Sentences with phrase «almost decades in the making»

This is no ordinary signing, this is our record signing, almost a decade in the making since our scouts have been watching him as a 16 year old.

The film Almost a decade in the making before it finally premiered in 2010, Cianfrance's sobering antiromance spans five years, cutting between a couple's magical first days together and the weekend that might prove to be the end of the line.

The video games industry welcomed the in - principle agreement on R18 +, which it said had been almost a decade in the making.

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Fast - forward a few decades, and the likes of Microsoft's Xbox 360, the Sony PS3 and Nintendo's Wii have put consoles in one of every two homes in the U.S. and helped make video games a bigger business than the entire music industry — and almost as big as the movie industry.

Regarding the CMS letter, «Any changes made to the rebate classification in 1997 pre-dated Mylan's acquisition of the product by almost a decade,» the company said.

Purveyors of the written word are languishing in a bed that they themselves have been making for almost two decades.

I truly believe that it's time, after almost a decade of prosperity in the public markets and the global economy, that we put pressure on the entrepreneurial community as a whole to start focusing on making money versus raising money.

Burnie Burns, cofounder of Austin - based Rooster Teeth, a production company with 300 - plus staffers that produced the made - for - YouTube sci - fi comedy Lazer Team and its upcoming sequel, still remembers being dumbstruck almost a decade ago, when Rooster Teeth consisted of little more than a handful of friends, by what the service offered: «They completely changed the game in terms of the ability to monetize video with pre-roll advertising.

In some cases, the products that they make have remained almost unchanged for decades.

With a just four years of the total market presence company is making few smartphone giants run for their money and has beaten many of smartphone vendors who are in the market for almost a decade or more now.

The fact is that almost the entire political culture recoiled in aversion from a half - baked proposal to socialize an additional 15 percent of the economy, thus making it impossible to discuss health care reform for years, if not decades, to come.

With almost seven decades in the industry, we know what it takes to make customized refrigeration equipment that are both functional and energy efficient.

Until the fans forcefully take the club back, the usual continues: Arsene's legacy of loving failure and excuses, arsenal being brilliant for some weeks and losing decisive games at crucial time, a good run at fa cup, injuries more than any other top club, AKBs declaring total support for brilliant Wenger, the American animal torturer giving prof contract extension, Usmanov making weak attempts at takeover, Dangote forever promising to buy us out; and in that time, all the major clubs each clinch a prem title again, even spud having a taste, while for almost two decades we have been dreaming under Arsene's sedatives!

Almost a decade younger than Mathieu, Valencia have landed on their feet with this piece of business, and will surely stand to make a greater profit when the defender comes of age in the near future.

Indeed, since he signed for Real Madrid back in December 2006, «El Pipita» has made finding the back of the net his calling card, plundering almost 250 career goals over the following decade and earning a reputation as one of the game's deadliest finishers.

I am Strong because we also made the decision to do what it took to have me become a Stay - At - Home Mom; the call and eventual resignation from being in Property Management for almost a decade was bitter and sweet.

In a refreshingly candid discussion, he reveals why the «public mood» is a myth, what it's really like on the campaign trail, why the legacy of the MP expenses scandal makes him fear for the future of our democracy, and how Alex Salmond predicted the key role of minor parties almost a decade ago.

I understand that the legislature thinks it should make itself more meaningful in the overall scheme of things, but after almost a decade of executive government the legislature has turned into a junior partner, reactive and indolent, an echo rather than a voice.

(CNN)- Iconic Rep. Charlie Rangel is fighting for the Democratic nomination in a newly redrawn New York district, after an over four - decade long congressional career that made him one of the most high profile lawmakers and almost culminated after he was censured on the House floor in 2010.

«Direct and regular observation of plasma by satellites started after the late 1960s — almost a decade after the first human - made satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched in 1957,» explains Masahito Nosé, an author of the study.

A decade after the original prediction of quantum spin liquid on a honeycomb lattice by Kitaev, the young team of scientists from Boston College succeeded in making a material that almost exactly corresponds to the Kitaev model, Tafti said.

Only a couple of decades later, the political situation in China changed, making it almost impossible for foreign researchers to visit the country, and preventing Chinese scientists from carrying out any research themselves on gibbons.

Backpage has been around for almost two decades, is available in 15 languages, and now serves more than 869 cities worldwide, so it's really made a name for itself in the online classified space.

With the increase in the divorce rate over the last few decades, men and women who are newly single often find that their social community is made up of almost entirely couples (most of whom also know the ex, and therefore may feel uncomfortable about being seen to «take sides»).

There's almost no point in writing a review of Avengers: Infinity War; Marvel's über - ambitious movie juggernaut has built momentum behind itself for 18 movies over the course of a decade, and moviegoers made their decision whether or not to see it some time ago.

But before «Clayton», Gilroy had worked in the industry for almost two decades penning scripts for «Dolores Claiborne,» «The Devil's Advocate,» «Armageddon» and «State Of Play,» so he certainly served his time in the salt mines, and deserves extra credit for making his debut, when it came, such an understated, intelligent pleasure.

There's almost no point in writing a review of «Avengers: Infinity War,» Marvel's uber - ambitious movie juggernaut has built momentum behind itself for 18 movies over the course of a decade, and moviegoers made their decision whether or not to...

Now almost two decades old, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction almost singlehandedly changed the way Hollywood wanted to make movies in the»90s.

Irma Vep is obviously a great film, but Demonlover is almost as great (and one of the decade's great zeitgeist films), and Summer Hours makes the same concerns he's been mulling over since then fresh in explicit verbal formulations; it's consistent but not wearisome.

There's almost no point in writing a review of «Avengers: Infinity War,» Marvel's uber - ambitious movie juggernaut has built momentum behind itself for 18 movies over the course of a decade, and moviegoers made their decision whether or not to see it some time ago.

The Searchers (1956, John Ford): Ford had been making westerns for almost four decades before he acknowledged the racism inherent in cowboys vs. Indians and directed his masterpiece.

Almost three decades later, during her last years in the classroom, math instruction had become a team effort, with her school's math instructors meeting often to discuss topics, sharing lesson plans, and developing common assessments to make sure everyone was on the same page.

But overly blunt — or carefree — approaches to regulation run the risk of making many of the same mistakes that policymakers made for almost two decades in their attempts to oversee charter schools.

Sarah Mathews» teaching career began in 2009 when she made the switch to education after working in research for almost two decades.

For almost a decade, the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, studied whether and how NAEP could «plausibly estimate» the percentage of U.S. students who «possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities in reading and mathematics that would make them academically prepared for college.»

Kiernan: After almost three decades inside American schools, I have seen things in recent years that make me fear for our children's mental, physical, and spiritual health and well - being.

The district made sure each child had a laptop to use in class almost a decade ago, according to the current director of digital learning, Grace Magley.

Despite being available for almost a decade - and - a-half now, modern gasoline - electric hybrid vehicles still make up only a few percentage points of new vehicle sales in Canada.

In terms of technology as well the current Range Rover has been built on a new aluminium - infused platform that made the car almost half a tonne lighter than its predecessor while the Lexus is still being built on the decade old Land Cruiser platform.

Ford unveiled the Taurus nomenclature for the first time in 1985 and kept the model into production for almost two decades, making the sedan the second oldest nameplate it offered on the North American market.

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It's been almost two and a half years since I released my first Emperor's Edge book, a negligible amount of time to those authors who have been in the biz for decades, but a small eternity in our new e-publishing era, one in which independent authors are making full - time incomes solely on their ebook sales.

Book discovery has been a relevant issue in the publishing industry for more than a decade as the overwhelming number of books available has made it almost impossible to suss out the good ones.

The Richmond, B.C., resident has owned his current home for almost two decades, been with the same insurance company for over 15 years, and in all those years he's never made a claim.

The future ain't what it used to beIt's easy to say this management team has created a lot of shareholder value, made successful acquisitions in the past, and increased dividends for almost two decades.

«Just about every shelter in the United States in the past decades was built in a way that makes this disease almost inevitable.»

I learnt to Scuba Dive almost a decade ago and have been enjoying diving in tropical destinations ever since, I always make sure to check out the best dive spots when I'm on a healthy break and am lucky enough to be staying at Siddhartha Ocean Front Resort & Spa in Bali with some of the best diving spots on my doorstep.

I learnt to Scuba Dive almost a decade ago and have been enjoying diving in tropical destinations ever since, I always make sure to check out the best dive spots when I'm on a healthy break and am lucky enough to be staying at Siddhartha Ocean Front Resort & Spa in Bali with some of the best diving...

The lagoon is not exactly a marine reserve, but it's had a raui declared — a kind of local no - take moratorium — for almost a decade and that makes it the best spot inside the lagoon to see many species of juvenile and adult fish in increasing numbers.

The t - shirt is in honor of almost two decades of WWE's popular dessert that was manufactured by Good Human and made available for purchase in 1980s and 1990s.