Sentences with phrase «far as a couple of years»

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Since the end of last year, we've purchased shares in what we'd consider good businesses with growth opportunities in the UK and Australia; additional shares in a couple of mining services companies as tax selling and a further decline in sentiment drove down prices; and a couple of Hong Kong - listed companies with decent businesses and real estate portfolios.

Profits after interest have tended to decline over the past couple of years, reflecting the impact of the 1994 interest rate increases and a tendency for corporate leverage to increase, but they remain at high levels compared with historical averages; they can be expected to receive a further modest boost as interest - rate reductions in the second half of last year begin to feed through into profit results.

This is the same as someone a couple of hundred years ago saying that because all Christian religions had thus far been «young earth» in nature that Christianity and young - earthism are the same thing.

The Japanese have long been big on such Western sports as baseball, golf, bowling and even horse racing (for the past couple of years they have been top bidders at thoroughbred sales in the U.S. and Britain), but now they may have gone one step too far toward sports insanity: they have taken up baton twirling.

Having signed the likes of Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho in the last two transfer windows, coupled with their success to this point with the current squad so far this year, it would be realistic to suggest that they won't look to make any more big - money signings in the immediate future as they seem very strong already.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

It has not been as bad in the last couple of years, with Arsenal finally spending some decent money on the the transfer of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez and winning the FA cup for two years on the spin, but we are still not too far away from having a right old pop at Arsene Wenger.

I have a feeling that the clip of them together is at the end of the film so we may need to wait for a couple more years to see what ends up happening as far as their relationship goes.

As far as top 20 richest clubs are concerned according to recent forbes valuation, eight premier league clubs feature in top 20 and we might expect a few more in couple of years timAs far as top 20 richest clubs are concerned according to recent forbes valuation, eight premier league clubs feature in top 20 and we might expect a few more in couple of years timas top 20 richest clubs are concerned according to recent forbes valuation, eight premier league clubs feature in top 20 and we might expect a few more in couple of years time.

Im sure he will come through this, you always have a couple of players that ai nt on their game 100 %, yes he so far ai nt been the player he was last year but lets not start slaughtering him, the same as Noble.If he doeant improve then fair enough you replace him but i ai nt going to write someone off after a handful of games

Wellbeck?give it a couple of games and he, l get injured and be out for a couple of months, window shut, no signing as usual, I'm sick of the sight of this fraud, Greedy Stan, Idle Ivan and Fraud Wenger are milking this club and taking the piss out of the fans, All the time every season we get left further and further behind, top players going elsewhere cos we don't need them, good news though boys, we don't need a defender cos Pers signed for another year, sleep tight!!

Koscielny is just superb.This guy would be hailed as the best defender in the league so far if he was playing for the manures.Is positioning is awesome, hes athletic and 100x better in the air than gallas was and will ever be.A few seasons ago we would have been playing silvestre in his position and there is no comparison.I hope he maintains this momentum because i believe for once in 5 years we have a defender who can stick to drogba like a couple dancing to dancehall.I cant believe pundits were expecting us to spend in excess of 17m just for an english player.Another astute business by mr AW

As far as feeding, changing, napping, and playing, a baby's schedule will change multiple times over the course of their first couple years of lifAs far as feeding, changing, napping, and playing, a baby's schedule will change multiple times over the course of their first couple years of lifas feeding, changing, napping, and playing, a baby's schedule will change multiple times over the course of their first couple years of life.

In launching what became confidently rated and endorsed by the public as the most comprehensive ranking in Ghana so far, Prince Akpah, MD of Avance Media stated, «even though 2015 was marked as a year coupled with lot of challenges, it also turned out to be a motivating one attested by the massive involvement of young people in various activities bringing at par their works and impacts.»

We are now in the seventh year of the program and, as far as we know, we are the only married couple pursuing dual degrees in Canada.

And so now there are something like 4,400 on Earth which is at least as far as we can see completely unique, and there was a period which Dr. Hazen called red earth about a couple of billion, two billion years ago, when life first gets going when there's some, you know, early forms of life and about 2,000 or so minerals arise [there], microorganisms make sheaths of minerals like calcium carbonate that we now see in animals with shells.

The mass production of grains through agriculture is only a few thousand years old... Compare that to our ancestors historical existence as hunter - gatherers as far back as a couple of million years, and our current species (homo sapiens) 200,000 - year history as hunter - gatherers.

These Sam Edelman sandals are a couple of years old too but I really find them comfortable and the block heel (as far as heels go) are really comfortable and make my foot feel stable.

The festive impetus to step things up is enormous, leading to Christmas Eve being the most common day of the year to pop the question.1 For couples not in that zone, the pressure to get there can be huge: far less stressful indeed to be single, as at least then you know what surprises your Christmas will hold.

If taking a couple of years off your age gets you as far as meeting for coffee so he can see you still have a great figure and a good complexion, do it!

As far a field as Europe only a couple of hundred years ago, if you didn't have a bust that could not be ignored or curves that drove a man to distraction, your chances of finding a man were lessened more or less in proportion to your body sizAs far a field as Europe only a couple of hundred years ago, if you didn't have a bust that could not be ignored or curves that drove a man to distraction, your chances of finding a man were lessened more or less in proportion to your body sizas Europe only a couple of hundred years ago, if you didn't have a bust that could not be ignored or curves that drove a man to distraction, your chances of finding a man were lessened more or less in proportion to your body size.

Then Smash Bros that h as a much larger fanbase than most of us think and combined with Bayonetta it should sell a couple of systems not to much, but by the end of the year Wii U should have sold close to 9M, but that is still far from good enough... Then they will start 2015 with Zelda U in feb, Star Fox or something else for April, then Metroid for late summer?

As we step further into 2018, it's now dawning on me that we're only a couple years away from looking back on the last ten years of filmmaking and assessing major industry trends that have happened over the past decade.

Nevertheless, the number of approvals has been far more modest in the past couple of years as communities have pushed back against new charters opening.

And as far as any» Ring Bling» claims Alfa may be making let me remind you of Sabine the Ring Queen Schmidt's comment a couple of years ago when it comes to manufactures» Ring» claims;» There are no 3rd party verified manufactures lap times and in fact there is not even an» official» start and finish line.

The latest generation of Xtronic debuted in the Maxima a couple years ago, and as far as CVTs go this one's pretty good.

Reports that the chain will close three hundred brick - and - mortar stores over the next several years was one of the first real nails in its coffin as far as critics were concerned, and coupled with lagging sales of devices and ebooks, many were certain that it was an indication of the company's doom.

I've been fortunate so far in avoiding the limit, but it looks like this issue is more evidence, as if any were needed, of the increasing proliferation of e-reading, beyond even what Adobe could have anticipated just a couple of years ago.

I did a few back - of - the - envelope calculations a couple of years ago, and came up with the conclusion that the market for good books is so far from saturation that you could regard it as wide open and untapped — the competition is not from other writers, but from things like TV and video games.

I wrote and wrote for a couple years, creating 400,000 words as I explored how genetic drift influenced the social structure in my world of the Far Isles Half - Elven.

Now, I'm not talking about making a cartoon instead of a comic, and if you go too far down the animation path, those lines run the risk of being blurred as we've seen in those embarrassing «Motion Comics» from a couple years ago, but consider the wildly popular web comic MS Paint Adventures by «Andrew.»

I didn't make near that with the couple of promos I had with them last year, but it was far and away my best months as an indie author since I started in 2010.

The past couple years have seen a flood of e-reading apps and tools, but as far as I know, these ones don't exist yet.

As far as the IRS is concerned, you are a married couple for all of this year for tax purposeAs far as the IRS is concerned, you are a married couple for all of this year for tax purposeas the IRS is concerned, you are a married couple for all of this year for tax purposes.

Which means TLW's actually averaged $ (1.0) billion FCF pa & net debt's doubled to $ 4.5 billion (as of end - April) in the last couple of years, with nothing tangible to show for it yet... production & reserves are down in the last five years, production costs are up, and everything's now pinned on timely (so far, so good) & successful TEN production.

Merrick was purchased by Purina a couple of years ago and some people feared that there would be a decline in the quality of the brand but, as far as we can tell, Merrick continues to make first rate dog foods.

Fronting a wonderful stretch of Nassau's world - famous Cable Beach, this lively resort appeals to active travelers, couples and families with kids ages 14 years and older with Super-Inclusive ® restaurants, bars and entertainment; an exciting rock climbing wall; convenient bicycle rentals; an upbeat disco and pristine views of white - sand beach and sparkling blue water stretching as far as the eye can see.

If the English version of Final Fantasy VII had been written with as much care as, say, Final Fantasy IX a couple years later, it would hold up far better today.

There has been numerous games released under the indie survival horror game genre these last couple of years, most of these has created a mediocre to low critical praise while others such as Outlast, Slender and Amnesia: The Dark Descent has managed to create a rather positive buzz, so when I discovered Kholat I knew I had to read up on the Dyatlo Pass incident in which this game is based upon and I was pleasantly surprised the further I dug into both the game and the story.

It stands far above any other game as the perfect 2D platformer, and I get the urge every couple of years to play through it for nostalgia's sake.

We'd been anticipating Best Ever's debut «official» solo show since first coming across some early examples of their work a couple of years back, and our recent interview with the duo of Neil «Best» Edward and Hadley «Ever» Newman only served to build our desire further to experience their paintings as a body of work within a gallery setting.

Over the years, the couple amassed a collection of around 1,400 objects, some dating back as far as 1200 BC, including 16th century Aztec pottery as well as ancient and modern Mexican textiles.

Now today, 2018 is critical and the next couple of years as well are far above «truly critical» tipping point of no return — that «battle / argument» has already been lost with the most likely outcome being inaction, denial and ongoing minimisation by those with the only institutional political power to engender change leaving nothing much more and a reliance on a forlorn unrealistic impractical hope» alone.

Before starting work I went down to the SW coast for a couple of months to see the best of summer out and as far as I remember the hot dry conditions were around virtually all year.

As far as I know, all of the people working in the field agree that the mid-70s-early 90s (with a couple of years on either side, depending on the details) had fewer tropical storms than the recent yearAs far as I know, all of the people working in the field agree that the mid-70s-early 90s (with a couple of years on either side, depending on the details) had fewer tropical storms than the recent yearas I know, all of the people working in the field agree that the mid-70s-early 90s (with a couple of years on either side, depending on the details) had fewer tropical storms than the recent years.

In what will probably be my last post for this year (though it won't be the last post here on a patent case, or one of the last ones, in general as far as my own plans are concerned), I'm going to talk about a couple of FRAND - related court filings that were made earlier this month.

«More new malware families have appeared this year than in any other previous year in Mac history, and the year is still far from over,» the report says, singling out the ProtonRAT Trojan of a couple of months ago as the worst new threat.

System Era Softworks says that further development of the game will include the following features, as the team travels through Early Access and Xbox Game Preview programs for the next couple of years:

One recent study of 373 newlywed couples, for example, found that couples who yelled at each other, showed contempt for each other, or shut off conversation about an issue within the first year of marriage were more likely to divorce as far as 16 years down the road.

Like the civilian population, divorces in the military happen among couples with marriages of all durations — from 20 - year careerists, as discussed above, where the division of retired pay and benefits is a major issue, and to young Service Members in first and second enlistments who are far from retirement, such as those now serving overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan.