Sentences with phrase «by dwindling numbers»

Intensified barking, biting, and defecation in inconvenient places by the dwindling numbers of Indian dogs remaining at large has in some cities and even a few whole states put political support for the entire ABC approach in jeopardy.

The ancient women also were related to other people who speak the remaining and endangered 75 or so Tungusic languages spoken by dwindling numbers of ethnic people in eastern Siberia and China.

The second consecutive month of growth suggests that buyers are undeterred by the dwindling number of properties available on the market.

It seems to be forgotten that neo-Darwinism is being championed by a dwindling number of atheists on both sides of the Atlantic, though they still control most of TV and the scientific media.

By insisting on blindly continuing to spend copious amounts of money on print runs, only to have them end up as pulp after they have been remaindered by the dwindling number of book shops through low sales, over the far cheaper and fastest growing area within literature today — the eBook, does you no favours whatsoever.

In contrast to the lockstep system, which is still used by a dwindling number of law firms, albeit some of the most prestigious, Kirkland's approach is a star system known somewhat pejoratively as «eat what you kill.»

Not exact matches

And those numbers are dwindling by the month.

Built in 1961, Nara Dreamland was inspired by California's Disneyworld in the US, but it fell into abandon after closing in 2006 due to dwindling visitor numbers, according to Atlas Obscura.

With over 20 % of Americans now identifying as religiously unaffiliated and MANY of the people who do identify themselves as Christians are only saying that to stay part of «the club» and to not be ostracized by their Christian friends, the numbers of the deluded are dwindling.

The United States is one of a dwindling number of nations unenthusiastic about the application of world law when applied to its own conduct, but for reasons supplied by the author, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is still a tool for people of conscience to use in the struggle for a world more respectful of human dignity.

Maybe the answer to our ever - dwindling numbers of young Catholics is an official visit to Britain by the Supreme Pontiff himself, something which, of course, is out of our hands.

So, in an odd way, religious extremists, while dwindling in numbers, are helping government address the overall attempts to circumvent the wall of separation; they are helping us learn how to better apply the ideals brought forth by James Madison in the 1st Amendment.

Well, you better get busy... your numbers are dwindling day - by - day... science and common sense are working against you as time marches on...

Would the number of self - professed Christians be dwindling by the hundreds of thousands every year?

They try to raise the dwindling homebirth numbers by any means possible in an attempt to convince the Dutch government that a majority of women desire it.

The NPS is now characterised by dwindling staff numbers struggling with unmanageable caseloads, while its previous «joined - up» approach of bringing together housing and education authorities with the police, employment and health services has deteriorated.

With tickets to the performance topping $ 300, attendance at the event has dwindled in recent years, and the event has been pared down from a three - hour, sit - down dinner to an hour - long series of sketches and musical numbers preceded by a cocktail reception.

First to address the legislature was Jerry Donnellan, who bemoaned the dwindling number of veterans residing in Rockland, explaining that veterans are «volunteers by nature, we want to keep these people living here.»

There was never a huge number of these freshwater dolphins, characterized by a long, tapering snout and a crestlike, remnant dorsal fin; the several thousand reported in ancient accounts had dwindled to just a few hundred by last decade.

19 Meanwhile, the dwindling number of Homo sapiens resentfully move to an old - species planet, to be cared for by androids programmed to feign interest in stories about prostates and half - remembered episodes of Perry Mason.

But sage grouse «leks,» or mating grounds, are becoming less and less lively as habitat dwindles and numbers decline — especially in the Mono Basin area, where an isolated, genetically distinct population is holding on by a thread.

I think we are starting to see some changes in the last decade though, and the number of men put off by powerful women is ever - dwindling.»

The battle scenes are appropriately spectacular, with Hogwarts under attack from an army of Death Eaters, Dementors, giants and beasties and defended by a small and dwindling number of students and teachers.

[The Race] • David Poland, meanwhile, is outraged that critics so far, in their dwindling numbers, have failed to resonate by missing the fertile ground between obscure and obvious.

Stockwood Park academy and Chalk Hills academy, both in Bedfordshire and both run by the Shared Learning Trust, also had large numbers of pupils move to the Studio School Luton, but dwindling pupil numbers forced its closure in March last year.

Schools across the country, especially those in low - income neighborhoods, struggle to recruit and retain teachers, an effort made more difficult by the nationwide teacher shortage and a dwindling number of people entering the profession.

The number of independent coachbuilders had dwindled to but few companies by this time - moderately successful were Park Ward, Hooper, H.J. Mulliner and James Young, by whom the vast majoritiy of Bentley S2 Continental were bodied plus those few standard cars whose owners had decided to order a rolling chassis for custom coachwork.

By the time a book's sales numbers start to dwindle, I can revive it by offering it at a discounted pricBy the time a book's sales numbers start to dwindle, I can revive it by offering it at a discounted pricby offering it at a discounted price.

Despite the breed's great utility in the days before mechanized farming and ranching, by the late 1800s the Berner's numbers were dwindling and the quality of the surviving dogs left something to be desired.

By the end of the Second World War, the number of flat - coats had dwindled to the point that the breed was threatened with extinction.

By then, the breed's numbers were dwindling, and there were only a few still doing the job they were bred to do — fisherman's assistant.

A decade later, their numbers dwindled by 10,000.

Concern over the blue crane began in the early 1990s when it became obvious they were on the decline — their numbers had dwindled in the northern Free State, KwaZulu Natal, the Eastern Cape and the former Transvaal by as much as 90 %, and they had almost disappeared from the Transkei, Lesotho and Swaziland.

According to Lomborg, «Climate change has been blamed for a dizzying array of absurd woes from the dwindling number of customers at Bulgarian brothels to the death of the Loch Ness monster» as well as «the recent assertion by Unicef's Bangladesh head of mission that climate change leads to an increase in child marriages.»

All 73 of their proxies cover the time span 5500 to 4500 BP (calendar years -3550 to -2550), but as time marches forward the number of proxies which still have data dwindles, especially toward the end of the reconstruction (1940) by which time only 18 proxies remain.

The government has already signalled its prospective date and terms for the end of coal in the UK — effectively 1 October 2025 — but given the technology's continuing struggles and dwindling influence in the UK power mix, a number of critics have questioned whether coal will even be economic by that date.

The report also warned that Britain's stocks of cod — a key component of the nation's beloved fish and chips — will dwindle, but should be replaced by more plentiful numbers of fish such as plaice and sole.

By the time of the 17th Century colonizations of North America (excluding Mesoamerica), the survivng Amerindian populations were but a small percentage of the earlier populations and still dwindling fast as disease continued to ravage their numbers at an astonishing rate.

An ugly PR effort and some public maneuvering by the opposition could easily cut into those numbers — just look at how support for health care reform has dwindled thanks largely to the spread of misinformation and hardline tactics.

The number of attorneys active in firms of two to five lawyers dwindled by 8 percent during that same time period, but a boutique firm isn't about size.

By developing its own OS, Fitbit was able to ensure that the Ionic could last up to four days on a charge (that number can dwindle to 10 hours depending on GPS usage and music playback).

As a TREB member, I further suggest that all the staff of TREB / OREA / CREA have their remuneration packages changed from employee (a la Fed / Prov public service) to independent - contractor tax - status (just like us) and their contract gross compensation (yes, + HST AND forget the juicy benefits / vacations etc - pay for them yourself too — just like us) cut by 1/3 -1 / 2... BUT with a possible bonus (to get their gross $ $ possibly back up to where they were before) based on the number of sales arranged across Canada - this bonus would be pro-rated to the # sales in the recent peak ie if sales dwindle.....