Sentences with phrase «despite continued pressure»
The so - called Redbook survey showed last week that same - store sales were up 3.2 % over year - ago levels at 20 of the largest U.S. chain retailers despite continued pressure from online competition.
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Despite the clarification, the company apparently continued to feel pressure regarding its new terms, and issued another statement late Saturday saying that it decided to return to the previous legal terms.
Despite buying Playfish, Electronic Arts will continue to see its revenue come under pressure.
Ripple held up relatively well despite dipping below $ 0.85 again, and the coin is not far off the crucial level despite the continued selling pressure in the segment.
Leo XIII and Pius X had ensured that synthetic formation continued despite increasing pressure from Enlightenment thought.
Rising commodity and ingredients prices continue to hit the global food chain with US food giant Kraft the next in line to be hit by price pressures suggesting that despite reasonable fourth quarter figures, the soaring costs are...
Despite trailing our rivals with the added pressure of having to win those extra games, Paul Merson has tipped us to continue our run in the Champions League.
So despite the Frenchman having signed a three year contract extension in the summer, the pressure on him to retire or move upstairs into an executive position will only increase if Arsenal continue to struggle in the Premier League.
Despite making steady progress over the last two years, their continued disappointment in terms of winning trophies and their limited wage structure could put pressure on them this summer to fend off interest along with the fact that they'll be moving into an expensive new stadium the season after next.
Unfortunately, Mkhitaryan's arrival could see Marcus Rashford have a more limited role despite his impressive efforts last season, although Mourinho will likely rotate and there should be enough chances for the England international to shine and continue his development without too much pressure on his shoulders.
After a misplaced pass gave Karim Benzema a goal 22 seconds into a Clasico of Pep's final season, Valdes continued to coolly pass the ball in the same fashion, despite heavy pressure from some of the world's best attackers.
His cup goals helped us considerably outside of the Premier League, and despite a lot of media pressure, the Argentine coach continued to play Kane solely in cup competitions, keeping him away from the Premier League.
But stories like yours spread and gain publicity and just maybe a mother out there might gain some strength from it and be brave enough to stand up for herself and her baby and will continue breastfeeding her toddler despite social pressures.
«Despite these pressures, the ambulance service continues to get to more and more people within target times and is offering better care.»
And despite Prince Andrew's stratospheric popularity, who's to say with economic inequality getting worse and the middle class continuing to get squeezed by taxes and the pressure of having to pay for everyone above them and everyone below them simultaneously, that Cuomo fatigue in 2014 could make it deja vu all over again, as famous philosopher Yogi Berra might say?
Despite pressures from the left, the breakaway Democratic conference known as the IDC has decided to continue in a bipartisan coalition with the chamber's Republican majority.
Despite pressure from the White House to drop his opposition, Schneiderman's position is catching on — particularly as the anti-Wall Street sentiment espoused by the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow.
Despite this, pressure continued to mount on her to resign as Health Secretary.
And their continued support came despite pressure from one influential developer, Louis P. Ciminelli, who early in the race attempted to pressure the partnership to withhold support from majority members.
Questions asked included whether Cardinal Dolan supports the income tax surcharge that is part of the mayor's plan, what the 1,700 seats offered by the Archdiocese are currently used for, pending education tax credit bills, how the mayor expects to get his pre-K plan approved despite continuing disagreement with Governor Cuomo, guidelines governing church / state separation, how enough sufficiently - credentialed teachers can be in place for September and whether the pressure over his charter school actions is causing Mayor de Blasio to change his views.
A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.
Despite pressures from their daughter (Huppert), Georges continues to take care of her the best he can as to not break his vow to her.
Despite pressure from his father - in - law (Chris Cooper) to pull it together, Davis continues to unravel.
«The staying power of service - learning can be seen in that it has survived and continued over these past five years, despite considerable pressures, such as school budget cuts, focus on meeting state mandates, and concerns with implications of No Child Left Behind,» said Ellen Tenenbaum, a researcher at Westat, the firm responsible for conducting the survey.
Wright continued: «Despite the pressure for schools to achieve in core subjects, schools must be encouraged to maintain their investment in curriculum areas such as physical education, which certainly in the early years, requires well designed play equipment.»
This trend coincided roughly with a teacher hiring boom here in the United States, meaning these changes happened despite districts» employing more teachers, and it's likely to continue as states and districts continue to feel the pressure from unfunded pension and health care promises, which totaled $ 1.38 trillion at last count.
The school was initially closed, but the head teacher came under pressure to reopen from the city council, despite the continued presence of asbestos removal specialists on site.
The pressures on schools and MATs to deliver outstanding classroom experiences and drive up performance continues to increase, despite a consistently challenging budgetary environment.
«We also know that teachers have a lot of responsibilities, and despite the increased pressures and expectations, they continue to do incredible work.
Even with that gimmick alleviating pressure from the state, Pittsburgh's pension fund continued projecting an unrealistic 8 percent annual investment return despite pressure to lower it.
Despite claims by Fiat that its not letting go of Alfa Romeo, Volkswagen is continuing to put pressure on the powers - that - be to acquire the premium brand.
In comparison, Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey estimated that Amazon sells about 66 % of all e-books, and he believes that the company will continue to dominate despite the Google pressure.
The OPEC cartel's determination to maintain high production rates despite a slowing world economy means continuing pressure on oil prices and, by extension, the Canadian dollar.
Despite the significant supply pressure from OPEC, North American production continued increasing last year before starting to slow in the first half of 2015.
What I didn't know was that the housing market in the US would continue a steep decline over the next 24 months, supply would increase drastically leading to plant closures and decreased profitability, European nations would meet increased housing pressure of their own and despite a strong stance in the continued purchases by Brookfield the shares continued to decline.
Despite worldwide pressure, the yearly brutal killing of baby seals in Canada continues and will resume soon this year.
Despite the societal pressures many of the dogs and their owners endure, one thing rings true: The canine hero who was admired by this country's earliest citizens continues to show itself in the faces of the overwhelming majority of pit bulls in our homes and even most of our shelters.
It is unsurprising that Gavin Brown continues to remain silent and hide behind Owens and Yao, despite the fact that he has always funded the gallery's existence — Laura admitted this to us under pressure when 356 staff met with us.
And despite the economic pressures, New York galleries continue to prove their hardiness.
It is reasonable to assume that human CO2 emissions will continue to grow at a slightly higher level than population, despite the fact that there is considerable pressure on fossil fuels (economic as well as environmental) and the carbon efficiency of all nations is continuously improving (especially in the developed nations).
So it is reasonable to assume, despite the economic and environmental pressures on fossil fuels in the future, that the per capita fossil fuel useage would continue to grow, albeit at a slightly lower rate; a reasonable estimate would seem to be a 30 % increase overall above today's value by 2100.
Despite a decade of window - dressing and obfuscation, the Government is under continuing public pressure to do something about climate change.
A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.
Continuing to ignore the doctor's advice on doing something about your blood pressure despite continued measurements of 180/110, failing vision and multiple sustained headaches...
Continuing to exceed the speed limit despite having to repeatedly pump your brakes to build up pressure and even having to use the parking brake to slow yourself down...
Yet despite the availability of this alternative, embryo - destroying stem cell research continues to this day; the moral pressure on the scientific community has not been adequate to keep scientists from pursuing all available avenues of research, including those that require the destruction of embryos.
Here, Fieldfisher managing partner Michael Chissick sets out why, despite external pressures, firms need to continue investing in trainees
Bellissimo says the refugee issue is «becoming a powder keg for the government» and hopes it ensures that, despite political pressure and global trends, Canada continues to process refugees as it has been.
«Commercial real estate in B.C. continues to remain strong despite low vacancies, higher rental rates and economic pressure,» says Sheldon, a Realtor for over 16 years and past - chair of the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board's Commercial Division.
It went something like this: hotel check - in, locate room, locate wifi service, attempt connection to wifi, wonder why the connection is taking so long, try again, locate phone, call front desk, get told «the internet is broken for a while», decide to hot - spot the mobile phone because some emails really needed to be sent, go «la la la» about the roaming costs, locate iron, wonder why iron temperature dial just spins around and around, swear as iron spews water instead of steam, find reading glasses, curse middle - aged need for reading glasses, realise iron temperature dial is indecipherably in Chinese, decide ironing front of shirt is good enough when wearing jacket, order room service lunch, start shower, realise can't read impossible small toiletry bottle labels, damply retrieve glasses from near iron and successfully avoid shampooing hair with body lotion, change (into slightly damp shirt), retrieve glasses from shower, start teleconference, eat lunch, remember to mute phone, meet colleague in lobby at 1 pm, continue teleconference, get in taxi, endure 75 stop - start minutes to a inconveniently located client, watch unread emails climb over 150, continue to ignore roaming costs, regret tuna panini lunch choice as taxi warmth, stop - start juddering, jet - lag, guilt about unread emails and traffic fumes combine in a very unpleasant way, stumble out of over-warm taxi and almost catch hypothermia while trying to locate a very small client office in a very large anonymous business park, almost hug client with relief when they appear to escort us the last 50 metres, surprisingly have very positive client meeting (i.e. didn't throw up in the meeting), almost catch hypothermia again waiting for taxi which despite having two functioning GPS devices can't locate us on a main road, understand why as within 30 seconds we are almost rendered unconscious by the in - car exhaust fumes, discover that the taxi ride back to the CBD is even slower and more juddering at peak hour (and no, that was not a carbon monoxide induced hallucination), rescheduled the second client from 5 pm to 5.30, to 6 pm and finally 6.30 pm, killed time by drafting this guest blog (possibly carbon monoxide induced), watch unread emails climb higher, exit taxi and inhale relatively fresher air from kamikaze motor scooters, enter office and grumpily work with client until 9 pm, decline client's gracious offer of expensive dinner, noting it is already midnight my time, observe client fail to correctly set office alarm and endure high decibel «warning, warning» sounds that are clearly designed to send security rushing... soon... any second now... develop new form of nausea and headache from piercing, screeching, sounds - like - a-wailing-baby-please-please-make-it-stop-alarm, note the client is relishing the extra (free) time with us and is still talking about work, admire the client's ability to focus under extreme aural pressure, decide the client may be a little too work focussed, realise that I probably am too given I have just finished work at 9 pm... but then remember the 200 unread emails in my inbox and decide I can resolve that incongruency later (in a quieter space), become sure that there are only two possibilities — there are no security staff or they are deaf — while my colleague frantically tries to call someone who knows what to do, conclude after three calls that no - one does, and then finally someone finally does and... it stops.