Sentences with phrase «slightly less area»

Despite covering slightly less area than tropical forests, boreal forest soil stores three times as much carbon as its tropical counterpart.

Not exact matches

The chart below gives some sense of the relative importance of Italy - and to a slightly lesser degree Spain - in meeting its rollover demands this year versus the smaller euro area countries.

Whilst many people are keen to cut down on their plastic consumption, the fact that the bottle is recyclable makes the bottle a slightly more environmentally friendly option than other pre-made packaged vegan milk on the mainstream market as they often come packaged in less environmentally - friendly Tetra Paks which are not always able to be recycled dependant on the area you live in.

They say, that while that area was slightly less affected by the earthquake, there is now concern of flooding.

The two Republican committees that are focused on congressional races have received $ 2.7 million from the New York area, slightly more than at this point in 2008 but less than the $ 4 million they raised at this point in the 2004 cycle when the party still controlled Congress.

The negotiators, he says, decided that as much overall good could be done at a lesser cost by intro - ducing more relaxed targets for the most sensitive areas, but slightly more protection for the rest of the continent.

When a person has ringworm the infected area spreads out slowly from its central starting point and creates a slightly raised, circular and intensely red ring surrounding a less red, flaky, itchy area.It is not hard to recognize ringworm and is impossible to miss, once you have seen this condition you won't forget it.

Thankfully this version, which is similar to the Superstars (but with a slightly slimmer profile and soft toe area), is much less expensive.

By comparison, that latter characteristic is slightly less stereotypical than Terry (Jess Rowland), a Sheriff's deputy who has an application on his phone that lets him track down other gay men in the area (Again, his introductory scene goes on and on until it the stereotype becomes tiringly solidified), or a conversation between Charlie and Annie in which she explains why he shouldn't use one derogatory term — all the while comfortably saying it herself — by comparing it to another — all the while shortening it to «the N - word.»

The percentage of teachers who favor incentives for «teaching in content areas of short supply» is only slightly less, at 82 percent.

Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek told ABC News Australia is slightly below average in the area of funding for schools, and less than 10 per cent of extra needs - based funding has been delivered.

About one - third live in rural areas, while slightly more than one - third live in the suburbs and slightly less than one - third live in cities.

At 1,525 mm, the Korando's load area is slightly longer than that in the Ford Fiesta van and has a bit less space between the wheel arches, which take up a fair bit of the load space in a comparatively short vehicle like the Korando.

The camera performance has slightly improved with the Android OS update, but in less than perfect conditions, you will still end up with a lot of noise, dark areas and loss of details.

You don't just have the choice between an HO - BT (an older policy form with slightly less coverage in certain areas) and the HO - 4.

The cost of living in Wilmington is slightly lower than the national average, and home prices are significantly below those in the Philadelphia metro area, which is less than 35 miles away.

You should never have any problems getting basic financing, but you are now in the area where you may pay a slightly higher rate, be required to have a bigger down payment, or be offered less favorable terms.

When you are looking at a cage with bars, you should check further beyond making sure that you have a 1/2 inch or less space between the bars and look for any areas where this measurement might be slightly larger.

Hurricane Irma veered slightly right, giving Tampa area officials less to worry about in terms of storm surge from the Gulf of Mexico, but causing slightly more storm damage inland in places like Polk County.

Located on the ground floor and with level access from the parking area, the property may prove suitable for those slightly less mobile.

It was said on the podcast that NSMB U makes little improvements in several areas, but if it's simply a slightly better version of NSMB Wii then I can totally understand why some reviewers would be less enamoured with it.

If we adopt the ABS classification on urban and rural dwellings (the ABS defines urban areas to be those with 1000 or more people), the change of rate is even less pronounced over a similar timeframe: the proportions of rural dwellings in Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania in 1961 were 16 %, 15 %, and 33 %, only slightly decreasing to 11 %, 11 %, and 29 % in 2006 (dwelling data are contained in the census of population and housing and are available from the ABS).

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.

(4) IIRC, Roy Spencer and Andrei Ilarionov showed that the UHI effect on trends is far more marked on very rural areas becoming slightly less rural, than on urban areas becoming even more urban.

Robert Wood — * if * the shell had real thickness * and * we stipulated that the shell radiated * exactly * the same * total * amount of energy outward as it did inward then you are right that the power per unit area (W / m ^ 2) would be slightly less from the outward surface than from the inward surface.

Well, the Jakarta Globe (via Mongabay) reports that some of Indonesia's supposedly protected forests are going to be slightly less protected, with the expected implementation of a plan to allow certain types of mining underneath these areas: Forestry Minister Zulkifi Hasan describes the regulation:

Which means that the proportion of heat in the ocean as opposed to the atmosphere might be slightly different (big deal because the oceans store so much heat), that albedo might be slightly higher because you have less areas covered by forests which are darker than clear land and thus absorb more sunlight, and so on.

A small area of less warm water in the North Atlantic Ocean is simulated for JJA, and the warming is slightly greater than in DJF.

The reason it works so well to use video for building your new practice areas, is because often if it's a «niche» area of expertise, the competition for top search results is slightly less!

-- Consultant Rob Robinson collects the latest LegalTech press releases his Information Governance Engagement Area (which is only slightly less - Orwellian - looking than it sounds).

Some areas may be slightly higher or lower (for example, the figure in Contra Costa County is less than 1 %, while the figure for Sacramento County is closer to 6 %), but the majority of counties are very close to 2 %.

You don't just have the choice between an HO - BT (an older policy form with slightly less coverage in certain areas) and the HO - 4.

If the population of the Twin Cities greater metropolitan area is dizzying, the number of major businesses is only slightly less so.

In the toggles area at the top of the notifications shade, the date is now in a slightly less condensed font which makes it a little more more legible at a glance and the card - like spacer between the toggles and the notifications has been removed.

This lets you zoom in on an area for a closer look, but that's slightly less effective than a pinch zoom and feels more like a demo for the technology than something that actually benefits you greatly.

Statistics say just over 35 percent of applicants offer information that's slightly less than truthful in this area.

It is worth noting that two - thirds of Republicans support investing more money in research on the virus and investing more money on preventing the spread of Zika in the U.S., but slightly less than half support helping women in areas in the U.S. with outbreaks of the virus access reproductive health services.

Smoking is banned in virtually all enclosed public places in Australia.3 More than 92 % of Australian smokers and ex-smokers reported that smoking was not allowed in any indoor area at their workplace in 2010 — 2011, slightly less than in similar surveys in the United Kingdom and Canada but more than in the United States and European and middle - and low - income countries surveyed.4 In Australia5 and all countries with available trend data, the proportion of the population living in smoke - free homes is increasing; this is not just due to falling smoking prevalence.6

I myself own a property in Racine which was my primary residence for a short time until I divorced my wife and moved to Chicago... I had it built (stupid, I know but it was what the lady wanted) and ultimately couldn't sell it when I moved as it is in a new subdivision and there are a lot of nicer, bigger, slightly older homes for sale in the area for less than what I owed on my loan, plus there are more than a few foreclosures / vacancies in this neighborhood.

Repeat buyers are slightly less decisive about location, with almost one in five (18 percent) purchasing a home in an area that is outside their initial search criteria, compared to just 14 percent of first - time buyers.

Typically found in desirable, slightly less accessible locations than national mainstream markets, resort markets tend to have a larger volume of luxury offerings to accommodate high - net - worth individuals that are drawn to these areas based on their exclusivity and proximity to world - class, year - round activities.

«B» Class properties consist of properties in older stable areas, are in a slightly less desirable neighborhood, are built in the last 15 - 30 years, still nice, with some amenities.

Though (slightly) less may be more in Los Feliz, that certainly isn't the case in other parts of this lavish area of coastal California.

Despite trailing slightly behind their urban counterparts in house prices, suburban areas have seen a greater appreciation in condominium prices, which may be largely due to maturing baby boomers looking to downsize their empty nests to something that requires less maintenance.