Sentences with phrase «lose at least the equivalent»
Due to standardized tests, and the prep that comes with them, my son who is in Kindergarten this year is likely to lose at least the equivalent of a full year of face to face teaching and learning time with his teachers by the time he completes his k - 12 public education.
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What was clear was that the people of the DRC lost out on at least $ 1.36 billion — equivalent to twice the country's health and education budgets.
Kofi Annan's Africa Progress Panel estimates that the Congolese government lost out on at least $ 1.36 billion in five such deals involving Gertler between 2010 and 2012 — equivalent to almost double the country's annual spending on health and education combined.
Similarly, in his 2006 report on the economic consequences of climate change, Sir Nicholas Stern wrote that, «If we don't act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least five per cent of global GDP each year, now and forever.»
«Without action, the overall costs of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5 % of global gross domestic product (GDP) each year, now and forever.