Sentences with phrase «predictable increase in»

Businesses can't manage what they can't measure, so providing a more predictable increase in carbon pricing to their budget projections can help with a transition to alternate energy sources.

The comprehensively recalibrated electric - assist steering combines heavier on - center effort during freeway cruising with a more predictable increase in effort as you steer through corners.

While Zimpher praised the five - year plan as providing a predictable increase in funding, Frederick Kowal of United University Professions, the union that represents SUNY professors and other employees, said that state support has gone down over the long term, placing more of a burden on students and their families.

Information releases include earnings announcements, dividend announcements, earnings seasonality and predictable increases in dividends.

As I've frequently noted, about 99 % of the monetary base created by the Federal Reserve represents gradual and predictable increases in the amount of currency in circulation.

Not exact matches

«Services revenue is a wonderful thing because it is predictable and in my mind it should increase the multiple of the company because it's a much more consistent revenue stream,» Ian Winer, analyst at Wedbush, said on CNBC's «Closing Bell» after the report.

While it can reduce time lost due to unpredictable incidents, it offers only marginal improvements to the steady increases in predictable demand for road space during rush hours.

Bryan Riley, director of the Free Trade Initiative at the National Taxpayers Union, said that an increase in the trade deficit from the prior year «should not be viewed as a problem to be fixed, but as a predictable result of a growing economy that enables people to afford more imports.»

The New Democrat vision for a strong, dynamic economy includes a fair and competitive tax environment, support for small business, fiscal responsibility, a fair minimum wage with predictable increases, and investment in green jobs to diversify our economic base.

some of you atheists are still talking... I can hear you... the little patter of your heart as it increases in rate because you are so ticked off at those mean «ol believers whom you hate so much you just have to put all your time into the CNN posts dealing with faith and God... You are so predictable... blather on without me though, I have to go get my sons from practice, so you will have to spew your hate on those left behind... Merry Christmas!

• Increased sexual activity, infections and contraceptive failures play out in large and predictable numbers - 3 million people and 11 million services in 2009 - 2010.

As companies in all parts of the fresh produce business come under greater pressure to provide faster, more flexible and more predictable supply, the importance of strategic partnerships between these different players is also increasing.

When you are in labor your contractions will be predictable, they will follow a pattern and get closer together, and they will begin to increase in intensity.

Given these features of kettling, one might argue that his opinion subverts itself: the predictable effects of kettling, in terms of increasing disorder and risk of injury to (innocent) parties, are such that it can never - or hardly ever - be a «proportionate» and / or «good faith» response to a problem of disorder in a protesting crowd.

First, it was argued that college students and their families wanted «predictability» in tuition costs, so that annual increases could assure them that hikes would never exceed a predictable, annual amount.

«These data suggest that one result of the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events will be homogenization of diversity in cities and that the direction of this simplification of urban communities may be quite predictable,» says Savage.

He has learned that salmon populations increased and decreased through the centuries, in complex but predictable cycles.

«Some of these genes were either increased or decreased in the area of the tumour, no matter the type of breast cancer, and this is important because within the patterns we identified were predictable alterations.

The project therefore represents one of the most plausible approaches to enhancing crop yield and increasing resilience in the face of reduced land area, decreased use of fertilizers and less predictable supplies of water.

Extreme weather is on the rise, and the indications are that it will continue to increase, in both predictable and unpredictable ways.

In the case of two stars without planets, the background star's brightness will increase as the foreground star passes in front of it and then decrease as the latter moves away, in a predictable way during a period of days or weeks, producing a well - defined light curvIn the case of two stars without planets, the background star's brightness will increase as the foreground star passes in front of it and then decrease as the latter moves away, in a predictable way during a period of days or weeks, producing a well - defined light curvin front of it and then decrease as the latter moves away, in a predictable way during a period of days or weeks, producing a well - defined light curvin a predictable way during a period of days or weeks, producing a well - defined light curve.

Dr Jen Bright, Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Sheffield and lead author of the study, said: «Our results show that in birds of prey such as eagles and falcons, the shapes of the skulls change in a predictable way as species increase or decrease in size.

, published on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/quando-recursos-minerais-se-esgotarao-648952.shtml >, based on information from the US Geological Survey, the US government agency responsible for geological research that crossed information on the annual consumption, mineral reserves available on the planet and its predictable extinction: 1) Platinum (use in surgical materials)-- Extinction by 2049; 2) Silver (use in the manufacture of mirrors and cutlery)-- Extinction in 2016; 3) Copper (use in wire and cable and air conditioning ducts)-- Extinction in 2027; 4) Antimony (use in remote controls and other materials to increase strength)-- Extinction 2020; 5) Lithium (use in cell phone batteries, laptops and video games)-- Extinction in 2053; 6) Phosphorus (use in agricultural fertilizers)-- Extinction in 2149; 7) Uranium (use for electric power generation)-- Extinction in 2026; 8) Indian (use in smartphones and tablets touch screen screens)-- Extinction in 2020; 9) Tantalum (use in cameras lenses)-- Extinction in 2027; 10) Nickel (use in metal alloy coating, electronics such as cell phones)-- Extinction in 2064; 11) Tin (use in coating metal alloys, such as those used in the soft drink cans)-- Extinction 2024; 12) Lead (use in car batteries and trucks and welds and bearings)-- Extinction in 2015; 13) Gold (use as jewelry and computer microchips)-- Extinction in 2043; 14) Zinc (use to cover alloys, preventing rust that destroy objects like coins)-- Extinction in 2041.

In education, these dynamics have played out in predictable ways with growing discontent among districts, educators, and parents, and increasing political pressure for policy retrenchment on even more innocuous initiatives like the Common Core State StandardIn education, these dynamics have played out in predictable ways with growing discontent among districts, educators, and parents, and increasing political pressure for policy retrenchment on even more innocuous initiatives like the Common Core State Standardin predictable ways with growing discontent among districts, educators, and parents, and increasing political pressure for policy retrenchment on even more innocuous initiatives like the Common Core State Standards.

Support was expressed by northern districts for continued annual increases in per pupil aid as well as for annual per pupil adjustments (increases) to revenue limits that together would provide all districts with a predictable, annual funding increase at least equal to the increase in the consumer price index (CPI).

This issue brief highlights some of the research on unstable work schedules, and describes the provisions of legislation in San Francisco that seeks to increase predictable scheduling among certain workers.

In his March 15 op - ed, «Confronting the Scheme to Gamble With Connecticut Special Education Funds,» Robert Cotto Jr. makes a number of factually inaccurate claims, and uses a «greatest hits» compilation of logical fallacies, to argue against the creation of a Special Education Predictable Cost Cooperative, which will protect students, improve cost predictability, and increase equity for our state's school districts and communities.

Combining predictable handling and high - speed durability with year - round capability, the Michelin Pilot Sport A / S 3 + uses sunflower oil and Extreme Silica technology in the tread rubber to increase traction at low temperatures and in wet conditions.

Increases in leg and foot room are genuinely surprising, though shoulder space for three abreast remains tight, a predictable situation given that this is a compact SUV.

The bluest of blue chips in the major developed markets are the obvious & only real target for them — familiar large cap stocks which offer predictable (& increasing) dividends, and / or predictable (& higher than average) growth.

Fortunately, that aspect's pretty much self - financing — return on investment's attractive & predictable, and the resulting rise in rents & valuations offers increased debt capacity to fund this incremental investment.

And, they have increased in value at a faster pace, on average, than dollars invested in more predictable vehicles such as bonds or treasury bills.

They produce predictable long - term revenues (from 20 year PPAs), with minimal capex & operating expense — after debt interest & amortisation (and the debt can be re-financed in due course), investors can enjoy increasing cash flows & dividends for decades to come.

Last month's provincial budget promised a pilot project to test «that a basic income could build on the success of minimum wage policies and increases in child benefits by providing more consistent and predictable support.»

Although volunteers» demographic and socioeconomic characteristics are discussed separately below, many are related to each other and interact in predictable ways; for example, income increases with education and marital status changes with age.

It indicates that for cats who have had social experiences with humans in the past, predictable and controlled interaction may decrease stress and could increase the likelihood cats get home.

While we do experience robust vehicle traffic in several other areas of the park, they are currently tied to predictable weekends (e.g. Independence Day, SF Marathon, Fleet Week, etc.), which we manage through contracted parking directors / coordinators and increased law enforcement.

It's tense and creepy with several jumpy moments but once you get used to things, you'll find it rather predictable and your confidence in evading the alien will increase with every encounter, so much so that I found myself sprinting more often towards the end of the game compared to how I slowly crouch - walked in the beginning.

Puzzlers typically follow a predictable trajectory, steadily increasing in difficulty level as players tackle each successive conundrum.

The stratosphere is cooling, which is predictable from increased greenhouse gases since «carbon dioxide cooling» dominates over heating in the stratosphere.

For reference, the amplification is related to the sensitivity of the moist adiabat to increasing surface temperatures (air parcels saturated in water vapour move up because of convection where the water vapour condenses and releases heat in a predictable way).

The remainder is the predictable part, which is the smooth, unbroken increase in temperature over the years.

I find it quite funny while being entirely predictable, that despite ever increasing evidence that at the very least, we might soon have to retire the «c» from CAGW, there's not an alarmist on this site who's backed down in the slightest.

This is known because solar activity increases overtime in a very predictable pattern.

The three companies behind these four projects have each signed a 20 - year Indexed Renewable Energy Credit (IREC) agreement with the AESO, providing predictable revenues while protecting Albertans against increases in the price of power.

Extreme weather is on the rise, and the indications are that it will continue to increase, in both predictable and unpredictable ways.

Whether extreme weather events would really increase or be predictable in any way, I'm not sure.

What will happen as a result is quite predictable: Greatly increased rates for electric power, decreased availability of the electric power so vital to our way of life, decreased reliability of the electric grid, a lower standard of living, decreased competitiveness of US products in world markets since most countries do not have such regulations, and Communist - style central control of the electric generating industry by a Washington - based bureaucracy with no understanding of the industry.

This means that they increase and decrease in a repetitive and somewhat predictable way.

The slightly steeper temperature increase in the northern hemisphere is an entirely predictable consequence of the higher proportion of land to sea surface area north of the equator.