Sentences with phrase «lasted less than a year»

The Paris Agreement — the most significant accord on the issue — will take effect next month after an intense ratification process that lasted less than a year after negotiations concluded, an unprecedented speed in the often slow - moving world of climate diplomacy.

He moved to another local station and lasted less than a year.

Short term they can get away with not letting him anywhere near the press but once he gets to the treasury they won't be able to muzzle him and he'll last less than a year.

06:18 - Reckless is gone - Rochester reverts back to the Tories after a Ukip holiday which lasted less than a year.

These enterprises lasted less than a year; the income was not worth the effort.

In an email to lab employees, he promised that a «pause» lasting less than a year wouldn't cause «any significant impact to mission deliverables.»

Of these, only 16 % lasted less than a year, whilst a staggering 58 % lasted more than five years!

Her first marriage, to the writer Tom McGuane, with whom she had a daughter, lasted less than a year.

Others say that the box lasted less than a year before needing replacement.

Infamous as Nintendo's biggest hardware flop of all time, the Virtual Boy lasted less than a year on the market and was quietly discontinued.

Another one, Lawford, launched in 2011, lasted less than a year.

There are long - term and short - term versions of disability insurance, meaning you can receive coverage that lasts less than a year or coverage that lasts many years, including up to retirement.

If you have entries on your resume that lasted less than a year, think about whether that job really adds relevance to your history.

If your resume has a lot of gaps in it or you've worked a lot of jobs that lasted less than a year, employers might be less likely to consider you for a position.

Jobs that last less than a year often stand out as glaring gaps in employment.

My previous job lasted less than a year, so I'm eager to have a new position to add to my resume.

A typical training program lasts less than a year.

My second marriage was an ill - advised rebound relationship (looking for that quick fix) that lasted less than a year.

During the honeymoon phase (which, by the way, lasts less than a year), couples focus most their attention on their significant other.

Not exact matches

And that was after a disappointing auction that raised less than $ 20 billion, half to one - third of what some on Wall Street predicted last year.

The biggest change to the Mac's operating system in the last few years was the integration of the Siri virtual assistant — which is still less helpful than Microsoft's own Cortana.

Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam earned 5.3 % less last year than he did the year before — a mere 9.7 million Swiss francs ($ 10.26 million) for 2017 — thanks to shareholder pressure.

Since 1949, the only first - term Secretary of State who lasted less than three years was Alexander Haig, who held the role for 18 months under President Ronald Reagan.

While the year isn't over yet, 2016 is shy of last year's figure at less than $ 500 million.

China «s official unemployment rate has been around 4 % for years, despite the rapid slowdown in the economy from double - digit growth to quarter - century lows last year of less than 7 %.

Amazon is reportedly paying less than that, which means the acquisition price is significantly lower than the company's $ 1 billion valuation when it raised funding last year.

The proportion of people who say they are saving less than last year to retirement savings is down, but the retirement income deficit for the coming generation of retirees is estimated to be $ 4.3 trillion.

Commute time has doubled for those making less than $ 75,000 over the last 10 years.»

Gorman's pay dropped by less than 7 % last year, which was the biggest pay drop among the top bank CEOs.

By comparison, the last pick of the draft's first round will likely make less than 20 % of that total in his first year.

Mylan drew major flak last year after news broke that it had steadily increased the list price for an EpiPen two - pack from about $ 100 to more than $ 600 in less than a decade.

Japan's short - term yields, of less than three years, turned negative last year, and earlier this month, the five - year JGB slipped close to zero several times.

As of last June, less than 2 percent of active participating security SBICs had losses high enough to be considered «impaired,» compared with 20 percent a few years ago.

Less than a year later, I dropped all the way to dead last at the Olympic trials,» he says.

His comments followed less - than - stellar data on U.S. consumer spending that showed that even as confidence hit its highest level in more than 16 years last month, Americans are still holding their wallets tightly.

According to Statistics Canada, China invested $ 21 billion here last year, less than the Netherlands, the U.K. and even Luxembourg.

And instead of a slowdown, fundamentals are actually pointing to solid growth in the coming months, albeit less dynamic than last year,» Brzeski said.

The last time oil averaged less than $ 2 for a full year was 2004, which was also the last time gasoline at stations in some states fell below $ 1 a gallon.

The version of the game released last year... went on to sell $ 1 billion in less than two months.»

Rationale: Home Depot and Lowe's saw increased demand last year after Hurricane Irene, a relatively less damaging storm than Hurricane Sandy.

Last year, North Dakota become the first state to make it legal for law enforcement to use drones with «less than lethal» weapons, like stun guns, pepper spray, rubber pullets, and beanbags.

Airline frequent flier programs have become less rewarding over the last few years by offering fewer upgrades to elite fliers and requiring more miles than ever for award tickets.

Booking site Hipmunk reported that its reservations for Trump hotels are down nearly 60 percent over this time last year, the Globe said, while a survey of more than 2,000 Americans by travel trend tracking website Skift found 56.9 percent of respondents said they were less likely to stay in a Trump hotel because of his campaign.

But those buyers made 9 % fewer purchases than last year, and they spent 5 % less.

HTC's market value has plummeted in recent years, dropping about 75 % to less than $ 2 billion in the last five years.

U.S. refineries are processing about a million barrels a day less oil than at this time last year due to impacts from Harvey.

Research from digital marketing agency Catalyst Canada found the number of apps Canadians have on their phones declined from an average of 26 in 2014 to less than 19 last year.

The measure received even less than the 40 percent support it had received last year.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, this year's top - grossing film so far, came out in early - April and the scattering of big movies around the calendar is one reason why all 2014 films have only grossed about 5.4 % less than all films had last year at this point.

Several major U.S. companies have dropped their associations with the National Rifle Association in the last few days, less than two weeks after a 19 year old with a semi-automatic rifle killed 17 people in a high school in Florida.