Sentences with phrase «year over a period of several years»

Not incidentally, district test scores increased each year over a period of several years in all three cases.

Not exact matches

«As a long - term value investor, we remain cautious and recognise that to generate good real returns over time, we have to be prepared for periods of underperformance relative to the market indices, some even for a stretch of several years.»

While some companies like Tesla already offer semi-autonomous technology — where the driver can take their hands off the wheel for brief periods of time — it is likely to be several years before people can turn over the majority of the driving to the «brains» in their vehicle.

You can adjust to the lock - up periods of CDs by creating a «ladder,» which is buying CDs at staggering maturities whether it's over several months or years.

Shiller has argued that the CAPE is remarkably good at predicting returns over the period of several years.

To avoid this, the VA and tax - deferred account would need to be liquidated over the course of several years or annuitized, which would lengthen the deferral period.

Tanaka will be temporarily replaced by Chairman Masashi Muromachi after an independent inquiry found the CEO had been aware the company had inflated its profits by $ 1.2 billion over a period of several years.

You're generally going to be better served by spreading your initial investment budget over several years, rather than trying to invest it all in a short period of time.

Over the past several years, Rickards has made literally dozens of similar, gold - bullish predictions, and yet the gold price has gone down to nowhere during the same period.

Vangheluwe abused a boy over a period of several years in Bruges, Belgium, said Eric de Beukelaer, the spokesman.

The protesters say they are upset, but not surprised, that three priests, Edward Avery, Charles Engelhardt and James Brennan, as well as a teacher, Bernard Shero, were charged with sexually assaulting and raping two young boys over a period of several years.

Maybe the most obvious warning sign was the attack on General Eric Shinseki, who had suggested that an Iraq invasion would require a force of several hundred thousand American troops over a period of several years.

But in a given plant there may be 3,000 workers eligible for six foremen's jobs over a period of several years.

Allegedly the Pentecostal bishop - pastor of the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit engaged in sex with several parishioners over a period of years.

I made it last year for my birthday and frankly ate the entire cake (over the period of several days... don't judge) since no one else really likes it here at our home.

Cunningham also says that UNC hired former federal prosecutor Kenneth Wainstein in January to independently investigate the allegations, which have now covered both the football and basketball programs over a period of several years.

they should sack him at end of season for his failure to understand how his own actions (and inactions) have led to his failure to reach his own stated objectives consistently over the period of several years.

Republican lawmakers in the Senate continue to express reservations with the proposal to increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 over several years with different phase in periods for different regions of the state.

Singh allegedly paid Mangano's wife Linda $ 450,000 over a several year period for a «no - show job» at one of his restaurants.

It will provide funding for banks over an extended period of several years, lending against a much greater value of collateral in the form of loans to the real economy.

A former Cuomo Administration official is among those named in a criminal complaint by US Attorney Preet Bharara, and accused of carrying out kickback and bribery schemes over a period of several years.

The city would sell those parcels over a period of several years.

The mayor, who said he's had several private conversations with Cuomo about the proposed cuts to CUNY and Medicaid, said he had not spoken with the governor and was not made aware in advance of the budget's release about the proposed debt savings clawback, which could cost New York City an estimated $ 650 million over a three - year period.

The findings are the result of a huge and challenging field effort: over a three - year period, local students and technicians spent several weeks every month at each site to measure each tree's woody growth rate and the number of small roots that had grown.

In fact, highly social people have a 50 percent better chance of survival than loners over a period of several years, according to Brigham Young University psychologist Julianne Holt - Lunstad.

The surface now appears dry, though the changing appearance of some crater gullies over a period of several years has hinted at the existence of subsurface aquifers that occasionally release bursts of water.

The Demonstration Project, which has been developed over a period of several years under the auspices of the AAAS - American Bar Association Science and Technology Section National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, would be implemented over a period of five years, be national in scope, and available to the federal courts.

Cathi Propper, a developmental psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her colleagues studied infants at several periods over their first year of life, inducing stress by separating them from their mothers.

Over this same two - year period, Ross displayed several combinations of male and female octopuses together in a shared exhibit at the Academy's Steinhart Aquarium to observe social interaction and group dynamics.

Until 2001, she worked at the NationalAcademies» National Research Council over a 17 - year period, serving in several capacities — Executive Director of the Board on Sustainable Development, where she directed the Sustainability Transition Study and the Global Change Research Program; director of international organization programs for the Office of International Affairs; and Director of the Polar Research Board.

«Our study has several distinct strengths compared to prior studies including the large number of participants, long - term follow - up, large number of cardiovascular events that were confirmed by medical record review, detailed information about diet and other cardiovascular disease risk factors, and repeated assessment of calcium supplement use over the 24 - year follow up period,» said Julie Paik, MD, MPH, BWH Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, lead study author.

The study assessed ambulance - dispatch patterns in New York state, over a period of several years, to examine how otherwise similar groups of patients fare when given varying levels of treatment; different hospitals tend to provide different levels of treatment, and thus expenses, in emergency care.

This massive viral replication leads to a progressive loss of CD4 cells over a period of several years to as long as a decade.

«In this study we show how the Eurasian siskin is able to form stable group relationships lasting for periods of several years in addition to travelling in each other» company over distances spanning more than 1,000 km,» points out Juan Carlos Senar, lead author of this study and a scientist at the museum.

Using data from the ERS - 1 and ERS - 2 satellites, both operated by the European Space Agency, the researchers collected images of the topography of several volcanoes over a 10 - year period.

In March the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a meta - analysis — which combines data from several studies — that compared the reported daily food intake of nearly 350,000 people against their risk of developing cardiovascular disease over a period of five to 23 years.

Jindong Zhang, a post-doctoral research associate in CSIS, spent several months over a period of four years in Wolong dodging landslides, mudslides and rubble strewn roads to survey forest recovery at a finer scale than can be observed from satellites and getting a better handle on the nuances of tree species, height and soil conditions.

It also showed the potential for putting existing water supplies on a roller coaster, with a several - inch increase expected in rainfall in some years compared to the annual average, as well as some years of decrease over the same period.

Woodward is the director of USArray, a mostly mobile set of seismographs operated by the National Science Foundation that are moved in regions from west to east over a period of several years, collecting data on Earth's motion as it progresses.

Nuclear warhead design takes place over a period of several years.

The researchers compiled urban development, flood hazard and census data and overlaid it on a map of the U.S.. Although their analysis shows that Americans in general have become more aware of the risk of floods over the 10 - year study period, the researchers identified several U.S. hot spots where urban development has grown in coastal flood zones including New York City and Miami.

If sustained over a period of several years, such a temperature decrease could be sufficient to trigger an ice age!.

This does not seem a very large loss rate, but it has taken place relentlessly for more than 2 billion years, and the equivalent water or CO2 lost over this time period is in excess of several meters of liquid water spread over the whole surface of Mars.

First, in studies over longer periods (up to 5 years) it has been found that the rate of whole brain atrophy in MCI is correlated with cognitive decline in several tests, including the MMSE [5].

Over what time period might this savannization process release carbon «equivalent to several years of worldwide carbon emissions», and how does that affect the assessment offered by Gore, Hansen and others that we have perhaps ten years in which to substantially reduce CO2 emissions to avoid irreversible catastrophic warming?

Studies of this CMD indicate that the stars of this cluster did not all form at once but over a 2 - billion - year period of time, with several starburst peaks.

The following questions have been compiled by the authors over a period of several years and should cover most situations encountered by parents giving homemade formula to their babies.

If this effect were to persist over the long term, it could have a dramatic influence on body weight over a period of several years.

It may seem easier to eat a donut and sit on the couch today, but over a period of several years, bad habits will lead to dangerous health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and even cancer.

Longevity trials were conducted over a period of several years with laboratory mice receiving antioxidants in their everyday food.