Sentences with phrase «measured by floor»

Measured by floor area, numbers are even higher: LEED - certified space now totals 19.4 % of the total building stock in the 30 office markets reviewed in the project.

Exports fell 15 per cent in March, while housing sales measured by floor space fell 22.5 per cent from a year earlier.

Not exact matches

This photo provided by Rep. John Yarmuth, D - Ky., shows Democrat members of Congress, including Rep. John Lewis, D - Ga., center, and Rep. Joe Courtney, D - Conn., left, participate in sit - down protest seeking a a vote on gun control measures, Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Yet others have noted that the office never had a secure booth previously as the EPA contains a secure facility on a separate floor, and have called attention to the secretive measures taken by Pruitt and his deputies.

Also, if a flour is simply scooped by a cup it gets packed towards the cup floor and the amount is different again instead of being an exact measure as it should.

A WWEMP is a comprehensive undertaking that considers all site specific conditions and reduces the risk of effluent plant failure in the long run by establishing water management measures from factory floor to end - of - pipe treatment and beyond.

NYPIRG has released its annual review of the state legislative session in Albany, finding this year was among the sessions that saw the least number of legislative agreements as evidenced by identical bills passing on the floor of both houses, otherwise known as «same - as» measures.

The tax returns bill has been derided by Senate Republicans as a «P.R. stunt» but Stewart - Cousins insisted the measure was part of a consistent set of policy proposals (a different, but similar bill that would link releasing tax returns to ballot access, was defeated as a hostile amendment on the Senate floor).

Floor consideration of a measure usually begins with opening statements by the floor managers, and often by other senaFloor consideration of a measure usually begins with opening statements by the floor managers, and often by other senafloor managers, and often by other senators.

In the House, a motion offered by a member of the minority party at the end of floor consideration that, if adopted in its simple form, returns the measure to legislative committee.

As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.

Only the EU Emissions Trading System and the carbon price floor were opposed by a clear majority of voters from across the political spectrum, though even then it is highly doubtful that very much political capital can be gained by abolishing measures equivalent to an annual average cost of # 13 per household, (see pie chart graph).

The Senate, which is ruled by a coalition of Republicans and a hand full of breakaway Democrats, has so far not put the measure on the floor due to opposition by some GOP Senators.

The Batavia Republican also proposed a measure on the Assembly floor Monday that would require a two - thirds vote of the house for Messages of Necessity to be accepted when issued by the governor.

The Senate, controlled by a Republican - dominated coalition, passed nine of its planks but refused to hold a floor vote on the abortion measure.

Democratic leaders did allow two bills to reach the floor for votes that year: a Krueger measure to stop landlords from collecting rent increases retroactively, and a bill by Manhattan Senator Daniel Squadron requiring owners to document rent increases used to justify vacancy decontrol.

Though he's had an at - times difficult relationship with the left of the Democratic base, Cuomo on the convention floor sought to play up areas of commonality on policy, touting the push for the $ 15 minimum wage and 12 weeks of paid family leave — both measures that were approved in New York earlier this year (with, by the way, the Republicans in control of the state Senate).

The same measure has sailed through Assembly committees and is expected to be approved by the entire house when it comes to the floor for a vote.

Led by Georgia Rep. John Lewis, veteran civikl rights advocate, Dozens of House Democrats staged a «sit - in» on the House floor today in protest of GOP leadership's refusal to allow a vote on a gun control measure following the Orlando massacre.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the State Senate slogged through its last scheduled day in its 2014 session, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC) that shares majority power with the Republicans, voiced hope that a measure to bar mental health professionals from performing «sexual orientation change efforts» on minors could yet get a floor vote.

The assemblyman's office noted he had co-sponsored a measure that would peg the then - $ 8 hourly minimum wage to the urban inflation rate, which has increased by an average of 1.7 percent annually over the last five years (and only increased by a tenth of a percent in 2015)-- which would have resulted in a far more modest rise in the pay floor.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York's Democrat - led Assembly has passed a bill to legalize gay marriage and a critical vote by the state Senate could take place this week if the chamber's Republican majority brings the measure to the floor.

The bill seems poised to pass the Senate, if a vote on the measure is brought to the floor by the chamber's governing coalition, which includes Republicans and a faction of Independent Democrats.

The sit - in, led by veteran civil rights campaigner and Georgia congressman John Lewis, was staged to demand a vote on gun control measures, after a 15 - hour filibuster in the Senate on 16 June led to a floor vote on four measures, including one which aimed to prevent those on a terrorist no - fly list from purchasing firearms.

In the state Senate, the measure was sponsored by Senator Diane Savino (D - Staten Island), who spoke on the floor before the vote about her parents, both of whom suffered from lung cancer.

Cook defined critical zoning terms like FAR, «floor area ratio,» or a measure of how many building are allowed on a specific area of land, and ULURP, the 7 1/2 month public approval process NYU will have to embarks on if its initial plans are approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Thanks to Swarm's precise measurements along with those from Champ — a mission that ended in 2010 after measuring Earth's gravity and magnetic fields for more than 10 years — scientists have not only been able to find the magnetic field generated by ocean tides but, remarkably, they have used this new information to image the electrical nature of Earth's upper mantle 250 km below the ocean floor.

The floor measures 8 by 10 feet, and the ceiling of this domed tent stretches 7 feet high.

Sensors attached to two - by four - foot floor plates precisely measure the force he exerts when he walks, dances, or runs.

The group used novel sensors that stick like barnacles to the sea floor — allowing them to survive Ivan's fury — to measure wave height by monitoring water pressure.

The MARS observatory, a metal structure with a base measuring about 12 feet by 15 feet, rests quietly on the ocean floor and provides a docking station for the Eye.

Then the team's computer simulations showed that eddies could trigger changes in sea floor currents matching the patterns measured by the instruments, with the best correlation occurring when the effects on deep - sea currents happened 8 days after the eddy passed overhead.

One of the eight metrics analyzed by the study is the Keetch - Byram drought index (KBDI), a measure of the dryness of the top 8 inches of the forest floor on a scale from 0 to 800.

Current clinical measures are limited by floor and ceiling effects and lack sensitivity to change with time, especially in premanifest subjects who are likely to be the optimal candidates for therapeutic intervention.

Additionally, nurse practitioners and women's health physical therapists can collect additional quantitative data confirming the diagnosis of PFD by using electromyographics (EMG), which measure the activation and relaxation patterns of pelvic floor muscles.

The motion sensors inside the Elvie pod measure pelvic floor muscle movement and give highly accurate biofeedback through the Elvie app (which is super easy and fun to use, by the way).

Measure your foot length by placing a ruler flat on the floor straight alongside the inside of your foot from your heel to your toes.

I learned that each paparazzi at the end of the catwalk gets a square foot of tape to stand in (no really — a square that is taped on the floor with duct tape measuring a foot by a foot).

The Colorado legislature increased the K - 12 education budget by $ 313 million, set a property tax floor for state residents, and strengthened accountability measures during this year's session.

Although Republican senators threatened a filibuster to keep the Senate from discussing the school building security measure — part of proposed legislation that deals largely with the higher - profile issue of gun control — compromises reached behind the scenes nudged the legislation onto the chamber's floor by the end of the week.

Measures to achieve new school places might include maximising buildings or land to increase the quantum of floor space and numbers of classrooms by way of redevelopment, acquiring sites for new school premises, and / or releasing existing sites or part of sites that are no longer required, or buildings that are no longer fit for purpose.

A controversial «parent trigger» bill backed by powerful GOP leaders and education reform icon Jeb Bush is headed to the Senate floor for a vote in the final week of the legislative session over the objections of the measure's critics over the way it is being handled.

You will get your attainment results in July but remember also that the progress measure can lift you above the floor all by itself.

You'll receive a before & after dyno graph report showing power and torque measured at the rear wheels • Road testing (up to 200 miles) • Hennessey exterior badge (rear) • HPE1000 Powered by Hennessey badges (side & rear) • Hennessey HPE1000 serial numbered plaque signed by John Hennessey (interior) • Hennessey HPE1000 serial numbered plaque signed by the HPE technician who builds you car (engine bay) • Powered by Hennessey premium floor mats • 1 Year / 12,000 mile limited warranty.

With Futuramic styling, as it was called, and a Rocket V - 8 engine, Olds» open - air model was made to turn heads in the competitive post-war market.Weighing in at 4,200 pounds and measuring nearly 18 feet long, the Olds was an imposing machine, propelled by a 135 - horsepower engine with a two - barrel carburetor.The Ninety - Eights had a rear center armrest, front and rear floor mats, chrome - plated body moldings, electric clock and stainless - steel wheel trim rings.

When you further factor in the vehicle's expressive exterior design, lower load floor, and array of safety measures, highlighted by Nissan's Around View technology with Moving Object Detection, the Quest's case for inclusion with the best V6 minivans is clear.

There's Zhao, whose path from factory floor to shopkeeper is sidetracked by her desperate measures to ensure a better future for her sons.

These ideas about directness, intimacy, and proportion (all of which deal with questions of ideal viewing conditions) became driving concerns behind the design of the Clyfford Still Museum, whose largest gallery measures about 1,200 square feet, with a ceiling placed, by today's standards, at a modest twelve to sixteen feet above the floor.

An event of singular importance is scheduled this spring at MASS MoCA — a decade - long installation of three monumental marbles by Louise Bourgeois, each weighing several tons and occupying a sprawling measure of floor space reinforced by steel supports, with an additional aluminum sculpture on five - year loan.

For a 2007 show at Gavin Brown's gallery in New York, he took a jackhammer to the gallery's concrete floor to create an 8 - foot - deep crater that measured 38 - by - 30 feet.