Sentences with phrase «than citizens of»

Citizens of happy countries have higher suicide rates than citizens of unhappy countries, because they look at the smiling faces around them and the contrast is too great.

No one on the planet is more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than the citizens of small island nations.

As a consequence, the citizens of Ontario now pay more for electrical power than the citizens of any other Canadian province.

A community in Salt Lake City may have a different definition of the good life and how to achieve it than the citizens of the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

It found large differences in the topics of conversation most common around the world, with Canadians talking about their preferences more than citizens of any other country.

than my Citizens of Humanity jeans, which I don't like nearly as well.

As it is, Americans pay vastly more for health insurance than citizens of all other advanced countries in exchange for inferior results.

Not exact matches

Responding to a question about resolving the issue of more than a dozen Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, the spokesman said he was unsure of what content was discussed in the morning meeting.

The much discussed 2010 book delves into the financial arrangements of the world's poorest citizens, the billions among us who make do with less than $ 2 a day.

Trump reportedly owns more than three - quarters of Trump Old Post Office LLC, the leaseholder, according to advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).

When it came to that last question, there was plenty of anger to go around, with many complaining about David Cameron's decision to call the referendum, others infuriated at the weak Leave campaign, and still others offering less than polite commentary on segments of their fellow citizens.

According to the company, Indians opened more than 200 million new bank accounts in the past several years, although there is still a large percentage of citizens who are considered unbanked.

This is not news; the city's decay — the slow letting of its industrial heart's blood, the fleeing of more than half its citizens, the blight that has shuttered tens of thousands of homes and businesses — has been covered extensively by the media.

If the census were to count only citizens, rather than all residents, the budget allocations will not accurately reflect the actual number of people who will make demands upon public institutions.

Even as millions of Chinese citizens leave the farm and flock to cities looking for work, there are fewer manufacturing jobs in China than there were 20 years ago.

At the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Institute of Texan Cultures is currently hosting exhibits exploring the history of beer, brewers and breweries in Texas; the stories and customs of more than 20 of the earliest cultural groups to settle in the state; and the role played by citizens from the Lone Star State in the World War I.

So far the battle has entailed more words than action, with the tax's supporters trading charged public comments with representatives of the tech companies such as Weinberg's Bay Area Council Economic Institute and the San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology and Innovation, which represents Salesforce, Google, Pinterest, Twilio, and others.

With the rise of a small number of big tech companies — and governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.

With all that money flying around, it's safe to assume that campaign contributors have an easier time getting their points of view across to representatives than your average citizen.

But these days more than three - quarters of the 568 employees based in Vancouver (there remains a video - game team at the company's old digs on Beatty Street) are Canadian citizens or permanent residents, says de Martin, who himself hails from the Fraser Valley.

That's likely part of the reason that enrollment dropped, as Americans making more than 400 % of the Federal Poverty Level (about $ 48,000 for an individual or $ 98,000 for a family of four) wouldn't be shielded from those rising premiums because they don't qualify for federal subsidies that lower - income citizens do.

The year also saw a rise in the number of donations of more than $ 100 million, with 14 US citizens including Michael Bloomberg and David Koch giving at least that sum, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, which compiled the list.

U.S. mortgage insurance is thus based on the actual risk characteristics of the individual borrower rather than pooled across all citizens, as is the case in Canada.

Participants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents with a household income of less than $ 150,000 and the purchase price can not exceed $ 750,000.

The heart of this argument is simple arithmetic: Consumers and citizens, despite the labels, are the same creatures, and no less divided when they go to the mall than they are online or at the polls.

Citizens acknowledge they haven't rediscovered savings religion: in October, an Ipsos Reid poll for RBC found that more than one - third of Canadians were saving less than they had in the past, versus 19 % who claimed to be saving more.

Government has no higher obligation than the protection of national sovereignty and the security of citizens.

Its citizens are more vocal, and the government more responsive to their grievances — economic rather than political: the high cost of living, the wide wealth gap and the inflow of migrants.

One of the main reasons for this is that more than half of its 29 million citizens are under the age of 25.

More than 200 investors and startups today added their names to an open letter opposing President Donald Trump's recent executive order that restricted travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven Muslim - majority countries and suspended refugee admissions.

The sweep and urgency of the statements from both sides of the Atlantic called to mind a computer - age version of a Cold War air raid drill, but asking citizens to upgrade their passwords rather than duck and cover.

A poll conducted for the Broadbent Institute shows deep unease with economic policies tilted more to the needs of corporations than citizens.

This discussion also does not consider any specific facts or circumstances that may be relevant to holders subject to special rules under the U.S. federal income tax laws, including, without limitation, certain former citizens or long - term residents of the United States, partnerships or other pass - through entities, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, «controlled foreign corporations,» «passive foreign investment companies,» corporations that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax, banks, financial institutions, investment funds, insurance companies, brokers, dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies, tax - exempt organizations, tax - qualified retirement plans, persons subject to the alternative minimum tax, persons that own, or have owned, actually or constructively, more than 5 % of our common stock and persons holding our common stock as part of a hedging or conversion transaction or straddle, or a constructive sale, or other risk reduction strategy.

But the biggest problem is a legal one: The U.S. courts are more protective of free speech than European courts, and in recent years have been hostile to election regulations, notably in the Citizens United decision of 2010.

In fact, small businesses now employ six out of 10 of B.C.'s working citizens and account for more than a third of B.C.'s GDP.

The US agency filed a new motion earlier this month, and in a ruling this week, the judge sided with the IRS and decided that Coinbase would have to hand over the personal details of all US citizens with a Coinbase account who bought, sold, sent, or received more than $ 20,000 worth of Bitcoin in a single year during January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2015.

Indeed, the paragraph he refers to is obviously one of those that set out a number of separation issues other than citizens» rights, the financial settlement and the Northern Ireland border, which were discussed in phase 1.

After being battered first by Hurricane Irma and then, less than two weeks later, Hurricane Maria, the true toll to the island of more than 3 million U.S. citizens is still being assessed, a task made difficult by the lack of communication.

The National Bank of Hungary issued a warning to its citizens about the potential dangers of virtual currencies on 19th February, calling the payment method «much riskier» than other electronic payment options such as credit cards.

But according to a recent survey by Citizens Bank, less than half of millennials have looked into refinancing, consolidation, or other options to improve their loan terms.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our voting stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens, and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

[2] For the purposes of the SBIR program, the term «small business» is defined as a for - profit business with fewer than 500 employees, owned by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States of America.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

We are also subject to restrictions imposed by federal law that require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

This week, the premier announced that as of next week, anyone who admits to being a foreign citizen will have to pay 15 - per - cent more than Canadian citizens when they buy a home in Metro Vancouver.

In particular, medical and insurance expenses make up a larger proportion of the spending of senior citizens than for the general population.

One of the major obstacles they must overcome is the seemingly negative perception the public has of Stéphane Dion; they're attempting to do this by asserting him as a decisive and strong political leader, and by showcasing him as an «average citizen,» rather than a politician who has been regarded as a somewhat - distant intellectual.

The Baltic nation of Estonia is securely storing the healthcare records for more than one million of its citizens on distributed databases, Japanese airline Peach Aviation recently became the third commercial carrier to accept cryptocurrency as payment for flights, while the musician Imogen Heap built her own blockchain to release a single directly to her fanbase.

They do a very good job of educating troubled young people to be good citizens, and they're probably more successful than charter schools.»

With a little less than two months until the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)-- a sweeping set of European Union (EU) rules that govern the handling of EU citizens» data — goes into effect, we're seeing a steady stream of larger companies announcing compliance initiatives and tools.