Sentences with phrase «set against an increasing»

«Like a little baby who looks cuddly and cute, this proposed initiative would grow up to be the hulking teenager who eats everyone out of house and home,» wrote Kesselman, who actually first proposed the idea for savings accounts but now is dead set against increasing limits.

Over recent years, child and adolescent mental health services have seen a decrease in mental health spending set against an increasing demand for services [1, 2].

Not exact matches

It's bad news for all British wine lovers: bottle prices are set to increase in 2017 as sterling continues to depreciate against the euro.

The Fed left its key short - term rate at 1.5 per cent to 1.75 per cent — the level it set in March after its sixth increase since December 2015 — as it gradually tightens credit to control inflation against the backdrop of a tight labour market and a pickup in consumer prices.

This time he thinks the Tories can be convinced to make changes, in addition to not increasing the annual contribution limit, like setting a lifetime limit on holdings that would be tax - free and making sure withdrawals count against income - tested programs like old age security and guaranteed income supplement.

Private services are in demand with rising incomes and an increase in lifestyle diseases set against New Delhi's failure to provide decent healthcare.

Options can help you protect against risk, generate income, increase profits, lower your breakeven point, reverse your strategy without selling your stock, and even potentially let you set a purchase price for a stock below its current market price.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Federal regulators are proposing that the eight biggest U.S. banks be required to further increase the amount of capital they set aside to cushion against unexpected losses.

The revenue growth stems from a 48 % increase in patient use of the company's products that suggests Abiomed is holding its own against competitors, including Thoratec, which markets Centrimag in the acute setting and was recently acquired by St. Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ).

The 19 - year - old started in Chelsea's first game of pre-season against New York Red Bulls and in Wednesday's night defeat to Fiorentina — on both occasions in midfield — and could be set for increased involvement in the west London giants» title - defending campaign.

Perhaps the overwhelming oddness of the position — the shadows of 1966, the constant scrutiny, the on - again, off - again calendar, the increasing irrelevance of international football when set against the all - consuming Premier League, the insistence from the FA that the England manager stand as some kind of moral paragon — drives those that inhabit it to do strange things, to kick out against common sense.

The signings fans had called for hadn't transpired and it looked as though the Gunners were set for a season of struggle once more, with Wenger under increasing pressure and more and more fans turning against him.

Azrack said the cases were different for three reasons: The de Blasio case involved only «campaign contributions» and not personal gifts, a fact that would increase the government's burden of proof for bribery; the defendants failed to demonstrate they are «similarly situated» to de Blasio; and, critically, the de Blasio matter was already reviewed by a different set of federal prosecutors, who declined to move forward with a case against him.

Last week's increase of 0.8 % in the Conservatives» vote can be seen as any kind of triumph only when set against poll - fuelled expectations and their success in turning the coalition's unpopularity into the destruction of the Liberal Democrats.

But puffing cigarettes can increase the likelihood that certain bacteria like Porphyromonas gingivalis will not only set up camp but will build a fortified city in the mouth and fight against the immune system.

Given the study's findings, Amos Grunebaum, M.D. and Frank Chervenak, M.D., the main authors of the study, said that obstetric practitioners have an ethical obligation to disclose the increased absolute and relative risks associated with planned home birth to expectant parents who express an interest in this delivery setting, and to recommend strongly against it.

In the 2020s for instance, numbers produced from the various scenarios worked out to a mean increase of about 20 percent in deaths due to heat, set against a mean decrease of about 12 percent in deaths due to cold.

The body acts as though it has a Body Set Weight (BSW) and strives vigorously to defend that weight against increase or decrease alike.

Set against the backdrop of the 2004 tsunami that devastated large portions of coastal southern Asia, The Impossible relates the ordeal of a family of Spanish survivors (changed in the movie to British tourists to increase the international appeal) as they struggle to be reunited in the catastrophe's aftermath.

Simply tap a figure to the Wii U gamepad's NFC sensor area to read it, then set it aside while you battle against the A.I. fighter it generates or feed it items to increase its stats.

It was my intention to simultaneously promote mastery learning as well as increase students» ability to metacognitively assess their work against a given set of standards.

The University has been able to demonstrate real growth in provision, even set against a landscape of ever increasing emphasis on school - led teacher training.

For this they will need versatility i.e. breadth as a hedge against rapidly changing conditions, an increased capability i.e. depth to engage with complex challenges, along with a diverse set of competencies such as adaptability, increased collaboration between cultures, etc. towards the goal of a sustainable humanity via fulfilled individuals.

Whilst the number of primary teachers has increased significantly over the last two to three years (set against a downturn in the number of secondary teachers) this will not be sufficient to deal with the influx of children into primary schools.

Forwards, not backwards There is a clear arrow of time that reaches from past interventions to tackle childhood obesity, through to current actions still trying to redress the balance, all set against future predictions of increasing levels of obesity.

Looking at the worst of all the political promises (flat cash funding per pupil) set against cost increases averaging at 1.5 % (approximately 8 % over five years), the situation looks very bleak, with the prospect of worse to come.

Torn between Olwen and Elene, Renard's personal dilemma is set against a background of increasing civil strife as Ranulf of Chester, his greedy neighbour, strives to snatch his lands.

If you have set it up to increase your payments by $ 50 your increase will apply against the new payment once the rate is adjusted.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

CLASH OF KINGS FEATURES: Online Multiplayer PVP war battles — Play PVP online against millions of other players — Train massive armies and lead them into epic battles — Attack enemies, conquer their castles and plunder their resources — Attack and occupy the Throne to become the King MMO universe with massive online battles — Enter an amazing online world where kingdoms battle for control of a PVP fantasy kingdom — Amazing world map to explore with lots of PVE monsters to defeat — Real time resource management — Talk to your friends with 1 - on - 1 messaging, kingdom chat and alliance chat Real time strategy and leveling — Fight and level up your Lord — Forge amazing weapons and armor for your Lord as you level up — Craft new equipment sets, equip magical items such as Dragonglass to increase attributes.

There is an instantaneous rate of increase (nominally — see below) in greenhouse gas forcing of 1E - 9 W / m2 — set against a background of immense natural variability.

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

There is an instantaneous rate of increase (nominally) in greenhouse gas forcing of 1E - 9 W / m2 — set against a background of immense natural variability.

Otherwise it is just as valid to claim that the increasing trend in UK marriages (say) between 1900 and 1970 (again, for example) can be calibrated against some other set of data and hence represents a valid temperature proxy.

On appeal, the plaintiffs» requested that the judgment dismissing the action against Mr. Vicentini and Ford Credit be set aside and liability be apportioned equally between those two defendants and Mr. Hoang and requested that the amount of damages be increased.

I personally believe that, despite touted flattening effects, algorithm - based search (think Google) will actually increase network effects, that is, increase the relative prominence of a small set of leading cases as against the mass of un-cited or quickly forgotten cases.

Increases are determined by your performance against set milestones throughout the apprenticeship.

The tables setting out NTRB funding and financial assistance to non-claimants clearly demonstrate large increases in funding to non claimants particularly between 1996 - 97 and 2001 - 02, against relative smaller increases in NTRB funding.