Sentences with phrase «of few bright spots»

Although net lease has taken a hit with the drop in sales activity, it may be one of the few bright spots in a dismal commercial real estate investment market.

Asia Pacific is one of the few bright spots for retail expansion in a still recovering global economy.

The company that we work for is dysfunctional on a lot of levels (hence the job search), so that collegiality was one of the few bright spots of coming to work for the past six years.

Carbon taxes pose an existential threat to the development of North America's vast coal, oil, and natural gas deposits — one of the few bright spots in the economy.

A coalition of happy farmers, county commissioners, local chambers of commerce, and economic development officials — all Republicans, of course — refused to go along with the plan to stop one of the few bright spots in a declining rural economy.

One of the few bright spots: today the Melancthon 67.5 megawatt Wind Farm went on line.

You have inspired many people in your time as CEO, and were one of the few bright spots in the dark days of the current video game industry.

In an off year for Nintendo title both first party and third party, Fast Racing NEO stands out of the pack as one of the few bright spots.

One of the few bright spots in the gameplay, though, is the upgrade system, which offers a range of entertaining weapons.

With home values struggling in the region, low New York mortgage rates and high loan amount limits remain two of the few bright spots economically for real estate investors and homeowners.

Trucks and sport / utility vehicles accounted for two of the few bright spots in the auto industry in 1991.

Even with the depleted minivan market — Ford and General Motors are officially out of the minivan business, which no one would have predicted a decade ago — it remains one of the few bright spots in the Dodge and Chrysler lineup.

While most of the automotive market has slumped or even nose - dived during the recent recession, one of the few bright spots is the niche of car - based 5 - passenger SUVs from luxury brands such as Volvo More...

One of the few bright spots is the tidy turning radius and resulting ease of parking.

It's one of the few bright spots in the Lincoln lineup, with a small sales increase in 2013 compared with 2012 that helped combat sliding sales of models like the MKS and MKT.

Instead of just filling budget holes as it did elsewhere, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed by Congress last February offered Arkansas — one of the few bright spots in a dismal national landscape for K - 12 spending — a rare opportunity...

In of the few bright spots in this otherwise unoriginal approach to the absurdities of the film biz, Devine eagerly shows Schats what he's found to stand in for the wild west.

Full of bitter exchanges and misunderstandings, it ultimately feels like a waste of time — Gerwig's performance being one of the few bright spots.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that games like Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Dishonored 2, Tyranny, and Battlefield 1 (among others) were some of the few bright spots for a year which otherwise sucked pretty hard.

Tricia Helfer's Celene, the aforementioned dominatrix, is clearly one of the few bright spots within the movie, although even she falls victim to the script's rampantly inconsistent vibe (ie why is she able to expertly defend herself against one character but not another?)

As it turns out, Jackson knows her way around a courtroom, too, just as Seyfried (who was one of the few bright spots in «A Million Ways to Die in the West») cheerfully fields whatever new humiliation (including a running bit about her resemblance to Gollum) MacFarlane lobs her way.

Despite Penelope Cruz being one of the few bright spots of the last Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, it seems Johnny Depp enjoyed hearing stories about her cool significant other so much, he decided he'd rather have Javier Bardem come aboard the next installment.

The movie was one of the few bright spots of an otherwise bummer summer, bringing in a deserved $ 188 million domestically at the box office, and $ 525 million worldwide.

Once that wrapped up, he had a couple of big - screen turns, in Spike Lee's «Miracle At St. Anna» and Nimrod Antal's «Predators,» proving one of the few bright spots of the latter, but it was a TV series in 2010 that's really given him boost.

One of the few bright spots in his life is Mary (Amanda Seyfried), a First Reformed parishioner who pleads with him to counsel her troubled husband, Michael (Philip Ettinger).

Ms. Marvel is one of the few bright spots in the current day Marvel Comics universe.

It goes without saying that Farrell is one of the few bright spots in the film, and his ample charisma makes it easy for the audience to believe that thousands of men would've followed Alexander into battle (despite the seemingly insurmountable odds).

One of the few bright spots during the conduct of the primaries was Jigawa Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar.

Panepinto was not endorsed by Cuomo last fall, and his victory against now - former GOP Sen. Mark Grisanti was one of the few bright spots for the Senate Democrats in their failed quest to re-take the majority — in which they received considerable assistance from de Blasio, but not much from the governor (despite his promises to the contrary).

Panepinto won — with a heavy assist from NYSUT — and was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal showing by the Democrats last fall.

As we edge closer to the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, one of the few bright spots in the last decade has been the re-emergence of Lower Manhattan.

Flavored milk is one of the few bright spots in this otherwise dismal picture.

Hennessey was one of the few bright spots for Wolves in this competition.

Samu Saiz has been one of the few bright spots during the difficult stretch of form, and so barring anything crazy, he should start.

For a team that has struggled offensively in the past few games, he has been one of the few bright spots.

The performance of Joao Cancelo was one of the few bright spots for Inter on Saturday.

But Immobile's moment of brilliance — with the help of an equally impressive assist from central defender Matteo Bianchetti — was one of the few bright spots in Italy's 4 - 2 loss to Spain in the championship game on Tuesday, a disappointing end to the Azzurrini's tournament run.

However, the eye test would tell you that he's an important part of the team, and one of the few bright spots in the lineup since he came over from Middlesbrough.

An adept dribbler, Willock was one of the few bright spots for the U18 side last season.

One of the few bright spots in the New York Islanders» extremely disappointing season was their top line LW Anders Lee scoring 40 goals.

His first full season with the Manchester United first team was one of the few bright spots for the club in a harrowing 2013 - 14 campaign, but the 19 - year - old Belgian has struggled to recreate that form this term.

The Detroit Lions playing football on national TV during Thanksgiving day has often been one of the few bright spots for Lions fans.

He is one of the few bright spots of this season.

This is absolutely fantastic and one of the few bright spots for the Michigan football team (song starts at 0:30).

And he looked to be one of the few bright spots for England.

Walcott is not proven and I don't believe trusted by Wenger, Campbell is not a real striker and doesn't seem to be rated by Wenger despite many of us believing he was one of the few bright spots last season and Sanchez might very well be too small to be a striker in the PL and also has not been given a chance to prove that.

At least our right back Carl Jenkinson played every minute for the England under 21 side and he was one of the few bright spots in England's latest tournament failure.

The move would be a massive blow for United, as De Gea has arguably been one of the few bright spots from, what has otherwise been, an uninspiring season.

Jets fans aren't likely to have much to cheer about this season, but ASJ should be one of the few bright spots.

Signed last summer, and the 23 - year - old was one of a few bright spots last time round after he got used to the pace of the league.