Sentences with phrase «already made an offer on»

Now, I'm only half - way through Michael's Mentor course, and I am already making offers on properties.

Not exact matches

«Together, we have already lowered prices on many items, and this offering makes Prime customers» lives even easier.»

Ablynx had already rejected an offer by the Danish group on Dec. 14 and Novo Nordisk said the new bid, made on Dec. 22, was some 14 percent higher.

The bid formalizes an offer first made in February and puts pressure on Fox, which already has a 39 - percent stake in Sky, to raise the 10.75 pound per share cash offer it first announced in December 2016.

A lot of insiders are thus willing to pay what is in effect a custodianship fee to those they reckon can be relied on to return their money... That only makes sense if they expect any borrower offering positive interest rates to be essentially insolvent, either already or soon.

Growth only makes sense once you have already built a business model that offers a better competitive alternative, and if management is highly confident they can deliver strong and consistent returns on investment.

In pouring himself out in the form of a servant, and in living his humanity as an offering up of everything to God in love, the shape of the eternal Son's life was already sacrificial in this special sense; and it was this absolute giving, as God and man, that was made complete on Golgotha.

If you have already read the commentary on Luke 1:8 - 10, you know that I am talking about Zacharias going into the Temple to make the daily offering.

It's one thing to offer an argument that should only convince those who are already on your side but is a little deceptive because it makes an emotional appeal that isn't really all that rational on pro-life premises.

this kid had it all and could have been truly great but guess what, you can take the kid out of the hood but you can't always take the hood out of the kid, sterling hangs around with a bunch of idiots who think posting their mate online doing laughing gas is clever and there all living in London, bringing him in would be a huge mistake in my opinion and those of you suggesting to offer theo and money, Im so glad you don't run the club, theo is the best r winger in the league when fit, we also have Wellington silva coming back, not to mention ox to cover or Sanchez if we want to play Danny or mezut on the left, let city have Raheem and let their already volatile dressing room implode, let's get Cech, lacazette and a solid dm to compete with le coq, sell Chesney to inter for good money podolski could be used as make weight for Morgan or the like release flamini let arteta and Roz have there last season if they choose or let them go if they want more first team football, Rio to have one more loan Diaby pay as you play and last promote chuba who clearly is going to be an animal, with this I believe the title is ours and if the new 3 settle a real tilt at the cl is possible but please gooners get behind theo he is absolutely essential COYG

This interest has already made Spurs start to consider offering the 21 - year - old a new deal, despite his current contract having another five years on it.

A few in the football media were reporting last week that Arsene Wenger and the transfer team were keeping a close eye on the Napoli and Algeria international star Faouzi Ghoulam and The Mirror went as far as suggesting that the Gunners had already made an offer of around # 10 million for the 24 - year old.

If the Arsenal transfer rumours about us having already made offers for these two players then it is at least a sign that Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal board are serious about adding more strength to the squad and that they are not just sitting on their hands and waiting as some of us have suspected in the past.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Guardiola's side remain on course for a treble this season with the world - class options already available to him, and so it's debatable as to whether making such a big change would be a sensible move, albeit Griezmann offers a longer - term option to Aguero given he's still only 26.

With the news that the Gunners have already made an offer big enough to trigger the release clause of Jamie Vardy, it is clear that at least one striker is on the Frenchman's transfer wish list.

In recent weeks the reports have all but declared the Xhaka to Arsenal move a done deal and the German press this week suggested that Arsene Wenger has already made a transfer bid for the central midfielder but the sporting director of his current club Borussia Monchengladback, Max Eberl, has moved quickly to slam such rumours, even though he also admits that his Bundesliga club is going to struggle to hold on to their young star if the right sort of offer from the right place comes in.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United, as well as Atleti's rivals Barcelona [Express] have all been credited with interest, while Paris Saint - Germain may have made an offer for his signature already, and his desire to move on could largely be due to financially rewarding deals elsewhere, AS believe.

Di Marzio reports that the three clubs interested in signing Shaqiri are taking very different approaches to the transfer — with Liverpool having put their offer on the table for Bayern to consider, but not yet having made contact with the player himself, an option that has been taken up by Juventus and Inter, with the former having reportedly already agreed personal terms.

Wenger has already made a statement saying that he sees Wilshere as a future Arsenal captain, so it would seem that he is very keen for him to stay and his latest words have emphasised this, but the «powers that be» that decide what wages will be offered to the players are obviously not so keen to take such a big risk on the Englishman's fitness in the future.

It is clear that Arsenal are intent on buying new players and have already shown that by spending around # 52m on La Caz, but seem to have run into trouble when making offers for Lemar and others, which has increased the fans» frustration — and let's be honest the Arsenal fans» frustration does not take much to be unleashed.

What makes you so sure we had not already put offers on the table?

They offered constant reassurance and support, but they let me move and proceed as instinct dictated, offering gentle suggestions on how to modify what I was already doing to make it more effective.

I do recall there was encouragement to start to make the changes that could be made under the old rules, if you were not doing these things already, such as focusing on introducing more of vegetable groups that one might not have been offering, changing the varieties of milk being offered.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

Building on the kitchen access that the Oakland Unified School District in California already offers to community groups, Nutrition Services Director Jennifer LeBarre plans to invite culinary startups to use district facilities and to make at least one school kitchen in East Oakland available on evenings and weekends.

Other Democratic leaders have already offered straight rebuttals of the president - elect: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio promised to resist Trump's policies and is fighting in court to keep city data on undocumented immigrants from being made public.

Chief executive Steve Thomas said: «The financial and service demand pressures being placed on our already fragile local public services mean that there simply will be no other pay offer made to employees.

By making more money available on top of what governments already offer, the EU's new funding scheme hopes to at least slow the exit stream.

Merely producing pharmaceutical drugs that are me - too copies of what's already on offer (or titanium golf clubs designed to provide some slight edge on the greens) is not exactly what made America great.

(The company already has 300 open access journals; 1300 others operate on a «hybrid model,» charging subscription fees but offering authors the option of paying $ 2000 to make a paper accessible immediately.)

I'm even thinking about offering some yoga on the house to my coworkers so they too can feel the yoga love and make our workplace even happier and more productive than it already is.

After discovering just how much the market had to offer we already made plans to come back the next weekend we are in town to stock up on some of the amazing products we came across!

Starring: Heather Locklear, Illeana Douglas, Peri Gilpin, Brittany Robertson What you missed out on: Several years before Scott Bakula, Ray Romano, and Andre Braugher offered up their TNT series, the opposing gender had already made an attempt at getting on the air under a suspiciously familiar title.

Rather than extending a superficial single - player experience by offering extra modes that reward the player with trinkets, I believe the genre should focus on educating new arrivals about what makes fighting games fun to the people who already love them.

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As if Sony hasn't already made PlayStation Plus an extremely attractive offer on the PS3, they have just announced the details of the Vita component of Plus that will be launching in just under a week on November 19th.

They offer three major recommendations: (1) always consider why you are pre-assessing, what information you are intending to uncover, and what methods you will use to gather that information — and make these purposes and methods explicitly to students; (2) Always take action to improve instruction on the basis of pre-assessment results; and (3) Use pre-assessments judiciously — only when they will provide information you don't already have and can't predict.

When asked by press about what the city is doing to make sure this type of incident never occurs again, Mayor de Blasio has said that the city already offers training on cultural competency.

Jeep's Grand Cherokee already competes with luxury offerings such as the BMW X5, so why not make an even fancier version to take on the likes of Range Rover and others?

The carbon fiber monocoque for the Aventador has been a major achievement already, but for the Superveloce this strong but lightweight material has been taken to the next level, the inner door panels are clear carbon fiber with a strap to pull down, similar to the treatment seen on the Gallardo Superleggera in fact, while the lower rocker panels and rear fenders are made from superlight SMC material... the big carbon fiber rear wing offers three positions while the «shoulder» air intakes are now fixed too but show large intakes nonetheless... keep in mind all the motors for the original rear wing and intakes could be deleted on the Superveloce... all in an effort to shave away weight.

I once had a ride in a first generation Cayenne GTS, the manual six speeder made it the most awkward sporty SUV I never been in, I am guessing why they choose not to offer the manual transmission on the Panamera GTS, given that the manual transmission is already offered in the Panamera bsae and S rwd models.

On top of our already everyday, affordable prices, we offer various other ways to save and even equip our finance department to make you a deal that works for your life.

If Genesis is serious about mixing it with the premium class competition in the UK — and all indications suggest that it is - it could do no worse than to build on this American G70 model with a test programme in Britain to integrate changes that would make the saloon suit our conditions better and improve on what it already has to offer.

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Plus, there's a good chance the upcoming 911 Speedster has already sold out, so Porsche could make more money by offering a convertible version to customers who missed out on the Speedster.

Quoth Apollo: «We are already using Amazon RDS for MySQL and are excited... enable us to focus on what makes our educational offerings exceptional.»

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Best Buy already has the iPad to offer and it makes sense to also offer the Kindle within the same price bracket to appeal to those who are on the lookout for a device that's designed primarily to read e-books.