Sentences with phrase «of small numbers of»

«It does suggest that the market is not being driven entirely by manipulation or the behavior of small numbers of traders,» experts concluded.

A typical Aedes mosquito is only capable of surviving the developmental phase of small numbers of HW larvae, usually < 10 larvae per mosquito.

Nanotechnology is a group of emerging technologies in which the structure of matter is controlled at the nanometer scale, the scale of small numbers of atoms, to produce novel materials and devices that have useful and unique properties.

Characteristic neuropathological findings were focal depletion of diffuse and neuritic plaques, but not of amyloid angiopathy, and the presence of small numbers of extremely dense (collapsed) plaques surrounded by active microglia, and multinucleated giant cells filled with dense Abeta42 and Abeta40, in addition to severe small cerebral blood vessel disease and multiple cortical hemorrhages.

Until then, the evidence for the existence of a new biological domain had been largely based on studies of small numbers of genes.

Because one of the leading techniques is the manipulation of small numbers of photons, one critical need has been for a highly efficient photon counter that can measure the number of photons in a pulse of light.

Whereas in marginal seats with two or three parties very close to each other, the behaviour of small numbers of voters could change the result and so every vote counts.

The figures should be treated with caution because of the small numbers of respondents within each group, but they are illustrative.

Although our perinatal death rate lies well within the rates described in other population - based studies, it deserves ongoing monitoring in view of the small numbers of births it is based on to date.

Most individual perinatal outcomes were rare, and adjusted odds ratios could not be estimated because of the small numbers of events (see appendix 8 on bmj.com for individual perinatal outcomes).

«We want to have a small, massive impact,» Flombaum says, contrasting the approach of attempting to change the lives — and career paths — of a small number of students at a time to that of online education, which can reach a lot of people, but is likely to have just a small affect on each one.

While it may be difficult to fire someone who is one of a small number of employees, you can't afford to keep someone on the payroll if that person is actively harming that vital foundation.

With the rise of a small number of big tech companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.

Mr Wedgewood said the Gulf of Mexico was one of a small number of key geographic focus areas forming part of Woodside's international exploration strategy.

While some rights holders have argued that the standard for a substantial is very low (the National Post recently argued in a case that «even the reproduction of a small number of words in a newspaper article can be an impermissible reproduction»), the Copyright Board says that its preliminary view is that «copying of a few pages or a small percentage from a book that is not a collection of short works, such as poems, is not substantial.»

The U.K. Treasury's sponsored analysis of confidential tax records on tax - advantaged share schemes at over 16,000 U.K. firms reported that broad - based employee stock ownership was linked to improved value added and productivity with correlations consistent with those in many studies of smaller numbers of firms.

He's one of a small number of people in the south that are moving money on a regular basis, and he knows what he's doing.

The rise, however, was narrowly based, being attributable mainly to share prices of a small number of large companies.

Against All Odds is the story of a small number of people: the 140,000 or so survivors who landed on American shores.

If so, perhaps only in not expecting this level of viciousness in the attacks of a small number of bullies who were not allowed to use his group for their bullying.

Byle is part of a small number of Christians in Turkey, and an even smaller number of expatriate Christians, who openly evangelize in the country.

I guess I do not think the acts of a small number of sick people should condem an entire organization.

I was one of a small number of National Guard chaplains selected for duty at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.

In his 2008 address to the university of La Sapienza which he was eventually prevented from giving because of the protests of a small number of the faculty, Pope Benedict proposed the use of an expression from the Council of Chalcedon, in an entirely different context, to describe the relationship between philosophy and theology: «without confusion, without separation.»

This smacks to many of a deep - seated hatred of homosexuals, rather than of a recommitment to biblical principles of marriage, especially in light of the small number of homosexuals who seek to be married in the Church compared with the large numbers of heterosexual Christians who have actively sought divorce.

The modernist / traditionalist distinction was not applied to some religious traditions because of the small number of respondents (Jews) and to others because the division revealed no political differences (black Protestants).

It is possible, however, completely to describe this structure in terms of a small number of independent parameters.

His final synthesis was completed during the period in which chemistry and nuclear physics were being systematized in terms of a small number of «elementary» (noncomposite) particles.

In New England the first group consisted of a small number of people such as the magistrates and other political officers, the ministers, the merchants, and the slowly increasing number of professional people such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers.

Where there is no justice, change toward a more just situation is good; but change can also be evil when it curtails justice ~ as, for instance, when economic and political power is being concentrated in the hands of a smaller number of people.

In the Middle East, where he has established a ministry of reconciliation, White is one of a small number of people trusted by virtually every side.

I was very keen to try it as it is one of a small number of venues accredited by Coeliac New Zealand.

Baghera Wine Auction Hit by Counterfeit Fears: An auction of nearly 1,500 wines from Burgundy's exclusive Domaine de la Romanée - Conti estate has been overshadowed by concerns raised over the authenticity of a small number of wines sourced for the sale...

I thought it was going to lack depth of flavor because of the small number of herbs / spices.

Foodbank is one of a small number of organisations tasked by the Federal Environment Minister, the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, to assist in the development of Australia's first ever Food Waste Strategy.

The company isn't a major palm oil user but says palm oil can be found in the manufacturing of a small number of Ikea products, mainly in candles and as a food ingredient, and is also... Read more»

Next year's regionals will involve only one game per day because of the smaller number of schools in each draw.

With the consent of a small number of study participants, some video snippets of mother — infant interaction were shown to board members at that meeting.

The main consequence was that confidence intervals were slightly wider, because of the smaller number of trials in the analysis.

His online prominence serves mainly as an example of the internet's ability to amplify the collective voice of a small number of passionate people.

From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction.

Again, social media didn't cause the Tunisian Revolution, but they enabled it — without the ability of a small number of activists to pass along shocking news and imagery from the first wave of protests, they might have fizzled out as so many street demonstrations in so many countries have in the past.

Gates became one of a small number of people anywhere who had substantial time to explore a high - powered computer.

New York is one of a small number of states that allows a practice called fusion voting.

PS - I think that David Pavett's comment, «That problem could solved using a combination of a small number of Party activists, web technology (including the appalling national website) and national coordination aimed at raising the level of debate» is really quite worrying.

It is worth noting that Andrew Smith, the Labour candidate, is one of the small number of Labour MPs who voted for a referendum on PR in the last parliament.

«The involvement of a small number of vocal Jews allows others to point the finger at the large silent, blameless majority.

Results, they say, increasingly hinge on the preferences of a small number of voters in a handful of swing constituencies which is undemocratic.

There are so few ways to play these «Tetris strategies», and most would surely involve firing Douglas Alexander, one of the small number of truly capable players at his disposal (no, Yvette Cooper is not going anywhere, either).

Met police and Crown Prosecution Service experts examining actions of small number of MPs in detail