Sentences with phrase «less reliance on»

Doing this means less reliance on your air conditioner, particularly in late spring and early summer when nights are still relatively cool, resulting in lower energy bills.

Families set a different life trajectory, with fewer closely spaced children, less reliance on public assistance, and greater health and well - being among the children.

Families set a different life trajectory with fewer closely spaced children, less reliance on public assistance, and greater health and well - being among the children.12 We know little about how programs work to produce their long - term impact.

It's simpler and more obvious to use, with less reliance on hard - to - find gestures.

I would have liked to see more ways of interacting with card notifications, a little less reliance on voice control and a little less swiping.

The smaller format is well thought - out: it uses the popular 60 % layout (dispensing with the function row) but adds back a full arrow cluster and the Delete, Insert, and Page Up / Down keys for less reliance on a function layer.

Less reliance on outside vendors, the ability to create a more efficient and more powerful set of devices.

Even with the single payer system, our health care costs are a substantial component of governmental budgets and are likely to rise to unsustainable levels with our aging population without further changes to the system (some of which are likely to reduce the «competency» of those providing health services — i.e. less reliance on doctors).

It would seem a lot clearer and would require less reliance on interpretation to say «no food and / or drink is allowed».

Ultimately, the general consensus was that law firms need to undertake structural changes with less reliance on billings to truly start to fulfil client needs and wants.

Both sides would be better off with clear rules for firms to follow, and less reliance on retrospective assessment.

We're starting to see a lot more information being conveyed with less reliance on text — a challenge for librarians and lawyers, who are trained as «word people».

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

Hopefully soon, the Federal Court will be able to make more of its materials available electronically, including online and have less reliance on paper.

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

To those who don't believe CO2 is a problem, it's still a good idea — more efficient use of energy means less reliance on the Middle East, less push to mine coal...

On the other hand Chief and I would be more optimistic that small solar systems could be of significant benefit to third world counties and their inhabitants with resulting less reliance on the burning of wood and dung etc, which have implications for CO2 emissions.

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.

I started to make the case for why tiny house living is more about the intention to live simply and with less reliance on external things for happiness than it is about the house itself.

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.

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).

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

I hope there will be less reliance on bullshit and jargon and more efforts to communicate clear, concise, and compelling messages.

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

Sony wasted 20 minutes talking about tv and Now and still managed to show a more impressive array of game footage than Microsoft, and with less reliance on CGI and footage that won't actually be part of the games.

These dogs are bred to have more of a «pack» mentality with other dogs and less reliance on a master's direct commands.

This will be the first generation that has less reliance on pensions and company sponsored plans, and more self - reliance.

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 softer, more natural feel is achieved along with less reliance on oil - based products.

The softer, more natural feel is achieved alongside less reliance on oil - based products.

Less reliance on the traditional braking system and reduced engine pumping losses translate into greater electrical regeneration (170 percent more than the 2005 Civic Hybrid) and ultimately improved fuel economy.

Besides outstanding thermal efficiency, diesels» low overall emissions «profile» means less reliance on expensive, deterioration - prone exhaust aftertreatment strategies.

Palmer says the automaker continues to work on upgrading its vehicle portfolio and is focusing on growing market share and improving its price position, which will lead to less reliance on profit - sapping incentives.

Over the past 20 years, on average, states have shifted toward less reliance on local revenue to fund schools.

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.

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.

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

Those issues include more computer and Internet access, better teacher training, less reliance on textbooks, and the need for ongoing maintenance and updates.

Research from BESA shows that demand for tablet and mobile computers is on the increase with schools placing less reliance on desktop PCs.

A longer running time would have served the movie better as well as less reliance on movie clichés and idiocies.

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.

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.

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

Every now and then an actor appears to delivers such rock - solid character work that you can only imagine what TheLincoln Lawyer might have been with less reliance on rote characters and situations.

The picture is as sharp, vibrant, spotless and picturesque as it should be, leaving nothing to be desired, except perhaps less reliance on CGI.

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

a predictable film that could have benefited from a little more thought and perhaps less reliance on clichés.

It requires more connection to the solar spectrum and to Earth and less reliance on the meal timing.

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.

There is also less reliance on protein to meet energy requirements by the body.