Sentences with phrase «year gap against»

At Zarlink, we built a sizeable medical semiconductor business around this strategy (with the exception of a few well - placed patents) and effectively maintained a two - year gap against our rivals.

Not exact matches

She is also a formidable voice for women's empowerment in Turkey, a nation with one of the worst gender gaps in the workplace; the university founded and chaired by Sabancı made headlines last year when it published a report on the impact of domestic violence against white - collar working women in Turkey.

In theory, Occupy was a protest against economic inequality, a reaction not just to the gap between «the 1 %» and «the 99 %,» but to the widening of that gap in the years following the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.

The dollar index against the world's major currencies is at a four month high with the interest rate gap set to widen between the dollar and euro - zone as the US Federal Reserve plans several more rate hikes this year.

One frequently cited bar graph has been used to suggest, for the decade 1965 - 75, a severe diminution of seven mainline Protestant bodies by contrast both with their gains in the preceding ten years and with the continuing growth of selected conservative churches (see Jackson W. Carroll et al., Religion in America, 1950 to the Present [Harper & Row, 19791, p. 15) The gap in growth rates for 1965 - 75, as shown on that graph, is more than 29 percentage points (an average loss in the oldline denominations of 8.9 per cent against average gains among the conservatives of 20.5 per cent) This is indeed a substantial difference, but it does not approach the difference in growth rates recorded for the same religious groups in the 1930s, when the discrepancy amounted to 62 percentage points.

Using the Bloomberg BNA audit tool to measure our performance against federal, state and local regulations, as well as gap analyses conducted by our EHS team at each of our sites every two years, we've established a consistent approach to how we allocate resources, assign responsibilities and evaluate our practices, procedures and processes to reduce our environmental footprint.

While Man City may well have opened up a sizeable gap that is unlikely to be made up between now and the end of the season by any of the chasing pack, Chelsea still have to play for second place, and their supporters will be in good spirits for the New Year after such a commanding display, albeit against a struggling Stoke side.

To be honest I often feel that Arsenal do better when our backs are against the wall, like when we clawed back a big gap to pip Spurs to fourth spot a few years back.

Arsene Wenger spoke in the week about the big gap between Arsenal and the current Premier League leaders might just allow the Gunners to play with some of the old fluency and verve that saw us topping the table at the turn of the year and even though the Gunners were knocked out of the Champions League in midweek, there were enough positives from our performance against Barcelona to give us some belief back.

It's no shame that 18 - year - old Renato Sanches is a work - in - progress rather than the finished article, but with the Benfica teenager linked with big money moves to Europe's most elite clubs this summer, his performance against Bayern Munich highlighted just how far he still has to go to close the gap between the hype and reality.

Two quick - fire first - half goals from Danny Welbeck had given last year's finalists a healthy cushion at the interval, but the Swiss outfit had missed several opportunities to close the gap against a poor United defence.

The mayor, who has been crusading against illegal guns for years now, said the videos reveal a «dangerous gap in our existing federal gun laws.»

Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.

Charter elementary and middle schools have significantly closed the gap against the state average over the last six years.

But statistics showing African - American students in the district were eight times more likely to get an out - of - school suspension than white students last year raises questions about whether the discipline code works against efforts to close the achievement gap.

APP graduates were able to turn those schools around, showing significant improvements in English Language Arts and Mathematics and substantial progress in closing the achievement gaps in ELA and math scores against comparable schools within just three years

With the gap of almost ten years, today's gaming landscape is a tad different: Samus was up against the Master Chief during the GameCube days.

The price of wheat has doubled in the last two years, so Syrians have found themselves really pinched and there was this sense of rising expectation because Bashar's opened up economy, there's been an inflow of cash, the very top 3 %, 4 %, 5 % of Syrians have done extremely well with this opening, but it's caused a major income gap, and it's caused resentment, bad resentment, and so one of the main cries in this revolution is against corruption, and against this elite that surrounds the President, has done extremely well.

Putting aside biases against employment gaps and the priorities reflected in opting out of the work force, how much does the work change in five years?

Despite the fact that the iPhone 5s isn't the huge upgrade from last year's model we were hoping for, it still maintains a wide gap in several key areas when measured against rival devices.

How will your resume, with a one, five, or ten - year employment gap, stack up against those of people who have been racking up career achievements and accomplishments for the same ten years?

Every year, the Close the Gap Steering Committee publishes a report that details the Australian Government's progress in closing the gap, including against its implementation of the Statement of Intent commitmenGap Steering Committee publishes a report that details the Australian Government's progress in closing the gap, including against its implementation of the Statement of Intent commitmengap, including against its implementation of the Statement of Intent commitments.