Sentences with phrase «only pockets of the country»

Certainly the sales figures could be healthier and reports came out of Japan yesterday claiming that only pockets of the country was lining up for a Vita.

Not exact matches

Australians pay more for their healthcare than most other developed countries, and only the US had a greater proportion of patients with excessive out - of - pocket costs.

The idea — far grander than the money itself, which is only $ 150 million to start, pocket money for most of the investors — was to assemble a dream team and create a network effect for entrepreneurs in the middle of the country to align with the biggest names in business.

The Executive Director of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, says government needs to consider scrapping the subsidy on premix fuel, since such monies are only ending in private pockets through the diversion of the commodity meant for the country's fisher - folk.

Tackling the BNP is about recognising that there are hundreds of thousands of hard - working families in northern mill - towns, the once - smokey bits of the Midlands, blue collar estates in the Thames estuary and pockets of post-industrial Britain around the country who feel let down by the Establishment and are turning to the only party that talks about their concerns (Incidentally, they aren't necessarily core Labour voters, they are mostly long - standing, fed - up non-voters).

The push to design teaching and learning around students» distinctive academic needs, and even their personal interests, is no longer only happening in pockets of experimentation around the country.

I decided to only put the fringe on one pocket because seeing how it looked on both pockets reminded me too much of a country western jacket (not that there's anything wrong with that) and that wasn't the look I was going after.