Sentences with phrase «narrow the gap by»

The results also suggest that the Government's attempts to narrow the gap by claiming David Cameron would slash funding for frontline services is beginning to have an effect.

Similarly, the workforce sector has sought to narrow the gap by providing programs and services to help job seekers attain and demonstrate these skills.

SB 455 will narrow this gap by helping school districts recruit and retain diverse teachers and school leaders.

Wyoming and Rhode Island followed by narrowing their gaps by 11.5 % and 9.2 % respectively.

However, BMW narrowed the gap by providing us with a test car optioned up to $ 90,875, while our Porsche had a sticker of $ 106,210.

If, on the other hand, your Social Security and any pension payments fall well short of covering your essential expenses, then you might want to consider closing or narrowing that gap by devoting some, but not all, of your nest egg to an immediate annuity that can generate additional lifetime income.

If so, can law schools narrow this gap by tapping the skills of their law librarians?

Not exact matches

The gap between the percentage of men and the percentage of women who work or are looking for work is the narrowest in the G20, according to a 2014 report by four international institutions, including the World Bank.

While historically white men and women drink more than their black and Hispanic counterparts, that gap is narrowing — again, primarily driven by white Gen Zers drinking less.

Ottawa's efforts to narrow the «skills gap,» including its controversial Canada Jobs Grant program, is driven by a belief schools are pumping out too many drama majors and not enough welders.

Smartphone Market Penetration While the incidence of smartphone use in 2013 has increased by 9 percentage points year over year and by 24 percentage points since 2011, the gap in customer satisfaction scores among smartphone manufacturers is narrowing.

But the gap is not narrowing quickly enough to rebalance the economy by the end of President Xi's term in 2023.

Among the 63 economies surveyed in both this and the last report produced in 2015, GEM found that Total Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) among women increased by 10 %, and the gender gap (ratio of women to men participating in entrepreneurship) narrowed by 5 %.

By January, the gap had narrowed to 372,000.

Only by truly engaging the populous can we even begin to narrow the national wealth gap and thwart a looming retirement crisis,» stated Dara Albright, Founder of Dara Albright Media.

The U.S. international trade gap narrowed to $ 49.0 billion in March from $ 57.7 billion in February, data released by the Commerce Department Thursday morning showed.

The gap between Canada's 2 - year yield and its U.S. counterpart narrowed by 7.9 basis points to a spread of -17.4 basis points, its narrowest since Oct. 30.

The growing popularity and freshness of the platform had helped Facebook to narrow the gap significantly with Google, in terms of referral traffic share, by the end of 2014.

Keystone XL construction, along with Kinder Morgan Inc.'s Trans Mountain expansion and Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3 expansion, could narrow the gap to less than $ 10 by early next decade, Tim Pickering, chief investment officer at Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd., said in a telephone interview.

But iOS downloads have come a little bit closer this quarter; it narrowed the downloads gap with Google Play by 10 % points.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. international trade gap narrowed to $ 49.0 billion in March from $ 57.7 billion in February, data released by the Commerce Department Thursday morning showed.

Online stored must narrow the gap between online and offline shopping experience by maintaining quality, better price offerings, and prominent delivery.

They are premium quality, 2 - piece double edge single blade razors and fully adjustable, allowing the shaver to change the angle of the blade inside the razor head by twisting the knob at the bottom of the base to create either a wider or narrower gap between the blade and the safety bar.

Through four races he had only narrowed the gap between himself and the 30th - ranked threshold NASCAR mandated by a scant six points.

Almost as if it was guided by a computer, the shot sliced through several defenders and into a narrow gap between the post and Watford goalkeeper Gomes to hit the back of the net.

Even as Tottenham have narrowed the gap in recent years they have struggled at this venue, taking one point from their last four visits, and that 2 - 2 draw was soured by losing their heads as well as any lingering title hopes in the infamous 2016 battle of the Bridge.

They are separated by four points with third place Steven Defour a further twelve points behind although I suspect that gap will be narrowed this week with the Huddersfield result.

What this did was force Milan to be stretched as they wanted to stay narrow and compact but by having both wide men glued to the touchline, then two inside between the lines, (Rafinha and Cancelo) they were forced to commit some out wide and some in the middle thus creating gaps.

(The gap between poor and wealthier fourth - grade students narrowed during those two decades, but only by a tiny amount.)

It is my goal, and the collective work of our team here at the Nature Museum, to narrow that gap in Chicago by increasing inclusivity and access to nature for all.

Health (i.e., pregnancy) outcomes for this group can be improved by narrowing the information gap and offering customized care with specific attention to their medical, psycho - social and social problems [2].

Third, opposition candidate Henrique Capriles narrowed the gap to 1,5 % to Maduro in the 2013 presidential election (compared to Rosales who lost by a 25 % point difference), in spite of having to compete on highly uneven playing field.

He unveiled a two - pronged approach to narrowing the health gap; by improving access to primary care and focusing on prevention as much as treatment.

Aspects relating to audits of firms in a bid to narrow the gender pay gap are still under review by the government, however, with an eye to avoiding placing any new demands on British business as the economy emerges from recession.

Electoral results bear out the opposition's resurgence despite the obstacles and obstructions created by the governing administration: It won the majority of the popular vote in the 2010 parliamentary elections, narrowed the gap to Chavismo in the 2012 and 2013nd finally won a supermajority in the parliament in 2015.

A new poll by Siena College finds Bernie Sanders has narrowed the gap with Hillary Clinton in the New York presidential primary race.

Clegg's response that the attainment gap between the poor and their wealthier classmates was narrowing, came in response to questions about a recent analysis by the think tank DEMOS, which seems to contradict this.

He should explain why his moral purpose in politics is defined by extending opportunity to all and narrowing the gaps in life chances in Britain, because we are stronger as a society and an economy when all are included.

By early next year, the Western New York Women's Foundation hopes to announce its own program, called «All In,» that would narrow the wage gap and raise more women to leadership positions.

And, more fundamentally, he must avoid being dragged down by the surprisingly narrow gap between New Labour's NHS reform ambitions and the Tories» ideas it is now fighting its hardest against.

Commenting on the Education Policy Institute's Closing the Gap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprisiGap report into the progress made by the Government to narrow the pupil attainment gap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprisigap, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT - The Teachers» Union, said: «The findings of this report are sadly unsurprising.

In New York, women earn the equivalent of 89 cents to each dollar earned by men, the narrowest wage gap of any state in the nation and higher than the national average of 80 cents.

By supporting Grant Shapp's Right To Move policy, Iain Duncan Smith's proposals to end welfare dependency, George Osborne's raising of the personal allowance threshold, and Michael Gove's free schools - am I not supporting policies that will narrow the gap between rich and poor?

However, Mr Cameron has narrowed the competence gap; when the same question was asked in September, Mr Brown led by 32 per cent to Mr Cameron's 25 per cent.

The gender gap has narrowed, and Clinton now leads Trump by 22 points with women, down from 36 points last month.

Franklin, by 41.8 percent, and the gap narrowed further south in Washington and Warren counties to 28.2 percent and 23.4 percent, respectively.

Recent polls have shown Gillibrand leading Long in head - to - head matchups by more than 30 percentage points, though analysts expect the gap to narrow now that Republicans have chosen a candidate.

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters)-- President Barack Obama is set to speak on Thursday about how he will target job creation, housing, law enforcement and education in the poorest U.S. communities, part of his pledge to narrow the gap -LSB-...]

The Tory leader endorsed his policy chief Oliver Letwin, who angered the party's traditionalists last December by saying he supported redistribution to try to narrow the gap between rich and poor.

Squeezing through gaps so narrow we can't turn our heads, we come to some 6 - metre trenches dug by archaeologists in the 1960s.