Sentences with phrase «extent at least in»

In that sense one could argue that Arctic sea ice extent at least in 1940 was «very low» compared to the early and mid 20th Century, but compared to the past 20 years it was actually very high.

Not exact matches

I've had people in my life who to some extent ran the business side of my life, or at least were partners and associates who thought in business terms much more than I did.

It's at the very least sobering to consider the extent of Lehman's toxic reach five years ago — a reach that seems almost preposterous when viewed in terms of its unraveling in bankruptcy.

Maybe ignoring the competition was fine advice a decade ago, but with technology driving change at a pace never seen before in human history, entrepreneurs can't afford not to follow their competitors, at least to some extent.

Although it is true that higher volumes will make up for lower prices to some extent, unless you can sell as much as a Kmart or Wal - Mart, you absolutely need at least a 50 percent markup (keystone) to survive in a small retail shop.

Nevertheless, he says rising fuel prices could, to some extent at least, increase interest in electric cars and hybrids.

Assuming that's right, 6 teraflops in a set - top console in 2017 is a big deal, at least to the extent buyers care about native (or nearly so) 4K graphics, as well as support for a compelling higher - end virtual reality part.

While almost half (48 %) of those surveyed in the 2016 Bayt.com Middle East and North Africa Salary survey, said loyalty to their company is linked to the salary they receive at least to some extent, a considerable proportion (35 %) claimed their loyalty is not linked to the salary they receive.

«The question from a financial stability point of view is whether or not those measures, to the extent they encourage more credit and more investment, may not buy some more growth today, but increase the risk of some disruption in growth further down the road,» Carolyn Wilkins, the Bank of Canada's senior deputy governor, said at least week's press conference.

In furtherance of this requirement, section 2 (c) of Executive Order 13771 requires that the new incremental costs associated with new regulations shall, to the extent permitted by law, be offset by the elimination of existing costs associated with at least two prior regulations.

To the extent investors are trying to maximize risk - adjusted returns, in our view, parts of the credit market look attractive, at least relative to U.S. stocks.

But overall demand growth has remained quite strong, boosted to some extent by temporary pre-GST spending, and by public - sector expenditure which, at least as recorded in the national accounts, has also expanded quite quickly.

What history has shown us is that, on average, a full market cycle is at least 7 to 10 years, depending on the extent of any drawdowns in the market, i.e., 15 % or 20 %.

I prefer companies with less than 0.5 debt / equity ratios, or at least less than 1.0 debt / equity ratios, but it will vary to a certain extent in some industries.

I control my life, at least to the extent that the environment I live in allows me too.

The conclusion just reached suggests that supposedly value - free political science has had value commitments in spite of itself, at least to the extent that it affirms happiness to be a private matter.5 In addition, I am persuaded that political science explicitly based upon a preferential view of self - interest always implicitly invokes an objective criterion of happinesin spite of itself, at least to the extent that it affirms happiness to be a private matter.5 In addition, I am persuaded that political science explicitly based upon a preferential view of self - interest always implicitly invokes an objective criterion of happinesIn addition, I am persuaded that political science explicitly based upon a preferential view of self - interest always implicitly invokes an objective criterion of happiness.

You're assuming that we know or at least - can - see the full extent of ways in which God might have agency.

And both Fuller and Young Life appear to have closed ranks behind Jewett — at least to the extent of affirming the validity of his position as a needed option in the emerging discussions.

Might both exist, at least to some extent, in a spiritual dimension?

Partly by the subtle influence of a partly Christian civilization and partly by processes of inner development analogous to that in which Christianity itself arose, Western Jews, at least, have already to a large extent entered into spiritual existence.

That holds for the spirituality of the person and for matter, as such and in general at least, to the extent that it can not be derived from something that is other than itself and non-material.

A God who is not involved in events is, to that extent at least, not caught up in the ongoing ecology of existence.

The material that is received originates, at least to a certain extent, in a source outside the recipient's own body.

At the same time, a persistent reflection on this central image may be able to explain, to some extent at least, why Christian theology has arrived at so many dead - ends in its ruminations about mystery, creation, suffering, and human freedoAt the same time, a persistent reflection on this central image may be able to explain, to some extent at least, why Christian theology has arrived at so many dead - ends in its ruminations about mystery, creation, suffering, and human freedoat least, why Christian theology has arrived at so many dead - ends in its ruminations about mystery, creation, suffering, and human freedoat so many dead - ends in its ruminations about mystery, creation, suffering, and human freedom.

Often, it falls back on the hearer to not allow themselves to be controlled or manipulated, at least to an extent where it is unhealthy for them... and each one of us has to discover where that line is for ourselves (I'm still learning to say «no, I can't do that» and I'm still learning to not put more money in the offering plate because the pastor told us he's preached 47 Sundays in a row without a vacation).

To the extent that Whitehead's actual entities must be both microscopic and noncomposite (as the orthodox interpreters hold), then to the same extent there is a problem as to how the category of actual entity could be applicable, as Whitehead required all his categories to be (PR 3/4), at least in the universe accessible to physical science.

It seems much simpler to me to say that the structural possibilities for the self - constitution of currently concrescing actual entities are present in the society or field of activity to which the entities belong, but that only God in virtue of the divine primordial nature has an infallible understanding which possibilities will be genuinely fruitful and to what extent they will be fruitful and which possibilities will ultimately be fruitless, at least in terms of the achievement of higher goals and values.

The case has been made that childhood was invented — which it was, at least in the sense that certain societies began to feel that young children should be excluded from the workforce, and women with them, to some extent at least.

This is why a certain sameness is essential in liturgy, at least to the extent that liturgy celebrates in some way the importance of Jesus in the contemporary context.

Policy - making in media regulation, particularly in the U.S. and to a large extent also in Australia, proceeds generally by forming, or at least undergirding, political decisions on the same «objective» and «scientific» basis developed for less ambiguous areas such as public engineering, economics, and regulation of public safety.

While we can not be sure of the extent to which the ancients interpreted this symbolically rather than literally, it can be said that some at least, if not all, thought of the divine abode in fairly materialistic terms and certainly in space terms.

This much at least may be conceded, that along with the academic tradition of detached secular study of religion, there is growing in both Christendom and elsewhere a religiously related scholarship of religious diversity.30 To some extent in the future these studies, it would seem, are to be carried out by religious people for religious people.

To be quite specific, we are taking it from a consensus that is rooted in the European Enlightenment and that, to a remarkable extent, has become universal, at least among the cultural elites of the world.

It may, of course, be conservative in spirit and is so at least to the extent that it begins with the assumption that the Scriptures remain normative for the church.

I must already be in love and charity with my neighbors, at least to some extent.

The individual, so far as he suffers from his wrongness and criticizes it, is to that extent consciously beyond it, and in at least possible touch with something higher, if anything higher exist.

From the opening keynote to a special panel discussion on materials for standup pouches, sustainability and the future of flexible packaging recyclability were two topics discussed to at least some extent in nearly every presentation at the recent Global Pouch West.

It sparked concerns that Ozil had lied or at least exaggerated about the extent of the injury concern, in order to avoid playing for Arsenal during this tough time.

Your obsession with having at least two top quality players for every position does not work in the real world unless you live in the world of Man City, Real, Barca, and Bayern to some extent.

Wenger's record in the competition, winning it five times since taking charge of the club in 1996, backs up his words, reported by ESPN, to some extent at least.

Notre Dame and Alabama played football a couple of years ago, at least to the extent the Tide dragging the Irish all over the field in the 2012 season's BCS Championship was «football.»

You can understand it to a certain extent given that he is in fact world class and players around him do not appear to match his intricate play at least for the most part.

I was talking to some friends yesterday, and we all were in unanimity that, at least to the extent of top teams or exciting football, Week 12 didn't have much to offer.

Sadly, Ray has, at least to some extent, faded from the Arsenal collective consciousness in a way that many other stars of that Double year haven't — partly I suppose because there were just too many subsequent goals for Liverpool (each one a small dagger to my heart), and partly, and far more seriously, because his dreadful illness impacts on his ability to travel and maintain any kind of profile.

Helen is Christian, though, not Jewish, so we celebrate Easter, too, at least to the extent of hiding chocolate eggs in the backyard for our son.

In this case, changing positions could alleviate the pain to some extent, at least for a short while.

We might have got very excited in the last week or so about the extent of opposition to Lords reform from among the Conservative backbenches, but — despite the programme motion setback — the coalition has at least succeeded in buying itself a lot of time to make progress.

In this context, the logical step to take, at the very least, is to amend laws to negotiate the protection of individual freedoms and civil liberties to the maximum extent possible.

It's good that there's security at least to the extent it is right now, and that we are now in a situation that this town at least has a chance to salvage that building and who knows, maybe this thing will be very successful.

Not a change in the public interest but a change, to some extent at least, based on narrow self - interest.»