Sentences with phrase «passed in a number of years»

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Back when Uncle Sam thought it would have to import increasing volumes of natural gas from abroad (which was only a few years ago), it built a number of LNG import terminals on the Gulf Coast, including the Freeport facility and the only other one with the same export permit, the Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass Liquefaction project in Louisiana.

The number of RSUs subject to each Initial RSU Award is determined in the same manner as described above for Annual Director Awards, but the grant date value of the award is pro-rated based on the portion of the year that has passed since the last annual meeting.

Some who are bullish on the growing number of cryptocurrencies in existence believe they could collectively pass the trillion - dollar mark this year in terms of value.

«We had looked at a number of very large transactions last year in the U.S. and decided to pass on many of them,» Mr. Adamakakis said.

In the course of making a number of effective criticisms, Flannery and Koterski suggest, in passing, that a couple who use Natural Family Planning (NFP) to avoid conception throughout their fertile years would be in a moral position comparable to that of a couple who used artificial contraceptioIn the course of making a number of effective criticisms, Flannery and Koterski suggest, in passing, that a couple who use Natural Family Planning (NFP) to avoid conception throughout their fertile years would be in a moral position comparable to that of a couple who used artificial contraceptioin passing, that a couple who use Natural Family Planning (NFP) to avoid conception throughout their fertile years would be in a moral position comparable to that of a couple who used artificial contraceptioin a moral position comparable to that of a couple who used artificial contraception.

State lawmakers passed the second - highest number of abortion restrictions ever this past year, with 19 states enacting 43 measures in 2012 that limited access to abortion services, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

The 22 - year - old averages the highest number of shots per 90 in the Newcastle squad and only Jonjo Shelvey and Matt Ritchie play more key passes.

This year, Mississippi, which has the lowest rate of breast - feeding in the U.S., joined a growing number of states that have passed comprehensive laws protecting women who choose to breast - feed in public.

The number of students who passed science last year were not included in the report.

NYPIRG has released its annual review of the state legislative session in Albany, finding this year was among the sessions that saw the least number of legislative agreements as evidenced by identical bills passing on the floor of both houses, otherwise known as «same - as» measures.

Gun owners» fear of a Clinton presidency may have helped spur a spike in pistol permits issued in the Empire State in 2016, increasing 34 percent from the 2012 presidential election year and rivaling numbers last seen when the SAFE Act passed four years ago.

A record number of Scottish pupils are receiving their exam results today, although pass rates for Highers have fallen for the first time in four years.

They argue the bill, passed in the waning days of this year's legislative session and now on Cuomo's desk, doesn't weed out the significant number of for - profit colleges that are on a federal watch list of institutions whose graduates are struggling to pay back their loans.

On February 27, the Oklahoma Senate unanimously passed SB 668, which eases ballot access for newly - qualifying parties in midterm years, but does not reduce the number of signatures in presidential years.

Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Numbers guru Bill Mahoney notes that while this legislative session passed fewest two - house bills in nearly 98 years, judging the «productivity» of this session is difficult to do.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Dogged by scandals and partisan bickering, state lawmakers passed the fewest number of bills in the past four years, a slowdown that state Capitol observers worry will have far - reaching consequences.

Even with Cuomo's numbers at an enviable place at the start of the year, the state faces multiple challenges, including a $ 4.5 billion budget shortfall that must be closed in the spending plan expected to pass by March 31, the end of the state's fiscal year.

The number of students getting a good pass in their maths and English GCSEs has increased slightly this year, despite business concerns about a decline in basic skills.

NYPIRG's Bill Mahoney counted the number of bills introduced and passed in the Assembly and Senate for the past several decades, and found that's the lowest number since 1914, 98 years ago.

Bill Mahoney of the New York Public Interest Research (NYPIRG) counted the number of bills introduced and passed in the Assembly and Senate for the past several decades, and found it was the lowest number since 1914, 98 years ago.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Katko then shifted the conversation to his achievement during his freshman year in Congress, underscoring his contribution to the number of bills passed in the House of Representatives.

«So far, I am happy to report that despite these constraints, the 8th Senate has been able to surpass all previous Senates in the number of Bills that we have passed in 2 - years — despite the funding gaps.

State officials touted increases in scores on tough Common Core exams this year but failed to reveal that they had lowered the number of right answers needed to pass half the exams.

Known as the Criminal Justice Reform Act, the package of bills that passed last year created a new civil system for handling minor offenses that in the past often resulted in open warrants and the possibility of arrests for a disproportionate number of minority New Yorkers.

What's clear now is that the rising numbers of diagnoses are not caused by some risk factor hidden in our modern world, but are what he calls «a strange gift from our deep past, passed down through millions of years of evolution».

In the mere 15,000 years that have passed since it first appeared, the stickleback has undergone rapid speciation, evolving a large number of distinct forms, each adapted to a particular niche in the stream or lake it inhabitIn the mere 15,000 years that have passed since it first appeared, the stickleback has undergone rapid speciation, evolving a large number of distinct forms, each adapted to a particular niche in the stream or lake it inhabitin the stream or lake it inhabits.

For several years, geneticists in Oxford, led by Julian Hopkin of the Churchill Hospital, have been studying DNA from a large number of families to see how the allergic tendency, known as atopy, is passed down.

Passing on half of the cost of the levy to consumers leading to an increase in the price of high and mid-sugar drinks of up to 20 % was estimated to reduce the number of adults and children with obesity by 81600, result in 10800 fewer cases of diabetes and 149,000 fewer decaying teeth per year.

On the other hand, if there are 100 billion suitable planets in our galaxy, if the origin of life is highly probable, if there are billions of years of evolution available on each such planet and if even a small fraction of technical civilizations pass safely through the early stages of technological adolescence, the number of technological civilizations in the galaxy today might be very large.

According to statistics, 25 percent of the adults in the country have Herpes and the numbers continue to rise with each passing year.

In a year dubbed by the African American Film Critics Assn. as the «Year of the Woman in Cinema» for the unprecedented number of female - helmed projects, the absence is noticeable — and many on Twitter are not letting it pass by quietlIn a year dubbed by the African American Film Critics Assn. as the «Year of the Woman in Cinema» for the unprecedented number of female - helmed projects, the absence is noticeable — and many on Twitter are not letting it pass by quieyear dubbed by the African American Film Critics Assn. as the «Year of the Woman in Cinema» for the unprecedented number of female - helmed projects, the absence is noticeable — and many on Twitter are not letting it pass by quieYear of the Woman in Cinema» for the unprecedented number of female - helmed projects, the absence is noticeable — and many on Twitter are not letting it pass by quietlin Cinema» for the unprecedented number of female - helmed projects, the absence is noticeable — and many on Twitter are not letting it pass by quietly.

This was the same number of passing films as the previous year, but there were 23 LBGTQ - inclusive films in the report from 2016.

Despite the fact that twenty - six years have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and thirteen years have passed since the first group of formerly communist countries joined the European Union, an East / West divide is still often used to define European cinema in scholarly works (one could think of a number of edited volumes, such as European Cinema after 1989 [2007], A Companion of Eastern European Cinemas [2012], Cinemas in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe After 1989 [2013], among others).

After his shady adoptive family, led by «brother» Taylor (Vince Vaughn, miraculously emerging with his dignity intact), blows in and out of town and leaves a number of dead bodies in their wake, the action picks up a year later with Val in another town, romancing a newly - arrived actress (Bridget Fonda, looking understandably distracted) who is passing through.

The Tribeca Film Festival is now going into its 17th year, and while it still doesn't command the respect of a Sundance or Cannes or Toronto, it's certainly been able to find its identity in recent years, premiering a number of great films that for whatever reason, Sundance and SXSW passed on.

The relevance of including students with disabilities in assessment and accountability has been demonstrated by the increase in the number of students with disabilities in many states who took and passed the standardized tests and an increase in graduation rates in recent years.

A previous investigation by Schools Week revealed that the only school - led factor that caused volatility in results linked to swings in GCSE pass rates was moving a large number of pupils into different exams each year.

The latter feature resulted in a nearly 4 percent improvement in the number of students who pass the final assessments, which is gradually helping the university raise the proportion of students who graduate within six years above the current 41 percent.

At the 10 Dallas high schools that adopted the program in 1996, the number of students taking and the number passing AP exams in English, math, and science increased markedly the year following adoption and have continued to climb (see Figure 1).

That appraisal resonates in Georgia, where black voters turned out in large numbers several years ago to help pass a constitutional amendment confirming state authority to grant charters, but played a crucial role in the November defeat of the constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District.

A large number of students pass out every year from school; between 2014 - 2015, the total number of students enrolled in Australian schools grew by approx. 57000 (1.5 %).

The latter part, called the quality - adjusted AP participation rate, is the number of 12th - grade students in the 2014 - 2015 academic year who took and passed — received an AP score of 3 or higher — at least one AP test before or during their senior year, divided by the number of 12th - graders at that school.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

After just one year of implementing the Tacoma Whole Child Initiative, the school has seen a 21 percent decrease in unexcused absences along with increases in the number of students who pass various subjects: a 26 percent increase in reading, a 30 percent increase in math, a 19 percent increase in writing, and a 28 percent increase in science.

«And over the course of those four years, parents have organized and passed this law in California... and passed this law in a number of states across the country to the point where almost 25 percent of American parents live in a state where there is a parent trigger.»