Sentences with phrase «particular time in the past»

Certain types of rocks and fossils give scientists clues as to what the environment looked like in an area at a particular time in the past.

Our high assessed confidence that the recent warming is mostly human - driven, and that the costs will become large if the warming becomes large, do not primarily rest on how much warmer or colder today is than some particular time in the past, or even on how fast the recent changes are relative to those in the past.

Path dependence refers to the fact that often, something that seems normal or inevitable today began with a choice that made sense at a particular time in the past, but survived despite the eclipse of the justification for that choice, because once established, external factors discouraged going into reverse to try other alternatives.»

Not exact matches

«That is one of the effects of automation, and globalization in particular: All of the jobs in the past 10 years that we've created, 94 percent of them are part - time, contract, temporary, seasonal.

The warnings against Jehovah's Witnesses have stacked up over the past decade in particular, with dozens of regional charges of extremism and more than 80 of its books, pamphlets, and other texts (including its magazine, The Watchtower) banned in Russia, according to The Moscow Times.

Both find human life and the temporal world of becoming plagued by an ultimate evil that is deeply involved with the nature of time — in particular, with the essential passage of time and the temporal dimension of the past.

In various places and at different times in the past, a particular language has emerged as a lingua franca alongside a local languagIn various places and at different times in the past, a particular language has emerged as a lingua franca alongside a local languagin the past, a particular language has emerged as a lingua franca alongside a local language.

Of course, he perceives our own time as one in which historical roots are not available, but he has generalized this particular situation which he finds in Western civilization into a universal dialectic, or perhaps more properly antagonism, of the past and present.

The ruins of the earthquake at Lisbon, for example: the whole of past history had to be planned exactly as it was to bring about in the fullness of time just that particular arrangement of debris of masonry, furniture, and once living bodies.

Parish self - understanding, like that of a family, depends upon its perception of itself in a particular time and form, with a memory of its past and the capacity for an open yet characteristic future.

What man has written in the past as his Scriptures and as his dogmatic statements were expressions that more or less captured the experience of faith that was his at a particular moment in time.

Nor is our cosmic God, while revealed in a particular time, place and life, stuck in the past.

Over the past few days I spent a little time off, and had a long time to rest and to just enjoy doing nothing in particular.

Must have watched Barca 40 or 50 times in the past 4 or 5 years and it struck me how easy it is to overlook, underestimate what Iniesta and Xavi (although not playing atm, in particular) bring to their team.

«He's been criticised many times in the past but he could lose the next 50 games he ever plays and it certainly wouldn't change one bit my respect for him as a manager, my respect for him as a person and in particular my respect for the job he's done at Arsenal, which is something quite outstanding.

In the past three years I've handled round - the - clock feedings, both kids being hospitalized for RSV (a respiratory infection), an ER visit for stitches after a run in with the edge of the bath tub, countless colds and stomach bugs, nightmares, the particular breed of torture that is a tantrumming 2 year old (times two), and still, I would go through all of that forever, Groundhog Day - style over reliving my laboIn the past three years I've handled round - the - clock feedings, both kids being hospitalized for RSV (a respiratory infection), an ER visit for stitches after a run in with the edge of the bath tub, countless colds and stomach bugs, nightmares, the particular breed of torture that is a tantrumming 2 year old (times two), and still, I would go through all of that forever, Groundhog Day - style over reliving my laboin with the edge of the bath tub, countless colds and stomach bugs, nightmares, the particular breed of torture that is a tantrumming 2 year old (times two), and still, I would go through all of that forever, Groundhog Day - style over reliving my labor.

but over the past few years in particular, my family and I have spent a lot more time there and have fallen deeply in love with this great state.

This tactic isn't new, of course, since advocacy groups have pushed advertisers to drop their support of particular networks and shows many times in the past, but that doesn't make it any less effective.

Locally — in the near vicinity of any particular point in space - time — we can always divide events into the «past» and the «future.»

Piecing Together the Past Robin Arnette, 9 December 2005 Anthropologist Rachel Watkins pieces together what life was like for a group of people living in a particular time and place.

If an endorsement by Ted Kennedy, Dick Cheney's daughter, The New York Times or even Chuck Norris isn't enough to thrust you onto a particular presidential candidate's bandwagon, the Scientists & Engineers for America, a nonpartisan organization that advocates evidence - based debate and decision - making in Washington, offers another metric: their science platforms.Examining subjects like energy policy, healthcare, views on evolution, stem cells and the like, the Science, Health and Related Policies (SHARP) Network unfurls each candidate's positions (and past) in a wiki format.

Piecing Together the Past Robin Arnette, 9 December 2005 Anthropologist Rachel Watkins (left) pieces together what life was like for a group of people living in a particular time and place.

The temperature trends in Antarctica depend on the time interval and season one looks at, because certain forcings, such as ozone depletion, are particularly important over restricted past time intervals and during particular seasons.

In the past 3 - 4 decades, there has been an increasing trend in high - humidity heat waves, which are characterized by the persistence of extremely high night - time temperature.1 The combination of high humidity and high night - time temperature can make for a deadly pairing, offering no relief and posing a particular threat for the elderlIn the past 3 - 4 decades, there has been an increasing trend in high - humidity heat waves, which are characterized by the persistence of extremely high night - time temperature.1 The combination of high humidity and high night - time temperature can make for a deadly pairing, offering no relief and posing a particular threat for the elderlin high - humidity heat waves, which are characterized by the persistence of extremely high night - time temperature.1 The combination of high humidity and high night - time temperature can make for a deadly pairing, offering no relief and posing a particular threat for the elderly.

I think the most important factor for me has been at no time following this plan have I felt deprived or suffered cravings for a particular food, as I have in the past when a type of food is restricted.

Hmmm, I don't really want to point out a particular moment in time, because I'm very proud of everything that has happened these past two years.

When I was in Kenya, our internet situation was spotty, that coupled with the fact that this particular trip was much heavier than trips past, and so I just needed that time to mentally rest.

Like you, I had used them several times in the past, and I sort of «got» why they set me up with particular people, even when it didn't turn out to be a match.

The whites and black dating or vice versa in particular is a major concern, based on the believe that no white should date nor marry a black person, because of the blacks were enslaved by the whites in the time past, and this has led to racism and segregation.

Countless films have shown crowded newsrooms in the past, but Spielberg makes sure that this one is extra busy and loud — that the clicking and clacking and shouting on the soundtrack, the reporters and editors working away or striding about, conjure not just a particular time and place, but a whole world that's been lost.

The cast is filled with actors who have worked with the director in the past, many of whom were given their debut by Meadows, and his use of music to evoke the atmosphere of a particular time and place is as powerful as ever.

Then again, since all the films in the franchise past the original are not actually part of * this * particular continuity, it'll kinda be the first time we've seen Laurie in FORTY years!

In the past, we used to study a course, focus on our course books provided by the school, college, or organization, and learn from teachers only by attending classes in particular places at fixed timeIn the past, we used to study a course, focus on our course books provided by the school, college, or organization, and learn from teachers only by attending classes in particular places at fixed timein particular places at fixed times.

The veteran teacher also knows that learning a particular student's name the first few minutes of the first class could be an indicator of behavior problems to come; «Is it a good thing that I have said your name three times in the past 5 minutes?»

This is the first time this particular app has been made available for Android tablets and in the past has only been able to run on smartphones.

I'm more than happy to do it, as I have been called lazy at times in the past and having someone else tell me about a free offer decreases the amount of time I have to run my manual methods of seeing what is free for a particular day.

It's important to remember that past performance in the stock market does not always mean future success, and a particular sector may or may not be in favor at any time.

And if you want to know how a particular Theme has performed in the past, all you need to do is tap into the «Performance» tab (below), which details the historical performance of the fund over time.

Specifically, some commenters asked that we define the cohort of students for whom completion rates and withdrawal rates are calculated and address whether the cohort includes all students who received title IV, HEA program funds in a particular award year, or at any time in the past.

Although many of the dogs we rescue may have had some obedience training or house training in their past, because we often don't know their history, every dog is a bit like a puzzle that we have to put together one piece at a time to solve the mystery of that particular dog.

- Kataoka believes the world of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the true protagonist of the game - at times, really beautiful and delicate, and other time's it's rough and ruthless - the natural beauty is one of the main appeals of the game - she wanted the music to not just reflect, but also enhance that appeal - she wanted the music to reflect the long History of Hyrule, but also the ordeals of the Link and Zelda of this particular entry - in order to express the idea of a world in ruin, yet so vibrant, she decided to use traditional instruments - these included the shinobue and the erhu, which are not commonly used in orchestras - these contrast the synthesizer sounds of the ancient civilization - the main theme includes chord progressions which are not really suited to classical music - Kataoka wanted reflect Link's 100 - year sleep in the main theme, which explains the rather strange break in the song - the break represents Link taking a «new breath», after 100 years in stasis - the break basically serves as the division between Zelda and the past, and Link and adventure in the present day - she usually does not pay much attention to such details, but had the opportunity to do so this time

It wasn't about anything in particular, but it made me feel special: Dear Jennifer, I'm trying to thank everyone who has helped me out in the past, so here it is, your one - time - only thank - you letter: thanks for everything you do!

I've tried teaching people in the past how to do things in particular games (most notably trying to teach my best friend how not to suck at FPS games in Bioshock) and I haven't found it particularly effective till he'd screwed up a few (dozen) times and learned it the hard way.

Of particular note about the game is the introduction of the «Nemesis System,» which gives unique personalities and traits to various baddies in the world; these enemies will remember past battles with you and become stronger over time, requiring a unique approach to taking each one out».

It is an unfortunate reality that every once in a while a game comes along that has one particular moment that players with disabilities can not get past no matter how many times they try and no matter how many different approaches they take.

The story of androids becoming self - aware and rebelling against their human oppressors has played out numerous times over the past few decades, but Detroit's story has particular reverberations in the context of advances of AI, not to mention TV shows and films like HBO's Westworld and Blade Runner 2049.

Around this time, Byers moved to Japan for nine years and his subsequent works and performance pieces — one of which was the 100mph drive past the Guggenheim — were often inspired by its culture, in particular the dramatised unfolding of lengthy pieces of hand - made paper.

Further, for him, the framework or motif of the tree functioned like a time machine, in that it enabled him to hold a form of discussion with past abstract artists — in particular Mondrian — which was reflected within his works.

Rather than be tied to this trajectory — the bias of which Head of Programme Emma Ridgway, her predecessor Sally Shaw, Director Paul Hobson and Curator Ciara Moloney have done much to address in recent years — the team has taken a more creative approach to the past, questioning why certain artists were not shown at particular times and inserting them where they feel it necessary.

It is long past time for governments in general and the US Government in particular to end its subsidies for unreliable energy and let the markets themselves decide where to allocate energy resources rather than governments.