Sentences with phrase «even substantial gains»

However, the scope for another shock seemed limited by the fragmented nature of Dutch politics, which has traditionally produced a multi-party governing coalition, and meant even substantial gains for the leading populist party would be unlikely to allow it to gain access to power.

Not exact matches

All parties receive substantial public funding intended to support democracy, but it also means they are in varying degrees highly dependent on money that will disappear with a Conservative majority, making the Tories even more motivated to win and gain an advantage in the election after this one.

While traditional long - term «buy and hold» investing enables investors to firmly capture solid gains in uptrending markets, the problem is they frequently give back a substantial, or even majority, of their gains when the inevitable corrections come.

Nevertheless, even the most conservative of our three methodological approaches suggests substantial variation in principal effectiveness: a principal in the top 16 percent of the quality distribution will produce annual student gains that are 0.05 standard deviations higher than an average principal for all students in their school.

That is, aggregate rewards are smaller if any state acts without comparable efforts by others; at the same time, even the gains of acting independently are substantial.

This activity should extend over a substantial period of time, even an academic year, serving as a fulcrum for integration of the knowledge and skills students are gaining in their academic studies.

Gains were even more substantial among African - American students in poverty, who were 59 days ahead in math and 44 in reading.

Yet given these limitations, the results were striking: even when analyzing the achievement of third graders who had the benefits of a smaller class for only one year, as compared to those who were in large classes, the gains were substantial, especially for disadvantaged students in inner - city schools.

Research has previously shown that differences in cultural and social capital can have repercussions in areas as diverse as use of language by the time children enter school, preferential access to grammar and faith schools, the type of characteristics parents value when choosing schools, the kind of studies children undertake and their access to more prestigious universities, or even the adoption of cultural practices linked to substantial cognitive gains like reading for pleasure.

Even if you push the NX hard, its e-CVT (with paddle shifters) keeps the engine revving relatively higher and it feels strained without any substantial speed gains.

Not even the Big Five have been able to pull off any substantial gains in relation to Amazon.

Richard, I'm afraid anything you might gain from more even spacing will be given up by bucking the very substantial impetus of hundreds of years of fully - justified books.

If you've had substantial capital gains during the year, you may want to consider offsetting some or even all of those gains with capital losses.

But you could still use this strategy to eliminate a substantial amount of tax, even if your adjusted gross income puts you at the 15 % tax rate for long - term capital gains.

Learn how even small investors can shoot for substantial capital gains by starting to invest their excess cash in undervalued securities.

But even without substantial innovation, ETPs can gain assets quickly if they take advantage of current market trends.

The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the collection of substantial up - front fees so the debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement with creditors, coupled with prohibitions on direct consumer communications with creditors; and (10), in the case of debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.

He needed to gain a substantial amount of weight and muscle mass before we could even begin to address the HW issues.

If a player of the opposing faction meets certain criteria (i.e. not more than 5 levels below, or not even one level below if level capped at 80), then a player should gain a substantial amount of honor & money lootable from the corpse.

But even small gains in the rate can mean substantial gains in profit.

Our market research shows that even subtle changes in the work environment create substantial gains in productivity, resulting in improved bottom - line financial performance.