Sentences with phrase «north than the north»

Trying to prove the things faith concerns itself with are akin to looking for a point further north than the north pole.

Not exact matches

As the North American oil transportation system continues to evolve, with new pipelines, reversals of existing lines and a growing role for oil - by - rail, what is clear is that the North American oil market will eventually settle into a new era of pricing relationships which will be very different than those which prevailed prior to 2008.

So entrenched is this marketing gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now talks about Canada as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the populations of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access as of earlier this month.

Bill George writes in «Finding Your True North,» «Rather than letting the expectations of others guide you, you must be prepared to be your own person and go your own way.»

Responding to a question about resolving the issue of more than a dozen Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, the spokesman said he was unsure of what content was discussed in the morning meeting.

SkyWest's airline companies provide commercial air service in cities throughout North America with nearly 3,000 daily flights carrying more than 50 million passengers annually.

So while California, as seen above, has the largest total number of Canada - dependent jobs in total, it's actually North Dakota that would feel the biggest effect from heightened trade barriers, with more than 4 % of all jobs in the state having a direct connection to trade with Canada.

But Chinese exports of automobile parts to North America are growing about a percentage point slower than they are to the rest of the world, suggesting NAFTA actually makes U.S. automobile companies more competitive.

«Other than Antarctica and the North Pole, I can't think of any countries we're not looking at,» he added.

Today Armco is one of the largest real estate developers in Eastern Canada, having produced more than 10,000 home lots, plus commercial and industrial sites across Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida.

«YVR now has more mainland Chinese carriers than any airport in North America and Europe — more than Heathrow, Paris, L.A., Chicago and San Francisco,» Vancouver Airport Authority president and CEO Craig Richmond said in an address to the Vancouver Board of Trade Jan. 18, when he unveiled plans for a $ 5.6 - billion airport expansion.

Sales were flat in North America, compared with a 38 percent growth in the Asia - Pacific region, but that was enough to knock 5 percent off the stock which has gained more than two - thirds in value over the past year.

Since then, it's been more timid than the two other Chinese state - owned oil companies, Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corp. (parent company of PetroChina) investing in North America.

The border between Maine and New Hampshire might be redrawn from east to west rather than north to south.

Vastly more risk than North Korea,» Musk tweeted Friday, referencing Kim Jong Un's threat of a missile strike on Guam.

South Korean cities in the province have fared better than their neighbors north of the DMZ, but they have struggled to diversify their economy beyond old coal mines, farming and fisheries.

The company cleans more than 300,000 homes, apartments and condominiums each month in North America.

The drop — from $ 40 in December 2015 and more than $ 100 in 2014 — exacerbated solvency concerns in the North American energy sector, which accounts for about 10 % of both stock market values and GDP.

Coach K's salary is more than some Fortune 500 CEOs make and certainly more than the $ 1.4 million combined salary for Duke's president and North Carolina's governor.

Figure 1 — named one of Canadian Business's 15 most innovative companies of 2015 — has raised more than $ 10 million from investors in North America, and currently has 26 employees.

However, across North America, where there are no such provisions, women experience mid-career ambition slumps far more often than men do.

«We were somewhat surprised with the fourth quarter, that came in a little softer than anticipated, mainly due to North America and the market in Brazil, geographically speaking,» Schneider said.

And succeed she has: In the 10 years since, Jahshan's idea has grown into a loose - leaf empire with annual sales of more than $ 20 million (and growing) and 9,000 salespeople peddling tea and accessories across North America — enough to earn her the No.

In June she hit the road again, this time teaming with husband Jay - Z for the On the Run tour, which grossed more than $ 100 million during its first 19 North American stops alone and culminated in a prime - time HBO special.

It encompasses aging projects in the North Sea, factory - like shale fields from Texas to Pennsylvania, and, oh, by the way, 43,000 gas stations ringing the planet — a larger retail network than that of either McDonald's (mcd) or Starbucks (sbux) x.

So - called legacy carriers struggle to compete in a world filled with low - cost upstarts like Southwest and JetBlue, along with new international carriers like Emirates Airlines, which enjoy far lower labour costs than their North American rivals.

On Oct. 1 we released our fifth annual study, «B2B Content Marketing: 2015 Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends — North America,» looking at more than 5,000 marketers in 109 countries.

U.S. Senator Dean Heller from Nevada, New York Representative Tom Reed and North Carolina U.S. Senator Richard Burr — all vocal proponents of renewables — together accounted for more than 40 % of the Solar Energy Industries Association PAC's total federal campaign donations.

Diesel, the North's crucial fuel, is three times more expensive than it was when the mines opened.

The Bayt.com Hiring Management in the MENA poll (August 2012) showed that senior executives and management in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are easier to retain than junior employees.

«Given the strength of the currents, it is preferable to head north to Mobile, rather than attempt to tow against them,» Carnival president GerryCahill said in a statement.

It's a quirky - cool, yet practical digital encyclopedia of more than 200 North American oysters that lets users discover, rate and share their favorite oysters on their Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Combined with a $ 50 TV service, Google's broadband offering looks better than anything being sold in North America.

The Force Awakens set a new domestic box office record by hauling in $ 936 million in North America, as the film blasted its way to more than $ 2 billion in worldwide box office receipts.

More than half of the billings recorded in North America came from mobile devices in June, says Lefkofsky in the financial statement.

«More than 1,000 Canadian exploration companies work in more than 100 countries, from Mongolia to Peru to Tanzania,» say Ingram, president of the North - South Institute in Ottawa, and Lissakers, former president of the Revenue Watch Institute in New York.

But Under Armour, with $ 3.5 billion in North American sales, is still far tinier than its core rivals.

And thanks to the recent supply surge, North America's natural gas is currently fetching much lower prices than the ones Asian and European importers are accustomed too, which are usually pegged to oil rates.

Explore the North Carolina Arboretum, hike along a scenic trail amid the Appalachian Mountains, and amble through the gardens at Biltmore House, where more than 130,000 flowers flourish each spring.

Less than a year ago, King — the executive that doubled sales of the company's TaylorMade - Adidas Golf business in the span of a decade — was appointed president of the company's North America business.

The idea, when it was unveiled in 2010, was to create a fiber network capable of gigabit speeds, or at least 100 times faster than what's on offer anywhere in North America, at a reasonable cost with unlimited usage.

Currently, China accounts for more than 90 % of the world's rare earth production, and a number of Chinese miners have operations in North Korea.

Beginning in 1980 with a single dépanneur — as convenience stores are called in Quebec (the word basically means «re-up»)-- Bouchard has built Couche - Tard's network to more than 6,000 stores across North America, another 2,300 in Europe and 3,000 - plus licensees in Asia and Latin America.

Upon doing their due diligence, the mother - daughter duo discovered that the parent company, Winmark Corp., had more than 1,130 stores (up to 1,154 today) throughout North America and had been franchising resale concepts — five, to date — for almost three decades.

Kipchoge's time sliced more than two minutes from the best time, but the closed racetrack just north of Milan where his run took place was a far more controlled setting than the major marathons where such records are usually made, including the one Kimetto ran in Berlin.

Both were handling approximately 8,000 calls each week, but the North Carolina center was closing fewer sales than the Indiana location.

Players have noticed that the green courts in Rio play slower and offer higher bounces than hard courts used on the North American circuit leading to the U.S. Open later this month.

«We're north of a million dollars in sales in less than one year,» says DeHerrera, who offers the high - end spinner directly to consumers through the Torqbar website.

The Perth - based junior announced this week that final assay results from a 45 - hole aircore / RC drill program at the Obelisk prospect within the Paterson mining region in the north of W.A, had extended the size of the system from 1 km to more than 4 km and it remains open in all directions.

The difference can be traced to real estate market trajectories: Over the past decade, while housing bubbles percolated through much of Europe and in North America, home values rose less than 3 % in Germany.