Sentences with phrase «closer than any of its predecessors»

Yet because «political winds can shift quickly,» he adds, the Kerry - Lieberman bill «appears far closer than any of its predecessors to a climate bill that corporate stakeholders might actually want to pass.»

Not exact matches

In a day of closed - door meetings with NATO foreign ministers, Pompeo appeared to charm European allies with tough talk on Russia and a more sure - footed approach than his predecessor Rex Tillerson, but he still carried Trump's familiar demand for higher defense spending.

The new Ishida CCW - RV delivers the highest levels of accuracy of any multihead weigher and, in addition to consistent weighing at close - to - zero giveaway, is now some 15 % faster than its predecessor.

Interior birch panelling, which will be retained, was removed to get at the beam, and at no other time did Heritage Park carpenters come closer to their predecessors than when Zech gently pried the panelling away, revealing the signatures of five men and the words Montreal, Quebec hidden on the backside.

Albany, NY - In less than one month of intense negotiations, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is close to ending decades of disputes that proved too complicated and contentious for any of his predecessors to resolve.

Miliband was a close ally of Gordon Brown, whose government did more than of its predecessors to court the press.

Those close to and within City Hall argue Mr. de Blasio is still doing a better job at lining up supporters the old - fashioned way than his predecessors and judging him by the standard of national politics — surrogates freely defending a favored candidate under attack — is unfair.

Asked why he was closing himself off to the media more than his predecessors, de Blasio said he differed in them in a lot of ways — and cited his embrace of universal pre-kindergarten.

While de Blasio has been a harsh critic of former mayor Michael Bloomberg's policy of closing long - struggling schools, he has sought to differentiate his school closure policy from his predecessor's by arguing that schools be given a fighting chance before they are closed, and that the administration closes schools quickly rather than dragging out the process via phase out.

Paddy Ashdown last night stunned Liberal Democrats when he announced that he will resign as party leader after this spring's crucial local and Euro - elections - just as he gets closer to the reins of power than any predecessor since Lloyd George.

Mr. de Blasio, who campaigned as a critic of the education policies of his predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg, who closed many low - performing schools, pledged that his administration would support struggling schools rather than close them.

The new X3 is far more refined than its predecessor, and especially has better ride quality, but its price tag is creeping close to that of the larger X5.

A close visual relative of the smooth - sided E-Class Coupe, the Cabriolet has only one major area where it's smaller than its predecessor.

With a larger platform than its predecessor, the wheelbase of the New Generation i20 is 45 mm longer (now 2570 mm) than the outgoing model, meaning the wheels are closer to each corner.

The wheelbase will also see an increase of close to 100 mm than its predecessor.

In terms of length, Lost Sphear is markedly longer than its predecessor, checking in closer to 30 hours with the option for more if you want to do additional leveling and exploration.

Somewhat less retro than its predecessors, it sacrifices a modicum of classical arcade sensibility for something that feels closer to virtual reality — especially in the three - dimensional stages, where rippling planes and grids make blasting deadly shapes just that much more enjoyable.

This version was a better port than its predecessor and it was much closer to the original arcade version, both in terms of controls and level design as well as the intermissions.

Smaller in scale than those paintings of her 2014 debut exhibition, the new work matches in surreal ebullience their predecessors, praised by Roberta Smith as «big, boisterous semi-abstract canvases (that) exude an impressive confidence... like close - ups of billboards or a tour through some outsize undergrowth in which nature has merged with several brands of abstraction, from early American Modernism to Color Field painting... (Silva) is already is tackling a lot with an astuteness and aplomb that make her a painter to watch.»

I've suggested in the past that the difference in min temperature readings might be a result of the station move rather than the instrument change, as many MMTS stations are located closer to buildings than their LiG predecessors.

That cost is certainly higher than the price of the Galaxy Tab S2 when it launched, so it's also possible that the official U.S. pricing will be less than $ 600, and it may even be closer to the cost of its predecessor.

The front panel of the Galaxy Grand 2 is nearly close to the original Galaxy Grand, but thin bezels around the display and lesser curvy design makes its design more impressive than the predecessor.

But based on the previously leaked GeekBench results, the iPhone 7 scored high in multi-core tests, with the rating close to being more than half the score of its predecessor, the iPhone 6s, as per BGR.

It's faster and more power efficient than its predecessor, thanks to a new 10 - nanometer manufacturing process that places all of its tiny transistors closer together.