Sentences with phrase «vast time periods»

Extraction creates new landforms, substances and residues, making visible hidden geological strata across vast time periods.

It is also true, as Fr Nesbitt recounts, that our evidence as scientists and archaeologists is scant and that vast time periods separate us from the days that we are considering.

Not exact matches

If your business has spent an extended period of time preparing for launch, consider the vast experience of successful entrepreneurs everywhere.

Or, if the clashes are too severe and agency staffers either walk away or get purged under Pruitt, the EPA would lose a vast amount of expertise in a short period of time.

There are some circumstances where a Roth conversion still might make sense, such as during a period of prolonged unemployment, but for those who are confident they'll be leaving their state when they retire, the vast majority of the time, a Roth conversion is simply a bad idea.

We don't do a great job in every time period and every portfolio... but the vast majority of our portfolios have outperformed over most time periods,» he said.

Thirty to sixty days is the most effective time period for the vast majority of funding campaigns.

«Consequently, if my theory be true, it is indisputable that before the lowest Silurian stratum was deposited, long periods elapsed, as long as, or probably far longer than, the whole interval from the Silurian age to the present day; and that during these vast, yet quite unknown, periods of time, the world swarmed with living creatures.

Suppose I have a vehicle that is capable of traveling vast distances in short periods of time, a «star ship» of sorts.

«When I lie on my back and look up at the Milky Way on a clear night and see the vast distances of space and reflect that these are also vast differences of time as well, when I look at the Grand Canyon and see the strata going down, down, down, through periods of time which the human mind can't comprehend....

Now tell me this, if you believe in the authorship of these ancient works with such a vast period of time in between, how on earth could you not believe in the New Testament's credibility?

3At present, for example, the well - entrenched neo-Darwinian hypothesis of «gradualism» (biological evolution occurs slowly, and more or less continuously as the constant interplay of random variations and natural selection over vast periods of time) is confronted with a somewhat more radical and neo-Lamarckian theory of «punctuated equilibrium» favored by Harvard biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Peter Williamson, collaborated by fossil discoveries of paleontologist and cultural anthropologist Richard Leakey in Africa.

«When I lie on my back and look up at the Milky Way on a clear night and see the vast distances of space and reflect that these are also vast differences of time as well, when I look at the Grand Canyon and see the strata going down, down, down, through periods of time which the human mind can't comprehend... it's a feeling of sort of an abstract gratitude that I am alive to appreciate these wonders, when I look down a microscope it's the same feeling, I am grateful to be alive to appreciate these wonders.»

During this period of time we have gained vast experience that enables us to support some of the world's leading food manufacturers in soup, baby food, mayonnaise, dressing, aseptic fruit, fruit preserves and cooked sauces.

Studies show that saccadic movements - the quick eye movements used in reading - are frequently abnormal following concussion and may predict whether an athlete will suffer from postconcussion syndrome (e.g. symptoms which persist over a long period of time, instead of clearing within the first 7 to 10 days, as in the vast majority of cases)(over 90 % in one recent study).

Over that period of time, he has worked for a vast array of businesses from small family - owned businesses to a Fortune 100 company.

For instance, next year the ship JOIDES Resolution is scheduled to drill into the floor of the Pacific Ocean to extract rock cores that will span the period from about 53 million to 18 million years ago, a time of vast climate change.

The students concluded that Skele - Gro must therefore contain unexplained magical properties that allow it to hold such a vast amount of energy — and be able to apply it in a short period of time.

What has been called the modern synthesis of the two fields emerged in the 1940s with the idea that the sorts of genetic differences you could observe in populations, right out your window, when compounded and extrapolated over vast periods of time, could account for the large - scale changes we see in the fossil record.

As the Dolomites also show, vast amounts of carbon dioxide can be captured (over long periods of time) in rocks.

But as a telescope that stares at single patches of space for long periods of time, it can capture a vast trove of other cosmic treasures — especially the kind that change rapidly or pop in and out of view, like supernovae.

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the common rationalization for paleolithic diets that humans have been following these diets for vast periods of time and therefore should have evolved (i.e. physically adapted) to eating that way?

Our goal for this program is to provide a low - cost interactive program that will greatly benefit the vast majority of society and help them see noticeable health improvements and establish healthy lifestyle habits for sustainable success in a 30 - day period of time.

A survey released today by Common Sense Media finds that the vast majority of young children in the U.S. are using mobile devices (like tablets and smart phones) and for much longer periods of time.

Yet during that time period in North Carolina, the report found local school districts paid the vast majority, about 92 percent, of their capital costs.

Using a mix for a short period of time, say a couple of thousand miles to the next oil change, will not measurably harm the engine if the vast majority of automobiles.

Think about it; they're expected to learn vast quantities of information in a short period of time, and apply that information to a variety of assignments.

This is one of the reasons why index funds have become so popular, as many investors have come to realize that index funds have virtually no turnover and usually outperform the vast majority of managed funds over longer periods of time.

Since the goal of the vast majority of retail investors is buy and hold, it makes no sense whatsoever to buy and hold a similarly performing (or worse) actively managed mutual fund over a long period of time when a suitable lower cost option exists in an index ETF.

When evaluating stray holding periods, check the median time to owner reclaim — at many shelters, the vast majority of dogs that are ever reclaimed, are reclaimed on the first or second day in the shelter.

Although they may leave the ear canals for short periods of time, they spend the vast majority of their lives within the protection of the ear canal.

Although they may leave the ear canals for short periods of time, they spend the vast majority of their lives within its protection.

@Marlys — I have high hopes that Egypt will come out of this period with vast improvements for the people of the country, but it may take some time.

With oceans being so vast and so easily affected by varying winds, multiple swells are formed within relatively small areas, resulting in multiple swells travelling towards or reaching coastlines within the same period of time.

Even though it operates inside a scope that is far more limited than that of the likes of Super Smash Bros. and Splatoon, it is able to come through in the delivery of a lasting experience that will welcome and draw newcomers that would never think of touching fighting games, and keep avid gamers entertained for long periods of time, whether it be by giving them vast combinations of fighters and weapons to try and master, hooking them with the competitive online scene, or offering an impressive single - player challenge.

While I'm not that familiar with the Killzone franchise and have only played Killzone 3 for very brief periods of time, I feel like Killzone: Shadow Fall's multiplayer is a vast improvement over what I experienced with the series» predecessors.

A time period not yet explored, with a new set of game mechanics and some new factions, you can shape the western world in your own design, fighting barbaric tribes, vast armies and the threat of famine and disease.

«Mali Twist» presents a vast collection of vintage photographs and portraits from Sidibé's archives, bringing «together for the first time his most exceptional and iconic photographs; period images he printed himself between 1960 and 1980; a selection of «folders» containing his evening shots; and a series of new portraits of timeless beauty.»

Pepi's work from that period brought the action from the vast canvases that were popular at the time to the controlled space of a watercolor.

Of course, to provide a comprehensive overview on such a vast theme over a so long period of time is too much even for the prodigious capacity of the Centre Pompidou.

CONTEXT has proven (in a short period of time) to be a powerful mixture the art market factors which are important to both top collectors and those who are practically just entering the vast field of the contemporary art market.

A new exhibition at Washington, D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, «Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s,» surveys a group of almost 70 artists who were working in New York's Lower East Side during this crucial period: a time of stock - market speculation, rapid globalization, and vast accelerations in consumer and media culture.

By capturing such a vast amount of diverse material in a very short period of time, Simon is able to better understand what drives the underground economy in the United States and what goods Americans desire to own, but which are legally out of grasp.

Under this scenario, most of the clathrate deposits in the arctic (both tundra and shallow continental shelf deposits) could be released into the atmosphere in a fairly short period of time (less than a century), implying a rate of outgassing that makes 100 times present estimated levels a vast underforecast.

He selected a tiny piece of data (a short period of time, with only one of many measures of temperature), misinterpreted it, and ignored the vast collection of data that contradicts his position.

What's so frightening to them is that after one of the regular warming periods begins, they can see (in air bubbles trapped in glaciers from those past times) that CO2 starts increasing, and they know that this is because of the warming and thawing of vast natural stores of carbon dioxide in the oceans — as well as in the frozen or frigid earth of the northern tundra.

You might find this paper of interest which I think dates to the early 1970's and explores the vast body of research into the medieval period - especially the 8th to 16th century - and lists some of the papers that contributed to the knowledge of long term variability at that time

Commercial truck drivers operate tractor - trailers and other large vehicles that transport cargo over vast distances for extensive periods of time.

«Based on the limited evidence in the record, the presumptive time periods proposed by my colleagues are unlikely to improve the pace at which the vast majority of cases move through the system while risking judicial stays in potentially thousands of cases,» he wrote.

For the vast majority of that time period, the commerce and industry of the north (powered to a great extent by hydro power prior to the widespread adoption of coal as a fossil fuel) produced much higher GDP per capita than the agricultural economies of the South, particularly because the infamous «three - fifths compromise» that gave the South Congressional representation based in part upon the number of slaves who lived there (30 % or more of the population of many states) did not apply to capitation taxes.