Sentences with phrase «small improvements on»

Small improvements on the behaviour scales for crying and inconsolable crying were not statistically significant.

Not for the quality of the football, although it was a small improvement on what we have previously seen this season.

This is a small improvement on our current system of first past the post, since it allows voters to rank candidates and reduces the need to vote tactically, but it does not address the crucial unfairness at the heart of our democracy which is that a party's share of seats in parliament does reflect the number of votes it receives across the country - a situation which leads to millions of wasted votes and a shameful system of «safe seats» where a donkey could be elected so long as they were wearing the right coloured rosette.

Rebalancing offers a small improvement on the downside at a huge penalty on the upside.

The rest I expect to be a small improvement on Economy Class....

Not exact matches

Related: Inside What Small - Business Owners Had to Say to Obama About the Fiscal Cliff Entrepreneurs have seen improvements to their local economies, but they're still hesitant based on the national picture.

Most innovation is incremental: The improvements are small and have minimal impact on the market.

While there's been progress on that front, with mainstream banks growing their small - business offerings and (sometimes) showing a greater willingness to take on entrepreneurial clients, Hashem says there's still room for improvement.

As for the Canadian companies operating primarily on the TSX, however, Oliver advocated for a set of «Made - in - Canada» improvements to the country's securities regime in order to avoid burdening small and medium companies with «excessive regulation.»

The medical loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, requires most insurance companies that cover individuals and small businesses to spend at least 80 percent of their premium income on health care claims and quality improvement.

However, should there be an improvement in the IPO market for venture - backed companies over the next decade that would be «gravy on top» for the smaller end of the venture capital market further improving an already compelling return opportunity.

On balance, the PBO projects a slightly lower deficit in 2010 - 11, somewhat higher in 2011 - 12, due to the extension of the protection of transfers in 2011 - 12, and small improvements throughout the rest of the forecast period (Table 1, Panel D) from that projected in their November 2010 Update.

Unlike most markets, where connectivity was on the decline over the last year, Atlanta, increasingly known in local techie circles as «Silicon Peach,» saw a 33.3 percent improvement in corporate - to - small - business connections, as well as an 11.5 percent improvement in connections with startup advisors and mentors.

As usual, the Fed chair hedged her bets somewhat, saying she wanted to see further improvement in labor market conditions and greater confidence that inflation would move back up to 2 % in the next few years, but, based on current trends, it seems that small, incremental hikes in base interest rates are looming on the horizon.

And even a small improvement in your score can have an impact on your monthly payment and save you thousands of dollars over the course of your loan.

In these cases, a small improvement to disclosure can have a significant impact on shareholder confidence.

Surprisingly, having a smaller workforce and fewer resources may actually give you an enhanced ability to succeed in a competitive environment, as you'll have less management responsibilities and more time to focus on mission - critical aspects like outreach and product / service improvement.

The company is not structured in a way that is geared for small product runs, so it instead strives to work closely with major accounts on R&D, new products, production improvements and equipment innovation.

He is on the small side and is not terribly athletic, but he is pretty solid and a serious improvement over Szczesny.

Nicholas told Sky Sports that he feels that any improvement in the Arsenal side of the current season is only a very small one, despite the fact that ahead of the clash with Spurs we had taken 25 points which is a significant improvement on the 17 points we had at the same point last year.

We've already seen some small improvements to the sport, namely in terms of a huge increase in social media activity and relaxed restrictions, but Carey says that major improvements will take some time, as Ecclestone's focus on the short - term was one of the things that has hindered the sport:

@ Filipino Dan — arsenal spending small and getting results takes time (which we r not willing to wait any more), and with the likes of man city and real madrid around spending crazy money and becoming a real force, we cant just say that we need little improvement especially on the back of last season.

It's a turn off and makes them completely turn their back on even small improvements.

Additionally, provisions of the CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) have direct reprecussions on even the smallest carrier businesses.

According to a systematic review, a small body of research suggests that treatment may be associated with mother - reported improvements in breastfeeding, but the studies are small, short - term, and rely on inconsistent methodology.

Small - scale accounting changes also proposed last November, on which the parties do agree, could see improvements in transparency which could pave the way for more meaningful reform.

Unless Cuomo is willing to take on the collective - bargaining system that produces rigid protection for bad teachers, his reforms will only make small improvements to the system.

A recent government - commissioned report on Britain's future transport needs was unenthusiastic about the benefits of high - speed rail links, and said the government would be better to invest in small - scale improvements.

De Blasio and his campaign have often touted the mayor's record on policing as a strength, pointing to the drop in crime, improvements in police community relations and reductions in the number of arrests for low - level crimes, such as possessing small amounts of marijuana.

This program, administered by the New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), allows homeowners, small businesses and not - for - profits to finance energy efficiency improvements through a charge on their utility bill.

Dietz is running on a pro-growth platform, favors incentives for the return of small businesses to the Rosendale hamlet and lists replacement of the town pool and infrastructure improvements among his top priorities.

«Clearly we would not advocate giving expensive gifts for small improvements in behaviour and obviously not to pupils who have behaved badly, on the contrary we fully back teachers in taking swift and firm action against trouble makers,» he continued.

On the economy, Lancman supports creating jobs by investing in infrastructure improvements, which he called the «modern - day new deal» at a debate on June 21, and by making it easier for small businesses to get crediOn the economy, Lancman supports creating jobs by investing in infrastructure improvements, which he called the «modern - day new deal» at a debate on June 21, and by making it easier for small businesses to get credion June 21, and by making it easier for small businesses to get credit.

(Fordham Road, NY)-- On Friday, April 15, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer was in the Bronx with the Fordham Road Business Improvement District, local community leaders and advocates to visit small businesses.

«It started as a small component of the capital budget but in the end we were spending more on it than on the maintenance and improvement of the entire school estate.»

He discussed his experience with crafting school budgets, and the impact even a small grant can have on lessening taxpayer burden while helping to fund much - needed improvements.

However, if you're going on a long hiking or camping trip, or doing some small home improvement projects around the house, this knife will definitely be worth the weight!

Preliminary studies of ampakines on healthy human subjects have shown small to moderate improvements in their performance on memory tests.

Some patients on the lower dose of the drug saw some improvements on a cognitive test over those who got the placebo, but the small differences could have been due to chance.

Overall, the documented hydrologic improvements from the CERP to date involve a small proportion of the overall CERP footprint and are located on the periphery of the remnant Everglades.

At the very smallest scale, I think that improvements in high - resolution microscopy will be really central for looking at how cells work on the inside.

This was an uncontrolled and open study, and so it is difficult to know how much significance we should place on the small improvements in neuropsychological test scores observed in the mild cognitive impairment participants who underwent the training.

Webb's unprecedented improvements in sensitivity and resolution provides it with the ability to resolve small features on planets, and precisely analyze the light from objects in our own backyard.

5500xl SOLiD shows slight improvement over SOLiD 4, except for extremely small regions of 1 — 2 bp, where this slight difference increases to a drastic difference of a factor of 1.5 in the number of regions not covered (on average 384,304 for SOLiD 4 and 260,252 for 5500xl SOLiD).

Even the smallest improvements can build up a huge impact over time, so set aside 10 - 15 minutes every day to work on your breathing and then carry those new habits everywhere your day takes you.

Neither drug is on the market yet, but patients in clinical trials have shown some small improvements.

Once I started focusing on what matters and what allows me to make steady and consistent progress in the gym, I not only saw huge improvements but I also stopped being stressed out over small things that don't really matter unless I'm stepping on the Olympia stage or competing in the next Olympics!

In a small study on glycine, participants reported a noticeable improvement in the quality of their sleep and less daytime sleepiness.

where a small group of people were given high - dose statins and saw improvement or less porgression in their macular degeneration, I asked my retinal specialist yesterday if I could clear out some of the fat - and - cholesterol - packed drusen in my retinas if I went on an extremely low - fat diet (which I figured would have the same impact as a high - dose statin).

Those who received blueberry powder or fish oil experienced a small memory improvement, but the results of the fMRI weren't remarkable on the ones that got the blueberry powder.