Sentences with phrase «subject of intense»

The national association itself has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate over how much emphasis, and funding, should go toward advocacy.

Facebook has long been the subject of intense criticism for its privacy and security practices.

Before the 2011 consent decree, Facebook had been the subject of intense criticism for its privacy and security practices.

It was the subject of an intense and often bitter debate, stretched over two days, among members of the law society.

As already indicated, this decision has been the subject of intense commentary in, and by, the media.

Our client, Grant Thornton, was engaged to audit the First National Bank of Keystone, a federally - insured bank that had been the subject of intense regulatory scrutiny for many years.

Geffen (pictured), whose next move had been the subject of intense year - long market speculation since he lost Ashurst's chairman election last October, is to join the US firm as it looks to build a corporate practice in the City.

The role of the Pension Regulator in defined benefit schemes has been the subject of intense focus in the market over recent years.

Whether or not the changing age demographic is actually going to cause huge difficulties is a subject of intense debate.

The application of these «tools» is now the subject of intense practical as well as academic interest for those seeking to drive innovation in their firms.

This «Snowball Earth» hypothesis is a subject of intense study and discussion.

This is a subject of intense media speculation, and is of special interest to oil and gas companies eager to explore the Arctic Ocean for natural resources, as well as for shipping companies hoping to take advantage of new and shorter trade routes.

In a practical cell the electrodes are constructed from semiconducting oxides, the exact composition of which is the subject of intense research at the UNSW and other institutions to find the best combination of photo - sensitivity, corrosion resistance and low band gap.

The observed global - warming rate has been nonuniform, and the cause of each episode of slowing in the expected warming rate is the subject of intense debate.

«These are part of the vicious circles of climate change which are the subject of intense scientific research», he said.

The potential Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy site at Milford has been monitored for seismic activity since 1981 and has been the subject of intense drill and geothermal investigation and activity for 45 years.

As well as being the subject of intense research worldwide - there are graphene batteries going into production for major companies in Spain.

Twenty - nine states and the District of Columbia have binding renewable standards; in the absence of federal climate legislation, these initiatives have become the subject of intense political battles.

The feasibility of instituting CCS on a large scale, at a price worth doing, is the subject of intense debate inside the coal industry and the environmental movement.

That target is easy enough to understand, but exactly how this can be achieved has been the subject of intense and complex negotiations for many years, said Jennifer Morgan, director of the Climate and Energy Program of the World Resources Institute, a Washington - based NGO.

Such questions are the subject of an intense ongoing debate, involving socio - political and economic issues beyond the scope of this study.

How much hotter is a complicated question and has been the subject of intense scientific inquiry over the past several decades.

However, the paper has also been the subject of intense criticism by people who reject the scientific consensus.

Over the past 18 months, I have been the subject of intense speculation and public scrutiny, in large part because of the philanthropic investments of the Mercer Family Foundation and the political contributions made by my father and me.

The allocation of such permits, worth billions of dollars annually, was a subject of intense horse - trading in the House and is certain to touch off a major battle as the Senate debates its own version of the bill.

«Climate sensitivity» remains a subject of intense investigation, and what counts as hellish is a matter of judgment, but United Nations climate negotiators have settled on a goal to limit atmospheric carbon dioxide to 450 parts per million, which would cause the global mean temperature to peak no more than 3.6 °F above preindustrial levels.

There are however a few mechanisms, which might considerably increase this number and those are subject of intense scientific debate.

From now through early next week, much of the discussion will center on «non-papers» bristling with bracketed phrases that will be the subject of intense [negotiations][tussles][fights] among 196 nations rich and poor, dry and wet, north and south, bountiful and barren.

The works in the exhibition are the subject of intense analysis over the course of the first three weekends in July, when the Summer Sessions take place.

Through magazines and books, and later the web, Richter's work has been the subject of intense interest by many Australian artists — even when access to it meant trips to galleries in Europe or the US.

Suddenly the subject of intense media interest, she was at home in Southeast London between taping interviews with the BBC (ironically, this time Wearing was the subject of a documentary) and installing a new show in Japan.

The next expansion for World of Warcraft has been the subject of intense speculation, ever since developers Blizzard trademarked the term «Cataclysm».

If the Lizard Squad is actually shut down, a couple million gamers will be sending their appreciation, as the server downtime has largely been a subject of intense disdain.

The game's development was the subject of intense internet scrutiny from a very early stage after it won two awards at the 2008 Independent Games Festival, despite not being anywhere near completion.

One, it's been the subject of intense criticism for not doing enough about fraud.

In recent years, it has been the subject of intense litigation surrounding some of its claims practices.

-- Finally, we should consider rates... a subject of intense focus in the last week or two, with the recent reversal in bond yields.

While the subject of intense speculation, very little is known about what we can expect from the new device.

It's no secret Amazon is the subject of intense public scrutiny at the moment over a flurry of controversial decisions from the online retailing giant against some of the publishers with which it does business.

The project that has been the subject of intense speculation since the 2006 launch of the V8 - powered R8 is set to come to fruition in January when the new supercar opens for UK order priced at # 99,575 OTR in manual form, or # 104,665 OTR equipped with the R tronic sequential shift transmission.

The new model has been the subject of an intense legal dispute between Jaguar Land Rover and LandWind, with JLR claiming the X7 looks too similar to the Range Rover Evoque, which is already on sale in China.

One of the worst - kept secrets in the auto industry — Ferrari's new baby grand tourer — has been the subject of intense speculation throughout its gestation, even as Maranello steadfastly denied its existence.

The highly charged issue is the subject of intense debate this week in both Chicago and Los Angeles.

In August, the Los Angeles Times was the subject of intense criticism and praise for its series that included value - added scores for individual teachers based on years of standardized test data — a project that newspapers in New York City now want to replicate.

During the past year, internationalism has become a subject of intense debate, at once an embattled concept and a cause célèbre.

Luther narrowly escapes but becomes the subject of an intense manhunt launched by powerful forces who value his silence more than his life.

However, the horrors of War weren't quick to leave Milne's subconscious, and though writing Winnie the Pooh certainly helped him, it also put an enormous pressure on Christopher Robin, who became hugely popular and found himself the subject of intense speculation, which divided those involved in his care; namely his parents and nanny.

The location of the Soul Stone in Avengers: Infinity War has been the subject of intense speculation, but James Gunn reveals one place it's not.

Esteemed cancer researcher and scholar David S. Salomon, Ph.D., of the Center for Cancer Research, has noted in an interview that if Svanborg's results had been released by a well - known researcher and laboratory, her findings would have been the subject of intense media attention — with other scientists stepping forward eagerly to collaborate.

Artificial sweeteners have been the subject of intense scrutiny for decades.