Sentence examples for relatively small settlement from inspiring English sources

Two pension funds that agreed to a relatively small settlement with the directors of Bank of America over its acquisition of Merrill Lynch are being ordered by a federal judge to strike a better deal beginning on Monday.

To make this point, it reviews the evolution of a relatively small settlement located in the arid Negev Desert Highlands, Israel, and the way this has affected the very cliff on which it is built.

The vote split along racial lines, 12 to 8. Grossman stated that the relatively small settlement showed that Nelson had proceeded with the lawsuit "on a matter of principle".

The relatively small settlement is something of a coup for the transportation giant, which has made a habit of sweeping into cities, ignoring existing regulation and forcing lawmakers to play catch-up.

Mr. Leech said in a research note to investors on Wednesday that "the relatively small" $340 million settlement suggested a "significant moderation in attitude" by New York regulators.

During the strong uni-axial shaking of 0.3 g, the measured maximum excess pore pressure ratios ranged from 0.70 to 0.85 and a relatively small crest settlement of 5.8 mm (0.22 m prototype) was measured.

Not all prehistoric peoples in Middle America lived in cities; most lived in relatively small rural settlements.

The problem is not so much the multimillion-dollar awards, although they can be expensive, but the sheer number of relatively small complaints, settlements or awards for tens of thousands each.

This suggests that even in the absence of significant isolation by distance (because levels of gene flow are high at this relatively small scale), much larval settlement may nonetheless occur in the vicinity of the parent habitat.

The buckling behavior in the case of a large circumferential central angle for localized settlement is similar to that under global differential settlement, while the effect of the localized settlement with a relatively small central angle is more obvious than that of the global differential settlement, and the snap-through buckling induced by localized settlement would govern the design.

A comparison of the predictions for this case indicates that if softening is ignored, only relatively small deflections and consolidation settlements are predicted, especially after construction.