Sentences with phrase «large number of official»

«Their involvement was welcome, but it also overwhelmed the systems,» Dirk Forrister, head of the Natsource consulting firm and a former White House climate official from the Clinton administration, said of the large number of official delegations.

The alarmists already have a large number of official reports, so it will be important to finally see the opposition views laid out officially.

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A large number of North Koreans resort to bribing officials to have their documents approved, which means a passport can cost up to $ 3,000 — a sum of money most can only dream of in a country where widespread poverty is regularly reported.

On Wednesday, after May announced the expulsion of the 23 Russian diplomats — the largest number ejected by the UK since the Cold War — multiple US officials, including the US ambassador to the UN and White House staff, said the US stands in solidarity with the UK.

«This is a large number of senior officials and oligarchs, many of whom are in the inner circle of Vladimir Putin and many of whom are facing sanctions for the first time as well as the state - owned enterprises,» the official said.

Officials from the Coast Guard and local law enforcement told CNBC they have not tracked large number of the stolen engines overseas, at least in recent years.

For a number of reasons he is convinced that the established order today can be neither overthrown nor effectively challenged — the primary reason being that «the relevant decisions are made neither by the people at large nor by the official government, but by the private governments where effective power rests.»

When the modern missionary movement arose there was the tension between the missionary movement and the ecclesiastical establishment that resulted in a large number of missionary societies being organized outside official church bodies.

According to officials, a large number of them were brought back into town early Wednesday — reports are unclear on how many specifically, ranging from 76 to 110.

It's official: Asia Pacific's ever - growing network of economies has topped North America and Europe as the region with the largest number of wealthy citizens in the world.

Traffic on the Ohio Turnpike is a coffle of tractor - trailers as Golden Flashes coach Gary Waters argues that the RPI, that mystical set of numbers the NCAA tournament committee consults when it hands out at - large bids, should R.I.P. Every mid-major coach is sympathetic to Waters's argument, because big - time schools insist on playing nonconference games in their own arenas, with officials of their choosing, and the RPI doesn't penalize them for refusing to go on the road.

But park district officials responded that, so far, the increased risk has n`t translated into a large number of serious head injuries such as those suffered by an 8 - year - old Northwest Side boy when he fell from a spiral slide in a Chicago park in 1978.

In recent months, officials have discussed installing a turf field instead of a grass field in the park — at an added cost of up to $ 1 million, which the Lyons Township Soccer Club has said is needed for the community's large number of soccer players.

A federal proposal to tighten eligibility for free school lunches could force large numbers of low - income children out of a program that feeds more than 800,000 students in Illinois, local school officials say.

The Erie County Industrial Development Agency had a record - setting day today, approving tax breaks for seven projects — the largest number of projects that it has provided subsidies for in a single meeting since it was created in 1970, agency officials said.

Officials are already announcing plans to welcome what they say will be the largest number of such ships in Buffalo since the days when the city was a critical shipping port.

He was joined by a large contingent of constituents (including the local «Red Hats» group shown ^ with the Senator and with members of the Morris Park Community Association shown >), largely from the Morris Park area where Klein grew up and currently lives, as well as a number of sitting Bronx elected officials and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer, who all resoundingly disputed Koppel's critique of the Senator and pledged their support to challenge other Democrats from other areas of the city and state.

Labour is currently the Official Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, having won the second - largest number of seats in the 2017 general election.

Seligson said local and county officials already hold a large number of events that aim to bring lawmakers together, including a monthly dinner organized by the Westchester Municipal Officials Association — which consists of 45 towns, villages, and cities countywide — where members discuss areas of mutualofficials already hold a large number of events that aim to bring lawmakers together, including a monthly dinner organized by the Westchester Municipal Officials Association — which consists of 45 towns, villages, and cities countywide — where members discuss areas of mutualOfficials Association — which consists of 45 towns, villages, and cities countywide — where members discuss areas of mutual concern.

NOW, the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States, was founded in 1966 and has hundreds of chapters in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NOW - NY and NOW - NYC, the New York City chapter, have advocated on a number of issues affecting girls and women, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence and child marriage — issues it has worked on with Cuomo and other elected officials.

The mayor backed off after a large number of local elected officials lined up with Uber, calling the proposed cap unnecessary and poorly conceived.

The number of degraded bolts at the Indian Point unit 2 reactor was the largest seen to date at a reactor in the United States, so the NRC is closely monitoring the plant to return it to service in the near future, officials said.

Voters will cast their ballots Tuesday to decide who fills six seats on the Buffalo School Board, but it could be days before some of the races are settled.Elections officials expect a large number of write - in ballots for candidates in two districts who are running write - in campaigns after being disqualified from the ballot, and it could take an extra day or two to hand - co...

Local officials have been hesitant to predict exact numbers, but they say there could be a large turnout for this day, since presidential contests in recent years have not seen this kind of contested primary.

A large number of New York state lawmakers have written to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state's top corrections official to urge them to end solitary confinement of prisoners.

Nassau officials expressed concern about the number of employees with large salaries and payouts.

Still, faced with large numbers of immigrants from poorer countries, immigration officials in richer nations have increasingly been turning to X-rays as a «scientific» way to resolve age disputes.

For instance, local officials lured large numbers of Tutsis to a school near the town of Murambi, where Hutu militias used machine guns, explosives and other weapons to kill more than 40,000 people in just three days.

Excavation director Winter says about the large number of discovered sealings: «Many sealings can be attributed to the administrative or official seals of the city due to their size, frequent occurrence, and in some cases also due to inscriptions.

After Bush administration officials raised concerns about the large number of soldiers returning from Iraq as upper - limb amputees, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) shelled out $ 130 million to develop its Revolutionizing Prosthetics Program.

So when a large number of cholera cases caused by a new strain named O139 started turning up in India, WHO officials were understandably alarmed.

A later story reported that government officials are considering amending those rules, and that the health ministry planned to send a large number of samples to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The need for more visas to bring in more scientists may be apparent to officials at companies or universities that employ large numbers of technical workers, or at universities that graduate large numbers of foreign students who wish to stay here.

This is the largest number of Egyptian statues found so far in any site in the Land of Israel, although there is no indication that Hazor was one of the Egyptian strongholds in Southern Canaan nor of the presence of an Egyptian official at Hazor during the Late Bronze Age.

It is official: the state's 2012 wildfire season was a doozy, with record insured losses, and the evacuation of 32,000 residents in the northwestern quadrant of Colorado Springs where 347 homes were destroyed in the Waldo Canyon Fire, the largest number in state history.

(Note: The «Official John Carpenter Web Page» reproduces a large number of magazine and newspaper articles dealing with John Carpenter and his films.)

Early returns showed that about 52 percent of voters had endorsed the measure in a May 21 election, but the state's large number of mail - in ballots delays official results.

Last spring more than 3 million students in California, the largest number ever to take an online test in the state, took field tests of new assessments aligned to the Common Core state standards without major technical breakdowns or system crashes, according to state officials.

And having significantly lower numbers of failing schools means that state officials, including some mayors and governors, will not be embarrassed with large numbers of failing schools.

Even though Raleigh is in Wake County, which would make it close geographically for teachers to attend the march, Wake school officials say they're not seeing large numbers of educators who are requesting the day off.

The Sept. 19 JPS School Board meeting was eerily empty, save a large number of district officials.

As state education officials consider the possibility of sanctions against districts with large numbers of students opting out, they also promise a plan to boost participation.

Education officials and family advocates say that as large failing schools were closed and replaced with smaller schools during the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, many bilingual programs disappeared because schools no longer had the number of students necessary to sustain them.

Nationally, education officials said one reason charter schools are struggling is because of the large numbers of low - performing students who turn to them as alternatives to traditional schools.

Just after BMW made headlines with a 45 mpg highway rating for the 2014 BMW 328d, Mercedes - Benz has now achieved the same number on the larger 2014 Mercedes - Benz E250 BlueTec, which has just received official EPA ratings of 28/45 mpg city / highway.

Last fall Jaguar Land Rover was planning to engage Chinese officials shortly after the X7 debuted at the Guangzhou motor show in China, recalling an earlier period of large - scale industrial design replication by a significant number of Chinese domestic automakers.

[52] U.S. counter-terror officials enquired of Toyota how the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant had apparently acquired large numbers of Toyota Land Cruisers and Hiluxes.

Additionally, list the contests you've won, explain why your comic book is the best and outline the large number of people who are waiting for the official release of your masterpiece.

«Many citizens and public officials have voiced concerns about the public health issues and wildlife issues involved in hoarding large numbers of cats in the wild.

These officials need to know that this issue is important to a large number of Iowans.