Sentences with phrase «first solid year»

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We first scouted out industries with great growth potential and solid sales figures from recent years before culling out any industry with a highly prohibitive barrier to entry, be it cost, skill set, or market saturation.

Ryanair posted an 11 percent rise in net profit for the first half of the year, and iterated it's still on track for solid full - year results despite recent flight cancellations.

«We experienced strong Medicare Advantage enrollment growth and solid performance across all segments in the first quarter, with early positive indicators of medical utilization allowing us to raise guidance for the year,» said Brian A. Kane, Chief Financial Officer.

«Our start to the year was solid but «solid» can not be our ambition,» Sewing said in a memo to staff, his first comments since his promotion.

Even before the devaluation, Schlossberg had said the Fed won't hike rates for the first time in nine years at its meeting next month, as many on Wall Street believe following Friday's solid July employment numbers.

The Windy City's first - time buyers can also expect to spend a mere 16.2 % of monthly income on mortgage bills, while young workers» median household incomes have risen a solid 14.3 % over the past five years.

One year after its first «America» label summer promotion experienced a solid launch, but couldn't apparently sustain itself, a repeat of that campaign is off to a gradual, but seemingly more sustainable and successful, trajectory, according to YouGov BrandIndex, the only daily brand consumer perception research service.

Domestic demand has likewise held up pretty well, with retail sales posting a solid increase in the first half of the year.

With its share price already having tripled over the trailing four - year period, Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) delivered more solid numbers when it reported first - quarter results on April 21.

By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd May 2018 Gold miner Centamin's first - quarter results have provided a «solid» foundation to build upon throughout this year, says CEO Andrew Pardey.

Looking forward, recent job vacancy and hiring intentions data point to continued solid employment growth over the remainder of the year and into 2004, with print - and internet - based indicators of labour demand improving over recent months, following weakness over the first half of the year (Graph 43).

Zhong is expecting «solid» solar product demand over the next two quarters, driven by 1) U.S. order strength prior to the expiry of the U.S. solar investment tax credit (ITC), and 2) a likely reduction in China's solar feed - in - tariffs (FiT) in the first quarter of next year.

Mr Biggs described the first - half performance as «solid», noting production and sales were within guidance for the full year, which remains unchanged.

Athens - listed Mytilineos saw its profits grow in the first quarter of the year, thanks to a solid performance in the mining sector.

Mr Helou defended the price and the co-operative's $ 6.05 forecast — which if realised will be the first time farmers have been paid more than $ 6 a kilogram of milk solids for the three years straight.

Shrugging off difficult economic conditions in a number of markets, Italian dairy group Parmalat has reported solid, if hardly spectacular, results for the first half of the year.

What you want to avoid is increasing solids / decreasing milk supply too quickly, as breastmilk is what baby needs for proper growth, health and brain development through the first year and beyond.....

Anyway, I've choicen to raise my son with healthy eating habits since he began solids six months ago, and wanted to celebrate his first year the same way.

Initiating a winery - wide single - stream recycling program, and installing a plastic bailer resulting in a 62 % reduction of the winery's solid waste going to landfills in the first year.

We've had our solid hardwood floors for over a year now and I love them even more than the first time I walked on them.

«As first - time franchise owners, we didn't know what to expect, but our first year has far exceeded our expectations and we have built a solid foundation with a loyal customer following that will help our business continue to grow.»

There are plenty of reasons why Kansas City is in the playoffs for the first time in four seasons: the maturation of second - year coach Todd Haley, who was the offensive coordinator for Arizona when it reached the Super Bowl; the addition of respected coordinators Romeo Crennel (defense) and Charlie Weis (offense), who won Super Bowls as assistants with New England; the NFL's best running game; a solid defense; and extensive contributions by a deep rookie class.

Everything looks promising on paper, but that assumes that Simmons can regain his form after his year away, Embiid stays healthy for the first time in his career, and Saric builds on a solid rookie season.

That's now 26 goals and eight assists in 45 appearances in all competitions for the 24 - year - old, who has enjoyed a solid first season at Old Trafford after his summer move from Everton.

The 24 year old Belgrade born left back has had three solid seasons in Rome and will surely be the first choice starter at the City of Manchester stadium as and when he arrives from Lazio.

Ben Tate's first year as a true # 1 with a solid backup in Terrance West (a must - own handcuff) behind a rock solid offensive line.

You can never tell what to expect with this Arsenal team, Westham can have all their best players, be on a solid run of wins and we turn them over easily, or they might be going through a bad patch and without a few of their best players and beat us so easily it will be embarrassing, the only thing consistent about us is our inconsistency, if am not mistaken they turned us over at home in the first game of the season, with a 17 year old boy in their first 11 and about 3/4 new to the country and the league....

They say goals will be distributed from midfielders to strikers, lets say: Alexis scores 20, Walcott 20, OG 20, mid scores around 20, thats 80 goals, and we all know OG wont score 20 plus, Chelsea won with 74 goals, but their defence was so solid that they did nt need more goals, while our style demands goals, if we do nt score in first half, our players are starting to panic, something like against Swansea last year, we were better but they won, to win those type games you need someone to produce something special, OG simply cant do it

An outstanding athlete who is a solid first baseman and started at center for the Grizzlies» basketball team the last two years, he is excited about getting better on the mound.

Nelson assures he gets a solid - to stud starter in his first year and has the talent to be the best at his position.

Hamilton is owed another $ 83 million over the next three years, and has been a solid but underwhelming contributor for the Angels in his first two seasons of the deal.

San Ramon Valley golfer Cody Blick, who has had solid seasons over each of the last two years qualified for his first state tournament by posting a 1 - under par 71 at Butte Creek.

Per 247, his first full recruiting class ranked fourth in the MAC, a solid improvement over the Lembo years.

They also shipped Cordy Glenn to Cincinnati in order to move up from the 21st to 12th pick in this year's draft — a pick that, paired with their 22nd pick, could net a solid QB prospect via trade to the top of the first round.

I remember some on here were so excited about Mustafi when he first came on the scene with a solid resume, a half a year under Wenger and he became a Senderos.

The 29 - year - old only joined the Blues from Atletico last summer, having impressed greatly with some rock - solid displays in La Liga, though he has failed to recapture this form in England, with Cesar Azpilicueta firmly established as first - choice left - back ahead of him in Jose Mourinho's team.

«Great teams» have great defenders and for Wenger's first few years in charge he had arguably one of the best in Tony Adams along with Keown, Winterburn, Dixon & Bould, Backed up by one of the best goalkeepers in the world, the spine was solid, the belief was inherent and the good times rolled..

Despite a solid weekend in Sochi which saw him come close to pole and then score his first podium of the year, Kimi Raikkonen has come under fire this year for his apparent lack of performance relative to his Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel.

Alexis in his second season after a freakishly brilliant start, Ozil coming in to consistent form at the end of his second season, Coq now with a proper body of work under his belt and a whole summer to work on it, Bellerin with his first season jitters out of his system, Giroud finally realising he might be a pretty decent striker, Gab with some solid performances and the close - season to bond further, Monreal maturing in to an unspectacular but tremendously solid FB, Ospina settled — it is my opinion that these and others will be what will bring the bigger improvements and the consistency needed next year rather than any wholesale changes.

Anyone picked in the first round in June will still probably be solid NHLers for years.

A solid first team, with Jim Piersall promising no more of last year's antics, will make the Indians tough all year long.

He has raised his GPA to 3.2 overall with a solid 3.67 first semester GPA this year.

The 36 - year - old Englishman was his solid self, the most impressive moment coming when he played an excellent pass to through to Rodriguez for the Baggies» first - half penalty appeal.

The first - year starting quarterback has the luxury of several solid, experienced pass - catching options.

Florentin is a solid and experienced Ligue 1 defender who is still to enter what is often assumed to be the peak years for a player in his position, and this summer will see him pass the four - year anniversary of his move to Saint - Etienne after initially spending his first season out on loan with his former club, Sedan.

He looked solid from what I saw — Granted, it wasn't much — but it was interesting to see him receive so much time with the first team while Jermey Parnell has been the starting right tackle for two years and throughout all of camp to date.

Again, Liverpool are only 2 points off of first right now, and a solid run including City at Anfield could find Liverpool securely rooted in the top 4, and if I'm allowed to be a bit ambitious for once, maybe even atop the table come Christmas and the New Year.

Porto on the other hand are a bit more solid, they are performing well in their domestic set up and did well to get through their group with impressive home and away wins over last years surprise team Monaco, the cornerstone of their group campaign, especially after losing two of their first three matches.

# 458700610 / gettyimages.com After securing their first trophy for an unprecedented amount of years and securing a solid 4th place finish Arsenal were really expected to challenge for the Premier League this term.

So, you breastfed all of them exclusively for 1 year (yes, many doctors argue that you should not give any solids for the entire first year if life), only fed organic foods after you let them start feeding themselves at 1 year, never offered baby cereals, don't put anything in plastic, wore your baby every minute of every day, co-slept or didn't co-sleep, depending on who you asked, don't allow your children to sleep on commercially produced mattresses, don't use any Johnson's products, etc. etc. etc.?