Sentences with phrase «few bright spots in»

Although net lease has taken a hit with the drop in sales activity, it may be one of the few bright spots in a dismal commercial real estate investment market.

There have been a few bright spots in the otherwise dreary world of smartwatch design (Pebble's Steel and Motorola's Moto 360 come to mind), but if you care about how your watch looks, you're probably not wearing a smartwatch.

The current glut of new sources of hydrocarbons in the USA is one of the very few bright spots in your economy, and I can not see how any US politician can afford to dampen your enthusiasm for more of the same.

As for your comment that «The current glut of new sources of hydrocarbons in the USA is one of the very few bright spots in your economy, and I can not see how any US politician can afford to dampen your enthusiasm for more of the same.»

Carbon taxes pose an existential threat to the development of North America's vast coal, oil, and natural gas deposits — one of the few bright spots in the economy.

A coalition of happy farmers, county commissioners, local chambers of commerce, and economic development officials — all Republicans, of course — refused to go along with the plan to stop one of the few bright spots in a declining rural economy.

You have inspired many people in your time as CEO, and were one of the few bright spots in the dark days of the current video game industry.

One of the few bright spots in the gameplay, though, is the upgrade system, which offers a range of entertaining weapons.

Keep in mind that there are still a few bright spots in the new AAdvantage award chart, so don't rush to book if your desired redemption isn't jumping in price.

Trucks and sport / utility vehicles accounted for two of the few bright spots in the auto industry in 1991.

Even with the depleted minivan market — Ford and General Motors are officially out of the minivan business, which no one would have predicted a decade ago — it remains one of the few bright spots in the Dodge and Chrysler lineup.

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It's one of the few bright spots in the Lincoln lineup, with a small sales increase in 2013 compared with 2012 that helped combat sliding sales of models like the MKS and MKT.

Instead of just filling budget holes as it did elsewhere, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress last February offered Arkansas — one of the few bright spots in a dismal national landscape for K - 12 spending — a rare opportunity...

In of the few bright spots in this otherwise unoriginal approach to the absurdities of the film biz, Devine eagerly shows Schats what he's found to stand in for the wild west.

As it turns out, Jackson knows her way around a courtroom, too, just as Seyfried (who was one of the few bright spots in «A Million Ways to Die in the West») cheerfully fields whatever new humiliation (including a running bit about her resemblance to Gollum) MacFarlane lobs her way.

One of the few bright spots in his life is Mary (Amanda Seyfried), a First Reformed parishioner who pleads with him to counsel her troubled husband, Michael (Philip Ettinger).

Ms. Marvel is one of the few bright spots in the current day Marvel Comics universe.

It goes without saying that Farrell is one of the few bright spots in the film, and his ample charisma makes it easy for the audience to believe that thousands of men would've followed Alexander into battle (despite the seemingly insurmountable odds).

Panepinto won — with a heavy assist from NYSUT — and was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal showing by the Democrats last fall.

As we edge closer to the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, one of the few bright spots in the last decade has been the re-emergence of Lower Manhattan.

Flavored milk is one of the few bright spots in this otherwise dismal picture.

But Immobile's moment of brilliance — with the help of an equally impressive assist from central defender Matteo Bianchetti — was one of the few bright spots in Italy's 4 - 2 loss to Spain in the championship game on Tuesday, a disappointing end to the Azzurrini's tournament run.

However, the eye test would tell you that he's an important part of the team, and one of the few bright spots in the lineup since he came over from Middlesbrough.

One of the few bright spots in the New York Islanders» extremely disappointing season was their top line LW Anders Lee scoring 40 goals.

At least our right back Carl Jenkinson played every minute for the England under 21 side and he was one of the few bright spots in England's latest tournament failure.

Considering that the pace of the economy has been one of the few bright spots in Trump's tenure, that's a big deal.

By contrast, exports to southeast Asia were relatively smaller, with few bright spots in Singapore and Thailand.

That's made snacks one of the few bright spots in a consumer packaged foods industry struggling to respond to shoppers» shifting tastes.

«Housing will be one of few brighter spots in a slow - growing economy in the second half of 2012.

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One of the few bright spots has been a decrease in the death rate associated with cancer (more on that later).

Examining modern campaign politics, the open - source movement and some of the few recent bright spots in the traditional music business, Benkler isolates a handful of «design levers» — «elements of successful cooperative human systems that we can employ to motivate [people]... to contribute to the collective effort rather than exclusively pursue their own interests (at the expense of those of the group).»

While sales of the company's Banana Republic and Gap brands have been falling for some time now, recent declines at Old Navy — the sole bright spot in the past few quarters — pose a bigger headache for the 46 - year old retailer.

Trading updates do not pain a compelling picture of the outlook for Australian companies in the next year but investors still found a few reliable bright spots.

And to be fair, it really is one of the few bright -LCB- orange -RCB- spots in the winter vegetable consortium.

There have been a few bright spots — two decent rounds and a T17 at the Masters, three rounds in the 60s at the Greenbrier and again at the Quicken Loans National.

Spaniard has been an impressive start to life in the English top tier and one of the few bright spots of an otherwise poor season for the Emirates Stadium side.

Walcott is not proven and I don't believe trusted by Wenger, Campbell is not a real striker and doesn't seem to be rated by Wenger despite many of us believing he was one of the few bright spots last season and Sanchez might very well be too small to be a striker in the PL and also has not been given a chance to prove that.

His first full season with the Manchester United first team was one of the few bright spots for the club in a harrowing 2013 - 14 campaign, but the 19 - year - old Belgian has struggled to recreate that form this term.

For a team that has struggled offensively in the past few games, he has been one of the few bright spots.

Yet, a few bright spots remain in their youth rankings.

The few bright spots included their brave young fan Bradley Lowery's presence at several of their games; his favourite player — Jermain Defoe and his goal scoring exploits in a lost cause, and equally futile — Jordan Pickford's brilliant goal keeping, which combined with Defoe's heroics in attack, dangled some...

Hennessey was one of the few bright spots for Wolves in this competition.

The meeting attracted dairy farmers, food manufacturers and other stakeholders to brainstorm ways to cultivate and expand one of the upstate economy's few bright spots: the boom in Greek - style yogurt, which has lifted the fortunes of everyone along the production chain.

Panepinto was not endorsed by Cuomo last fall, and his victory against now - former GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti was one of the few bright spots for the Senate Democrats in their failed quest to re-take the majority — in which they received considerable assistance from de Blasio, but not much from the governor (despite his promises to the contrary).

IPPR chief economist Tony Dolphin commented: «As evidence has gathered of a sharp slowdown in UK economic growth over the last few months, the one bright spot has been the labour market.

(There is one bright spot: Republicans seem poised to lose fewer seats than once feared in the state's Congressional delegation.)

There are, however, a few bright spots among the gloom, fields in which a degree virtually guarantees solid career prospects.

PARIS — Higher education and research are one of the few budgetary bright spots on a landscape of gloom in France, as the economic crisis is predicted to push the country's public deficit to a record high next year.

We couldn't find any good spot in the shade to take the pictures, but the sky was dotted with just enough big puffy clouds to cover the sun long enough to take a few photos where I wasn't squinting in the bright light.