Sentences with phrase «less than the expectations»

There can be no assurances that the Company will achieve expected results, and actual results may be materially less than expectations.

I have a feeling they're going to be shocked when they find their station in the afterlife less than their expectations.

But if we look back on the golden generation, stevie G, lampard, beckham etc they achieved little for England and far less than our expectations.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Both active and passive investors might find that their realized portfolio returns turn out to be less than the expectations they started out with.

We are able to review what the customer is experiencing, give positive feedback to our staff or correct situations that may be less than our expectations.

My gripe is that I'm growing tired of this idea that if we spend money on material we know to be less than our expectations that it'll somehow give the publisher a push to release the game we actually want somewhere down the line.

Not exact matches

Parents, for their part, would readily comply with kids» expectations: Less than 5 percent of those surveyed said that they wouldn't let their child move back in after graduating from college, although nearly 25 percent said that they would charge them rent.

It's always better to commit to less than raise people's expectations and fail to follow through.

Small business owners have adjusted their expectations based on the economic situation: a slowly - recovering economy that's less than thriving.

We're placing more expectations on our relationships than ever before — we want our partner to be our best friend, our lover, our intellectual sparring partner, maybe our co-parent — while simultaneously investing less time and energy in the relationship.

Apollo said it will pay $ 17.12 per share in cash for ClubCorp, a 30.7 percent premium over its closing price on Friday, but less than the 12 - month high of $ 17.50 the shares reached in February, on investor expectations that a sale process first reported by Reuters in January would be successful.

With the Phillips curve appearing to be a less reliable guidepost than it has been in the past, the anchoring role of inflation expectations remains critically important.

Investors were less than jazzed by Lowe's latest earnings report, with a miss that came in below analysts» expectations pre-earnings release.

Rather than a uniform upward shift in rate expectations, the dot plot shows that a minority of members have become somewhat less accommodative.

A clear, although gradual, shift has occurred in respondents» medium - term inflation expectations, with the share of respondents expecting inflation to be less than 3 per cent per annum declining steadily since early last year.

Medium - term inflation expectations of financial market participants, as implied by the difference between nominal and indexed bond yields, have risen to around 3 per cent in October, from less than 2 per cent at the beginning of the year.

The better - than - month - long climb in the market since the election of Donald J. Trump as President - elect has been driven by optimism about domestic economic stimulus and the expectation that the incoming Administration will push for lower corporate taxes and less government regulation.

And less frequent and less celebrated data such as the Purchasing Managers Indexes may provide a better view of future profits than analyst's expectations.

Its dots plots predict four rate increases over the next 18 months compared with the markets» expectation of less than two.

I will say that the sale exceeded our expectations — sold well over asking price and in less than one week!

For example, a 2 % rise in inflation expectations would only result in a more bullish backdrop for gold if it were accompanied by a rise of less than 2 % in the nominal interest rate.

Inflation expectations were mitigated on Wednesday after news showing that producer prices in the US were less than expected.

These concerns were subsequently reinforced by some US data releases which, while solid, were less than the rather optimistic expectations embodied in market prices.

Although operating revenue and net interest income were lower than expected, operating costs were in line with expectations, and credit costs were less than anticipated.

Further complicating matters, millennials seem to have an expectation that they need a lot less for a down payment than they actually do.

I'm sad my kids» expectation of privacy is less than mine.

Unless something extraordinary happened to convince them that against all their expectations God had reversed his apparent verdict on Jesus, I can not imagine that they would later on have taken immense risks to assert in public that a man who had been condemned and hanged was no less than God's Messiah.

We are used to two possibilities: on the one hand, prophecy being punctured by reality, and our settling for far less than our imaginations were excited into expecting; or on the other hand, prophecies being fulfilled, and a boost being given to our expectations and our sense of who we are and what we deserve.

To say that a church is segregated because it has less than 20 % ethnic representation is, in many cases, an unfair expectation.

As to this history, it is less the experience of the change of everything than the tension created by the expectation of a fulfillment; history is itself hope of history, for each fulfillment is perceived as confirmation, pledge, and repetition of the promise.

Reagan, who was divorced, did not attend church, and gave less than 1 percent of his income to charity, hardly delivered on any of evangelicals» expectations as president, William Martin noted in a CT article after Reagan died.

Meyer says today's college students have greater expectations for fresh food than previous generations, to the point at which they will pass up wrapped sandwiches in a cold case, even if the sandwiches were made less than an hour beforehand.

Labor and delivery went so smoothly, just exceeded all my expectations, and i was out of the hospital in less than 24 hours.

As one of the many properties in the Velas Resorts portfolio, which have earned no less than 43 diamonds by AAA, I had high expectations for my own stay at the location — especially given it has garnered 8 of those diamonds in its own right.

That the Tigers — last year's biggest surprise with a 12 — 2 record and a No. 4 finish in the AP poll — were anything less than elated after a win over a Top 25 team that played in a BCS bowl last January shows how expectations have dramatically changed at a school that hasn't won a conference title since 1969.

You think it fazes us that you've kept us down, undersold our culture, and given the world an expectation that we are less than another franchise?

Very very ordinary team plus less than ordinary manager puts us in to Bournemouth territory... Need wilshere and lacazette to step up as our only two quality players... No idea what to expect... Amazing how expectations have shifted from us to merseyside over last 3 years... Sad and shocking that club has treated fans in this way

Which in all reality has turned out to be nothing less than a nightmare for the coach who arrived with such high expectations following an impressive career across Europe.

But with less than a week to go until the start of the new top - flight season, the Bluebirds have significantly exceeded everybody's expectations with who they have managed to bring in, installing hope into the supporters...

In contrast, teachers were more controlling, had lower expectations, got angry more often, and showed less nurturing toward the children with difficult attachments — and who, sadly, had a greater need than the securely attached kids for kindness from adults.

We're placing more expectations on our relationships than ever before — we want our partner to be our best friend, our lover, our intellectual sparring partner, maybe our co-parent — while simultaneously investing less time and energy in the relationship.

Regardless of the level of support — engaged (coach), less than fully engaged (teammate), or disengaged (witness), both mothers and their partners tend to be perfectly happy as long as there is discussion, understanding and agreement about the expectations ahead of time.

There is an expectation that you have less of a need to defend your truth than you have curiosity to hear another's.

This shift towards less than ethical brands and the cheap cloth diaper drives down peoples expectations and values in a cloth diaper.

The guilty verdict against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was less than 24 hours old when Governor Andrew Cuomo began lowering expectations that he and the Legislature would do anything about Albany's ongoing corruption epidemic.

Although the study didn't explain why adults are growing less satisfied, one possibility put forth by the researchers is that of unrealistic expectations: Modern youth are more optimistic about their futures than ever before.

It took less than a month for the results to surpass Porter's loftiest expectations.

Though details are still scarce, one expectation is that funding for basic research will rise to 10 % of total R&D spending by 2020, up from less than 5 % now.