Sentences with phrase «year in a number of categories»

Romance Writers of America honors authors through the RITAs, awarded each year in a number of categories, including Best First Book.

Not exact matches

The number of data professionals in Canada — people employed as statisticians, mathematicians and actuaries — has increased by 48 % over the past five years, making it the fastest - growing job category in the country.

«Taking the two years to the end of 2016, almost a third of the rise in the number of people in work reflected growth in self - employment (double the share of that category in total employment), with another fifth corresponding to more people in part - time work,» he wrote in a recent note to clients.

That's a far cry from the results of a study commissioned this year by the Freelancers Union and Elance - oDesk, which put the number of freelancers — a broader category that includes temps, part - timers, and moonlighters — at 53 million, or one in three American workers.

Birch ranks Nebraska 49th in the country in two categories: the percentage of people working at companies that are less than 15 years old and the number of jobs lost to layoffs and closings.

Anheuser - Busch holds exclusive advertising rights in the alcohol category during the big game each year — hence the high number of Budweiser and Bud Light ads.

While it's too soon to tell if the change will jumpstart birthrates — the number of China babies born last year fell to 16.55 million from 16.87 million in 2014 — a baby boom of sorts is already underway: Consumer spending on infant care products, and particularly online spending in the category, is soaring.

When it came to prospect data having less than 50 % accuracy, the number of respondents in this category increased by 8 % year - over-year.

He has propped up his narrative with some data that estimate the numbers of men in this category and their ages over the last hundred years, but data is not really the point here.

To examine geographic differences in the prevalence of HIV infection from male - to - male s@xual contact among persons aged ≥ 13 years in the United States and Puerto Rico, CDC estimated the number of HIV infections in persons newly diagnosed in 2010 and analyzed them by transmission category and location.

«Under the terms of an exclusive 10 - year licensing agreement with Weight Watchers, Greencore will be developing ranges in a number of chilled food categories, including quiche, sandwiches, salads and pizzas.»

New this year is the Diamond Finalist award, given to six companies, acknowledging the growing number of packaging innovations that excel in all three categories.

Ishida Europe, the world leader in weighing, packing and quality control solutions, received its award in the International Trade category to acknowledge the company's outstanding export successes over a number of years.

This year we will also be awarding a number of retailer of the year wins across some categories in response to the way that retailers publicise and market their wins.

In addition, the company's RTD Cold Brew Coffee with Almondmilk is number one in the natural channel, accounting for 50 % of the natural category expansion, and overall sales grew 106 % year over year [2In addition, the company's RTD Cold Brew Coffee with Almondmilk is number one in the natural channel, accounting for 50 % of the natural category expansion, and overall sales grew 106 % year over year [2in the natural channel, accounting for 50 % of the natural category expansion, and overall sales grew 106 % year over year [2].

PGA Browne won despite ranking 38th in putting with an average of 1.77 putts per green hit in regulation, the worst numbers in that statistical category by a winner this year.

And, in an effort to offer participants an even wider choice in subject matter, the number of submission categories has grown to seven: People in Nature, Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Landscapes, and new this year, Travel.

The one category of civil servants which increased substantially in number and paybill over the past five years was «special advisers,» the political appointees who work closely with ministers (Figure 3).

SU has been ranked among the top 10 party schools for the last six years, but this year landed high rankings in a number of other categories.

This year, a number of awards in different categories will be presented ranging from acting and directing to scriptwriting and cinematography.

In the years since the settlement, Howard's jail team reported a number of suicide attempts as «individual inmate disturbances,» a category that does not trigger an automatic report to the State Commission of Correction in Albany, which polices local jailIn the years since the settlement, Howard's jail team reported a number of suicide attempts as «individual inmate disturbances,» a category that does not trigger an automatic report to the State Commission of Correction in Albany, which polices local jailin Albany, which polices local jails.

«In the «Small Company of the Year» category Immunostar was up against a number of companies with portfolios of less than 1000 antibodies.

After analyzing the effectiveness of a variety of popular diet regimens from around the world and observing both the eating habits of my fellow Danes and what kept them both satisfied and lean, I was amazed to discover that the traditional Danish diet gets top marks in a number of categories essential for helping us to fight off those pounds that seem to creep up on us over the years.

But, Pollan noted, «There is a real category too of celiac disease... and in fact the number of those people has gone up in the past 50 years, which is interesting.»

Though we've kicked Entertainment Weekly's Dave Karger's teeth in when it comes to the overall number of correct predictions for the last few years, our track record has unfortunately not extended to the Best Picture category.

2012 will also be the first year that the best performer category will be included, with a number of well - known stars in contention.

The new question is will it be Oscar nominated given the strangely low number of qualifying films in that category this year?

12 Years a Slave will likely be landing plenty of Oscar nominations in a number of categories next month, so don't be surprised to see Paulson pop up in the Best Supporting Actress category.

A number of bigger titles that would otherwise be in major categories might show up here (like The King's Speech did last year), and that includes The Artist, The Guard, Tyrannosaur, and We Need to Talk About Kevin.

Common logic is that the Gothams set the stage for the season to come without actually setting the table — backed by the Independent Filmmaker Project, the annual ceremony is more about celebration than competition, with numerous filmmaker tributes and only a limited number of categories that highlight the year in independent cinema.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced that 114 original scores are eligible in the Original Score category for the 87th Academy Awards, the same number that qualified last year.

There are complaints every year that while the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories are stacked with talent, the low number of quality female roles that appear in movies makes for frustratingly thin Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress...

While 12 Years a Slave and Gravity will certainly be heavy hitters in a number of categories, there are a couple of other TIFF films that could nab just one or two nods comes Oscar time.

-- songs from Disney's forgettable Enchanted as nominees in this category, to add insult to injury, the most recognizable number from the best musical released in years, «Falling Slowly» from Once — was almost forced out of the running on a technicality (allegedly by crafty Disney folk).

Another strategy to file in the «cheap and effective» category: A study published this year found that weekly automated text messages sent to parents about their child's grades, absences, and missing assignments encouraged them to be more involved in their child's learning, improving attendance by 17 percent and reducing the number of students failing a class by 39 percent.

In English language arts last year, 42 percent of the grade scored in the advanced category in a school whose scores are normally severely impacted by the high number of students living below the poverty linIn English language arts last year, 42 percent of the grade scored in the advanced category in a school whose scores are normally severely impacted by the high number of students living below the poverty linin the advanced category in a school whose scores are normally severely impacted by the high number of students living below the poverty linin a school whose scores are normally severely impacted by the high number of students living below the poverty line.

For example, the committee tinkered with number of categories used to record classroom observation in the first year of the program.

The federal categories are primarily based on students» scores on DC's standardized tests, factoring in the number of students who score proficient or advanced and the growth of students from one year to the next.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's figures did indicate that the number of Milwaukee voucher students who showed they were proficient or advanced in math jumped 6 percent compared to a year ago, although those scoring in those categories for reading increased only by about 1 percent.

In the end, styling is subjective, but function is not, and the Cherokee gathered almost an identical number of points in the Exterior category as it did last year, which is to say it did welIn the end, styling is subjective, but function is not, and the Cherokee gathered almost an identical number of points in the Exterior category as it did last year, which is to say it did welin the Exterior category as it did last year, which is to say it did well.

Unlike in years past, however, the second round will whittle the number down to only 100 entries per category based on the input of Amazon Vine reviewers.

The final presentation at this year's FutureBook event, hosted by The Bookseller and sponsored by Kobo, Ingram, Atwood Tate, Nielsen, and YUDU, was to give out the Innovation awards in a large number of diverse categories that spanned the major functions in digital publishing.

For the most part, writers in this category of three or four books per year write a number of series, usually in different genres.

In 2013, the number of print books sold in the Poetry category grew 5 % over the previous yeaIn 2013, the number of print books sold in the Poetry category grew 5 % over the previous yeain the Poetry category grew 5 % over the previous year.

Bryan Yu, a senior economist at Central 1 Credit Union, said the number of jobs in professional, scientific and technical services — including fashion design — grew about four per cent over the past year in B.C. Health care and social assistance grew 8.1 per cent, while information, culture and recreation, a category that includes Vancouver's growing technology sector, expanded 12.6 per cent.

We award a total of 15 points in the housing category: 7.5 for average price, and 7.5 for the number of years it would take a local resident to buy a home.

Performance for Class A units of Renaissance U.S. Equity Income Fund and the number of mutual funds in the Fund's U.S. Equity category for the period ended December 31, 2017 is as follows: 4.6 %, 1300 funds (1 year), 12.2 %, 891 funds (3 years) and 15.0 %, n / a (since inception September 16, 2013).

If you meet a large number of investors over a large number of years, it may seem they come in two basic categories — one inclined toward value investing, the other more interested in growth investing.

Performance for Class A units of Renaissance Corporate Bond Fund and the number of mutual funds in the Fund's Canadian Fixed Income category for the period ended December 31, 2017 is as follows: 3.1 %, 582 funds (1 year), 2.7 %, 463 funds (3 years), 2.7 %, 373 funds (5 years) and 3.7 %, n / a (since inception November 18, 2009).

Performance for Class A units of Renaissance Global Science and Technology Fund and the number of mutual funds in the Fund's Global Equity category for the period ended December 31, 2017 is as follows: 31.1 %, 1525 funds (1 year), 18.3 %, 1034 funds (3 years), 21.1 %, 748 funds (5 years), 11.9 %, 363 funds (10 years) and 7.1 %, n / a (since inception October 28, 1996).