Sentences with phrase «national expectations of»

For example, you may wish to use alternative book covers that are more in line with the national expectations of a particular market.

Reconciling the pressures of austerity, a new school funding formula, a step change in national expectations of learners and ever vigilant Ofsted inspection can not be other than a huge challenge for school leaders and governors.

There is no national expectation of any particular amount of progress from any starting point.

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The National Retail Federation said the November result supported its expectation for an overall 4.1 percent jump in holiday season sales - confirming its conclusion that the poor Black Friday showing was a result of a shift in shopping patterns rather than a sign of weakness.

He had no expectations then of making any meaningful contribution to the disposition of weighty national issues.

Data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed the consumer price index rose 3.2 percent in February from a year ago, versus expectations of a 3.0 percent rise, while annual industrial production (IP) growth in January and February combined at 9.9 percent was the lowest since October 2012 - the starting point of China's nascent economic recovery.

The fourth quarter national accounts confirmed a sharp slowdown in the US, and most expectations now are for a period of further weakness in the first half of this year.

Home resales were already on a downward track before the British Columbia government introduced a 15 per cent tax on home purchases by foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver, and area resales could see further significant weakness in the near term if there is a sharp downgrading of future price expectations and a drop in speculative activity.

Because it reduces price and increases volume, it suggests that if Uber ultimately succeeds, the company could have a much bigger impact on urban mobility, labor, the environment, local economies and the national transportation infrastructure than we've all supposed — and its effects could confound the expectations of its harshest critics.

One of the most fortunate events in my life was to study under four brilliant economists at Stanford, who also formed my dissertation committee - Ronald McKinnon, an influential and original scholar in international economics; Thomas Sargent, a leading «rational expectations» theorist; John Taylor, also a «rational expectations» macroeconomist (currently serving in the Bush administration, and a leading candidate to succeed Alan Greenspan at the Fed, according to the Wall Street Journal), and Robert Hall, who heads the official Recession Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Today, sales expectations are much rosier according to Raddon's Small Business National Research: 59 percent of small businesses expect an increase in sales, while only 6 percent expect a decline.

Published semi-annually, PNC's survey of small and mid-size business owners» expectations for their own businesses» performance, and their outlook for the national and regional economies are described in detail (available in April and October).

According to TSF, U.S. solar jobs grew by almost 20 percent in 2013 — far exceeding expectations — or roughly ten times faster than the national employment rate of just 1.9 percent.

The national confidence index (a composite indicator of price and sales expectations) edged up slightly to +17, following +14 in October, and has now been in positive territory for 12 months.

In the last two months the overwhelming weight of the evidence supports this view, as the following indicators have either come in below expectations or suffered an actual downturn: core durable goods orders, the Chicago Fed National Activities Index, new home sales, existing home sales, payroll employment, the NFIB Small Business Index, construction spending, the ISM Non-Manufacturing Index, the Kansas City Fed Index, the Philadelphia Fed Survey, industrial production, the Empire State Manufacturing Index, the NAHB Housing Index, the ADP payrolls, auto sales, real disposable income and the GDP.

In that sense, Hannah Arendt was one of many Jewish, Christian, and nonreligious intellectuals» of whom there were many, if not a majority, in Germany» as well as working people, whose spirit was dulled by memories of a deeply flawed national ambition and shattered personal expectations.

The conversation made an impression on Nicole, who is the president and founder of The Expectations Project, a national organization that mobilizes people of faith to support public education reform and close the academic achievement gap.

They have high expectation born of many decades when both parties put forward national candidates carefully groomed to speak to their concerns and inspire them to action: Stop Communism!

In this part, however, we only see the seeds of an uprising planted, as 16 - yearold Katniss graduates from tragic victim to symbol of national expectation.

The expectation that God was bringing the Reformation to completion in America has been part of the national self - image since the seventeenth century when English Puritans settled New England and Scottish Presbyterians settled in the middle colonies.

At first this expectation was doubtless emotional in its appeal, as Mussolini stirs Italians now by pictures of a new Roman Empire, but as the centuries passed and the powerful theological conviction that Israel was a chosen people in special covenant relationship with Yahweh blended with the national dream, the coming Messianic age became increasingly a fixed idea and a cherished dogma.

Still another feature of Galilean Christianity was the expectation of a heavenly figure at the end of days, not the national Messiah but a figure patterned upon Daniel's vision of «one like a son of man» coming on the clouds of heaven.

The eschatological expectation that the dead will rise is inseparable both from redemption and peoplehood; it is part of the drama of the promised national deliverance.

«We're pleased that the National Organic Program has recognized that these ingredients play a necessary role in helping processors like dairy companies create desirable organic products that meet consumer expectations,» said Emily R. Lyons, IDFA director of regulatory affairs and counsel.

Roughly one - quarter of consumers say technology options are important features that factor into their decision to choose a restaurant, underscoring that technology is rapidly becoming an expectation rather than a novelty when dining out (2014 Technology Innovations Consumer Survey, National Restaurant Association).

The two «big clubs» that the 29 - year - old has played for are the Gunners and Bayern Munich according to the World Cup winning national team captain, and he has failed to live up to expectations at both of them.

Florida State entered the 2016 season with one of the most talented and deep rosters Tallahassee had seen in years, so the expectations were at a National Title - like high.

The American team, which started the season with at least nominally high hopes for the men and superlative expectations for the women, has fallen near a state of despair, a condition caused by a series of disappointing races and agitated further by the fact that the team does not even have national uniforms and is, literally, out at the elbows.

Major City Directors Section Meeting CEP: Making It Work in Major City Districts (3310) Key Area 3 - Administration 7/14/2015, 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Ballroom ACE Speakers: Nadine Mann, PhD, RD, Zoe Neuberger, Stacy Koppen and Susan Ehrhart, SNS The national roll - out of the new Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) has exceeded all expectations among small and mid-size school districts.

The warning comes as the National Audit Office publishes «The completion and sale of High Speed 1» report, which concludes that while passenger numbers have increased, they are still below original expectations.

With expectations building in advance of Donald Trump's address tonight at the Republican National Convention, WBFO Correspondent Karen DeWitt has been mining opinions from the New York delegation.

The document is called «Violence Against Women and Girls: National Statement of Expectations.»

National Interest implies the expectation of national agreement and consensus for the state when it seeks to promote its role, or hold its own in an anarchical internationalNational Interest implies the expectation of national agreement and consensus for the state when it seeks to promote its role, or hold its own in an anarchical internationalnational agreement and consensus for the state when it seeks to promote its role, or hold its own in an anarchical international system.

Posted on 17th June 2014 in Expectations of constitutional change, Cross border attitudes, National identity & cultural issues

A national pro-Republican political action committee is preparing to ramp up efforts to oppose Gov. Andrew Cuomo — not in expectation of his likely run for a third term next year, but with an eye to his potentially seeking the presidency in 2020.

«In 1999 when the then President Obasanjo was elected on a national consensus on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), there were a lot of expectations from Nigerians, haven come out of a dictatorship from the hands of the military.

We've combined the best elements of their curricula with some of the most impressive practice from schools in this country — and the result is published today, a new draft National Curriculum for the 21st century which embodies high expectations in every subject.

According to him, the law rather talks about the «EC receiving all the collated results from the statement of poll and declaration of results and pink sheets signed by party agents at the constituency level and the expectation is that they will be brought to the national collation centre before the winner of the presidential race will be declared.»

So he was well aware of the current atmosphere of the Nigerian nation, but he chose to transfer his own responsibility back to the same National Assembly that scuttled the yearnings and expectations of our people.

Aregbesola who commended the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for living up to the expectations of Nigerians, said his emergence represents hope for change and national rebirth widely aspired by Nigerians.

Lt. General Buratai explained that the security challenges witnessed in the country in the area of Boko Haram insurgency has posed a serious threat to national security, adding that «this has placed great demands on the Nigerian Army which has not relented in living up to the expectations of the nation's citizenry.»

«Anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria generally have not met widespread expectations mainly because of lack of political will of those in government to fight grand corruption; absence of an over-all national anti-graft strategy; inadequate legal framework and resources and / or lack of full and effective implementation of new initiatives; limited independence and public trust; lack of an enabling climate and necessary know - how, and lack of basic ethical values.

Donald Trump's nomination for President at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland was the culmination of a primary campaign that overturned precedent and defied expectations of the political class.

It is my expectation that the national leadership of the party will step in and ensure that the crisis does not linger.

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After running a number of computationally intensive simulations of supernova light at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility located at Berkeley Lab, Goldstein and Nugent suspect that they'll be able to find about 1,000 of these strongly lensed Type Ia supernovae in data collected by the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)-- about 20 times more than previous expectations.

«I don?t think holding postdoc stipends to a national standard will work,» he said, citing regional cost - of - living and overall career field differences in expectations.

The summit, which was organized by the Government - University - Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR) of the National Academies of Science and held in Washington, D.C., 11 to 12 November 2002, included representatives from government agencies, disciplinary societies, and several education and science organizations who presented a litany of policy prescriptions and recommendations on the educational and societal forces that affect the experiences and expectations of the nation's future scientists and engineers.

«On the whole, children in NC Pre-K exceed normal expectations for the rate of developmental growth, both while in the program and afterward in kindergarten,» said Ellen Peisner - Feinberg, director of FPG's National Pre-K and Early Learning Evaluation Center and lead author of the report.

Indeed, it is because of the progress and activism of recent years that «the expectations» of many postdocs «have moved on» past that type of arrangement, whereas the «expectations of many mentors have not,» said Ruth Kirschstein, special adviser to the director of the National Institutes of Health, during a talk at the NPA meeting.