Sentences with phrase «scant evidence of»

The report says that in contrast to the United States, there is still scant evidence of a significant supply overhang in Canada.

Since 1992, acquiring companies have typically delivered total returns that lag those of their peers and provide scant evidence of real value creation.

Regrettably, there is scant evidence of loans being written off, despite some of these models having been around for some 18 months or so.

The Supreme Court allowed the grievance, with the majority deciding that the scant evidence of a substance abuse problem put forward by the employer was not sufficient to outweigh the employees» privacy rights.

But scant evidence of this exists.

There is, however, scant evidence of such an approach in a recent decision given on 3 August 2017 by -LSB-...]

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.

... Nearly $ 18 billion spent over two decades later, there's scant evidence of success.

The budget says this program «is poorly targeted and spread thinly across thousands of districts with scant evidence of impact.»

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.

Despite all the rovers, satellites, and telescopes scrutinizing Mars, scientists have uncovered scant evidence of life there.

The findings, published in the American Journal of Science, indicate that although plants were first detected on land more than 440 million years ago there is only scant evidence of fire at that time.

An analysis by New Scientist finds scant evidence of data abuse, but does show persistent efforts to suppress work by climate sceptics.

Some reports are likely genuine (hate is always with us), but there's scant evidence of any surge.

Members increasingly criticized three aspects of what seemed to them arrogant behavior of pastor and church: neither Sid nor the congregation adequately participated in Methodist conference functions; they gave scant evidence of traditional Christian piety; they did not, except in some personal ways, concern themselves with the poor.

Conventional economic theory suggests that low unemployment should ultimately lead to upward pressure on wages - but there has been scant evidence of this during the latest squeeze on household finances.

Not exact matches

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.

There is scant to no evidence for King David, let alone evidence of his god - favoredness.

At the beginning, their «psalms and hymns and spiritual songs» (Colossians 3:16: Ephesians 5:19) were probably taken over and adapted from the older heritage, and while the evidence on this matter is scant, the devotional services of the early churches doubtless leaned heavily on the Old Testament, especially the Psalter, and even on the customs of the synagogue.

Cox offers scant evidence for this claim, perhaps confident that any intelligent reader will reflexively dismiss reports of supernatural phenomena.

These scholars and analysts warned from the outset that evidence about the effectiveness of «transformative» faith - based programs was scant.

The authors of the Handbook diligently review these reports and rightly conclude that the evidence for the negative claims is scant and that the claims usually reflect the investigators» preconceptions and closed - mindedness.

I have scant photographic evidence of myself in Japan back then.

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.

So far, many analysts say, there is scant evidence that voters will penalize congressional candidates because of Donald Trump.

While the legislative session still has six weeks to go, there is scant evidence that the governor and the state legislative leaders are focused on a package of meaningful measures that would reduce the risk of corruption in New York.

The tiny arthropods have been surreptitiously sucking blood for more than 100 million years, but evidence of early ticks» preferred hosts has been scant.

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.

Evidence of Earth's earliest geologic history is scant, thanks to the constant recycling of our planet's surface.

Regardless of the advances in understanding CNS dysfunction, JFK today might still be subjected to surgery and / or large doses of opioid medications, although there is scant evidence that either would work, authors write.

In fact, the team reports in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, there seems to be no correlation between dino diversity and the proliferation of flowering plants, and there is scant fossil evidence linking angiosperms to the dino diet.

A rehabilitated Irwin has now pivoted into theoretical physics, a field in which fantastical claims with scant supporting evidence can still boast a degree of respectability.

Despite the continuing evidence of the growing contribution of vehicle pollution to global warming, acid rain and ground level concentrations of ozone, there is scant sign of concerted thinking on what should be done.

But scant evidence bears out that traditional optimism, according to molecular biologist Adil Shamoo of the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore, co-author of the textbook Responsible Conduct of Research and the founder and, for nearly 2 decades, the editor of the journal Accountability in Research.

Research suggests that this form of punishment can cause severe psychiatric and neurological damage to inmates, and evidence for its effectiveness in reducing crime or recidivism is scant.

For developed nations, there is scant evidence that TIMSS rankings correlate with measures of prosperity or future success.

Last, researchers have found scant evidence that the eye movements of EMDR are contributing anything to its effectiveness.

«Our findings are important because until now evidence supporting the hypothesis that exotic plants can spread after a period of rapid genetic adaptation has been very scant,» says Dr. Vandepitte.

There was scant experimental evidence for this hypothesis until 1994, when John Dick and colleagues demonstrated that leukemia - initiating stem cells (LSCs) present in the blood of leukemia patients may induce acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) when transplanted into severe combined immunodeficient mice (2).

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.

I don't think such a scant «article», by a nutritionist, can stand up to a cardiologists's entire book that cites anecdotal evidences from over 30 years of medical practice.

Stymied at every turn by an alarming lack of non-anecdotal concrete evidence of her existence (much of her early understanding of the character comes from a few scant interviews with former coworkers and one still photo), she begins to take on her own conception of the character, a deep dive into the method acting process.

There is scant robust evidence of what actually works whether it is how to observe colleagues, to provide meaningful feedback or to help change the practice of fellow teachers for the better.

The available evidence on the influence of minimum - competency exams and higher curricular standards on educational attainment and employability is not only scant but often contradictory.

That's due in part to the scant evidence suggesting the tests are a predictor of future professional ability, according to the Ed Week report.

There is scant evidence that Wisconsin is poised to make the kind of decisions that represent real reform.

While there has been much discussion, there has been scant empirical evidence of distributed leadership in practice.

However, there is scant evidence this will be the case for the majority of schools in California (see my testimony at the May 7 State Board of Education meeting, here and here).

There is scant evidence, though much ideology, behind the notion of charter school superiority.