Sentences with phrase «less reliance in»

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Even so, China's biggest oil supplier, Saudi Arabia, only provided 16 percent of its crude in 2014, less than half the U.S.'s reliance on Canada.

Air - pockets, panics and crashes had regularly followed these and lesser «overvalued, overbought, overbullish» extremes in every previous market cycle, and our reliance on that fact became our Achilles Heel during the advancing half of this one.

She says the United States is in mid-recovery and because of that we are seeing less of a reliance on comfort foods that indicate a recession.

We want to bring in a guy so that will less likely happen in future, and all Wenger can think about is the reliance we have on him and his own power.

NYCFC has proven all season that it has way less of a reliance on David Villa to produce in order to find success, and going into Atlanta on short rest and emerging with a point thanks to a full team effort is a testament to that.

We need more cohesion in front of goal, better understanding between the defence and the midfield, and less reliance upon left - sided attack.

Parents and coaches will benefit from reduced reliance on honest self - reporting of concussion symptoms by athletes and of the less - than - perfect observational skills of sideline management in spotting signs of concussion;

Not surprisingly, reliance on less nutritious foods and limited physical activity have resulted in an explosion of childhood obesity which has, in turn, led to health impairments that can have devastating lifetime effects (diabetes, hypertension, asthma, anxiety, and hyperactivity).

Instead, the city should focus more on diversion programs, an increase in pretrial supervised release and less reliance on cash bail for low - level crime.

Transparency was the focus of DiNapoli's February analysis of the 2016 - 17 executive budget, and on Tuesday in Syracuse he urged better oversight of the disbursement of economic development funds and less of a reliance on lump - sum disbursements.

Viewed thus, the Strathclyde model amounts to a triple - whammy: it would permit the Government, just as it can at present, to shield parts of it legislative proposals from the full scrutiny that primary legislation attracts; it would substantially undermine the already lesser scrutiny to which statutory instruments are subject; and it would incentivise greater reliance upon statutory instruments as distinct from primary legislation in order to exploit the significantly weaker scrutiny regime applicable to the former.

Meegan said the tax increase is mainly due to less reliance on the fund balance, mandated health insurance increases and capital investment in new roads.

«There is a potential risk that if you cool the planet by albedo modification, it could provide less incentive to reduce reliance on fossil fuels,» says Marcia McNutt, a geophysicist, current editor - in - chief of Science and chair of a committee that evaluated climate intervention techniques for the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

Some people are troubled that information gleaned online plays too large a role in their fact - access process, yet this reliance on external memory seems to bother them less if the information resides in the brain of another person.

Users have reported increased wellness, less chronic physical discomfort, less reliance on coffee and alcohol, an ease in quitting smoking, less need for synthetic medications, and a general move towards a healthier diet and lifestyle.

That reliance is less engaging in the movie's interpersonal relationships, which, despite charming performances from Jackman (who manages to overcome his character's numerous flaws) and Goyo (who avoids the trap of becoming a grating «precocious kid»), are as rote as their development is inevitable.

Through six episodes, Season 3 has shown far less reliance on the past and an invigorating interest in the future.

The ever - growing reliance on home and mobile streaming entertainment thankfully do not neglect auteur content and MIFF is proud to support the work, less so the medium with Top of the Lake: China Girl; straight from a standing ovation in Cannes, this special Australian premiere of the entire second season, directed by Jane Campion and starring Nicole Kidman will show all six episodes in three concurrent two - hour sessions — a unique opportunity to see the series before its television premiere, turning this binge experience into an outright event.

We need less reliance on statistics to guide us, especially in an era of such divergence between the guilds and AMPAS.

All good questions, and a tighter, punchier treatment with less reliance on flashy style — Haynes frames Mildred through mirrors and windows, a device that gets old quickly — might have resulted in a more satisfying entertainment.

There's less reliance on the usual cliches (though it still contains some) and more attention is paid to the effects that Robinson's experience in baseball had on segregation.

It seems obvious that our preferences in consuming information are changing rapidly today and rely less on textual comprehensiveness and more on brevity and reliance on conceptual images, both static and moving.

So too did the Palm Beach County School board in its resolution calling for a testing overhaul and less reliance on standardized tests.

More remarkable still were the effects on participants later in life — including lower crime rates, better health self - reports, less reliance on welfare, and greater earnings.

In recent years, we have also seen the growth of competency - based learning, an approach within classrooms and schools that stresses specific skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork, and paired with less reliance on seat - time, allows students to advance upon mastering competencies at their own pace.

Other approaches — like comprehensive school and district reforms, or increased reliance on character - building charter schools — have received less attention from researchers in the field.

Ebooks will still have to be sold and marketed, just in different ways as there will be far less reliance on an upfront advance buy - in, but far more reliance on ongoing marketing through the use of content and metadata — as well as user - generated content and promotion tools to get the book marketed.

The Fund is subject to the special risks associated with investments in micro-cap companies, such as relatively short earnings history, competitive conditions, less publicly available corporate information, and reliance on a limited number of products.

This year's E3, however, saw considerably less reliance on teaser tactics than in years past.

As the contemporary practice of painting continues to expand exponentially, with many artists becoming less concerned with the physical medium of paint itself, Cain's practice — a combination of control, happenstance, and environmental information — is made unique through its reliance on space and the structural conditions of the locations in which her work is exhibited.

«I think we've got a lot of things in place that try and support that trend» of less reliance on vehicles, he said.

Less reliance on food production as a primary source of people's food security runs counter to the assumption that people's food security in Africa derives solely (or even primarily) from their own agricultural production (Bryceson, 2000, 2004; Bryceson and Fonseca, 2006).

More dramatically, fear of radiation led to extraordinary safety requirements for nuclear power plants, far in excess of controls imposed on other high - risk industrial facilities, which made nuclear power less cost - competitive and led to more reliance on coal.

The strongest solar cycle in recent memory occurred in the late 1950s, when there were few satellites aloft, no astronauts in orbit and less reliance on electrical power grids than there is now.

With less reliance upon their models, the World Bank made substantive changes to personnel in leadership roles to adapt and accommodate as the models failed them.

While solar energy won't entirely eliminate your company's reliance on carbon - intensive fossil fuels, a well - planned PV installation can play an important role in shifting your company onto a less - carbon - intensive track of growth — so that when regulators do throw the switch, you can hit the ground running.

The proposed increase [to Oregon's Business Energy Tax Credit] would cost the state an estimated $ 6.5 million in the 2009 - 11 budget cycle but could also translate to more business investment and less reliance on fossil fuels, Michael Grainey, the state's energy director, told The Oregonian.

In that case, the choice of an «objective prior» just is a blind reliance on an arbitrary mathematical convention and this choice isn't any less subjective (at best) than any other just because some mathematician has decided to call it «objective».

Reduce your reliance on greenhouse gas emissions by driving less, investing in high - efficiency lighting and appliances, and buying locally

«I don't know», «we haven't found it yet», «we need to reopen the debate» or «we need 10 years of consistent study» (the mantra of GWB, stated at a time which the IPCC had been in formation for 9 years...) is insufficient and merely returns back to the reliance on the problem of induction or, even less noble, a simple cop - out.

A new article lays the groundwork for alternative climate mitigation scenarios that place less reliance on unproven negative emissions technologies in the future.

While utilities in Ohio, New York and elsewhere have sought «around market» charges after affiliated coal and nuclear plants became less competitive, Germany's large utilities are charting new paths forward as that country curbs its reliance on fossil fuels.

They continued, «indeed there is substantial evidence showing that electric systems that lack, or are transitioning to lesser reliance on, coal and nuclear resources are nonetheless operated in a manner that is both reliable and resilient,» the coalition wrote in comments filed in October.

One can rephrase the question slightly and still be a «profitable» lawyer who works less than 1200 hours per year in a law fim that bills its clients without slavish reliance on the billable hour.

Although the students struggled with this limitation initially, many of them noted in their course evaluations that this situation was a blessing in disguise as it allowed them to place less reliance on precedent and focus more exclusively on persuasion.113

Technology is present less often in civil cases, however there is a growing trend in its use in financial litigation matters, particularly where there is a strong reliance in native Excel spreadsheets and other such documents.

Shifting bar examination design toward greater emphasis on assessment of skills and less on adding new substantive subjects would tend to encourage greater reliance on experiential learning in law schools.

It once again looks less natural than the Pixel's, owing to its greater reliance on artificial sharpening, but then it is in fact much sharper all around.

Jeremy Allaire, founder and CEO of Circle demonstrated his support for the idea saying that such a such a development would «provide a more mature platform» for the community and lead to the industry away from a reliance on businesses in countries with less oversight.

A review of twenty studies on the adult lives of antisocial adolescent girls found higher mortality rates, a variety of psychiatric problems, dysfunctional and violent relationships, poor educational achievement, and less stable work histories than among non-delinquent girls.23 Chronic problem behavior during childhood has been linked with alcohol and drug abuse in adulthood, as well as with other mental health problems and disorders, such as emotional disturbance and depression.24 David Hawkins, Richard Catalano, and Janet Miller have shown a similar link between conduct disorder among girls and adult substance abuse.25 Terrie Moffitt and several colleagues found that girls diagnosed with conduct disorder were more likely as adults to suffer from a wide variety of problems than girls without such a diagnosis.26 Among the problems were poorer physical health and more symptoms of mental illness, reliance on social assistance, and victimization by, as well as violence toward, partners.