Sentences with phrase «becoming major points»

Cities such as Chicago, Houston, New York, and San Francisco are still major gateways for immigrants, but U.S. Census Bureau data shows other metropolitan areas are becoming major points of entry for foreign - born individuals.

The state of roads in the country has become a major point of disagreement between the governing NDC and opposition NPP.

Reinvent Albany Reinvent Albany has focused largely on procurement reform, which has become a major point of contention, particularly after the Buffalo Billion corruption scandal broke.

In recent years, efforts to study the PETM have become a major point of interest for scientists.

Barcelona's Joan Miró Foundation has managed to become a major point of reference in the world art scene and offers its visitors not only the greatest and most complete single collection of Miró's work but also a pioneering exhibition space named Espai 13, which stimulates research and experimentation among young artists and offers impressive exhibitions of contemporary experimental and avant - garde artists.

Later Caravaggio became a major point of reference, along with a very mixed artistic contingent that included Vermeer, Manet, Alex Katz, Balthus, and the minimalist Agnes Martin.

This mistake may seem like it's not that big a deal, but it can quickly become a major point of unhappiness at work.

As Howes has seen firsthand, the question of who's tidying up may not be a big issue at the start of a relationship but it tends to become a major point of contention later on.

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«The company has a 20 - year ambition,» points out Mickaël Scherrer, «to become the responsible energy major.

With that much money at stake, it would only make sense that crypto holdings will start to become a major focal point in IRS audits.

To give you an idea of just how long you have to stay in a city for it to be worth your money to buy, personal finance site SmartAsset calculated the breakeven point — the point at which the total costs of renting become greater than the total costs of buying — for 29 major cities.

That can obviously become a major sticking point for some people.

The Times «attorney also argued that Trump's proximity to the nation's highest office, and the fact that Trump's past treatment of women has become a major talking point in the election, mean that the article in question addresses «an issue of national importance.»

«If all the signs are pointing a major pivot, then do so, but stay true to yourself,» says Matthew Gross, CEO and founder of Newsela, a news - gathering platform that delivers articles at multiple levels to help students of all ages become advanced readers.

Although the Council's stance on this element of the incoming data protection regulation won't become official until member states agree on the whole thing — an event that will trigger negotiations with the European Parliament — it does represent a major step forward, as the nature of the one - stop - shop mechanism has been the major sticking point in reaching overall agreement.

What it's about: «Sargeant York» may have been about World War I — a sharpshooter becomes an unexpected hero after attacking and capturing a German position using the same strategy as turkey hunting — but the American - proud movie became a point of major discussion in the United States over the merits of entering World War II.

He points to the motivational success of Google Inc.'s encouraging engineers to spend 20 % of their time on side projects of their choosing, some of which became major initiatives.

3 Pain points of growing a business — As your business expands, you will likely encounter a number of operational difficulties that must be addressed before they become major roadblocks to your continued success.

When this happens and as debt levels rise relative to debt servicing capacity, at some point the major stakeholders — including businesses, creditors, household savers, workers and so on — became uncertain enough about how this gap will be allocated that they take steps to protect themselves from this uncertainty.

As a 2010 Fortune story on Trader Joe's pointed out, many Trader Joe's trademarks have become major trends throughout the grocery field.

In 2017, it became a major talking point for new investors trying to find the next Bitcoin.

Thirty percent of Panasonic's 2017 battery sales were to Tesla, which has become a major focal point for the company's long term growth strategy.

The manner and pace of eventual normalisation of balance sheets will surely, at some point, become a major challenge for private participants.

From this autobiographical beginning point it becomes meaningful to take on the major technical issue of this chapter, asking whether pastoral counseling has a definable historic identity?

By the fourth century B.C., Athenian culture had become self - conseious about its ideal of both culture and education — or, more exactly, about education as «culturing» the young.10 At that point Plato introduced the first major modification in the idea (though, as it turned out, not the practice) of paideia.

At this point, concerning controverted moral issues, political manoeuvring became a major, if not the major concern of the Church, and magisterial proclamation has tended to be seen as nothing more than a slightly frustrating bottom line of what can be got away with.

Käsemann had pointed to the parallel between the implicit Christology of the message of Jesus and the explicit Christology of the kerygma, and the subsequent exploration of such parallels became a major feature of what came to be called the «new quest of the historical Jesus».

But he returned to the discussion later, in a quite different context, and then it became obvious that he regarded himself as committed by the New Testament itself to a necessary link with the historical Jesus, for he could only reiterate his major point, that Christian faith as such is committed to the paradoxical assertion that a historical event within time, Jesus and his cross, is the eschatological event, and support it by exegesis of New Testament texts, especially Paul and John.

There's an emerging conversation among supply chain leaders at major food and ingredients companies about the concept of «food miles,» and how the extended supply chain is reaching a point where we could face a situation where the food chain becomes unsustainable in certain parts of the world.

Due to the success of our first book, «Sports Investing: Profiting from Point Spreads», which became Amazon.com's # 1 selling gambling book for over 6 months, SportsInsights.com is pleased to announce the publication of a new series of books, focused on specific betting systems for each of the major U.S. sports.

Day improved to 20 - under at one point in the round, becoming just the second player ever to hit that mark in a major championships.

Antetokounmpo became the first player in league history to finish top - 20 in all five major categories, which were points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks.

The 27 - year old central midfielder has become a key player for Sam Allardyce and has played a major part in their impressive start to the season which has seen them stay above Arsenal up to this point.

The major point of my rambling was that players do not like being played out of their favoured roles as they usually become less effective.

For me, the jury is out as to whether Kroenke is doing the very best for the club with regards to points 1 to 4, and I am looking forward to hearing your views on how you think Silent Stan has been performing since he became the major shareholder a year ago, and whether you believe he is morally obliged to spend more of the club's and his personal money on Arsenal.

The IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup returns on April 24 and there are also points to be won as the London Marathon races become part of the first ever Abbott World Marathon Majors Wheelchair Series.

In fact, the club were on the brink of becoming shipwrecked under negative Woy, with Dalglish's first major task being to steer the Reds well away from any potential threat of relegation, which at this point looks every inch a possibility — Hodgson leaves Dalglish with a broken team which lost three of their last five league fixtures and as a result now find themselves precariously close to the relegation zone.

Designers have once again gravitated toward the top for Fall 2016, but it became a major talking point when Melania Trump wore a pussy - bow blouse by Gucci to the second presidential debate in the wake of her husband's — ahem — controversial comments.

So according to these statistics, if your teen's high school class has 100 students in it, 20 of them will suffer from depression at some point before they become adults, 10 to 15 of them will show signs of teen depression at any given time - whether or not these signs develop into depression - and 5 of them will suffer from major depression.

The child may develop persistent worrying to the point of becoming panicky, refusing to go to school, throwing major tantrums, and clinging to the parent.

Silver added that he did not expect his proposal to increase the minimum wage would eventually become a major sticking point in the $ 132.5 billion budget, which could be ironed out as early as this week.

«We are set to unveil the world's largest refinery which will make Nigeria self - sufficient in petroleum products refining and also become a major exporter of oil.This project will mark a turning point in Nigeria's search for local refining of crude oil.

In recent months the question of whether Labour ought to consider a «progressive alliance» with other anti-Tory parties has become a major talking point on the left.

As ethics reform became a topic of debates, Walsh's relationship with major city real estate developers was scrutinized by opponents in one of the mayoral race's few points of contention.

Republican Rep. John Faso is not giving up on his push to require the state to takeover the local county government share of Medicaid costs, a provision that became a major sticking point for Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the final weeks before the death of the American Health Care Act.

Points 2 and 3 were a main reason in 2012 why Congressmen would not even consider Statehood for Puerto Rico as if they would become a State they would see extra benefits which would be a major investment / expense for the mainland US.

The women, who have been covering their breasts only with body paint and posing for photos in exchange for tips, have become a major talking point in the city after the Daily News has repeatedly condemned their presence in Times Square — while repeatedly featured photographs of the scantily clad women on the cover of the paper.

will become the next major turning point, leading to more than a decade of Tory power.»

Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump has withered to 3 percentage points, signaling their battle for the White House has become too close to call heading into the two major - party national conventions, according to a new McClatchy - Marist poll.

It's a worthwhile, if provocative, question that becomes even more interesting when you consider it in the context of an online left made up of blogs big and small as well as network - based organizations whose mailing lists constitute their major — if not only — point of political leverage.