Sentences with phrase «substantially slower rate»

If you have toddlers, or any young children, they will grow at a substantially slower rate than a large breed dog.

The study participants whose diets scored highest on the MIND diet score had substantially slower rate of cognitive decline than those who scored lowest.

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In the trouble spots, some of the emerging markets have seen a growth rate that has slowed substantially in China, Brazil, India, and Russia.

In this study, the 95th percentile rate of active phase dilation was substantially slower than the standard rate derived from Friedman's work, varying from 0.5 cm / h to 0.7 cm / h for nulliparous women and from 0.5 cm / h to 1.3 cm / h for multiparous women (the ranges reflect that at more advanced dilation, labor proceeded more quickly)(Table 2).

For example, it may be necessary to revisit the definition of labor dystocia because recent data show that contemporary labor progresses at a rate substantially slower than what was historically taught.

For example, it may be necessary to revisit the definition of labor dystocia because recent data show that contemporary labor progresses at a rate substantially slower than what has been historically taught.

Less than a year since opening, the del Lago casino is performing «substantially slower than expected» and faces the inability to cover its debt, Moody's warned as it lowered the casino's bond rating and gave it a negative rating outlook.

Michael McElroy concluded, «If we choose to take on this challenge, it appears that we can slow the rate of change substantially, giving us time to develop mechanisms so that the cost to society and the damage to ecosystems can be minimized.

And unless it's possible to consolidate those debts at a substantially lower rate, our findings would argue against pooling debts into a single larger one as this can actually be demotivating and could slow progress in repayment.

But I think it's reasonable to conclude they can grow their dividend at that rate for the next few decades, which is substantially lower than the last couple decades (assuming future growth is slower).

[ANDY REVKIN says: I was at the first Conference on the Changing Atmosphere in Toronto in 1988, but mainly recall the worried look on the representative from the Maldives, and the statement by Michael McElroy of Harvard, quoted in my 1988 Discover Magazine article on the greenhouse effect: «If we choose to take on this challenge, it appears that we can slow the rate of change substantially, giving us time to develop mechanisms so that the cost to society and the damage to ecosystems can be minimized.

Michael McElroy concluded, «If we choose to take on this challenge, it appears that we can slow the rate of change substantially, giving us time to develop mechanisms so that the cost to society and the damage to ecosystems can be minimized.

Granted, it is «slow» right now, but the melting has been increasing quite substantially, and whereas the IPCC had been speaking in the neighborhood of a sea level increase of 50 cm, figures between one to two meters are becoming common as the result of the observed higher rates since, and with the nonlinear processes and resulting positive feedback, Jim Hansen has suggested that a sea level doubling per decade and increase of several meters (up to 5 m) by the end of the century is more realistic.

New data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center shows that the average Arctic sea ice extent in July set a new monthly record low — even though the rate of ice loss slowed «substantially» in the last two weeks of the month.

Recent standards from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will substantially reduce leakage from natural gas systems, but to help slow the rate of global warming and improve air quality, further action by states and EPA should directly address fugitive methane from new and existing wells and equipment.

Battery must be substantially depleted; charging rate slows as charging progresses.

The changes were especially notable in Chile, which saw wages for people in executive positions increase substantially, and Australia, where wages in high - skill occupation categories like database and systems administrators, ICT security specialists and medical practitioners, have continued to grow at the same rate as they had in the previous year, while lower - skill occupations experienced much slower wage growth.

More key rate increases — and subsequent mortgage rate increases — could hinder a housing market already set to slow substantially in 2017.