Sentences with phrase «numbers year upon year»

Sure there is a chunk of the Conservative Party which is deeply unpleasant and certainly deserves the label «nasty party» but they are vey much a minority and a shrinking minority at that as the grim reaper whittles down their numbers year upon year.

Not exact matches

Current retirees can collect as early as age 62, but their benefit will be permanently reduced by a percentage based on the number of months before they reach full retirement age, which ranges from age 65 to 67, depending upon birth year.

«Our success is primarily dependent on audience acceptance of our films, which is extremely difficult to predict and, therefore, inherently risky... Our business is currently substantially dependent upon the success of a limited number of film releases each year and the unexpected delay or commercial failure of any one of them could have a material adverse effect on our financial results and cash flows.»

I have dealt with a number of people who, upon reaching 70.5 years old, must begin taking RMDs from their traditional IRA accounts.

stock ownership policy under which all executive officers are required to retain 50 % of their after - tax profit shares acquired upon exercise of options or vesting of stock awards for a period of one year following retirement, and all other employees are expected to retain that number of shares while employed by the Company.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

Expedition 15 to Seattle built upon the success of the previous year and included VIP tours of a number of leading entrepreneurial space companies, a Space Shuttle Trainer tour guided by a Space Shuttle pilot Greg Johnson, and special guests including Charles Simonyi, Michael Lopez - Alegria, Peter Diamandis, and key employees from SpaceX and Blue Origin.

The numbers were even higher for 18 - 34 year olds, with 45 percent opening emails upon waking up.

I've been an atheist for more than 20 years, and I can count on one hand the number of times I've felt like religion was truly being foisted upon me against my will.

A few years ago when the number of languages into which it had been rendered was approaching the one thousand mark, it was decided to publish a volume in celebration of that event, to be called The Book of a Thousand Tongues, based doubtless upon the old hymn, «O, for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise.»

5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Its very apparent strengths rest upon a large number of pre -, non -, and even antiliberal institutions and resources that it has not replenished, and in recent years has actively sought to undermine.

If we were to be upon an outter planet say Saturn, our days would be a whole bunch longer than just 24 hours and a year on Saturn would equate to X number of years upon this earth!

The warrants will be exercisable upon the approval by the Company's shareholders of the amendment to the Company's articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock, and will expire five years from such date.

«The proposition of law is one which, I think, has been accepted by the highest judicial authority, and acted upon for a great number of years.

The whole team, for that matter, needs to improve upon last year's free throw numbers.

Based upon what has been commonly written, on many sites, we have 22 ships available this year and little if any wiggle room with that number.

And yet, in Naples, where he recently led his club team to its second Italian League title in four years, he is revered by thousands upon thousands of fans, and his likeness and number — 10 — are painted on countless walls.

The Gunners would have had reservations about the fixture upon announcement of Mike Dean officiating the North London Derby, having seen Dean appearing to celebrate a Tottenham goal against our side previously, and decisions have gone against us in a number of big games in recent years.

Upon joining Southampton in 2013, Mauricio Pochettino, one of the brightest managers to emerge in recent years, conducted a vigorous and holistic investigation into the football club; the result of which led to a number of changes that improved performances to new heights.

With the new school year upon us, it's always good to have a list of some truly awesome math apps in our back pockets (or really, on our tablets and phones) to help sharpen our kids» numbers skills.

I find this shocking, especially since we know that the maternal death rate has been rising in recent years — something that isn't happening in other countries» [9] Currently, according to the World Health Organization and several United Nations agencies, the United States ranks behind no fewer than forty other nations in preventing maternal deaths (based upon an official but unreliable number).

High Command is based upon a series of interviews he has conducted over a number of years with senior military, civil servants and some former ministers.

Same old spending increasing every year as predicted with all of those numbers getting agreed upon behind closed doors under a cloak of secrecy.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

Cathy Young has some baggage based upon her claiming two STAR exemption for a number of years (while serving as Chair of the Housing Committee) and DeFrancisco had large income from his law practice until recent years — if Bharara is looking for proof that an attorney actually provided services for fees that will be tough for JD to explain.

«They must ensure there are sufficient numbers of authorised firearms officers to call upon, to deal with the increasing number of gun crimes reported each year and I urge the new home secretary to hold chief officers to account on this.»

Concerns had already been voiced by board Democrats upon the initial agreement over numbers that project a net loss for the county over the 30 - year period with Standard.

This year we built upon those numbers by investing a record $ 1.2 billion, a $ 700 million increase, in Foundation Aid which is critical to our students in public schools.

But, over the span of 24 years it managed to meet but approximately 20 percent of the agreed upon number of miles of completed track.

We estimate the cost to be between $ 40 million and $ 79 million for a gubernatorial election year, depending upon the number of small donors who participate.

For Perez - Melgosa, who spent more than 15 years at UW, during which she co-authored a number of peer - reviewed publications, «the mere fact that this allegation has been raised against me carries with it the most serious effects upon my professional career,» she stated in her testimony for the lawsuit, which alleged discrimination based on national origin.

But because not all new Ph.D. graduates go straight into postdoctoral positions, the committee suggests that definitions should not be based upon the number of years after graduation.

Depending upon the final decision made by the NSF in the coming years, that number may go to as little as 30 % or less.

TESS relies upon a number of innovations developed by the MIT team over the past seven years.

For example, statins are advertised to reduce risk by 33 % but if you look at the package insert of any of them and look at the data upon which that number is based you will find that the absolute risk reduction is just 1 % over 3 years (i.e. in the treated group of people at high risk for vascular diasease only 2 out of 100 had an event while in the placebo group 3 out of a 100 had).

But even though its construction feels (* cough *) formulaic and (* ahem *) by - the - numbers, it's all in service of making Alan Turing's legend known — as well as the tragically unjust actions taken upon him years afterwards.

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Largely dismissed as too strange upon when it was first released, Teorema has become considerably more influential over the years, serving as the basis for a number of loose remakes, most significantly, Takashi Miike's equally bizarre and brilliant Visitor Q.

Once the final training numbers are known in November, the TeachVac website will be updated with predictions based upon the number of vacancies recorded this year.

«Cleveland High is also home to a number of academies that we have created based upon what we perceive to be the needs of society in the next 20 years,» explained Weiner.

Model the beginning of a fairy tale — Brainstorm a number of ways to begin a story, for example, «Once upon a time,» «Many years ago,» «Beyond the fairways of time,» etc....

You see, we embarked upon this journey some number of years ago.

The number of school districts identified as having some form of merit pay is based upon information provided by the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI), which is located at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College and funded by a 5 - year, $ 10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences.

Upon successful completion of the probationary period by the employee, the employee's status shall continue from year to year unless the district school superintendent terminates the employee for reasons stated in the collective bargaining agreement, or in district school board rule in cases where a collective bargaining agreement does not exist, or reduces the number of employees on a districtwide basis for financial reasons.

Upon payment of the required fees to the National Campaign for Public School Improvement, you may generate an unlimited number of copies for one academic year of the Parental Involvement Pledge and / or Parental Involvement Report Card in your schools and local community to organize parental involvement or to test its compatibility with other school and community programs.

Crunching the numbers to determine whether plug - in cars make financial sense depends upon how many miles one actually drives per year, and actual electricity costs.

Due to go on sale later this year, the I - Pace will set its sights upon a number of luxury EVs, and will soon be joined by a number of competitors from several automakers also aiming to get a slice of the EV pie.

Drawing upon teacher feedback, and my own experimentation with a play - based approach to iPad integration in K - 3, I have realised that there is a need for a few phonics / literacy game / skill development apps in the early years — provided those apps are limited in number, sourced from high - quality educational providers, and support the classroom literacy approach.

However, there has been no question in the minds of pediatricians and psychologists for a number of years that the early nursing and feeding experiences of a child do have a profound effect upon the child's personality and his reactions to people and to life in general, as well as upon his health.