Sentences with phrase «few other areas of the country»

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Regulations have twisted the laws of supply and demand, causing Western Canada's biggest metropolitan area to have fewer taxis per capita than any other city in the country.

While property is relatively more affordable in other parts of the country (six times the average salary in the North - east rather than 14 times in London) it's impossible to ignore that even in the most affordable areas house prices are geared towards two - earner families with two or fewer children.

He says by the time U.S. students are in fifth grade, they'll have fallen behind their peers in other countries in fluency with least common multiples, areas of non-rectangular shapes, percentages, ratios and graphs such as pie charts and bar graphs, just to name a few examples.

In other parts of the country there may only be a few hard money lenders who are able to service the area and they may be more difficult to find.

Very few veterinary hospitals can meet the stringent requirements of AAHA accreditation (there is only one other AAHA accredited hospital in the Big Country area at this time).

If you have two weeks why not look at the surrounding areas of your chosen country or destination and see if you can combine a few other stops along the way?

Visits to traditional villages and other cultural sites most often begin with a short walk, a ride in a comfortable off - road or a boat trip, as there are few or no paved roads into the most remote areas of the country.

Like anywhere, there are places in Guatemala which are considered to be safer than other areas of the country for tourists — like Antigua, Flores, Lake Atitlan, Semuc Champey and Quetzaltenango (Xela), to name a few.

This was the message of the OECD's International Energy Agency when it reviewed Australia's energy economy a few years ago.11 It is also the message of the most comprehensive analysis of Australia's energy efficiency performance, carried out by the foremost expert in the area, Lee Schipper of the IEA and La wrence Berkeley Laboratories.12 The analysis concluded that, while the story varies from sector to sector, overall Australia's energy efficiency performance is poor compared to other OECD countries.

In some areas, there may not be a huge amount of buildings to source materials from, so it might not be quite as simple as in other areas, where houses, barns, sheds, and even commercial buildings are standing vacant, in part because of the country - to - city migrations that have been happening for the last few decades.

When compared to prices from many other areas of the country, New York home insurance quotes are well above average (the average cost of New York home insurance is $ 869, a noticeable increase over nearby Pennsylvania's $ 643 or Delaware's $ 530); this doesn't mean, however, that Empire State residents can't make a few changes to lower their rates.

Dental assistants handle quite a few tasks in the patient care realm of dental offices across the country, but they help out in other areas as well.

It is a culturally diverse society with a population of more than 22 million.21 Australia's population includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples and migrants from some 200 countries with Indigenous Australian peoples representing 2.5 % of the total population.22 In over 60 years of planned post-war migration, Australia has accepted more than 6.5 million migrants and in the most recent census (2006), 3.1 million people (16 % of the population) were reported to speak a language other than English at home.23 The majority of the population lives in the cities mainly located around the coast; however, many live in rural and remote areas ranging from dry arid land to tropical and a few live in what are arguably some of the most remote and untouched areas of the world.

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.