Sentences with phrase «back ground on»

However, the main reason Microsoft didn't claw back ground on Sony during the Xbox One and PS4 launch period wasn't that it had fumbled its messaging, but because it just didn't have the games.

I just think we need a little back ground on the basic stuff that daily happens to dogs.

The Equity Index ETF's all liked this environment and responded with new highs for the SPY and IWM but with the QQQ giving back ground on some poor earnings reports.

First, a little back ground on e-readers.

This facelift helped keep the 5 Series looking relatively fresh, but in the intervening years rivals have clawed back some ground on the BMW, with newer models like the Jaguar XF and the advanced Mercedes - Benz E-Class hitting the market.

His first book was a collection of many scholars providing historical back ground on the bible, God, Jesus.

Not exact matches

Gold edged up on Monday, clawing back some lost ground after posting its biggest one - day loss in two months in the previous session as a softer tone to the dollar took some pressure off the metal.

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Gold edged up on Monday, clawing back some lost ground, as a softer tone to the dollar took some pressure off the metal.

Co-founder and president Ed Calnan also highlights the achievements he has seen from individual employees in his «Friday Night Lights» email, sent out at the end of each week to inspire employees to come back into work excited to hit the ground running on Monday morning.

The dollar clawed back some ground against the buoyant euro and traders bet on further U.S. rate hikes this year.

«The whole thing, from boarding until you're back on the ground, is probably 40 or 41 minutes.

Lie on your back with your knees bent and lift your butt off the ground with your pelvis held as high as you can so the line from your knees to your shoulders is straight.

Iraqi soldiers and security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters, backed by U.S. - led air strikes and support on the ground, already control Mosul's southern, eastern and northern flanks, and have advanced on those fronts for nearly two weeks.

Today we're back on solid ground, but there is an undercurrent of worry that modest growth is the best we can do.

«It is like being first on the ground in Canada years ago,» Jones says, adding, «There is no local technical knowledge in Egypt because no one has been exploring for what seems like forever, back to ancient times.»

U.S. officials have ruled out putting troops back on the ground, despite this being the biggest threat to the country's stability since the Americans withdrew at the end of 2011.

Pindan has broken ground at TRG Properties» Marina Edge project in Port Coogee after being named the replacement builder for Diploma Group, which backed out of a $ 38 million development contract on Monday.

The jury is still out on whether this will be a fruitful sector for venture capitalists like those backing Blue River Technology, since large exits have been thin on the ground since Monsanto's 2013 acquisition of the Climate Corporation for more than $ 1 billion.

Ankara launched a massive ground and air campaign, codenamed «Olive Branch,» against the US - backed SDF forces in Afrin on January 20 in response to the US's announcement that it would train and maintain a 30,000 - strong, predominately Kurdish force in the region.

Finally, in addition to stressing U.S. «combat troops» would not be deployed on the ground in Syria and Iraq, Obama emphasized his plan called for efforts to back local forces in those countries.

«Lie down on the ground, making sure that your lower back is fully pressed down.

«If what we as a nation are going to focus on is pulling stuff out of the ground, selling it to the world and then buying back the finished goods, I can tell you from a prosperity perspective which way we're going, and it's not up,» says John Ruffolo, head of the venture capital arm of OMERS.

Europe's retailers continued to claw back some ground having been clobbered along with U.S. peers like Wal - Mart and Target on Friday by net - giant Amazon's $ 13.7 billion deal to buy upscale grocer Whole Foods Market.

TOKYO, March 6 (Reuters)- Asian shares regained some ground on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump faced growing pressure from political allies to pull back from proposed steel and aluminium tariffs, easing investor worries about an imminent trade war.

Gold edged down on Monday, retreating further from last week's 3-1/2 month high as the dollar clawed back some ground against the buoyant euro and as traders bet on further increases to U.S. interest rates after Friday's payrolls data.

So, I was back on my entrepreneurial grind.

Based on testing grounded in statistical analysis, we expect to swing that drawdown back into positive territory within 2 months following that mailing.

That said, for investors in companies with steep balance - sheet challenges, the worries remain, because conditions need to improve substantially before these companies are back on solid ground.

Confronting the claims that agro-tech is being held back because of a lack of openness to change by traditional farmers, the incubator tries to help entrepreneurs understand the needs on the ground.

Since plunging through its 40 - week / 200 - day moving average on huge volume (a sign of institutional distribution), it has been grinding higher over the past six weeks, and has recently closed back above its 10 - week / 50 - day moving average.

And perhaps the biggest threat of all is the «keep it in the ground» movement, which if actually implemented, would erase the gains made in recent years and bring us back to an era of dependence on foreign sources of oil.»

Dollar claws back ground after Beige Book; Canadian dollar sells off after BOC decision Bank of Canada leaves interest rates unchangedThe U.S. dollar edges slightly higher against its main rivals on Wednesday as the British pound falls from a new post-Brexit high on disappointing inflation data, and the Canadian dollar slips as the Bank of Canada left rates unchanged.

It's well past time to negotiate reconciliation of aboriginal title — on the ground and across BC — and to take control over BC projects back from Stephen Harper.

Our teams are building guest loyalty at all of our brands through their constant focus on our back - to - basics operating philosophy, which is grounded in food, service and atmosphere.

The expeditionary unit's ground force, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, will man the guns and deliver fire support for U.S. - backed local forces who are preparing an assault on the city.

He and his wife still have their jobs to fall back on, and with so much skin in the game, both are prepared to weather out Bitcoin's volatility until their mining business gets off the ground.

I'm trying to get on the «ground floor» by investing back at par value in real estate crowdsource opportunities instead b / c REITs have done so well.

Urban voters will not back a Wildrose / PC coalition (assuming it gets off the ground) because they're too progressive to regress on social policy.

Now back to the issue on ground.

The United Kingdom's sterling continued to lose ground against the United States dollar on the back of the United States Nonfarm payrolls report.

FXStreet (Córdoba)-- USD / JPY pulled back from an 11 - day high scored earlier on the day as the greenback gave up ground over the last hours amid profit taking.

«The simple fact is that over the past 77 years the government has backed itself into a corner on revenue and desperately needs to find a way to return to solid financial ground,» said Sherman, an emergency room doctor.

While oil majors are already cutting back on exploration activities in Nigeria, the decision by Shell indicated that keeping a large part of its oil and gas reserves in the ground would be risky.

As the flooding started, Ms. Smith was on the ground as a volunteer in High River and, after residents were evacuated from the town, she butted heads with Mayor Emile Blokland about when residents should be allowed back into the town.

The ground is being prepared for a neoliberal «cure»: cutting back pensions and health care, defaulting on pension promises to labor, and selling off the public sector, letting the new proprietors to put up tollbooths on everything from roads to schools.

The 10 per cent that we cut off has the most carbon in it, so we put that carbon back in the ground,» chief operating officer Mark Little told the company's annual meeting on Wednesday.

Apr 10, 2017 Although the economy seems to be back on solid ground following the recent recession, the fallout from the housing market collapse has had a lasting impact on millennials.

Osborne stood his ground on Wednesday, however, insisting there would be no choice but to make extremely tough spending decisions to protect the economy.Cameron backed him and the former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling, at prime minister's questions, saying the financial shock of leaving the EU must not be ignored.

Podcasts that point me back to Jesus in the midst of a crazy world, music that focuses my attention on Him and sermons that keep my mind grounded in truth — these are the types of things I try to fill gaps of free time with.