Sentences with phrase «fraction of our population»

Just revel in the hope that if even a fraction of the population soaks up the wisdom in this book, America will be in a far better place.

Together a declining exit rate and a rising entry rate should increase the self - employed fraction of the population.

The demand for senior care services is booming, as older people now form a significant fraction of the population.

With 10 parties you could, in theory, end up with an extremist supported by only a small fraction of the population.

It can not be the universities, since they touch only a small fraction of the population at best and, furthermore, many universities reject the notion that they are responsible for the spiritual life of their students.

These ads will be aimed at the declining fraction of the population that is already favorable to political conservatism.

The problem is that the entire center - right infrastructure is unable to communicate intelligibly to a large and growing fraction of the population.

It may be closer to the truth to say that unfavorable trends are real and of considerable magnitude, but nonetheless that a fraction of the population accounts for a disproportionate amount of the depressing statistics.

No small businesses or restaurants, people moving out, unemployment through the rough and taxes going through the roof to pay for the services with a fraction of the population paying.

And for that only a small fraction of the population needs to have that negative attitude about the system (a few percent is enough).

And rare mutations that caused salmon to grow an extra fin or an enlarged heart sac, for example, began to turn up in a small fraction of the population, says Short.

Even in the most habituated tourist reserves, where you have these habituated tigers that you can see, it's only a fraction of the — a small fraction of the population.

As a wildlife conservationist, I am very interested in understanding what makes an «effective population size»: that fraction of a population that is fertile, actively reproducing, and able to produce the next generation.

The vertical axis shows what fraction of their populations are scientists or engineers.

Notice that the United States is not the most intensive investor, neither as a percentage of GDP nor as a fraction of its population.

Our work indicates that only a small fraction of the population resides at the top of the hierarchy, that lineage priming (co-expression of stem cell and lineage specific genes) characterizes pluripotent stem cell populations, and that extrinsic signaling pathways are upstream of transcription factor networks that control pluripotency.

Even with an ideal diet, a non-trivial fraction of the population has confounding factors that impede weight loss, and if it's thyroid (# 4), getting a useful test panel, correct diagnosis, and sane treatment is a challenge.

These supplements may be helpful for a significant fraction of the population.

Another possible cause is food toxins; I assume you've eliminated grains and legumes, but dairy looks as if it might be problematic for some fraction of the population, so you might try an elimination trial to see if it's an issue for you.

While blue seems to be the favorite color of a significant fraction of the population, it's one of those colors I often overlook when picking out clothes and accessories.

Even today, only a datingsite fraction of the population has signed up to an online dating site as most Japanese japans it is more.

For example, in the case of the right to the highest attainable standard of health, the Committee has indicated that «investments should not disproportionately favour expensive curative health services which are often accessible only to a small, privileged fraction of the population, rather than primary and preventive health care benefiting a far larger part of the population» (20).

In ancient Rome, education was accessible only to those who could afford it, and only a small fraction of the population was able to read.

We also control for the fraction of the population that is of school age, which captures aggregate demand for educational services.

I feel that a small fraction of the population feels the way you do.

It's unlikely that it will be as providing content that only a fraction of the population will see isn't good business.

If we decide that we want to survive, then we can not accept, respect or tolerate denial, This is because when a significant fraction of the population chooses inaction or distraction then it works to doom us all.

For example, consider our own country's air quality standards that are based on a very small percent increase in relative risk, but with exposures occurring across millions of people, this quickly adds up to a large attributable fraction of the population.

For example, urban heat islands may be affecting a large fraction of the world's population (perhaps as much as 50 %, the reported fraction of the population living in cities today)-- so is that a global effect, or a local one?

So if a large fraction of the population walked or biked instead of driving, CO2 emissions would go down while life expectancy went up.

I think a significant fraction of the population, and our politicians, is still not aware of how wind - power is incapable of matching our constant power needs, and how crucial our constant power needs are.

Given that the NAAQS were designed principally with the goal of protecting human health, failure to meet these standards implies a significant fraction of the population live in counties characterized by air quality that is harmful to human health.

Think of it this way: even if emissions from industrialized countries were suddenly and magically halted, the dramatic emissions reductions demanded by the climate crisis would still require developing countries to urgently decarbonize their economies, and to do while major fractions of their populations are still mired in poverty.

; — RRB - campaign gets a good deal of support from the small fraction of the population who believe they'll lose if the process is curtailed.

From a partisan political point of view, I don't actually care much about the false claims of» 97 % scientific consensus», since (as Dan has pointed out in the past) they don't actually work persuading people, and for a significant fraction of the population actually serve to turn people against it.

That's a tiny fraction of the population of India's second - largest city, and not every utility has the wherewithal to become a social - services agency in addition to providing electricity.

This one is tremendously useful, because it's a significant fraction of the population, which most surveys are not.

If a large fraction of the population is resistant to the disease, and other anti-malaria techniques are used (bed - nets, for example), millions of lives could be saved.

Back at the turn of the decade, when just a tiny fraction of the population even knew what the term meant, he used the downloadable radio - style shows to unwind at the end of long days reading case law while studying at Dalhousie University's Schulich School of Law.

Blockchains enable us to run systems without concentrating power over those systems in the hands of a small fraction of the populations that use them.

The applications of cryptocurrencies that people engage in today are all either difficult to use or only useful for a small fraction of the population.

After all, handicap renters only make up a very small fraction of the population — and it can be expensive to make such modifications.

If you can make an impression on even a minute fraction of this population, then you will have an edge over your competition.

Not exact matches

The most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers show that the fraction of the civilian, non-institutionalized population that is self - employed and running a corporation (incorporated self - employment) was 5.1 percent below its level five years ago, when the current economic recovery was getting underway.

for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

Second, even if you give that these scenarios are «voluntary» (really... if the state allows a scenario where slavery is the only employment option????) they were just a fraction of the slave population.

man people are so stupid and ignorant these days, maybe a minority of Muslims who act violently make you believe that, but those guys are a very small fraction of the whole Muslim population.

Jesus is just a belief shared by a fraction of the world's population, and there are thousands of conflicting opinions about him even amongst his strongest believers.

These priests and others are in fact — by the numbers - representative of the fraction of pedophiles in the population at large.

«Or would we say, «I am not willing to give up even the smallest fraction of my safety to welcome people who have been vetted very carefully, who have been proven as a remarkable population of people.