Sentences with phrase «prodigious rates»

Law students are being pumped out of law schools at prodigious rates (far in excess of population growth) such that hundreds of them every year can not find articling jobs.

We have a miracle material with a dark side and we keep churning it out at prodigious rates, and in doing so, changing the surface of the planet in woefully enduring ways.

Solar and wind are progressing at prodigious rates — maybe even fast enough to save our tuckuses.

And while the miracle material has paved the way for many innovations, we can't stop mindlessly churning it out at prodigious rates for stupid uses — and in doing so we're changing the surface of the planet in ways that will be hard to reverse.

Our next step is to study these objects in greater detail and figure out exactly how and why they are forming stars at such prodigious rates.»

Driven by an industrious workforce and prodigious rate of procreation, China builds an empire that sprawls from Korea to Iran.

Jeans thought that it is dispersing at so prodigious a rate that it might be said to be blowing up, while Millikan thought that it is being inwardly recreated so that it might be said to be building up.

It has been shedding weight at this prodigious rate for almost five thousand million years.

The researchers interpreted the sink (pdf) as the lake discharging water, which it did at a prodigious rate, equal to three - quarters the flow of the Thames River.

In one of the most comprehensive multi-observatory galaxy surveys yet, astronomers find that galaxies like our Milky Way underwent a stellar «baby boom,» churning out stars at a prodigious rate, about 30 times faster than today.

The car still, of course, uses an internal - combustion engine that burns gasoline at a prodigious rate, although Ferrari says that emissions rival the California's for the company's lowest ever.

These monsters emanate from the Pandora Labyrinth, which births these abominations at a prodigious rate.

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If you are a prodigious saver, are willing to keep your money safe for a set duration of time while earning an interest rate above the current risk free rate 10 Year Treasury, and are concurrently investing in other more aggressive instruments, I recommend diversifying your capital into a 5 - year CD account or longer duration.

Sanders evolved from underused fan favorite to Milwaukee's face of the franchise in less than a year, cutting his fouls while upping his rebounding rate and maintaining his prodigious shot - blocking numbers.

Harrison's speed and prodigious work rate will be a big asset to a Middlesbrough team still very much in the promotion playoff race, even though they currently find themselves four points outside the last playoff qualifying spot.

It probably does for Tim Farron, whose prodigious fringe - speaking attendance rate is hard to beat.

Look up at the sky from your kitchen window and the sun you see is actually a great pumping station, converting millions of tons of mass into billowing energy at a rate prodigious enough to light up our planet.

Carl did a prodigious amount of first - rate science.

Mr. Vest said he started the site because he was concerned about the country's «prodigious divorce rate.»

In addition, the all - wheel - drive Grand Cherokee's maximum towing rating is a prodigious 7,200 pounds — the same as that delivered by the 4 × 4 5.7 - liter gas V - 8 (which delivers just 22 mpg highway).

Prosser explains: «Despite channelling more than 500bhp to the rear wheels, the GT has prodigious traction, and the throttle response and rate of acceleration away from the corner is astonishing.»

Despite this prodigious amount of output, Car And Driver rates the 3's 0 - to - 60 mph time at a surprisingly slow 7.4 seconds, while top speed is set at an electronically limited 132 mph.

Thankfully the octane rating doesn't affect this engine's prodigious torque.

And despite its prodigious power, the ES is rated at an impressive 28 mpg highway *.

Humans today are emitting prodigious quantities of CO2, at a rate faster than even the most destructive climate changes in earth's past.

According to a recent census, Tallahassee is growing at a prodigious 12.4 % rate, due to a boom in high - tech and manufacturing businesses.