Sentences with phrase «few months of the year seem»

I've found that the first few months of the year seem to be the worst time for dividend cuts, but after that dividend cuts become less frequent (but they can happen at any time).

Not exact matches

It seems like the last few months of the year always seem to go by a lot faster than the first few.

Though fifth - year small forward Shandon Anderson is Houston's most experienced starter, the team seems to have gained years of wisdom over the past few months.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

This is a bit of a generalization based on children I've known over the past few years, but it seems that children who are over the age of 15 — 18 months or so when the milk dries up have such an emotional attachment to nursing that they want to continue to do it even though there's no more milk for them.

but it can seem like the last few months of the year are one long buffet of not - so - healthy choices, starting with halloween candy and ending with the clink of a champagne or beer glass at midnight on new year's eve.

But in less than three years, from stating that the President had made the economy worse than he met it, to not fulfilling his campaign promise of rescuing all Chibok schoolgirls within few months into his administration, to the army's invasion of the South - East in September 2017, Buhari seems to have lost favour with Ezekwesili.

Perhaps the year seems longer for some due to the long, harsh winter, but hopefully we have seen the end of freezing temperatures for at least a few months, which will allow crews to get necessary roadwork done.

When 7 - year - old Gus Ramsey of Weston, Massachusetts, was found to have type 1 (juvenile) diabetes in September 2007, it seemed mere coincidence that Grayson Welo, age 6 and living around the corner, had been diagnosed with the same disease a few months before.

At a distance of about 25 light - years from the presumed location of the central black hole, they noted that some of the blobs seemed to turn on and then off over the course of a few months.

I recently got some more strips for my blood glucose monitor after quite a few months (I don't know if you remember but I asked almost a year ago about my blood sugar values which seemed extraordinarily high even after moderate amounts of carbs).

Only a few months ago The Lobster's U.S. release plan seemed to hang in purgatory with the demise of distributor Alchemy, which picked up the title last year in Cannes.

Capcom hasn't published anything of note in the past few months, not counting Street Fighter V, but it seems like things will be changing in the second half of the year, with the publisher planning a full - scale assault.

And after a 2011 that turned out to be a pretty decent year for cinema (if not necessarily one for the ages), we're now staring out across a few months that seem fairly barren, as the early months of the year always do.

This year seems to be a lot better for American films than most; I haven't had 5 in my top 6 of the year in some time (though I am sure this will change as I catch up with more limited 2016 releases over the next few months / years).

As always, it does seem like time is flying during these first few months of the year.

Glatter: I saw a story a few months ago that one in four teachers within Chicago Public Schools misses at least 10 days every year, which seems like a lot of time.

If they can bump up the speed, using one of the newer processors that are supposed to be coming out later in this year (seems a few months early to be doing so, possibly a refresh next year) or increase memory / storage, those would be pretty logical upgrades.

Using a credit card well can seem difficult if you've been slacking the last few years, but it only takes a few months of diligent habits to start seeing a higher credit score.

A few years ago, the industry was amazed that credit card lenders were offering no interest for up to 18 months, which seemed like an insane amount of time.

As of year - end 2010, the U.S. economy seemed to be on a path to recovery; however, over the past few months, this has become uncertain.

While the amount of material in the book may have seemed overwhelming, please keep in mind that only a few changes were made each month and the book covered two and a half years worth of material.

But last year's hype seems to have faded away over the last few months as a critical mass of gamers checked out the pre-launch version of the game and came away with more questions than answers about the game's PvE content, its unchecked PvP, and maybe above all else, its downsized character creation system.

I'm currently out of work and don't know if I should, or even will be able to choose to, renew my page when it comes up in a few months, every dollar seems to count nowadays, and if I've been unable to make it happen in two years, well... meanwhile, my actual monthly financial needs are not so much, I don't need to earn so very much, but I do need to earn a bit, and can't seem to make even that bit happen... I'm 55, and in all my years I have never been able to sell my work proprly.

This year's Gulf of Mexico gusher seemed to pose potent political perils just a few months ago, but all along its significance was blunted by the reality that it did not affect oil or gas prices, which have stayed relatively low.

The Civil Procedure Rules change every year, while new pilot schemes seem to launch every few months, introducing new ways of working for specific types of cases.

There have been a handful of forks from the main Bitcoin Network over the past few months, and that seems to be continuing into the new year.

Now 2017 is here and there are a few newer smartwatch options already available in the Google Store that launched in the later part of last year, and there are others, like CASIO's Pro Trek model that was announced during CES last month, which are coming too, but it still seems that Android Wear has been in a slump for a little while and Google and LG's two new watches just may be able to pull the platform back to its former glory.

With the next Worldwide Developer Conference a few months away (good luck getting tickets), it seems a little strange that Apple would go through the trouble of updating last year's WWDC 2013 app with some fixes, but delve a little deeper and it makes sense.

Although many fans are unhappy that OnePlus seems to have taken the «iPhone» route by releasing the OnePlus 5 and then the OnePlus 5T a few months later, that's to be expected if OnePlus wants to compete with the likes of Apple and Samsung who bring out two major flagships per year.

There seems to be far fewer FSBO outfit listings / signs; i.e; Property Guys etc. in the Peterborough, Ontario region of late, other than the ones that are wind damaged / faded after having been on front lawns for six months to a year... or more.

«Even though the economy still seems to be choppy, from our perspective, we've seen a very strong leasing transaction deal flow in the first few months of this year and retailers seem to be a lot more bullish in terms of store expansion.