Sentences with phrase «still at a disadvantage»

Though he had the comics as a reference point, Wilson was still at a disadvantage being the first to put on the tights.

Public school principals are still at a disadvantage vis - Ã - vis their peers in private schools: they don't have the ability to judge for themselves whether a degree from an education school or required coursework is important.

But, they're still at a disadvantage.

They offer their services of putting together a book with editors and cover art at a tiered percentage that's up to 50 % after X sales units, but the author is still at a disadvantage because an author gets paid in a six month cycle with the same old royalty accounting.

Unfortunately, players in first place are still at a disadvantage, as they can spend crucial lengths of time without a defensive item.

Compared to other grads working full time legal jobs, you are still at a disadvantage.

That decision sounds like it's based on a realistic look at the size of the Windows smartphone user base: Microsoft knows that it can connect developers with plenty of users on screen sizes from large tablets on up, but that when it comes to more mobile devices, the company's still at a disadvantage.

Even if the reader didn't use an ATS system he was still at a disadvantage because they wouldn't be able to easily copy and paste his email address.

Minorities are still at a disadvantage when it comes to property ownership due to the past FHA regulations during the New Deal era.

Not exact matches

The companies can likely afford to pay extra fees, but could still be at a disadvantage when competing with carrier - owned services.

Several observers, including CARTT.ca editor Greg O'Brien, have also pointed out that Verizon will still be at a disadvantage to the Big Three because it will be a wireless - only player, unable to offer bundles of TV, home Internet and landlines.

To repeat: NOTHING has changed regarding the narrative surrounding rare earths; China still dominates the value chain, putting western technological investment and defense capabilities at a disadvantage.

Why didn't they entitle the chart with something more positive such as, «Being Asian Can Get You A Lower Mortgage Rate,» or «Although Asians Need Higher Grades And Test Scores To Have The Same Chance To Get Into University, At Least Asians Get To Pay Lower Mortgage Rates,» or «Despite Some Disadvantages Of Being A Minority, You Can Still Get The Best Mortgage Rate Possible,» or «Being A Minority May Make It Easier To Get A Better Rate.»

S. FTA, there are still many protectionist trade barriers putting Canadian goods at a disadvantage in the U.S. at best, and effectively blocking our exports at worst.

However, after experimentations (equating to millions of evolutionary years) in the 1950's they were still fruit flies — albeit at a disadvantage to the original «specie».

For example, school would still be in session on these days, but teachers could be instructed not to have exams, quizzes, or projects due that day that would put an Islamic student at a disadvantage if he / she chose to stay home.

Denver players are already used to the altitude, but it's still the point in the season before teams have gotten fully conditioned, so the visitors are at a disadvantage.

I think even the Charlo's would still be at a size disadvantage.

Clemson will still be good, but the Tigers are at a clear disadvantage for that lost experience.

It depends largely on how our young CBs hold up We will be at a disadvantage by not having Ozil, Giroud, Koscielny but we can still win.

thats the disadvantage if introducing players to the big stage when they are still teens to become starters they become injury prone they have slowed progress in their careers look at what it has done to players like gibbs fabregas walcott chamberlain welbeck wilshere

Still, as the mom of two young men, I wondered if men have ever felt similar pressures from women to have unwanted sex, to have to «perform» and whether the belief that men always want sex has put men and women at a disadvantage.

Also at 11 a.m., members of the Buffalo branch of the American Association of University Women, Western New York Women's Foundation and the Erie County Commission on the Status of Women hold a press conference to reveal newly released census data that shows women are still at a workplace compensation disadvantage, Bak USA, 425 Michigan Ave., Buffalo.

- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students from state schools and disadvantaged backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined for a decade

in regards to the so called violation of the establishment clause (just for the record, a law that forces a kosher deli to be closed on Sunday is not a violation of the establishment clause according to the still binding decision of the anti semetic Warren Court) since even in the super Orthodox jewish Senate district if there was a Catholic running against a Orthodox Jew and we liked the Catholic better then the Orthodox Jew on the issues then there would be only a slight disadvantage to the Catholic and depending on the issue at hand even an advantage as witnessed in the Weprin - Turner race.

Participants here, still reeling from last week's news that the United States has elected a president who plans to cancel or renegotiate Paris, have warned that China's steadfastness will place America at a competitive disadvantage economically and politically if Trump doesn't recant.

At a time when invention tends to be dominated by faceless teams at huge multinational corporations, he showed it is still possible, even in semiconductor electronics, for an inventor with enough talent and determination to triumph despite daunting disadvantages in resourceAt a time when invention tends to be dominated by faceless teams at huge multinational corporations, he showed it is still possible, even in semiconductor electronics, for an inventor with enough talent and determination to triumph despite daunting disadvantages in resourceat huge multinational corporations, he showed it is still possible, even in semiconductor electronics, for an inventor with enough talent and determination to triumph despite daunting disadvantages in resources.

Still, the ice was 50 miles away and not visible, so no extra care was taken, even though the Titanic's lookouts, Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee, were operating at a grave disadvantage because someone had left their powerful binoculars at Southampton.

The authors write that PBSCs are still used, despite disadvantages in patients with bone marrow failure, most likely because centers obtain PBSCs routinely for other indications and cell separators are available at any transplant center.

While acknowledging that using a strong speaking style without using strong words still puts women at a disadvantage, the researchers asserted that nonverbal dominance can be, at the very least, «a side door to achieving influence.»

I still get the fewer meals, and the longer night time fast, but I get the disadvantage of high insulin effect at night.

Education and wealth help, but users of color still appear to be at a disadvantage.

Still, I can't help feeling at a disadvantage approaching these purely as films.

It'll still be possible to enjoy the game, but at a certain disadvantage.

The player's skill level is still important but if one of the awful weapons spawns at the beginning of the stage as opposed to one of the superior weapons, you start with a significant disadvantage and this could spell doom for you if a better weapon doesn't spawn soon.

Richard Cairns, head of Brighton College in East Sussex, has said that girls may leave schools with a «clutch of A *'s and a first class degree», but will still be at a huge disadvantage if they can not meaningfully communicate with male colleagues in the workplace.

Still, it's clear that physiological changes in people under extreme stress, including elevated levels of cortisol, put such children at a huge disadvantage in school, he says.

To me, the biggest issues are the achievement gaps, as you said, and the achievement gaps are still there, according to socioeconomic background — disadvantaged students are still achieving at a much lower level than advantaged students or affluent students — and Indigenous students are still performing at a much lower level than non-Indigenous, and rural and remote students are still not achieving at the same levels as metropolitan students.

Despite the setback caused by changing schools, disadvantaged students at charter schools still did better in math within two years after switching to charter schools.

Or maybe you're worried that your kid's summer doesn't look enough like that — and that you're putting her at a disadvantage that colleges will surely notice (even if she's still in grade school).

We still have a long way to go, but it's clear that even the most disadvantaged students can achieve at high levels when provided with a strong education.

Recognising that our students had huge gaps in their learning and that if we didn't catch them up they would continue with those huge gaps at end of VCE, VET or VCAL and maybe even still if they did go on to tertiary studies, but they'd be at a major disadvantage.

While the slow improvement of all groups is «still a success story,» Mr. Petrilli said, the achievement gap, which shows how different groups perform relative to one another, still means that most black and Hispanic students will be at a sharp disadvantage when they have to compete against white and Asian peers as they move through schools and into the workplace.

Indeed, less than a year before the Coleman Report's release, President Lyndon Johnson had signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act into law, dedicating federal funds to disadvantaged students through a Title 1 program that still remains the single largest investment in K — 12 education, currently reaching approximately 21 million students at an annual cost of about $ 14.4 billion.

Some states do better than others at helping disadvantaged districts get the money that they need, but many states still have school funding schemes that actually worsen the problem.

Prof Ebdon added: «However, there is still much work to be done - especially to address the stubborn gap between the numbers and rates of advantaged and disadvantaged students at highly selective universities.»

This is likely to put larger multi-academy trusts at a disadvantage, because while each secondary school subject to the levy technically has access to the # 15,000 allowance, trusts with larger pay bills and therefore much larger levies still only get # 15,000 each for offsetting.

I'm proud of the impact we've made, but we need to double - down on our efforts at a time when so many students are being targeted or unfairly treated because of their race, religion, gender, and nation of origin; when vital funding that helps disadvantaged children is at risk; and when proven solutions that can significantly increase the number of children who read by third grade and who graduate high school career or college ready still aren't in place across our nation.

But if elementary - level teachers and administrators are able to move away from a narrow focus on basic skills and give our youngest disadvantaged kids some of the knowledge their middle - class peers often acquire at home, we can still give them a fighting chance.

First of all, small publishers won't be at a «much greater disadvantage» because we will still be pricing below major publishers.