Sentences with phrase «exaggerated numbers in»

For example, I am not opposed to the idea of exaggerated numbers in some of these accounts, as I think it helps make much more sense of what is happening and helps explain some of the problems inherent within the text.

Not exact matches

It seems like growth in both imports and exports may have been exaggerated, as local authorities may be round - tripping both exports and imports in order to make their numbers look good.

A former Communist and Socialist who became an unvarnished anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer, Rassinier did not initially deny the existence of death camps and gas chambers, but he claimed that the number of Jewish victims was hugely exaggerated, and that most of these were in fact murdered by other Jewish inmates who had been given authority within the camps.

The greatest outcry, however, came from survey organizations who produce the polls, social scientists who utilize poll findings to bolster arguments about the vitality of American religion, and a number of Roman Catholic researchers who argued that we exaggerated the overreporting in their constituency.

The fact is, a good number of would - be immigrants exaggerate the dangers in their birth country.

Demographers criticized the survey on methodological grounds for exaggerating the numbers of Orthodox Jews in the area, while representatives of Reform and Conservative Judaism and secular Jews warned that, if the survey's figures were correct, the New York Jewish community was leaving a golden age of liberal activism and intellectual modernism and entering a period of social insularity and religious obscurantism.

# 44 million for a player with exaggerated goal stats due to the number of penalties scored, in a relatively poor league.

Your exaggerating, Ive been reading in this site for a good number of years and early on yes I think it was a bit like that from some fans.

As for number 3, it is ethically suspect to exaggerate the benefits of breastfeeding, pretend that that breastfeeding is a matter of life and death in the US, mislead women on the state of the scientific evidence and above all, to shame and scare women about formula feeding.

I'm not a doctor but I'm well educated enough, with a enough of a background in statistics to be able to comfortably read something like a CDC report and I can see that, while on the right side of the issue, some of the numbers she's using are exaggerated.

Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi has accused David Cameron of exaggerating the number of moderate troops in Syria.

It could be a routine hold for Labour in a constituency they have dominated forever, proving that rumours of the party's demise have been greatly exaggerated; it could be the route to Westminster for Paul Nuttall (for whom this is the fifth attempt to get into the Commons — still short of Nigel Farage's number), heralding the beginning of a big Ukip surge into working - class Labour heartlands; it could end up with a very close three -(or even four -, depending on Liberal Democrat performance) way race that shows the new divides in the electorate in the wake of the Brexit referendum.

Like all winner - take - all voting methods, IRV tends to exaggerate the number of seats won by the largest parties; small parties without majority support in any given constituency are unlikely to earn seats in a legislature, although their supporters will be more likely to be part of the final choice between the two strongest candidates.

The causes of such unpredictable results, Harris said, can include bad ingredients in the lab, including contaminated and misidentified cell lines; poor research design, including insufficient numbers of mice in animal studies; statistical error and overreach, including «HARKing» (hypothesizing after the results are known), a push beyond the limits of the data; and funding pressures, which can lead scientists to hype or exaggerate their results to remain competitive for additional grant money.

The researchers found that «1) ingestion of a large number of calories at one time (binge eating) impacts metabolic parameters even when total calories and macronutrients are appropriate for weight; 2) the timing of energy intake is an independent determinant of the diurnal rhythm of leptin secretion, indicating a relatively acute affect of energy balance on leptin dynamics; 3) the mechanism of exaggerated insulin secretion after a binge meal remains to be determined, but may be related to the altered diurnal pattern of leptin secretion; and 4) as most binge eating episodes in the population are associated with the ingestion of excess calories, it is hypothesized that binge eating behavior is associated with even greater metabolic dysfunction than that described herein.»

Using the matte slate shade (number 4) in the palette, create an exaggerated winged shape around the hood of the eye.

Using the matte slate shade (number 4) in the Rock Nudes palette, create an exaggerated winged shape around the hood of the eye.

And, according to one study, those generate over three thousand dollars every second (of course, as with everything in the adult entertainment, this number may be a bit exaggerated).

While the site clams that there are over 30 million adults in the Lesbian Personals network, I think that number is greatly exaggerated and that the real number of real life profiles is closer to 2 million members at best, but even so that's a big dating pool for lesbians to explore.

, Season 5, Episode 7: The number of disabled people in America is greatly exaggerated.

However, it has also misinformed viewers by presenting a distorted picture of the situation since Kony is no longer in Uganda, and the number of children abducted has been exaggerated.

In both locations, investigations by journalists at the Boston Globe and WBEZ revealed that the waiting list numbers were grossly exaggerated, often counting the same students multiple times.

As we all likely know well by now, speakers for both parties during last and this weeks» Republican and Democratic Conventions, respectively, spoke and in many cases spewed a number of exaggerated, misleading, and outright false claims about multiple areas of American public policy... educational policy included.

Watchdogs like Consumer Reports and Internet forums where drivers are able to share observed mileage also play a role in curbing exaggerated numbers.

I'm not over exaggerating here but I have called the GM about 15 Times, all in which I have left multiple messages and my return number - I have still not been called back.

The traditional publishing industry no longer seems to want to «nurture» /» guide» new authors and accompany them on a long and hopefully successful career; instead, they want writers who will hit the «bestseller» list with their very first novel and sell more than 20 000 copies in a flash (I may be exaggerating with the numbers but I don't think I'm that far off!).

In the end, it was the number of actual listeners that had been exaggerated to absurdity.

In any event, the numbers sound impressive, even if they are exaggerated a bit.

Fears that underwater homeowners will default on their mortgages in large numbers are exaggerated, say economists from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

That the numbers of feral cats and their ecological impact on Australia were both grossly exaggerated was documented as early as 1992 in separate studies by University of Adelaide researcher David Paton, who vocally favored legislation to keep cats indoors, and National Parks & Wildlife officer Ric Nattrass, who concluded that the alleged cat threat was overblown.

For years now, ABC has been promoting erroneous and misleading information (e.g., baseless feral cat population numbers, exaggerated / erroneous predation rates, etc.) in their tireless effort to vilify free - roaming cats.

In this piece, Broad attempts to discredit Gore's «An Inconvenient Truth» by exaggerating the legitimate, but minor, criticisms of his treatment of the science by experts on climate science, and presenting specious or unsubstantiated criticisms by a small number of the usual, well - known contrarians who wouldn't agree even if Gore read aloud from the latest IPCC report.

Lomborg in his book cites a number of cases in which environmental activists have misstated or exaggerated the truth in much the way Connolley attempts to on his site.

The latest Gallup survey from a week ago reveals that 41 % of the U.S. public (including increasing number of independents) believe that the media is exaggerating the climate change story, and the number of folks who believe this is a serious issue has been declining in the past few years.

(3) The supposed global warming you claim has such disastrous impact was — real world now, not exaggerated political propaganda — 1/2 of ONE degree change in temperature in 1998, and is right now, real world, actual numbers remember 0.0 degrees change over the past 30 years.

The supposed global warming you claim has such disastrous impact was — real world now, not exaggerated political propaganda — 1/2 of ONE degree change in temperature in 1998, and is right now, real world, actual numbers remember 0.0 degrees change over the past 30 years.

A growing number of Americans, a record 40 percent, think the dangers of climate change are exaggerated, according to Gallup polling in recent years.

Hand pointed out that the statistical tool Mann used to integrate temperature data from a number of difference sources â $ «including tree - ring data and actual thermometer readings â $ «produced an «exaggerated» rise in temperatures over the 20th century, relative to pre-industrial temperatures.

Drugs are tested by the people who manufacture them, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques which are flawed by design, in such a way that they exaggerate the benefits of treatments.

They can either agree that their previous reports exaggerated the value of climate sensitivity, or they can attempt to write a document which has little basis in science that says their previous numbers were right.

They can either admit that their previous reports were wrong in that their assessment exaggerated climate sensitivity; or they need to igore the solid science that now shows that the numbers were, in fact, exaggerated.

I suppose I'm exaggerating to make a point, but the point is that what models say will happen is what the basic principles of physics, in concert with observations, say will happen; the models don't invent the results but rather assign a number to them.

Sometimes in their zeal to exaggerate the «social benefits» of one of its programs, the number - crunchers at government agencies will stoop to absurd arguments that end up coming back to bite them.

It presented the numbers in such a way to exaggerate the economic benefits to provinces, especially BC.

In a nutshell, I think it has been greatly exaggerated by a number of special interest groups with an axe to grind» — would suggest that you do, but you're saying is that certain groups and individuals are milking it for gain.

Now we have more urban effect in those numbers reflecting — that show up in that enhanced or exaggerated warming in the global data set.

From their paper alone it would appear I exaggerated, but the «doubling» was based on numbers quoted in the petition to place the Emperor in the Endangered species list in which the Center for Bioogical Diversity argued a declining population.

The blanket - exemption treatment is based on increasingly questionable assertions that wind turbines reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels that supposedly cause global warming, climate change, extreme weather events and an amazing number of dog, people, Italian pasta, prostitution and other exaggerated or imaginary problems, plus others that exist only in computer models whose forecasts and scenarios bear no resemblance to Real World conditions or events.

The BEST data in the period 1800 to 1830 appears to be somewhat exaggerated and perhaps reflect the very small numbers of stations being sampled rather than a real global climate state.

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