Sentences with phrase «at a staggering rate of»

Satisfied LES MILLS participants have recommended their current facility to friends and family at a staggering rate of 93 %.

Julie Menin, the Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs, said that subprime auto loans «are growing at a staggering rate of more than 130 % since the financial crisis.»

According to a report by the Georgetown Law Center for the Study of the Legal Profession, U.S. law firms saw revenue and profits per equity partner grow at staggering rates of 37.5 percent and 25.6 percent respectively.

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To explain this year's staggering growth rates, Duncan Stewart, director of Deloitte Canada's technology, media and telecommunications research group, points to the humble beginnings of those at the top.

Nunavut has the highest rate of out - of - province Workopolis job searches in the country, at a staggering 87 %.

Public opinion is with this government when it heads abroad: Insights West's poll found that a staggering 67 per cent of Canadians rate the Liberals as «good» or «very good» at representing Canada internationally.

During the last 10 years the amount of information available to investors has increased at a staggering rate.

Investors are participating in crowdfunding campaigns at staggering rates, supporting projects well into the night pushing fund raising meters higher until they reach a tipping point of success.

Tipped as the «future of Polish football», Milik's style of play mimics fellow Polish international and Bayern Munich goal machine Robert Lewandowski, incredible lay off play, disgusting left foot (I mean this in the positive sense, he literally looks like he would break the net whenever he shoots) and at 22 seems to be developing at a staggering rate, having made his international debut at the Euro championships, and featured in quite a few games at that, has attracted the attention of a few clubs in Europe needing a Centre forward, as he appears ready to take centre stage in one of Europes top teams.

Even if there is no apparent history of physical, sexual or verbal abuse unfortunately occurring at staggering rates (beyond 1:3 what is reported), most - people tell me they are one or more of the following:

«It is no surprise that when you look at our staggering poverty rates, that we don't have the kind of educational attainment that we want,» Miner said.

Unlike electric power lines, which lose as much as 20 percent of energy in transmission, these bacteria transmit energy at a staggering efficiency rate of 95 percent or better.

With diagnoses of autism rising at staggering rates, the hunt for its causes continues, often with frustratingly inconclusive results.

Cars based on run of the mill superminis can now lap the Nurburgring faster than some of the 20th century's fastest exotic sports and supercars, confirming drivetrain, chassis and tyre technology has progressed at a staggering rate.

For your money, you get a set of «Euro - tuned» sport shocks that firm up the Z's ride and reduce roll when cornering, Nissan sport brakes with red - painted calipers that shave off the mph's at a staggering rate, and 19 - inch Rays forged aluminum - alloy wheels with staggered and sticky tires.

Output is rated at a staggering 800 pound - feet of torque, with a 22,700 pound towing capacity to match.

You make plenty of fair points in regards to indie authors who churn out unedited / poorly edited garbage at a staggering rate driving the price of books down, but with how poorly book deals tend to pay new authors it's no surprise most have gone the self publishing route.

The quality of the content and product presentation of self - published literature is improving at a staggering rate.

One of the biggest expenses we have is often our car insurance, auto insurance premiums continue to rise at a staggering rates, just recently Ontario approved a new premium increases of up to 19 %.

The benefit of staggering your long - term bond purchase is that even though all your bonds will mature during the same period, as you are purchasing the bonds at different periods, you will be able to get around the times when interest rates are high and bond values and low and buy bonds when there are no risks.

The concept of staggering the maturity of your bonds is the final, and crucial step to creating a truly boring, sleep - at - night portfolio that is still capable of a cash yield approximately 5 % above the inflation rate.

The inflation - adjusted annual average growth rate of a buy - and - hold investment in large - company stocks established at the end of 1925 amounted to a staggering 32.13 percent at the end of 1928.

Casey doesn't have the typical staggered «dog walk,» but does more of an «elephant» walk in which the front and hind legs of each side will advance at the same time, same rate; and her behind always seems «crouched» when walking, tail all straightened out.

No - kill pressure has probably caused some shelters to try harder to get animals adopted rather than kill them at such staggering rates, I worry, though, that in the effort to reduce the number of animals killed, screening for appropriate adopters may be less stringent.

And it's growing fast: according to the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, the number of people traveling to Korea for medical tourism is approaching 300,000 per year, and is still growing at a staggering yearly rate of 30 %.

In the detached US state of Alaska, where climate change has propelled temperatures upwards by more than 3C in the last half century, the glaciers are melting at a staggering rate, some losing up to 1 km in thickness in the last 100 years.

As oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico at a staggering rate, many are now starting to realize that the pain from this oil spill will be felt...

At a growth rate of 48.1 % p.a. over a 33 year period, wind power has staggered up to 0.064 % of total energy supply.

It has long been known that the world's forests provide refuge to the vast majority of terrestrial species, store massive amounts of carbon, safeguard many of the world's most important watersheds, and are home to numerous indigenous groups, yet forests continue to fall at staggering rates.

The workman tiling your shower may find it simple after having tiled hundreds of showers; the gutter crew can demolish the old gutters and put up a whole new system in a day when it would take you weeks; two skilled workers with the right tools can replace a furnace and air conditioning system in a day; and the rate at which flooring professionals rip out and replace carpet and wood is staggering.

Don't get me wrong — the pace of new product and service offerings from legal tech companies and the improved performance of the products they're bringing to market is staggering and seems to be expanding at an exponential rate.

However, if the nominee prefers to have a lump - sum benefit instead of a staggered benefit, the remaining payouts are discounted at the rate 5.25 % per annum and will be paid as lump - sum immediately.

«The global blockchain market is growing at a staggering CAGR [Compound Annual Growth Rate] of 58.7 percent, according to Transparency Market Research.

The large battery in the Zenfone 3 Max is its USP and Asus claims that the battery will offer a staggering 38 days of standby time and 17 hours of talk time on the Zenfone 3 Max ZC553KL while on the Zenfone 3 Max ZC520TL the rated talktime is a tad higher at 20 hours.

After dominating the smartphone game in its home market China, the company under the guidance of ex-Googler Hugo Barra has been building its services and user base at a staggering rate.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Played a major role in implementing an activities - based curriculum which increased student interest in the class by 52 % • Introduced a series of «negative behavior de-escalating» techniques which decreased student mayhem at a staggering rate • Developed and implemented a novel grading system which reduced marking time by 65 % • Held 12 student development workshops as part of the school's effort to train new teacher's aides

Logistically, trying to schedule all of these professionals to meet at one time is a challenge, and the cumulative hourly rate of all the professionals involved can be truly staggering.

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