Sentences with phrase «knit groups»

Get a peek at daily advisory meetings where students build both literacy and social and emotional learning skills in tight - knit groups.

Medical professionals have, for decades, understood the link between general health and those with close - knit groups of friends and family members.

This often meant a «disparate collective made up of two or three tightly - knit groups.»

Governments, political parties, AGW alarmists, «green» industries, celebrities, mainstream media news outlets, TV networks like NBC, special interest groups — all of these close - knit groups have both personal and professional vested interests in keeping the myth of «man - made» global warming alive, and suffice it to say that they will work hard to «contain» this scandal.

The small and close - knit groups means everyone receives equ...

Beachfront villas are the have - it - all holiday option treasured by families and close - knit groups that like to settle in for unhurried vacations by the sea.

Many are close - knit groups of people who have formed lasting friendships.

Some jurisdictions, notably Shanghai and Singapore15 have built pounds to hold strays, while in other locales, private citizens have formed humane societies and loose - knit groups of volunteers to care for rescued dogs.

Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, combines psychology, history and anthropology in this unique study of why humans naturally want to form and live in close - knit groups.

Get a peek at daily advisory meetings where students build both literacy and social and emotional learning skills in tight - knit groups.

«Remote NT schools bring with them their own set of unique circumstances, and communities are often tight - knit groups,» he tells Teacher.

First came Martin Scorsese's Oscar - scooping epic The Departed, then Ben Affleck chipped in with The Town, both movies driven by their portrayal of tightly - knit groups of characters immovably rooted in their native Bostonian soil.

As an adult, most people tend to form small, tight knit groups of friends with little opportunity to meet new people outside of this circle.

One of the main reasons that Spinning has become so popular, apart from close - knit groups, loud music, and an enthusiastic instructor, is the guarantee of extremely high calories burns.

Next, the researchers identified the most tightly knit groups in each network and determined how much their members changed over time.

Bachelor pods are close - knit groups of young males, but not all blood relatives.

Modern sperm whales are also known for forming these tight - knit groups, composed mainly of females and their calves.

Waring says his «ingredients» for growing environmental cooperation include «a population of tight - knit groups, under high pressure to preserve resources, who have the power to manage them, and who learn from each other's successes and failures.»

I found the Dutch quite enthusiastic about such activities once they had warmed to the idea, and as they seem to have a genetic propensity for forming tightly knit groups, you can gain valuable colleagues this way.

Combining sensor data with employee surveys and performance results, he noticed that operators in tight - knit groups were happier and twice as efficient at making their calls than those in less socially cohesive groups.

For each area, they combed the historical and anthropological records to work out when people first started living in close - knit groups.

Orcas form tight - knit groups in the wild, each with its own dialect, so scientists think that their ability to learn new sounds may be key to how they communicate and interact with one other.

Matriarchs are at the hub of a complex, multilayered social network, and we are now getting insights into the nature of the ties that bind these close - knit groups and the key role that wise old leaders play in enhancing the survival of their members.

Guppies exposed to predators tend to aggregate into smaller, more tightly knit groups, which may allow them to coordinate their predator avoidance strategies.

The sexual fall of many men who've exercised «authority» within tight knit groups would seem to back up your view of hidden eroticism.

Many have noted that while globalization has been drawing people together into worldwide unions and federations, opposite forces have been focusing attention on individualism and on small, tightly knit groups and movements.

The authors judge, correctly I reckon, that however individualistic conservatives» political and theological ideology may be, their churches are apt to function more like authentic communities — close - knit groups, commitment to which is viewed by their members not as optional but as integral to individual identity.

Hierarchies — they're the stuff of dictators, plutocrats, big bosses and tightly knit groups.

Launched in 2003, they were to be the SWAT units of the capital markets — crack, tightly knit groups of financial investigators, legal advisers, forensic accountants and other specialists.

Employees say: «We have a great tight - knit group of people that really care about each other and the work that we all produce.

What I found is that, first of all, they were a very, very close - knit group.

Improv is challenging, but you're with a tight - knit group, and the teacher creates a comfortable environment for true participation.

We had such a close - knit group of friends that we just always hugged when we greeted one other.

Bounce Exchange CEO and co-founder shares with us how the digital - marketing company was able to maintain a stellar company culture despite going from a tight - knit group to a business with 130 employee...

We're a creative, motivated and close - knit group.

A mastermind group often consists of a close - knit group of people generally with a common interest uniting them.

At Uber, Clark was part of a tight - knit group of execs close to ousted CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick, although he did not appear to have been as controversial as some, if at all.

«It's a pretty tight - knit group.

But few would describe Rauf's congregation as a tight knit group.

What makes matters worse is that the church as a closely - knit group tends to suppress conflict, rather than dealing with it head - on.

The close - knit group sets Schoep's apart, a characteristic that Thomsen believes provides an advantage over the competition.

Genetically, it belongs to a tightly knit group of wild taxa including C. eximium (Bolivia and northern Argentina), C. cardenasii (Bolivia), and C. tovarii (Peru).

The Spurs boss is confident that his tight - knit group are in it for the long haul as they continue to chase Premier League glory for the second season running.

«To develop a close - knit group.

This team can push onto bigger and better things, and I hope we can show people this season how close a tight - knit group we are.

More than likely, this will only bring a tight - knit group of players closer together.

He hasn't been on serious money for a long time, is loved by LCFC, is with a closely knit group of players, and either way will play ECL football next season.

To me, that was very telling, because it's clear we have a close - knit group and when that's the case off the pitch, on the pitch that has to shine through.

Perhaps it is the need to preserve this close knit group that is making the boss very careful in the transfer market but is it not more important to keep all our current players happy and fighting for each other, than risking it by signing a player with the wrong attitude?

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who left the club last month, has left a big squad at the Cardiff City Stadium and it will be tough for Slade to put together a tight knit group who can challenge for promotion.