Sentences with phrase «growing number of converts»

The prospect of measuring the contribution made by schools and teachers to their students» progress is winning a growing number of converts to value - added assessment.

Moving southward, the focus shifts to Justin Knopf and Keith Thompson, whose large Great Plains operations have become successful laboratories for «no - till farming,» an almost unimaginable notion not long ago that has won a fast - growing number of converts.

Several months on and it is now one of my favourite pasta sauces and what's more I am now amassing a growing number of converts to the pleasures of the sweet / savoury combination.

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As a result, a growing number of transportation companies, for example Waste Management Inc., are finally converting their fleets to natural gas from diesel.

Our second priority is growing the number of marketers using our ad products, and we're making great progress... More and more small businesses are using our free Pages product — and we remain focused on converting these Page owners into advertisers.

Under Ms. Tolstedt's leadership in 2010, the Community Bank achieved a number of significant strategic objectives, including converting approximately 750 Wachovia banking stores to the Wells Fargo platform, record cross-sell results in legacy Wells Fargo stores and increased cross-sell results in Wachovia stores, rising customer service and satisfaction results, growing market share in key businesses, and positioning the Community Bank for future growth when economic conditions stabilize.

With family roots in El Salvador, Parada is part of a growing number of Hispanic converts to Islam in Houston and the United States.

Although the popular Czech Church was quite small, the number of converts and sympathizers grew» especially among youth and the intelligentsia, and in the larger towns.

Iran, Elam Ministries told Mohabat News that a growing number of Farsi churches had been closed and Christian converts had been imprisoned for merely praying and worshipping in their own homes.

The number of adult converts per year has been growing steadily and is testimony, in part, to the success of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), a program of evangelization and catechesis begun after the Second Vatican Council.

That's why the 2nd verse says that he is a root out of dry ground, he has to convert to righteousness, he didn't know who he was at first until he grew to know, and is why it says in verse 12, he was numbered with the transgressors, he «bare» did wrong too, the sins of many, but made intercessor, (turned his life around) praying, working for the transgressors for YHWH telling them to convert, pouring out his soul.

This market will be driven by the sustained needs of the celiac and gluten - intolerant consumers, as well as growing numbers of full - time and / or part - time gluten - free converts.

The gluten - free market will be driven by the sustained needs of the celiac and gluten - intolerant consumers, as well as growing numbers of full - time and / or part - time gluten - free converts.

>> To convert impressions made through Rookie Rugby and Try - On Rugby into full RNC Members, thereby growing the quality and number of our clubs and membership.

The cell has grown in strength, with the charismatic radical American - Yemeni cleric Anwar al - Awlaqi even recruiting a number of Western - born Muslims and converts.

One silver lining: by seeking to convert the state - subsidized School Tax Relief (STAR) homestead exemption into a personal income tax credit when homes change hands, Cuomo will make the full school tax burden far more visible to a growing number of families — which can only be a good thing.

«Although online dating revenues continue to grow, rising prices have kept a large number of users from converting to paid subscribers.

Muslim scholars have called The number of Christian converts to Islam is growing rapidly.

Sanderson, a businessman involved in shady property development deals, is one of a growing number of American entrepreneurs who are determined to convert Puerto Rico into a capitalist paradise in service of the wealthy.

A harder task, which a growing number of schools are proving can be done, is to convert an entire school to embrace new practices that fulfill the changing educational demands of our age.

A growing number of reform champions were converted to the cause because their kids needed different options for schooling.

The number — and proportion — of academies within a formal group is growing as governing boards realise the risks of remaining isolated, particularly for smaller schools such as the primaries that are converting now.

«We continue to hear from a growing number of Whispersync for Voice converts who tell us the innovation has profoundly changed the way they read — in fact, switching back and forth between reading and listening has become their preferred way of experiencing stories,» said Audible founder and CEO Donald Katz.

These foods are gaining converts daily, as a growing number of consumers seek to feed their dogs a diet that more closely resembles they dogs would consume in the wild.

Lassaw's studio became too small to accommodate the growing numbers of the militants, and the headquarters were moved to an elegantly converted studio loft and, later, to a still more commodious studio.

Carbon payback time refers to the number of years it takes for the emissions saved by the replacement of fossil fuels with biofuel to offset the carbon emissions generated when the land is converted for growing the biofuel feedstock.

The need to feed a growing number of people globally has led to more land being converted [continue reading...]

Hill Dickinson and Kennedys have become the latest top 50 law firms to confirm plans to convert to an alternative business structure (ABS), as growing numbers of firms gear up for the «Tesco Law» revolution.

There are a growing number of homeowners who are illegally renovating and converting spaces in their house to take advantage of what he says is a growing rental demand, said Halbig.

• Is there a stable demand for the growing number of foreclosures converted into rentals?