Sentences with phrase «whereas today»

In 1992, the maximum eligible amount of $ 20,000 represented more than 13 per cent of the average property price in Canada, whereas today, the eligible amount of $ 25,000, increased in 2009, represents barely five per cent of the average property price,» he says.

In addition, very few (less than 1 %) were unconcerned in the 1990s, whereas today 10 % of college students say they are not concerned at all about HIV / AIDS.

They were simple, and it was possible to master, whereas today computers are much more complicated.»

Antitrust litigation has grown enormously in volume — 10 years ago it was still relatively uncommon to sue for breach of competition law, whereas today it is routine, even if many detailed legal issues remain in contention.

Fifthly, yesterday's judges came of age in the respectful and conventional forties and fifties, whereas today's judges grew up in the questioning and disrespectful sixties and seventies, and that affects the judicial outlook quite a bit.

Once there were more than 200,000 blue whales in the Antarctic Ocean alone, whereas today there are perhaps 8,000 in the whole world.

At the risk of simplifying things, the data show that in the early part of last century people died while working and living in the bush --- often around sawmills --- whereas today they are dying because they chose to live in bushlands.

Whereas today is the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Szechwan China where more than 10,000 school children were killed in collapsed school buildings,

Whereas today such samplings of found footage are commonplace, in 1979, when the work was completed, they represented a revolutionary approach to the television medium.

Yet whereas today's image culture demands speed, Gnoli's art suggests another kind of looking: a slow, poetic, and ultimately mysterious gaze in which the commonplace acquires new dimension.

Originally, we were providing customer education at a grass - roots level; whereas today, there is an overall greater understanding that health, wellness and prevention are the basics of pet ownership.

Laurie Campbell discusses how the goal for homeowners a generation ago was to pay off their home, whereas today they treat their home like an ATM.

The original I Bonds, first issues in 1998, had a fixed rate of 3.4 % whereas today the fixed rate is zero percent.

It's true that before the advent of digital books and self - publishing, an author needed a publisher to reach a mass market of readers, whereas today, it's empirically proven that authors can reach a mass market with no publishing partner at all.

Self - publishing was not a well - regarded path to success, and it indicated some kind of author failing or eccentricity — whereas today, romance authors are by far the most successful indie authors and lead the charge in innovation in marketing and promotion for self - published titles.

Whereas today's Honda Civic is available in 2 - door coupe and 4 - door sedan body styles, the next - generation Honda Civic will also add a versatile 5 - door hatchback model.

Aston Martin News — Its kind of funny that all the financials etc are reporting DAR's sale of their stake in Aston Martin whereas today the BBC is denying the story....

Whereas today's BMW i8 marries its turbo three - cylinder's 228 hp and 236 lb - ft of torque with 129 hp and 184 lb - ft from its electric motor, the new flagship's gas - electric powertrain reportedly will boast a combined output in excess of 500 hp, with torque of around 500 lb - ft.

Whereas today's infrastructure tends to focus on controlling access to learning and gathering rudimentary data about completion of assessments, modern L&D is moving to create a more robust infrastructure that accomplishes three key goals.

In addition, in previous times, women in particular, would have gained a negative reputation for engaging in such relationships, whereas today women have more options and are more open to pursue relationships that suit and fulfil their needs and desires, without the same level of recrimination or indeed potential damage to character and reputation.

In 1800 the sugar intake was less than ten pounds per person per capita, whereas today the average sugar intake is estimated at around one hundred fifty pounds per person per year.88

For example, Dr. Katz says, «People who had a heart attack several decades ago generally died, whereas today people who are in the middle of having a heart attack have their heart attack aborted by medical intervention.»

Whereas today you have a soldier using a joystick to manipulate a robot much like a video game, what's next are a few pieces of autonomy that enable the robot to take over some of its own navigation, like cruise control.

Whereas today's supermarkets and commodity exchanges sell tens of thousands of items we might call «resources,» future life that's reached the technological cap needs mainly one fundamental resource: so - called «baryonic matter,» meaning anything made up of atoms or their constituents (quarks and electrons).

Whereas today, experts typically specialize in one area, in the future, individuals and teams must incorporate a wider range of knowledge and skills.

Our protest against «the naked public square» was then a distinctly minority position, whereas today there is a much more widespread recognition that church - state jurisprudence is a shambles, and that the democratic process requires the vigorous engagement of the religiously based moral convictions of the American people.

For example, they believed that that the guts were the seat of the emotions, whereas today, we seat the emotions in the heart.

A recent article from Shale Plays Media highlights that just a year ago oil field fracking operations used around 2,500 tons of sand, whereas today the new fracking techniques call for as much as 8,000 tons of sand to be pumped into a well.

The balance between Ottawa and the provincial - local sector in the early years of Confederation was a 40/60 split whereas today it is a 30/70 split.

Whereas today most British Columbians burn natural gas to heat their homes, 15 years from now many of those furnaces will be replaced by high - efficiency heat pumps — electric units that transfer heat from outside your home to warm the air indoors, and work even when it's much cooler outside.

She crunched data linking adolescent skills in 1972 and 1992 with adult outcomes, and found that in 1980, having both skills didn't correlate with better success, whereas today the combination does.

Not exact matches

«Whereas 87 % say they don't pay for content today, only 76 % say they definitely won't in the next year.

Whereas the natural course of events a decade ago might have been to start on this side of the border and then jump across it, today's founders are choosing to stay at home.

«If you look at the old model of advertising, it has an ascending story arc with a big reveal at the end, whereas in today's world, with everyone on their phones, you need to deliver the headline first to get their attention,» she says.

Today, the company's double - edged safety razors bear the «Merkur» name (whereas its traditional straight razors are made under the «Dovo» brand) and remain a favorite of many, this author included.

Whereas the biggest names in blockchain today may not be the biggest names tomorrow, be sure to look for companies that provide solutions across blockchain infrastructure.

A nice car, a job title and physical fitness may say something about «who you are today,» whereas «a credit score says who you were yesterday, who you were 10 years ago... and who you're likely to be tomorrow.»

So there is no appetite for disinflationary pressure in today's global environment, whereas two decades ago the deflationary pressures that Japan might have unleashed were welcome.

Today we are focused on the growth of Dell's non-PC businesses, whereas investors are worried about declining sales of PCs, a division we don't think we are even paying for.

USA Today noted there's particular potential in categories such as healthcare, travel and entertainment, whereas this generation is less likely to buy cars, apparel or television sets.

Today, the android OS dominates market share and shipments of smartphones whereas iPad / iOS still retains the lead for install base of tablet devices.»

But whereas most issuers have gently eroded their fund fees, chipping away a basis point or two at a time, State Street today hacked its fees by 10 basis points or more.

Based on technicals alone, if gold follows a similar pattern today, whereas we just had our 50 % retracement, it could reach a high of $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 an ounce in a few years.

Whereas the mid-twentieth century literary scene was packed with Catholics (Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, Walker Percy, Jack Kerouac, Donald Westlake, Allen Tate, Robert Fitzgerald, Claude McKay, Claire Boothe Luce, Robert Giroux, Hugh Kenner), Gioia noted, today's «aggressively secular literary culture» allows for only a few of them (Alice McDermott, Tobias Wolff, Richard Rodriguez).

Today Apple is a thriving company, whereas IBM never succeeded in the PC market.

Whereas in traditional societies this openness often amounted to somewhat uncritical acceptance of the dominant cultural patterns, today it can also mean incorporation of ranges of concern and action from the prophetic traditions of Israel.

Today, however, the style seems dated, whereas Newman's more reserved approach has retained its appeal.

Whereas peoplehood was the bedrock of Jewish identity in the twentieth century, the concept today is being defined by means of the religious - existential question posed above.

Perhaps one of the most telling statistics in Jewish life is that, whereas in the 1950s and 1960s Jews preferred engaging in non-Jewish activities with Jews, today the opposite trend is emerging.

In a noted article in Psychology Today, Albert Mehrabian claimed that only 7 percent of communication depends on words, whereas 38 percent depends on tone of voice and 55 percent depends on facial expression, posture, eye contact and gestures.