Sentences with phrase «of the population as»

Even if we're only talking «evil» on a less horrific level — incarcerated criminals — we find the number of atheists and agnostics well below their demographic percentage of the population as a whole.

the index adjusts for that section of population as a percentage of the total.

And none of the nonsense you posted poses a grave threat to the health and safety of the population as a whole, you bonehead.

We increase the number of homeless shelters and food pantries, restore the welfare entitlement, build more prison cells, and write off a substantial part of the population as permanently incapable of citizenship.

Television's central role as an entertainer holds for both the more and the less educated, and probably for other segments of the population as well, despite variations in attitudes towards television, amount of viewing, and other factors among segments.

In fact, her campaign's failure despite a sophisticated online strategy may have been foreordained, since as Gobry pointed out, French Internet users aren't representative of the population as a whole.

So I had to do further research beyond the CV, which shows how useful the mass surveillance of the population as imagined by the Guardian can be...»

The study allows for deeper analysis of a wide range of sections of the population as they respond to regional, national and international change.

It brings New York's total outflow over the last six years to 846,669 people — more than any other state's, both in absolute terms and as a share of population as measured by the 2010 census.

That compares to 60 % of the population as a whole who say they will vote, with three quarters of over 60s saying they will cast their ballot.

MK - 3475 and other drugs like it are revolutionizing the way we treat metastatic melanoma by benefitting a much larger segment of the population as well as having very few side effects,» says Dr. Joseph.

The limited number of permissible cell lines left, Melton says, can not meet the medical needs of a population as genetically diverse as the human race.

Arslan emphasizes that the findings carry weight for genetic makeup of the population as a whole over many generations, but that they shouldn't dissuade an individual older prospective father from having kids.

The panel could not determine whether NICHD's plan to enroll pregnant women through a sample of U.S. hospitals would yield a group as representative of the population as recruiting women through prenatal providers within the original 100 NCS counties.

«It is possible that sanitation laws requiring the removal of faeces from the streets actually led to reinfection of the population as the waste was often used to fertilise crops planted in farms surrounding the towns,» said Mitchell.

Ironically, although the autism - linked genes may be improving cognitive abilities of the population as a whole, when the genes combine in one person to result in autism, that person may have cognitive difficulties.

«The discovery and confirmation of one distant and very massive protocluster is very exciting,» said Dr. Naveen Reddy, an astrophysicist at the University of California at Riverside and a coauthor of the study, «but it is important to find a large sample of these so we can understand the possibly varied formation history of the population as a whole.»

Dinesh Moorjani, co-founder of Tinder and CEO of Hatch Labs Inc. where Tinder was created, says that another reason lesbian dating apps may have failed to prosper could be that investors don't see that 3.4 percent of America as a large enough market to tackle (never mind that gay and bi men make up about the same proportion of the population as gay and bi women, and Grindr has 10 times the users of Her).

We need to get out and meet with our learners, or as accurate a representation of the population as we can.

It's important to note if you subscribe to Roeper's definition (and I'm aware some educators may not) then you must go beyond providing the right academic conditions and consider how to meet the social - emotional needs of this population as well.

Over the last decade the internet population has come to much more closely resemble the racial composition of the population as a whole.

Those sales now going elsewhere — and with 50 % of our population as transient Lincoln loses out on introducing its new vehicles to new owners who may have in turn bought Lincoln again later elsewhere after leaving here.

This notion is gaining traction among parts of the population as well as the religious community, though it has not yet gained any purchase with local employers.

So while the scores of the population as a whole have declined as economic troubles mount, those of FHA borrowers have increased.

With about 61,000 residents, it's the biggest city in our study in terms of population as well as the state's largest based on area.

Therefore, the insurance industry sees this particular segment of the population as less risky to insure.

Because their intake is so unpredictable, Open Admission shelters may euthanize a portion of their population as a management tool, although they have become very creative in finding alternative solutions.

A rare exception is taurine deficiency in a small subset of the population as discussed above.

Dr Oliver Deusch explained «the differences were wide ranging showing changes in the structure of the population as well as in potential functions of the population».

The countries with the highest quality of life have a majority of their population as working citizens.

Last: Stop referencing me in this asinine discussion of population as THE pathway to sustainability.

By contrast, the number of utterly ignorant bloggers, blog commenters, hack journalists and so on who regard themselves as being better qualified than the experts is just about beyond counting (though still, fortunately, a small minority of the population as a whole).

Court H.R., Aoulmi v. France, no. 50278 / 99, § 86, ECHR 2006 ‑ I), trafficking in narcotics as part of an organised group could reach a level of intensity that might directly threaten the calm and physical security of the population as a whole or a large part of it.

As far as diversity in the legal profession goes, perhaps the profession has been a bit slower than others in being representative of the population as a whole (especially when we compare it to professions like accounting and engineering).

Here's why the federal government can't enhance the CPP quickly: The feds need approval from two - thirds of the provinces — constituting two - thirds of the population as well — to make any amendments to the plan.

(10) The Court then explained, after stating that drug addiction represents a serious evil for the individual and is fraught with social and economic danger to mankind, that such trafficking could reach a level of intensity that might directly threaten the calm and physical security of the population as a whole or a large part of it.

As we have seen in point 26 of this opinion, the Court considered that dealing in narcotics as part of an organised group was a diffuse form of crime and could reach a level of intensity that might directly threaten the calm and physical security of the population as a whole or a large part of it.

Article 28 (3) of Directive 2004 / 38 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64 / 221 / EEC, 68 / 360 / EEC, 72 / 194 / EEC, 73 / 148 / EEC, 75 / 34 / EEC, 75 / 35 / EEC, 90 / 364 / EEC, 90 / 365 / EEC and 93 / 96 / EEC, is to be interpreted as meaning that sexual abuse of a 14 year old minor, sexual coercion and rape are not covered by the concept of «imperative grounds of public security» where those acts do not directly threaten the calm and physical security of the population as a whole or a large part of it.

We now have 73 % of the population as potential Facebookers, or something like 3.6 million.

This notion is gaining traction among parts of the population as well as the religious community, though it has not yet gained any purchase with local employers.

Private health insurance will continue to lead in terms of covering the non-vulnerable, the middle class and higher income segments of the population as they can afford to buy it.

Therefore, the insurance industry sees this particular segment of the population as less risky to insure.

Under the Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, in order to market «safer» tobacco products manufacturers must demonstrate that they would (1) significantly reduce harm and the risk of tobacco - related disease to individual tobacco users, and (2) benefit the health of the population as a whole.

In fact, around half of the 4000 consumers surveyed (44 % of 2000 Americans and 54 % of 2000 British consumers) still don't own a pair, suggesting that not only is there much more room for the area to grow, but also that the loss of the headphone jack hasn't changed the purchasing habits of as much of the population as the rise in sales figures might imply.

Canada faces significant aging of its population as the proportion of seniors increases more rapidly than all other age groups.

Not exact matches

As of Tuesday morning, it had 5,082 members — more than two times the population of St. Croix Falls.

So entrenched is this marketing gimmick that Trade Minister François - Philippe Champagne now talks about Canada as a gateway to more than 1 billion people, a figure he derives from adding the populations of North America and the European Union, another big, rich economy with which Canada enjoys preferential access as of earlier this month.

The country also receives a «B» on scientific articles, measured as the number of peer - reviewed scientific articles produced in natural sciences and engineering per million population.

But as part of supporting the bill, Microsoft reviewed its own contracts and found that a «small segment of our employee population» had arbitration clauses in their agreements, he said.

While Kinect was viewed by many in the «hardcore» segment of the gaming population as a gimmick, Microsoft trudged on and tried to improve the sensor in the Xbox One.