Sentences with phrase «only small contributions»

Second, some stakeholders said that the potential for large monetary awards from the courts, even for ideas that make only small contributions to a product, can be an incentive for patent owners to file infringement lawsuits.

The London mayor accused Labour of adopting divisive tactics after the new Labour leader in Scotland, Jim Murphy, highlighted how the party's mansion tax would benefit the Scottish NHS while homeowners north of the border would make only a small contribution.

The first finding from SmartGreenScans positively indicates that the emitted lead from tandem modules has only a small contribution to ecotoxicity [less than 0.3 % from the complete PV device].

Thus, intestinal production of K2 likely makes only a small contribution to vitamin K status.

Of course, the real point of this article is El Nino may be making only a small contribution to the current North American warm winter.

Various studies have used more precisely defined frameworks along these lines (see Fig. 6.14 of IPCC AR4 for example) and (subject to assumptions and uncertainties as always) found that «recovery from the LIA» would have made only a small contribution to the observed warming.

Almost all the uncertainty in fact arose from the statistical fitting of the regression line, with only a small contribution from uncertainties in radiative forcing measurements, and very little from errors in the temperature data.

Not exact matches

Fogel pointed out that transport was only a small percent of GDP and that the railroad was only a certain percent cheaper than canals so the contribution to economic growth had to be small.

Richard Slotkin's Regeneration Through Violence (Wesleyan University Press, 1973) is only the most noteworthy contribution to a small library of studies depicting a moral preference for violence in the American past.

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) stated that the food and drink sector is now worth # 112 billion, to which the organic food and drink sector only makes a small contribution.

However, ACCC analysis indicates that these increases in gross margins could have only made a small contribution to overall food price inflation.2 In other words, the vast majority of grocery price increases in Australia are attributable to other factors, such as supply and demand changes in international and domestic markets, increases in the costs of production and domestic weather conditions.

At a club of Arsenal's ambitions this contribution is not only too small to warrant a starting spot: it may soon be too small to earn a place on the bench once players such as Wilshire and Welbeck return.

But most candidates raise only a fraction of their war chests through small contributions.

«In contrast, our campaign has not only received more individual contributions, although smaller in amount, from voters,» she wrote in an email.

When a tax credit for small contributions is combined with public matching funds, ordinary people's voices can be heard instead of only the largest donors.

«At only 4 percent of what the district attorney has raised in the last six months, the firm's contributions make up a very small portion of what has become the most vast, diverse and progressive network of financial supporters in this race,» he said.

The money it spent on behalf of these candidates represented only a small percentage of the contributions it had received at the time, it had a history of getting involved in Senate races, and it helped Senate hopefuls through independent expenditures, rather than direct transfers.

Despite vowing to finance his own campaign, the real estate showman raised $ 3.9 million — 71 of which came from small donors — and only gave $ 100,000 to his campaign from his own pocket in in - kind contributions.

However Holland went on to reveal that these small donations and membership contributions totalled only # 8 million last year.

«Even in mice with only a small percentage of corrected cells, we saw widespread and progressive improvement of the condition over time, likely reflecting a survival advantage of the corrected cells and their contribution to regenerating muscle.»

In two studies, researchers have found only «a very small ancient Spanish contribution» to British and Irish DNA, says human geneticist Walter Bodmer of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, co-leader of a landmark 2015 study of British genetics.

Yet, given the costs and the mass of rocks that would need to be moved, it can likely provide only a small additional contribution.

Screening for common mutations in these genes only explains about 60 % of cases, so there are many more, likely small - contribution genes to uncover.

Spending on science, engineering, and technology will be only a relatively small part of a larger stimulus package, yet it will make a vital contribution to America's future.

21Other foods like meat, butter, eggs and milk only contribute a small portion (less than 20 percent) of dietary preformed vitamin A. 21 We would agree that liver makes a unique contribution to the diet — that of easily satisfying vitamin A needs.

Students» families make small contributions on a sliding scale, determined by what they can afford (which, for some, means only time or labor).

All teachers pay the cost of higher pension contributions, but only a small fraction reaps the benefits.

These teachers are eligible to withdraw their own contributions, sometimes with a small amount of interest, but only two states provide any employer contributions.

For small or medium publishers who have listed best - sellers, the additional contribution from their non-bestselling titles is even less significant: only 13 percent.

Employers and employees affected by the ORPP will start with smaller contributions equivalent to 0.8 % of earnings each (on the first $ 90,000 only) in the first year and 1.6 % in the second year before ramping up to the maximum of 1.9 % in the third and subsequent years.

First, because of their limited contribution room and relatively young age (TFSA have only been around since 2009), TFSAs are often relatively small compared with RRSPs.

Previous research from Strategic Insight shows ETFs hold only a small fraction of defined contribution (DC) retirement plan assets, but the ETF vehicle has finally found a point of entry into the DC market as an underlying investment within other vehicles, such as target - date mutual funds (TDFs).

To further simplify the process for newer investors and those with smaller accounts, SMI Funds is launching both of these new funds with initial contribution amounts of only $ 500, and subsequent investments can be as low as $ 50.

«Contrary to the government's messaging, all the evidence indicates that the increase of the TFSA contribution limit to $ 10,000 will benefit only a very small proportion of Canadians,» he wrote.

If the withdrawal is for only contributions and not earnings, it has a smaller impact on the student's FAFSA.

The part of FERS that does decrease in value, the Basic Benefit, only requires a small contribution from you.

Although a critical force within the group, the artist's contributions to Memphis — in the form of graphic patterns — were only a small segment of her career; as the ICA show makes clear, Du Pasquier is a multifaceted artist, and she became particularly interested in abstract and figurative painting.

This small retrospective at Mark Borghi not only shows the creative path from drawing to painting, it also offers insights into what made the artist's contributions significant.

Fostering this small but thriving community of artists, curators, and writers is only one of Spertus» contributions to Bay Area arts and culture.

This is only a small fraction of the power plants expected to be built between now and 2030, so I conclude that there is only enough U235 for once - thru processing to make a quite modest contribution to energy needs, and then only if one goes with the «prognosticated» and «speculative» no - cost numbers from the IEA.

I'm not wealthy and could only make small contributions.

Not only was the contribution small ($ 25,000 I think), but it was specified for health care issues, not climate science.

The evidence tells us that was not the case (or only a small part of it), but in other centuries, with less forcing (or less persistent forcing), the relative contributions of internal and forced variability may have been different, and may be different in the future.

The melting contributes to about 1 % of the global sea level rise — a small contribution and only 3 — 4 % of the total contribution from global glaciers and ice caps.

So even if we only had a small fraction of our energy needs met by such «carbon - negative» solar updraft towers, they still could provide a meaningful contribution to the portfolio of carbon removal solutions

That nets to a tiny 0.005 mm per year contribution to sea level per year; but Patagonia's icefields are only a small component of global ice stocks.

Not every small newspaper carries food news and your contribution could be the only piece on pink slime.

The top two dirtiest power plants based on efficiency are both in Greece; however, due to their small capacities, these show up only in places 11 and 24 for contribution to overall CO2 emissions.

Far from having a substantial impact on reducing net emissions of GHG, Wolf says, European rapeseed oil - based diesel and U.S. corn - based ethanol have in fact only made small contributions - 13 % less than conventional diesel and 18 % less than petrol, respectively.

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission provides estimates of the cryospheric contributions to the acceleration of sea - level rise, including Greenland, Antarctica, and small ice caps and mountain glaciers (22), although these measurements only start in 2002.