Sentences with phrase «relatively small groups»

Quicker responses should be made by relatively small groups of scientists.

Such extreme measures are also likely to be relatively inexpensive, making it easy for relatively small groups to toy with the world's climate.

«Although evidence suggesting the presence of cognitive deficits in children with sleep apnea has been around for quite some time,» said Leila Gozal, MD, MSc, from the University of Chicago, «the relatively small groups studied made it difficult to demonstrate a strong relationship between increasing cognitive issues and increasing sleep apnea severity.»

Stone - tool making in South Asia, as in Eurasia (SN: 11/1/14, p. 8), evolved in complex ways among relatively small groups belonging to the Homo genus that were spread across the landscape and occasionally came in contact with each other, says archaeologist Daniel Adler.

It may well be that most of this interest is confined to relatively small groups.

Private placements for startups have long gone without registration, so long as relatively small groups of sophisticated (or «accredited») investors were involved and no general solicitation advertised.

The foreign buyers» tax has an indirect effect on a relatively small group of buyers, but the psychological impacts of its introduction have been profound and have lingered.

Other economists say the recent explosion of incomes at the top did hurt everyone else, by concentrating economic and political power among a relatively small group.

While many longed for the restoration of Judah to its former glory and sighed hopefully for a political messiah to sit again on the throne of David, the Zealots who wished to throw off the Roman yoke by violent revolution were a relatively small group.

As terrorist activities spread, it would be possible for nuclear war to be triggered by the irresponsible behavior of a relatively small group or nation, and for it quickly to escalate as the more responsible nations resorted to their nuclear arsenals to end the conflict.

Despotic capitalism, on the other hand, is characterized by control of the government by an individual or a relatively small group such as military junta, an aristocracy or elite class, or a minority political party.

Showing no disinclination to enter controversy, Fingarette writes: «Once we free ourselves of the discredited classic disease concept, we no longer limit our attention to a relatively small group of diagnosed alcoholics whose drinking behavior allegedly derives from a single causal origin and follows a single inexorable course.

substantial, in part because of the political ties of many of its preachers, beginning with their support of a number of conservative causes and candidates in l980, but also because they galvanized strong support from a relatively small group of people who for the first time found a national public articulation of their views.

Thus, while the electronic church may not be the cause of decreases in mainline church attendance, it does provide an attractive alternative for a relatively small group of people who find watching television an acceptable substitute for attending church.

A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister.

It can not be denied that consent operated in New England society in such a way that a relatively small group of elite magistrates and deputies managed to retain control of the colony.

The increase to $ 10 million, and the relatively small group that makes the cut at the Masters, also means that the second - place finisher will earn more than $ 1 million.

The NCAA may also view the core arguments in Jenkins as limited to a relatively small group of college athletes.

Sure, a relatively small group of social networkers was able to provoke a response.

Guests may prefer to spend the time socialising with friends and family, especially if it's a relatively small group of guests who are invited.

Look for a home daycare with a relatively small group of children.

And it's true, I was so amazed to see the number of adults on the playground with a relatively small group of kids.

Just as in 2008, Obama will be able to go back to his small donors again and again throughout the primary and general election process, while his chief opponents (in this case, Romney and Perry) are relying (overwhelmingly so far) on a relatively small group of geographically or professionally restricted donors who'll hit their legal maximum on campaign giving quickly.

Now it will be concentrated on a relatively small group.

At virtually the [same] time, there was an email exchange between a relatively small group of bloggers and a couple of representatives from grass - roots organizations in which the same idea arose: finding a Senator who would be willing to place a «hold» on the Rockefeller immunity bill.

In part, we're looking at a squabble among a relatively small group of partisan activists, but it's really a reflection of something much larger and more consequential.

Though the senator's rehab might have caught some off guard, one source said that a relatively small group of people were not surprised.

The predicament of the relatively small group of women we have been debating is a sure indication of far greater problems to come for Governments in future years.»

Unfortunately, that's a relatively small group among national political figures.

An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational corporations has identified a relatively small group of companies, mainly banks, with disproportionate power over the global economy.

David Magnus, PhD, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics and professor of medicine and of biomedical ethics, said those concerns resonate beyond treating SMA patients, who represent a relatively small group of people, because competition is fierce for resources to treat patients with any number of illnesses for which new and more expensive treatments are emerging.

Researchers have long tried to paint a portrait of the relatively small group of people who invent the technologies and products, from new software to life - saving drugs, which mold economies and reshape societies.

The Weiders had focused on a relatively small group of people that were willing to spend massive amounts of time in pursuit of an ideal in much the same way that a Buddhist monk pursues enlightenment.

Instead, people are strongly connected to a relatively small group of neighbors and loosely connected to much more distant people.

The HFPA voters — a relatively small group as far as major awards bodies go — typically make some oddball selections, and while not all of their film choices were favorites among the film critic community, the voters seemed to avoid any laughably bad selections this year.

But with a relatively small group of voters who can have idiosyncratic tastes, surprises are all but inevitable.

Ironically, for an awards program meant to highlight standout performances, the Academy Awards have turned into the 800 - pound gorilla of fall and winter entertainment coverage, stomping out other movie news to deposit mounds of hype about a relatively small group of «frontrunners.»

On the other hand, when schools can achieve substantial «improvements» by focusing on a relatively small group of students, they face a strong incentive to game the system.

This can no longer be an opportunity afforded to a relatively small group of experts, but an essential skill for participation and leadership in the economy and in political life.»

For example, experimental work can identify effective approaches to teaching literacy for the relatively small group of teachers who participate in such studies.

Anderson said her opponents are a «relatively small group of folks who have a very specific ideology that is anti-teacher-evaluations, anti-choice, anti-charter and anti-state-involvement,» she said.

In the 1970s, a relatively small group of researchers and program evaluators began studying what they referred to as effective schools.

We know, as an organization that started with a handful of teachers and has become into a national movement, that a relatively small group of people advocating for change can grow to a critical mass.

This was particularly so for a relatively small group of «affiliated charters,» which are unionized, district - run schools that operate with some degree of autonomy.

Why have the Jews (a relatively small group) been critical to the history of the world?

Editor's Note Editor's Note Last year may go down as the year that cryptocurrencies went from being a niche asset favored by a relatively small group of believers to a full, outright bubble.

Stripping away the influence of portfolio theory (which encourages broad diversification) involves isolating and evaluating the relatively small group of equity managers who rely heavily on judgment to build concentrated equity portfolios.

Since we were a relatively small group this was a quick affair and we were quickly on the road again, heading for Km 82 where the trek would really start!

My wife and I were part of a relatively small group - 15 including our Tour Manager, Peter - who left Heathrow for the trip to New Zealand.

Earlier this year Hyatt acquired Miraval, a relatively small group that only has a couple of hotels and spas in its portfolio.