Sentences with phrase «much over the last few years»

Maternity fashion has improved so much over the last few years.

My body weight has fluctuated so much over the last few years from pregnancies and breastfeeding!

In summary, given many asset classes have appreciated so much over the last few years, we see the gold market as broadly overlooked and offering great value as a portfolio hedge at current levels.

The stigma attached to being a gamer has changed so much over the last few years, look what a sociable thing XBOX is today, I can happily sit in a party with 7 friends, all doing different things, just having a chat, for hours!

Each battle plays out in turns like most older RPGs, but Shining requires players to use the environment to their advantage and place infantry in strategic areas to avoid the enemies from flanking your general character (main protagonist)... It's a battle system that hasn't been visited much over the last few years (if I'm wrong, and some developer used this system recently please let me know) and I would like to see this mechanic in action again.

Nintendo's show this year likely can't lean on new Mario games, as the company's beaten that drum a bit too much over the last few years and can't crank out another platformer.

Some time ago, a colleague posed an interesting question to me in hopes that Lex Machina's data might be able to shed some light: Have the kind or size of firms handling patent cases changed much over the last few years?

Cover letters have evolved much over the last few years.

We have all heard about the cash investors that have been in the news so much over the last few years.

Not exact matches

There's been no shortage of high - profile hacks over the last few years — think Target, Sony and Ashley Madison — but one sector that hasn't made as much news for breaches is financial.

This crock has pretty much imploded over the last few years, although I sense a creeping rebirth when I hear the President talk about how the JOBS legislation is such a triumph of democracy since pretty soon every Tom, Dick and Harry will be able to buy and own cheap stocks, and raise money through new and virtually unregulated crowd - funding vehicles.

Imagine how much money was spent on taxes converting over the last few years at higher rates!

I probably should just move everything to VNQ, the US REIT, which has performed much better over the last few years.

Its efforts over the last few years, including a pledge to replenish all the water it uses globally via Coca - Cola products, are as much about margins as they are about the environment.

Furthermore, he notes that while earnings are decent, there is the hard truth that returns over the last few years have come as much from higher equity valuations as they have from fundamental growth.

If only the media spent this much time and effort trying to get to the bottom of at least a few of the real stories out there over the last couple years instead of crap like this.

My original recipe for sweet potato brownies has been so popular over the last few years, so many of you absolutely love them and make them all the time, but I've been feeling for a while that there was a way to make them so much better.

Over the years the equipment may have changed, but the hot and spicy jerk paste used to marinate has remained pretty much the same as it has for the last few hundred years.

Hazelnuts have been gaining popularity over the last few years, but it's one nut that I honestly never really used much.

For a team that's had so much success and disappointment over the last few years, this might be the most talented Rangers team yet.

On one hand, the big boys have been going nuts in the transfer windows over the last few years, but the smaller clubs have become much more competitive as well, what with the ever growing finances, which has made the league a lot more open.

However, much as I have been frustrated with Wenger and our team over the last few years lets be positive and hope that this coming season our new players change improve us and Wenger himself gets back to what he was able to do 15 yers ago.

Antonio Valencia has played an astonishing number of games in defence over the last few years, with none of the options the club have bought since then able to show they are much of an upgrade.

This isn't an overt criticism as much as an observation that's become clear over the last few years.

While I very much enjoy Lunardi's vexation over the enigma that has been Syracuse bball these last few years, his generalization that Syracuse is seemingly ALWAYS on the bubble really annoys me.

The whole article is worth reading, as it gets into player workout regimens, questions about Barwis» approach, and just how much the Mets have lost to the DL over the last few years.

Of course Cesc won two League titles with Chelsea but I am sure Arsenal could have achieved so much more with Cesc in our problem midfield area over the last few years.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

Well over the last few years, McLaren has been a bit of a second - rate team itself, so you could argue that there's not much difference...

Arsenal are one of the many clubs in the Premier League and around Europe that have been linked with the possible signing of the Real Madrid and France international star Raphael Varane, but with the young centre back regularly being talked about as one of the most talented and promising young players in the world over the last few years I never really took much notice of those Arsenal transfer rumours.

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

It's not a move that's likely to bring much controversy — McCutchen's given us little reason to believe he'd make this into a big deal — but it's jarring in the context of the league over the last few years.

While they haven't won as much as some of their fans would like and while the program has clearly struggled over the last three seasons or so, even post-Solich history shows it's possible to win quite a few games each year.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Not all Arsenal fans will remember how much of a top class player the England international Jack Wilshere can be, as we have certainly not seen a lot of evidence to that fact over the last few years.

Happy because it was so good, and sad because we should have been seeing so much more of this over the last few years, but which thanks to Honda engines hasn't really been possible.

Over the last few years there has been much talk of the curse of being Arsenal's captain, and it certainly is a fact that once appointed they play brilliantly and are sold the following year (Like Fab4 and RVP), or get injured (like Thomas Vermaelen and Mikel Arteta) and don't hardly ever appear on the pitch.

The 23 - year - old has been much maligned over the last few seasons for his supposed lack of a positive contribution to the team's performances, but has experienced...

To be honest, the last few days have been too much for a man of my all too advancing years and, on Saturday, I took the decision to momentarily mute Twitter until this was all over.

The 23 - year - old has been much maligned over the last few seasons for his supposed lack of a positive contribution to the team's performances, but has experienced a turnaround that now has him in the position where he is undoubtedly one of the first names on the team sheet and the decision not to play him in Liverpool's FA Cup game against Arsenal as an uncalculated risk.

Nottingham Forest haven't got too much right on the field over the last few years, suffering disappointment after disappointment as managers come and go.

I have seriously fallen in love with Vermont over the last few years and seeing how much these people loved Vermont and were excited about the ski season made me so happy!

Sometimes I still can't believe how much Laurel has evolved over the last few years!

The last few months have been so busy that I haven't even had much time to dwell on little H's school application for Year R and Z's for Junior School, both are not straight forward or guaranteed as our nearest school is massively over subscribed, meaning Z and S are at a lovely but out of catchment school and it's always a worry going forward what will happen.

Hospitals have at least improved over the last few years in not trying to take babies away to the nursery so much; but there are still too many bothersome and unnecessary actions in the middle of the night, and too many needle pokes disrupting early bonding.

My husband and I recently reached out to Carrie for advice on our 3 1/2 year - old and her frequent intense emotions over the last few months which have felt like too much for her age to my husband.

Pauline Latham OBE MP speaking on the development: «Over the last few years a much larger clinic has been built, a separate maternity unit, a laboratory, a series of counselling rooms and some offices.»

I agree with you, Richard, that there is much less of a problem is clubs pick up the tab for the extra tax (and I am relieved to think that Arsenal's sensible financial management over the last few years ensures they would not subsequently collapse..)

«We are seeing an enormous rise in fatalities over the last few years as a result of opioid addiction,» she said, adding that there is currently no estimate for how much the county would be seeking in compensation.

Johnson, who represents Chelsea and famously came out to the country as gay while in high school, praised city government's accomplishments over the last four years, but said it still has much to overcome in the next few years.