The aim is to ensure that scientific knowledge about the very rapid disappearance of a great number of vegetable and animal species and the erosion of ecosystems leads to concrete measures.
Supporters of the discount cards say that the group purchasing power of seniors will force drug companies to lower their prices -- the thinking is that the drug companies will want to get the business of a great number of seniors, and therefore will lower their prices to get their business.
It has also emerged on the radar screens of a great number of both retail and institutional investors thanks to the disclosure that Warren Buffett has begun adding it to the Berkshire Hathaway ( BRK.B) portfolio, perhaps at the suggestion of a new member of his team, Ted Weshler, a longtime fan of the stock.
Given the perilous state of a great number of corporate pension funds and the firms that stand behind them, many pensioners may be better off in the hands of well-capitalised and -regulated insurers, especially as official compensation is more generous if an insurer fails to honour its obligations than if a company goes bust leaving an underfunded pension scheme.
Congress produced the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and a number of great legislative accomplishments.
During the celebration, participants will observe a minute of silence in tribute to the great number of journalists who have paid with their lives for our right to know.
It previously belonged to the Princes of Liechtenstein, and was given to the National Trust in 2010 as a gift from the estate of the late Edna, Lady Samuel of Wych Cross, whose husband Harold, Lord Samuel of Wych Cross, collected a great number of paintings during his lifetime.
When Westerners puzzle over why it's so hard for Israel to find moderate interlocutors among the Palestinians -- historically among the best educated, most entrepreneurial, and liberal of Arab societies -- a sad but simple part of the answer is that a great number of the Palestinian elites who might have filled that role were either killed or persuaded to leave long ago.
"He has done a lot of great and wonderful things, and he messed up on a number of great and wonderful things, " she said.
While the number of new establishments rose through the mid-2000 before starting to decline in the wake of the Great Recession, the number of jobs at those establishments has been falling consistently since 2000.
For starters, the Wahhabi creed which is practiced by no more than 20 million people around the world, or less than 2% of the Muslim population, has become a dominant factor in the international Islamic establishment through an elaborate network of front organizations and charities, as well as in a great number of national establishments, including the United States.
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The growth of information that is available on-line has led to a great number of new businesses and opportunities ranging from cloud storage to content delivery to data analytics.
With up to six months of ad-free web streaming available upon sign-up, music lovers in these markets can organically discover a great number of artists and bands.
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Viper Strike means these aircraft are capable of hitting a large number of targets with great precision from a distance of several kilometres.
Taekkyeon is also practised by a great number of people as a daily activity.
In the days before the killing there were a "great number of calls" between them.
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Even so, it requires a great deal of number-crunching, and therefore lots of computer power.
This relates to publically traded homebuilding companies: The great number of bankruptcies among the privately held homebuilders.
When I went to vote there were a great number of people taking part in the Democratic primaries.
And we hope that a great number of those will be Iogen plants, patterned right after this facility here.
There are a number of great mobile wine applications out there, but most of them cater to hardcore oenophiles.
And if that doesn't work, point out the great number of American families that depend on it for income.
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Since the NFL is truly a team game, you need a number of great players at a multitude of positions.
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Dewhirst has been a very good employer for about 30 years and a great number of families here depend on the company.
There are a great number of warships patrolling the main pirate areas.
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It's a job that has meant Paul's met a number of great artists including Spandau Ballet, Heather Small, The Zutons and Ronan Keating.
"Jyoti hit a number of great shots and a few good putts at the right time and that was the difference, " said Davies.
By contrast, if Turkey were promoted from candidate to member status it would have a great number of deputies in the European Parliament.
The co-ed group Toumast is one of a number of great rock bands rooted, astonishingly enough, in the nomadic Tuareg tribes of Northwestern Africa.
White House aides defend his actions, but it shows the president's top political adviser has his hands in a great number of policy issues.
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