Sentences with phrase «close to a year behind»

You are right, they are close to a year behind.

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The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November.

I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described.

The statement is the closest Putin has come to acknowledging the view of US intelligence agencies that Russian hackers were behind the hacking campaigns targeting Democrats during last year's election.

Rieder: It was one thing when they were issuing Treasury bills at zero for years, like it's not that, and now, well, gosh, I can get bills at close to 2 % or maybe even a bit behind that.

And over the last three years, Total has slowly but surely closed the gap on rival oil major Esso (from 10 points behind in March 2009 to effectively level now).

According to Asgeir Jonsson, an economist at Reykjavik - based asset manager Gamma, «If the development continues without interference, this will lead to a property bubble within the next two years» and «There's a greater risk of an asset bubble being created in an economy that is closed off behind capital controls.»

Ever since King Camp Gillette invented the world's first double blade safety razor at the start of the 20th century, razor manufacturers have been fighting against one another to dominate what has grown to be well over a $ 15 billion a year business — all while seemingly paying no mind to the wishes of their customers, let alone the science behind getting a close shave.

Years ago, as I spoke farewells to those who had attended the last session of a particular inquirers class — the very meeting in which I sought to «close the deal» of bringing new members on board — I noticed that two young couples stayed behind, talking intently with each other.

This year, the medium further distanced itself from being only for niches of sci - fi fan theories and success coaching, and moved into the arenas of respected investigative journalism and scripted audio entertainment that's the closest thing we're going to get to TV behind the wheel of a car.

It's true that these words were written nearly 14 years ago when Driscoll was closer to my age, (about 31), but what they reveal is the ugly heart behind Driscoll's continued teachings - the workings of his troubled mind, which need to be addressed for his own health and the health of his congregation.

The battle to be the «best of the rest» behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull has been won by Force India for the last couple of years, and apart from a bit of a challenge by Williams in 2016, it hasn't really been that close.

The dumbest comment of the year on the radio had to be from Glen Healy who was telling Doug MacLean that the Leafs, who were going through a little rough patch (mid-season), had to watch out from the teams just below them like the Rangers, Islanders and Hurricanes who were creeping up on them, seemingly oblivious to the fact that the closest competitor in the Atlantic, the Red Wings, were over 15 points behind them at that time... I just shook my head...

The further the Mariners fall behind now because they can't close out a game, the harder it's going to be for them to vault ahead later on in the year.

always behind somebody and failure to use any advantage presented to us, last year LC were just up there and we couldn't dare come close..

City take on CSKA Moscow in their third game of this year's Champions League campaign but will play the Russian side in a closed stadium as CSKA are currently playing their games behind closed doors due to repeated rascist behaviour.

«Behind that is the ambition to go into the top four and they were close last year.

However, his side could only finish 6th in the Premier League and look no closer to winning one of the major honours this year after falling eight points behind leaders City at the weekend.

Among the novices — those who had been shooting for less than a year — Kayla Haffley put in a powerful score of 1026 to come 5th in women's recurve, with Sarah Arifi close behind in 9th and Jack Cane finishing 11th among the male novices.

Arsenal ended the year in the Top Three as usual, but they are now very far behind the current leaders Chelsea and are unlikely to get much closer before the end of the season, and the reason for this is clear — The Gunners just can not win big games against the other five teams in the top end of the table.

Man city, chelsea and man utd have all had bad years and even then we did nt finish close to the winner; the shame and disgust of finishing behind leicester will never leave me.

While their pursuit of shock winners Leicester City may ended in failure last year, and the ignominy of somehow finishing behind Arsenal once again, there are two good reasons to believe their momentum won't be as vulnerable to petering out in the closing weeks of the campaign.

As 2017 comes to a close, I've been looking back at the year in the way the last person alive in a horror film occasionally checks over their shoulder while running at full pelt to see if the crazed killer is still behind them.

Fotso, already sentenced to 25 years behind bars in a separate graft case, «took the rap for life,» said a source close to the Special Criminal Tribunal, set up in the central African country to try major corruption cases.

But most field organizers I've spoken with over the years talk about even the best grassroots outreach being good for maybe two or three percentage points, enough to win a tight race but not enough to close the gap if the fundamentals put you behind by a whole lot more.

WASHINGTON — In a feisty statement to be delivered to the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday, Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime political adviser, denies any collusion with Russia during last year's presidential election and accuses panel members of «cowardice» for insisting that he testify behind closed doors rather than in a public session.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer threw his support behind a push to close Rikers Island in three years — far faster than the decade de Blasio has proposed.

The Republicans have a problem in that without throwing a bone to their own base upstate that regards Skelos only a step or two behind Cuomo on the «personification of evil» scale, they risk that base vote staying home in close races next year or, even worse, primaries against the senators who voted for Flanagan last week.

New York is close to dropping from third to fourth place in the nation's state population rakings, behind Florida, where New Yorkers have headed for years.

The Q and A, which had in previous years been allowed to run on and on, was cut short by Harriet Harman's closing speech - a traditionally light - hearted affair made even lighter this year by her invitation to Godfrey Bloom to hoover behind her fridge.

As part of this year's celebration of World Water Day on the theme, «Nature For Water», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one behind.

Over the last 4 1/2 years behind bars, he said, he's become closer to God and found solace in helping fellow inmates.

Believed to harbor presidential ambitions, the governor will need a solid record to run on — which is precisely why he has been systematically trying to restore confidence and functionality to government in Albany the last four years by publicly being the adult in the room but privately using the full power of the office behind closed doors to force and cajole a stubborn Legislature into doing things on his terms.

And yet worse a lot of the creeps playing ass - grab for years are smirking behind closed doors from ear to ear over their ineptitude in dealing with Silver.

Prime minister says hearings will be held behind closed doors and could take up to a year to produce findings

Emails reviewed by The Wall Street Journal and interviews with people close to the administration indicate that, for years, Mr. Howe was in touch with Mr. Cuomo's trusted circle, a status that gave him a central place behind the scenes with many of the people, institutions...

This system of making laws behind closed door may result in greater corruption; the most recent Senate leader and Assembly speaker were both sentenced to prison last year for taking bribes.

Silver, a liberal Democrat with powerful union ties who has repeatedly stymied efforts by the last three governors to restrain spending, said he was fully behind Cuomo's pledge to slash the budget to close a projected $ 8 billion deficit for the fiscal year beginning April 1.

In a year when threats from nuclear weapons seemed to draw closer, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a Geneva - based advocacy group behind the first treaty to prohibit them.

First there was a behind - closed - doors move to endorse local Democrat Tom Cotton instead of eight - year incumbent Hector Rodriguez by a small cabal of New Paltz Democratic Committee members: a move that resulted in a primary and had Rodriguez winning the District 20 Democratic primary by a margin of three to one.

And the public is left to wonder: What is so secret when it comes to this bridge that plans to use public funds for it are kept behind closed doors for a year?

Republican members of the State Senate will convene behind closed doors this morning to discuss whether it's time for Skelos, a Long Islander who has led their conference for just shy of seven years, to relinquish the reins as he fights federal charges that he traded official favors with a major developer and environmental company that gave a job and money to his son.

City Controller Scott Stringer threw his support behind a push to close Rikers Island in three years — far faster than the decade Mayor de Blasio has proposed.

The Tech Coast Angels are the major investors behind startups in this part of California, and they work with the University of California Irvine to host what is called a «Fast Pitch Competition» at the close of the Harvard meeting every year.»

The parent comet (Tempel - Tuttle) has an orbital period of a bit more than 33 years, and so we see storms when the Earth happens to pass close behind the comet, such storms lasting only a few hours.

Shortly after starting to form some 100,000 years ago, several protostars in the Orion Molecular Cloud 1 (OMC - 1), a dense and active star factory about 1,400 light - years from Earth just behind the Orion Nebula, latched onto each other gravitationally and gradually drew closer together.

It took a few years of having my health completely deteriorate before I was able to marry my work in the kitchen with the pain I was experiencing behind closed doors.

If I really do have to point something out, it would probably be the people who I've met throughout the years, some of whom today have become my closest friends and are part of the amazing team behind Bastet Noir, especially our creative manager Monika Zec and our PR manager Meri Vanchovska Mihailovska

But behind closed doors, the 54 - year - old Greenwich, Conn., multimillionaire was a «sugar daddy» and «slave master» who courted his «sugar babies» online, lavishing them with thousands of dollars in exchange for companionship and kinky sex, according to court records.

Close behind, with nine, is Arnaud Desplechin's critical favourite «A Christmas Tale,» though I'm surprised to see its two most dynamic stars, Catherine Deneuve and last year's Best Actor winner Mathieu Amalric, both snubbed.