Sentences with phrase «vast majority of the public»

The vast majority of public companies in the cannabis industry trade on over-the-counter markets, as penny stocks, where they have less stringent requirements than the Securities and Exchange Commission requires of firms traded on the national market systems, like the New York Stock Exchange.

They are also addicted to a system built off crony financial leverage that has largely locked out the vast majority of the public.

Funny... we have a winter break over christmas and another break that coincides with easter for the vast majority of public schools (even though easter is always on a sunday).

Now he is completely inactive except when bringing shame on the country for acting like a fucking idiot abroad and the vast majority of the public appear to be of the same opinion.

Sharps were also quick to jump on the Jets Under 5.5, agreeing with the vast majority of public bettors.

«We will vigorously defend the law with all available resources, the backing of our one million - plus supporters and the vast majority of the public.

They hoped for public support, but polling showed the vast majority of the public believe it is fair to increase benefits at least in line with growing prices, as has always been the case in both good times and bad in the past.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a state spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

Hayman said: «While hunts around the country continue to defy the ban, the vast majority of the public do not want a return of this cruel and barbaric activity.

The vast majority of the public (88 %) think Maria Miller was right to resign as Culture Secretary, according to a new ITV News / ComRes poll.

The plan called for imposing a one - year salary freeze on the vast majority of public employees whose contracts are up for renegotiation as of April 1; holding the line on taxes; and imposing a State spending cap limiting spending growth to the rate of inflation.

Having not won the support of the vast majority of the public is not so very different from having lost the support of the vast majority of the public.

And this unhealthy obsession with constantly picking fights on issues that the vast majority of the public do not believe are a priority is taking its toll on the party machine.

Furthermore, the vast majority of public union political activity seeks to aid the left side of the political spectrum, as the unions are closely aligned with the Democratic and Working Families parties.

The process story is ridiculous and the vast majority of the public is in favor of everything in the bill.

The vast majority of public employees still have no choice but to sign up for a standard DB public pension.

If the vast majority of the public want tougher controls on immigration - which they very much do (see the polls)- then why do the liberal media insist on accusing the the Tories of chasing their «core vote»?

Polls have consistently revealed that the vast majority of the public — as many as 73 % — oppose religious selection of any kind in state - funded schools, and research has found time and time again that religiously selective schools worsen religious, ethnic, and socio - economic segregation in their local areas.

«Most hookah smokers in the U.S. are not daily users, whereas many cigarette smokers smoke multiple times a day, so it may seem that the vast majority of public health and policy - related interventions should be directed at cigarette smoking,» said study author Dr. Brian Primack.

In the 1940s, Kinsey began a series of interviews covering thousands of people, and came up with astonishing (for the times) figures regarding the sexual practices and tendencies of everyday people, which were completely unknown to a vast majority of the public.

The vast majority of the public thinks we spend amounts that can only be described as minuscule, and almost 96 percent of the public underestimate either per - pupil spending in their districts or teacher salaries in their states.

The vast majority of public school teachers, however, are in «defined benefit plans,» which provide an essentially risk free payment at retirement for the life of the teacher.

It is also where the vast majority of public school teachers will work for the foreseeable future.

The vast majority of the public consistently indicate on polls that publicly funded private schools should be as transparent and accountable as public schools.

Washington — The vast majority of public schools were able to meet federal deadlines for inspecting for asbestos and submitting management plans to state officials, two independent surveys have found.

The Common Core test is designed to fail the vast majority of public schools students, including up to 9 in 10 students who aren't proficient in the English Language or require special education help.

The vast majority of public school teachers in this country are enrolled in state - run defined benefit (DB) pension plans.

Yet states are the entities through which the vast majority of public education funds flow.

That left the parcels in rural and southern Utah that nobody wanted or cared about, much like the vast majority of our public lands.

The vast majority of public high schools offer access to hands - on college experience with almost all (98 percent) offering career preparation.

In New Orleans, the vast majority of public schools are charter schools.

«The vast majority of public schools closed by RSD in the past five years were in poor and working class, African - American neighborhoods,» the complaint says.

The Common Core SBAC test results from Washington State confirm the worst fears that the Common Core SBAC test is designed to fail the vast majority of public schools students.

The Common Core SBAC test is DESIGNED to fail the vast majority of public school students.

As in Washington State, Connecticut juniors will soon discover that they too have been the victims of the test designed to fail the vast majority of public school students.

New Orleans allocates the vast majority of public funding directly to schools, and resources from philanthropy and competitive federal grants have complemented these core dollars.

To repeat, the Common Core SBAC pass / fail rate is intentionally set to ensure that the vast majority of public school students are deemed failures, and making the situation even more unfair, the Common Core SBAC scheme particularly targets minority students, poor students, children who are not proficient in English and students with disabilities that require special education services.

Btw, the vast majority of public school in suburban CT are racially isolated.

The vast majority of the public charging stations that I encountered were located inside private lots and garages, which required that I pay for parking on top of paying for charging.

The vast majority of the public is barely aware comics are still being made, and fewer still are willing to make a special trip to a comic book store to figure out what's going on in the comic world.

Let's not forget that Fifty Shades of Grey was originally self - published, and though it has had its own controversies in libraries, the vast majority of public libraries carry it and it circulates extremely well.

In another section of the decision, Judge Cote acknowledges that the vast majority of public comments in response to the settlement were negative.

«Judge Cote acknowledges that the vast majority of public comments in response to the settlement were negative»

This definition covers the vast majority of both public and private postsecondary institutions across the United States and a number of institutions outside the U.S..

It's a shame because the film met with great reviews from critics, and the vast majority of the public who went and saw it loved it.