Sentences with phrase «large number of situations»

Also, these data apply only to children living in households in which both a mother and a father are present, and can not be applied to the large number of situations in which fathers or mothers are not living in the home with the child.

A large number of the situations investigated by the Humane Officer are resolved through educating the owner about how to properly care for the animal.

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But somehow large numbers of people have continued to think that when they use Facebook their situation as a consumer is materially better.

At Ensemble we do not focus on this type of business and believe that the bar for a management team to demonstrate the ability to execute this approach is so high that it is a relatively special situation and there are not a large number of these sorts of investment opportunities.

But when, as in our situation, there is no such coincidence, the believers» vision of society must be imposed on the larger number of unbelievers through force, on the model of the inquisitors and the Hezbollah.

He said the pessimist in him mocked his receipt of a degree in law when «law is ever more a hollow word, resonant but empty, in a world increasingly dominated by force, by violence, by fraud, by injustice, by avarice — in a word, by egoism»; when civil law permits «the progressive and rapid increase of oppressed people who continue being swept toward ghettos, without work, without health, without instruction, without diversion and, not rarely, without God»; when under so - called international law «more than two - thirds of humanity (exist) in situations of misery, of hunger, of subhuman life»; and when agrarian law or spatial law permits «today's powerful landowners to continue to live at the cost of misery for unhappy pariahs»; and whereby «modern technology achieves marvels from the earth with an ever - reduced number of rural workers (while) those not needed in the fields live sublives in depressing slums on the outskirts of nearly all the large cities.»

Lader described the pre-Roe social situation in which a relatively small number of abortions were performed legally in hospitals, while a large number were performed illegally in underground abortion mills.

Drawing on the large numbers of studies undertaken by people in the aid world and by independent researchers (few of these studies are cited in Lancaster's volume), he points out that the structural reforms have largely failed and the situation continues to deteriorate.

A situation in which fewer and more poorly educated wage earners are called upon to support a larger number of elderly nonproducers is clearly in prospect.

But famine, like a plague, spreads, and, «In reality it's a very large food security crisis involving a number of countries and millions at risk,» said Golden, referring to the crisis situation in vast regions of east Africa.

What is much more difficult to ascertain, however, is the compossibility of all the different elements in a highly complex situation in which a large number of potentially competing values are simultaneously realized.

In any given situation when a bad thing happens, not only is there a nearly infinite number of small variables swirling around that event, but there are also a number of larger, governing principles which may be active, and which help explain why some of these bad things happen.

Regardless of the manager's situation however, he simply has to find a way to stamp out Xhaka's recklessness, as it most certainly will cost us a large number of points, as it so nearly did yesterday.

For many a game between Barcelona and Paris Saint Germain was the one with a large number of «controversial» situations, in which of course two penalties given to Barcelona, stand out the most, especially the one given in the 90th minute.

«Any time you have a situation where such a large number of children, are in essence, poisoned, you have to investigate and look to see if there is any wrongdoing,» said State's Atty. Jeff Tomczak.

I recall, during the Asia Regional IYCF - E training meeting in Bali some years ago that a scenario not dissimilar to this situation in terms of large numbers of non-breastfed infants was given for consideration of developing a plan of response and no one wanted to touch it!

I would call a situation where large numbers (maybe still a small minority, but in absolute terms a large number) of police are acting in this way a situation of «major disorder».

Now, that is really sad especially considering that all the likely combatants in the current situation witnessed the acrimony that brought the self - styled largest party in Africa to its feet; in fact, a significant number of these people were on the frontline of the PDP battle.

Indeed, Ferreras - Copeland — whose district has the largest number of registered IDNYC users — said all New Yorkers should be applying regardless of their situation.

«Another weak explanation, this time proffered by the president himself, is that the economy is in such a dire situation that requires this large number of ministers to accomplish the task of putting it back on track.

Lead author Dr Meleady said: «We wanted to know how to persuade drivers to switch off their ignition in a situation where collectively they would, potentially, substantially pollute the atmosphere of a large number of residents and pedestrians.

The system is being studied for use in the pig breeding industry to determine the quality of boar semen and can also be used to screen large numbers of men for fertility in industrial situations which involve possible chemical or radiation hazards.

«It's a highly accurate technique based on the quantum Monte Carlo method — a family of algorithms but usually limited to a small number of particles — that we have developed in order to consider now a large number of atoms, and obtain an almost realistic situation.

«In scenes where overtaking entails a critical traffic manoeuvre, such as on two - way highways, low visibility lanes or in situations with large vehicles, this is a safety system able to help to reduce the number of accidents.

In the above situation, it is likely that a greater concentration of silver was reaching the blood stream, where larger numbers of pathogens were being eliminated.

It's also sometimes bewildering, with a large number of characters and situations.

School of One places students in larger classes or smaller groups or in a one - on - one instruction situation, either by a tutor or online, depending on the number of others in the class who are at a similar price point and share interests.

Case studies permit investigations of otherwise impractical situations, help generate new ideas, and allow researchers to explore topics in far more detail than might be possible if they were trying to deal with a large number of research participants (McLeod, 2008).

This decline, coupled with an increase of 121,000 in pupil numbers, has led to a situation where schools are larger.

«In developing an understanding of subtraction as a difference, students might analyze and discuss situations, such as determining what number must be added to another to make them the same, how much larger or smaller one number is in comparison to another, or what remains of a number after part of it has been taken away,» Cawley describes.

We are your full - service dealership with a top notch finance department with relationships to a large number of major lenders to help assist in all credit situations.

The large number of ratios has created a wide torque spread allowing the engine to stretch its long legs across various situations.

There are few situations in which you would actually need life insurance, but a large number of reasons why you might want it.

There are a large number of banks offering CDs and many compete to have the best CD rates so shop around using the money-rates.com tool to get the right CD for your financial situation and goals.

For convenience we'll assume an option profit of $ 100,000, although this number would not be large enough to produce the tax rates just described in all situations.

Our company has helped a number of clients in Pickering, and in the larger Southern Ontario region secure good second mortgages, and regardless of your mortgage needs, we might be able to find a mortgage that is suited for you and for your financial situation.

There are a large number of breed rescue clubs that specialize in placing dogs of their particular breed who have been found as strays, taken from unsafe situations, or simply retired from the showing or the racetrack.

Large numbers of dogs and cats are rescued from puppy mills or hoarding situations and brought to the emergency shelter.

During Kitten Season, raising orphaned kittens on a large scale has long been considered a job better left to small - scale rescue groups, or achieved in small numbers by dedicated foster volunteers.1 The expansion of feline foster programs and, more notably, the establishment of kitten nurseries to address Kitten Season, are changing the situation for the better.

So cats that have not been exposed previously may react as ill as kittens if they are suddenly confined to shelter and group - home situations where large numbers of parasite eggs (ova) are found.

«we travel into the community to pick up cats from people who have no transportation, are elderly, or otherwise have no means with which to bring cats to our shelter... We focus... on cases where cats are suffering due to neglect from improper care, lack of necessary medical assistance, situations where no action has been taken to spay or neuter resulting in uncontrolled breeding and hoarding cases where large numbers of cats are kept inhumanely in unsanitary and crowded conditions.»

The Rescue Committee may recommend financial assistance from the WHWTCA to the Clubs in unusual circumstances i.e. a large number of dogs, dogs that are in an emergency situation, or dog's that need extensive care.

The building also incorporated an education and outreach center, as well as a large relief area that could serve as «ground zero» in the event FOAU was asked to care for a large number of animals in a disaster situation.

According to hotel.info, the leading online hotel reservations service for over 210,000 hotels around the world, the economic crisis and associated corporate pressure to reduce costs has created a clear trend for increased use of low cost online hotel reservation tools.Especially large corporations that make high numbers of bookings are currently using the present economic situation as a reason to move from planning to use online hotel reservation tools towards actually implementing such projects in - house or at least promoting the use of existing online applications to save costs.

Unfortunately, if a large number of Americans don't or can't understand these types of assessments, such situation points to three failures: a failure in our educational system, a failure in our everyday media content and consumption, and a failure in our will to learn.

The competition for land, amplified by religious differences and combined with a large number of frustrated young men with guns, has created a volatile and violent situation where finally, in mid-2004, the government imposed emergency rule.

We acknowledged the bee situation in a post nearly a year ago, noting that the large - scale conversion of grasslands to grow crops for a number of uses was crowding out bees, butterflies and others — including increasing acreage being devoted to ethanol production.

Likewise, Leo Lowenthal and Norbert Guterman's 1949 book, «Prophets of Deceit,» studied the Father Coughlin type of rabble - rouser, contemplating the «possibility that a situation will arise in which large numbers of people would be susceptible to his psychological manipulation.»

In fact the logic of Bayesian Model Averaging goes completely counter to what you are proposing to do, since it is used to neutralize cherry - picking (or «model selection») bias in situations where researchers can pick from an extremely large number of models.

Gross points out that the program reflects a number of important trends, including (1) A Touch of Conscience (where most companies pay lip service to concerns like global warming or poverty); (2) The New Guilded Age (where fat and happy law firms think nothing of the absurdity of giving students a $ 60 allowance for lunch); (3) Defining Public Service Down (a situation where most people claim interest in community service but don't want the lower incomes that go with it, so they find a win - win situation like doing pro bono at a large firm); and (4) It's Good To Be the King (describing how partners set priorities and realize that the $ 15 lunch is quicker and gets associates back to billing more quickly and spares partners from socializing).