Sentences with phrase «more substantial gains»

The West, Northeast and Southern regions all recorded more substantial gains over the past year, of 1.9 %, 1.6 % and 0.9 %, respectively.

Not exact matches

«To have the lack of more substantial wage gains at this point probably helps to alleviate some of the immediacy on the four - interest - rate - hikes - in - 2018 question,» said Hamrick, the Bankrate.com analyst.

All parties receive substantial public funding intended to support democracy, but it also means they are in varying degrees highly dependent on money that will disappear with a Conservative majority, making the Tories even more motivated to win and gain an advantage in the election after this one.

The pitch was that if you just keep your money in the market when the going gets rough, such as in bear markets, the substantial upside in the good years will more than compensate for the down years, thereby leaving you with a solid annualized gain over long - term.

Without a substantial gain / loss from trading operations, Wells Fargo is able to focus on growing a more sustainable core business.

Gains elsewhere were more modest but still substantial.

Each of these phases in digitalization required massive amounts of invested capital, which yielded substantial gains in productivity, as transistors became smaller, more powerful, more affordable and ubiquitous.

One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten years and with the continuing growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in growth rates for 1965 - 75, as shown on that graph, is more than 29 percentage points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9 per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5 per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy amounted to 62 percentage points.

«It is about time the AFGC became a more professional body that actually represents all of its members, many of whom have seen substantial sales gains from products sold at Coles that customers buy the most,» he said.

«People who are very wealthy, particularly payers of capital gains tax, people on very high incomes who get substantial income relief under the income tax system should pay more, in order that poorer people and indeed people on middle incomes are lifted out of tax altogether.»

Signals that have the fewest component frequencies, like those used for medical imaging, will see the biggest speed gains, but more complex tasks, such as video file compression, should get a substantial boost as well.

This alternate view of Earth's first geologic eon, called the Hadean, has gained substantial new support from the first detailed comparison of zircon crystals that formed more than 4 billion years ago with those formed contemporaneously in Iceland, which has been proposed as a possible geological analog for early Earth.

These estimates suggest that substantial health gains could be made, say the authors — a 40 % relative reduction in smoking prevalence and almost 13 million smoking attributable deaths averted and more than 154 million life years gained by 2050 — by extending effective public health and clinical interventions to reduce active smoking.

The other algorithms took more than 300 times longer on the same dataset, indicating that CMDS represents a substantial performance gain.

Also typical are acne, baldness, and rapid, substantial weight gain (more than 10 pounds a year) that seems impossible to control.

One problem with «muscle burns more than fat» is that it's assumed you are actually going to gain substantial muscle from lifting weights.

I mentioned above that isometrics has been a pendulum due to lack of quick results, but this is more in terms of not seeing gains in strength by either moving against an unmovable object or utilizing barbell lifts in separate sessions, where it might take more time to really see that the isometrics are making a substantial impact.

But those who logged eight hours or more in bed each night also showed a bigger fat gain, although it was less substantial than that seen in «short sleepers.»

Chris Elliott may have been born with a funny spoon in his mouth — he's the son of Bob Elliott, the more deadpan half of the famous comedy duo Bob and Ray — but he's developed his own offbeat brand of humor and gained his own substantial cult following.

Hill would gain a substantial amount of weight for the role, which gives a swagger to his walk and a presence that challenges Miles Teller's more straight - laced, but easily led, Packouz character.

Nonetheless, the gains among initial 3rd graders were very substantial, about 0.36 standard deviations between 1998 and 2009, and more than enough to justify Florida's claims that its gains have outpaced those in most other states.

Recent, more finely tuned data for New Jersey, provided by Peg Goertz, a University of Pennsylvania researcher who has closely followed developments in the Garden State, indicate that from 1999 to 2007 substantial gains were made in the Abbott districts, which were the focus of the judicial remedies.

The presumption is that the higher the initial scores, the more difficult it is to elicit substantial gains; in other words, the state's scores were approaching a «ceiling.»

It may well be the case that these costs are justified by the achievement gains of having students spend more time in the school, but in the current fiscal environment substantial increases in educational spending are unlikely to be forthcoming.

More generally, although a substantial literature base has shown that manipulating students» beliefs about the plasticity of ability leads to positive motivational and achievement gains, the research base concerning how technologies can be used to tap this construct is quite limited.

Analyzing more than a decade's worth of data from Chicago Public Schools, they found that schools where adults demonstrate a shared sense of responsibility for student learning are four times more likely to make substantial gains in reading than schools without strong professional ties.

Schools strong in at least three of the five areas for school improvement were 10 times more likely to show substantial gains in student learning.

These efforts have resulted in substantial gains — more than 1,600 Hartford students now take part in Open Choice, over 5400 Hartford Students and over 8000 suburban students attend 37 regional magnet schools and now 42 percent of Hartford schoolchildren are attending integrated schools.

Schools strong on at least three of these five «essential supports» were 10 times more likely to show substantial gains in student learning than schools weak on three or more essential supports.

Data showed that «schools that measured strong in all five supports were at least 10 times more likely than schools with just one or two strengths to achieve substantial gains in reading and math.

Gains were even more substantial among African - American students in poverty, who were 59 days ahead in math and 44 in reading.

He also pointed to a series of studies that showed some substantial gains at New York City's small schools, which operate on the premise that they can give more attention to struggling students than the large schools they replace.

Research has previously shown that differences in cultural and social capital can have repercussions in areas as diverse as use of language by the time children enter school, preferential access to grammar and faith schools, the type of characteristics parents value when choosing schools, the kind of studies children undertake and their access to more prestigious universities, or even the adoption of cultural practices linked to substantial cognitive gains like reading for pleasure.

The gain in legroom is expected to be a bit more substantial, though Infiniti has not published interior specifications which would reveal just how they've modified the cabin.

The space gained feels more substantial than it is, however, thanks to a dashboard that sweeps away from the front - seat passengers and up toward the windshield in a graceful arc.

Richard, I'm afraid anything you might gain from more even spacing will be given up by bucking the very substantial impetus of hundreds of years of fully - justified books.

There were already more established ereaders, offered by more well - known companies, when they entered the market, and they had no big retailer support, whereas in many of the international markets where they've gained a substantial following they were partnered with a major bookstore chain and arrived before the Kindle was available.

[However, the dollar still enjoys substantial net gains — a macro factor analysts tend to under - estimate, so I suspect the negative impact probably hasn't been fully discounted into earnings forecasts for more internationally focused US companies.]

Due to the size of my purchase, commission fee has a more substantial effort on the overall gains.

That series actually culminated in a write - up on Fortress Investment Group (FIG: US)-- which is a significant (5.9 %) holding for me, with substantial gains to date & plenty more upside potential still.

Buying more stocks that then increase in value results in a greater gain for the investor; however, buying more stocks that lose value exposes the investor to much more substantial losses.

If a player of the opposing faction meets certain criteria (i.e. not more than 5 levels below, or not even one level below if level capped at 80), then a player should gain a substantial amount of honor & money lootable from the corpse.

Nintendo stands to lose more than they gain by doing that, because they'd lose sales of hardware, (which by default is a substantial chunk of change, due to each console sold being worth at least 6 $ 50 games) for a miniscule increase in software, from people who's interest in games like Breath of the Wild would immediately die once the next Witcher hits their console.

In 2017, it is arguable that gaining a solid and substantial foothold in the world's most celebrated biennale will take more than the leverage of one curator.

The focus on the words makes this an unusual exhibition, but the show is rendered more substantial and gains context by the inclusion of some knockout large paintings from various collections.

Crucially, the green tag attached to kenaf is gaining more importance as people, companies and governments realize that the kenaf crop removes substantial amounts of CO2 and NO2 from the atmosphere and three to five times faster than forests with its deep roots improving the soil.

But substantial potential exists for further efficiency gains, especially in less energy - intensive industries, notably through more efficient motor drive systems and combined heat and power.

From diagnostic assessment to certification testing, KYL's tailored training program implemented by trainer Mike Carillo improved the average LTA score more than 40 percent with substantial gains in both time and accuracy.

The more mature legal departments also have substantial gains to be earned in predictive results through scenario modeling, data - driven forecasts and win - win pricing.

As you near to full retirement age, a financial loss becomes much more substantial than huge gains.