Sentences with phrase «better year than the last»

If the Jets look better this year than last, the Houston Oilers look relatively betterer.

I guess Theo will have a bad season as he didn't do too bad last season but I hope I am wrong and Theo is better this year than last.

«But we just want to move forward — we want to be better this year than last year and just keep going on the right track.»

Yeah we lost and that killed me but I'd argue we're better this year than last.

We have Carlton, who looks better this year than last, we of course can not just rely on those two.

At the same time, the percentage of teachers responding that a calm school environment conducive to teaching and learning was better this year than last year increased by 45 percentage - points.

It was better this year than last only because I was «allowed» to sign during the giant book fair.

All of us resolve to get healthier, to live better lives and to do better this year than last.

A: If you're looking to have an even better year than last year, building up your mailing list is the first step in the right direction.

I'm glad you're better this year than last.

Not exact matches

Last year, I tried several pieces from Olivers and liked it better than clothing from big - name sportswear companies.

U.S. health insurer Aetna, which has agreed to be bought by CVS Health, reported a better - than - expected first - quarter profit on Tuesday as an adjustment for low healthcare spending late last year offset a rise in flu - related costs.

Western Australia is the only state in the nation expecting better Christmas trading than last year, according to a report released today.

As of last year, Google's Cloud Vision AI was as good as or better than a human at recognizing the contents of images (so was Microsoft's AI for that matter).

Over the last 10 years there have been many changes to Facebook; some getting a better reception than others.

Well, TRE finally got up and running late last year, and companies with more than $ 1.5 million in annual sales can now sell their receivables online to the highest bidder.

On Tuesday, Calgary - based Calfrac Well Services Ltd. reported it more than doubled its first - quarter revenue compared with the same period last year and is reactivating equipment it parked over the past three years.

NHL 12 has sold more than 415,000 copies since its release worldwide on September 13, a 19 % increase over last year and the franchise's best ever first - week sales.

Betting on other spreads has worked better with refining margins increasing sharply this year, as heavy demand for distillates has boosted those margins by more than 50 % in the last two months.

The second - generation Moto G, on sale this fall, has slightly better specs than last year's model — an improved camera and an SD card slot among them — and will also sell for around $ 200.

Shares of Daktronics (dakt) fared well in the second half of last year after starting off slow, finishing the year at $ 10.70, up more than 15 % for the year and 80 % higher than the stock's low point for the year of $ 5.92.

But late last year he decided rather than continue to work for change in the policy world, he could do more good as an entrepreneur.

Or, «We did better than last year,» when last year was a disaster.

Since 1999 I've been running my digital marketing agency, but over the last few years I've turned most of the daily operations over to a team that can run the agency better than I can.

The Wellness in the Workplace Study, conducted by the Optum Resource Center for Health & Well - being, has identified employee health and wellness trends for the last eight years in more than 700 US - based companies.

This line of thinking is especially difficult to adapt in the consumer tech world, where every company does their best to convince you that this year's Thing is constantly superior than last year's Whatever.

People wanting something better, something that's just out of reach, are second only to population growth among reasons anyone has a right to forecast business will be better next year than last.

But that result is actually a little bit better than what happened during the fourth quarter of last year when the economy shrank 6.3 percent.

It's certainly a better market than it has been over the last few years.

The companies have begun to market their «biosimilar» (a generic version of expensive biologic drugs) of Remicade — a copycat of J&J's best - selling rheumatoid arthritis and immunology treatment (which garnered more than $ 5 billion in U.S. sales last year) and was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April — at a striking 35 % discount to its list price.

And it could convert some pirates to paying subscribers — Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes admitted on an earnings call last year that «Game of Thrones» is the most pirated show in the world, which he said was «better than an Emmy» for driving interest in the network.

Other data last week had painted a somewhat mixed view of the economy at the start of the year, with inflationary pressures easing — possibly pointing to softening activity — but better - than - expected import and export growth.

The biggest players — BuzzFeed, Vox Media, and Vice — each raised more than $ 100 million last year, while smaller companies like Mic and Refinery29 racked up respective $ 17 million and $ 50 million rounds as well.

The number who believe that life in the U.S. is better than life in Mexico has fluctuated over the years, but as of last year was measured at 48 %, a slight decrease from 51 % seven years earlier.

South Korean carmaker Kia is better known for slightly offbeat, value - oriented cars than for high - performance wheels, but that changed last year with the introduction of the Stinger.

However, others such as Best Buy and Toys «R Us said they would hire fewer workers than they did last year.

The growth of the venture capital industry — VCs raised $ 28.5 billion last year, up from $ 3.8 billion in 2002 — coupled with a tepid market for initial public offerings has made the competition among VCs for good deals more intense than ever.

Operated by a team of fewer than 30 employees, the Kapolei, Hawaii - based company has fueled growth through major deals inked within the last year alone: the building of a $ 260 million plant in Idaho, a $ 370 million contract with Sanyo Electric Co. and a $ 678 million contract with Suntech Power to deliver polysilicon, as well as an agreement to provide the second - largest photovoltaic power system in Hawaii.

BlackBerry saw a net loss of $ 148 million, which, to be fair, is much better than the $ 4.4 billion loss the company saw in the same quarter last year.

Last quarter was the best quarter for blockchain and bitcoin VC funding on record, more than doubling the amount raised in the first quarter and up 89 % year over year, according to CBInsights.

Canadians purchased $ 26,000 more booze in June than in August of last year, according to Statistics Canada, making it the sauciest, and thus best, month.

If you're not earning more this year than last, if your job isn't bigger, more responsible, more important — well, then you're failing,» he writes.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said last year that Amazon's artificial intelligence can grade strawberries better than humans.

In fact, the last time a year's highest - grossing film also took home the Best Picture Oscar was in 2003, when the top film was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, which raked in more than $ 500 million in adjusted domestic sales.

During an interview last year with Fortune, Apple's head of HR, Denise Young Smith, said that 43,000 employees had visited one of seven on - site doctors during the first year and that the center has an average wait time of less than five minutes, as well as a team of chiropractors, physical therapists, and dietitians.

Midsize companies did a better job this year than last year of controlling their medical costs, mainly because of a willingness to change the design of their health plans to obtain lower prices.

An average Target shopper has a median household income of more than US$ 64,000, well over the U.S. average of just above US$ 50,000 last year.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

Prices this season are marginally better than last year, when they dipped to less than $ 3 a pound.

In Uganda — and since last year in Kenya — more than 1,000 Living Goods «community health promoters» in bright blue T - shirts make their rounds through urban communities and rural neighborhoods, peddling an assortment of malaria medicine, fortified cereals, vitamins and soap, as well as larger items such as cookstoves, solar lanterns and bednets.