Sentences with phrase «on paucity»

I comment in chapter 3 on the paucity of funds available to Native Title Representative Bodies to carry out their duties and functions under the NTA.

Mistakes in computer models are taken to be the final word on the paucity of evidence of manmade climate change, and an anomalous measurement of Greenland's ice sheet spells the end of the world.

I promoted Keith Kloor «s post on the paucity of coverage of a new peer - reviewed study on the health benefits of nuclear power (compared to coal), co-authored by James Hansen, who retired yesterday after 46 years of planetary and climate science at NASA:

It is very difficult not to be objective in this discussion but Wenger may have a point on the paucity of strikers.

Not exact matches

But with the paucity of flexible arrangements on offer to permanent employees, getting what they want may not be so easy.

This paucity of data has the pernicious effect that any claim of an effect by foreign investment on urban real estate could be true or could be false.

While introducing his project of comparing Whitehead and Heidegger on time, Mason suggests that the paucity of previous efforts is «a function of the assumption that their modes of philosophizing are so different as to render the thought of the one completely irrelevant to that of the other» (p. 83).

Given the paucity of hard data on which to calculate probable costs and benefits, how can responsible decisions be made in the midst of this uncertainty?

Indeed, one must be impressed by the paucity of categories for describing the problem: on the one side, we Christians stand arrayed against the liberals on the other side.

On the contrary, it is an argument for believing in the face of a paucity of evidence, and is thoroughly fallacious all the same.

Moffett says that one of the reasons for the neglect of the Asian dimension in church history is the comparative paucity of available source materials on eastern roots of Christianity outside the Roman empire.

Although a considerable body of scientific evidence substantiates the positive correlation between curcumin consumption and a reduction in the risk of cancer, the paucity of suitably designed human clinical trials that clearly demonstrate any direct effect of curcumin on cancer markers may prevent Health Canada from approving a cancer risk reduction claim for curcumin within the current regulatory framework.

Yes clearly Edgar Davids is getting on a bit but given the paucity of options in our midfield with Alberto Aquilani still on the mend, Xabi Alonso gone, Lucas just about keeping his head above water and Javier Mascherano being a shadow of his former self, perhaps bringing in the out of contract Dutchman could be a useful addition to our relatively thin squad.

On one of the biggest stages in the country, and despite the paucity of quality on display from the men in white shirts, Leeds United's supporters showed why they are some of the best in the lanOn one of the biggest stages in the country, and despite the paucity of quality on display from the men in white shirts, Leeds United's supporters showed why they are some of the best in the lanon display from the men in white shirts, Leeds United's supporters showed why they are some of the best in the land.

It was tactical and not based on any democratic process --[further symbolized by the paucity of widespread, grass - roots consultation of the subsequent and brief Smith Commission]-- and without proper debate.

That there isn't really an apparent attractive candidate with all the desirable attributes is a little concerning, and what's even more concerning is the paucity of women on the front - bench.

[BTW, my apologies for the paucity of recent posts on e.politics — the cat's been cryin» for her dinner, too, but I should have a couple of solid Drupal - based advocacy websites to show off shortly.]

And on it goes: the Anderson website's «solutions» pages ladle on a thick glaze of leftish rhetoric that can not conceal a paucity of programmatic specificity on many key progressive demands and a troubling penchant for pandering to the right.

Reading the letter on the floor of the House on Tuesday, the speaker, honourable Mathew Kolawole (APC Kabba Bunu) said the Governor cited paucity of funds in the state as some of the reasons why the state government could not conduct local government election.

He said, «I want to sincerely appreciate the efforts of Ogbeni Aregbesola on his intervention on federal roads in the state despite the paucity of funds.

The on topic Q&A included redesign plans for other streets, especially Queens Boulevard, why the administration attributes the reduction in pedestrian fatalities to Vision Zero and not to regular year - to - year variances, how the administration actually knows that driving speeds are reduced, why so few street redesign projects have been done on Staten Island, data for any changes in safety at this E.Tremont / Silver Street intersection, why Commissioner Bratton did not attend, why there are few speeding and failure to yield tickets issued in this (45th) precinct, the negative effect of speed bumps on emergency response vehicles, plans for marking and painting of roads, whether the mayor will seek additional red light camera authorizations from the state legislature, the paucity of criminal prosecutions against drivers who kill pedestrians and an estimate of money received from speed camera tickets.

«The insipid campaign has laid bare the paucity of talent on Labour's benches, and the party's ideological exhaustion.

One of the pragmatic reasons the union officials who play such a big role in the WFP's operation wanted to give him its nomination rather than backing an obscure law professor whose lack of name recognition at the time was equaled only by her paucity of funding was that they felt more confident he could produce the 50,000 votes on the WFP line necessary to preserve its spot on the state ballot four years from now.

I want to put it on record that we are deeply concerned about the paucity of information that we have received from the Home Office and about the implications, therefore, for community cohesion.

Holmes also notes that the relative paucity of thalidomide births in the United States means that few researchers there can speak with authority on the drug's effects.

Steve: And for awhile there, there was a paucity of scientist heroes on TV, but then the CSI thing just really exploded.

Although the source of the attraction of the Galápagos, both for Darwin and for tourists today, is the paucity of civilization that has allowed it to evade human influence, Ecuadoran law says that to visit the uninhabited islands you have to be on a tour in the company of a «naturalist.»

«There's a paucity of literature on what to do in a case like this,» he says.

Discrimination between environmental and anthropogenic impacts on past civilizations, however, remains difficult because of the paucity of high - resolution paleoclimatic evidence.

By 2100, climate change could be responsible for a massive die - off on the ocean floor, due to a paucity of nutrients floating down from the surface.

The statement that research on medicines of the rain forest is cost effective contrasts with the paucity of medicines that actually come to market.

Even some of the scientists who are supportive of Oren's quest have a hard time reconciling the paucity of mapinguari data with the rigor of his work on birds and biodiversity.

There is a «paucity of scientific studies on the ecological impact of domestic dogs,» especially at the national level, they note.

Even as European regulators act, however, scientists are divided on whether pollinators are exposed to enough of the pesticides to pose a grave threat to their colonies, in part because of a paucity of data and the challenges of doing rigorous field trials.

However, a paucity of information exists on the steps between taste receptor cell activation and afferent nerve fiber firing.

«We went looking for genomic abnormalities of ALL specifically in Asians because of their unique genetic background and also the paucity of studies focusing on this population despite the fact that half of children with leukemia worldwide are in Asia.

The paucity of research on normal pregnancy makes it more challenging to study complications of pregnancy.

Despite its relative paucity of nerve cells, the sea slug shows elementary learning that can be dissected on a molecular scale.

The difficulty in answering questions like these, according to experts at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is exacerbated by the inability of many children to describe or express their emotions, and the paucity of experts in pediatric psychiatry.

«There is paucity of well - designed studies on how nutrients modify T level; therefore, solid recommendations can not be issued.

There is currently a paucity of controlled studies investigating the degree to which these sports can maximally adapt to fat - burning on carbohydrate - restricted diets.

But there's still not quite enough going on here, either in terms of humor or excitement; small children are likely to be disappointed by the paucity of silly slapstick or bathroom gags, while their older siblings will probably fidget at the lack of scares.

THE DVD Paramount presents Young Sherlock Holmes on a bare - bones DVD whose paucity of supplementary material is more justified this time out for a selection from the studio's»80s genre cache than was the case with the thorny Dragonslayer.

Is this a case of «plus ça change» etc. with respect to the mores and décor prerogatives of the rural poor of the U.S., or an indication of the paucity of imagination on the part of the filmmakers?

only serves to underline the paucity of genuine sentiment on the screen.

There's a real paucity of films about our venomous culture of self - hate and the tyranny of appearance, and a time or two Miss Congeniality seems on the verge of saying something with its odd voyeuristic device of having Gracie wander around with a P.O.V. camera, but in the end the picture is all lip service paid to the altar of sneering asides and being a magnificent prick.

While that no doubt sounds melodramatic, there is no paucity of writers (talented or otherwise) willing to ramble on about the successes or failings of cinema.

It's just a shame that, as usual, there is a paucity of bonus features on the home video release (in stores this week).

Oh, and there are some boats to drive clumsily around the inland rivers here and there, but they hardly make up for the paucity of drivable trucks on the island.

So it comes as no surprise that Disney, dealing with a congenital paucity of imagination, has reached the point where it's actually making movies based on a portion of a movie.