Sentences with phrase «dwindling number of»

Contributing to the challenge, a dwindling number of multifamily units are being built.

Second, escalating land costs are causing many developers to seek higher - density housing on the dwindling number of developable acres.

«The expanding pool of buyers amidst a dwindling number of bargain - priced properties led to tighter supply and fewer sales and caused the price of vacation homes to rise.

91 % of the national office developments are taking place within 10 nodes of the city, but this is likely to come to a close once current projects have been completed — a dwindling number of developments are being announced.

But neither operating system attracted a critical mass of popular apps and a dwindling number of phone supported those operating systems.

Finally, to your third point, that the articling «crisis» is due more to an expansion in the number of candidates rather than in the dwindling number of positions.

In contrast to the lockstep system, which is still used by a dwindling number of law firms, albeit some of the most prestigious, Kirkland's approach is a star system known somewhat pejoratively as «eat what you kill.»

Such historical information is available from the HM Revenue & Customs however John Thompson, Chief of the HMRC, has conceded that significant delay is being caused due to most of the pre-1970s employment records being held on microfiche and there being a dwindling number of operational machines left to access them.

The result of these two trends is a dwindling number of lawyers practicing in small communities and rural areas of Canada and a looming access to justice crisis if large numbers of lawyers decide to retire without replacements in place.

As the dwindling number of daily newspapers and weekly newsmagazines demonstrates, publishers that «bundle» myriad types of information into a general - interest format are struggling to succeed in an «unbundled,» highly segmented media world.

It is arguable, following the ECJ ruling in Churchill, that the 1999 agreement is now confined to the dwindling number of claims where there is no insurance in place; as opposed to the increasingly common phenomenon of «fronting» unauthorised drivers with superficially legitimate insurance.

Collins, as she begins her fourth term, can command attention as one of a dwindling number of GOP moderates.

Her pattern maker, for example, refers to herself as «The Last of the Mohicans» because of the dwindling number of garment artisans in the area.

According to Lomborg, «Climate change has been blamed for a dizzying array of absurd woes from the dwindling number of customers at Bulgarian brothels to the death of the Loch Ness monster» as well as «the recent assertion by Unicef's Bangladesh head of mission that climate change leads to an increase in child marriages.»

It's harder with busier schedules, lack of offline training space, and a dwindling number of players willing to make the trek to the locations that are still functioning, but if you can - do it.

House's comments suggest the dwindling number of AAA, first - party titles would probably continue to diminish as Sony focuses on finding another niche, such as Remote Play.

The surviving and dwindling number of scientists employed him for his slaughtering skills.

We now live in a time when there seem to be dwindling number of third - party exclusives.

An ever dwindling number of fishermen continue the tradition of building and using the totora boats which Huanchaco locals claim were the first precursors to surf boards.

The competitive job market forces college graduates to take graduate school level classes just to compete for the dwindling number of open positions.

In the wake of a small number of homes for sale and small dwindling number of new properties under construction, TREB is forecasting another year of double digit price growth in the city.

Singapore is one of a dwindling number of airlines that still allow stopovers on awards.

We take for granted changes in other mediums — the absence of that tall rack of CDs beside home stereos, the dwindling number of people who watch live TV, that missing thrill of opening a paper envelope full of printed photos.

Facebook's decision a few years ago to limit page owners» «organic reach» — and force them to pay to reach their followers — saw many authors getting frustrated at the dwindling number of fans who saw their posts.

Why does B&N limit its market to the rapidly - dwindling number of people who have NOOKs, plus people who've installed the NOOK app, and why does B&N keep removing NOOK app availability from various platforms?

The magazine world is stagnant in the dwindling number of subscribers and the slow exodus of advertising partners.

I am concerned about the dwindling number of bookstores and am hoping that there is a leveling off in this market so they do not disappear.

By insisting on blindly continuing to spend copious amounts of money on print runs, only to have them end up as pulp after they have been remaindered by the dwindling number of book shops through low sales, over the far cheaper and fastest growing area within literature today — the eBook, does you no favours whatsoever.

For buyers looking for a more distinctive car, a decreasing number had custom coachwork available from the dwindling number of UK coachbuilders.

If passed, this legislation will only hurry the division of the state's teacher workforce into two castes — one, a group of hurriedly - prepared and hastily - certified edutourists for the state's charter and private schools, and an increasingly small and dwindling number of hyper - scrutinized and continuously - monitored graduates of traditional teacher preparation programs.

Schools across the country, especially those in low - income neighborhoods, struggle to recruit and retain teachers, an effort made more difficult by the nationwide teacher shortage and a dwindling number of people entering the profession.

Michot, noting the dwindling number of days left in the session, declined.

The dwindling number of school places, the increasing size of classes and the continued budget cuts that are stretching resources to breaking point are all important factors which limit our teachers» ability to provide the proper safeguarding for vulnerable children.

Private screenings discouraged: One of the primary reasons IFJA was formed was to use our collective influence to combat the dwindling number of screenings provided in the Indianapolis market.

The battle scenes are appropriately spectacular, with Hogwarts under attack from an army of Death Eaters, Dementors, giants and beasties and defended by a small and dwindling number of students and teachers.

«Sadly, the decline appears to be due to the dwindling number of tigers left in the wild.»

The space plan affects a dwindling number of research chimpanzees.

Growing concern over the dwindling number of plant and animal species has led to a hunt for ways to save them, and in the past decade, the idea of maintaining wildlife corridors — strips of land to connect these sanctuaries — has become popular among conservationists.

19 Meanwhile, the dwindling number of Homo sapiens resentfully move to an old - species planet, to be cared for by androids programmed to feign interest in stories about prostates and half - remembered episodes of Perry Mason.

Given the cost of the research and the dwindling number of sharks, scientists like Ketchum tend to collaborate widely and work in teams.

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«The rise of «superbugs» leaves the clinical community with a rapidly dwindling number of options to treat infectious disease and to prevent the spread of resistant bacteria in, for example, hospital settings,» explains Professor Vincent O'Flaherty of the National University of Ireland Galway, co-corresponding author on the study, recently published in Frontiers in Microbiology.

Cheryl Gillan has been an MP since 1992, and is one of a dwindling number of Conservative MPs with ministerial experience, and still young enough to have a ministerial career ahead of them.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik this morning remained among a dwindling number of House Republicans who declined to say how they will vote today on a bill to begin the repeal and replacement of Obamacare.

First to address the legislature was Jerry Donnellan, who bemoaned the dwindling number of veterans residing in Rockland, explaining that veterans are «volunteers by nature, we want to keep these people living here.»

Apart from the dwindling number of technical schools for a country that claim to industrialize, the condition of existing schools leaves much to be desired.

Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine, Douglas Hurd and Chris Patten represent the Tory Party's dwindling number of Old Europeans.

«Far from creating a flourishing and competitive bus market, in many areas of the country deregulation has created high fares and a dwindling number of routes,» he said.

The growing cost of sponsoring championships and the dwindling number of veterans and posts are pressuring remaining posts to continue what has been the nation's oldest organized youth baseball league, which has spawned such greats as Ted Williams and Johnny Bench.

All you have to do is count the dwindling number of three - sport - lettered athletes in high schools.