Sentences with phrase «was falling by»

By 1997, just 105.5 million acres of wetlands remained, and the total was falling by another 60,000 acres or so each year.

The analysis shows that around the year 1370, field strength was falling by 0.054 microteslas a year — substantially faster than today's drop of 0.036 microteslas.

In the end, Washington was felled by what modern doctors think was a case of epiglottitis, an acute bacterial inflammation of the little flap at the base of the tongue that covers the trachea.

These otherwise brilliant characters most often are felled by their own fatal flaws.

One asset class at a time has been falling by the wayside, very much like the topping process of an individual market.

«The demand for data is growing at an exponential rate, while the cost of access to space (and, by extension, data) is falling by orders of magnitude,» says Jonas.

Three times I have been felled by lightning pain as seizures short - circuited my brain; Three times, waking in hospitals at dawn all memory of my poetry was gone, and once I'd nearly bitten through my tongue.

The Sahelian countries of Africa, where 100,000 persons were felled by famine last year, received relatively little of this surplus food.

Andrew Greeley, who died this past May 29, a compliment he'd never have paid me, or indeed anyone of my «location» in the Church: Catholicism was duller after Greeley was felled by an accident in 2008, and the Church feels emptier since his death.

The average Creative can be felled by such labels as over-sensitive or simply a raised eyebrow with a cool smile that says, «oh, you dreamer you».

Sales of jams and preserves are falling by about 5 per cent a year, according to Euromonitor, and the sector, worth about $ 120 million a year, is facing increased competition from imports, private label and niche brands.

Wenger has knows that Vardy would not be coming to Arsenal for some time and there are other strikers out there, except for the fact that the number of them available seems to be falling by the day, with the Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the Belgium international Michy Batshuayi now heading elsewhere.

The same mechanisms are in place that caused Johnny Hoogerland to take a horrific spill in 2011, or Lance Armstrong to be felled by a plastic bag held out by a spectator in 2003, or a bus to get stuck at a finish line last year, sowing confusion and altering times in a general classification that could be won by seconds.

Agreed but surely our «Brand is falling by the wayside as other clubs over take us with both trophies and top tier one players??

But don't forget the season that Robertson has had; it could have been even better if point guard Johnny Moore (who was felled by meningitis in December) had been in the lineup to take some pressure off Alvin.

Those officers claim it was only once Clark was felled by gunshots that they identified he merely carried a cell phone, a discovery body camera footage later revealed was plainly evident before the bullets.

Grimsby keeper Aiden Davison was felled by a hard - boiled egg during a Second Division play - off game against Fulham in 1998.

There was a flashpoint with 20 minutes left when Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi, who was already on a yellow card, appeared to kick out at Reina after being felled by the Napoli keeper when he came for a high ball in the penalty area.

Kane was felled by Hammers captain Alex Song with just seconds of the 5 minutes added time remaining, before he saw his weak penalty saved by Adrian.

Denmark dominated the game and would have won by more were it not for Beglaryan, who kept out a 72nd - minute Fischer penalty after the Middlesbrough summer signing had been felled by Hovhannes Hambartsumyan.

Ronaldo was cautioned after the referee ruled he had dived to try to win a penalty although television replays clearly showed he had been felled by a Rayo defender.

Another incident was that of Liverpool ve Everton when Pienaar was fell by a tackle and Gerrars was charging in with a slide tackle and his knees connected with his ribs.

Those long, complicated names that our parents used to give us are falling by the wayside.

But the junior senator was not eager to tee off on her two fellow Democrats who are mounting political comebacks in the New York City elections this fall after being felled by sex scandals in recent years.

Eliot Spitzer, coming off a historic landslide victory, demanded the legislature not replace Hevesi, who had been felled by a corruption scandal, with a legislator but instead allow an independent panel to screen candidates.

«I do feel it is a regrettable that the more centrist approach argued for by the likes of me and Suzanne Evans is falling by the wayside in UKIP.

A Lib Dem seat until 2015, when left - leaning MP Julian Huppert was felled by Labour's Daniel Zeichner with a tiny 1.2 % majority.

Nevertheless, he is the latest in a line of once powerful state lawmakers to be felled by corruption charges.

If Franken does step down, he will be the most prominent lawmaker so far to be felled by the swirling allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct sweeping through the Capitol.

It's the first public comment from Cuomo on Spitzer's re-emergence on the political scene since he was felled by a prostitution scandal in 2008.

That resulted in an instant souring of relations between Spitzer and his fellow lawmakers that followed the governor through the rest of his brief tenure before he was felled by his own sex scandal, and might serve as a deterrent should Cuomo think about wielding too heavy a hand in the forthcoming process.

The hulking, rusty old span is set to be felled by explosives this summer.

He succeeded Saul Weprin as speaker in 1994 after Weprin was felled by a stroke.

Once - promising biotechs pursuing a safe solution that could mimic blood's oxygen - carrying characteristics and treat wounded soldiers and trauma patients are falling by the wayside

Some argued that the ancients were felled by a wave of foreign invaders or a deterioration of trade routes that led to economic failure.

The site was a palm grove where all the trees, towering more than 50 feet high, were felled by the wave.

It's fallen by two - thirds to 2000 now: a real «hockey stick» curve, and an instance of the UN's growing reliance on computer guesswork rather than facts»

One can be felled by stress, faulty genetics, taking too many toxic medications, chronic infection, toxicity, smoking and drinking, etc..

For instance, the last forests near the ancient Nabataean capital of Petra, in modern Jordan, were felled by the Ottoman Turks during construction of the Hejaz railroad just before World War I.

Because we are all fallen by nature and imperfect people, relational problems are inevitable.

Actually, Phantom Thread encompasses all of the above, but it was at this point that I got the charming jeu d'esprit tucked into the yards and yards of fabric: When a domineering, workaholic tyrant of an artist is felled by illness, he becomes a whimpering boy who needs his wife's love and affection.

We, the audience, however, have seen an opening sequence in which another young African - American, walking in a white suburb, is felled by a masked man dressed like many a cinematic slasher.

Prophetically, he was felled by a bullet in Memphis the day after warning his followers that he might not get to the Promised Land with them, a thinly - veiled allusion to Moses» last address to his flock in the Bible.

She deserves a movie that matches her level of complexity — maybe a pitch - black comedy in which the calculating Nixon administration is felled by Graham, a somewhat detached socialite who'd rather be hobnobbing with her fancy Beltway friends.

The film comes on the heels of Michael Haneke's «Amour,» similarly about an elderly couple, the man struggling to cope when his wife is felled by a stroke.

Much like in the Dark Souls games, players navigate hazardous environments laden with deadly enemies and traps, reach checkpoints to mark their progress and eventually open up shortcuts back to those checkpoints, level up protagonist William's stats, and, if they are felled by an enemy, must make it back to the spot where they died if they want to recover the Amrita (currency used to level William up) they dropped.

Though, the fact that the film isn't entirely without obvious merit confuses things even further: Krauss is wryly brilliant as Krauss and delivers the film's biggest laugh with his Herzog - ian reasons for using a wheelchair; Gael Garcia Bernal has a great time as a lecherous member of Laura's delegation, spinning his suitcase with the sneering verve of a cartoon villain who twirls his mustache and gleefully acts smarmy before being felled by his own beleaguered bowels; Herzog's shots of Diablo Blanco, portrayed by Bolivia's real - life Uyuni salt flats, are among the most stunning in any film released this year; Shannon has fun in the impromptu photo shoot that takes place toward the end of the film; and as expected, there's a fascinating push and pull in the battle between human and nature at the heart of the film's central premise.

No sooner has Rachael been summoned by her maker than he deems her surplus to requirements; Villeneuve goes in on Deckard's face while in the background his lover is felled by a single, well - placed headshot.

Bhutto (Unrated) The definitive documentary chronicling the life and times of Benazir Bhutto (1953 - 2007), the polarizing political figure and two - time Prime Minister of Pakistan who was poised to return to power in the face of terrorist threats when she was felled by an assassin's bullet.

But the proposal to pay kids to learn is falling by the wayside, and the two RFTs of charter school effectiveness helped sustain political support for the innovation.