Sentences with phrase «of the small minority of»

How is it that with the exception of a small minority of atheists the world continues to function under the world view that there is a greater purpose and we are not simply a cosmic accident.

The media seem to be averting their gaze from the society - wide, contemporary problem in favour of the small minority of historic Catholic cases.

It was a very weird / surreal feeling going to bed knowing I was one of the small minority of Bears fans who was having a good night.

Seven professional bodies work together to maintain and update Professional Conduct in Relation to Taxation (PCRT), which seeks to govern the conduct of tax professionals in the context of the «tripartite relationship» between the tax adviser, their client or employer, and HMRC.2 John Cullinane said: «We believe the PCRT Standards for Tax Planning make it clear to any of the small minority of tax professionals who are tempted to facilitate and promote tax avoidance schemes that this behaviour is not acceptable.

He spoke as the policing minister Damian Green in a speech on Wednesday said the «corrupt behaviour» of a small minority of police officers could have a «corrosive effect on the reputation» of them all and undermined justice.

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Anyway, that strategy sounds good unless you're one of the small minority of people who has a sensitivity to cocoa.

Policy solution: A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education prioritizes developing a strong, experienced corps of professional educators while supporting the dismissal of the small minority of weak ones.

She figures it's acceptable if we have to break a few eggs (firing of possibly effective teachers) in order to purge the system of the small minority of ineffective teachers.

Unhappy with those findings, they then exaggerated the value of teacher compensation by comparing the retirement benefits of the small minority of teachers who stay in the classroom for 30 years, rather than comparing the pension benefits for the typical teacher to their peers in other professions.

Of course, the airline is unable to email customers who used a third - party travel booking site, so you'll be one of a small minority of people receiving these emails for your specific flight.

Of course, the airline is unable to email customers who used a third - party travel booking site, so you'll be one of a small minority of people receiving these emails for your specific flight.

Allen Jones always seems to generate broadly the same debate: is he an objectionable sexist, or an important artist whose overall achievements have been undervalued due to a mistaken interpretation of a small minority of his work?

So, let's see, when we (those defending the AGW theory) note that, of the small minority of scientists on the skeptic side making discredited arguments, many if not most seem to have quite direct connections to right - wing or libertarian organizations like the Cato Institute or the George C. Marshall Fund or with the fossil fuel (especially coal) industry, we are derided as engaging in «ad hominem» attacks and so forth.

«The involvement of a small minority of complicit, negligent or unwitting professionals in the financial, legal and accountancy sectors facilitates money laundering,» he said.

Thinking about international strategy is no longer the preserve of a small minority of firms.

Not exact matches

While there is a vocal minority who want gun laws in the U.K. relaxed, they do appear to be very small — all the mainstream political parties support strict gun laws, and much of the debate centers on whether the U.K., which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire world, needs more control.

My local Chamber had a program designed to help small minority businesses be placed with a seasoned corporate executive for three years of mentorship.

Major is in the small minority, with others including Komal Sri - Kumar, president of Sri - Kumar Global Strategies, who wrote on Business Insider earlier this week that the 10 - year yield would slide below 2 % to 1.5 %.

In 2015, for example, JPMorgan Chase helped launch the Entrepreneurs of Color Fund to provide much - needed capital to Detroit's minority - owned small businesses.

The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that the number of minority - owned businesses more than doubled from 1987 to 1997, from a quarter million to a half million businesses, and that the revenues they collectively generated grew more than fourfold.

What's more, his polarizing lack of political correctness can also work against him among women and minority businesspeople, leaving the door open to his rival Clinton, whose small business platform and reputation for getting the job done may very well win over undecided voters.

All across the board — regardless of gender, minority status or political leaning — small - business owners wanted to hear the presidential hopefuls address the topics of small business (66.23 percent), the economy (59.10 percent) and tax policy (53.95 percent), first and foremost.

The federal government says that 23 percent of all government dollars must be set aside of small businesses, and a part of that goes to minority - owned businesses (including women - owned, veteran & service - disabled veteran owned, Native American - owned, Alaskan - owned, and Native Hawaiian - owned corporations).

On Monday, JPMorgan Chase announced $ 2.2 million to support underserved and minority - owned businesses throughout the U.S. as part of the firm's three - year commitment from its Small Business Forward initiative.

Sources: U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy, Minorities In Business, 1999; SBA, Office of Advocacy, The Facts About Small Business 1999.

It sounds awfully steep, but that's the point — to discourage a small minority of well - to - do CCPC owners from deferring a whole lot of tax that way.

True enough, lots of small companies have done well under the government's minority / small - business set - aside programs.

To be clear, such comments come from a small minority, none of whom are reflective of our institution.

Among its suggestions is a recommendation that all levels of government use procurement programs as a means to support small and medium enterprises and minority - owned businesses, including requiring supplier diversity policies for federal crown corporations and agencies.

Professional investors take on dozens or even hundreds of projects, accepting that many will fail but also strategizing that a small minority will turn out to be outsize winners.

Start Small is a charity focused on underserved communities, and its first focus will be Ferguson, Missouri — now infamous for the racial unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and a long pattern of prejudicial police treatment of minorities — and is located outside Dorsey's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

The way fundraising works, unless you are in a very small minority of companies, you will unfortunately get a vast number of no's.

Only a small minority of users — university students, scientists and select government officials — have access to Kwangmyong, a domestic intranet «that offers email and websites but is totally shut off from the rest of the world,» according to a Slate article.

Indeed, from 1997 to 2007, the number of minority - owned small businesses increased by more than 25 percent, according to data from the Brookings Institute.

Detroit also has the fourth - largest number of minority - owned small businesses among American cities, though it ranks only 23rd by population.

To date, the entrepreneur fund has channeled $ 4.5 million to 43 minority - owned small businesses, of which 53 % are owned by women.

Sure some people make money on tax liens, but it's the small minority and not an investment suited for someone who doesn't first have tens of thousands of dollars invested.

Participate in The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's procurement practices through its Small / Local / Minority / Women Business Enterprise Stakeholder Group Meetings to review and comment on the SWA's Disparity Study findings and recommendations and feedback on policy options.

To sum up, the six general elections considered here ended with minority governments, and those minorities all enjoyed a relatively small advantage in the number of seats — ranging from two to 22 — over the official Opposition.

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«This program will provide resources to meet the needs of minority - owned small businesses, helping them thrive and create more jobs to boost the economy.»

Relatively small minorities of U.S. elites saw China's alleged human rights problems, China - Taiwan tensions, or China's exchange rate policy as a very serious problem.

But the reality is they are a small minority versus the majority of people who love light beer.»

Because the shareholders hold the residual claim, and all corporate expenditures thus come out of their pocket, it is not entirely clear why other shareholders should have to subsidize speech by a small minority.

Absent such a standard, the shareholder proposal rule becomes nothing less than a species of private eminent domain by which the federal government allows a small minority to appropriate someone else's property — the company is a legal person, after all, and it is the company's proxy statement at issue — for use as a soap - box to disseminate their views.

There, it is true that the arbitrage gains arising from free trade between economic zones of vastly different living standards without trade balance equilibrium and being captured by a small minority are correctly viewed as un-earned gains and giving rise to social tensions which could easily degenerate into political tensions.

As director of the UPS Supplier Diversity Process, Homeyer manages internal and external programs designed to increase representation of small, minority - and women - owned businesses in UPS's supplier network.

She also is responsible for the establishment of new, and the development of existing, UPS relationships with small, women, and minority business organizations.

Only a small minority (roughly 15 to 20 per cent) of middle - income Canadians retiring without an employer pension plan have saved anywhere near enough for retirement and the vast majority of these families with annual incomes of $ 50,000 or more will be hard pressed to save enough in their remaining period to retirement (less than 10 years) to avoid significant fall in income.