Sentences with phrase «by at least the middle»

Justin Martyr quoted from the gospel of John, which would also support that the Gospel was in existence by at least the middle of the second century.

Not exact matches

And it also means that bond market traders believe we're likely to see at least a quarter point hike in interest rates by the middle of next year.

Even after man invented writing, the process of reproducing texts was both exclusive and labour - intensive; until at least the late Middle Ages, copying one by hand was as much an exercise in remembering its contents.

Whereas earlier people had to physically go to the restaurant or, at the very least, pick up the phone and place an order, now they can outsource the labor by using the app to pay a middle man to deliver the food for them — on demand.

The more it's paid by capital, the more progressive it is and the less harmful it is to the middle class; the more it's paid by labor — or, at least, labor apart from executives like the CEO — the worse a deal it is for average workers.

«A study in the United States, published in the Social Forces journal and conducted by Sociology researcher Lisa A. Keister while she was at the Ohio State University, found that adherents of Judaism attained the most wealth, believers of Catholicism and mainline Protestants were in the middle, while conservative Protestants accu - mulated the least wealth, while in general people who attend religious services achieved more wealth than those who do not (taking into account variations of education and other factors).

To the cynic who might suggest that I come to terms with the differences within myself by taking a trip to Saudi Arabia, live a day in a life as Bouazizi only to realize that these differences should n`t exist, be curtailed, or that the makeup of the U.S is a standard makeup for the Middle East on its way in becoming good, or at least docile, I'll say this: grow up.

We all still break but not so often because of hunger anymore, at least not in the western world where the middle class is now easily the majority by population and poverty is a small percent.

Despite previous plans to admit the highest number of refugees in decades, the United States will shut its doors to thousands displaced by conflict in the Middle East — at least temporarily — under an executive order President Donald Trump signed Friday.

It has been held by sectarian Christians at least since the Middle Ages.

western involvement over oil in the middle east goes back at least to Churchill's decision in 1913 (as First Lord of the Admiralty) to modernize the Royal Navy by converting ships from coal to oil burners.

That imagination — fired, at least during the great middle years, by intense moral and religious perception — made Greene's fiction the best - realized portrayal in its time of the drama of the human soul.

This has everything to do with strategic and pastoral planning, reflecting the fact that Latinos constitute at least a quarter of the more than sixty million Catholics in the U.S., and some expect they will be half the Catholic population by the middle of the century.

In the Middle Ages (at least by the time of the eighth century), those who were about to die were laid on the ground on top of sackcloth sprinkled with ashes.

George W. Bush's administration imagined itself bringing freedom to Iraq (and by extension to the rest of the Middle East), confident that, released from the grip of a tyrant, ordinary people will become American, or at least friendly to America.

My suggestions would be 1) start by making the patties smaller (approximately the size of a flattened golf ball) 2) leave them in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to firm up and 3) make sure the pan is very hot when you cook them so that a crust is quickly formed, you can then turn down the temperature once the outside has been seared to ensure the middle is cooked.

When it was time to celebrate that middle finger, the other team of predestination and inherent doom was across the plaza, buoyed at least a little bit by the idea of what was going on across the way.

If all our wide players are going to converge to the middle, then we at least need a 9 that can create space by stretching the back line.

When last have we won against middle table teams convincingly, spurs can now boast of getting a win or at least a draw at the Emirates, we get battered by average (Southampton last season), better teams every season (bayern, e.t.c).

And yes, it's also true that many of us (at least those of us who are white and middle - class) are a bit self - absorbed or extremely focused on our careers (we're the «third waver» feminists, and many of us from Day One saw our lives as defined by our work.

all of my girls started sleeping 5 - 6 hours at night within the first week and were all STTN (at least 8 hours) by 4 weeks and my middle child was sleeping 12 hours by 12 weeks.

What Ed Miliband calls the «squeezed middle» are not thought to be substantially affected by any of the changes, despite Mr Osborne having at least an extra # 5 billion to play with.

There are more subtle issues, such as: if the US's military activity in the middle - east, including our indulgence in «optional wars» is at least partially responsible for the breaking out of absurdly violent terror organizations, then is it right for the US to compound our own mistaken actions with more military actions of an even greater magnitude, i.e., by going nuke?

Arts instruction in at least one discipline is up across all elementary and middle schools, the report found, though the number of high schools offering at least three disciplines declined by two percent over the last year.

The other study in Nature — led by Joerg Schaefer of Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory and Columbia University, and colleagues — looked at a small sample of bedrock from one location beneath the middle of the existing ice sheet and came to what appears to be a different conclusion: Greenland was nearly ice - free for at least 280,000 years during the middle Pleistocene — about 1.1 million years ago.

These were a completely different affair from the weekly lab seminars I had attended in Cambridge — the speaker being interrupted at least once, usually multiple times, by questions, right in the middle while discussing his results!

At least as important was the appeal to «excellent young people» attracted by the excitement and glamour of cutting - edge work and kept in their jobs by opportunities to build careers providing secure, upper - middle class lifestyles.

In addition, two - thirds of western watersheds are projected to experience at least a 10 percent increase in erosion by the middle of the 21st century.

And with at least 11 million Americans expected to have the disease by the middle of the century — boosting the annual costs of health care to more than $ 1 trillion — the U.S. government is anxiously looking to researchers to improve the prognosis.

New Ph.D. researchers with «stronger academic ability,» as indicated by having received university support in the form of a fellowship or assistantship or by having at least one parent with a college degree (which, especially in poor or middle - income countries, places the family among an educated class that is much smaller than in a rich country) are likelier to stay than those who lack these presumed correlates of academic strength.

Further historical investigations showed that the revolts severely disrupted attempts by Ptolemaic armies to seize new territory in Mesopotamia through at least nine major wars with their main rivals, the Seleucid Empire that straddled parts of the Middle East and Central Asia, between 274 and 96 BC.

Ardi and fossil bones from at least 35 other children and adults were uncovered in the Afar desert in Ethiopia by the Middle Awash research group.

And since climate scientists project at least that much warming by the middle of the 21st century, global warming could begin to accelerate as a result, in what's known as a feedback mechanism.

Start this recipe a few hours in advance by preparing your cashews for your middle layer; place them in a bowl and cover with water, and soak for at least 3 hours (but no longer than around 7).

Standing in the middle of a meadow with your long hair flowing around you as you are hit by a gentle summer breeze... who hasn't imagined this scenario at least once in their lives?

By time we reach «middle age,» I'm sure there is at least one sequined item in your closet.

Now, I'm someone who swears by skinny jeans but I have to say I am LOVING (or at least hard - core middle school crushing on) these awesome flares from Free People.

The advantage you can get is that you will be totally in control of the circumstances by restricting yourself to someone who have almost the same likes and dislikes or at least have determined a middle ground called compromise.

Sanzio is bothered by the usual affliction of middle - aged male detectives — an unhappy family life — although at least he isn't a divorcee.

There wasn't much of a storyline in Dead Island, but at least the setting was entertaining, taking a pampered tropical resort populated by spoiled rich kids and dropping the zombie end of the world right in the middle of it.

If you measure a comedy by how many times you laughed, Seth MacFarlane's «A Million Ways to Die in the West,» at least for me, is a middling success.

The coalition government led by Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has launched a 20 - year Strategic Development Plan that began in 2011 aiming at transforming Timor - Leste in the course of the next two decades, from low middle income country to upper middle income with an annual per capita income of at least $ 10,000.

Most know by now that the way to earn middle - class pay is to acquire at least some postsecondary education.

My results indicate that delaying the start times of middle schools that currently open at 7:30 by one hour would increase math and reading scores by 2 to 3 percentile points, an impact that persists into at least the 10th grade.

Above all, writes middle school drama teacher Kaleroy Zervos, a simple thank - you not only recognizes teachers» day - to - day efforts but also helps them «know their idea of making the world better is at least shared by someone outside the classroom.»

You will need to be led by an outstanding headteacher with at least three years» experience and outstanding senior and middle leaders with capacity to support others.

The second study (hereafter the «meta - analysis»), by Credé et al., [iii] is a systematic review of data from all the published studies that could be found in which participants who were at least of middle school age and in which correlations were reported or could be calculated between scores on any of Duckworth's grit scales and other variables.

In keeping with the middle school philosophy of each child being known well by at least one adult, Gilmore had each teacher put his or her name next to the name of a child he or she knew well.

Annually measures, for all students and separately for each subgroup of students, the following indicators: Academic achievement (which, for high schools, may include a measure of student growth, at the State's discretion); for elementary and middle schools, a measure of student growth, if determined appropriate by the State, or another valid and reliable statewide academic indicator; for high schools, the four - year adjusted cohort graduation rate and, at the State's discretion, the extended - year adjusted cohort graduation rate; progress in achieving English language proficiency for English learners; and at least one valid, reliable, comparable, statewide indicator of school quality or student success; and

If the Child Tax Credit is to be the only vehicle in tax reform intended to provide direct benefits to lower - and middle - income families with children, it should be increased by at least $ 1,000 — becoming a maximum $ 2,000 per child.