Sentences with phrase «took large swaths»

«Dispersal through slavery took large swaths of the Yoruba to Cuba, Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Columbia, Venezuela, The Caribbean and other disparate lands, near and far, where the indigenous people refer to themselves as ethnic Yoruba and view Ile - Ife as their ancestral home.

Not exact matches

Broadly speaking, the practice involves taking one large field and managing it as if it were dozens or even hundreds of smaller ones, in order to address the wild variability — in soil, topography and exposure to the elements — that exists across large swaths of land.

Point solutions addressing smaller problems are being ignored while investors search for companies that can take on and transform larger swaths of the care system.

It took very little time for this so - called controversy to spread to every corner of social media, proving once again the immense power that occurs when you combine large swaths of people with unprecedented communication tools.

Pat, however, SEEMS to be saying that the Almighty is a poor marksman and has no problem with taking out large swaths of good Christians to send the sinners to hell now.

On Saturday a deadline that was issued by the militants resposible for taking over large swathes of Iraq expired, with ISIS militias reportedly seizing churches and Christian homes in the city.

ISIS was able to take over large swaths of land due to the lack of centralized authority in both Iraq and war - torn Syria.

Saddam Hussein might well have maintained contact with, and provided safe passage to, al - Qaeda leaders, but it took the American invasion and the botched occupation to give al - Qaeda control of large swaths of Iraqi territory.

A few years ago it might have indicted a large swath of the crowd, but it doesn't take long for fair - weather fans to turn obsessive.

Well, most of you reading this don't need to learn, but large swathes of the wider fanbase certainly do; when will fans accept that young players usually take time to settle, as do players coming to England from overseas, so when a new signing ticks both boxes maybe they deserve a little leeway?

In 2014, ISIS took control of large swaths of territory, including Fallujah, Hawija and Mosul.

It took a Freedom of Information request to reveal that large swathes of the country, including places supposed to benefit from classic compatible HS2 trains such as Liverpool, Lancaster and Glasgow, could lose economic activity if HS2 goes ahead.

The areas are either entirely «no take» — that is, fishing is banned throughout — or are managed for select fishing activities and incorporate large swaths of «no take» areas.

By examining infrared data taken earlier by the Spitzer Space Telescope, they discovered a swath of dust particles ranging in size from 0.1 to 20 microns (finer than a split hair) that added up to the mass of a large asteroid and, based on their warmth, were strewn about 1.8 Earth — sun distances from the star.

Such methods may in fact exacerbate bad breath by drying out the mouth and can allow species that cause gum disease and other infection to take over by destroying large swathes of native bacteria that are not responsible for producing bad odors.

With a mission of «high - performing public schools, inside and out,» EdBuild sought to provide both facilities renovations and academic support to a group of low - performing schools in the District of Columbia, with a vision of eventually taking on a large swath of D.C. schools and creating space that could be used flexibly by both traditional district and charter schools.

This was an electrifying essay whose main thesis was that increasingly, software companies will begin taking over large swathes of the broader economy, even in markets that don't seem to be related to software at all.

«2013, and beyond, will see numerous for - profit companies making inroads into public and non-profit education by taking over large swaths of the market.

This mode of resistance to the Corporate privatization movement will resonate with a wide swath of people for a variety of reasons, and it is the most basic, direct, loud, easy resistance to this larger corporate take over

The islands themselves are designed as short, easily digestible puzzles that can either be powered through in large swaths or taken individually.

Large swaths take place in the dark, challenging you by only illuminating the surroundings close to Ori, which allows enemies to get close and jumps to require patience and precision.

And for better or worse, it's not the fault of liberal nerds that large swathes of Republican politicians in the South have lined up behind the breath - taking rejection of the scientific method that is symbolized by the Creation Museum.

It needs to be performed on a large scale (think forest - sized swaths of foliage), and trees take a long time to grow.

The People's Climate March, which took over a wide swath of midtown Manhattan on September 21st, was billed as the largest climate march in history before it even took place.

There are large swathes taken without attribution from both sources.

In among the swathe of new products at CES 2018 - the world's largest consumer technology show - it's the new Lenovo Smart Display Google Assistant product that's stood out from the crowd, given its clear position to take on the Amazon Echo Show in the... Read more

In among the swathe of new products at CES 2018 - the world's largest consumer technology show - it's the new Lenovo Smart Display Google Assistant product that's stood out from the crowd, given its clear position to take on the Amazon Echo Show in the screen - based, voice - controlled smart home race.

zdnet.com - The researchers say it's the largest attack since the Mirai - powered cyberattack in October 2016 that took down large swathes of the Western internet.

(MCT)-- Home prices in August rose across a broad swath of large American cities, adding further evidence that a housing recovery is taking shape.