Sentences with phrase «despite efforts of the government»

Unfortunately, despite the efforts of government and consumer advocacy groups, fake reviews and less - than - legitimate review services aren't going anywhere.

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Turkey has signed multiple agreements that flesh out its energy alliance with Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, despite last - ditch efforts by Baghdad and Washington to forestall the deal.In a Nov. 27 meeting in Ankara between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, the two sides signed documents to govern export pipelines, the sale of gas, and the handling of revenue, according to two people involved in the negot... This content is for registered users.

The example of postwar Kenya, where the total fertility rate apparently rose from about six to nearly eight during a generation of substantial improvements in health, and despite nearly twenty years of family planning efforts, should make it clear that increasing parents» freedom to choose will serve the purposes of parents, whether or not these are in accordance with the preference or ideology of the government and its advisers.

A President needs the cooperation of other elected officials, something this President had not gotten, despite his efforts to reinstate bipartisan government.

Despite many of the big players in the cocoa and chocolate supply chain working on sustainability issues like trying to eradicate child labor and stopping environmental damage like deforestation, the efforts of companies and governments have very little influence, according to the Cocoa Barometer 2018.

Whilst most parents do whatever they can to warn their children about the dangers of smoking, there's no denying the statistics — almost one in every four high school seniors today are smokers, despite all the efforts by parents, the government, and healthcare services to warn them of the consequences of taking up this habit.

The boroughs were thought to lack the strategic vision and mandate to co-ordinate their work on London - wide issues, such as transport, strategic planning and economic development, despite the efforts of bodies like the Association of London Government.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a survivor of Lyme disease, says the federal government is falling behind in its effort to battle the tick - borne disease, despite a move by Congress to boost research into a vaccine.

The action is an unusual example of barristers and solicitors working together, despite efforts from government officials to divide the groups with a more generous approach adopted towards barristers.

More significantly, and despite the very hard efforts of successive governments, it also retains a broader range of political opinion, more reflective of the country at large.

An annual report that monitors fuel poverty across the UK has today been published, highlighting the fact that the relentless increase in the scale of fuel poverty across all four nations of the UK continues despite the efforts of the Westminster Government and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Despite the fact that in 2013, the government made a frantic effort and deported some Chinese for their involvement in Illegal mining activities, a report published on theguardian.com in July of that same year revealed our government's dependence on the Chinese.

Despite the current government's efforts to circumvent its role in relation to the current referendum, the Electoral Commission has both reasserted itself and been backed by parliament as the key arbiter — most obviously in the matter of the phrasing of the question.

Despite this support, Mr. DiNapoli declined to participate in the program at the urging of good government groups who argued Gov. Andrew Cuomo's efforts to take big money out of politics were half - hearted at best.

The Parents Teachers Association (PTA), of the Tsito - Awudome Senior High School (AWUSCO), in the Volta Region, have explained that the decision to levy students despite the implementation of government's Free Senior High School Policy was a collective resolve by parents to support the school's efforts to enhance the academic performance of students.

Despite the best efforts of some senior civil servants in the Home Office - who believe appeasement is an adequate solution - this Coalition government has made real concrete moves to try and get people off the conveyer belt.

Despite government's efforts to stop piracy in the country, textile companies are still lamenting the impact on their operations of pirated textiles smuggled into the country.

The Minister admitted that, despite the efforts by the police in fighting crime, if vigilantism is not dealt with, it has the potential to negatively affect all the good policies of government such as the One District - One Factory policy.

The Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, noted that despite legislations and concerted efforts by government agencies, road traffic unions and associations to halt such accidents, tankers and trailers contributed a good number of deaths recorded on the roads.

She equally revealed that the capital budget would be implemented despite the fiscal challenges confronting the nation in terms of the government's commitment to infrastructural development and efforts to grow the economy.

Despite the best efforts of well - intentioned individuals, County government does not have the expertise to run a healthcare - focused operation.

Despite our incredible efforts to change the direction of our county by setting priorities, cutting bureaucracy, reducing spending and re-positioning government for the future, our 2016 budget will include an estimated payment of $ 17 million to pay for «the sins of the past.»

Despite these efforts, the air has refused to clear in Beijing and the government may resort to an even more comprehensive ban — 90 percent of personal vehicles kept from the roads.

Human carbon emissions are certainly disturbing the climate system upon which we depend, and in spite of the economic slowdown, and despite all the efforts by governments, businesses and people to reduce them, our emissions are reaching new highs.

«Despite efforts by the government to stem the spread of the deadly Ebola viral disease in the country, the virus is proving to be hard to defeat as new cases continue to emerge in the Western Area and northern Sierra Leone.

«Despite tremendous efforts by the government of Liberia and international partners aimed at eradicating the deadly Ebola virus, it seems the fight is becoming difficult to reach an end as new cases of Ebola are again being reported in the country.

Despite the name of this document, the collaborative effort between the USDA and the HHS suggests an inherent conflict between the two government agencies.

The portrayal of the Muslim terrorists is frightening and intense (the effort from Aymen Saidi as the terrorist leader is so filled with anger that it's painfully good), despite conveying a sense of insanity that seems circumspect, and the Algerian government is painted as dumbly trying to endanger French citizens as long as they possibly can, with only the French seeming to come out in a good light, when the assault on the plane saves the day.

Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lead a strong supporting cast in this story about «The Washington Post» and its efforts to publish «The Pentagon Papers,» despite threats from the government as well as doubts by the newspaper's board of directors, which is in the process of taking the company public.

Nationwide, school administrators identify only a tiny fraction of their teachers as ineffective, despite major evaluation - reform efforts by state and federal governments.

Despite years of effort by governments, there has been little or no improvement in the quality of education provided in government schools.

Despite government's best efforts, the education quality has not improved in schools because of various reasons.

Despite the UK government making clear efforts to put digital transformation firmly at the top of itsagenda to upskill the next generation workforce, with initiatives such as the latest Digital Economy Billcoming into effect, the UK is still experiencing a critical shortage of digital skills which must be addressed to support the future growth of the economy.

Despite Government efforts, the industry is still full of slick advertising, phony rate quotes, and bait - n - switch offers from home mortgage loan companies and banks you probably don't want to really do business with.

[xvii] Indeed, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that many eligible borrowers are not aware of PSLF and the enrollment growth comes despite little effort from the Department of Education to promote the program or further simplify the verification process.

Despite recent government efforts to drive down auto insurance rates in Ontario these are still over-proportionally high when compared to the rest of Canada.

Despite Mongolian government efforts to halt the spread of PPR through vaccination of sheep and goats, the current outbreak has caused the deaths of more than 5,000 of the remaining 10,000 Mongolian saiga.

Despite our efforts and that of the government, the whole place is still just treading water to stay above the negative effects of mass tourism hitting the ancient town.

Despite the repeated claims from the Federal Government about all of its efforts to tackle Australia's emissions, the fact is that very little of any consequence has been achieved, and that is why underlying emissions continue to grow unchecked.

The Australian federal government's effort to levy a tax on carbon - dioxide emissions to battle supposed «climate change» is facing massive resistance from voters, despite a flurry of pro-carbon-tax propaganda and government - funded reports touting alleged benefits of the scheme while downplaying its harmful effects.

According to a recent study by an environmental watchdog, it appears that despite the Indian government's efforts to tackle pollution in the capital of New Delhi, harmful particulates are once again reaching levels before its CNG (compressed natural

There's only one problem though: according to a number of reports, this new development area of Ordos, dubbed «Kangbashi» — is intended for 1 million residents, but lies mainly empty, despite the local government's efforts to convince people to move from the older, established city center of 1.5 million inhabitants, 15 miles away.

Similar to Cleveland, Poland's capital city of Warsaw is making efforts to fight climate change despite the national government's overall commitment to coal for the nation's energy future.

So after 11 years in government, despite some notable efforts in the early years, Labour's constitutional reform project can be broadly categorised as having had limited successes, followed by a longer fallow period in which the government has seemed more preoccupied by reforming the constitutions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Despite public and government efforts to reduce drunk driving and the accidents that it causes, this DWI attorney New Orleans knows that this problem remains a serious threat to our safety and the safety of our families.

Despite the best efforts of both the government and the pensions industry, «pension freedoms» remain only loosely understood.

Security firm Splash Data has just released its annual list of the most popular passwords stolen over the course of the year and despite the growing sophistication of cyber criminals, and efforts of governments to protect us, we apparently give no shits.

Regulation Despite all its previous efforts to prevent the people it rules from engaging in the online trading of cryptocurrencies, the Chinese government is taking further action to deter the practice.

Despite concerns about the negative long - term effects of federal stimulus efforts - including the impact they will have on the country's huge budget deficit - the U.S. government continues to take action to help spur the economy.