Sentences with phrase «likely than country»

Similarly, city folks are more likely than country residents to rate convenient trading hours as very important when choosing a supermarket.

Not exact matches

Some markets are likely to fare better than others, but observers say countries with currencies linked to the dollar, like Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, have a lot riding on the outcome.

And it's likely that the Sinaloa cartel is driving much of that production: In 2014, it is believed that the production of opium increased 50 % in Mexico, and in Guerrero state, a hotbed for heroin production, farmers and officials told The New York Times that the trade is controlled by the Sinaloa cartel — whose opium and marijuana fields in the country reportedly cover 23,000 miles, an area larger than Costa Rica.

Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say 2016 was worse for the country than 2015.

German expats are also far more likely to speak the local language than those in other countries.

If you live in a first world country, you more than likely have a chance to take advantage of these various high - tech services.

But that dynamic is likely on account of growth - minded economic policy in those countries rather than a specifically detrimental economic policy in the U.S.. Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have not made this argument.

There's only one silver lining to this deadlock: As more and more people hear about the trafficking bill, more will learn what trafficking is, how it hurts the most vulnerable among us, and how it is more likely to involve U.S. - born victims than those brought here from other countries.

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

Men were more likely than women to pursue training, and the young were more likely to have been trained in start - up techniques, thanks to their being included in many countries» educational systems in recent years.

Those rates are relatively on - par with the rest of the world, yet Americans are ten times more likely to die at the barrel of a gun than people in other rich countries.

A Canadian company doing business in the Czech Republic right now likely faces laxer rules than in Germany, the country with the strictest privacy standards in Europe.

Among residents of the 27 countries of the European Union, women were less likely than men to agree with the four statements about the role of education in the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and skills, with the gap being largest for the skills to run a company.

It is a hard concept to explain precisely and to quantify, but the idea of differing levels of social capital helps explain why, for example, French entrepreneurs (not to mention Indian, Chinese, Mexican and Nigerian) are more likely to create successful tech startups in the US or the UK than at home, or why it is easier to start a business in Sidney than in Beijing, or why technological innovation is not evenly spread out among countries, even among countries at similar development levels, but rather tends to cluster in a few areas in a few countries where tech entrepreneurs seem to believe that their work is made easier and the rewards greater.

The tariffs, rather than checking the country's ambitions, will likely increase its confidence on the global stage, allowing Beijing to claim the moral high ground as a supporter of multilateral, open trade.

Running a trade surplus means that a country sells more to foreigners than it buys from them, and there seems to be an implicit belief that exports are what a hard working country produces, and imports are the equivalent of its consumption, so that a trade surplus means that the country earns more than it spends, and the larger the surplus, the more likely the ants in that country are especially productive, thrifty, morally upright, and perhaps fond of sensible clothing.

Canadians are three times more likely to say NAFTA has benefitted their country than hurt it February 13, 2017 — When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets U.S. President Donald Trump face - to - face for the first time on Monday, the pair are

An extensive literature in economics and finance has documented «home bias,» the tendency that transactions are more likely to occur between parties in the same country or state, rather than outside.

That's because I would be more likely to relocate near one of these two countries than to Asia.

And while representatives from China's government will likely hail the «openness» of the country's internet, the past year made it all too clear that China's cyberspace is more restricted than ever.

A recent analysis by researchers at the Federal Housing Finance Agency found that home values had risen faster in the heart of big cities than anywhere else in the country over the last 25 years, a sign of their turnaround and a trend Mr. Trump, as a real estate developer, is likely to be aware of.

With debt already higher as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) than at any time other than the aftermath of World War II, this new debt is likely to slow economic growth and hasten the country's fiscal deterioration.

A country with stable finances and a relatively strong economy is likely to provide a more reliable investing environment than a country with weaker finances or an unsound economy.

Some countries will be more affected than others: the Maldives and Sri Lanka are expected to be the hardest hit, and the Thai and Indonesian economies are also likely to be affected.

It is likely that growth in sales to the Asian region will increase as businesses in those countries meet further increases in demand by boosting production rather than running down stocks.

However, given the recent deterioration in the growth outlook in Europe and several Emerging Market countries, our view is that Canada's larger share of exports will likely have a relatively larger «negative» impact on Canadian growth, and by inference cause the BoC to be more cautious raising policy rates than the Fed.

Overall, it is very likely that poor countries will lose relatively more from a trade war than richer countries.

Defense: China's defense industry spending is likely to increase more rapidly than overall GDP, as the country seeks to modernize its infrastructure.

Even an ultra-bearish take on the country would likely not make XMX more attractive than competitors such as Vanguard's VT, which offers a lower fee, a far more comprehensive portfolio, and excellent liquidity.

Using MSCI global real estate dataset, we find evidence that higher - value assets have been more likely to outperform other assets in the same country and sector than lower - priced assets.

Support for Islamic extremism is not rising among Muslim Americans, who are much less likely to support terrorism than Muslims in many other countries, according to the study by the Pew Research Center in Washington.

A country where many more people believe in heaven than in hell, for example, is likely to have a much higher crime rate than one where these beliefs are about equal.

A report by the Woolf Institute - released to coincide with the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings - has found that religious people are more likely to feel connected to their community than their country.

Nor is patriotism necessarily «pagan»; indeed, in a country culturally configured like the United States, patriotism is far more likely to be sustained by biblical rather than «pagan» moral warrants.

Muslims surveyed in South Asia and the Middle East - North Africa region are more likely than Muslims elsewhere to consider suicide bombing justified,» according to the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life, a survey of 38,000 Muslims in 39 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

If people travel to Mexico or other third - world countries, it will most likely be to take advantage of beautiful beaches and favorable exchange rates rather than to explore the causes of hunger and poverty.16 The majority of people, rich or poor, who actually follow the news rely heavily on major television networks and local newspapers.

The 1992 analysis by Stephen Green (The Sexual Dead End, Broad View) indicates that in this country a homosexual male is 23 times more likely to offend against a boy under 16 than a heterosexual male.

Some other news about young people: 57 percent said that the primary reason they helped others was that it «makes them feel good personally»; 19 percent would not fight for their country under any circumstances, 24 percent were uncertain and 60 percent would not be willing to volunteer one year to serve their country; 17 percent could think of no famous person or celebrity they admired (only 1 percent admired Mother Teresa, and Donald Trump received a similar vote — indicating that religious and business leaders are among the least admired adults); 65 percent would cheat on a major exam in school, while 36 percent would lie to protect a friend who vandalized; 53 percent claimed that growing up for them is harder than it was for their parents (minority young people were more likely to say it was easier).

«Farmers need to be aware that the chances of El Niño occurring are rising and that from the current forecast it is likely farmers may again face drier than average winter and spring conditions across southern and central regions of the country,» said Julie Iommi, issue management manager, Dairy Australia.

Levine speculated that country Australians were more partial to cheese than city dwellers as they had more traditional tastes in food, were less likely to be concerned about their cholesterol and opted for more calcium in their diets.

This problem is likely far more widespread than three locations in two countries.

With that in mind, it's more than likely to be... you guessed it, a street race in one of the country's major cities like Amsterdam or Rotterdam.

Much as I don't like them, I have to concede that Tottenham have as good a team as they have had for some years, and their style and consistency of play makes them easily one of the best two teams in the country, and if they hold on to their best players and manager, I wouldn't be surprised to see them going one better next season than the runners - up spot that they managed last year, and look likely to repeat this time.

In a country struggling with childhood health, snacks at sporting venues are more likely to increase calorie intake rather than contribute to health and exercise benefits.

After adjustment for country of residence and individual social, demographic, and obstetric characteristics, mothers who delivered in an accredited hospital were 10 % more likely to start breastfeeding: adjusted rate ratio [95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.10 (1.05 — 1.15)-RSB-, than those who delivered in a unit with neither award (Table 4).

Women in the UK are far less likely to breastfeed their children than in any other country in the world.

There is consistent evidence of a protective effect of exclusive breast feeding against diarrhoeal disease in the first 4 — 6 months of life.4 Likely causes are the immune properties of breast milk and less exposure to pathogens in contaminated milk, food, bottles, or teats.5 Contamination and inadequate sterilisation pose less of a problem in developed than developing countries, and this explains the greater protection of breast feeding in developing countries where poverty, poor hygiene, and infectious diseases are common.

In Caribbean countries, kids raised by authoritarian parents are more likely to suffer from depression than kids raised by authoritative parents (Lipps et al 2012).

In a debate in the Scottish parliament, he insisted that action needed to be taken to secure medical school places for Scottish students, who were more likely to stay in the country to practice than their English colleagues.

Easier said than done, but it's likely to give one side an edge in tight races across the country.