Sentences with phrase «of weak competition»

But those numbers were built on the soft ground of weak competition, and the Hawkeyes collapsed against the Buckeyes, losing 23 - 7.

Zumbo again claims that Australia has «some of the weakest competition laws in the world» and criticises the ACCC as taking «a long time to investigate» and suggests we need an inquiry into the ACCC.

One of the weakest competition entries at Sundance Fest this year, this pseudo romantic - erotic feature promises more than it can deliver, and after a cute beginning falls apart.

Based on a highly selective and unscientific sampling of opinions on the Croisette, the general consensus is that while this may be a milestone 70th - anniversary year for the Festival de Cannes, it's been a disappointing set of films overall, with one of the weaker competition slates in recent memory.

Not exact matches

In all of the above cases the entrepreneur who is susceptible to the confirmation bias will look for information and analyze it in a way that will yield: 1) fewer competitors rather than more, because it increases the viability of the start - up, 2) underestimation of the capabilities of the competition because stronger competitors will make life harder for the entrepreneur, 3) view of the company's product as fully addressing the needs of the customer because otherwise the start - up is at a weaker position in the marketplace, and 4) need for less resources rather than more because it generally makes raising the money easier.

Considering its strategic orientation of growing through acquisition, ACT has some latitude at the rating for periodically elevated leverage, but we believe that negative rating pressure would emerge if a transaction caused fully adjusted debt to EBITDA to exceed 3.5 x with risky prospects for a return to below 3.0 x. Moreover, the rating would be under pressure if increased competition caused weaker earnings, particularly from merchandise and services, keeping debt to EBITDA above 3x.

Some analysts questioned the extent of the impact of the sporadic protests in China, where Yum is also battling tough competition and a weak economy.

R.S. Burt, «Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition» (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992); P. Caligiuri and M. Lazarova, «A Model for the Influence of Social Interaction and Social Support on Female Expatriates» Cross-Cultural Adjustment,» International Journal of Human Resource Management 13, no. 5 (August 2002): 761 - 772; M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties,» American Journal of Sociology 78, no. 6 (May 1973): 1360 - 1380; and M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited,» Sociological Theory 1 (1983): 201 - 233.

Business investment is weak except for mergers that create economies of scale, less jobs, less competition, less money available for R&D and improved productivity.

Slower rises in manufacturing output charges have now been recorded in each of the past five months, driven by strong competition for new work and weaker underlying cost pressures.

These include the economy's lack of diversification away from the non-oil sector and high operating costs as a result of bureaucracy and a lack of competition, as well as low productivity due to relatively weak infrastructure and poor human capital development.

While insurance sector M&A has cooled off after a bumper 2015 due to what many players see as over-inflated valuations, soft insurance markets, increasing competition, higher claims and weak investment yields are putting profitability under pressure, meaning that M&A remains a possible source of growth according to Credit Suisse.

Given the present condition of the U.S. economy, which is creating many more jobs than are lost due to changing technology and international competition, protectionist voices should be relatively weak.

CCA is the largest player in the Indonesian carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) market, but its share of non-CSDs is weak and it is facing increased competition from low - priced rivals, such as AJE's Big Cola.

The downturn in the supermarket channel, fuelled by intense competition between leading brands - led by discounting from Sara Lee - and the growing popularity of private - label foods, has led Patties Foods to forecast a slightly weaker profit for the full year.

Injuries and weak play plagued Gotze this past year as he made just 11 starts for Bayern Munich across all Bundesliga competitions, though he still contributed to the tune of three goals and four assists.

This is literally the lowest level of competition & match up possible in the sport... a 0 - 1 guy vs a guy amateur included in 0 - 2 all losses by Flawless victory in the 1st round... Plus to Casuals if CM Punk beats this «Photojournalist» who is doing this fora quick cash grab which i think even he can do that it's gonna make the UFC look very weak to see him walk in & win in they're organisation at this stage.

It was not that Theo or Giroud should be defended for any weak campaign, more that if they had had a hypothetically strong campaign in a competition a lot of fans deem second tier, (Carling Cup, Europa League, even F.A. Cup to some fans, I'm guessing including yourself as you seem happy to disregard the opening goal of the FINAL for some strange reason.......)

Santos have been one of the weaker teams throughout the competition seeming to be just doing enough to scrape through.

I feel its good to experiment against the weaker teams, i do nt see Burnley offering much in terms of competition so lets go and get 3 points and hope tams in front us drop some more points.

Maybe they're not dazzling, like Destiny Littleton's 42.7 points per game against much weaker opposition, but 25.0 points and 13.4 rebounds a game against that level of competition is an amazing feat.

Once again, this can largely be explained by the strength of schedule since Green Bay will face weaker competition than any other team in the league.

For all the wonderful free - flowing football the Gunners play going forward, their defensive weak spot has been exposed on a number of occasions, with individual errors, a lack of leadership and no strength in depth costing Arsenal dear in all competitions.

The EL should not be a measure of our strength, the competition is too weak for that.

Henderson spoke more about Roma and said that nobody at Liverpool will be taking them lightly, even if they are perceived to be the weakest of the four teams left in the competition.

The club seems to have added wilting against top competition to it's season - long trend of underperforming against weaker sides.

The Seleccao are currently second in their group and next up, they will face arguably the weakest side of the competition, New Zealand.

On paper, Antonio Conte's squad of 23 looked to be the one of the weakest that the Azzurri has ever taken to a major tournament, and while progression to the last 16 was expected given the expanded nature of the competition, it was assumed that would be the furthest they could go.

For his part, United's new manager is clear that he does not intend the strengthening of a squad that proved itself incapable of both escaping a weak Champions League group and qualifying for this season's competition to end with the four «priority» signings.

i think dijouro is better than senderos and deserves his place and there is good compition, we have 4 centre backs and the only slightly weak [player is senderos and wenger just need to find good partnerships gallas and toute need more time getting used to playing together but both of them are expeptional, buying silvester is good signing i can player left or right back or centre back, he is very experiened at highest level.i must i realy like song he very well there great competition for places, i still feel we need another dm but it wont be barry

There are a number of factors that appear to have influenced this untimely downfall and it's most likely due to increasing competition from European counterparts and the rise in the quality and standards of other Euro - based teams, particularly in the style of possession football even the supposed «weaker» teams are now adopting.

The Euro 2016 top goalscorer betting is one of the hottest markets offered by the bookies right now and, with many weaker teams in this year's competition due to the expansion to twenty - four teams, there could be a lot more goals than usual at this year's Euros.

Past his best he might be, the saviour of the Arsenal Football Club he surely is not — but Silvestre will provide vital experience and competition to perhaps the weakest department of this squad.

A loss to one of the weaker sides in the competition?

Student - athletes will benefit the most from reduced exposure to potentially injurious blows and from what one calls the «conundrum of having to self - report an injury that they may not recognize as being potentially injurious or dangerous in the moment of competition,» or, as recent studies suggest, that athletes know are potentially dangerous but choose not to report because they fear being punished by the coach for doing so, such as by removing them from a starting position, reducing future playing time, or inferring in front of teammates that reporting symptoms made them «weak» or less «manly»; and

«The findings from DFID - commissioned research published in recent years indicates that there is weak evidence that market competition enhances the quality of schools in the private or public sectors.

My model predicts that the coexistence of two species in a sympatric way can happen only if there is low competition or weak competitive exclusion between them and a kind of avoidance of competition that leads to a slight shift of the niche of a meta - population, which accumulated a series phenotypic difference due to genomic inclusions coming from other sources of genes.

The founder of dm ³ LTD, David Minns, said: «The technical performance of the competition is generally weak.

The very future of cinema sometimes seemed to hang in the balance, as Netflix was banned from bringing one of its streaming titles to competition and responded by pulling all its films, worsening an already weak year for English - language cinema on the Croisette.

In fact, PA3 opened bigger and though it had the series» weakest legs to date, it still ended up with a domestic gross close to the first film and a franchise - high worldwide take of $ 203 M. And while the production budget again rose, it was still kept to just $ 5 million, well under the competition and far less than the marketing costs of such a high - profile wide release.

For the most part, the movies still suck, but following the box office success of films like «Taken» and «Ride Along,» the studios seem more willing to give higher - profile titles a chance to perform against the weaker competition.

If this is the weakest of the last three Assayas films, that's only because its competition is Carlos and Summer Hours.

Johanna Mason is a fierce competitor who plots to take out all of her competition in The 75th Hunger Games by pretending to be weak.

Unnerved by job losses, weak test scores, and competition from an increasingly skilled foreign workforce, state officials have launched a variety of efforts to improve STEM education.

Universal school choice that provides access to quality educational options, as Paul Hill of the University of Washington observes, will «depend on the supply - side, that is, on the success of arrangements that promote the creation of a wide variety of school options, expose all schools to performance pressures through competition, and permit constant replacement of weak schools by promising new ones.»

Putting across a different view point just for the sake of a semblance of diversity, I believe that the original intention was indeed to generate improvement by competition and that the strong would survive and the weak go to the wall.

Mille's wristwatches are wonders of advanced engineering that were developed using real world R&D: they are put through the ringer by athletes during training and competition until they break, enabling Richard Mille's team to find the weak spots in the tiny movements and re-engineer the watch until they're durable enough to sustain extraordinary forces like the swing of a golfer's club, the violence of a Formula 1 driver's track battle, or the snap of a tennis player's racket.

European luxury and sports cars sales have fallen off because of the weak dollar, competition from the Japanese and other factors.

Where Kobo has distinguished itself is in its ability to create an even (albeit somewhat blue - hued) glow across the front of the device, doing away with those weak spots that dot some of the competition's devices.

The company is facing double headwinds in the forms of weak consumer spending and fierce competition.