example, as to the number of dimensions they shall have.

As has been shown in previous surveys, the number of former Catholics remains substantial at 12 %.

We increase the number of homeless shelters and food pantries, restore the welfare entitlement, build more prison cells, and write off a substantial part of the population as permanently incapable of citizenship.

I propose as that definition, realizing that it would probably exclude some of those already discussed, the following: The sacred book contains writings that purport to have been produced under divine or extra human inspiration or impulse, and which have come to be recognized by a substantial number of people as the basis of their religious faith, since it is regarded by them as the authentic revelation of God to them and to the world.

It is the case that large - and middle - sized for - profit publishers and university presses as well as a number of new small presses now publish substantial numbers of books by mainline Protestant writers.

As The Nation pointed out after the election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few other issues matter.»

Why should they not be regarded as simply a number of substances which are indeed really related in virtue of their mutual acting on each other, but independent with regard to substantial being?

There are a substantial number of quality checks at every stage, and once we have final approval from the sampling room the product in the bottling vat is then passed through an inert food grade filter as a safety measure to ensure that our product meets the most demanding standards.»

Mr Kennett said there had been a «substantial drop - off» in the number of cases he was dealing with as Coles changed the way it dealt with suppliers.

You'll find everything from vegetable - based bowls of goodness, like the white - bean - and - escarole soup, to wholesome poultry numbers, such as healthy rosemary - chicken dumpling, to substantial stews, including a Persian lamb - and - spinach version.

Unfortunately, there has been during this same period, and especially in the last five to ten years, a substantial increase in the number of reported cases of second impact syndrome (SIS), which occurs when an athlete who sustains head trauma, i.e. a traumatic brain injury - often a concussion or worse injury, such as a cerebral contusion (bruised brain)- sustains a second head injury before signs of the initial injury have cleared.

But there have been many victories, as well - a substantial (and steadily growing) number of «breastfeeding - friendly» hospitals have ceased to hand out free formula samples, and formula manufacturers are required to print an advisory statement on their products explaining that breast is always best (but the formula you've just bought is an excellent substitute!).

A substantial number of families introduce complementary solid foods around 3 - 4 months, especially if the infant is perceived as fussy.

A substantial number of families introduce solids early especially if they perceive the infant as fussy.

high risk of bias (e.g. numbers or reasons for missing data imbalanced across groups; «as treated» analysis done with substantial departure of intervention received from that assigned at randomisation);

In meta - analyses with a large number of trials, as is the case in this review, there is a strong possibility that a large number of small and possibly poor quality trials will have a substantial influence on the result.

«If reproduced over longer time periods and across the UK, as a whole, the additional numbers of patients presenting to [emergency care], with alcohol related problems could be very substantial.»

«Fortunately New York has an enormous number of really wealthy people who will contribute a substantial part of the cost and as a result 98 percent of New Yorkers would be spending less than they are today,» said Assemblyman Richard Gottfried.

I would imagine that a «better the devil you know» attitude will prevail in the event of (as I predict) the Tories having a substantial number of seats more than Labour, and the Lib Dems retaining rather more of their seats than the polls predict, at the May election.

Doubles Existing Deductions for Start - up Costs for New Small Businesses: New start - ups typically face a number of substantial expenses in their first year they get off the ground, such as permits, consulting costs, expenses in finding clients and custoemrs and other needs, but are limited in the amount of expenses they can deduct that year on their taxes.

Under current law, only veterans who served during certain specified periods of war are eligible for this benefit, excluding a substantial number of veterans, such as those who have served recently in Afghanistan.

At the January 12th membership meeting the Village Independent Democrats endorsed a letter to Speaker Christine Quinn applauding her support of the Fair Wage For New Yorkers Act as a first step toward ensuring a living wage, but calling on her to move quickly to expand the act to cover the substantial number of minimum wage workers who remain unprotected and without enough of a weekly paycheck to afford food and shelter in our city.

The judge in the case noted that Silver took a «number of official acts — most obviously passing legislation and approving state grants and tax - exempt financing — as part of a quid pro quo, but there remained a «substantial question» on whether the court's jury instructions were valid in light of the McDonnell ruling.

«I have always been fortunate enough to be able to make substantial donations to several charitable organisations as well as to the Labour party for a number of years.

There were 75 abstentions, which is not that many - it looks to me as if the number of Conservatives voting against is quite substantial.

Findings also showed it as an empirically and conceptually innovative, diverse, vibrant discipline that in many areas sets the intellectual agenda The UK publishes more than its share of major disciplinary journals; bibliometric indicators reveal international primacy both in volume and citation impact; and a large number of the seminal publications (books as well as articles) continue to have a UK origin UK human geography is radically interdisciplinary and with the spatial turn in the humanities and social sciences has become an exporter of ideas and faculty to other disciplines There was confidence that research in human geography had substantial impact on policy and practice and would successfully meet the challenges of the current impact agenda

It is also crucial that such information is available in hard copy format as well as online to help the substantial numbers of taxpayers who are either digitally excluded or find it difficult to engage with government online.»

«With no Hispanic holding a state - wide or New York City wide political office and with Census data showing Hispanic growth is substantial in 60 of 62 counties in the State, the appointment makes two the number of Hispanic serving as heads of state agencies under Andrew Cuomo.

As for UKIP, while it only won one seat, it gained a substantial number of votes.

A major feature — not always recognised by commentators — of the 2015 election was a substantial reduction in the number of marginal seats, largely as a consequence of the collapse in support for the Liberal Democrats.

«As Assembly Minority Leader, I was encouraged to hear the governor put forward priorities that fall in line with a number of Conference proposals, including: pension forfeitures for convicted officials, a Constitutional Convention, greater resources for our State Police and focus on public safety, tax relief for small businesses, tax credits for teachers, and a substantial investment in education.»

Veterans of these conflicts have been coming back to American universities in substantial numbers, many as students in science and engineering departments.

Most significantly, however, the presence of the substantial number of bones identified as mouflon extends the known range of wild sheep.

The team found bird feathers in a substantial number of their 14,000 samples, as much as 70 % during peak autumn migration.

«Although running induces both substantial changes in number and morphology of young neurons as well as significant changes in learning behavior, this does not prove a causal relationship,» noted Professor Bischofberger, «Nevertheless, our results, together with previous findings, suggest that the enhanced pattern separation during memory testing is most likely mediated via running - induced increase in adult neurogenesis.»