Sentences with phrase «common than in the past»

Although far less common than in the past, the processing of coal and, yes, steel continues in this part of the Ohio River Valley.

Is unprofessional behavior more common than in the past?

International investing is more common than in the past... the payoff from it should be less.

Some medical assistants are trained on the job, although this practice is less common than in the past.

Not exact matches

In court documents filed with the Northern California District Court on Thursday, Uber argued that the class - action part of the suit should be dropped because the 160,000 drivers, «have little or nothing in common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some point over the past six years.&raquIn court documents filed with the Northern California District Court on Thursday, Uber argued that the class - action part of the suit should be dropped because the 160,000 drivers, «have little or nothing in common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some point over the past six years.&raquin common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some point over the past six years.&raquin California at some point over the past six years.»

We stand at the beginning of the next evolution of marketing — one that has more in common with the past than it does the present.

In the recent past, low interest credit cards have become more common than they used to be a few years ago.

Douglas adds, with respect to the equally common assumption that people of past ages were spiritually and (hence) generally fulfilled, that she can see «no evidence that there is more unhappiness and mental disturbance now than in those famous ages of faith.

To be sure, he also recognizes, in line with the common distinction between «conditions» and «causes,» that some past events are far more important in determining the character of a present event than others.

Only in incomplete phases of concrescence which are later than the settled past and earlier than the coming satisfaction can the many feelings seek the unity of their common subject.

When the Church speaks about guilt, can it be no more than the custodian of the law, ever sanctioning the common fears of society and incorporating in its body whatever is left of the restraints and inhibitions of the society of the past?

@Lol Furthermore, abortion has always been practiced — though in the past, infanticide was the more common method of eliminating unwanted kids since it was less risky than abortion.

I thought in the past she's always said that morbidity was magnitudes more common than death.

Sir David Cannadine is one of our most distinguished historians and in The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences (Allen Lane # 30) he attempts to show how so much of our writing of history has been driven by a desire to dramatise differences rather than common similarities.

«Certainly, the Task Force's recommendations are a better Holiday present than the lump of coal that was shoved in the stockings of students and educators this past spring when the Governor and the Majority doubled down on Common Core testing and the overemphasis on standardized testing for teacher evaluations.»

The state this year reduced the number of answers kids needed to get right on 11 of the 12 Common Core exams, fueling concerns that rising scores were inflated, but state education officials said the questions were «slightly more difficult» than those used in past years.

Simultaneously, the bleakly reductionist view of evolution as a product of nothing more than the sum of individual self - interest, common currency in the past half - century, is softening as we consider how natural selection may work even at the level of entire ecosystems.

In Rickaby's model of the past, the switching between El Niño and La Niña was more regular than it is now, and big events were up to twice as common.

More than 28 percent of adults in the U.S. report that they get less than six hours of sleep a night, with this cumulative deprivation becoming more common in the past three decades.

Over the past 20 years, surveys of planets around other stars in our galaxy have found the most common types to be «super Earths» and their somewhat larger cousins — bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.

Worldwide, lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer.1 In the United Kingdom, its annual incidence is second only to that of breast cancer, accounting for around 39000 new cancer diagnoses annually.2 In countries that have seen a high prevalence of smoking, around 90 % of diagnoses of lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60In the United Kingdom, its annual incidence is second only to that of breast cancer, accounting for around 39000 new cancer diagnoses annually.2 In countries that have seen a high prevalence of smoking, around 90 % of diagnoses of lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60In countries that have seen a high prevalence of smoking, around 90 % of diagnoses of lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60in people aged over 60.2

Some observations [1] have shown in the recent past that scientific misconduct is more developed than in popular and common beliefs.

I've been in bed for the past 4 days and have all symptoms associated with the flu (rather than a common cold).

I've tried to make my fashion posts have some sort of theme in the past (see them here, here, here, and here), but this one lacks any common thread other than fall.

Online dating has a lot more in common with a game like blackjack than a money - sucking past time like playing the slots.

If you have someone in your social group who's been a past boyfriend, then it is important, as is if you realize your dating histories have crossed over with the same guy (this is more common than you think).

In today's dating arena it's definitely more common to have tried online dating than in the pasIn today's dating arena it's definitely more common to have tried online dating than in the pasin the past.

Despite being more aesthetically pleasing than Michael Bay's garishly executed Pearl Harbour, Nolan's big film in service of a small story has more in common with that much - maligned war pic than more serious minded award season contenders of past years like Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, Peter Weir's Gallipoli or Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line.

Looking back over my reviews of Kevin Smith (Zack and Miri, Clerks II) films in the past, one common theme runs throughout: Kevin Smith is a much better writer than he is a director.

How to Raise More Grateful Children (Wall Street Journal) «In some communities, specifically among the white middle and upper - middle class, there's good reason to believe that kids are less grateful than in the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of EducatioIn some communities, specifically among the white middle and upper - middle class, there's good reason to believe that kids are less grateful than in the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of Educatioin the past,» says psychologist Richard Weissbourd, faculty director of the Making Caring Common initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

But they are less likely than were donors in the past to think that the solution to that problem lies solely or even primarily in spending more money or even in making the allocation of resources more equitable, which has been a common thread in work that many better - established foundations have pursued.

Results from the initial round of Common Core - aligned tests (administered last spring) have been trickling out for the past few weeks in more than a dozen states.

«The Common Core is very real world — students now truly understand numbers better than how they did in the past.

The Common Core State Standards have brought a welcome focus to literacy skills, emphasizing concepts of reading and writing across the curriculum with greater success than in the past.

But in their respective reactions over the past few months to criticism and less - than - sterling coverage from politicians and media outlets, both Lynch and Weingarten, along with many of their members in their respective rank - and - file, have plenty in common.

This kind of argument is quite common and has a long lineage — although in the past, the agents of change were «progressive» union leaders rather than young teachers.

(Wis.) Despite a push for more non-fiction reading in many states» academic standards prompted by Common Core, new research shows students read only slightly more rigorous material than in past years.

And the content which is aligned with the new Common Core State Standards and their more rigorous benchmarks for student learning will surely be more rigorous than what students have encountered in the past.

Citizens stuck in blue states like California now have no recourse to escape the failed test prep approach other than to get their children into private schools — and if they lack the resources to pay for tuition a second time (since they still must pay taxes for the second class teaching their local state schools are dispensing), their children will be doomed to fall behind the international competition, since that is a consequence of the second missed opportunity of the past decade, the Common Core standards that doom American children to fall 2 - 3 years behind their peers in Asia and northern Europe by the time they finish high school.

As the name hints, the eRikscha was inspired by... rickshaws, particularly the luxury sort used in the past by Japanese nobility rather than the common transport version seen even to this day in countries like India.

This is a common misconception because according to a new report 50 % of the e-Books that were read in the library in the past 12 months were than purchased... [Read more...]

This is a common misconception because according to a new report 50 % of the e-Books that were read in the library in the past 12 months were than purchased from companies like Amazon or Kobo.

ZTE has announced its latest low - cost smartphone in the ZMAX phablet, which is also its first carrier - branded effort that will officially carry the ZTE name as its own brand rather than being rebranded by carriers and obscuring the brand in the process, as has been common for many ZTE phones in the past six years that ZTE has been in the US market.

The quiet girl from Brooklyn refused to go back to the projects — being raised by her selfish aunt her whole life was the push she needed to run far away and never return.According to Ms. Hudson, actions have always spoken louder than words, so when a blast from the past resurfaces and refuses to take «no» for an answer, Nia decides to give him one hour of her time.Surprisingly, one hour turns into a week, a week transpires into months and before she knows it, the two have become a couple.Together, East and Nia don't paint the perfect - picture — they have nothing in common, and in fact, he's the complete opposite of everything she stands for.Dangerous, thr...

Despite the common - sense idea that yields will have to reverse course at some point and head higher, the experience of the past several years has made it clear that trying to time the turn in bonds is no easier than trying to time the stock market.

Dog anal gland removal is less common today than it was in the past.

Opioid exposure in dogs has been occurring more frequently than in the past, although it is still not particularly common.

As the new century begins, the American Pit Bull Terrier is still a common participant in canine sporting activities, but now their wonderful drive and athleticism is exercised in more joyful activities than in centuries past.

FeLV and FIV are generally fatal infectious diseases in felines; while less common than they were in the past, they are still all - too - frequently reported.

Flea infestation is a common scourge that is much easier to treat now with new - generation products than in the past.