Sentences with phrase «competitive year than last year»

It's already a way more competitive year than last year.

Not exact matches

Over the last few years, there has been an increasingly competitive battle for people's attention, and there is more noise than ever as brands clamor for the all - important commodity of attention.

More than 600 teams applied last year, making TechStars one of the country's most competitive incubators.

We should have been far more competitive than we were the last 10 years, it's that simple.

this club, under his tutelage, has ruffled a lot of feathers over the years and now it's coming home to roost... his arrogance has rubbed many the wrong way, but winning provided the perfect tonic to cure all ills... whether largely self - created or a byproduct of all the media attention, Wenger seemed to embrace his cult - like status, which would eventually be his downfall... he claimed that his club was different... more of an extended family than a footballing club and only those with what he deemed as «special» qualities could even hope to join such an exclusive club... these «qualities» were hailed by most, especially as the wins kept rolling in... but with exclusivity comes a certain amount of cockiness, which can be somewhat healthy in a highly competitive environment if it comes from a honest place... it wouldn't take long for the fans to embrace their bespectacled former economics professor, going so far as to suggest he could do no wrong... but this fairy tale couldn't last forever

The west was more competitive than last year, so the fifth seed is every much the accomplishment as last year's 51 win team.

«Last year actually we had more points than ever before but ended outside (of the top four) and this year you have six or seven teams playing for the top four so it will be competitive so you have to look at yourself and be consistent.

And more competitive than what we put on the field, last year.

And if not the Open, then it's hard to see Campolindo dropping much farther than the Division I bracket (it's all done by competitive equity now, not by enrollment), and Division III, where the Cougars were last year, is pretty much out of the question.

The 2013/14 campaign has undoubtedly been the most competitive in last few years - with less than half a season left, there are still fierce battles being fought in both top and bottom of a table.

Argentina international Funes Mori played his first competitive football for more than one year when he came on for the final 14 minutes of the Blues» 1 - 1 draw with Swansea City last week.

The proposed increase is slightly smaller than what Cuomo presented last year: in 2013, he offered an $ 889 million boost, including funding for competitive grants.

The School Teachers» Review Body (STRB) last year said a pay rise higher than 1 per cent will be needed to ensure the teacher pay framework remains competitive.

Last year the School Teachers» Review Body (STRB) said a pay uplift «significantly» higher than 1 per cent will be needed in the course of this parliament «to ensure the teacher pay framework remains competitive».

Corvette C6.Rs Qualify Quicker Than Last Year's Pole in Fiercely Competitive GT Field BRASELTON, Ga. — The qualifying times for Saturday's Petit Le Mans, the season finale of the American Le Mans Series, are a testament to the intense competition in the GT category.

Photo Credit: American Le Mans Series Corvette C6.Rs Qualify Quicker Than Last Year's Pole in Fiercely Competitive GT Field BRASELTON, Ga., Sept. 30,...

The 7 - inch IPS display is itself much more competitive than last year's panel, coming with a 1280 x 800 pixels resolution.

Last year, the show hosted more than 6,500 guests, a 75 percent increase in attendance over our first four years, proving once again that the fishkeeping hobby remains a competitive sector of the pet industry.

Mackinac's director of labor policy is Vincent Vernuccio, who chairs a committee of the labor task force of the Bradley - supported American Legislative Exchange Council and previously has worked at the Bradley - supported Capital Research Center and Bradley - supported Competitive Enterprise Institute... MCLF spent much of last year helping to defend the new right - to - work law, in policy and legal arguments, as well as in the larger public discourse in the state and nationally... MCLF is working with the Bradley - supported National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on this and several other legal matters surrounding implementation of right to work in Michigan... On education, among other things, Mackinac is analyzing mroe [sic] than 200 collective - bargaining agreements (CBAs) in the state, covering some 75 % of the state's public - school students, to see if and if so, how, they are adhering to the teacher - tenure and - evaluation policy changes.

In the last few years it has made even less given the rapid fall of oil, coal, and natural gas prices, which have made «green energy» even less economically competitive with fossil fuels than it already was.

«Oklahoma has done a tremendous job of positioning the state as a competitive and attractive market for the wind industry to invest, and the benefits have been significant,» said Stephen Pike, Vice President of Operations and Maintenance for Enel Green Power North America, which last year in Oklahoma brought online more than 420 MW of capacity for a total of nearly one GW in the state.

Respondents to the Law Society's 2015 - 16 PII survey reported the market was competitive and favourable to firms, with premiums 8 % lower on average than last year.

«With 3 percent fewer homes on the market than last year, 2017 is shaping up to be another competitive buying season,» says Dr. Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Zillow.

Move made it known that it wanted changes to the agreement in order to stay competitive with other third - party publishers, and last year Move and NAR announced the first changes to the Realtor.com operating agreement in more than a decade.

«There are more projects operating this year than last year so it's a more competitive environment.»