Sentences with phrase «cent improvement in»

Mackintosh said there's been a 205 - per - cent improvement in child - support compliance since 2000, but that 40 per cent of parents still fail to meet their full obligations.

«A mere 1 per cent improvement in defense energy efficiency would have meant 6,444 fewer convoy missions, one of the most dangerous roles in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.»

Chalk this up to a 21 per cent improvement in fuel economy due to a more efficient engine and much better aerodynamics.

Combined fuel consumption for the entry Maxx 2.0 - litre manual rises by 0.5 L / 100 km to 6.9 L / 100 km, while the diesel now consumes 6.0 L / 100 km (up 0.3) and the 2.5 petrol 7.5 L / 100 km (up 0.1), although Mazda is claiming a four per cent improvement in real - world economy.

Headlining the range is the six - cylinder 225kW / 400Nm TwinPower Turbo 335i that benefits from a substantial 17 per cent improvement in fuel economy.

With these enhancements, Honda promises a 10 per cent improvement in fuel economy.

It uses cylinder deactivation tech allowing an eight per - cent improvement in efficiency.

It's a world - first for a three - cylinder and it offers up to a six per cent improvement in efficiency.

Aston Martin claims that fitting a newer eight - speed box would only deliver a two per cent improvement in economy, for an unjustifiable engineering cost, but in our opinion it would make a major difference to the powertrain's responses.

Internal engine modifications were also made − including a new and innovative thermal management system − contribute towards the noted 19 per cent improvement in fuel economy in the 2.0 - litre TSI manual.

Alongside tweaks to the 3.8 - litre twin turbo V8 and electric motor powertrain, the lower and wider GTR gets a 10 per cent improvement in downforce.

The exhaust is tuned for maximum performance with a 42 per cent improvement in flow.

Even more impressive is the 25 per cent improvement in efficiency: fuel consumption is now 32.8 mpg and CO2 emissions are just 199g / km.

Further cleaning up comes via the regular petrol Panamera S and all - wheel - drive Panamera 4S; their 4.8 - litre naturally aspirated V8 is replaced by a 3 - litre twin - turbocharged V6 engine with more power and torque (414bhp and 384 lb ft versus 394bhp and 368 lb ft) and an 18 per cent improvement in fuel economy, which now tops 26mpg.

So we see anomalies such as an academy with a 100 per cent improvement in A * - B grades, but a 15 per cent drop in its five A * - Cs (including English and maths).

The European Union set «20-20-20» targets — a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels; increasing energy generation from renewable sources by 20 per cent and a 20 per cent improvement in the EU's energy efficiency — and it is expected that public sector buildings lead the way.

MacDonnell therefore created a Life Skills program specifically for girls which has seen a 500 per cent improvement in girls» registration in life skills programmes that were formerly dominated by boys.

The results show nationally there has been a 0.72 per cent improvement in reading results and a 0.81 per cent increase for numeracy for students across years 5, 3, 7 and 9.

In a famous study by Tabata et al, participants who undertook a four - minute interval training session comprising eight 20 - second hard efforts broken by 10 - second recoveries five days a week showed a 28 per cent improvement in fitness in just six weeks.

After a month of the participants applying these three principles, we saw a whopping 41 per cent improvement in behaviour in the home.

When Dunstan had office workers interrupt their sitting with regular activity breaks, they experienced a 30 per cent improvement in their body's response and sensitivity to a meal containing glucose — which means the movement was helping to reduce risks of diabetes type 2.

«There was around a 30 per cent improvement in the memory task,» Gabrieli says (NeuroImage, DOI: 10.1016 / j.neuroimage.2011.07.063).

A new study has revealed traditional Chinese acupuncture treatments are no better than fake acupuncture for treating menopause symptoms., But in a surprise finding, both the real and sham treatments showed a 40 per cent improvement in the severity and frequency of hot flushes at the end of eight weeks of treatment.

Based on more online ratings, they found a 26 per cent improvement in selfies taken with Waterloo's app.

Not exact matches

Thus, the solar electricity producer with storage might have a total cost of 5.5 cents per kWh, assuming no further improvements in the photovoltaic cells.

Mid-tier nickel miner has posted a strong half - year with a 782 per cent surge in profit to $ 23.6 million thanks to lower costs, along with productivity and efficiency improvements.

Perth - based waste management company Tox Free Solutions has posted a 30 per cent boost in first - half profit to $ 12.4 million on the back of improvements in its industrial services operations.

The drop is an improvement from the 29 per cent decline in April.

With strong investment growth and an expected improvement in exports, our forecast for the economy overall is that annual GDP growth will pick up modestly during 2006 to about 3 1/4 per cent.

More than all of improvement in the current fiscal results of $ 2.9 billion is due to higher revenues (up $ 3.0 billion or 3.7 per cent).

A score of 100 would indicate maximum improvements across the SME Health Check Index's eight indicators (business costs, capacity, employment, GDP, lending to SMEs, net business creation, revenue and SME business confidence), down 48 per cent since 2014 and the fifth consecutive quarterly fall The SME Health Check Index fell from 48.4 in the third quarter of 2017 to 42.0 in Q4 2017, suggesting a worsening business and macroeconomic environment since the EU Referendum in June 2016 and the ongoing Brexit negotiations.

The leap is not all explicable by the 36 per cent jump in crude oil prices in the interim, nor by the significant improvements on costs and break - even levels made under chief executive Kevin Gallagher.

For the full fiscal year, Mitel's revenues reached $ 1.06 billion compared to $ 987.6 million in 2016 while adjusted earnings were $ 81.1 million (65 cents per share), an improvement over adjusted earnings in 2016 of $ 74.9 million (60 cents per share).

It is possible that measured GDP growth is somewhat overstated due to difficulties in estimating the GDP deflator, which is falling considerably more quickly than other price measures; nominal GDP has grown by a much more modest 0.8 per cent over the year, although this is still an improvement on recent history.

The improvement in confidence has been greatest for manufacturing firms, which have benefited from the strong pick - up in external demand: exports increased by 8 per cent over the past year.

That's an improvement from a historic low in the last provincial election in 2011, when 48.2 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls.

Same - store sales fell 2.6 per cent, an improvement on the 6.5 per cent decline in the December quarter.

Still, passenger revenues climbed in the first quarter from $ 3.1 billion last year to $ 3.5 billion this year, driven by traffic growth of 11.4 per cent and yield improvement of 0.4 per cent.

However, Newfoundland and Labrador's economic contraction continues to grind onward with the provincial economy expected to shrink 1.0 per cent in 2017, though a slight improvement from our June forecast.

Further to this, being only 10 per cent of net earned premium, it is disappointing that improvements elsewhere in the group couldn't offset the loss».

Excluding the volatile fresh food component, consumer prices have been flat over the past year, compared with deflation rates of almost 1 per cent in recent years, although part of this improvement is attributable to increases in administered medical prices and tobacco taxes earlier in 2003.

At the same time, without a sizable improvement in the efficiency of our health - care system, real health - care spending is set to increase at 3.5 per cent a year, with about 1 per cent coming from technology - driven improvements in quality of care and 2.5 per cent a year from the direct effects of population aging.

Woolworths said there had been «no improvement in May and June to date», with sales in the fourth quarter to date running 0.7 per cent below the previous year, adjusted for the Easter trading period.

Earnings before interest and tax from continuing operations (excluding fuel and home improvement) fell 4.9 per cent to $ 2.32 billion as Australian food profits declined 2.4 per cent and losses at Big W offset modest growth in liquor, New Zealand supermarkets and hotels and gaming.

«To achieve its 10 per cent margin guidance, we expect the company will need to deliver an additional $ 61 million in underlying earnings improvement... in order to achieve this, we expect Schweppes will have to deliver reasonable pricing growth,» he said.

This revolutionary operation facilitates an improvement in detection capabilities of up to 100 per cent with stainless steel, especially when inspecting traditionally difficult «wet» products.

He says, «I was originally motivated to choose organic simply because of the taste but then when I started to notice an improvement in my on - field performance and my daily energy, as well as my ability to relax faster and sleep better, I decided to dedicate to a 100 per cent certified organic routine.»

Returns were limited during the initial phase of a new fund, while improvements were made, but in the longer run the new fund, which would have a longer life than SAF, would target an average 9 per cent total return net of fees, he said.

The Tetra Pak ® E3 / Speed Hyper filling machine is able to reach 40,000 portion packs per hour, a more than 60 per cent improvement compared with the existing Tetra Pak ® A3 platform, resulting in a saving of up to 20 per cent in operational costs.

In Sweden and Hungary, the two most industrialized of the nine countries, only 7 per cent and 3 per cent respectively of the mothers studied had never breastfed their youngest child, a marked improvement from 25 years ago.