Sentences with phrase «of substantial effort»

One modest example is the lack of substantial effort to retrofit or replace hundreds of schools in the state of Oregon that engineers have identified as likely or nearly certain to collapse when the next inevitable great earthquake is triggered along the region's Cascadia fault (there are struggles to prepare coastal communities for the inevitable tsunami, as well).

It opened in 1967 and was part of a substantial effort to improve conditions in Watts.

In an October 17 press release, the exchange, Payment21, described the licensure as the result of «over one year of substantial effort.»

We are happy to announce that, after almost two years of substantial effort and investment, Xapo has received conditional approval from...

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Meanwhile, the turmoil at Politico may be giving some media watchers déjà vu, or at least flashbacks to another Allbritton - backed venture that went through substantial upheaval: In 2010, a number of senior journalists including former Washington Post digital chief Jim Brady started an ambitious hyperlocal effort called TBD, only to have the entire effort implode in less than two years after what appeared to be a power struggle with Allbritton over the future direction of the site.

The Fed's efforts to help the convalescing financial system to restore the traditional channels of financial intermediation have made substantial progress.

With such lack of accountability it is not surprising that Alphabet contributed substantial funds to the tech lobbying groups who are opposing federal legislative efforts to give additional options to prosecutors and civil trial lawyers to fight websites like Backpage (child sex trafficking) and prevent them from flourishing.

Mishkin noted «I am less optimistic about the prospects for core PCE inflation to move much below 2 % in the absence of a determined effort by monetary policy,» adding that «a substantial further decline in inflation would require a shift in expectations, and such a shift could be difficult and time - consuming to bring about.»

There has been substantial effort on the part of global regulatory and supervisory bodies to address the weaknesses identified in the financial crisis.

Koscot's former president recognized the difficulty of getting distributors to concentrate their efforts on retail when it appeared that the rewards from recruiting were faster and more substantial (Mann 4473).

The Subscriber further acknowledges that the Indices were compiled, prepared, revised, selected and arranged through the application of methods and standards of judgment developed and applied through the expenditure of substantial time, effort, and money by Barclays Capital and constitute valuable commercial property and / or trade secrets of Barclays Capital.

Regulators are pursuing violations, but «if you lose money, there is a substantial risk that our efforts will not result in a recovery of your investment,» they added.

Above all, our lesson plan would indicate that there has been a substantial effort in this direction during the past century, but also that it is now showing signs of failure in all of the institutions noted above.

Among these layers are a variety of tax rules, which encourage religions to reshape themselves so as to be eligible for tax benefits, and the recent legislative efforts, certainly constitutional but perhaps of dubious value to religion, to allow religious groups to share in the rather substantial largesse of the programmatic side of the welfare state.

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.

Rather than lapsing into shamed silence the Church should redouble her efforts: she should direct her attention to this area and should allocate substantial resources to sex and relationships education, to dynamic programmes that meet the complicated pastoral challenges in the field of sexual education in order to provide young people with a healthy vision of human sexuality.

In addition to acting quickly to address the needs of clients, O&W has applied substantial effort to addressing the needs of the community and the environment.

Peirone Produce has undergone some substantial growth over the last few years, and Kamphaus says the company has put a lot of effort into making sure the company isn't a victim of its own success.

And without significant effort over a substantial amount of time, the weakest, merely descriptive marks are incapable of serving a trademark function at all.

In recognition of the boom in locally sourced produce, Hapco, Powerhouse and Freshouse have made substantial efforts to closely align themselves with smaller farms.

Thanks to the Robert W. Wilson Innovation Fund, the Rainforest Alliance undertakes efforts across the globe that expand our scope of impact by delivering greater value to our stakeholders and creating more substantial benefits in the ecosystems and communities where we work.

The results enable manufacturers to focus on the attributes that are important to consumers in the category, while saving a substantial amount of time, cost, and effort.

Bringing more than 25 years of hotel management and repositioning experience to his new role, Tufano acknowledges the substantial work and effort of individuals at Kokua with the following advancements:

During his tenure at the resort, he has undertaken initiatives that have led to substantial growth in revenue, including the creation of the New Jersey Wine & Food Festival which is gearing up for their largest event yet and their 10th anniversary this May, as well as renovating the resort's hotels, recruiting top culinary talent, creating innovative partnerships with farmers and producers to increase their sustainability efforts, and soon reconceiving the resort's culinary jewel, the four - star Restaurant Latour.

There were no periods of possession enjoyed by either of the sides, nor were there any substantial efforts on target, as Fabianski and Daniels were left to be mere spectators.

Aware that today, five years after the adoption of the International Code, many Member States have made substantial efforts to implement it, but that many products unsuitable for infant feeding are nonetheless being promoted and used for this purpose; and that sustained and concerted efforts will therefore continue to be necessary to achieve full implementation of and compliance with the International Code as well as the cessation of the marketing of unsuitable products and the improper promotion of breastmilk substitutes;

Although professional lactation support can improve the duration of overall breast feeding, its effect in improving exclusive breast feeding is unclear.11 18 22 Thus far, studies that report improvement of rates of exclusive breastfeeding have involved mainly community based peer counselling strategies.23 24 25 Even then, a randomised trial in the UK recently cast doubt on the efficacy of this approach.26 There are current recommendations from NICE for the UK - wide implementation of the baby friendly initiative.4 5 6 The 2006 NICE costing report on routine postnatal care of women and their babies estimates that efforts to improve rates of breast feeding will result in substantial cost savings for the NHS.6

Efforts to establish the «big society» will need substantial government spending, one of its biggest supporters has told politics.co.uk.

The decline in the occurrence of civil war over the last two decades is substantial, and likely due in part to concerted international conflict management efforts.

«As a result of her efforts, Lauren Thoden has received substantial support within the local labor movement in the 3rd Assembly district.

«As a result of his efforts, David Weprin has received substantial support within the local labor movement in the 24th Assembly District.

Republicans seized on signs of movement in their direction yesterday as they unleashed a massive election - eve voter mobilization operation in an effort to stave off potentially substantial losses in the House and preserve at least a slender majority in the Senate.

«Instead, the Woodstock Town Board should be supporting developers like us, who are spending substantial amounts of time and effort to follow the rules through the regulatory wringer at great expense while Airbnb gets a free ride.»

These centers are made possible thanks to the substantial support of Mayor de Blasio, this Council and our state lawmakers, as well as Borough Presidents» Eric Adams and Ruben Diaz Jr., the DOE, the School Construction Authority, and our partner in these efforts — NYU Lutheran Medical Center.

According to the source, all efforts by the government team to reach labour leaders in the state on their mobile and contacts have proved abortive, as the leaders remain adamant that a substantial part of their arrears must be settled before they can call off the strike.

Reform also recommended a substantial increase in social housing stock in an effort to reduce the housing benefit bill, which increased from the equivalent of # 16.6 billion in 2004/5 to # 24.4 billion in 2014/15.

Mr. de Blasio, a liberal Democrat, dedicated substantial resources to the State Senate Democrats» failed effort to capture the upper house of the legislature last year — which became fodder for Republican attack ads.

``... So we need to exploit and make sure that we have a conscious effort to put a substantial portion of that [oil] revenue aside to support our agriculture and that is the only way we will get out of this problem [of unemployment].»

«As a result of his tireless efforts, Eric Massa has received substantial support within the local labor movement in the 29th congressional district.

My parents made very substantial efforts and investments in the rearing of children.

Conversely, climate policy that results in little or no effort to control greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide would likely result in a substantial release of carbon from the permafrost region by 2300, the study found.

I obtained a post as a lecturer in EST at the «Fachsprachenzentrum», the Centre for Languages for Academic / Specific Purposes, of the University of Hanover, Germany, in 1990, and here I devoted all my efforts to building up a substantial EST programme.

«The Commission is concerned that over-reliance on international offsets — given the practical difficulty of assuring that emissions reductions claimed in other countries are real, permanent, additional, and verifiable — could undermine program goals and political support, especially if substantial U.S. funds are leaving the country to support abatement efforts abroad rather than at home,» it states.

It requires a multidisciplinary effort, and one that offers plenty of scope for young scientists to make substantial contributions.

Finally, despite failing to obtain a more substantial salary increase, I was satisfied that I had made a significant effort to change my situation and had experienced a modest measure of success.

While there has been substantial progress in some cancer control efforts in the past several decades, like reductions in smoking and increased utilization of cancer screening, progress in some areas is lagging, according to a new report.

Jones describes an additional assignation of «guarantor» which would identify persons who invest substantial intellectual and practical effort in the research, and who are publicly responsible for ensuring the integrity of the entire project and the final publication.

By calling for re-energizing CCS development, PCAST is making two judgments: 1) that the coal industry is highly likely to remain competitive even as it complies with EPA restrictions on emissions of SOx, NOx, Hg, and other toxics; and 2) that a substantial price on carbon is highly likely to arrive in a time frame of relevance for a CCS development effort.

And a substantial number of scientists and experienced biotech staff available on the job market in RTP have actually been a positive influence on the recruitment effort at about three dozen smaller biotechnology ventures in the region.

While the Chinese economy is not yet as dynamic as the movement of its citizens, China is making substantial financial and political efforts to rectify the situation.