Sentences with phrase «increasing numbers of passes»

That is the tradition of a shadow Education Minister popping up to tell is that the increased number of passes and the higher proportion of students getting top marks was because under Labour the exams were getting easier.

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Back when Uncle Sam thought it would have to import increasing volumes of natural gas from abroad (which was only a few years ago), it built a number of LNG import terminals on the Gulf Coast, including the Freeport facility and the only other one with the same export permit, the Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass Liquefaction project in Louisiana.

In a vote today, the U.S. Senate passed a historic immigration reform bill whose provisions include a visa for foreign - born startup founders and an increase in the number of visas available to highly skilled workers employed by technology companies.

FiveThirtyEight pointed out that the number of people who thought tax cuts enacted under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush would help the rich more than the middle class increased after those plans passed.

Criticism of House Republicans increased after the bill passed without an updated analysis from the Congressional Budget Office — which initially estimated the AHCA would increase the number of uninsured to 24 million by 2026 — and after several Republicans conceded they had not fully read the bill before voting for it.

The amount you charge per labor hour, any prices you pass along to customers, cost increases you assume, the rate of inflation, and how much your competition charges should be numbers you know off the top of your head.

If benefits and costs increase by the same percentage, high wages will have zero effect on the number of innovations that pass the expected benefits > expected costs hurdle, and so zero effect on the number of innovations that would be implemented.

As time passes, increasing numbers of people become aware of a newer way of securing transactions called blockchain.

The immigration bill the Democrats nearly passed dramatically increased the number of temporary status residents and pliable labor immigrants, while cutting family based immigration.

We study a prototypical model of a Parliament with two Parties or two Political Coalitions and we show how the introduction of a variable percentage of randomly selected independent legislators can increase the global efficiency of a Legislature, in terms of both number of laws passed and average social welfare obtained.

How are we to prevent this compression of Mankind on the closed surface of the planet (a thing that is good in itself, as we have seen, since it promotes social unification) from passing that critical point beyond which any increase in numbers will mean famine and suffocation?

Away from home, he still lays the ball off, but plays an increased number of vertical passes, to get teammates in to attacking positions.

As for the passes he played in the match, we can again see the usual lay offs and square balls, but there are an increased number of vertical passes.

«His numbers in terms of balls recovered per game have almost quadrupled (from 2.3 before to 8.75 now), just like his forward passes (26 to 82) and his dribbles (0.75 to 2.25)-- not to mention the increase in his long passes (2.45 to 13.75).

As milk empties from the alveolus, increasing numbers of prolactin receptors return to their normal shape and allow prolactin to pass through — thus rate of milk synthesis increases.

The number of things you have to worry about when raising children seems to increase with each passing year.

Dr. Thomas Trojian of Drexel University College of Medicine was lead author of a new study that showed a sharp increase in the number of youth athlete receiving medical treatment for sports - related concussions after CT concussion laws were passed in 2010.

Gun owners» fear of a Clinton presidency may have helped spur a spike in pistol permits issued in the Empire State in 2016, increasing 34 percent from the 2012 presidential election year and rivaling numbers last seen when the SAFE Act passed four years ago.

But questions remain as to why America can not pass stricter gun laws, when a majority of Americans support a number of increased restrictions.

Earlier yesterday, AFL - CIO President Denis Hughes complained that the Senate last week passed legislation with «record speed» to boost the number of charter schools statewide to 460 from 200, while labor's agenda to increase unemployment insurance and overhaul the state's economic development programs remains in limbo.

The New York Public Interest Research Group found that the total number of bills passed by state lawmakers stayed at historically low levels, but at the same time the size of the budget document increased.

The report states that legislators have voted on those numbers against the advice of their own consultants, even increasing the 2012 projections before passing the final budget.

He told me: «For the government to have now passed the Act reducing the number of MPs, and to have a joint committee running which is set to establish a second chamber at 300, to substantially increase further the membership of the Lords already over 800 makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.»

On the last day of session, lawmakers rapidly passed a bill that increased disclosure requirements on a number of non-governmental entities such as independent expenditure committees, lobby clients and political consultants.

The number of students getting a good pass in their maths and English GCSEs has increased slightly this year, despite business concerns about a decline in basic skills.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña bragged about an increase in the number of city kids passing the state Common Core tests — but that success may have more to do with...

If passed, the idea would dramatically increase the chances of Jeremy Corbyn's successor also coming from the party's left - wing, given the huge number of new members who have joined up to support the leader.

The bills that were passed also failed to lift the cap on the number of charter schools in the state — but they did unlock a cash freeze that has prevented charters from getting their first increase in per - student funding since 2009.

This year alone, the groups saw major elements of their platforms come to pass, such as tying teacher evaluations more closely to test scores, adding hurdles to earning tenure and increasing the number of charter schools, measures all unpopular with the unions.

In May, state legislators passed a bill that more than doubled the number of charter schools from 200 to 460 in an attempt to increase New York's chances of winning Race to the Top.

On this week's edition of Press Pass, WBFO's Pat Feldballe and Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner Tim Clark talk about the increasing interest film producers are showing in Western New York and how the number of scouting requests from out - of - town filmmakers continues to go up.

State officials touted increases in scores on tough Common Core exams this year but failed to reveal that they had lowered the number of right answers needed to pass half the exams.

The New York City Council yesterday passed a bill that would extend hours at animal rescue centers, seek to reduce the number of feral cats prowling city streets and increase the budget for animal services in the five boroughs.

A higher number of layers means that the electron changes its energy states when it passes through the structure, and therefore the number of emitted photons increases.

In 2005 and 2007, energy legislation was passed that increased the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and also created a number of Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture funding vehicles (grants and loan guarantees) to help the biofuels industry meet mandated production goals.

These and other measures increased the number of experiments run per year by 72 percent from 2014 to 2016, and LCLS recently passed the milestone of hosting more than 1,000 users per year.

Passing on half of the cost of the levy to consumers leading to an increase in the price of high and mid-sugar drinks of up to 20 % was estimated to reduce the number of adults and children with obesity by 81600, result in 10800 fewer cases of diabetes and 149,000 fewer decaying teeth per year.

Contracted through the bite of an infected mosquito or through sexual or other modes of transmission, Zika virus (ZIKV) infection can be prenatally passed from mother to fetus.1 The virus was first identified in the region of the Americas in early 2015, when local transmission was reported in Brazil.2 Six months later, a notable increase in the number of infants with congenital microcephaly was observed in northeast Brazil.3, 4 Clinical, epidemiologic, and laboratory evidence led investigators to conclude that intrauterine ZIKV infection was a cause of microcephaly and serious brain anomalies.5 - 7 However, as with other newly recognized teratogens, these features likely represent a portion of a broader spectrum.

So don't pass up the salad at the BBQ and be sure to add some healthy fats, which increase the bioavailability of a number of the goodies found in dark leafy greens.

By pooling the findings of the trials, the researchers found that on average, probiotics slowed «gut transit time» by 12.4 hours, increased the number of weekly bowel movements by 1.3, and helped soften stools, making them easier to pass.

Join National Eczema Association in encouraging lawmakers to pass legislation that helps people with eczema get access to safe, affordable treatments and increases the number of dollars the government allocates to eczema research.

In fact, researchers at King's College, London, researched 14 credible studies that supported findings that probiotics slowed gut transit time by 12.4 hours, increased the number of weekly bowel movements by 1.3, and helped soften stools making them easier to pass.

They found that on average, probiotics reduced gut transit time by 12 hours, increased the number of weekly bowel movements, and helped soften stools, making them easier to pass.

Although what consti - tutes â $ constipationâ $ is variously defined, diets that increase the number of bowel movements per day, improve the ease with which a stool is passed, or increase fecal bulk are considered to be of benefit.

I hope that the number of ex boyfriends, hanging around this girl, is not increasing in a geometric progression as time passes.

Age is just a number, but that number goes up every year, and for single women over 50, that numerical increase of age, by one digit gets hard to swallow, and admit as the years pass.

If you look at the trends, then you will find that the number of members on the site is increasing with each passing day, all the more reason for you to have faith in the site.

More students are taking and passing AP exams: the number of test - takers grew from 7,636 in 2010 to 10,756 in 2016, and the number of students passing the tests increased from 5,266 in 2010 to 6,440 in 2016.

The number of children passing both sections of the test also increased by 8 percent.

The number of students with good grades passing up the chance to go to university and instead opting for an apprenticeship increases every year.