Sentences with phrase «significant portion of the population»

Significant portions of the population do not benefit from available pharmaceutical treatment options, for example.

For instance, a world that will require a basic incomes policy and in which a very significant portion of the population will not be employed?

And at least two of those countries have significant portions of their population who would prefer the US gets wiped off the map.

Or is the real threat new voter identification laws that have the potential to disenfranchise significant portions of the population?

Clearly, there are deeply rooted social, psychological, and cultural factors that explain why significant portions of the population don't see the apparently obvious connection between education and economic well - being.

These folks aren't necessarily committing crimes, but this small but significant portion of the population does display some essential traits of psychopathy, like lack of empathy, selfishness, lack of guilt, and plenty of charm.

As for the stress of the bonus evaluations, there seems to be a significant portion of the population that pretty much hates the idea of being evaluated and evaluating.

«I do think that a significant portion of the population of developed countries, and eventually all countries, will have AR experiences every day, almost like eating three meals a day, it will become that much a part of you,» Apple CEO Tim Cook said last month in Utah.

ResearchKit, an open - source platform for creating iPhone apps that collect healthcare research data, will bring together huge swathes of personal data from a significant portion of the population.

I said that the government (comprised of many people) at the urging of a significant portion of the population (comprised of even more people) made the decision that the care of indicidual citizens is more important than absolute corporate freedom.

I would argue that many people who are pro-choice are not big fans of the mandate, but they accept it as a better situation than having a significant portion of the population with no benefits (and no choice).

However, every single country that has a significant portion of the population that is Muslim does have issues with them.

Just because a significant portion of the population is ignorant about science (and I mean that in the nicest possible way), doesn't mean they get to dictate what is involved in science.

But in both cases, this date falls right in the middle of the 2 week «Construction holidays», which typically a significant portion of the population uses to travel.

When our organization began nearly 60 years ago, most babies were not breastfed and a significant portion of the population smoked.

Gillibrand, D - N.Y., said Sunday that she supports a «Marshall - style plan» to help Puerto Rico recover from hurricanes Irma and Maria, which left a vast majority of the territory's 3.5 million residents without power and a significant portion of the population without access to drinking water.

«There is a significant portion of the population, again starting very young in age and in every stage of life where people experience either a temporary or more permanent loss in mental health and wellness.

While some prior research had found that supertasters tend to avoid alcohol, this new finding could help winemakers reach a significant portion of population.

One of the tragic results of this is that we now have a significant portion of the population that is un-informed and ill - informed on the critical issue of climate change.

However, a significant portion of the population of extrasolar planets does not fit either of these criteria and there wasn't really a way to find information about the atmospheres of these planets.

Whether because of old / current injuries, the general state of the body, or simple personal preference, a significant portion of the population isn't going to be running sprints on a track.

Unfortunately, regular misdiagnosis or dismissal of fatigue has caused it to run unchecked through a significant portion of the population.

With Season 2 about to premiere, now's a good time to catch up with the first season's 10 episodes, which follow the intertwined lives of the residents of a small New York town after a rapture - like event has caused a significant portion of its population to spontaneously, simultaneously disappear.

There are lots of districts where a significant portion of the population is economically disadvantaged, and most school districts have tight budgets, and this can be a real challenge.

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While sociologists have studied the effects on society of having a significant portion of the population unqualified and incapable of securing employment, companies like Cengage are actively working to do something about it.

In a country where only 27 % of the population is reported to have internet access forcing newspaper to be strictly digital will mean a significant portion of the population will be cutoff from news access and more importantly, a clear picture of the activities of their government.

Tourists and expats make up a significant portion of the population of the island, so the economy is integrated to suit their needs, and highly dependent upon service industry and tourism revenues.

But when a significant portion of the population is at last able to see itself reflected by someone who sits on the court, they are, perhaps, reassured that the court is a place where, even for them, justice does prevail.

Though we are not in a state of emergency, we are in the midst of a global influenza pandemic, and employers control access to the spaces at which a significant portion of the population regularly congregate.

If the evidence does demonstrate a strong harm, then surely that would justify the ban at a later point, even if a significant portion of the population has adopted it?

But the public rarely gets insight into the behind - the - scenes conversations at Facebook, even when the decisions made during them could impact a significant portion of the population.

Coupled with historically low inventory and extreme competition for homes in many areas, and you have renting as the new normal for a significant portion of the population.