Sentences with phrase «even years of struggling»

It has probably taken weeks, months or even years of struggling and fighting and desperately trying to work things out together.

Not exact matches

It confounds me that in a year of record lending by the Small Business Administration, entrepreneurs still struggle to get the financing they need even when all indicators point to the opportunity for growth.

And even as exports have struggled, a measure of China's trade in services is at its highest level in almost a year.

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

Lack of planning can lead to plenty of financial struggles, from late payments and credit problems to extra months (even years) in debt.

Hsieh's sudden embrace of the city seemed to come out of nowhere, even to those who had spent years trying to develop the struggling downtown.

Rive, a hyperenergetic, fast - talking 37 - year - old, says he has a plan to get there, which includes building one of the world's largest solar - panel plants in Buffalo — a move even many of his supporters say is crazy at a time when solar manufacturers have been struggling.

She's been on a very solid track for a number of years, even running good increases over the past year and a half when the women's business as a whole has been really struggling.

And even the stock of struggling Research in Motion, whose sales of BlackBerrys were crushed by the iPhone in recent years, soared 10 % amid optimism that Apple's weakness might help it rebound.

Revenuewise, Snapchat is well behind where Facebook was when it went public, and even Facebook struggled as a public company in its first couple of years.

Even if younger Catholics are far from unanimous in their support of Weigel's positions, they nonetheless are not consumed by the theological and ecclesial power - struggles that have afflicted the American church for the past 40 years.

Most of you that have been a part of my life the past 10 years know that I have struggled mightily with the nature of corporate church, even taking several years «off.»

Tracy has chosen a path of trouble, and In a world of busy adults struggling to shepherd their own children through the difficult teen years, the easy path is to avoid such girls, even shun them.

Rick i struggled for over 20 years as a christian in the end i said whats the point of struggling i feel powerless and useless so i gave in to sin that did nt work either but i was so sick of struggling and seeing the same results i became more miserable and even more powerless in my struggle with sin.I decided one day no more enough was enough i needed to get my life back in order.That was years ago and it was a process over 5 years that God dealt with all those things in my life that needed fixing most days i just said to him Lord i cant do this i just do nt have the strength and he said thats okay you cant do it anyway just trust me.So now now i l know what it means to be an overcomer in Christ sin does not have the victory over me anymore because Jesus is my strength in my weakness.I know i cant live a christian life in my strength but i certainly can with Christ in me he is my strength and in him i am an overcomer.If this is speaking to others just want to let you know that you to can be an overcomer you do nt have to struggle or battle with your walk or feel miserable because you give in to sin there is a better way.Just admit that you cant do it and ask for his help for the holy spirit is in you and he is the one who helps us in our weakness.regards brentnz

Even now, more than ten years later, I remain awed by their valiant struggle, mounted at great personal cost: drained finances, lost privacy, media scorn, impugned motives, death threats — and eventually Bob's death, which the family believes was caused by the stress of watching helplessly as his daughter died by court order.

I hold that Odessey and Oracle ultimately opposes that move — the touching pictures it gives us of couple - love likely working out, albeit amid struggles, as in «This Will Be our Year,» or even in «Care of Cell 44,» are what it wants us to strive for.

The Guardian: Church of England prepares for vote on female bishops On the evening of 11 November 1992, Rosie Harper was a professional opera singer listening to the radio and absorbing the news that the Church of England, after years of struggle and indecision, had decided to allow women to become priests.

Sifton never mentions any of this, but Niebuhr's strident opposition to Roosevelt's preparations for war helps us to grasp the revulsion against war that his generation felt after World War I. Even for Niebuhr, Moral Man and Immoral Society did not lead straight to the interventionism of 1940; he had had to struggle for eight years to get there.

Is this a struggle for nuns even after years of dedication to their career?

I used to struggle with hopelessness a lot, in those dark years... still do, every once in awhile... but when I really take time and reflect on all that's happen, I realize just how lucky and blessed I've been — despite everything, I know God's taking care of me... and I know He's taking care of you, too, even when it doesn't feel like it.

Even though resistance takes many different forms (against the MAI, towards a jubilee year in 2000, for the Tobin tax, seeking alternatives, etc.), and even if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic sysEven though resistance takes many different forms (against the MAI, towards a jubilee year in 2000, for the Tobin tax, seeking alternatives, etc.), and even if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic syseven if the struggles are specific in their aims (farmers, workers, indigenous or coloured people, citizens, ecologists or women, the urban poor, etc.) and though the various co-ordination groups are numerous (Peoples Power for the XXI Century in Asia, São Paulo Forum in Latin America, etc.), all of these have a common thread: they all work to highlight the unacceptable nature of the current economic system.

And Murray Goulburn finally cut its farmers» milk cheques last week, from $ 5.60 to $ 4.75 - $ 5 a kilogram, after it said it would struggle to meet even half of its net profit forecast outlined in its prospectus for its partial float on the ASX last year.

Murray Goulburn reduced its farm-gate price from an average of $ 5.60 to $ 4.75 - $ 5 last month after it said it would struggle to meet even half of the profit forecast outlined in its prospectus for its partial float on the ASX less than a year ago.

Units in Murray Goulburn's ASX - listed trust plunged 42 per cent to $ 1.24 on Wednesday after the co-operative told the market it would struggle to meet even half of the net profit forecast outlined in its prospectus from less than a year ago.

Five years ago, even dedicated natural stores struggled to find products that would meet the expectations of customers or provide satisfactory education.

While consumption of more affordable pork meat is rising, farmgate prices have plunged to $ 2.70 this year from $ 3.70 a kilogram two years ago due to aggressive production, with some farmers struggling to break even.

Dzeko, Bony or Jovetic, (none of them stepped up last year) they lost title when Aguero got injury, thats our power, even if we lose our key players we still can win games, cuz of our style, while others cant, even Chelsea struggled last season when they lost Cesc and Costa

It will certainly be seen as the right move for the player himself, as having already struggled for playing time last year, the arrivals of Marko Grujic and Georginio Wijnaldum at Liverpool this summer would have made it even more difficult for him to hold down a spot in the starting line - up.

With the way he's struggled, though, that doesn't seem like the best plan, even if they are getting results and wins almost in spite of how flat Ronaldo has been most of the time this year.

Even Garcia, last year's winner, made enemies over the years but his win was celebrated because of those decades of distress and struggle.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

In wenger we trust COYG u spoilt little brats, you muppets ain't even been tested in your arsenal fan career never seen your club finish lower then fourth every year we play in cl against the big boys and you lot act like were in crisis and things are so bad wow I'm beyond belief just can't get my head around the way you lot act sometimes step back a bit a think a little you twats most of you in your life time have never seen your team finish lower then fourth yes fûc #ing fourth most of you don't even no what it's like to be a real fan wen your team are struggling finishing mid table and still saying you love the club and protect them never in my life have I heard a generation of arsenal fans critise manager players board everything about our club wen things our knowere near as bad as you make out to be and could be.

It takes even the best teams some time to get used to it, as highlighted by the terrible struggles of Man City in recent years as they swept all before them in England.

City have ageing players hence why they're struggling this year but just watch next season when United bring in a new manager and the rich clubs buy new quality players, you will see how far behind we are to even be considered one of the best in Europe.

It's a shame that the final year of Dario Franchitti's career will be remembered for the injury and the way he struggled even prior to getting hurt.

I am proud of ev, I want him to stay because he can at least hand us doubles while we rebuild our squad and resurrect our style many are mad and sad but honestly with this squad we deserve to be 4th and struggling for cl qualification next year without CD - R dreams let us not forget that while RM Roma Bayern, even PSG built we slept, laporta will never sign paulinho denis, gomes, vidal signed, (he would not even sign coutinho and dembele because we play possession based football where you act fast and hold onto the ball though they are not suited for that.

Even members of the aristocracy have struggled to compete at times: Manchester United went 26 years between Busby's last and Ferguson's first, and Liverpool haven't won the title since 1990.

While they haven't won as much as some of their fans would like and while the program has clearly struggled over the last three seasons or so, even post-Solich history shows it's possible to win quite a few games each year.

What all this boils down to is that present NBA club management is perfectly willing to let Marion join the fraternity, but the initiation fee — in terms of several years of struggle to assemble a respectable team — may be much higher than even a St. Louis millionaire anticipated.

One of the main reasons why a large number of Arsenal fans and almost all of the football media have been so hard on Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players for not maintaining the Premier League title challenge this season, apart from the 12 year gap since the Gunners were last champions of course, is because the struggles of our big Premier League rivals Man City, Chelsea, Man United and even Liverpool seemed to have opened the door.

No your happy with beating Hull With winning a friendly And getting into the capital one final, that's an embarrassment, you should be ashamed of yourself I could appreciate your argument IF we still played the football of a few years ago but even that has gone Wenger will go and he won't last 3 years - why, because he won't change so we will continue to struggle and when the money doesn't come the yank will go, and you can still go and support wenger and when we start to win I will remind you, you wanted wenger stay

I am not one of the Arsenal fans that were calling for Aaron Ramsey to be dropped from the Arsenal team and even sold a few years ago as he was struggling to find his best form after coming back from that horror leg break and a long injury lay - off.

Even though Arsenal have struggled a bit against Villa over the last few years, they boast one of the world's most formidable attacks now that they have an abundance of players to choose from and should be able to display that on Sunday.

the BDO is just a popularity contest, there is simply no justification to include Aguero who wasn't topscorer in EPL, his team struggled into the top4 and did Lil or nothing at the Copa America and exclude an Alexis Sanchez who came back from injury in the 2nd half of the season which was the start of this year, gave many brilliant performances for Arsenal including against Man.City, Spurs went to Copa America to not just perform brilliantly and win the trophy, he was also awarded the player of the tournament that had the Higuain, Aguero, DiMaria, Vidal and even Messi.

Even as Tottenham have narrowed the gap in recent years they have struggled at this venue, taking one point from their last four visits, and that 2 - 2 draw was soured by losing their heads as well as any lingering title hopes in the infamous 2016 battle of the Bridge.

Even Burnley, who generally struggle to reach stadium capacity, reported a New Year attendance of 96.5 % of their stadium capacity, for the visit of Liverpool.

Even though Per Mertesacker has struggled with injuries this term, Arsenal have reportedly decided to hand the defender a one year extension to his current deal at the club which was set to expire at the end of the season.

In terms of Sunday's meeting with Tottenham Hotspur, Villa fans have high hopes of celebrating another win even though their team are currently struggling near the bottom of the table, although there's little chance of them ending the year in the relegation zone.

The Johnnies struggle to score goals this season even though they're leading the conference in shots per game, and both goals that Marquette scored on reigning two - time Big East Keeper of the Year Diana Poulin were a little bit on the fluke - ish side.

Injuries robbed us of Ronaldo's prime years, but even during the height of his struggles for fitness, there were enough magical moments to captivate the world.