Sentences with phrase «less than those of»

Though the Harper government has been maligned for paring the CTC's budget to $ 58 million a year — less than that of New York City — it did negotiate Approved Destination Status with China prior to the 2010 Olympics.

Indeed, the company claims the carbon footprint of one of its suborbital flights will be less than that of a one - way flight from London to New York.

A 2013 study found the average attention span of people is 8 seconds, one second less than that of a goldfish.

Known for being a retirement - friendly area, residents here are more likely to choose a Caribbean vacation over Europe or Asia, they ski less than any of their peers in the top 5 richest neighbourhoods in B.C., and are staunch Conservative voters, with 60 % voting Tory.

That means the Coburn - Burr - Hatch plan would also cause a reduction in work, albeit likely less than that of Obamacare.

Boston, which has been mentioned as a front - runner in the HQ2 sweepstakes, is already known for high rents, which means it would be impacted less than some of the other metro areas surveyed.

The cost was less than that of a cable subscription.

Utilizing the «factor» test laid out in 506 (c), it seems that «reasonable steps to verify» for a member of a legitimate angel group would be less than that of a random person on the street, which is seemingly who the safe harbors appear to be designed for.

Nor are the purchasers of such shares harmed; as in an IPO, they take the shares knowing that the rights will be less than those of the existing shareholders.

It received the most link clicks even though it reached about 17,000 people — a number that is far less than some of the other posts on this list.]

Most EME currencies also fell against the dollar, with the currencies of commodity importers depreciating less than those of commodity exporters (Graph 7, bottom right - hand panel).

In this particular example, however, the moaty firm's total economic value creation (area of blue curve), in absolute and in present value terms, is significantly less than that of the no - moat firm (area of red curve), as calculated.

It also means more infrastructure, and the availability of five different sites is likely to be less than that of a single one, not to speak about the detail that you might require more staff to handle so many more sites.

15 - year fixed - rate mortgages have become increasingly popular as interest rates have dropped, but the deductibility of a 15 - year loan is decidedly less than that of a 30 - year loan.

The combined total of all Gold stocks is less than that of the equity of EXXON and GE.

For example, the Australian, Canadian and New Zealand dollars all increased by similar amounts against the US dollar over the six months, even though Canada's interest differential relative to the US was a lot less than that of Australia and only about half that of New Zealand.

In 2012 (latest data available), for example, the eligibility rate for part - time workers was 2.3 times less than that of full - time workers, while the eligibility rate for temporary employees was 25 % lower than that of permanent employees (source here, table 9).

Generally, the cost to insure an apartment is much less than that of a single - family, freestanding home.

And its research and development spending is less than that of tech peers Alphabet and Microsoft, even though Apple's $ 48 billion of annual net income more than doubles both companies» bottom lines.

Great scholars may have studied the Bible, but that does not change the fact that it was written by men whose understanding of the universe was less than that of today's average third grader.

It would be my opinion that the LDS have stood for bigotry no less than any of the other major religions.

Being aware of the AIDS statistics in Africa, of the rapid growth of the church there, and of studies that suggest that the promiscuity of African Christians is not markedly less than that of non-Christians, it has concluded that AIDS must be severely affecting the African church and that it is imperative that Adventists give it priority.

They themselves were well - instructed in the traditional schema, and it controlled the biblical theology of Calvin, for example, not less than that of mediaeval theologians.

Mars» gravity is 62 % less than that of Earth.

In July, the physicists of the LHC experiments announced that whilst the Higgs boson had not yet been discovered, they were specifying tighter limits upon what its mass could be - which is about 300,000 times less than that of the electron!

In 2001, with a population of 5.3 million, less than that of greater Chicago, the Netherlands gave $ 3.2 billion, almost a third of what we gave.

The issue is no less than that of the preacher's vocation and viability as a spokesman for his God.

Jesus gave proof of his compassion and power in his healing of women no less than of men: Peter's wife's mother (Mt. 8: 14f.

In contrast to Augustine, however, Ambrose is a strangely inaccessible figure about whom (though he wrote much) we know much less than some of his Christian contemporaries.

The fertilized ovum can be recognized as having some intrinsic value but less than that of the newly born infant.

The basic theme of the New Testament, no less than that of the Reformation, seems to have gone by the board.

The seat of existence of Hindu man, no less than of Western man, was in the rational consciousness, and he recognized the natural tendency to identify this with his self.

Whether nonviolent resistance can always overcome aggression and whether its cost in suffering and death will in every case be less than that of war is difficult to say, but at least it can not be said that pacifism is merely a policy of capitulation.

There was some dispute (as early church writers like Eusebius freely admitted) over Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude, and Revelation, but far less than any of the books that were excluded from the canon.

«According to a World Bank estimate, the total exports of the Arab world other than fossil fuels amount to less than those of Finland, a country of five million inhabitants,» observed Bernard Lewis.

At Calais, between 10 and 14 July, Henry and Charles met again, in splendour only slightly less than that of the Cloth of Gold.

But on the other hand they are to be given only a minor place, less than that of acts of kindness: «Christians must be taught that it is not the Pope's intention that the purchase of indulgences is in any way comparable with the works of mercy.»

And remember, the shelf life of your version without preservatives will be much less than that of the real McCoy, so dive into those muffins post haste.

We are able to operate at a better economy of scale at a reduced - charge rate compared to a for - profit corporation that needs to make the revenue, and our costs of goods sold is typically less than that of a profit based company.»

The sugar in fruit is sucrose, it is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, so 50/50 glucose - fructose; only 5 % less than that of HFCF.

I'm not saying that the Knicks would have the players to run these models as effectively as the elite teams, but the triangle is an overly complex system with a payoff lesser than that of more simplistic ones.

Put it this way: it's possible that anyone here can win the lottery, but arguing about «the best way» to spend your new - found wealth is dumb, because the probability of that happening is likely even less than of such a trade going down.

Usually those schmucks are making millions less than all of those players and leading pathetic lives.

Not exact matches

So if a person plus their luggage is less than that, taking into account food consumption and life - support, then we think that the cost of moving to Mars could drop below $ 100,000.

In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.

And that's because Otis's invention didn't just whisk people and freight up and down floors with unprecedented speed, it recast the landscape of civilization: It did nothing less than reinvent the city.

It manages to turn a less - than - scintillating - sounding subject — our aging electricity grid — into compelling reading, he claims, writing that even those who have never spent a minute pondering how the lights come on will leave this one understanding «that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world» and «why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean - energy future.»

Those business owners have long complained that the disparity is unfair, especially in view of the fact that many multinationals pay much less than the 35 percent statutory corporate tax rate by exploiting abundant loopholes and tax breaks available to large, global corporations.

By way of pay, while the average worker at a startup earns about 6 percent less than a worker at a more established firm, the youngest workers earn about 3 percent more than they do at older firms.

Running your tank down to zero often results in rash decisions, strained relationships, months of being unproductive, and the physical toll of less - than - healthy coping strategies.