Sentences with phrase «likely than in previous years»

«Perhaps the most important finding is that three - quarters of the public are not aware of reports of a sizable increase in the number of ticks this summer and are therefore no more likely than in previous years to always take steps to reduce the risks of being bitten,» said Humphrey Taylor, chairman emeritus of The Harris Poll.

Not exact matches

Apple customers were also likely to pay more than in previous years as they increasingly opted for the larger screen Plus model and models with more storage capacity.

Correspondingly, the current account deficit has also widened over the past couple of years, although the deficit for the September quarter, at around 6 per cent of GDP (assuming that the net income deficit remains constant as a share of GDP), is likely to have been smaller than in the previous quarter.

That is a significant increase in his innings and I think it is more likely that he just wore down through the year (in combination with the workload from the previous year) than his stuff just isn't that good and he's a nibbler.

Walcott was unlucky, he should have scored four and Even though it was a bit wobbly In the last 20 minutes, the end result shows that this Arsenal team has improved a lot from previous years, where we would have more than likely lost points in this gamIn the last 20 minutes, the end result shows that this Arsenal team has improved a lot from previous years, where we would have more than likely lost points in this gamin this game.

Candidates from parties that are more popular in the opinion polls than they were four years ago are more likely to win than they were the previous time, and vice versa.

Am I correct in believing that all poll forecasts have been adjusted to take into account that those who say they will vote Labour are now more likely to vote than in previous polls before last year's GE.

The 2014 electoral threshold is higher than it has been in previous years, so PAN will likely join forces with smaller parties that have been deemed ineligible to compete for the election, including the Prosperous Peace Party, a moderate Christian party.

In fact, in cases where both a deserting male and his mate return the following year, the female will more likely than not re-mate with the same male that ditched her the previous yeaIn fact, in cases where both a deserting male and his mate return the following year, the female will more likely than not re-mate with the same male that ditched her the previous yeain cases where both a deserting male and his mate return the following year, the female will more likely than not re-mate with the same male that ditched her the previous year.

«The surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that made warming El Niño conditions more likely than they were over the previous 30 years and cooling La Niña conditions less likely» says corresponding author de Freitas.

Smokers were 30 % more likely than nonsmokers to have taken 10 to 24 sick days in the previous year, and smoking put an even greater dent in productivity than obesity, according to the study, which appears in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

The study good dating profile words men increasingly looking for ambitious women, while women are much more likely to be seeking intelligent men than in previous years.

Staff decision - making on suppliers In previous years our research has shown that head teachers were more likely to have been involved in selecting the supplier of classroom ICT than classroom teacherIn previous years our research has shown that head teachers were more likely to have been involved in selecting the supplier of classroom ICT than classroom teacherin selecting the supplier of classroom ICT than classroom teachers.

Classrooms that cheated in the same subject the previous year were nearly nine times more likely to cheat this year than a classroom that did not cheat last year.

Decreased «regular» Title I funds: As noted above, because the «hold harmless» provision does not take effect until 2018/19, some districts will likely receive less Title I funding in 2017/18 than in previous years.

Yet the small minority of requests put in by candidates who were not present for an exam — sometimes due to illness, according to the report — were less likely to be approved than in previous years because a candidate's performance can no longer be predicted due to the lack of prior modules.

As in previous years, academies and free schools were more likely to have denied their teachers pay progression than local authority - maintained schools.

Hispanics are less likely than whites or African - Americans to have used a library in the previous year, and African - Americans are more likely than others to use a library for research.

Those who had read an e-book on any device in the previous year were also more likely than printed - book readers to have bought their most recent book: 55 % of e-book readers had bought their most recently read book, compared with 49 % of those who had read print books.

Beyond device ownership, those who had read an e-book (on any device) in the previous year were also more likely than print readers to have bought their most recent book: 55 % of e-book readers had bought their most recently read book of any format, compared with 49 % of print readers.

Sorry, but the evidence clearly shows that actively managed funds with superior performance over the previous 5 or 10 years are more likely than not to underperform during the subsequent 5 or 10 years.2 You can always find an expensive mutual fund that has done well over the last few years, and it's in any sales person's interest to sell you something that will make them money, not something that will save you money.

Lafferty started out believing from review of previous published literature that «infectious disease was preventing the recovery of sea otters, and the most likely source of infection of Toxoplasma gondii was terrestrial runoff containing oocysts defecated by cats,» but when he and colleagues tagged 135 California sea otters in 2009 and followed them for four years, they found that «Counter to expectations, sea otters from unpopulated stretches of coastline,» around Big Sur, are less healthy and more exposed to parasites than city - associated otters,» from the Monterey Bay area, who have more exposure to fecal matter from cats.

Interested applicants would mostly likely be more recent graduates with less than five years previous working experience, a genuine interest in soft tissue surgery and participation in small animal reproductive medicine through continuing education and a mentoring process.

In sum, the conclusion of the Kopp study that 20th century sea level rise was extremely likely faster than during any of the 27 previous centuries is not substantiated, although there is little doubt that sea levels are higher than they have been since the last interglacial period, the Eemian, about 115,000 to 130,000 years ago.

Lead author de Freitas said in a press release, â $ œThe surge in global temperatures since 1977 can be attributed to a 1976 climate shift in the Pacific Ocean that made warming El Nià ± o conditions more likely than they were over the previous 30 years and cooling La Nià ± a conditions less likely.»

For instance, because of some of the things on this list, Americans are more likely than they were in previous years to accept the possibility that science has something to say about the Earth's climate and the changes we have experienced or that may be in the future; journalists are starting to take a new look at their own misplaced «objective» stance as well.

Justices are less likely to sit in panels of larger than five than in previous years — the number of appeals upon which seven or nine Justices sat fell to about 9 % of hearings (compared with 11 % in the previous year, and 24 % in 2011/12 and 2010/11).

Moreover, the very fact that the AG's role is now «under the microscope» such as never before makes it even more likely that the AG's advisory function will be performed with far greater circumspection than perhaps has been the case in previous years.

«While the contribution of cryptocurrency mining to our business is hard to quantify, it is likely to have been higher than in previous years.

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Males were significantly more likely than females to have used an illicit substance in the previous year (27 % compared with 18 %), and before then (25 % compared with 21 %).

Adolescents ages 14 to 17 were far more likely than younger children to be sexually victimized (including flashing or exposure by a peer, sexual harassment, and sexual assault): 13 percent in the previous year, including 16 percent among females.

«The slight increase in median age last year is likely another example of the overall national trend of baby boomers delaying retirement and staying in the workforce later than previous generations,» says Yun.

While the fall months likely will bring out some sort of decrease in recent home price increases, «we have a much better supply and demand dynamic» than in previous years, Mark Fleming, CoreLogic's chief economist, told The Wall Street Journal.

Home prices will likely rise further between now and the end of 2016, but possibly at a more moderate pace than in previous years.