Sentences with phrase «remained less than a decade»

Rosamond's job is to build up an industry where little remained less than a decade ago, figure out how to make products out of every last pine needle harvested and turn a profit.

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And Americans» support for meritocratic principles has remained stable over the last two decades despite growing economic inequality, recessions, and the fact that there is less mobility in the United States than in most other industrialized countries.

At present government itself estimates that more than 260,000 households will be created each year over the next two decades yet housing supply remains at less than half this figure.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

After decades of failed promise, photovoltaics remain expensive and inefficient and account for less than.03 percent of the electricity supply nationwide.

The survey also indicates that while opioid overdose rates remain high among adults, teens are misusing opioid pain medications less frequently than a decade ago, and are at historic lows with some of the commonly used pain medications.

The results illustrate that while great strides in diagnostics have been made over the last decade, wildlife diseases present unique challenges because less is currently known than remains unknown about them.

Yet American students still achieve less than their foreign counterparts, their performance has been flat for decades, millions of them are failing, and poor and minority students remain far behind their more advantaged peers.

For years, most in education circles have been acutely aware of a «boy crisis» in education — though around the world, girls are less likely to enter school, boys are significantly more likely to be held back, suspended, fail or drop out than their female counterparts and are more likely to be labeled as special needs — a truth that has remained for decades.

But this volume is no less essential to the aficionado than it is to the art world initiate laying bare why, more than a decade since her passing, Martin remains a vital figure.

Nevertheless, Americans remain less certain about the accuracy of global warming news coverage, about humankind's role in causing global warming, and about the scientific consensus on the issue than they were last decade.

Although methane is classed as a long - lived GHG, its lifetime is only of the order of a decade, so it presents much less of a long term problem than CO2, part of which is expected to remain in the atmosphere for 1000 + years.

My conclusion in this book... is that we have less than a decade remaining to peak and begin cutting global emissions.

While it may be true, more or less, that the global «fossil fuel energy share has remained stable for more than three decades despite the growth in renewable energy...», it's not going to remain so much longer.

These remaining companies offer less generous benefits for prices that are higher than a decade ago, and they are pickier about who can qualify for new coverage.