Sentences with phrase «larger than in recent years»

This increase of 9.2 ppb from 2013 is larger than in recent years, the report says.

Not exact matches

Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual sales.

Though the market for vodka is more than three times larger than that for bourbon, its growth has slowed in recent years.

In recent years, other regulatory attempts at strengthening online privacy rules have also had little effect at chipping away at the power of the largest tech companies, ultimately aiding internet giants rather than hurting them.

The fact that none of these family offices reported targeting direct or co-investments above $ 5 million is also telling, as these California family offices unanimously prefer to make minority and small - to - middle - market deals, rather than executing some of the large deals that have been done by family offices and co-investment groups in recent years.

Both imports and exports of information technology and communications (ITC) equipment have grown strongly over recent years, with China now accounting for a larger proportion of world ITC equipment exports than any other country in the region except Japan.

The downward trend in recent years reflects a larger fall in the average interest rate received by banks than in the average interest rate paid.

The Wage Price Index (WPI) grew by 1.0 per cent in the December quarter, a slightly larger increase than had been seen in recent quarters, with the index 3.6 per cent higher over the year (Graph 58).

The company is one of the public services that were swiftly privatized in recent years, supposedly to help pay the foreign debt (though the debt is now larger than ever).

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

That the most recent Games in Rio de Janeiro were a sporting success is by and large unarguable, what has followed though in less than a year is far from encouraging.

The most recent findings of the Belarus study (an excellent, large scale, randomized, first world study) were recently published and show that 11 year - olds have a 17 % GREATER chance of being obese or overweight if they were in the breastfeeding group than in the control group.

A salmonella outbreak associated with eggs prompted one of the largest egg recalls in recent years Saturday, more than 206 million eggs sold under nine different brands in nine states.

The city has seen larger - than - expected tax revenues in recent years, but Mr. de Blasio warned that it needs to stow away copious funds in the event of another recession — which he claimed struggling stock markets across the globe make a real possibility.

The research on PFOA is stronger than on most chemicals and the documented connections between the chemical and cancers has grown exponentially in recent years, building a uniquely large of body of research, compared to most chemicals, said Phil Brown, director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University.

Total federal support of R&D at colleges and universities is expected to increase by 6.1 percent to $ 14.5 billion in FY 1999, a larger increase than in recent years.

Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and other recent human relatives may have begun hunting large mammal species down to size — by way of extinction — at least 90,000 years earlier than previously thought, says a new study published in the journal Science.

DARPA itself has been one of the largest public funders of synthetic biology research in the U.S. in recent years, upping its spending on synthetic biology projects to more than $ 100 million in 2014 from nothing in 2010, according to one analysis.

They reported in the January 2010 edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letters that global warming does increase flood risk significantly, and that large floods have occurred more frequently in recent years than in the past.

In recent years, Oklahoma has had more magnitude 3.0 quakes than California, says Michael Blanpied of USGS, including its two largest ever recorded: a 5.7 magnitude in 2011 and a 5.8 magnitude in 201In recent years, Oklahoma has had more magnitude 3.0 quakes than California, says Michael Blanpied of USGS, including its two largest ever recorded: a 5.7 magnitude in 2011 and a 5.8 magnitude in 201in 2011 and a 5.8 magnitude in 201in 2016.

But in recent years archaeologists have uncovered evidence of ancient, densely populated settlements throughout the basin, hinting at societies far larger and more advanced than previously thought.

The 2015 Antarctic ozone hole area was larger and formed later than in recent years, said scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Instead, they reflect a propensity for natural temporal variations in uplift rates where recent (not more than 10,000 years ago) uplift has been greatest due to temporal clustering of large - magnitude (bigger than M7) earthquakes on upper - plate faults.

Assistant Professor Yuzo Miyazaki of Hokkaido University, who led the research, said «In recent years, some studies have pointed out that the amount of organics emitted from the forest floor is similar to, or even larger than, that emitted from tree leaves in cool - temperate or other higher - latitude forested areaIn recent years, some studies have pointed out that the amount of organics emitted from the forest floor is similar to, or even larger than, that emitted from tree leaves in cool - temperate or other higher - latitude forested areain cool - temperate or other higher - latitude forested areas.

In recent years, my colleagues and I have begun to suspect the reason for this is that large animals do far more than just gobble up food: they also play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing the productivity of the seaIn recent years, my colleagues and I have begun to suspect the reason for this is that large animals do far more than just gobble up food: they also play a critical role in maintaining and enhancing the productivity of the seain maintaining and enhancing the productivity of the seas.

«While there is some uncertainty regarding the size, position and timing of this year's hypoxic zone in the Gulf, the forecast models are in overall agreement that hypoxia will be larger than we have typically seen in recent years.»

Early in the formation of our solar system (before 3.9 billion years ago) there was lots of large debris striking the surfaces of the young planets and moons; these older impact basins are larger than the more recent craters.

Finally, the specification lever is at work in the lead - up to a government shutdown, and if efforts to reach a continuing resolution fail, during the shutdown itself.231 While a shutdown was historically an extraordinary event, the possibility and reality of shutdowns have loomed large in recent years, 232 so this tool is more than merely hypothetical.

About 120,000 years ago, in the warm period that preceded our most recent ice age, modern type Homo sapiens was probably walking around Africa with dark skin — and sporting a brain that was three times larger than before the first ice age chatters 2.5 million years ago.

This is larger than recent years because of El Niño, and also larger than during the previous El Niño in 1997/98 because human emissions have risen since then.

Based on a year of self - examination by 44 of the largest urban districts, «Challenges to Urban Education: Results in the Making,» casts the future of inner - city public schools in terms far more optimistic than other recent assessments.

This ignores the fact that students are not randomly assigned to teachers, that some students are much more difficult to teach than others, that small changes in student composition can have a large effect on the average scores a teacher achieves, and that recent analyses of value - added models have shown that as many as 20 % of the teachers in the top group one year are in the bottom group the next year.

While teacher protests are nothing new, the recent spate of activism seems to be on a larger and louder scale than in previous years.

Recent arrival we are different than all the other dealers in the fact that hometown certified pre owned we include a year million mile warranty on a large...

When we looked for some of the largest new hatchbacks on the market, we found that automakers have really pushed the styling boundaries that define a hatchback in recent years, and while some are better looking than others, they're far from the awkward - looking hatches of even just a decade ago.

Admittedly, B&N's sales took a drop, a bigger drop than they've experienced in recent years and a larger fall than last year by almost $ 200 million.

In 2012 Seattle - based online retailer's AmazonCrossing imprint published more works of fiction and poetry in translation than any other press except for Dalkey Archive, and is the largest publisher of literature in translation so far this year, according to the most recent update of the «Translation Database» compiled by Open Letter Books Three Percent at the University of RochesteIn 2012 Seattle - based online retailer's AmazonCrossing imprint published more works of fiction and poetry in translation than any other press except for Dalkey Archive, and is the largest publisher of literature in translation so far this year, according to the most recent update of the «Translation Database» compiled by Open Letter Books Three Percent at the University of Rochestein translation than any other press except for Dalkey Archive, and is the largest publisher of literature in translation so far this year, according to the most recent update of the «Translation Database» compiled by Open Letter Books Three Percent at the University of Rochestein translation so far this year, according to the most recent update of the «Translation Database» compiled by Open Letter Books Three Percent at the University of Rochester.

The truth of the matter is that in recent years, a larger portion of book sales has been coming from online book retailers than from brick and mortar locations.

If you have recent late payments, it will have a larger influence than late payments in years past.

In recognition of the repeated pleas by more than 80 Chinese animal protection groups in recent years, urging foreign groups to resist conducting large - scale purchasing of dogs during the festival days, which risks re-igniting the tradIn recognition of the repeated pleas by more than 80 Chinese animal protection groups in recent years, urging foreign groups to resist conducting large - scale purchasing of dogs during the festival days, which risks re-igniting the tradin recent years, urging foreign groups to resist conducting large - scale purchasing of dogs during the festival days, which risks re-igniting the trade.

The company has promised that the miniaturized retro console will have a larger production run than last year's hard - to - find NES Classic, and the device has managed to outsell the PS4 and Xbox One in recent months.

In recent years, Tuttle has presented a large - scale series «Systems» that explores sculptures as spatial interpretation rather than three - dimensional form.

In recent years, he had also returned to making large color - field paintings with poured, rather than brushed, areas of color.

I don't think anyone denies that the sun matters for climate, but the question is whether the variability of the sun in recent history has had the impact that we project from greenhouse gases over the next 100 — and there, I think, a majority of your «AGW» ers» would think the evidence suggests that changes in human forcing will likely be several times (at least) larger than any solar variability we've seen in a thousand years or more.

In 2015 and 2016, OCO - 2 recorded atmospheric carbon dioxide increases that were 50 percent larger than the average increase seen in recent years preceding these observationIn 2015 and 2016, OCO - 2 recorded atmospheric carbon dioxide increases that were 50 percent larger than the average increase seen in recent years preceding these observationin recent years preceding these observations.

What is clear is that uncontrolled emissions will very soon put us in range of temperatures that have been unseen since the Eemian / Stage 5e period (about 120,000 years ago) when temperatures may have been a degree or so warmer than now but where sea level was 4 to 6m higher (see this recent discussion the possible sensitivities of the ice sheets to warming and the large uncertainties involved).

These assumed that the largest decreases in rainfall would be in winter and spring (decreases of 5 % and 11 % between 1990 and 2030 on the low and high global warming scenarios respectively), but rainfall was fractionally HIGHER in winter / spring in the more recent period (1995 - 2006) than in the previous 11 - year period.

It is seen that the rate of rise during 1930 - 1950 was comparable to, if not larger than, the value in recent years.

And during the Holocene, their 2008 paper shows a change of 1.65 C in 50 years, which is larger than the recent change shown in the 2010 paper.

In a recent auction of wholesale electricity opened to industrial consumers and other large users, bidders ponied up more than $ 150 a megawatt - hour in an attempt to lock in their electricity supply for the new yeaIn a recent auction of wholesale electricity opened to industrial consumers and other large users, bidders ponied up more than $ 150 a megawatt - hour in an attempt to lock in their electricity supply for the new yeain an attempt to lock in their electricity supply for the new yeain their electricity supply for the new year.