Sentences with phrase «narrowing the gap on»

There is a different kind of pressure on the Frenchman to deliver, not so much from the ever - patient board but from supporters who sense their beloved Gunners are finally narrowing the gap on London rivals Chelsea.

It would narrow the gap on Winston considerably if Winston doesn't match Manziel's magic, but it's not going to help Manziel overtake him.

This narrowed the gap on the Edinburgh team to less than 100 pts.

But Miliband's party is narrowing the gap on the crucial issue of economic competence and the Labour leader's personal ratings are improving.

Comparing 2017 KPREP results released late last week to comparable, 2016 results, Hispanic students» proficiency levels improved at a pace that narrowed gaps compared to white students on four of 14 assessments, and improved without narrowing gaps on six others...

I found myself on the tail of one of their testers, only for him to turn sideways and fly effortlessly through a narrow gap on a huge Amarr temple.

Not exact matches

Options on the budgetary table include narrowing the pay equity gap, ensuring more gender equality in boardrooms, easing access to capital for female entrepreneurs and opening up more funding opportunities for female scientific researchers.

«As we look out over the course of the next 18 to 24 months, we will stay laser - focused on taking the necessary actions to narrow our gap to market and drive sustained shareholder value.

«This is significant, as this will allow the government to assess whether tariff elimination can help narrow the price gap for consumers in Canada, and will help inform future decisions on tariff relief.»

Trump is trailing Clinton in most polls, although he has narrowed the gap according to a Reuters / Ipsos poll released on Friday.

Additional clinical trial data later this year on Tesaro's key drug, Niraparib, which targets advanced solid tumors in ovarian and breast cancers, could help narrow the valuation gap, the people said.

The government took a stab at cross-border price differences in the 2013 budget when it eliminated tariffs on baby clothing and sports equipment — rates as high as 18 per cent for skates — to try to narrow the gap.

In fact, the stock market drop on October 31 was attributed in part to new polls showing the gap is narrowing between presidential candidates, with Donald Trump closing in on Hillary Clinton.

The difference between the 10 - year and 2 - year Treasury rates narrowed to 47 44 basis points on Monday (April 16)-- the smallest gap since late - 2007.

He pointed to the president's recent decision to impose tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines, as well as ongoing renegotiations of trade deals with Canada, Mexico and South Korea, as ways in which the United States would narrow the trade gap.

We urge the Government to provide further detail on its proposals for the UK's future trading and regulatory relationship with the EU, and to iron out its initiatives to narrow the skills gap and enhance business productivity through the Industrial Strategy.

Second, and perhaps more interestingly, they're more bullish on their own companies» relative performance: we have the narrowest gap between forecasts for the world and for CEOs» own organisations.

The rising cost and decreasing CTR on Facebook have narrowed the gap with Google advertising.

Forward - looking data on new wage agreements also point to firm wages growth, and suggest some narrowing of the gap between public and private sector wage outcomes.

Analysts had expected the overall gap to narrow to $ 49.8 billion, based on a significant improvement in the advance trade goods gap.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

In conclusion, despite my insistence on the irresolvability of these two models, in Pannenberg and in Ford's modified Whitehead we do find a narrowing of the gap.

The more I read his writings the more I could see the gap between experience and conceptuality (as described earlier on), and between Asia and the West, narrowing.

These comments suggest that Naess is personally open to entering ethical discussions in a relatively traditional way, If other deep ecologists follow him, the gap between them and Whiteheadians will narrow Meanwhile, however, this opening on the part of Naess can not be taken to characterize the movement as a whole.

But time brings change, and next week my foundation is hosting a symposium in Southern California where the gap between science and spirituality will be narrow somewhat, not on the basis of religion but on the basis of consciousness.

And even closer on their tails is Team Kirshner who finally narrowed the gap and caught up to Team Lazarov in the Standings this week.

On Wednesday night, Napoli narrowed the gap between themselves and Juventus to just four points at the top of the table, coming from behind twice to earn a 4 - 2 victory over Udinese.

I think most reasonable punters on here can see Arsenal embarking on a 3 year project here to narrow the quality gap — the gung - ho plastics will demand PL / UCL titles this season hence all the shouting.

He easily warded off a charging Henrik Stenson in the final round without breaking much of a sweat, and hitting ice - in - your - veins shots like this on the 15th when Stenson narrowed the gap to just two.

After Napoli played out a goalless draw with Inter Milan on Saturday night, Serie A champions Juventus were presented with the chance to narrow the gap to the Partenopei, but it looked as though Massimiliano Allegri's men were about to squander the opportunity, falling behind against Udinese after just eight minutes.

With a back three capable of breaking out to cover the flanks, and a midfield that can keep and control the ball and also cover the gaps in such a narrow formation, a 3 -3-4 would put the focus on the fearsome array of attacking options that would be available to the club in two years time.

Thirdly, if we can narrow the gap before the game against Barcelona, it will put the pressure back on to Vilanova's men.

Despite a late onslaught from Crystal Palace, Chelsea held on to win maximum points narrow the gap between them and London rivals...

Often I've come up on narrrow gaps in alleyways and lanes, around parked cars and narrow doorways, and thought «I don't know if I can fit through.»

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.

The fundraising gap between the two Democrats narrowed significantly since last summer, when Soares had not yet focused on his re-election.

The fairness case for levying VAT on private school fees is this: whenever # 10,000 is spent on private school fees, # 2000 would go towards narrowing the gaps in opportunity and mobility.

The McAuliffe camp had pinned its hopes on at least narrowing the gap with white female voters, who made up 36 % of the electorate this year.

Equality bill The purpose of the bill is to set out new laws to help narrow the gap between the rich and poor, require businesses to report on gender pay, outlaw age discrimination and strengthen anti-discrimination legislation.

On the failure to meet deficit - reduction targets, the gap is narrow, with slightly more people blaming the government's actions (30 %) than the legacy of the last Labour government (26 %).

If the Labour leader has a single task to achieve before the next election, he must to narrow the gap with David Cameron on who the voters prefer as prime minister.

If the achievement of children who are temporarily eligible for free school meals due to the recession is higher than children whose families are on benefits for a longer period of time, then the gap between free school meal and non-free school meal children will narrow.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said the party wanted to «pour the disinfectant of sunlight on large company accounts» to help HM Revenue and Customs narrow the vast gap between tax owed and tax paid.

With the Liberal Democrat leader set on highlighting the impact his party has had on the coalition's education policies, Clegg said he is heartened that there are signs the attainment gap is narrowing.

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.

«I believe that an increase in pupil segregation on the basis of academic selection would be at best a distraction from crucial reforms to raise standards and narrow the attainment gap and at worse risk actively undermining six years of progressive education reform.»

Remain's lead slipped and voters» indecision was on the increase as Leave narrowed the gap in the Telegraph's weekly poll.

Iain, I included the following text in a post on my blog (www.rightthinking.co.uk) this afternoon: «Today it's Harriet Harman's turn, trying to play the class warrior with a speech about narrowing the UK class gap — a subject upon which this privately educated niece of a Countess can no doubt speak with experience and authority.