Sentences with phrase «than any of its predecessors by»

It's a deeply affecting film that touches on race and international politics in a way that's far more interesting and insightful than any of its predecessors by far, as one of its central themes is the idea of Wakanda's isolationist policy — it exists for its people, and it protects its people, but what of the people outside its borders?

The all new full - size iPad is thinner and lighter than any of its predecessors by a substantial margin.

Not exact matches

In Colombia, the reign of large, hierarchical cartels gave way to that of paramilitary groups, who were eventually replaced by more criminal groups, or «bandas criminales,» that are more compartmentalized, dispersed, and autonomous than their predecessors.

Medline is joining less than a year after he was suddenly replaced as CEO of Canadian Tire by his predecessor, Stephen Wetmore.

Rather than follow a disastrous road taken by some of her predecessors, and slash funding to government services while the price of oil is low, the NDP government is taking an opportunity to invest in much needed public infrastructure when the economy is slow and the price is right.

but it is a heck of a lot better than the economy the Obama was handed by his predecessor.

The persistence and growth of the influence of Jesus seem also to be assured by the proven ability of Christianity to survive the death of cultures with which it has been intimately associated and, after a period of crisis provoked by the collapse of such a culture, not only to win a foothold in the new, succeeding culture but also to make a deeper impress upon it than upon its predecessor.

Not everyone has been convinced by Gladwell's arguments; David and Goliath has already drawn more criticism than any of its predecessors.

1 One notable exception to this uncritical trend is an essay by Victor Lowe, «The Influence of Bergson, James and Alexander on Whitehead» (BJA), arguing, contrary to prevailing opinion, that the impact of these three predecessors was more that of encouragement or expressed common sympathy with Whitehead's views, rather than «indispensable influence.»

Nor do I rest content in the mere spotting of an historical error in Popper, for Sir Karl's (as, indeed, Whitehead's) place in history is secure on grounds far more weighty than a reputation for faithful reiteration of the words written by one's predecessors (important as such accuracy may be).

Both of these are far less accomplishments than his predecessor KS, who was classified by Pitt fan base as mediocre his last 4 yrs at Vandy.

In the years since, the Australian presence on Tour has grown to 19 players, the most of any nation other than the U.S. And these Aussies are better trained than their predecessors, thanks in part to the free coaching and facilities made available to amateurs since 1993 by the Australian Institute of Sport.

That total is nearly 60,000 votes higher than the previous record of 183,672 set by Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2010 (Gillibrand, who was running to fill the remaining two years in the term of her predecessor, Hillary Clinton, received 182,624 on the WFP line that year), and approximately 80,000 over the party's highest 2008 statewide total, which was 159,613 for President Obama.

Pollsters predict another hung parliament in May this year, which is also likely to be characterized by a more complex constellation of political forces than its predecessor.

The next fiscal squeeze could be very different from those of the past few decades if it starts with a debt wall more comparable to that of the 1920s and 1930s, when governments» room for fiscal manoeuvre was sharply limited by their predecessors» decision to fund the huge costs of World War I largely by borrowing rather than by taxes.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday rubbished claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that his government performed better than the administration of his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan...

Although the Strategic Defence Review said the shift from WE177 and Polaris to Trident had reduced the UK's megatonnage of warheads by 70 per cent since the 1970s, Trident is a much more powerful weapon than its predecessors.

She reaches for the classic political cliché that «the only polls that count are elections» and points to the Oldham West and Royton by - election in which Jim McMahon triumphed for Labour with fewer votes than his predecessor Michael Meacher, but a substantially bigger share of the overall pie.

His predecessor, David Cameron, bowed out in the summer of 2018, two years after he won that famous victory in the EU Referendum, by a much more comfortable margin than anyone had predicted.

Cuomo has earned admiration from local leaders who say he understands issues faced by the Adirondack Park's economically stressed hamlets better than some of his predecessors did.

At present, Hungary is bound by more than $ 20 billion of loan obligations to the European Union, World Bank and International Monetary Fund - loans conditionalised on the basis of the country committing to a austerity programme which has been implemented by outgoing Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and his predecessor Ferenc Gyurcsany.

There's no mention made of following in the footsteps of AG Andrew Cuomo or even his predecessor, Eliot Spitzer, in big civil cases — a criticism of Rice by her opponents, who say she'll be little more than a super-DA in the AG's office.

The proposals originated with the state's Committee on Open Government, whose executive director Robert Freeman recently argued that the release of public information has in many ways been limited more by Cuomo than any of his predecessors.

Those close to and within City Hall argue Mr. de Blasio is still doing a better job at lining up supporters the old - fashioned way than his predecessors and judging him by the standard of national politics — surrogates freely defending a favored candidate under attack — is unfair.

The last instance of either of the two predecessor seats being held by an MP from a party other than the Labour Party was the period for both before the 1935 general election.

While de Blasio has been a harsh critic of former mayor Michael Bloomberg's policy of closing long - struggling schools, he has sought to differentiate his school closure policy from his predecessor's by arguing that schools be given a fighting chance before they are closed, and that the administration closes schools quickly rather than dragging out the process via phase out.

Last month, he vetoed two FOIL bills supported by reform groups and the Committee on Open Government, whose executive director recently said Cuomo's release of public information has been in many ways more limited than under any of his predecessors.

The new version would leave the state with the same result as did its predecessor: Charter school students would find themselves in classes taught by teachers whose training was far less rigorous than that demanded of regular public school teachers.

The interim Labour leader said «rigorous due diligence» was being undertaken by Labour staff, and the electoral system introduced in 2014 was less open to manipulation than its predecessor, which allowed opponents of Labour to vote without any checks.

The history of evolutionary studies has been dogged by the intuitively attractive, almost irresistible idea that the whole great process leads to greater complexity, to animals that are more advanced than their predecessors.

After his hero's flight is aborted, owing to divine disapproval, and he returns to Earth (at a lesser velocity than his predecessor Icarus, I'm happy to say), Lucian ends his tale by considering some form of flying chariot, «in which a man may sit and give such motion unto it... as shall convey him through the Air».

With more than 40 million specimens in the museum's Department of Paleobiology, «We are always learning new things about the vast legacy built by our predecessors at the museum,» Pyenson said.

By piling on one example after another of problems that have resisted the onslaughts of our very best minds, Maddox gives us a bracing affirmation that future scientists will have a lot more to do than to add footnotes to the work their predecessors did in their first three hundred years.

That's a far more cautious approach than that of her predecessor, Renato Balduzzi, who infuriated stem cell scientists last spring by signing a decree that allowed Stamina's treatment to go forward.

The Sloan survey captures the sky in full color rather than just through red and blue filters, produces images twice as sharp as Palomar's, and detects objects one - tenth the brightness of those detectable by its predecessor.

Summit builds on the GPU revolution pioneered by Titan and is expected to deliver more than five times the performance of its predecessor.

That means dinosaurs and their dinosauromorph predecessors were separated by a gap of less than 5 million years, half the time previously thought.

Research done by Kim's predecessors suggested a link between chronic itch, a type of itch that lasts for more than several months, and irregularities in the immune system.

Driving this change is a new generation of chief executives and chief marketing officers who have more liberal values than their predecessors and find themselves facing growing pressure to use their positions of power to do right by society.

But that's all the more reason to experience it and discuss it, and because it's backed by a really good light gun experience that is bigger and (on balance) better than its predecessor, this game is one of the most playable and interesting transgressive franchises the Japanese industry has ever produced.

F1 2016 is better than its predecessor, thanks to a range of innovations expected by all fans: the return of Career, a better complexity of the race weekend, the inclusion of the pit stops and a better AI.

Which is only to say that «Shrek the Third,» directed by Chris Miller and Raman Hui from a script with a half - dozen credited begetters, already feels less like a children's movie than either of its predecessors.

Despite being more rounded than its edgy predecessor, this is still a very intelligent offering, populated by interesting ideas and a host of compelling characters.

An album more obviously influenced by urban music than its predecessor, which sees Sheeran gently, but confidently, pushing at the boundaries of what he does.

This is perhaps the most difficult of Gorin's solo films, deliberately intervening in the reality it documents more frequently and elusively than its predecessors, and forgoing the orientation hitherto provided by Gorin's traditional persona of investigator.

By trying too hard to be dumber than its predecessors, this Sharknado smells strongly of desperation and dead fish.

More concerned with world - building than standing on its own two feet, Iron Man 2 fell short of its predecessor thanks to a manic turn from Mickey Rourke as the parrot - loving Russian hacker who goes by the name of Whiplash.

Also, despite the less than $ 40M weekend, there's a whole other set of Valentine's Day business which is coming to this E.L. James feature adaptation on Wednesday, on part to the $ 11M made by its predecessor Fifty Shades Darker on the lovers» holiday.

Her words of warning aren't heeded in A Good Day to Die Hard, nor by director John Moore (Max Payne) and writer Skip Woods (The A-Team), for the latest action instalment is indeed a larger disaster than its reviled predecessor.

This being Park, of course, the screenplay (by Prison Break's Wentworth Miller) mines darker territory than the Thornton Wilder - penned script of its predecessor.