Sentences with phrase «first time my expectations»

I remember my first holiday experience with John's family shortly after we first got married because it was probably the first time my expectations of marriage were met with the reality of marriage.

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When employees don't get the tools, training, time, development, expectations, vision, or resources they need to do their jobs well, they experience low morale; they stop caring and they stop trying, unfortunately, as early as the first few weeks on the job.

Indeed, this trend was backed up by data showing China «s imports rose for the first time in nearly two years in August as firms restocked and wholesale inflation expectations rose.

The results in Brazil were a big reason that AB InBev reported results that missed Wall Street's expectations, resulting in poor annual earnings that will result in CEO Carlos Brito missing out on his bonus for the first time since 2008.

And just like it made everyone rethink what a smartphone should be when it showed off the iPhone for the first time in 2007, there's an expectation for Apple to do the same with its so - called iWatch.

The company also added more than eight million subscribers in the fourth quarter, CNBC reports, significantly more than Wall Street expectations, and its shares have jumped more than 8 percent, bringing its market capitalization above $ 100 billion for the first time.

«Snap surpassed Street expectations for the first time as a public company during the seasonally strong fourth quarter.

«When I raised money for the first time,» says Macrae, «there were so many things we did not know: valuations, how to put together a board, how to manage expectations.

Retaining first - time holiday customers is about exceeding expectations, says Fabian Kaempfer, cofounder and CEO of Long Island City, N.Y. - based Chocomize.com, where customers can create their own chocolate bars.

Your mobile storefront has to meet user expectations the first time.

The number rang in below expectations, marking the first time the GDP growth rate slipped under zero since the fourth quarter of 2011.

If you started investing for the first time within the last six years, you may have developed unreasonably optimistic expectations of the stock market.

Copper rose for the first time in three days on expectations of more growth in the labor market of the U.S., the second - largest metals consumer.

SG&A expenses in the first quarter were somewhat lower than our expectations and reflected a reversal of prior - year accruals, as well as a shift in marketing timing.

That's why Hug Your Haters is the first - ever customer service book for modern times — it's based on the realities of customer expectations TODAY, not one, five, or 20 years ago.

Official PMI figures for manufacturing covering March came in ahead of consensus expectations, with the employment sub-index suggesting China's factories were a net contributor to employment for the first time in five years.

Mercer said the board decided to revise its outlook in light of the recent housing changes and growing expectations that the Bank of Canada could raise its interest rate next week for the first time in seven years.

Revenue in the first quarter of 2017 climbed just 7 % year over year, which was in line with management's expectations, but marked the first time Under Armour had fallen below 10 % growth in more than 10 years.

For the first time in a year, the ACCI - Westpac survey of manufacturing firms reported that more firms expect to increase rather than decrease prices in the coming quarter, and for the second consecutive quarter, the ABS Business Expectations survey reports a pick - up in expected price growth.

Indeed, as expectations for economic growth have been scaled back somewhat in both regions over the past three months, markets have pushed back their expectation of the timing of the first tightening by both central banks.

First - time home buyers sometimes have unrealistic expectations.

Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CSCO) is a top riser on the Dow after reporting second quarter earnings that beat expectations and returning to revenue growth for the first time in more than a year and a half.

For a time, markets were also buoyed by the receding prospect of monetary tightening in G3 economies, although comments by the Fed in late January caused them to bring forward again their expectations of the first Fed tightening to around the middle of the year.

The closely watched 10 - year yield topped 3 per cent last week for the first time since 2014, on the back of rising expectations about inflation and rates.

The 2.3 percent growth rate may not have looked like anything spectacular, but it was the first time the first quarter beat economist expectations since 2008, according to Bespoke Investment Group.

Burdened with doubt, anxiety and inflated expectations, he experienced panic attacks for the first time in his life, and it wasn't until a friend reminded him who holds his future that he was able to find a creative breakthrough.

First, N.T. Wright, Bishop of Durham, responded (Correspondence, June / July 2008) to Richard John Neuhaus» comments on his new book, Surprised by Hope, which had included a criticism that its «concrete eschatological expectation» of a physical resurrection on a perfected earth was «more suggestive of Joseph Smith than St. Paul»» noting that Mormons were simply taking seriously the relevant passages in the New Testament at the very time that «the Western Protestant church... was eliminating the ancient concrete eschatological expectation.»

Even though I didn't much enjoy the pressure of having to exude Proverbs 31 on a first date with someone I barely knew, there have been countless times when I projected my own unrealistic expectations on many potential suitors.

For the first time in modern history, young girls come of age in a world in which their expectations are limited to hooking up with men who wish to use their bodies for gratification.

Perhaps it is this Eurocentric view that leads Newbigin to claim that Christian missions have created a revolution of expectations in the relevant societies, giving the people for the first time a sense of history.

Here again, I think young people and especially young women today are cheated of truth, are brought up to think first and foremost of careers, with the expectation that marriage and family will somehow just happen at the right time.

The first result of the investigation is, then, to establish major differences between Jesus and his contemporaries in that, although he spoke of the future, he gave neither specific form to his future expectation (beyond the general one of vindication and implied judgement), nor did he express it in terms of a specific time element.

This was my first time making a layer cake and it exceeded my expectations.

This time around, I think the combination of having to set aside plans repeatedly due to weather, feeling trapped at home, and the end of a successful training cycle and race (my first marathon), all culminated in a bit of feeling glum and fearful about the what's next — as I inevitably tend to be fearful that there's no way I can possibly live up to my own expectations in each new year.

The first time I defied society's expectations of me was when I moved to Buenos Aires for love in April 2010.

«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.»

Florida State dropped to 0 — 2 for the first time since 1989 and now will have to recalibrate its expectations for a year that started with national title aspirations.

There are several teams falling well below expectations already — the Buccaneers and Giants, most notably, and the Browns are still searching for their first win after earning one victory a year ago under Hue Jackson — and with a limited pool of coordinators and potential first - time head coaches emerging, Harbaugh will be in demand, according to sources with some front offices where a coaching change is expected.

I'm so sick of people telling those of us who are disgruntled fans to relax and give this club time to correct itself... for anyone who believes that taking a wait - and - see approach is appropriate at this juncture they should take a good long look at themselves in the mirror because they are a big part of the problem... no other «big» club's fans would stand for this shit for nearly as long as we have... think about it, we've witnessed a changing of the guard at every major club in England, Spain, France and Germany in the last several years because those «big» clubs failed to live up to expectations (Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern, PSG, Chelsea, ManU, ManCity etc...)... for some reason, many fans have become as fragile as our current manager, believing that there couldn't possibly be a suitable replacement, even though everyone of these clubs have found multiple replacements and still achieved far more than our club... this mindset has been created by an organization that has been milking it's fans, telling countless lies (no world class players available) and lowering expectations every since they rolled out the biggest lie of all: that we couldn't spend because of the new stadium but once it was paid off we could compete with any team in the world... this organization is rotting from the inside out and if we don't demand that those in charge put soccer first this despicable behaviour won't end with Wenger's ridiculous 2 year contract... I think the real fear isn't that a suitable replacement doesn't exist, but that this organization is so money hungry and poorly mismanaged that we will sink even lower by choosing our next coach the same way they choose our players, on the cheap... even so, we need to see what mustache will do if left to his own devices so he will have to show his true colours... only then can we purge this club and start anew

But for sure underinvestment doesn't deliver especially if u want to compete on two big fronts... Bellerin is the first of our young players to come through in quite some time lots of expectation in last 6 years but can't think of a real quality player from the academy... Wilshere might if injuries hadn't prevented... Spurs now looking better on that front Attitude is key I agree totally... love the way Leicester hunt down ball in packs and break with 3 or even 4 players moving at speed...

«He definitely surpassed any expectations that I had for the first time.

After falling behind 4 - 0 at Pauley Pavilion, the Bruins got their superb fast break going and, for the first time this season, lived up to expectations, with a 75 - 66 victory.

So far in the tournament he has scored once and created two more as the north Africans surpassed expectations by making it past the group stage for the first time in their history.

Tottenham and Leicester have been able to avoid the burden of expectation for longer than they should have been allowed but look what happened the first time that it really became apparent that Tottenham could go top and push on to win the league, I never thought that I would find a Donald Trump comment apt but here we are — Chokers.

Two games against below mid-table teams and we are really struggling.Is Fabs the answer?I don't think so.The first game against WBA would easily have been a draw but we were lucky though not this time round on Saturday.It was difficult and frustrating watching my team fail to create any clear cut chances in 94 minutes of football.There was such a corridor in our midfield that fulham utilized to the maximum.If we start dropping points against the likes of fulham at this stage in the competition then what will become of us in the 6 matches against the top three teams?I can see why I need to lower my expectations early enough to avoid disappointment later on.Very poor performance from Denilson.But why was Theo sub'd instead of bringing in Song for Denilson early enough?!

For the first time in a long while, actually, ever... Man City go into a season with high expectations after flashing more cash in the transfer market then an MP in Homebase.

Wales took on Portugal in the first semifinal of 2016 UEFA European Championship and there was alot of expectations from this Wales side specially considering they were playing against a team who has yet to win a game in normal time.

If this is your first visit to Walt Disney World and you are planning on spending a few days in the parks, Animal Kingdom is a great one to start with — you're eased into seeing how you all fare with the rides, attractions, and crowds without being overwhelmed and without the expectations that sometimes are associated with seeing Magic Kingdom for the first time.

We had quite low expectations for our first holiday regarding the amount of skiing and snowboarding we would actually get to do and were just so grateful to be actually be back on a mountain in Winter that we didn't mind not having much child free slope time.

This wasn't the first time we had discussed this request, but it was, I think, the first time they recognized our fairly non-negotiable expectation.