Sentences with phrase «scant evidence as»

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And while there is scant evidence to suggest the Waterloo, Ont., firm is set to revisit its glory days (its valuation was $ 83.4 billion in 2008; it's $ 4.3 billion now), in 2016 it took the bold step of redefining its identity as a smaller, more focused and, arguably, more sustainable business.

It is also true, as Fr Nesbitt recounts, that our evidence as scientists and archaeologists is scant and that vast time periods separate us from the days that we are considering.

In the letter, the attorneys write that» when constitutionally - protected contributions are trotted out as evidence of a bribery scheme — particularly when they have scant relevance to the alleged scheme — jurors are unlikely to consider them merely on the convoluted signaling theories the Government relies on for its assertion of probative value.»

«The court of trial must as a matter of law discharge him because it has no business scanting for evidence that is nowhere to be found.

As for the finding that salt intake favours boys, one theory is that salt alters the acidity of the vagina to favour male sperm, but Mathew says there is scant evidence for this.

This may sound intuitive, but before we did this study there was scant behavioral evidence that adult forage fish, such as anchovies, sardines and herring used smell to find food.

Other factors also suggest Mars once had a much thicker atmosphere, such as evidence of persistent presence of liquid water on the planet's surface long ago even though the atmosphere is too scant for liquid water to persist on the surface now.

Instead, school districts, eager to be perceived as plugged in and afraid of being penalized for low test scores, have bought into expensive drill - and - kill software — the kind that costs a fortune and displays a silly animation of fireworks or cheering crowds for every five correct answers — with only minimal improvements on test scores and scant evidence of long - term progress among students.

Indeed, I've seen scant evidence that the powers - that - be at NBPTS even care much about such mundane stuff as content knowledge.

As my readers will see, I had to circle around Copeland's early years, using scattered historical sources and the recollections of other people to augment the scant evidence I had about Copeland herself.

While long - term average price ratios have been promoted by giants of the investment world like Graham and Shiller as being better than single - year ratios, there exists scant evidence that this is true.

There's scant evidence the world is ready to re-engineer the global economy as an indirect way to stimulate energy innovation, as Alex Kelly, one of many journalists covering the talks through a fellowship from the Earth Journalism Network, mused a few days ago as we reflected on the negotiations.

After all, scientists — as much as environmental activists — emphasise dramatic stories, and they often do so on the scantest evidence.

Those generally identified as contrarians were quick to pounce, yelling and blogging foul, but providing scant evidence to counter Revkin's report.

There is, however, scant evidence of such an approach in a recent decision given on 3 August 2017 by the English Supreme Court in one of the last decisions presided over by Lord Neuberger as President.

My concern is that the Supreme Court, by setting an arbitrary limit with scant comparable evidence on trial delay, has stirred up a hornet's nest in political circles, where justice spending doesn't have the same political cachet as hospital spending.

Although scant, there is some evidence that depression scores between online and paper administration of the PHQ - 9 are not significantly different.37 An online version of GAD - 7 has been reported as reliable, 38 but we found no evidence of comparisons with paper administration.