Sentences with phrase «major part of efforts»

It's possible to join any number of groups which campaign for environmental issues and almost all of which make global warming a major part of their efforts.

A major part of these efforts are to support scientific research into the causes and cures for genetic diseases and general health of our beloved Berners.

Two - thirds of the suicides in the study involved firearms, so gun safety needs to be a major part of efforts to reduce suicides among veterans.

Increasing the percentage of children with ASD who undergo comprehensive evaluation before 36 months is a major part of efforts to improve recognition and management of these disorders.

Barnes & Noble has finally begun to spin off their Nook brand into its own subsidiary company and Microsoft has jumped at the opportunity to be a major part of that effort.

«A major part of this effort will be to embrace the philosophy of CAC's urban carpet in its downtown location, continuing to create a dialogue and synergy with Cincinnati and its people.

Increasing the quantity and quality of habitat for pollinators is a major part of this effort — with actions ranging from the construction of pollinator gardens at Federal buildings to the restoration of millions of acres of Federally managed lands and similar actions on private lands.

The major part of my effort goes into content, that's my excuse.

Not exact matches

It will be a long week in Washington with a lot of moving parts that could overshadow the tax reform effort, which Republicans hope will be the first major legislative win since Trump took office.

With software replacing hardware in most major sectors, users and businesses depend on researchers to unearth vulnerabilities and make them public as part of ongoing efforts to improve security.

Many brands prioritize email marketing as a major part of their marketing efforts.

South African technology major Naspers announced on Friday that it has raised $ 9.8 billion from the sale of 2 % of its holdings in Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent as part of efforts to strengthen its balance sheet and fund growth in its e-commerce businesses.

In addition to Niebuhr, figures such as John Bennett, Francis P. Miller, Georgia Harkness, and Henry P. Van Dusen played major parts in the development of a «Christian realism» that also shaped the beginnings of the World Council of Churches and - she indicates but does not argue - continues, mutatis mutandis, to mark the efforts of groups such as the Christian Coalition today.

A major part of the problem is that though Immanuel Kant wrote about dignity in the 18th century and the word was in use even earlier, strong efforts to elucidate and work with it have not been made (as have been made for, say, the notion of human rights, the subject of innumerable books, essays and court cases).

Traps constitute a major investment, especially in light of lower fur prices in part due to animal protectionist's efforts to change the social acceptance of wearing fur.

«Today's announcement presents a major environmental, social and public health opportunity for the U.S., and we're proud to be part of a national effort to reduce the food that goes into landfills.»

David Cameron and Nick Clegg are promising to help homeowners build extensions to their property as part of a major effort to boost the building industry announced today.

Chairman of UBA, and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and a major promoter of entrepreneurship in the continent, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has called on global institutions to support the growth of small businesses in Africa as part of the efforts to impact the world entirely.

«Tourism is a major driver of New York's economy and these signs are part of a multi-pronged effort that has helped increase tourism across this state,» Empire State Development spokesman Adam Ostrowski wrote in an email.

One of the major academic efforts to understand how voters behave in September's referendum is being conducted as part of an enterprise known as the British Election Study (BES).

Key to that effort so far has been a commitment of $ 12,000 and a staff leader to head the preservation effort by Cornell Cooperative Extension Service of Rockland County, headquartered in Thiells; and Rockland County BOCES, which has committed its vocational education home building students to the actual work effort, as part of a new construction major in historic restoration and preservation instead of concentrating solely on new construction techniques, their emphasis for the past half - century.

New York's major roadways will soon have «texting zones» where drivers can pull over to answer texts or emails on their smartphones, as part of an effort by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to combat distracted driving.

The state government explained that the plant was rehabilitated in collaboration with WACOT Limited as part of efforts to create an avenue for the youths to leverage on the expertise of major players in the agricultural sector.

As part of the Governor's ongoing efforts to assist future homebuyers and existing homeowners, this investment includes more than $ 100 million in available funds to help new homebuyers purchase and renovate «Zombie» properties and support existing low - and middle - income homeowners with major repairs and renovations.

While it is widely known that some companies and foreign governments gave money to the foundations, perhaps in an effort to gain favor, one of the key parts of the puzzle hasn't been reported: At least a dozen of those same companies lobbied the State Department, using lobbyists who doubled as major Clinton campaign fundraisers.

A behind - the - scenes effort to make major changes to the sprawling but creaky state Workers» Compensation Board is off the table and unlikely to be part of the 2016 - 17 budget, those on both sides of the issue acknowledged.

The legislation was passed as part of the 2016 - 17 state budget and marks a major accomplishment in the Governor's efforts to restore economic justice and fairness to working families in New York State.

The Office of the Special Prosecutor marks the fulfilment of a major campaign promise of Nana Akufo - Addo in the run - up to the 2016 elections as part of efforts to fight corruption.

In an email release with all caps in the subject line (I think Bellone is a little excited that the imensely popular Cuomo is campaigning again for him), Bellone says the governor's visit scheduled for Wednesday is part of a major get - out - the - vote effort.

The government has launched a major review of apprenticeships as part of Gordon Brown's efforts to improve the workforce's skill base.

This forms part of efforts to sustain the campaign against illegal mining which has affected major river bodies and left acres of farmlands destroyed.

The government said military personnel were going to be deployed onto the streets of major cities nationwide to assist the police as part of efforts to halt the surge in robberies.

These billboards and all of the other STOP - DWI efforts are a major part of our pro-active strategy to keep up the pressure and reduce DWI even further.

Ghanaians can expect to see military personnel flooding major cities nationwide as part of efforts to halt the surge in robberies and violent crime in some parts of the country.

Krauss and his Bulletin colleagues credit Obama's election as a major part of new arms reduction talks with Russia, the now - stalled negotiations with Iran to close its nuclear enrichment program, and the potential of a U.S. - led effort to secure all loose fissile material in four years.

«Dr. Aplin's major research advance is part of a larger effort by the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center to develop new strategies for treating melanoma.

Matt Hansen, a remote sensing scientist with the University of Maryland who was a major contributor to WRI's analysis, said that while efforts to stop forest clearing may be helping, some parts of Indonesia may be «simply running out of forest.»

Nosek has been at the forefront of efforts to clean up his field — he and more than 175 collaborators are repeating a random sample of the hundreds of studies published in 2008 in three major psychology journals — and he and Ratliff are both part of Project Implicit, a long - running collaboration that also provides free software for running behavioral experiments with standardized methods.

As part of this global effort to realize better treatments for age - related conditions, a group of scientists from the department of restorative dentistry, University of Malaya and four other universities in the US have recently reported a major success in developing new biomedical implants with the ability to accelerate bone healing.

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory was a critical part of the space agency's effort to gather data on climate change, and the probe's failure is a major blow to earth scientists eager to collect more accurate data on carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas.

Leland recently outlined a major effort into next - generation computing called Beyond Moore Computing that's part of Sandia's overall work on future computing.

But Hersh believes this second factor is changing, due in part to major efforts to educate people about the problems associated with overuse of antibiotics, such as CDC's «Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work» program.

The work is part of a major research effort on perovskite materials being led by Stranks, within MIT's Organic and Nanostructured Electronics Laboratory.

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A major partner in these efforts is HarvestPlus, part of the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH), which supports the development and promotion of the biofortified crop varieties and related research.

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

Two groups of major retailers agreed this week to implement joint inspection standards for thousands of garment factories in Bangladesh, part of an effort to improve workplace safety.

In parallel to the Rio +20 gestation process, the UN Secretary - General and his senior advisors, after more than two years of wholehearted efforts to bring about a major global agreement on climate change, had come to the conclusion that climate change was part of a broader package of global sustainable development challenges, and could probably be better addressed in conjunction with the rest.

The plan, which also includes closings of more than a dozen parish churches, is part of a major effort to rescue the archdiocese from mounting deficits.

The new standards, published in the June 7 Federal Register, are part of an ongoing effort to revamp the office of educational research and improvement, the department's major research arm, and to improve the quality of the research that it finances.