When astronomers look at the distribution of galaxies
on scales of billions of light - years they find that they are not evenly distributed.
This deep ocean reservoir exchanges carbon with the surface on
time scales of hundreds of years.
What kind
of scale of transformation are we talking about in order to — as far as the electricity generation transmission goes — effect this change?
This snapshot of developments highlights both the
sheer scale of changes as well the rapid pace at which they are occurring.
This is on an overall
grade scale of between A + through F, similar to a school report card grade system.
Governments and business must work together to deliver the speed and
scale of change required to secure a sustainable future.
Also, pointing out that this food or that food is «relatively new» to humans on the
larger scale of evolutionary time is a little silly.
The in - house scheme offers a
sliding scale of royalties on the current European model, and is only offered to living artists, not to estates, heirs or foundations.
Despite repeated attempts to «create a drug free world» the sheer
scale of global policy failure is breathtaking.
Most of these changes on the surfaces look to be minor and largely insufficient in the
grand scale of things.
Those studies revealed both the huge
scale of human impacts on the sea, and the means of protecting marine ecosystems from such effects.
These days, the elaborate live stage shows / press conferences that the companies put together are starting to become less and less important on the grand
scale of things.
What exactly is the point of
as scale of 10 if no game is unable to reach that.
On the time
scales of decades to centuries, however, most of the known chemical feedbacks are positive.
The size of the dishes is matched only by the
increasing scale of the restaurants in which they are served.
They employ a consistent
rating scale of research validity to determine how much weight each study has on their independent conclusions.
He also warned of dangerous pinch - points caused by the speed and
scale of cuts to the defence budget.
Perhaps
use scales of 1 - 10 to give you a deeper understanding about what you each mean when describing things.
He keeps to the intimate
scale of works on paper, even when he turns to canvas.
It will bring memories flooding back for you of the heat and buzz of insects, and the quiet and
epic scale of these natural areas.
The amount of money you receive in a reverse mortgage is based on a sliding
scale of life expectancy; the older you are, the more you can pull out.
An ecological perspective on theology and spirituality challenges us to adopt a new
scale of values.
Most people who study evolution have to deal with time
scales of hundreds or thousands of years.
However low (or high) that # 1 million figure may sound, it actually does not reflect the
full scale of assets held by the royal household.
But, strong climate policy pathways will change the pattern and
scale of investment, and long lead - time, high capital intensity projects could be especially questioned.
For an artist who had earned his living by commercial painting, the
vast scale of F - 111 was never an issue.
In the
true scale of nature, wilderness was big and fierce, and people were weak and small.
He thrives on the mass and
scale of public sculpture, with more than one hundred commissions to date.
That's pretty clear to me; they are irreversible on times
scales of interest to our survival.
They subsequently contract on a time
scale of tens of millions of years, the main source of radiant energy in this phase being the release of gravitational energy.
Despite the impressive number of readers and authors previously mentioned, imagine the
bigger scale of countless overseas audience waiting to explore the intricate history of Chinese literature.
But it is not chaotic on anything approaching the time
scales of which humans need to be mindful.
The evolutionary
scale of millions of years threatens to diminish the importance of the cup of cold water to the thirsty man.
The intimate
scale of many of the artworks invites close looking.
Also, the
unprecedented scale of fiscal & monetary stimulus in the developed world may ultimately have a huge potential impact.