Sentences with phrase «like prior year»

Not exact matches

Like last year, but unlike many prior years, Apple did not announce how many iPhones had been preordered in the first weekend.

Up until recently, investors and analysts had been fairly pessimistic about Apple's outlook because the new iPhone 7 seemed like only a modest upgrade from the prior year's model and did not have a radically new exterior appearance.

While Kohl's business has held steadier than the likes of J.C. Penney (jcp) and Macy's (m) in recent quarters, its top line is roughly where it was six years ago, a big contrast to the retailer's torrid growth for decades prior to that.

Prior to the end of the year I'd like to see if I can get these close to the $ 20,000 mark with some fresh capital to kick off 2015 with a bang!

In the first quarter of 2013, AB - InBev sales by volume in the U.S. were down 5 %, and as AdAge reported, for one four - week period in the spring, sales of ubiquitous brands like Bud Light, Budweiser, and Miller Lite decreased by 6 % to 9 % compared to the same period a year prior.

Prior to Stray Dog Capital, Lisa spent over 15 years in General Management, Operations, and Engineering at Blue Chip companies like General Mills and Procter & Gamble.

More than ever, I felt like I needed to be a part of this amazing community that I stumbled upon the year prior.

But T - Mobile seems like it will be considerably less aggressive in 2018 than in prior years.

2) The notion of the U.S. as a «Christian Country» is revisionist history that started during the Cold War (when, for example, «under God» was inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance, where for sixty years prior it had been absent) and continues today with people like Rick Santorum «wanting to vomit» at the notion of a secular nation.

Along the same lines, I think it would have been helpful (and enlightening to some) to mention the commitment to patristics that many Catholic scholars» like Joseph Ratzinger» had in the years prior to the Second Vatican Council, which eventually influenced conciliar teaching on a host of matters.

Chelsea only slowed spending in recent years because they went totally ham in the years prior, they are stacked full of good youth (they sold a lot of quality young players too) and Roman seems to have little appetite for overspending now but they still have bigger resources than us and better facilities just like City a fact people gloss over and the result of the overspending on youth sees them recoup money that they then use to spend whilst it looks like they are not spending (also got lucky with the price inflation directly after they went crazy on youth and the regularity of their China deals is sketchy at best.)

Despite murmours of interest from big names like Arsenal and Liverpool, who of course tried to sign him prior to his move to Real, the 18 - year - old eventually became something of a coup for Everton for the second half of the 2016/17 season.

The Toffees celebrated what was poised to be their first win in four, but, just like they were against Bournemouth and Stoke City prior to the New Year, they were caught napping at the death.

The former Borussia Dortmund Head Scout is known for his part in bringing previously unknown players to the German club prior to them becoming regular household names, including the likes of Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang, Robert Lewandowski, Ousmane Dembele and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and he may have already unearthed a gem who could go on to play at the top level for years to come.

One thing I like to do before the season is lay out win estimates for all 30 teams, basically using the prior year as a baseline and adjusting for roster changes and injury recoveries.

Sure they can change them during the week as much as they like, they can even change them on game day prior to the game; something that Michigan has done all year when unveiling their «legends uniforms.»

I also think the odds Holland dips into free agency are much higher if we move a proven goal scorer like Gus prior to next year; he'd leave a gaping hole in a top 6 that's already really weak.

an organisation like the UFC could not go from what is was in prior to 2012, when in 2010 in total they had 24 events that encompassed 255 fights & 10 title fights, to what it is today in 2018, last year they held over 40 events with 457 fights and 20 titles fights...

You have teams like Atleti last year and Dortmund a couple years prior winning titles because they gave it their all — 110 % and nothing less.

(1) this squad has way too many moving parts and very few of our players are good enough at their preferred position let alone relying on them in whatever position Wenger and his magic eight ball decide in the tunnel prior to the game... when teams do this it generally signals issues within the club, much like Jose last year and Van Gael before him... no one gets settled, the chemistry is almost non-existent and if provides a built - in excuse when the team comes up short... these issues fall squarely on Wenger, both for his decisions regarding players coming in and for his inability to rid the team of those players who aren't cutting it... in actually fact we have only 6 real starters on this current squad and that's being generous (Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette, Sead, Kos & Cazorla)... which is discouraging because Cazorla is injured and might never play again, Sanchez is wanting out and the club is lying to us about his injury status, Lacazette receives no service, Ozil is relatively disinterested out there, Kos is getting up there and Sead is just trying to settle in... there isn't a single other player that would start regularly on any of the other top 3 teams, which should be the standard... imagine this team moving forward if Wenger only sells before the window closes

Compare that with, say, Holmes from prior years — I liked Holmes, and I thought he was really talented, but ultimately I'm not sure how «good» he was

That did nt pass the smell test when he proposed at mania so the breakup news wasnt a shock to the more cynical fans like myself the shock was more it taking 6 years to officially break up (its highly possible theyve broken up before but never this publicly that i know of) most casuals did nt even know they were in a relationship until wwe told everyone on the air or unless they watched total divas or bellas prior to the mania angle last year

Arsenal might be winning games again but let's face it their performances have hardly been inspiring.Far and away their best performance so far was a defensive hard earned 0 - 0 away draw to Chelsea.Its a long long time since Arsenal.played a style of football which was fast moving, free - flowing and with consistently positive end result.The media still seam to tar them with that same brush but truth be known the likes of both Manchester clubs, Liverpool and Spurs are far more entertaining to watch these days than Arsenal's tippy - tappy sideways brand of play Hopefully they will be able to build momentum in the coming weeks and inspire confidence prior to the Citeh and Spuds games... otherwise this Season will unfortunately develop into even more farce than Wenger, Gazidas and Kronke managed to orchestrate last year and the Emirates will empty out even more noticeably!!

I saw most of Smiths games in our shirt (and for 30 years prior to him arriving) and to slur an honest fair minded man like Smudge is just childish and silly in the extreme.

Prior to any signings, United look like one of the most unbalanced top - class squads I have seen for a few years.

But they were confident that we would land some huge players like we did the previous year, prior to the «traitor's» departure.

Even though they no longer share the same stadium with their city rivals like had for so many years prior.

One day, around this time, like a «happy accident» Debora noticed a tiny unusually sized pillow sitting on the couch that her sister hand - made for her as a gift years prior.

We're about to celebrate 12 years of marriage (and many more prior to getting married) and that feels like one hell of an accomplishment.

On or around The Lunch Tray's May 26th birthday, I always like to go through my blog archive and take stock of where we've been in the prior year.

Not only have they had those 12 - 20 weeks bonding to a baby whom they have created dreams, hopes and plans for — but they also have years prior of imagining what their family might look like.

Both the League of Women Voters and the Bar Association flipped their positions from 20 years prior, taking the view that a convention would be the most realistic way to accomplish goals like election reform.

(Well, yes, except all the hard stuff had already been either passed prior to the budget — like tax code reform and the so - called «big ugly» mentioned above — or negotiated last year, liuke the 4 percent increase in education and health care spending).

The latest RE curriculum framework for teaching prior to GCSE level was produced last year and recommends the study of non-religious worldviews like Humanism alongside religions — a simple codification of the developing place of non-religious beliefs in RE which has evolved over many decades.

And Breslin — who's represented Albany County for 14 years and now chairs the Senate Insurance Committee — says he's been anything but kind to Big Insurance, repeatedly backing laws — like one requiring prior approval from the state before companies can increase premiums on about one - quarter of health insurance plans — that he said have sparked howling resistance.

That includes areas like West and Brockwell that I wouldn't have thought have ever elected Labour councillors prior to this year.

Elsewhere, the Department's Third Offset Strategy — a touted effort initiated under President Obama to maintain and accelerate superiority in advanced technology areas like hypersonics and human - machine collaboration — makes scant appearance in this year's budget request, even though Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, a key architect of the strategy in the prior administration, has so far stayed on at the Pentagon.

«Given a city like Philadelphia's prior experience with gun violence, the 29 percent reduction in crime reported in this trial could translate into hundreds of fewer shootings each year if the vacant land interventions tested here were scaled beyond just the locations of the study,» said Branas.

Online spending increased 7 percent last year — nothing like the years immediately prior, which saw growth rates near 20 percent.

The analysis indicates that — once you control for all other place - specific factors like political institutions and levels of economic development — warmer than normal temperatures in the year prior to an election produce lower vote shares for parties already in power, driving quicker rates of political turnover.

G: People want to know what the odds look like, and we can say something about that by looking at the conditions that existed before the active season in prior years and comparing those to what we see now.

On food swaps: Prior to this year, I would just eat whatever I felt like at the time.

When Schmidt and colleagues measured the height and weight of the women with PCOS they first examined 21 years prior, they found that women with PCOS, like women without the syndrome, got shorter and had greater BMIs and waist - hip - ratios.

Here are some thoughts about my experience working with Nicole: — periods started to get less painful once I realized that endometriosis was probably at the center of the issue — I was sleeping better than I had in years before I got pregnant and even through most of my pregnancy, I'm assuming due to the changes I made to diet / nutrition / vitamins — There were several times in the year prior to conceiving our daughter that I felt like I was pregnant and then had a horrible period a week after my expected period.

The family integrated nutrient dense foods like fermented cod liver oil with butter oil, Pure Synergy, desiccated liver, ghee, sprouted nut butters, and gelatin into their diets a few years prior to and in increased amounts during pregnancy.

It also took small rusty spots off of light fixtures, paint off of a toilet bowl (that I had dripped there years prior) and made my kitchen sink shine like new.

It's like I owned them for years prior, which is exactly how you want your shoes when you first wear them!

I have a prior years» version of this coat and I like it.

Last year, founders of sites like Houston - based Neumate discovered that their ads were being removed by the Facebook team with no prior warning.

Prior to online dating sites incorporating chat facilities into their platforms, some of the most popular chat rooms has been bringing like minded people together for years.