Sentences with phrase «dwindling numbers»

The two major reasons for the dwindling numbers are: 1) Reduced number of agents in the industry, therefore less of a perceived need for management; and 2) Mergers and acquisitions have reduced the number of offices and therefore the overall costs of management.

While most states will require every driver to carry a specified minimum amount of auto insurance, New Hampshire is one of the dwindling numbers of places where you don't technically have any coverage at all!

In the longer term, the LSC risks reducing the already dwindling numbers of criminal legal aid firms to insufficient levels to cover every geographical area.

But with dwindling numbers, this seems exhaustive.

However, turtles are now being protected on the west coast of Bali due to dwindling numbers and tourists are advised to refrain from eating any turtle meat or buying products made from turtles.

Intensified barking, biting, and defecation in inconvenient places by the dwindling numbers of Indian dogs remaining at large has in some cities and even a few whole states put political support for the entire ABC approach in jeopardy.

For one, the two unions are looking after the interests of Baby Boomers, who, despite their dwindling numbers, remain the most - influential within the rank - and - file.

The dwindling numbers of experienced teachers in our system are making this a necessity.

[The Race] • David Poland, meanwhile, is outraged that critics so far, in their dwindling numbers, have failed to resonate by missing the fertile ground between obscure and obvious.

The US Jewish community are concerned over their dwindling numbers.

Dantas expressed concern over the dwindling numbers of effective antibiotics and the fact that few new drugs are in development.

The ancient women also were related to other people who speak the remaining and endangered 75 or so Tungusic languages spoken by dwindling numbers of ethnic people in eastern Siberia and China.

For individual species with dwindling numbers, he imagines window kills might affect population trends.

Shark populations are plummeting, and since these predatory fish mature slowly and reproduce infrequently, their dwindling numbers aren't likely to rebound quickly, if at all.

While thrift is helpful in waiting out the forest's fickle fruit cycles, it doesn't help replenish dwindling numbers.

They are cheap and easy to prepare, which is important in school systems with dwindling numbers of working kitchens, minimally trained labor and only about $ 1 to spend per meal.

With the opportunity to add to their dwindling numbers the Saints could look to open talks quickly to save the risk of the offer being of the Belgian international being taken off the table.

Some Episcopals are desparate to leave their church due to the ordination of g - ay clergy, and the Catholic Church is desperate for more priests because of dwindling numbers of men who are «called» to the priesthood.

This is only a concern of the catholics that they have dwindling numbers being born into their church..

I should clarify that my comments about dwindling numbers of RCC priests (and members) relates primarily to the US, and not world - wide.

Yes the govt considers them white but that is not how most of them feel and the only reason the government recently started counting arabs and jews as white is because the bigots like you are scared of your ever dwindling numbers.

Maybe the answer to our ever - dwindling numbers of young Catholics is an official visit to Britain by the Supreme Pontiff himself, something which, of course, is out of our hands.

PS: that is how they keep their dwindling numbers look good.

The church decided they had made some theological error, and that all they had to do to overcome their dwindling numbers and eroding finances was to believe right and enough, and everything would be hunky - dory.

Faced with dwindling numbers and an ageing infrastructure, especially in the traditionally strong Catholic bastions of the nation's largest cities, painful decisions must be made about how best to continue the mission of proclaiming the Gospel in a dramatically different cultural setting.

The defenders of institutionalized Christianity are in a panic over dwindling numbers but rather than ask why people are leaving and wondering if perhaps there is a reason they resort to guilt trips and subtle threats to keep people showing up.

As Northam cruised to his nine - point victory over Gillespie, I couldn't help but think that maybe it's time for newspapers to stop telling their dwindling number of subscribers how to vote.

The second consecutive month of growth suggests that buyers are undeterred by the dwindling number of properties available on the market.

He'll be holding a rally for his ever - dwindling number of supporters, and as part of these theatrics, will likely issue a presidential pardon for convicted criminal and disgraced former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

While there are programs like Social Security to help ease the financial burden, most workers have to depend on savings, 401k's and the dwindling number of pension plans that some companies offer, to see them through their after - work years.

That's in part due to the dwindling number of companies providing defined benefits; lack of pensions have caused many to hang in longer, said Amanda Sonnega, an associate research scientist with the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study.

The left - wing prime minister won a vote in parliament early Monday that will heap more taxes on a dwindling number of Greeks able to pay them.

The trend is a dwindling number of beneficiaries among a growing -LSB-...]

The dwindling number who have read that book, once on every English bookshelf, will recall Mr Valiant - for - Truth's farewell: «My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.

It seems to be forgotten that neo-Darwinism is being championed by a dwindling number of atheists on both sides of the Atlantic, though they still control most of TV and the scientific media.

The United States is one of a dwindling number of nations unenthusiastic about the application of world law when applied to its own conduct, but for reasons supplied by the author, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is still a tool for people of conscience to use in the struggle for a world more respectful of human dignity.

But we are one of a dwindling number.

Presumably he is talking about Episcopal churches in New York, a few of which, with the dwindling number of Episcopalians who go to church, have been sold for such purposes.

The people in your affiliate sales department love nothing more than defending you to the dwindling number of radio stations who find it harder everyday to find businesses willing advertise on your show.

However, it would be nice, being we can receive blessings over tv and airwaves if something could be done to address the GROWING issue of the dwindling number of available priests to confess shutins particularly in rural areas.

These fools make me furious, since I love our club and despise the sheer stupidity and wilful blindness of those, a dwindling number, who still revere him.

This fixes the dwindling number issue, maintains the respect and recognition of great Bears players from ALL eras of the team's rich history, educates the current fans, and gives an added incentive to players to play their best because of the number they're wearing.

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

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.

«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.

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

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.

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.»

The result, he hopes, is a seamless operation that will mobilise (a dwindling number) of activists and scarce resources, far outstripping Tory prowess.

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.