Sentences with phrase «not substantial increase»

While drivers may be more ready to go on road trips, the is not a substantial increase in overall driving distance, with only 13 percent of participants reporting driving more than they did when fuel was more expensive.

«It's really about remix of prioritization, not substantial increase in aggregate spending,» the Viacom CEO said.

Not exact matches

Vaping is addictive... or not... depending on who's doing it: «Among youth» (that's anybody who would never be caught dead using the word «youth»), «there is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use increases the risk of transitioning to smoking conventional cigarettes.»

Not every entrepreneur wants to borrow the money necessary for substantial investments in real estate or equipment to increase capacity.

While the most substantial way to increase your campaign's ROI still involves increasing your account's overall average keyword quality score (as quality score and cost per lead metrics are directly correlated), your level of success in AdWords is heavily reliant on whether or not you have first acquired all the proper ingredients to create an overall bigger pie for yourself.

And, unlike the government, the market is not predicting a substantial increase in oil prices — though there is no guarantee they are accurately predicting the future either.

«Although I don't subscribe to the view that the tax cuts pay for themselves,» he says, «there's considerable evidence to suggest that the increased investment they produce will generate extra revenues to offset a substantial share of those lost to the tax cuts.»

Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward - looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to: our substantial increased indebtedness as a result of the 2015 Recapitalization and the 2017 Recapitalization and our ability to incur additional indebtedness or refinance that indebtedness in the future; our future financial performance and our ability to pay principal and interest on our indebtedness.

There are a number of countries — China not least among them — whose prospective rates of productivity growth over the decades ahead will surely mean a substantial increase in their real exchange rate.

While I continue to believe that the dollar faces substantial risk of further erosion in its exchange value, as well as a near doubling of the CPI over the coming decade or so (both reflecting the massive increase in U.S. government liabilities in recent years), those prospects are not likely to emerge until risk - aversion about credit default materially abates.

Still, I did increase the Fund's call option purchases near the end of the week, and expect to add to that position toward 2 % of assets if the market clears its overbought condition by a decline of a few percent further (provided that we don't also observe a substantial deterioration of internal market action).

When you look at both the payout and the cash payout ratio, you understand why the company can't afford to increase its dividend in a more substantial manner.

So, assuming that Comey didn't lose any substantial portion of the $ 11 million he had in 2013 — though he did reportedly take a $ 500,000 loss on the sale of his Connecticut home last year — his payout from Bridgewater Associates and his advance on «A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership» alone would put his net worth at around $ 15.5 million with the potential to increase that even more if his book stays atop the best - seller list for long.

If there is a competitive drug market, with limited advantage offered by the new drug in terms of increased effectiveness or reduced side effects, the drug will probably not win substantial market share in its product category.

A boost in production can not happen without a substantial increase in water supply, and since Iraq has scarce freshwater resources, processed seawater is the only option.

That is why, if one examines the record of so - called bank lending «manias,» one finds that they typically involve, not a substantial decline in bank reserve ratios, but a substantial increase in the nominal quantity of bank reserves.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The example of postwar Kenya, where the total fertility rate apparently rose from about six to nearly eight during a generation of substantial improvements in health, and despite nearly twenty years of family planning efforts, should make it clear that increasing parents» freedom to choose will serve the purposes of parents, whether or not these are in accordance with the preference or ideology of the government and its advisers.

If one in ten of the ex-Catholic JWs in Britain returned to the Church, there would not only be a substantial increase in the sum total of human peace and happiness among all those people, but there would also be a strengthening of the Church in Britain.

«We can't sell more than we manufacture and we are increasing our manufacturing capacities by a substantial amount to keep a balanced growth.

You can make this a vegan dish by not adding the meat, increasing the mushrooms to 12 oz and using portabella mushrooms (much more substantial texture and flavor).

It has definitely increased — but whether or not the increase is «substantial» is in the eye of the beholder.

The Onos is on Giroud to likely leaves Arsenal if Arsenal can not match the substantial wage increase being offered him by WH.

The evidence that concussions are significantly underreported, and that increased education alone is not likely to solve the problem anytime soon, is substantial.

The extent of medicalisation in Spain is reflected in some of the highest caesarean section rates in Europe (26.4 % in Catalonia with a 40 % increase over five years); obstetricians have been criticised for not allowing women to participate in decisions about their maternity care.11 Long term morbidity after childbirth can be substantial, 12 and this is particularly related to instrumental and caesarean delivery.

In such a case, would it not be better to allow gravity, i.e; the birth mother standing and moving whilst in labour, to take charge rather than the birthing mother instead lying on her back in an ambulance and then hospital along with the accompanying substantial increase in stress levels?I suppose all I am trying to say is that IF my partner and I were to have a second baby, I really would like to support my partner once more in having a home birth.

Increased awareness of the nutritional and medical benefits of breastfeeding, including reduced incidence of infection and allergic reaction, 1 — 9 has led to its endorsement by medical and professional groups10 — 12 and to substantial increases in the number of women choosing to breastfeed.13, 14 A study of 300 British children showed that children who consumed breast milk in the early weeks of life also had significantly higher IQ scores at 7.5 to 8 years on an abbreviated version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) than those who were not breastfed.15 The sample was made up of preterm infants fed breast milk or formula by tube.

Partnership, if precisely planned and structured, can be a powerful tool not only to keep public company viable but also to address cost and investment challenges, improve efficiency and service quality, increase expertise, attract more rapid and substantial investments in infrastructure and new energy technologies.

We do not see arguing for fairer wealth distribution, decent jobs with good pay, terms and conditions and a substantial increase in affordable housing for the next generation as a leftwing agenda.

A wage board appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, speaking before a packed crowd of fast food workers, says it will authorize a substantial raise for fast food workers, but would not say when, or even if the increase would be the $ 15 an hour that many groups are seeking.

[n 5][4] Although Phil Woolas of the Labour Party (defeated candidate in the mentioned 1995 by - election) was victorious in all three general elections since, his majorities have not been substantial and the Conservative vote increased from 16 % to 24 %.

«Although running induces both substantial changes in number and morphology of young neurons as well as significant changes in learning behavior, this does not prove a causal relationship,» noted Professor Bischofberger, «Nevertheless, our results, together with previous findings, suggest that the enhanced pattern separation during memory testing is most likely mediated via running - induced increase in adult neurogenesis.»

Yan, who joined the NJIT faculty in 2016, emphasizes that this advance is at the level of basic solar science, and that the breakthrough with respect to quantum yield does not equate to a substantial increase in the ultimate solar - to - hydrogen conversion efficiency.

Changes in time spent working were not found to play a substantial role in the increasing sleep time trend in this study, though.

Although results from most of these studies do not find an increased risk, the results do show substantial variation, said Dr Jensen; this may be because of the limited size and follow - up time in most of them.

«When you increase the number of very smart people in a field by a substantial amount,» Borjas says, ``... not everybody benefits.

«Not surprisingly, there is a consensus among policy makers that increases in the supply of a highly skilled workforce will increase the productivity of the preexisting workforce, and lead to a substantial increase in national wealth.»

The essence of Nordhaus's conclusion is that even if the greenhouse damage is increasing, it would not cause «substantial net economic damage».

«Even people we don't know and have never met have bigger effect on our mood than substantial increases in income,» he says.

Statistical information on the impact of NSF's budget reductions won't be available until March 2006, but the impact of such reductions on scientists in the trenches is bound to be substantial: If a 5 % budget increase led to a 3 % decline in success rates, what will be the impact on funding rates of a nearly 1 % budget reduction?

«Antipsychotic drugs are commonly used to treat agitation and aggression, but there is substantial concern about these drugs because of an increased risk of death, cardiovascular adverse events and infections, not to mention excessive sedation,» Schneider says.

The percentage of doctorate holders in nonacademic S&E occupations who are underrepresented minorities increased from 4.4 percent in 1990 to 6.1 in 2005, a substantial increase if it were not over a very small base.18 Myers and Turner concluded that market forces such as wages play a more prominent role in affecting faculty representation in the short run than pipeline factors designed to increase the supply of minority faculty.19

If it is true, as some studies suggest for example, that El Nino events become more frequent and greater in magnitude due to anthropogenic forcing (this is not yet a settled issue), then, given the established relationship between the El Nino / Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the extratropical Pacific / North American atmospheric circulation, we might expect increased baroclinicity and greater storminess over a substantial region of the mid-latitude North Pacific ocean and neighboring western U.S..

Implementation of this policy commitment would also render unnecessary continued substantial expenditure on fossil fuel exploration, because any new discoveries could not lead to increased aggregate production.

Dr. Hunter Wessells, who wasn't involved in the study, called the additional fluid intake «substantial,» leading to a corresponding increase in urine output.

The increase in acne nutrients is not substantial, but it's a welcome bonus on top of the main goal of avoiding inflammatory agrochemical contamination.

Norwegian researchers found that in addition to not increasing study subjects» risk of heart disease, those on a diet high in fat exhibited «substantial improvements in several important cardiometabolic risk factors, such as ectopic fat storage, blood pressure, blood lipids (triglycerides), insulin and blood sugar.»

By setting your one arm out to the side like an outrigger, you shift a LOT more tension onto the working side, allowing you get enough resistance to actually achieve substantial muscle growth, and not just increase your muscular endurance (as tends to be the case once you're able to do 20 or more normal push - ups in a row).

For meals in which you do not consume a portion of protein directly (because of the absence of meat in your diet), try adding some tofu and increasing the legume and nut content of the meal as both of these food types contain substantial protein.

Therefore, the effects of increased neural drive on improved maximum strength will probably not transfer to faster COD times by as much as they will to tests of maximum strength, although there will likely be a more substantial cross-over effect than for linear sprinting.