Sentences with phrase «vast difference in the number»

Ashley Gilleland / AAAS BOSTON — Efforts to close the word gap — the vast difference in the number of words heard by children from...

BOSTON — Efforts to close the word gap — the vast difference in the number of words heard by children from low - income and higher - income homes — by working with the parents and caregivers of very young children have shown promising new results in the behavior of parents and children, according to three researchers at a Feb. 17 briefing at the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston.

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The fear inducing discourse «home birth is a return to times past where mothers and babies died in vast numbers», sends the message to the public that giving birth has been associated with tragic consequences and that the move to hospital birth and medical care is what made the difference.

In statements on this issue, officials from the FAA have pointed out the vast difference in air traffic congestion in the US versus other countries, which is somewhat easy to believe given the geographical size of the country, the sheer numbers of commercial flights per day, and the lack of a solidly reliable and convenient train networIn statements on this issue, officials from the FAA have pointed out the vast difference in air traffic congestion in the US versus other countries, which is somewhat easy to believe given the geographical size of the country, the sheer numbers of commercial flights per day, and the lack of a solidly reliable and convenient train networin air traffic congestion in the US versus other countries, which is somewhat easy to believe given the geographical size of the country, the sheer numbers of commercial flights per day, and the lack of a solidly reliable and convenient train networin the US versus other countries, which is somewhat easy to believe given the geographical size of the country, the sheer numbers of commercial flights per day, and the lack of a solidly reliable and convenient train network.

So not only do we see «shall» used to try to express any of the meanings found in numbers one through five above, (note the vast differences) but many lawyers sprinkle «shall» around in documents like some sort of pixie dust, hoping it will magically make the document seem more «lawyerly,» and therefore less likely to be challenged in terms of its meaning.

The small number of homes sold and the vast differences in the properties make it difficult to see a trend in sales prices by just looking at the statistics.