Sentences with phrase «set by other countries»

Ng hopes that «the Singapore government will follow the progressive example set by other countries (such as Chile and Costa Rica) and ban the capture and display of dolphins, recognising that these animals belong in the vast open oceans.»

FDA also noted that most people with celiac disease can tolerate foods with very small amounts of gluten, and the level is consistent with those set by other countries and international bodies that set food safety standards.

Not exact matches

Jamie Allen of the Asian Corporate Governance Association says the effort to get more big - ticket listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange by allowing dual - class shares has more cons than pros and could set a standard for other countries.

While the rules are set by the EU and will cover all of the countries within the bloc, it will affect some trades in other jurisdictions.

For U.S. workers, another benefit for a shorter work day is reduced stress, as many tend to work far beyond the work - life boundaries set by many other countries.

The president has allowed for other exemptions, setting off a flurry of lobbying by countries and companies in the U.S. and abroad.

... Pushed by China and other critics — including trade unions, international aid charities and some other developing countries — last year Mr Kim set up an independent review of the report chaired by Trevor Manuel, South Africa's planning minister.

Those leaders worry that Mr. Trump, by imposing stiff and sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum, will set off a trade war with other countries.

The US and several other countries are investigating allegations of cross-border embezzlement and money laundering at 1MDB, which was set up and previously led by Najib to promote economic development, but which accumulated billions in debt.

The program was started by President Barack Obama, who set it in place as a way of protecting children who are undocumented as a result of being brought into the country by parents, guardians or other adults when they were too young to have a say.

But if such reshaping of national fertility patterns is to be set in motion by government action, there would obviously have to be direct, far - reaching, and even forcible state interventions into the daily lives of the overwhelming majority of the citizens of these two countries — as well as others with similar «targets.»

The report found, among other things, that 43 of the lower 48 U.S. states have set at least one monthly heat record since 2010, sea levels are expected to rise between one and four feet by the end of this century, winter storms have increased in intensity and frequency, and the past decade was warmer than every previous decade in every part of the country.

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First, our results may not be generalizable to other study settings in Western or developed countries where breastfeeding is strongly patterned by socioeconomic position or in countries with lower breastfeeding rates than Belarus, where more than 95 % of mothers initiated breastfeeding at the time of PROBIT.28 Belarus, a former Soviet country, is one of the countries with the least socioeconomic inequalities as reflected, for example, in their low Gini index of 27 in 2008 compared with 42 in Russia, 45 in the USA and 24 in Sweden.

IBFAN's monitoring report, Breaking the Rules, 1998, and other monitoring reports showed that in nearly every participating country the major manufacturers of breastmilk substitutes do not comply with the requirements as set out by the World Health Assembly.

And we are — we've cut the structural deficit by three percentage points in the last two years, more than any other G7 country, and it is set to go on being cut at a similar rate in the years ahead.

«I am grateful that these three senior members will follow in the great tradition set by Joe Morelle and others and now join us as co-chairs, especially during this time when the Blue Wave is being felt across the country,» said Heastie.

By winter, they were setting up field offices across the country and running digital ads to build their email list, even as the Republican presidential candidates beat each other into the dirt.

In many cases, they pursue less intensive and more traditional farming practices which are better for animal welfare and in other cases, their production processes are already informally regulated by minimum requirements set down by retailers in countries like the UK.

Furthermore, we share the same set of fundamental beliefs; a belief in free trade, rigorous and fair competition, strong consumer rights, and that trying to beat other countries» industries by unfairly subsidising one's own is a serious mistake.

While commending the Nigerian Military for doing their best to halt threats to citizens as exemplified by Boko Haram, IPOB, Avengers and other groups complicit in crimes against humanity, Global Amnesty Watch sees Amnesty International as constantly demonizing nations that are battling terrorism and setting the ground for killers to embed themselves among migrant populations to spread to these other peaceful countries.

«Election to Parliament is on a competitive basis with the participation of political parties and independent candidates who meet the requirements set by the Constitution and other relevant laws governing elections in the country,» he stated.

Momentum is a loose pressure group set up by supporters of Corbyn and is designed to maintain support for his politics in constituencies and build links with other protest groups around the country.

There's only one international set of criteria - the recognition by other countries.

The Polish scientists were looking to send someone to set up monitoring of radioactive contaminants in the upper atmosphere, the legacy of atomic - weapons testing by the Soviet Union, the United States, and other countries in the 1950s.

«The grant will fund setting up infrastructure [for efforts to] connect groups and junior scientists around the country with our group and each other; helping local groups organize meetings and workshops by providing full - time logistical support; and beginning to look through the data that exists about the scientific enterprise [so that] we can... advocate for change,» McDowell tells Science Careers by email.

While Russia is now in a position to earn much needed hard currency by launching satellites for other countries, the US has set tight limits on how competitive its new rival can be.

He is also trying to set up three or four satellite colonies in other countries to lessen the risk of the entire captive colony being wiped out by disease.

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«BPM,» «God's Own Country,» and «Call Me By Your Name»: Though the handsomely crafted, Italian - set «Call Me By Your Name» has gotten all the critical attention, two other films about young gay men coming to terms with themselves in much harsher environments — the French «BPM» is set at the height of the AIDS crisis in Paris while the contemporary British drama «God's Own Country» is set in a grim, rural northern England — are both more haunting and powerful.

Stanley Kubrick's little - seen first feature opens with a terse establishing monologue, delivered by actor David Allen, setting up its story of four soldiers of «no other country by the mind ``...

There's no denying the sad, scary timeliness of Akin's subject matter; although the film is set in Germany, it could easily be relocated to America or any other Western country currently experiencing a spike in violence committed by white supremacists.

The story opens as Katniss and Peeta make their victory tour, during which they are permitted not only to observe how the other 11 districts live, but also to glimpse the nascent signs of rebellion throughout the country (an unspecified portion of the United States set in a not - so - distant future, ably represented by location shooting in Atlanta).

This is one of the questions explored by Finn and his coauthor Brandon Wright in the Harvard Education Press title, Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High - Ability Students, in which they take U.S. practices and set them against those of other countries in order to find the best ways to support our brightest students.

But we are now confronting the prospect of disagreement even on the ideal of achieving such an inclusive community, which puts America into the same challenging setting as so many other countries riven by conflict.

ConnCAN, known to us as the charter school advocacy group formed by Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company, that was set up by Stefan Pryor and friends, beat out every other «education reform» group in the country, do to their ability to consistently misrepresent the facts on the most constant basis.

Championed by the National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, the new national standards stress critical thinking and more sophisticated vocabularies, with the aim of setting a higher bar for American students and making them more competitive with their peers from other countries in an increasingly global economy.

The activity set off by the contest has enabled Schnur's network to press as never before its frontal challenge to the teachers» unions: they argue that a country that spends more per pupil than any other but whose student performance ranks in the bottom third among developed nations isn't failing its children for lack of resources but for lack of trained, motivated, accountable talent at the front of the class.

Result - oriented concrete actions taken by the two largest greenhouse gas emitting nations will also set an example for other countries encouraging unilateral action and leading to sustainable transportation initiatives, as well as cooperative initiatives with other countries through multilateral fora.

By offering exceptional service to our customers, our dealership joins a group of Honda dealers across the country that set the standard for other dealerships to follow.

Other features include: you can choose to have DRM on some countries and not on others, take the book off sale in just one country, change the pricing in a single country (including setting the price at zero), setup automated sale periods (Kobo and Google are the only other major vendors that have that feature), and setup release and pre-order dates by couOther features include: you can choose to have DRM on some countries and not on others, take the book off sale in just one country, change the pricing in a single country (including setting the price at zero), setup automated sale periods (Kobo and Google are the only other major vendors that have that feature), and setup release and pre-order dates by couother major vendors that have that feature), and setup release and pre-order dates by country.

The book is set in the world created by A.G. Riddle in his Atlantis: The Origin Mystery trilogy, which has sold more than 700,000 copies to date and is to be published in sixteen other countries.

By 2018, ebooks set to surpass print in the US which is an incredible shift compared to other developed countries.

Other similar programs have been set up throughout the country by various organizations.

In other instances, products bought online are manufactured in other countries, and do not have the same standards and guidelines set forth by the Food and Drug Administration in the United States.

Our 20 acre country farm with boarding kennel facility provides the perfect setting for active socialization of our puppies by exposing them to farm animals (goats, horses, sheep) along with other dogs, boarding and training clients, and lots of friends... ensuring a well rounded development.

Unless you prefer a country cottage or a quirky apartment rental, couples booking rooms in hotels and resorts often have the option of choosing a package deal designed for setting the mood — often by a cold bottle of champagne in your room on arrival, among other rose petal — themed surprises.

Pine Lodge is an elegant cedar country house of federation origin, set amidst 5 acres of beautiful, exhibition quality gardens (shared by 2 other Bygone Beautys Cottages).

No matter how much hard work is done by development agencies, no matter how large the donations and commitments that are made by donor countries, if we don't take care of some other elements of development, we will not meet the goals that we've set.

RE: # 3 — there are specific reasons, which you've hinted at here, why the Western countries are getting our butts kicked by a whole new set of players and increasingly need to bring in new blood from other parts of the world.