Sentences with phrase «less an improvement in»

Compared with regulatory capital ratios, however, the measures suggest less improvement in banking system resilience since the pre-crisis period.

On the contrary, poverty rates for various groups, including children, have seen much less improvement in London compared to the Northern regions; house price affordability and private rental costs have increased substantially in London but not in the North; homelessness has worsened in London but improved in the North; and overcrowding remains particularly acute in the capital.

In some schools and districts, test score increases may reflect less an improvement in teaching and learning than a loss of weaker students from the test - taking pool.

Compared with regulatory capital ratios, however, the measures suggest less improvement in banking system resilience since the pre-crisis period.

Not exact matches

For example, the vanity in the bathroom - it took one afternoon and less than $ 500 to make a dramatic improvement.

In many cases, improvement is not about doing more things right, but about doing less things wrong.

«If you're able to pay off or pay down your credit card debt, you could see a significant improvement in less than one month,» Ulzheimer says.

At the same time smaller, nimbler business models are blossoming, which means slightly less certainty in the job hunt, but often more flexibility and some sorely - needed improvements to work - life balance.

The improvements to water resistance in the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, compared with earlier iPhone models, make the open - face design of the TuneBand less worrisome than before — if you run in the rain, you don't need to worry about moisture damaging your phone.

There was some improvement for the middle quintile of recent retirees who saw their average net wealth go up from $ 142,900 in 1989 to $ 239,300 in 2013, but this was still less than the peak of $ 270,700 hit in 2007.

Where these balance sheet improvements are most advanced, future financial distress will look more like what we typically see in instances of financial stress in the major economies — substantial asset price volatility and the potential for substantial financial losses, but less in the way of a significant disruption to either short - run or long - run real economic growth.

The bottom - line improvement was fueled primarily by reduced production costs -LRB--13 %) and, to a lesser extent, lower SG&A -LRB--2 %) and R&D -LRB--1 %) outlays, which helped mitigate a 2 % year - over-year dip in sales.

Investors in financial stocks should pay less attention to blockchain bond - trading and more on the banks driving digital improvements on the high street

For example, from: 1) the replenishment of foreign exchange buffers large enough to protect the economy against a protracted shock; 2) a significant reduction in government debt metrics; 3) a successful diversification of the economy and government revenues that will become less dependent on oil receipts; 4) continued improvements in governance and institutional strength which act as long — term constraints on Angola's rating.

According to Goolam Ballim, group economist at Johannesburg - based Standard Bank, improvements in public finances over the past decade mean less revenues now go into debt servicing and capital repayment, opening the way for more national investment in infrastructure.

Those opportunities are most likely to coincide with a material, if less extreme, retreat in valuations, coupled with an early improvement in market internals.

Less cash is tied up in inventory languishing on pallets or in boxes, which then can be put to use building the business through capital improvements and acquisitions, Huff noted.

Selling at less than 9 times our estimate of 2014 earnings plus amortization, we believe investors have not yet priced in that improvement.

Unfortunately, these improvements were not mirrored by changes in the way spending in the Estimates is presented and this has made comparisons to the Budget more and more difficult and the relationship between the two less relevant.

If we observe an improvement in market internals and credit spreads, we'll be more tolerant of current extremes with a less defensive outlook (though there's little chance that we would encourage an investment stance without a considerable safety net).

That means there is less chance of a downgrade in the coming years, something the agency credited to improvements in public finances and the pickup in growth.

Officials of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) expect that these improvements will result in no less than a doubling of the cargo - handling capacity at the terminal, already the busiest and most multi-use terminal at the port of Philadelphia.

The analysts also said the inability of the treatment candidate to show an improvement in total SOFA score, a composite assessment of six organ systems, is less relevant in ATHOS - 3's heterogenous patient population.

This is less than the rise in US yields as economic data in the euro area have not shown the same improvement as in the US.

-- «The year - on - year rate of change in the CPI (all items less fresh food) is likely to continue on an uptrend and increase toward 2.0 %, due mainly to an improvement in the output gap and a rise in medium - to - long term inflation expectations.»

How plausible is it that title insurers enjoy less competition and a sustained improvement in ROCs once mortgage originations improve?

Surprisingly, having a smaller workforce and fewer resources may actually give you an enhanced ability to succeed in a competitive environment, as you'll have less management responsibilities and more time to focus on mission - critical aspects like outreach and product / service improvement.

But evangelicals are included in the «others»; no less than liberals they seek to understand Scripture according to the particular historical contexts in which biblical texts were written ¯ with the one difference being that they consider themselves bound to receive what they conclude the text to say as authoritative rather than open to improvement.

Right now he is vastly less hateful in his speech then those he is following (there's still some there, but its a massive improvement).

In most cases, the productivity improvements we can offer are so great, that the return on investment (ROI) for these custom bagging solutions is less than one year.

Daily deliveries led to more accurate ordering, less food waste, and an improvement in quality.

«However, the impact on the company has been less than that upon the industry generally, due in part to the quality of our assets, but also because of the ongoing yearly maintenance and improvement to those assets.»

The second loaf proofed for less time and I think there was a definite improvement there and there was more expansion in the oven.

Little tricks and improvements, and in this case, one less pan to clean.

The only other improvement that can be made in my view is to use a little less salt.

Inevitably, many of the improvements in packaging have come not because corporations are noble but in response to demand from consumers and the realisation that less can be more.

Benteke is a better finisher, passer, and dribbler than Giroud and may even in this sh*t hold up play afc fans keep taking about (Watch him against so called big teams)... regarding stats, Benteke plays for AV for football sake, so he gets far less support and chances... Mind that I'm not criticizing and I'm not taking anything from Giroud improvement this season, it's plain comparison... Though, I want someone better than Benteke

Unless you're just saying points relative to first place in a given season in isolation is all that matters and performances are meaningless and nothing can be extrapolated or projected, in which case our 14/15 side was closer to winning the league and subsequently required less improvement than our 17/18 one, a notion I'd call preposterous.

It's possible we could see a drop in touches for Tayler but a nice little improvement in his per run average, since defenses will be able to key on him less than last year.

If winning back - to - back FA cups IS a sign of improvement, then how on earth did get less points in the league than the season before, and with a stronger squad!

The improvement for me is that they have been, in Merson's words, a little less «clueless».

Well beaten by Creator & Suddenbreakingnews in the Arkansas Derby; would need a big improvement to turn the tables on those two, much less other strong ones.

It was nothing less than Bert van Marwijk's side deserved in a display that was a huge improvement on the woeful 4 - 1 defeat in Norway last week.

Over half of those changing to a Dr Brown's Natural Flow baby bottle saw an improvement in 3 feeds or less, outperforming any other brand.

Of the stillbirths, the number occurring less than 12 hours before or during childbirth, has decreased 18 % in less than 5 years, mainly due to improvements in quality of facility childbirth, emergency obstetric care and mothers choosing to deliver their babies in maternity facilities, according DHS.

After doing this for a couple of days, observe the improvement in the less favored breast.

We can celebrate some small improvements, but less than 40 % of babies worldwide benefit from six months exclusive breastfeeding and in the UK still only 1 % of babies are exclusively breastfed for six months.

In the London Borough of Southwark, a new social enterprise called Southwark Circle is delivering vastly improved care services for less money designed by elderly people for elderly people using local social networks to bring real improvements to people's lives.

A unique phenomenon: nominally a Conservative but more a believer in self improvement and personal responsibility as the guiding principles for individuals to find their way through life - less State, more market.

The unexpended balance of each appropriation, less the commitments outstanding at the close of the fiscal year for which it was made, shall lapse at the close of such fiscal year; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require the lapsing of appropriations which may be or are required to be made for an indefinite period or which include state refunds, allocations or grants applicable to said appropriations pursuant to any other provisions of law; and provided further that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the making of appropriations or contracts for the construction of permanent public improvements or works not to be completed during the fiscal year, or the acquisition of property therefor, or the establishment of bond or capital accounts, sinking funds or reserve funds, and each such appropriation, account or fund shall continue in force until the purpose for which it was made shall have been accomplished or shall have been abandoned by a two thirds vote of the County Legislature.