Sentences with phrase «by slowing their progress»

But officials were embarrassed by the slow progress that the sensor readings highlighted, especially when the U.S. data undercut the Beijing government's rosy pronouncements of «blue sky» days, when pollution supposedly fell.

The book is a must - read for anyone frustrated by the slow progress toward improving America's public schools.

It's all too easy to get frustrated by slow progress, a plateau in attainment and daily intrusions which distract you from the School Improvement Plan.

After an early publishing career marked by slow progress and rejection, Andre Dubus III combines the empathetic power of his novel House of Sand and Fog with the geography of his memoir, Townie, in his new book, Dirty Love...

And the 3 P's are key... it can be so easy to get anxious or discouraged by slow progress, but it is progress that pays off in the long run.

Without integrated solutions that face all challenges equally, good work in one area is liable to be upset by slow progress in another.

Clearly frustrated by the slow progress in the negotiations, Miliband also said «It would be a tragedy if we failed to agree because of the substance but it would be a farce if we failed to agree because of the process», refering to the fact that the talks keep getting bogged down in procedural issues.

Frustrated by slow progress in global climate talks, United Nations Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon plans to invite around 40 world leaders including President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to a closed - door meeting next month.

Not exact matches

Loners may get a lot done, but unchecked, they can take a toll on the community by creating resentment and divisiveness that ultimately slow progress.

Progress was slow as the company focused on the Spotify transaction and was exploring the possibility of a Hong Kong listing as the city's exchange operator unveiled plans to encourage more tech companies to list in the city by loosening listing rules, reported IFR.

«That should be viewed as a positive development by the (Bank of Canada), though progress on reducing the «key vulnerability» of elevated household debt will likely be very slow,» RBC economist Josh Nye wrote in a research note.

For example, millions of jobs primarily held by women, mainly administrative and service jobs, are threatened by the rise of automation, while the slow progress toward pay equity in many industries plays a major role.

«That should be viewed as a positive development by the Bank of Canada, though progress on reducing the «key vulnerability» of elevated household debt will likely be very slow.»

Van Beek told me he is confident Supercloud can be completed, but he worries the disruptions caused by the offer, as well as unforeseeable delays on the Amazon side, will slow their progress.

Slow, step - by - step progress.

By more women getting involved and investing, Brand said it helps clear those blind spots that have slowed progress.

After a long stretch characterized by ultra-low interest rates, slow growth, minimal inflation, cheap oil, and little policy progress due to a conflicted Congress, we are now doing a dramatic 180 degree turn to a lower tax, less regulation, pro-growth environment, with higher rates and higher inflation — a normalization of sorts.

His job was to help regional United Methodist conferences throughout the country to organize against the introduction of gambling, but his progress has been slowed by organizational complexities.

The speech also includes in its present form some indication of the relatively slow progress of the occupation and acquisition of Canaan: «Little by little I will drive them out from before you» (vs. 30); and it refers to some force, designated as «hornets» (vs. 28; see Deut.

Pope Benedict XVI has been in office for less than a year, and already there are rumblings of dissatisfaction (in some quarters of disquiet, in others of impatience), aroused by the — so far — slow progress of what everyone seems from the beginning to have assumed will be one of the new pope's priorities: the reform of the Roman Curia.

Science is about what we can establish by observation, while evolution, if still in progress, is too slow to be observable, and past events are beyond the reach of observations.

What bugs me is that although he's had a whole year to teach himself english, Wenger is still in the phase of letting him off by saying «he's improving quite well», when the previous 12 months imply that his progress is slow af.

Back labor can often be accompanied by an irregular contraction pattern, a labor that is slow to progress, and a prolonged pushing stage.

These benefits include but are not limited to the power of the human touch and presence, of being surrounded by supportive people of a family's own choosing, security in birthing in a familiar and comfortable environment of home, feeling less inhibited in expressing unique responses to labor (such as making sounds, moving freely, adopting positions of comfort, being intimate with her partner, nursing a toddler, eating and drinking as needed and desired, expressing or practicing individual cultural, value and faith based rituals that enhance coping)-- all of which can lead to easier labors and births, not having to make a decision about when to go to the hospital during labor (going too early can slow progress and increase use of the cascade of risky interventions, while going too late can be intensely uncomfortable or even lead to a risky unplanned birth en route), being able to choose how and when to include children (who are making their own adjustments and are less challenged by a lengthy absence of their parents and excessive interruptions of family routines), enabling uninterrupted family boding and breastfeeding, huge cost savings for insurance companies and those without insurance, and increasing the likelihood of having a deeply empowering and profoundly positive, life changing pregnancy and birth experience.

Maybe it's because we are a bit further from our loss, a little less desperate to have it acknowledged, more quietly accepting of our pain, or that progress feels too slow and you find yourself wondering «why didn't this happen before my baby died» or perhaps you are crushed by the overwhelming responsibility an awareness week gives you.

Obstructionism is the practice of deliberately delaying or preventing a process of change and here I am linking it to politics.Generally obstruction here denotes the deliberate interference with the progress of policies by various diabolic means such as filibustering or slow walking in our parliament, and wickedly packaged lies meant to undermine activities of Government.

The prime minister is handing firms like Google, Bing, Yahoo! and others a deadline of October to act, amid frustration in Downing Street at the slow pace of progress by search engines in taking steps against child porn.

«The fact that the recovery has been as slow as it is in Puerto Rico, in my opinion they deserve much better, and we should have made more progress by now,» Cuomo said, noting many people have been without power for 36 days since the storm hit.

This winter's bitter temperatures and snow slowed progress by a couple of months on the nearly $ 70 million project, the Buffalo firm's largest - ever cons...

This winter's bitter temperatures and snow slowed progress by a couple of months on the nearly $ 70 million project, the Buffalo firm's largest - ever construction project.

It is right that we commemorate 100 years since women were first given the vote and the progress made by society towards achieving gender equality, but we must acknowledge the slow pace of progress and how far we still have to go.

Looking back on the last century one is struck by just how slow the progress was in getting women elected and in government gaining ministerial office.

Schumer says Canada has threatened to slow the progress of the booming Central New York Dairy Industry by imposing limitations on imported milk products.

The 11 - man group was initially slowed by severe weather conditions, but once the weather finally cleared, the men made rapid progress toward their target across the snow - covered countryside.

Donepezil (Aricept) can slow the progress of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease by blocking the breakdown of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter that carries messages between nerve cells.

By alternating wheel swivelling with short drives, the rover was able to make slow and steady progress.

«Ill - considered policies driven by these sorts of misguided propaganda campaigns, those are certainly complicating and in some cases slowing the progress of biotech innovations,» Giddings said.

1.5 and 2 °C are not hard and fast limits beyond which disaster is imminent, but they are now the milestones by which the world measures all progress toward slowing global warming.

However, progress on reducing newborn deaths (in the first 28 days) has been slower meaning that as a whole the world failed to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target of reducing child deaths by two - thirds between 1990 and 2015.

At an Alzheimer's conference in Chicago, the drug, made by TauRx Therapeutics, was reported to slow the progress of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease by 81 percent over the course of a year.

NIF, which was completed in 2009, is aiming achieve ignition by the end of September, to but progress has been slower than expected.

What urged the authors of the open letter into action was the slow progress of PubMed Central, a free electronic full - text archive of research articles started by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the NIH in early 2000.

Research led by a dietitian at King's College London has found that replacing saturated fat in the diet with polyunsaturated fat, found in foods such as vegetable oils or nuts, is linked to slower progress of type 2 diabetes in people with prediabetes whose muscles do not take up glucose properly.

Alarmed by the lack of progress by governments in finding ways to slow emissions of CO2, climate researchers have begun to examine so - called geoengineering schemes (ScienceNOW, 9 November 2007).

We will add the remark, however, that it is contemplated by the merchants of our Western states, to communicate their orders for goods, etc., by means of the telegraph, instead of abiding the slow and tedious progress of rail - road cars.

To date, however, this has proven to be a road of great expense characterized by disappointment and slow progress, to the point at which it was possible to question whether amyloid was the right target.

The field of oncolytic viruses was quite dormant in the first decade of the 2000s, characterized by slow clinical progress due to hypercautiousness and low, albeit steady, investments.

By sweeping away AS aggregates before they get a chance to spread, AS immunotherapies have the potential to hold the nonmotor symptoms of PD at bay, slowing the overall progress of the disease, and — when combined with mature cell therapy — eventually preventing the disease altogether, and potentially even reversing it.

«These findings fill in a major gap in our understanding of how retinopathy progresses and provide unprecedented insight into how we could slow vision loss caused by this often devastating disease,» said Kaufman.

The relatively slow progress can partially be explained by the fact that improving sea ice simulation requires improvements in both the atmosphere and ocean components in addition to the sea ice component itself.