Sentences with phrase «than projected despite»

But students are performing better than projected despite the increased rigor of the new tests.

Not exact matches

BP surpassed analyst expectations on Tuesday, despite profits more than halving from the first three months of the year after a hefty charge from an unsuccessful project in Angola.

With a reputed vacancy rate of less than 2 % on more than 40 million square feet of industrial, office and retail property in the GTA, the company is known for moving fast, despite the high - octane distraction of the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Fidani's pet project.

Suzy Welch, who contributed to the project, pointed out that every single one of the top 10 companies on the Top Attractors list is in the tech space (and 45 % of the total companies on the U.S. list), despite the fact that tech companies make up less than 10 % of the American GDP.

China has had little success in projecting «soft power» (despite considerable effort and investment), and has far less recent experience than the U.S. in managing global affairs.

And while Porat bragged about the Google self - driving car project's recent milestone of 2 million miles driven, the company still hasn't brought the cars to market, despite being one of the first companies to embark on the project more than seven years ago.

The president and CEO of Houston - based Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) said he thinks the company's Alpine High project will be cash - positive in the near future, despite a slower acceleration of the company's efforts there than expected.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

Despite the growth plan's preference for multi-family housing, such projects can now take more than three years to complete, double what it was 15 years ago, because of a surge in required documentation, out - of - date municipal zoning bylaws and residents» opposition to high - rise projects, according to development lobby BILD.

Moreover, it also meant that for the first time, Pakistan saw more investment than India, despite India registering a slight increase in investment from $ 4.3 billion 2016 to $ 4.8 billion in 2017, with a number of road projects nearing final closure.

Most of these sales netted less than $ 100 million, showing that a number of projects are still eager to sell tokens, despite the regulatory risk.

Half a century after Independence, as of now, we have the largest population of poor people in the world, one third of our rural population is below the poverty line and despite the UN agencies» massive aid projects, the development assistance of the World Bank, bilateral aid, the Center and State governments» intervention, the gap between the rich and the poor has doubled in the last three decades - fifteen years ago the lowest 20 per cent of global population received 2.5 per cent of global wealth whereas at present, the share has been reduced to less than 1.3 per cent.

Lots of positives, 6 more wins than last year despite all the injuries, exceeded Vegas projected wins for the season (and they assumed we'd have a healthy Millsap).

The Epsom and Ewell MP is even reported to have banged his hands on the desk during a meeting with officials and shouted that he would not tolerate prisoners having sex, despite the fact that the inquiry was intended as a fact - finding mission rather than a campaign project.

Despite efforts by Trump to block federal funding for Gateway, a new train link under the Hudson River, the project could receive as much as $ 540 million from a spending bill Congress hammered out — much less than the $ 900 million that previously had been intended, but not the shutout the president had been pushing.

Administration insiders said they've been stunned to find that Silver (D - Manhattan), despite a $ 10 billion projected deficit, is «more concerned with satisfying the spending demands of this or that bloc in his conference than he is in doing what's best for the state.»

Despite such highly visible economic projects, the country's economy is more closely tied to the European Union than to Russia.

City Council members on Wednesday criticized the de Blasio administration's continued push of a plan to overhaul the 911 emergency response system, despite the project being years behind schedule and more than $ 2 billion over budget.

Despite the spending reductions, Bellone said he will fund more than $ 300 million in projects for the Southwest Sewer district using the sewer district stabilization fund rather than bonds.

Despite these hierarchies, some degree of «decentralization» could be found in more than half of the projects, as measured by the ability of graduate students to make changes of their own to research protocols.

This despite the fact that the whole program now boasts more than 2,200 individual CO2 emission offsetting projects registered.

Despite the seemingly complex structure of the 2 - D perovskites, they are no more complicated to make than their 3 - D counterparts, says Mercouri Kanatzidis, a chemist at Northwestern and a collaborator on the 2 - D perovskite project.

Spending on the two programs for 2013 to 2023 is projected to increase at an average rate of 3.7 percent per year, which is slower than the projected growth for private health insurance, despite that Medicare and Medicaid generally serve populations with more illness and health problems.

Ultimately the project stands out in its glorification of the woman who brought about the demise of our number one enemy, though her actual identity is more of a secret than that of the author of «No Easy Day» whose name did emerge soon enough despite his desire for anonymity.

But the multiple Tony - nominated and Academy Award - winning Irishman's latest project — despite the presence of always finely tuned Walken and a nothing less than revelatory Sam Rockwell — is minor McDonagh.

Ultimately though, Project X (despite a few bellylaughs) isn't nearly as funny or engaging as it needs to be, and though Nourizadeh and his Cinematographer Ken Seng do have a keen eye for detail, they will probably go on to display it more fully in better films than this.

Dominic Cooke, who directs and who is at the helm of a miniseries of Shakespeare histories, projects the genteel nature of life in a small English town, where Edward may be considered more of a hayseed than is the love of his life despite his scholarly affinity for history.

Admittedly, the picture is often more clever than entertaining - it rarely generates the kinetic momentum of a Pixar project, despite an attempt to insert more ticking - bomb action into the third act.

In fact, despite a $ 415 million deficit this year and more than a $ 1 billion projected deficit next year, Malloy's budget already has built - in increases for charter school funding, on top of the increase they got this year.

First off, the truth is that the state has done virtually nothing to hold Connecticut's charter schools accountable for their use of taxpayer funds and rather than develop and implement a new set of accountability standards, Malloy's Commissioner of Education and his political appointees to the State Board of Education recently recommended the state fund eight new charters despite the projected $ 1.4 billion deficit in next year's budget.

Despite the ML's less - than - glamorous reputation for poor reliability and questionable assembly, Mercedes - Benz stuck with the project, investing billions of dollars into the Alabama facility.

Despite an impression that dogs stayed in ICU longer than 48 hours, most dogs did not stay that long and fewer dogs than projected entered the study.

Having played both titles this year, Forza 7 feels slightly more accessible than Project CARS 2, I'm never going to be a good enough driver to play without assists, but Forza makes me feel like an awesome driver despite having some on.

Because, really — I'd rather have an occasionally jankety Final Fantasy side project that's still fun and engaging despite its faults than a big - budget, overproduced major release in the series that's dull and lifeless.

Despite the addition of 4K output and HDR support, the Xbox One S offers no significant power increase compared to the existing Xbox One, so consider it more along the lines of a traditional slim redesign we've seen on previous consoles than proper mid-generation upgrades Xbox Project Scorpio and PlayStation 4 Pro.

But despite being a larger project than Skim it on the horizon, Read says development for the game has been planned out in mind with just the five developers as the core team on the project, although they may bring in freelance help.

Stretch goals can be fun and all, but the more Kickstarter projects I see delayed or run out of money despite their funding, the more I think that extra funding might be better used as a buffer against unforeseen costs or events, or as you say, improving the product with contractors or outsourcing rather than adding features.

Despite her use of conventional media, Abts» Turner Prize win in 2006 has paved the way for a hipper assessment of her work than most painting generates in a climate that favors improvisational, site - specific installation projects.

And so despite the substantial number of non temporary three dimensional sculptural objects he's produced - particularly over the last half - dozen years - I've always tended to regard him more as a maker of scenarios than of things, and his project as one devoted to performance and its documentation rather than to conventional facture.

Despite the warmer climate during the Eemian, when seas were roughly 4 to 8 meters, or 13 to 26 feet, higher than today, the ice surface in the vicinity of the coring project was only a few hundred meters lower than its present level.

Then notice that except for one project in super-sunny Florida, and more than two dozen large - scale solar projects in its own Tar Heel State, the Southeast's cupboard is entirely bare, despite the fact that 76 percent of Duke's electric sales take place in the Southeast.

Despite pledging nearly a decade ago to shift to 100 percent renewable energy, Walmart today derives only 3 percent of its U.S. electricity from its renewable energy projects — far less than many small businesses and competing chains.

And also despite the fact that the German FIT has also supported a lot of expensive solar PV projects, very much more than the UK.

Rather than invest where the best tax regime can be found, oil and natural gas companies invest where the resource is located, continuing to spend billions of dollars on new and existing domestic projects each year despite U.S. tax rates that are the highest in the developed world.

Likewise, attorneys who've seen Legal Project Management in action, with project managers skilled in the techniques and art of managing professional (rather than engineering) projects, recognize that despite occasional frustrations project management generally gets them to the right destination with less wasted time and Project Management in action, with project managers skilled in the techniques and art of managing professional (rather than engineering) projects, recognize that despite occasional frustrations project management generally gets them to the right destination with less wasted time and project managers skilled in the techniques and art of managing professional (rather than engineering) projects, recognize that despite occasional frustrations project management generally gets them to the right destination with less wasted time and project management generally gets them to the right destination with less wasted time and effort.

«Despite Fisker's difficulties, our overall loan portfolio of more than 30 projects continues to perform very well, and more than 90 percent of the $ 10 billion loan loss reserve that Congress set aside for these programs remains intact.»

Despite this move, it would still be better if Project Fi got a device from Google itself with the qualities of Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, that is, top - notch hardware specs, decent build, timely software updates and above all, available at less than $ 500 or even cheaper.

Despite such warnings, though, July is proving to be a record month for ICOs fundraising, with more than $ 500m raised by 29 projects as of July 26, according to CoinDesk data.

Indeed, the cryptocurrency fanaticism that reigned supreme last year saw the market reach a collective valuation that exceeded $ 800 billion; all despite the fact that the vast majority of money was funding nothing more than abstract, «under construction» projects.

Despite stereotypes of young fathers trying to escape the responsibilities of fatherhood, national demonstration projects such as the Teen Father Collaboration in the 1980s and the Young Unwed Fathers Pilot Project in the 1990s have shown that young fathers are more involved in the lives of their families than often assumed, particularly during the first few years of their child's life.