Sentences with phrase «challenging than in previous years»

However, new restrictions on mortgage funding make it more challenging than in previous years to find a lender willing to refinance your investment property.

At the Quiksilver Pro the stunning performances by rookies like Griffin Colapinto, Tomas Hermes and Michael Rodrigues indicated that perhaps the experience gulf might be less of a challenge than in previous years.

Not exact matches

«Hiring has been more challenging in the last two years than probably the previous 10,» Ms. Kennedy said.

Well, they've been more consistent this season than they have in previous years, but not enough to be challenging at the very top of the English game, unfortunately.

But in a sign of how challenging this transition can be for schools, district figures show that lunch sales for September through December dropped by about 5 percentage points since the previous year, or more than 20,000 lunches a day.

Speaking on the very slight drop in A * - C grades, David Evans added: «It has already been widely reported that core subject exams, such as Maths and Science, have been more challenging and marked more harshly this year than in previous years.

The first two texts themselves were not actually more demanding than in previous years with the final one presenting a greater challenge in terms of vocabulary items and sentence construction.

According to Department for Education officials, the new GCSEs are «more challenging», covering more content than in previous years.

The fast, challenging and highly technical 3.4 mile circuit became even faster and more precise in 2016 following a full repaving which produced a smooth track surface and resulted in lap times two to three seconds per lap quicker than the previous years.

As a result, revenue growth across the market was stronger than in the previous year, though persistent challenges remain.»