Sentences with phrase «significant number of them moved»

Yet a significant number of them moved their hand away from the center button and shifted it to the correct one.

Not exact matches

A more significant move would be to restrict access to the small business tax deduction based on the number of employees a corporation has.

Because Slack hasn't yet reached the point where it has tens of thousands of workers on its books, «[i] t is relatively easy for us to move the lever a small bit right now to make a significant change in our trajectory,» CEO Stewart Butterfield and HR chief Anne Toth write in a blog post disclosing the numbers.

To gain a significant number of new customers in one move, move your products closer to your customers.

The current economic climate has led some folks to explore investing in franchise businesses, and significant numbers of them are willing to dip into personal or retirement savings to make the move.

Furthermore, a significant number of FOMC members think the move should be imminent.

However, some economists and critics have said while the budget moved in the right direction when it comes to raising female labour - force participation, its failure to announce steps towards national affordable child care likely means a significant number of women will remain out of the workforce.

NWQ executive chairman Jonathan Horton said both of those two appointments on the east coast followed the award of a number of investment mandates, while the US - move had been driven by significant interest in the US market.

We should also see a significant pick up in the number of stocks hitting new 52 - week highs versus stocks falling to new 52 - week lows... If anything, the only point of concern we have with the current buy signal is that the major averages (S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow) are still trading below their 50 - day moving averages.»

They're encouraged that there was very little conviction in the selling under the 200 - day moving average, as the COT Report has shown a relatively small number of net fund longs and healthy amount of gross spec shorts - not depicting a market vulnerable to a significant sharp selloff.

More importantly, that extra point moves into the key number of «6», which is not only critical to grab if you want to make a contrarian play on the Dolphins, but it is just as significant to get off of «6» if you're instead considering the Patriots.

That 1.5 - point line move is particularly noteworthy since it crossed one of the most significant key numbers at 7.

Not only is it significant that they would move their line to a key number, but we have also observed even more impressive results when there is line movement of at least five points.

That 4 - point line move is massive — especially when you consider that 43 and 44 are two of the four most significant key numbers for betting totals.

With so much public support, both books have moved Green Bay from -9.5 to -10.5 which is significant for a number of reasons.

Within 14 hours of opening, Cal had moved from -7.5 — to -10, which is a very significant key number for football bettors.

However, there was a 1.5 - point line move the following day and a significant move (across the key number of 7) from -6.5 to -8 on August 31st.

Though 4.5 to 5.5 is not the most important range of numbers, the move through six was rather significant.

AFAIK, no significant number of Americans have moved there with the intent of permanently settling, nor does the US control the SK government.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

In the days leading up to the caucuses, a number of the good political reporters were already reporting that the Dean campaign was losing significant ground; and importantly money was moving to other candidates.

Indeed, what characterises this election's polling, compared to most of the others old lags like me can remember, is this: the numbers aren't moving (or at least not in any statistically sound or significant manner).

Six weeks before referendum day Conservative focus groups found that the only issue that moved significant numbers of the contest's crucial floating voters into the Yes column was the idea that AV would seriously damage Cameron and the Conservatives.

First, there have been significant increases both in the extent of low - paid work as well as the number of people moving from low benefit income into low - paid jobs and being parked there; second, cuts have been imposed upon benefits and tax credits claimed by this same group of low - paid workers»

Though Peter Ginsberg, NC Biotech's vice president of business and technology development, admits that no VCs have so far announced plans to move to the state, «A number of the companies that took part have had significant follow - up discussions with the participating VCs, and one of the companies has made two follow - up visits to the Bay Area to meet with the VCs,» he says, adding that a similar event is planned for Boston this spring.

Building a significant number of such oases around the pandas» distribution area would also allow them move more easily across vast areas.

I've moved a significant number of times, during very crucial phases in my life.

«The number of kids falling in the lowest category has gotten smaller, and, as we try to move them up the progress track, we are seeing statewide improvement in passing, which is a pretty significant accomplishment.»

The move would would ultimately end the current policy which has seen a significant rise in the number of parents being fined for unauthorised absences.

Increased development of new and existing businesses in West Sussex should generate significant benefit to the County Council but will undoubtedly lead to more families moving into West Sussex through new employment and thereby increasing the pupil numbers still further.

One of the most significant labor - market problems facing the U.S. today is the number of workers whose middle - class jobs are slipping away and who are not prepared to adjust to a rapidly moving labor market.

Researchers have long known that moving schools at age 11 causes problems for significant numbers of children.

Mr Hobby added: «For a significant number of young people and their schools, moving the goalposts in this way will jeopardise not only places at sixth - form college and other arenas of post-16 education but university applications and beyond as well as the schools» status with regard to the government's own benchmark.»

This achievement is particularly significant given the huge number of children whose families move them to charters because they were unsuccessful in public schools.

It was only after the fact that we learned that the controversial administrator was able to improve CMT scores by moving, at least in part, significant numbers of low performing children from the CMTs to an alternative MAS test.

Another possibility is if a significant number of bestselling authors, unhappy with the current digital royalty rate, start self - publishing or moving to smaller houses.

These sorts of bold moves give me hope Kobo will make the moves necessary to court and win indie authors in significant numbers (thus benefitting readers and writers both).

That's led to a surge in the number of boyfriends, girlfriends, partners, and other collections of significant others moving in together.

A 2011 housing study shows that significant numbers of senior households who are looking to relocate are also often moving into smaller homes.

Trade is an important element of the local economy and probably always will be, but as we move firmly into the twenty - first century, Brownsville moves with us with the construction of significant infrastructure and the creation of a significant number of jobs by SpaceX.

If there is a significant recession, those statistics will move forward by an unknown number of years.

Regarding Dividend Challengers, a significant number of companies on this list will be stocks that are moving from pure growth, to growth and dividend.

The result of this is a threefold whammy: 1) unlicensed activities continue at the same rate (or increase as the human population increases); 2) a significant number of pet owners who want to be law - abiding citizens give up banned breeds, quit feeding neighborhood cats or terminate valuable breeding programs rather than operate illegally or cope with unreasonable laws and increased fees; and 3) because demand for many beloved breeds does not decline when a law is passed, people who know little about breeds or breeding move into the void to fill demand.

Animal Care also expressed concern that if the ban is repealed, significant numbers of pit bulls will be moved into Aurora from neighboring cities that continue to ban the dogs.

If, on the other hand, you're a heavy traveler then earning a significant number of points from this promotion may not be too hard and that could be enough warrant moving some or all of your stays over to Hyatt.

Travelodge is launching a # 100 million fund to snap up the growing number of distressed hotels that are coming up for grabs in the economic downturn.The move comes shortly after its arch rival Whitbread, which owns the Premier Inn chain, warned of significant industry restructuring.

It is a smart move, if this doesn't move a significant number of consoles, Microsoft is in some serious trouble.

That Pollock was able to move into a significant advanced painting style in the late 1930s, along with a number of other American artists, was due to a curious set of circumstances.

Please note that there is still no definite move - in date, and that it may be into Spring 2017 before a significant number of tiny houses are ready for occupancy...

«As much as I think we've moved the conversation importantly forward — and for a certain number of students it's been life - changing and will be career - altering — overall, I think it remains the most significant unfinished business maybe alongside decolonizing and indigenization of legal education.»