Sentences with phrase «substantive increases in»

As noted in the table substantive increases in NTRB can mostly be attributed to additional funding provided by ATSIC Board and Commonwealth capacity building funding.

Rather than adding substantive increases in state aid to schools, the final plan provided a minimum allocation to three quarters of Texas schools.

... little evidence of changes to student outcomes [and] no substantive increase in student achievement.

And if you think, as apparently does Hulme, that there was some change of state pre - post-Climategate, can you point to some numbers that show that once the great suppression of articles critical of AGW passing peer review, there has been some substantive increase in the % of articles critical of peer review getting published?

Peter has addressed you on the question of funding and the fact that there has been no real substantive increase in funding since, I think he said, 1996.....

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I certainly favor significantly increasing the ownership threshold, but I also believe that the rule needs substantive changes to prevent activists from meddling in matters that are appropriately the responsibility of the board and management rather than shareholders.

While there is absolutely no evidence (as the examples of Ireland and Australia have recently shown) that a marginal increase in house building has any substantive effect on price.

The feedback from members of the REC Education sector group is that an increasing number of people are actively looking to work as supply teachers rather than in substantive roles, partly due to the amount of administrative work.

The legislative outcome of present efforts to further increase the Child Tax Credit will play out in a political arena in which the prospect of winning or losing typically comes to take precedence over (and sometimes eclipses entirely) the substantive goals that originally motivated legislative interest.

Substantive improvement initiatives were once a rarity in the underresourced district — where more than 70 percent of students qualify for free or reduced - price meals, and where no increase in municipal funding has occurred over the past five budget cycles.

These guidelines would not only increase teacher awareness of the purpose of the VideoANT activity, but also formally guide them as they practice providing substantive feedback to their peers and receiving it in kind.

As the project has progressed, teachers have increased in leadership in substantive and practical ways: taking responsibility for project logistics (communication, calendar planning and recruitment), co-constructing the agendas, sharing more openly about the dilemmas and successes in practice, and ultimately using the team meetings as a context to problem - solve as a group to increase the quality of their teaching.

District Superintendents across the state have been speaking with lawmakers about other changes they'd like to see — like an increase in teacher pay, finding new ways to recruit teachers into the system, and finally making substantive changes in the way the state tests is students.

The only substantive engine modification is a new high gear boost controller that increases the amount of compressed oxygen entering the twin - turbocharged 3.8 - liter V6 to deliver more torque in mid - to high - range revs.

'' -LSB-...][T] here is no substantive basis for predictions of sizeable global warming due to observed increases in minor greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and chlorofluorocarbons,» Lindzen told a gathering at the Heartland Institute's International Conference on Climate Change.

As we recommended in the paper, systematic investment in these strategies along with other recommended initiatives are likely to increase substantive news attention to various health threats associated with climate change, and thereby increase the capacity of communities to pursue mitigation and adaptation actions.

When combined with some of the good ideas from Obama's speech, like greater reliance on clean, cheap hydro - power and increased energy development on public lands such a structure would constitute a substantive and authentically conservative alternative that has been lacking in recent years.

Getting past those barriers, while difficult, requires: 1) writing commentary that is substantive & genuine in tone and 2) having the personal web - network of relationships that can help increase exposure.

Additionally, those margins are likely to grow in the future as outside counsel takes on more substantive work for the client, gains a deeper understanding of the client, and increases its efficiencies when working with the client.

FAIR Canada and CARP call on the Participating Jurisdictions to reform the governance structure and substantive law of the CCMR so that it can fulfil its purpose to «provide increased protection for investors» as set out in the Memorandum of Agreements signed by the Participating Jurisdictions.

Amend the Residential Tenancy Act to close loopholes allowing landlords to unfairly raise rents or evict tenants, protect tenants with pets, and increase compensation to tenants who are being evicted because of landlord use and renovations I urge you to take these steps to empower the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of our communities in a substantive, timely manner.

«FAs recognition of the value of patents has increased dramatically over the past decade, so too has the amount of litigation associated with patent enforcement and validity challenges before U.S. district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), and before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) In response to this ramp up, both in terms of volume and complexity, tribunals have come to recognize the substantive, procedural, and administrative challenges posed by patent litigatioIn response to this ramp up, both in terms of volume and complexity, tribunals have come to recognize the substantive, procedural, and administrative challenges posed by patent litigatioin terms of volume and complexity, tribunals have come to recognize the substantive, procedural, and administrative challenges posed by patent litigation.

Managing partners and members of executive committees in the more financially and professionally successful law firms that are organized into substantive departments and / or practice groups for the delivery of legal services strongly support the concept of having practice leaders assume a major role in their firm's efforts to: (1) increase the productivity levels of all timekeepers within their practices, (2) increase the economic contribution of their practices to the firm and (3) assume primary responsibility for communications to and from members of their practices about firm economics, priorities and business issues, as well as practice growth and client development initiatives.

Law practice management software allows lawyers to increase their efficiency in substantive practice, combines useful business tools into a single repository, and provides attorneys the space and freedom they need to make more coherent business decisions.

Sustainable Community Development Clinic - Engage in economic development projects, both on behalf of clients and on behalf of the public interest, with a goal of increasing social justice and social enterprise in a range of substantive areas including land use, housing, local food, and healthy communities.

The next milestone for the international process concerns is the CCW's Fifth Review Conference on 12 - 16 December 2016, where states are expected to decide whether to continue the deliberations on lethal autonomous weapons systems and, if so, whether to formalize the mandate to a Group of Governmental Experts and increase the time dedicated to substantive deliberations in 2017.

A more substantive and outcome - oriented mandate would demonstrate progress and the relevance of the CCW in responding to increasing concerns.

Turning first to the increased authority for the ICC and state managers, this appears to be an attempt to find a way around the red tape that has tied up the new arrangements and hindered the delivery of substantive outcomes in communities.

The Commonwealth assumed a greater role and investment in Indigenous health increased, albeit gradually.23 However, it was really not until after the National Aboriginal Health Strategy — the seminal document that set the agenda for Indigenous health — was endorsed in 1989 that the Commonwealth began to assert substantive policy authority.24

79 DOS 99 Matter of DOS v. Pagano - disclosure of agency relationships; failure to appear at hearing; proper business practices; unauthorized practice of law; unearned commissions; vicarious liability; fraudulent practice; jurisdiction; ex parte hearing may proceed upon proof of proper service; DOS has jurisdiction after expiration of respondents» licenses as acts of misconduct occurred and the proceedings were commenced while the respondents were licensed; licensee fails to timely provide seller client with agency disclosure form prior to entering into listing agreement and fails to timely provide agency disclosure form to buyer upon first substantive contact; broker fails to make it clear for which party he is acting; broker violates 19 NYCRR 175.24 by using exclusive right to sell listing agreement without mandatory definitions of «exclusive right to sell» and «exclusive agency»; broker breaches fiduciary duties to seller clients by misleading them as to buyer's ability to financially consummate the transaction; broker breaches his fiduciary duty to seller by referring seller to the attorney who represented the buyers when he knew or should have known such attorney could not properly protect seller's interests; improper for broker to use listing agreements providing for broker to retain one half of any deposit if forfeited by buyer as such forfeiture clause could, by its terms, allow broker to retain part of the deposit when broker did not earn a commission; broker must conduct business under name as it appears on license; broker engaged in the unauthorized practice of law in preparing contracts for purchase and sale of real estate which did not contain a clause making it subject to the approval of the parties» attorneys and were not a form recommended by a joint bar / real estate board committee; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using sales contract which purported to change the terms of the listing agreement to include a higher commission; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness and incompetency in using contracts of sale which were unclear, ambiguous, vague and incomplete; broker failed to amend purchase agreement to reflect amendment to increase deposit amount; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in back - dating purchase agreements; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness in participating in scheme to have seller hold undisclosed second mortgage and to mislead first mortgagee about the purchaser's financial ability to purchase; broker demonstrated untrustworthiness by claiming unearned commission and filing affidavit of entitlement for unearned commission; DOS fails to establish by substantial evidence that respondent acted as undisclosed dual agent; corporate broker bound by the knowledge acquired by and is responsible for acts committed by its licensees within the actual or apparent scope of their authority; corporate and individual brokers» licenses revoked, no action taken on application for renewal until proof of payment of sum of $ 2,000.00 plus interests for deposits unlawfully retained