Sentences with phrase «grown over the past few decades»

He argues, for example, that Africa's population wouldn't have continued growing over the past few decades if AIDS really is a lethal communicable disease.

Nationwide the charter school sector has grown over the past few decades amid a debate about its virtues and drawbacks — and even whether the publicly funded schools are public or private entities.

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The growing recognition of the negative effects of corporate tax rates explains why Canada and other OECD countries have made it a point to reduce corporate income taxes over the past few decades:

Four - in - five say US made wrong decision in voting to removing internet protections April 4, 2018 — While the internet has grown in scale, influence and importance in the lives of most everyone on the planet over the past few decades,

The black / white divide has been highlighted by the fact that the fastest growing segment of the UK Church over the past few decades has been among Pentecostal denominations, driven by the rapid growth of new African and Caribbean churches.

In The Unfinished Global Revolution: The Limits of Nations and the Pursuit of a New Politics (Allen Lane, # 25), he argues that, over the past few decades, domestic problems such as unemployment and the environment have grown international roots.

«Over the past few decades, wildfire suppression costs have increased as fire seasons have grown longer and the frequency, size, and severity of wildfires has increased,» Jones said.

The winter sea ice around Antarctica has grown slightly over the past few decades.

Emerging - market bonds have posted impressive returns over the past few decades, as emerging - market economies have grown more robust.

From those few specimens, the Shar - Pei fancy has grown tremendously over the past decades.

However, over the past few decades many of the world's best zoos and aquariums have also worked to educate their visitors about conservation issues, in addition to funding and supporting programs in the field to save the ever - growing number of imperiled species.

«If we look at the legal profession demographically, it has grown significantly over the past few decades in the big cities but in small towns and cities it hasn't been keeping up with population growth.»

There are also more economic reasons — minimum wage has increased over the past few decades so companies aren't hiring as frequently for positions normally filled by high schoolers, and a tough economy saw more grown workers taking jobs they usually wouldn't — but a lot of it can be attributed to students spending their time more wisely.

Since these traits predict both college attendance and graduation, the spread of single - parent families over the past few decades may have contributed to the growing gender gap in college attendance and graduation.

«We know, anecdotally, over the past few years that the 55 + housing market has been growing and is likely to continue to grow for the next decade, and now we have new numbers that back that up,» said Paul Emrath, NAHB's vice president of survey and housing policy research.