Sentences with phrase «compounded by a situation»

This is further compounded by the situation where medical or obstetric reference to the practice of midwifery is associated with home birth leaving the impression that midwives only work in this area.

This period extended from 1989 until the end of the 1990's, though the effects still remain today, compounded by a situation of extreme geographical, political, and economic isolation.

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The situation is even worse for the many homeless whose daily desperation is compounded by storm conditions.

Today, the pool of savings necessary to generate a given level of income needs to be higher than in the past, a situation compounded by the decline in defined benefit pension plans.

If stocks are richly valued both in the U.S. and abroad, the situation can only be compounded by the fact that interest rates are rising everywhere.

But the stress of the situation, compounded by the heritage of abuse she had suffered in childhood, took their toll.

Dry spell caused by El Niño compounded the situation.

We're having a terrible time this season, but could they try and show us they do care as much as we do, they make us feel worse by compounding the situation.

But Oliver pointed to the spot almost immediately, and compounded the situation by giving Buffon his marching orders.

«The Coalition Government's plans to extend the freedoms of schools will potentially make a bad situation worse by compounding the problem of sex discrimination in access to leadership of schools.

These concerns have been compounded by reports that the US used Prestwick airport in Glasgow to refuel its planes carrying bombs to Israel, although foreign secretary Margaret Beckett has already made clear she is «not happy» with the situation.

Now despite the pomp and ceremony around government's flagship education program Free SHS, there still remain some challenges that has left some Ghanaians confused The situation is compounded by the perennial challenges with the Computerized School Selection Placement System CSSPS.

He traced the delay in the payment of their salary to the meagre federal allocation which the State receives, adding that it is no more news that the immediate past administration also compounded the situation by plunging the State into almost unmanageable debt situation.

Despite such glowing testimonials, some researchers worry about the potential for serious psychic damage if these compounds are used by hundreds of therapists on thousands of patients, instead of by a small cadre of dedicated scientists testing carefully screened volunteers in tightly controlled situations.

This year, the situation has been compounded by the strong El Niño developing, which dries Indonesia out.

«By contrast, the initial outbreak in Guinea remained undetected for several weeks, facilitating the spread of the virus to Sierra Leone and Liberia where the inability to track and contain infectious individuals compounded the situation and resulted in an uncontrolled epidemic.»

The ideal situation for context - based drug screening, Simon said, is to test compounds on «matched sets,» meaning that a normal cell's response to a drug is compared side - by - side with a cell with one or a few mutations.

The compounding pharmacy can also formulate the prescription specifically for your individual situation, to target the correct portion of the body, and can tailor it as ordered by your healthcare practitioner.

And compounding the situation, stocks are also expensive by historical measures and priced to deliver sub-par returns.

In addition to capturing the wealth - building effects of dividend increases and reinvestments, the Dividend Meter portfolio attempts to boost dividend compounding further by capitalizing on situations where an overvalued stock can be sold, and the proceeds invested in an undervalued security with a higher yield.

Gen VII is only let down by a tendency to drag its feet with unnecessary dialog, animations, and tutorials, a situation compounded by the repetitive Z - Moves and the sometimes grueling SOS Battles.

In the present work, Gober's figure is likewise suspended within a liminal space, which is compounded by the fact that we can see him, but he's lost to us: «The tension in the situation arises from our shared awareness that, once the object disappears, it's way beyond recovery,» Richard Flood has written.

Deccanherald: Asia is the world's most water - stressed continent, a situation compounded by China's hydro - supremacy in the region.

Poor water governance in the past compounded the situation by over-allocating surface and ground water, which has negatively impacted many rivers and watersheds.

What if a situation arises which is worse than human errors compounded by a M9.0 earthquake and a 14 + meter tsunami?

All of this is compounded by the fact that, again, many people don't even realize they're in this situation because they don't know they signed up for a lease rather than a loan.

This situation is compounded by mandatory sentencing in the NT, which significantly limits the court's ability to take a person's disability into account in determining an appropriate sentence.

Further, this Report Card examines how the situation is compounded by a health system and prison health system that, despite significant improvements over past decades, remains — in many critical areas — unable to respond appropriately to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prisoners.