Sentences with phrase «number of decades»

The fact remains that the 1990s will see the greatest increase in human numbers of any decade in history.

Over the last number of decades, many mutual fund investors have lost sight of this risk.

C - section rates have risen quite dramatically in the past number of decades with millions of babies being delivered by this way every year.

With a track record of over 20 years, the sample size affords a healthy number of decade - long returns to analyze — 127 observations in all.

It's gotten a bad rap over the past number of decades, so companies have been doing everything possible to make everything low fat and «healthy!»

«And it is no secret that there have been fierce attacks against the trade union movement for the last number of decades, and in fact, you could argue that it is the trade unions of today that are the last lines of defense against a vicious corporate agenda that is working hard to destroy the middle class.»

But as crazy as it sounds, it works — or at least it has worked for a number of decades.

The new Department of Labor fiduciary standard represents «the most dramatic regulatory change in a number of decades, suffice to say,» explained Scott Curtis, head of Raymond James» independent advisor channel, in an interview on Tuesday.

Personally, I have a number of decades in my retirement timeline to save and invest.

The first time I saw them what struck me was the number of decades where the 10 - year real returns were negative.

We just did not know that much about the subject a number of decades back.

The complete breakdown of funding between intermediaries, the closure of important segments of the capital markets and the loss of public confidence in major financial institutions were more severe than any previous event over a number of decades.

«Over a number of decades we were political opponents and held very different views on many, many issues but the one thing we were absolutely united on was the principle that our people were better able to govern themselves than any British government.

Studies have shown for a number of decades that the mass media reflect common patterns of underlying themes, motifs and values across different media and a wide range of programming.

That's triple the number of a decade ago.

Believe it or not, Ethan has been in our top ten for a number of decades now and has long out passed the risk of being worn out and overused.

Basically, they were symbols of the reassertion of extralegal white supremacist power over blacks in the South, following the enactment of Jim Crow laws, and then a symbol of resistance to Civil Rights laws striking down the Jim Crow regime a number of decades later.

Who would trade all of this — the career, the apartment, the comfortable distance from reality — for glad - handing, and stale coffee in Styrofoam cups, and answering for a number of decades - old Sex and the City grievances, and, you know, Albany?

«PFI deals have proven to be flexible to change and, when considering that these deals will span a number of decades, that is essential,» NAO head Sir John Bourn said.

Over a number of decades, the House of Lords has used its «veto» power in respect of statutory instruments extremely sparingly.

It is listed as «least concern» by the IUCN because of its large range and abundance of individuals, yet its overall population has been declining for a number of decades.

«You need to be careful how literally you take this,» agrees McHale, because the model can't account for wide - ranging shifts in the training and diets of all players over a number of decades.

A number of decades back, a researcher in the Serengeti was trying to study the individual behavior of wildebeests.

This phenomenon is known as the stretch - shortening cycle (SSC) and has been extensively studied over the last number of decades.

She has been researching relationships for a number of decades and is also an anthropologist.

It's also inspired some obsessive fans, including one fellow who calculated, down to the day, the number of decades Murray spent in February 2.

And that's the way it was for a number of decades, and then about three years ago, I was having dinner with this Polish director who had done the film «Ida» about a Polish nun, and it was a film in the spiritual style, and we got to talking about how much I like the film and how much he liked my book.

While one is called the «turnaround model» and the other is called the «transformation model,» they amount to the same thing: using the same types of interventions applied over the last number of decades to try to improve struggling schools — replacing some staff, improving professional development, changing the curriculum, etc..

With the exception of some updated landscaping, the space had remained seemingly untouched for a number of decades.

So traditional publishing is not failing and indie publishing is here to stay for a number of decades at least.

Although rates will fluctuate, they may go down and, over a number of decades, that could lead to significant savings.

But for the last number of decades, a car has been a necessity of modern...

Due to an increasing population house prices have risen steadily for over a number of decades

My interpretation of Enduring Value comes from an important friendship and in its most basic form is what guided the investment activities of a mentor for a number of decades.

The name IntouristUK is still recognised by many by reputation as the sole supplier of travel services to Russia for a number of decades until the early 1990s.

It was created over a number of decades with work often being purchased before the artists were famous.

The collection was created over a number of decades, with work often being purchased before the artists were famous.

«There were a number of decades in which the work wasn't really selling for big numbers or to a huge mailing list, so now there's a demand for work in great condition,» says Bill Griffin, director of Kayne Griffin Corcoran — which began representing Corse after the artist James Turrell insisted on the importance of her work.

It is the strength of formal composition that carried over into his abstract work, which he developed over a number of decades.

Bacon To Doig: Modern Masterpieces From A Private Collection brings together works by artists such as Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, David Hockney and Barbara Hepworth, collected over a number of decades, and will form part of Wales» Year of Legends programme.