Sentences with phrase «key absences in»

Not exact matches

A competitor's strengths and weaknesses are usually based on the presence and absence of key assets and skills needed to compete in the market.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

In the absence of any justification or specifics, a key question is why would the Government want to introduce such legislation?

«In absence of any identifiable relief we see the next key juncture being their full year 2015 result where we see risk to full year 2016 guidance meeting consensus expectations,» he says.

Given an absence of inflationary pressures and weak economic conditions, the ECB cut its key policy rate by 50 basis points to 2 per cent in June.

A motion at its recent meeting asked the synod to «acknowledge the injury felt by members of the Church who enter into loving, committed and legally - recognised, same - sex relationships, due to the absence of provision for them to mark that key moment in their lives publicly and prayerfully in Church.»

No sooner did I return to Boston than the Obergefell decision came down, with the ominous absence, pointed out by Chief Justice John Roberts in his dissent, of the key word «exercise» from the majority opinion.

Monitoring Market Share and Vegas line breakdowns are very important in predicting future performance, but so is accounting for how the absence of key players could impact the rest of the team.

A spate of injuries to several key forwards will test the Stars» depth at center early in the season and the forward corps will rely on young prospects in the system to step up in their absence.

Still, the absence of Gibbs could mean another star for Spanish youngster Hector Bellerin, who has made a few unexpected appearances in the first - team this season as a host of big names have been out of key fixtures.

Would Jack have been key in the absence of Santi this term?

While Coutinho is a key player in Klopp's attack, it could be argued that that area of the pitch is not a priority for the club at the moment, with the likes of Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane all shining in the Brazilian's absence earlier in the season.

# 20 million signing Lovren has suffered a difficult spell at Liverpool since joining from Southampton in the summer and despite being fit for the Reds eventual 4 - 1 defeat at the Emirates, he was overlooked for a start despite the key absence of Martin Skrtel.

Senior RB Dave Mastrella has performed well in the absence of injured senior David O'Brien, and the health of sophomore RB Austin Baze will be key to any playoff success.

We have actually coped relatively well in the absence of several key players (Coquelin, cazorla, Sanchez and a few others)..

His absence due to injury in the closing stages of the Western Conference semifinals played a key role in Houston's loss to San Antonio.

With Arsenal facing a difficult opening to the new Premier League campaign with Liverpool followed by the champions Leicester City in our first two games, along with the probable absence of key players like Mesut Ozil, Koscielny and Giroud, Arsene Wenger knows that his pre-season preparations are hugely important.

Arsenal struggle when Koscielny isn't in the starting XI; his absence through injury at the start of the season may have been key in the Gunners failing to challenge Chelsea further at the top of the table.

The former Southampton youth product was ruled out of yesterday's game, but had previously been a key figure in the system which accommodated Alexis Sanchez in a central role, and his absence may have played a big part in Giroud getting the nod to lead the line.

In his absence, his Team played well against the Defending Champs and eeked out a 5 - 4 W. Brian Levitas and Jason Wenk had key at - bats in this onIn his absence, his Team played well against the Defending Champs and eeked out a 5 - 4 W. Brian Levitas and Jason Wenk had key at - bats in this onin this one.

That would suggest that Mkhitaryan could be back for key games before the end of the season, with Arsenal especially needing him in the Europa League given the absence of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang due to ineligibility.

Monitoring Market Share and Vegas lines are very important in predicting future performance, but so is accounting for how the absence of key players could impact the rest of the team.

Giving the benefit of the doubt, maybe it was the absence of the key players that contributed largely to the lack of ideas once in possession.

Granted, Henderson's absence was but one of many in 2016/17, as the club suffered an inordinate number of injuries to key players this season.

The BFG had slowly (particularly slowly on the turn) established himself as a key element of our defence — as his absence away in the San Siro helped demonstrate.

Danny Higginbotham, who joined Merson in the studio, argued the case for Lukaku, highlighting the absence of Paul Pogba as key to his recent decline in front of goal.

I am not the only one to have raised concerns about the strength in depth of the squad and inability to replace key figures when the need arises — succinctly evidenced by Cesc's absence at Wembley.

The reigning champions were deemed favorites to secure three points against bottom - side Palace on Saturday, but they failed to show up in the absence of key first - team players.

That said, a combination of poor form, a defence in all sorts of bother and the absence of several key players, that could possibly include top - scorer Wayne Rooney, I know I wouldn't feel easy about sticking my hard - earned pounds on them at such a ludicrous price.

Teams have come to realize that the key to Arsenal is rhythm, in the absence of which we possess no alternative.

Grant is missing key and influential players in just about every area of the pitch ranging from the absence of David James in goal to John Utaka up front, while there are a good three or four midfielders currently on the treatment table.

Antonio Conte: will be forced to juggle his squad against Crystal Palace in the absence of key midfielder N'Golo Kante and leading scorer Alvaro Morata.

The injury sparked fears of a lengthy absence for England's key man with just three months to go until the start of the World Cup in Russia.

Arsene Wenger will be without some key players, perhaps even Cesc Fabregas, but the likes of Thomas Rosicky, Samir Nasri & Eduardo will need to step up to the mark in their absence and pull a bid display out of the bag as Arsenal really need all three points.

If you're a carer, you may have a more difficult time building a strong enough bond to support a child in the absence of the key person in their life.

• Key quotes from the NAO report: o «The source of many problems has been the absence of a detailed view of how Universal Credit is meant to work» [page 33] o «The Department is unable to explain to us why it originally decided to aim for national roll - out from October 2013» [Para 3.7] o «In early 2013, it (DWP) did not have a convincing strategic plan in place» [3.35] o «It is unlikely that UC will be as simple or cheap to administer as originally intended» [15, summary] o «the Department has not achieved value for money... wider concerns about the Department's ability to deal with weak programme management, over-optimistic timescales and a lack of openness about progress.&raquIn early 2013, it (DWP) did not have a convincing strategic plan in place» [3.35] o «It is unlikely that UC will be as simple or cheap to administer as originally intended» [15, summary] o «the Department has not achieved value for money... wider concerns about the Department's ability to deal with weak programme management, over-optimistic timescales and a lack of openness about progress.&raquin place» [3.35] o «It is unlikely that UC will be as simple or cheap to administer as originally intended» [15, summary] o «the Department has not achieved value for money... wider concerns about the Department's ability to deal with weak programme management, over-optimistic timescales and a lack of openness about progress.»

«Though I have quite a number of reasons not to contest the up and coming election, I want to draw the attention of our great party APC in Niger state to the disconnect between the governance (sic) in the state and the membership of the National Assembly, the state assembly and other key stakeholders because there is an absence of synergy,» he wrote.

The seven lawmakers - four Republicans and three Democrats - listened to sworn affadavits from key players in the scandal and entered into the record news reports from June highlighting Sanford's absence from the state.

The study, published today in Science, uncovers the key role of the protein YME1 in the regulation of the number, type and shape of mitocondria, and demonstrates that its absence induces a metabolic defect typical of patients with heart disease.

«In mammals, in the absence of haploid cells, other approaches have been used to identify key genes, such as interfering RNA, but they are sub-optimal methodIn mammals, in the absence of haploid cells, other approaches have been used to identify key genes, such as interfering RNA, but they are sub-optimal methodin the absence of haploid cells, other approaches have been used to identify key genes, such as interfering RNA, but they are sub-optimal methods.

«One of the key questions is whether an increase in fructose intake contributes to obesity in the absence of excessive calorie intake.»

PLK4 is one of the key proteins required to control centriole formation: in its absence centrioles fail to form, while in excess PLK4 induces the formation of an extra number of those structures.

Such «active» phenomena hold the key to understanding how, for instance, a micron - sized bacterial cell is able to incorporate perception, learning, and action in the absence of a neuronal system.

Despite an absence of global trends in some key meteorological variables, there were distinct regional annual climate trends and changes in anomalous weather event affected area frequency (Fig. 1).

When considering options for using CERs from registered projects, a key question for policy makers is whether the projects are likely to continue greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement even in the absence of CDM revenues or whether they are vulnerable of discontinuing abatement.

While meiosis is fundamental to sexual reproduction and key components of meiotic machinery for chromosomal synapses and recombination are conserved from yeast to mammals [2], [76], the absence of Boule homologs in fungi together with the requirement of Boule homologs in only one sex of animals suggest that conservation of Boule is unlikely due to the same functional constraint that keeps components of meiotic machinery conserved.

In concert with the absence of the two tumor suppressing genes, it seemed the cells» fat production processes were key to triggering a metastatic progression in the canceIn concert with the absence of the two tumor suppressing genes, it seemed the cells» fat production processes were key to triggering a metastatic progression in the cancein the cancer.

Esther explains why independence, absence, and longing are all key factors to creating feelings of desire in your partnership, and how you can use them to your advantage.

Insulin activates key enzymes in pathways, which store energy derived from carbohydrates, and when there is an absence or scarcity of dietary carbohydrates the resulting reduced insulin level leads to a reduction in lipogenesis and fat accumulation.

Though the largely uncontrollable absence of Bourne doesn't help them in this matter, it is really a surprise that this key ingredient is missing, as it is something that Gilroy has been quite adept at conveying in the past, and Renner also has form in this department, in film such as the aforementioned Marvel Avengers Assemble, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and The Hurt Locker.