Sentences with phrase «increasingly tough year»

Achieving a five - star rating will become increasingly tough year by year (2009, 2010 - 2011, 2012).

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With the first Nokia Windows Phone 7 devices not expected to arrive until the fourth quarter, Nokia (s NOK) is facing an increasingly tough transition, acknowledged Tuesday as the company lowered its second - quarter and full - year outlooks.

Merkel, who enjoyed record high popularity ratings early last year, has grown increasingly isolated in recent months as members of her conservative bloc have pressed her to take a tougher line on asylum seekers and European allies have dragged their feet on the issue.

Now surrounded by a fresh batch of competitors and an increasingly tough market, Nissan is trying to leverage the best warranty in the truck business (5 years / 100, 000 miles) and a new blacked - out Midnight Edition to lure customers.

Set 25 years after the events of Gears of War 3, the new title finds an ageing (but no less macho) Marcus Fenix joining fellow ultra-violent gaming icon Kratos in the increasingly popular game - hero hobbies of offspring - training and beard - growing, as the newest arrival to gaming's booming Tough Dad pantheon.

This year's survey will take place against a background of intense competition among leading law firms to secure coveted panel spots in an increasingly demanding legal market, a challenge made even tougher by new competition from the likes of alternative service providers and accounting firms.

With less than 6 month's supply, we are technically no longer in a «buyer's market» and certainly in the under $ 100k condo bracket, we've been in a strong seller's market for nearly a year now, particularly in areas like Orlando's MetroWest where condo conversions are increasingly tough units to acquire with a dozen contracts for every foreclosure.