Sentences with phrase «of robust challenges»

He seemed to play well within himself, however, and took a bit of time to get used to the pace of the game, especially have been the recipient of a couple of robust challenges early doors.

He first saw red in the infamous League Cup battle of 1989 against Wimbledon; a match which saw regular scuffles, a series of robust challenges and, at one stage, a seventeen man brawl.

OFSTED maintained that instead of a robust challenge through a Complaints Procedure, it relied upon its quality assurance processes which, in London, included three quality assurance reads, two by an HMI including an evidence based review and a review of the factual accuracy check response by the lead inspector, a sign off by a senior HMI and the final sign off by the regional director, before proof reading.

Not exact matches

While the Volvo might not be as luxurious as a Mercedes G Class or as robust under the hood as a BMW X Series — and we're unsure of whether its reliability can challenge Acura or Lexus — there's no doubt that it's feature - and technology - packed, a joy to drive, and exceptionally versatile and comfortable.

«Our view is that General Electric's key challenge is in North America and it relates to the lack of robust demand for new gas - fired power capacity coupled with an installed fleet that is coming off Long Term Service Agreements that were put in place as far back as 2000,» Obin explained.

The Australian economy to date has stayed robust, and the main domestic challenges are those of strong demand, tight capacity and inflationary pressures.

I suggest a robust theology of friendship challenges communities from falling into traps of forming utilitarian relationships.

God encourages this relationship to be robust and interactive involving qualities of comfort and challenge, initiative and response, question and answer, closeness and distance, lament and laughter, complaint and reassurance, defence and vulnerability, on both sides.

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the pope's vicar for Rome, it is said, is one of those who hold this view: what is needed, he is thought to believe, is (in the words of John Allen Jr of the American National Catholic Reporter) «good relations with Islam, but also a more robust capacity to challenge and critique Islamic leaders, especially on issues of «reciprocity» — the idea that if Muslim immigrants benefit from religious freedom in the West, Christians should get the same treatment in Islamic states.»

That said, our global business model has proven to be robust and the group is well placed to face the challenges of Brexit.»

Despite being on the end of a few robust challenges in his first few weeks of his Premier League career, this division is definitely to Sanchez's liking, and he's almost single - handedly trying to drag the Gunners into some form.

At 6» 1 ″, Rodriguez has the physical presence to stand up to the challenges presented by some of the Championship's more robust defenders, while his pace, movement and link - up play mark him out as a class act and one who looks capable of playing at a higher level sooner rather than later.

Absolutely, Obama should definitely dismantle his robust reelection machine and drop all of his challenges in the lap of his Secretary of State — whom he defeated in the 2008 primaries — and crown her as his Chosen Successor.

He faces a robust challenge from district leader Carmen de la Rosa, Rodriguez's former chief of staff and Espaillat's former campaign manager.

«This robust study clearly reinforces that screening remains an effective option for detecting breast cancers, and challenges previous estimates of the number of women who are overdiagnosed as a result of breast screening.

The 2017 budget was to ensure confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:52 The cedi remains relatively stable against he major currencies — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:51 Interest rate in 2017 continue to decline — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:50 Inflation continue to decline in 2017 — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:48 We have returned to a robust growth after 2016 recorded the worst growth in three decades — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:47 The call to relieve our country and people from a wretched existence is urgent — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 The should not simply be a statement to share the national cake between different groups but it should capture how a nation comes together to meet the challenges of our time — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 We plan on providing opportunities as many Ghanaians as possible.

New York's robust health exchange with 4 million enrollees faces two immediate challenges: the loss of the individual mandate as part of Obamacare and the potential loss of funding for a key state insurance program.

Although citizenship - stripping is morally repugnant and ethically suspect, the Home Office will no doubt hide behind the little - noticed 2002 law that permit such activities in the name of national security — at least until a robust legal challenge is launched.

We believe that robust and reliable scientific evidence should be at the heart of decisions about medicines because it is open to check and challenge.

Traditional taxi drivers in two of Ghana's robust economic capitals, Accra and Tamale, capital of the Northern Region, face an identical challenge, which may soon see them driven into extinction.

Over the past two years, it has been met with reservations from cabinet colleagues in the Cameron government and serious problems finding a robust definition of extremism that would survive legal challenge from a banned group or individual.

He affirmed that the team would meet with other stakeholders in order to have a robust understanding of the challenges and expectations, as the country prepares for the 2019 general elections.

Buratai said the establishment and operationalisation of the brigade was part of the robust response to the numerous security challenges in the country.

As a signature initiative of the Buffalo Billion and a centerpiece of the New York Power Authority's workforce planning strategic initiative, the Workforce Training Center will help ensure a robust and diversified workforce of highly trained, skilled workers ready to meet the challenges of the 21st - century energy and advanced manufacturing industries.

Government says it has returned Ghana to a robust economic growth in the first year of the Akufo - Addo administration despite the huge challenges it inherited.

If we turn out to be wrong, that'll be disappointing, of course, but it's still important to challenge inflation with alternate theories so we can see how robust it really is.»

Scientists from the Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF), a UK - based charity founded to support aging research and address the challenges of a rapidly aging population, propose a new concept for signalome - wide analysis of changes in intracellular pathways, called OncoFinder, which allows for accurate and robust cross-platform analysis of gene expression data.

Under the next White House Administration, Holdren said, science - based challenges that will require sustained, robust investment include efforts to ensure safe and sustainable food, water, and energy for everyone, reduce greenhouse gases, minimize harm from climate change already underway, combat diseases such as Zika, defeat cancer, improve quality - of - life for those who are aging, prevent devastating asteroid impacts, and send humans into space «not just to visit, but to stay.»

Professor Bokhove says: «Describing mathematically the complex behaviour of waves and their interaction with fast ships and then incorporating all of this into a robust computer model has been very challenging.

For it was Natrasevschi, years later, who would quit his job at Hewlett - Packard to challenge one of the world's oldest and most robust taboos.

We currently have a very inadequate understanding of how to build closed ecosystems that are robust to perturbation by introduced organisms or nonbiological events (Biosphere 2, for example), and I suspect that the contained ecosystem problem will turn out to be much more challenging than the vast majority of space colonization advocates realize.

«The challenge for the coming decade is to expand on multi-disciplinary and multi-sector collaboration aimed at large - scale production of high - quality human pluripotent stem cells, and also, robust and reliable production of high - quality differentiated cells,» said Professor Norio Nakatsuji, Founding Director of Kyoto University, iCeMS.

That is a question climate scientists have so far been unable to answer because of limited opportunities to take robust ocean - atmosphere measurements around the planet and because of inherent challenges in existing computer models.

However, it remains a grand challenge to develop electrically rechargeable batteries, with the stumbling blocks being the lack of efficient and robust air catalysts, as well as the limited cycle life of the zinc electrodes.»

«Our investigation includes one of the most robust analyses of physician adherence to AUA guidelines on the management of BPH / LUTS in the published literature, and represents the first published analysis to our knowledge of the rate of performance of measures that are challenging to extract from administrative data (i.e., subjective symptom description, I - PSS, sexual function evaluation, performance of a physical examination and specific examination maneuvers),» says Dr. Auffenberg.

Current challenges facing ESCs research include ethical considerations and the development of robust efficient differentiation protocols to prevent teratoma formation upon transplantation into the patient's body.

«It's not easy to do, however our multidisciplinary team was able to identify and overcome challenges in a broad range of areas including chemistry, materials, engineering, physics and optics, to create a robust and repeatable approach to printing glass.»

«There are more challenges to making a robust, robotic landing system but this experimental result demonstrates a very versatile solution to the problem of keeping flying microrobots operating longer without quickly draining power,» said Ma.

Since we observed robust inhibition of NFκB in the presence of RIPK2 inhibitor 1 and a > 70 % recovery of animals from DSS - induced inflammation injury (Figs. 4 and 6B), we proceeded to explore the ability to resolve lung inflammation using the ovalbumin challenge model (Kumar et al., 2008).

Weak lensing cosmology will be challenging: in addition to highly accurate galaxy shape measurements, statistically robust and accurate photometric redshift (photo - z) estimates for billions of faint galaxies will... ▽ More A key goal of the Stage IV dark energy experiments Euclid, LSST and WFIRST is to measure the growth of structure with cosmic time from weak lensing analysis over large regions of the sky.

Through detailed instruction and personal attention, Lori encourages each student to challenge themselves so that they can reap the benefits of a robust yoga asana and pranayama practice.

History Mode never quite matches the source material's tactical depth but it does provide a robust series of challenges that demand a lot of focus and management.

Effective leadership is a pre-requisite for a successful school; in successful schools head teachers and senior leaders understand the changing needs of their schools and their staff, continually communicate their ideals, vision and expectations, use robust monitoring and evaluation, balance support with challenge and plan ahead to sustain excellence.

This pre-assessment will allow for placement of individuals into groups that will perhaps challenge their beliefs or preconceptions and stimulate a robust discussion or bring together like - minded individuals for a strong debating side.

«Our analysis indicates that regardless of «Good or Better» provision, new moves by colleges to have in place a robust model of self - assessment and improvement planning, which is accurate, well structured, evidence rich and ultimately challenges staff to continuously improve, can only be beneficial to learners.»

Rather, the results provide support for robust efforts to regulate the for - profit sector, to improve degree attainment and promote income - contingent loan repayment options for all students, and to more fully address the particular challenges faced by college students of color.

I believe that we must confront these complex challenges, as part of a robust response to the educational challenges our neediest students face.

A robust new video observation toolkit from Harvard helps address these challenges by suggesting ways of using video technology to rethink traditional approaches to teacher observation and professional development.

The School challenged OFSTED's Complaints Procedure on the basis that if an organisation, such as OFSTED, has an internal Complaints Procedure it ought to be «a fair and robust process that permits a substantive challenge and which gives the complaining party the possibility, in appropriate cases, of having the decision changed» (although it was accepted that «fairness» does not necessarily require an external appeals process).

The Trust's board has said in a statement: «As a new board appointed in July 2016 to address the significant challenges faced by Wakefield City Trust, we have been engaged in a robust period of review and evaluation of all aspects of the organisation.