Sentences with phrase «while lowering the number»

This addition improved our overall units earned from +70.76 to +83.62 while lowering the number of past matches from 1275 to 982.

Communal areas, sleep areas, the gym, and the toilet had the highest numbers and greatest diversity of bacteria, while the lowest numbers of bacteria were found inside the medical module.

A large number indicates that there are far many options available, while a low number mean that the potential pool of dating partners is limited.

The east of England and north east London headteacher board, chaired by RSC Tim Coulson, approved 16 academy orders during the period, the highest number, while the lowest number came from north west London and south central England, where Martin Post's board approved just two.

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While that number is lower than Trump's estimation, it's also important to note that Trump's term did not begin until noon on Jan. 20, which means he can't accurately claim credit for all 216,000 jobs created in January.

While tech IPOs are at their lowest number since 2008, health care, including biotech, is one of the hottest sectors of the year for number of filings, per Renaissance Capital's third quarter report.

(The lower the number, the higher the likelihood; in comparison, WestJet has an Z - Score of 2.09 while JetBlue sits at 1.05).

While the number of employed young people remains desperately low, some experts suggest entrepreneurship as an increasingly worthy option.

The numbers, while still low, are definitely on the rise.

While we may speak of IQ in terms of high and low, EI rather encompasses a varying number (depending on whom you ask) of diverse but complementary aspects that together can determine a person's overall emotional intelligence.

And while 41 percent of small business owners say they don't see any indications that the recession is over, that's actually three percentage points lower than the number of consumers who say economic conditions have not improved.

Between 2008 and 2010, the number of visitors to Lower Manhattan grew to nine million from seven million, according to the Downtown Alliance, the local business improvement district, while the residential population has more than doubled since 2000, to 56,000 from 22,904.

While the Dish Network's reach and power have weakened over the past few years just as Viacom's have, the satellite company is still in a somewhat stronger position than it used to be relative to the entertainment giant, because it knows that Viacom is already suffering from low viewership numbers, and that impacts its ad revenues.

While more people died in air accidents in 2014 than the average in recent years, the number of fatal accidents compared with the total number of flights was a record low, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Companies like U.S. biotech giant Gilead and the U.K.'s GlaxoSmithKline (the majority stakeholder in global HIV partnership ViiV Healthcare) have developed drugs that drastically lower the chance of HIV infection — or which simply lower the number of drugs you have to take to treat it, consequently curbing the risk of toxic side effects while simplifying medical regimens.

The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

And a Des Moines Register / Bloomberg Politics poll released over the weekend showed Biden gathering support from 14 percent of likely Democratic caucus - goers without even announcing — while Clinton's support slumped to 37 percent, her lowest numbers there yet, and independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders only 7 points behind.

While Gartner doesn't include sales of Apple iPads or Google's low - cost Chromebook laptops in its PC shipment numbers — reasoning that they don't generally compete for the same users as the mainstream PC — the firm does say that Chromebooks are growing like crazy.

While the number of Americans with college degrees has continued to rise, in our service - driven economy, there are still lots of low - skilled jobs available.

But a number of Inc 500 companies have found ways to keep their head count low while running what are typically more people - intensive manufacturing or service businesses.

Worryingly, if unsurprisingly, the agency found that the majority of those with the condition aren't receiving adequate care: in high income countries, it estimates 50 % of those with the disorder don't get treatment, while in low - income countries that number rises to 80 % to 90 %.

It's also worth noting that while USCIS says it saw a drop in the total number of H - 1B applications this year, it has also warned against filing multiple petitions for a single worker, which could explain the lower number.

While he suggests avoiding entities with big budget shortfalls like Illinois, there are a number of other opportunities out there for investors trying to get better yields than the still - low returns that Treasurys provide.

In 2015, the number of lower level positions — analysts, associates, and vice presidents — rose 17 % while the number of partners and managing directors has fallen 2 % since 2012.

Chinese companies spent just $ 25.2 billion on overseas assets in the first quarter, while the number of deals fell to the lowest mark since 2005, according to data from Thomson Reuters.

That's a valid concern, but it's worth pointing out that since its recent low of $ 26 a barrel in February 2016, the oil price has surged nearly 150 percent — all while the number of active wells in North America has risen.

Incentives for early and late retirement will be modified to decrease the attractiveness of early retirement and increase the attractiveness of late retirement; phased retirement will be facilitated by allowing people to collect benefits while contributing and earning new claims on CPP retirement benefits; and the number of years of low earnings that can be deducted from the calculation of a CPP retirement benefit will be increased.

Wired has called gamification an enemy of great support, and while dissenting opinions often point to cases like Microsoft and the increased productivity they saw when implementing gamification, the numbers don't tell the full story — a lower response time does not mean your team is doing a better job of taking care of customers.

For example, while a number of communities are debating how to provide benefits to gig economy workers, without policies that ensure a baseline wage threshold or that grant workers a voice in determining their wages and benefits, low - road companies could respond to requirements to contribute to benefits with commensurate decreases in pay.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

While it's still early to make a call, we'll begin testing shorter cadence cycles to reduce the number of calls a rep has to make to a somewhat unreachable audience (much lower connect rates), freeing up time and capacity to spend on higher value metrics.

These numbers reveal that while no government could please everyone, especially where economic stakes differ and emotions run high, the Trudeau government has laid out a path towards a lower - carbon economy that has alienated few and found acceptance by a large majority.»

While some rights holders have argued that the standard for a substantial is very low (the National Post recently argued in a case that «even the reproduction of a small number of words in a newspaper article can be an impermissible reproduction»), the Copyright Board says that its preliminary view is that «copying of a few pages or a small percentage from a book that is not a collection of short works, such as poems, is not substantial.»

While other data on Thursday showed a modest increase in new applications for jobless benefits last week, the number of Americans receiving unemployment aid fell to its lowest level since 1973, pointing to tightening labor market conditions.

While the Fed certainly considers much more than the superficial headline number in its analysis of inflation, some of those who interpret the Fed's actions make this overly simplistic assertion: Inflation is too low today and therefore justifies the maintenance of low policy rates.

The $ 330 - billion spending plan says while several economic indicators such as employment numbers and tax revenues are up, and this year's deficit will likely be lower than expected — there are risks ahead: oil prices are expected to remain low; Canadian exports may remain flat; and «possible U.S. policy actions affecting trade could restrain exports to the U.S. even further,» the budget says.

That suggested price is an «artificial, inflated number,» Mr. Dinneen said, while the actual price can be significantly lower.

While the rest of the country has begun to recover, these few states continue to exhibit low numbers.

The number one digital currency's spot price was little changed at around $ 9,100 on Tuesday, while futures, which have ended lower for five consecutive sessions, according to FactSet data, appeared ready to book modest gains.

While BinaryMate hosts tools for a number of trade types, some of its best features are its options for high / low trades, 60 - second trades, and trades with longer periods of expiry, up through 1 year.

New home sales volume, while up from last month, is still off the March highs and lower than even February numbers.

The number of job openings in the U.S. has touched another record high while the number of Americans readily available to fill those roles trends lower, according to Labor Department data released Friday.

While this sort of indicator can also reflect the actual number of businesses and pace of start - ups, when you see the number of failures hit 25 year lows you start to ponder...

While the number of payment terminals supporting NFC is still on the low side, there are efforts underway to upgrade all of these devices in the coming years.

The number of new build apartment developments in Moscow is set to reach nine - year high, say consultants, while overseas property spending by Russians has hit a new low.

While the exact numbers will be different in your particular situation, the bottom line is that you can lock in a lower monthly payment, and if you want to avoid paying mortgage insurance, you will almost certainly need a 20 % down payment.

«While yesterday's inflation numbers make a Fed rate rise in March more or less a done deal the prospect of additional rate rises later on in the year don't appear to be causing the same consternation in equity markets that they were a week ago, as US markets closed higher for the fourth day in succession, despite initially opening lower in the wake of the release of the data,» said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets.

The «canonical» market peak typically features rich valuations, rising interest rates, often a reasonably extended and «flattish» period where, despite marginal new highs, momentum has gradually faded while internal divergences have widened, and finally, an abrupt reversal in leadership, from a preponderance of new highs over new lows (both generally large in number) to a preponderance of new lows over new highs, with the reversal often occurring over a period of just a week or two.

Trump arrived in China while being dogged with political problems back home and facing the lowest approval numbers of his presidency.

While per capita costs of mass - produced items are low, because of the large numbers of people involved, the cost per issue or per program is normally high.