Sentences with phrase «large swathes»

In 2014, ISIS took control of large swaths of territory, including Fallujah, Hawija and Mosul.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's designation of the the rusty patched bumblebee as endangered has already set in motion a rash of legal actions to block individual projects and stop all development in large swaths of land.

Biofuels also are contributing to the hikes but mainly because the EU and the United States are subsidizing domestic production of crops like corn that offer low efficiency when turned into fuel and compete with other foodstuffs for large swathes of land in these already densely populated areas, Clini said.

Broadly speaking, the practice involves taking one large field and managing it as if it were dozens or even hundreds of smaller ones, in order to address the wild variability — in soil, topography and exposure to the elements — that exists across large swaths of land.

This will be a remarkably easy game for your family to pick up and play, because even if you aren't sure about the fine details of the game you can help your team win by using a giant paint roller and covering large swaths of territory while you avoid the other team.

The 18 acres they grow on include large swaths of farmland surrounded by live oaks and habitat that is home to deer, bobcats, and coyotes.

Varying the scale of the patterns, along with large swaths of neutrals (on the sofa and walls) helps pace the exuberant look.

This brief shows that in China, there are big efforts to combat deforestation, with logging and other restrictions placed on large swaths of land.

If Facebook flies multiple planes it could be able to cover much larger swaths of land.

Man City's 5 - 0 drubbing of them back in September seemed to announce this, as Henderson, the most defensively competent in a midfield trio alongside Wijnaldum and Can, couldn't handle City's press and incisive attacks; against Tottenham, later in October, he was caught out several times, leaving large swathes of space for Kane and Son to sprint into.

The district includes a pair of hard - hit Rust Belt cities - Utica and Binghamton - as well as large swaths of rural farmland and bite - size villages and towns.

The traditional way to construct a «core» portfolio is with low - cost, widely diversified funds that represent large swaths of the market for the lion's share of portfolio's assets.

However, despite the great amount of interest from large swathes of investors, most of...

«We are also working on an engineered ubiquitin that targets a corn virus responsible for destroying large swaths of corn fields in North America, with colleagues in Manitoba,» says Zhang.

«We are seeing large swaths of centralized utility scale solar be procured primarily because of how cost competitive it is,» said Cory Honeyman, who follows the U.S. solar industry for market research firm GTM Research.

In fact, if you look at the Steam stats, then I would argue that PC players are perhaps more guilty of devoting even larger swathes of time to a small number of hugely successful titles.

They'll transform large swathes of how our economy operates.

For instance, an invasive brown alga called Sargassum horneri now dominates large swaths of kelp forest habitat at the islands, and while it's impacts are not yet fully understood, the kelp forests of the Channel Islands are being substantially altered.

Chief among them: an ongoing global - scale coral bleaching event that has affected large swaths of Australia's Great Barrier Reef — killing approximately 22 percent of it — and prompted a surge of «last - chance» tourism.

I am sure there are quite a bunch who fall into this category and add to that the Blackstones (Investment banks) of the world who hold large swaths of rental real estate on their books.

«Dispersal through slavery took large swaths of the Yoruba to Cuba, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Columbia, Venezuela, The Caribbean and other disparate lands, near and far, where the indigenous people refer to themselves as ethnic Yoruba and view Ile - Ife as their ancestral home.

There are also more details about large swathes of unattributed material found in the Wegman report and in Donald Rapp's book Assessing Climate Change.

The first of these is a the above mention visual novel segments in which the player advances through large swaths of text with various characters, here represented by hand - drawn HD sprites, while occasionally answering questions and statements with one of several possible dialogue options.

The government apparently can not control large swaths of territory, as Islamic State insurgents regroup, solidify footholds, and launch attacks targeting security forces and energy infrastructure.

The former business secretary said: «My party is in exactly the right position, representing a very, very large swathe of public opinion that is becoming very alarmed at the way in which this hard Brexit option is being pursued, not just by the Conservatives but by Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party.

The radical Islamist group has seized large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, posing a threat to both Iran and Syria, Shiite - dominated nations that revile the Sunni extremist group.

It needs to be delayed until it can deal with a hostile whales owning large swaths of ether.

The WA Planning Commission has moved to address a shortage of large industrial plots in the metropolitan area, seeking to rezone large swaths of rural land in Hazelmere to allow for industry use.

While large swaths of some cities are slums, there are also many bustling ethnic hubs striving into middle class.

The recipients risked losing large swaths of memory, but if things went well, the current would reset their neurons, purging their depression and providing months of relief.

Labour's greatest electoral weapon remains the deep - seated suspicion of the Conservatives among large swathes of the country.

There is something about Katz's signature style — matte, blocked into large swaths of color, his paint strokes completely smooth — that has always intrigued me.

The last few years have brought some exciting advances in artificial intelligence and with it, many conversations about how it might render large swaths of the workforce, including teachers, redundant.

You still get large swaths of premium trim and high - end materials, while a quintet of rounded air vents find their home across the dash.

These distinctive paintings feature large swathes of color on white ground, which lay bare the artist's gesture and emphasize the activity of painting itself.

These days, the full - priced pc games that once reigned are getting some real competition from titles that offer large swaths of the experience with zero upfront cost.

It's a setting that essentially makes reading large swathes of text (such as eBooks) more pleasant and natural on that punchy screen.

Today, it feels as if large swaths of the population are in complete denial that such moments really existed.

The good news is that because of satellites, monitoring large swaths of forest is a feasible endeavor, so it's not like tropical forest countries can easily cheat the system.

In addition to global warming there are things like ocean acidification and deforestation (try clearing large swaths of forest without a bulldozers, chainsaws and lots of cheap diesel).

There is much talk and many presentations suggesting large swathes of US shale can be profitable at oil prices of US$ 40 a barrel.

But in the process, he could cause a big rift with his own party and alienate large swaths of his base.

If rather large swaths of the church didn't tolerate — let alone encourage — abusive, controlling behavior in its ranks, it wouldn't be necessary for the problem to be discussed and exposed to the disinfecting light of day.

Stella blanketed large swaths of the northeast in snow, but shifted inland, dramatically reducing the expected accumulation for the New York City area.

New York City voted overwhelmingly for Bill and Hillary Clinton when large swaths of the country considered them a Starr - crossed couple.