Sentences with phrase «only this year though»

He held the seat for only a year though, before being defeated in a rematch against Labour's by - election candidate Sir Peter Soulsby at the 2005 general election.

It is only this year though, that I started to put the pictures onto a board instead of into a book.

Not exact matches

Computers took 40 years to move from lab to home; robotics, though, have so far had only industrial impact.

Instead they dropped 13.4 % from last year's total to only $ 121.3 million, even though 14 % more cars went through the auction this year.

Since 1976 the Ontario economy has averaged only 85,000 net new jobs a year, though there have been many years that have exceeded the 125,000 threshold (1979, 1981, 1983 - 1988, 1997 - 2000 and 2003).

Though Gallagher is only 31 years old, «if anyone can be successful in that role, Chris should be able to do it,» says Stephen Williamson, the CEO of prominent juice maker and social - venture company Odwalla Inc..

Even though only about 6 percent of Chinese people have a passport, China has become the world's largest outbound tourist market, with more than 135 million departures a year — and Angkor Wat is an easy two - or three - hour flight from many cities in China.

Quebec has drawn at least $ 1.9 billion (# 1.5 billion) from Chinese investment, though it only accepts about 1,500 people a year — a small amount compared to what it was in the past when it didn't have a yearly quota, Katz added.

The median residential rent fell to $ 2,826, the first decline so far this year, though only a.8 percent drop from the same time last year, according to the Elliman report.

The moment that investments start to turn south, everybody wants to know what's going on and whether it will continue, even though the loss may only happen over a few days and not even months or years.

It's worth noting that this year's edition featured five European nations in the top 10, though only one (the Netherlands) is part of the eurozone.

Another reduction, though the relatively small size of Berkshire's holdings makes the sales discernible only in the 13F filings, is that Berkshire cut its investment in Moody's (MCO) from about 32 million shares at the end of 2009 to 28.4 million a year later.

If you use the same testimonial for 20 years, it may look as though that's your only testimonial.

Only 31 percent knew that they should draw down no more than 4 percent of their assets a year in retirement — even though 65 percent expect to live to at least age 80.

Belgium, in particular, has 26 years with debt - to - GDP above 90 percent, with an average growth rate of 2.6 percent (though this is only counted as one total point due to the weighting above).

And though a law forbidding women from working in stores was reversed five years ago, in practice, things are only now slowly starting to change in certain cities.

Though residential construction only accounts for a small share of GDP, housing has a broader reach in the economy, which should help to sustain growth this year.

Though productivity apps only make up a small 4 % of time spent, their share doubled over the past year, higher growth than any other category.

So even though I didn't earn anything the last two months of the year, we only had to make adjustments for December because November was covered.

It was only a little over a year ago that Dropbox finally made DfB a priority, even though it was clear before then that it needed that extra push from business customers, according to a former employee.

«That is a reason, [though] not the only reason, to believe that the in - place equity bull market should last a long time... at least another two years, if not longer.»

Alibaba's shares, which rose more than 30 % in their first month only to falter over most of the next two years, are also back in the black, though barely.

Though they'll only be sold through one carrier, Verizon, that's still a step up from last year's Nexus devices, which could not be bought through any service provider.

She's only been in business a year, and though it has been a bit of a struggle, she's determined to succeed.

Though it's only been around since 2012, Blue Apron is already selling more than 3 million meals each month, CEO Matt Salzberg told Business Insider earlier this year.

Though all FTSE 100 firms have female directors, women only make up 8.6 % of executive directorships, up from 5.5 % four years ago.

In the 33 years since the 1982 low, valuations have quadrupled, and the S&P 500 has enjoyed an average price increase of 9.5 % annually, even though nonfinancial gross value added has increased by only 5 % annually.

Though we don't use the Coppock indicator in its popular form, the 29 signals in this measure since 1900 have been associated, on average, with market returns of 19.6 % over the following year, and only 3 yearly losses among those signals (one because of the entry into World War II, and the others because the signals were driven by the reversal of a very weakly negative reading, as was the case for the latest signal).

Additionally, though the event has been held elsewhere in the past, this was not the first time it has taken place at Mar - a-Lago: Not only was last year's ball held there, but the very first Red Cross Ball was hosted there by the property's prior owner, the famous socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post.

Though the German government is notionally committed to the alliance's 2 - percent defense - spending target, it only spent 1.2 percent of its GDP on defense last year — an amount her coalition partners, the Social Democrats, and more than half the German public oppose increasing.

(Remember, though, you can contribute only $ 5,500, or $ 6,500 if you are age 50 or older, in total to any traditional and Roth IRAs you have in any one year.)

Though the weighted - average maturity of Treasury debt is currently longer than normal, the average is still only 5.8 years, and half of the debt will have to be rolled over by 2019, at whatever interest rates emerge in the interim.

Even though you and your employee already know whether the employment for your organization qualifies, an updated ECF is the only way for an employee to be sure that all of the payments made over the course of the last year of employment count toward PSLF.

Though I've only been investing for a year and a half, I've already seen big gains.

Even though the dollar has raced to 14 - year highs against a basket of currencies in the wake of the Fed meeting, only a slim majority - 52 percent of poll participants who expressed a view - thought the euro / dollar exchange rate would break below parity in 2017.

Traction was harder to come by in larger enterprises, though, and in fact over the last few years Office 365 has well out - paced G Suite, not only growing faster but winning back customers.

International revenue, likewise, dropped steeply last quarter, falling 19 % from just the third quarter, though, thanks to acquisitions, revenue was only down 10 % year over year.

Even though the industry is only four years old, the top 10 bitcoin casinos have processed a combined 27 billion bets (most of these are very small bets; average size is about 5 cents).

Though you're allowed to deduct eligible medical expenses to lower your tax liability, you can only do so if your out - of - pocket costs for the year exceed 10 % of your adjusted gross income.

You can only apply for forbearance for a total of three years on Perkins Loans, though there are no such limits for FFEL or Direct Loans unless set by your servicer.

But Harmening conceded that even though General Mills is «moving urgently» to tackle higher costs, the moves will only partially offset the profit pressure this year.

The analysis in Figure 1 shows DCF values for only 35 years though the model values companies for 100 years into the future.

Not only were the second - quarter GDP figures somewhat disappointing, but inflation has remained quite low even though the eurozone pulled its way out of a short period of deflation seen at the beginning of this year.

Though OPEC is most likely to extend their deal through the second half of the year, it will only be a temporary booster.

Even though the yield - to - maturity for the remaining life of the bond is just 7 %, and the yield - to - maturity you bargained for when you bought the bond was only 10 %, the return you have earned over the first 10 years is an impressive 16.26 %!

Though, when you take a closer look at recent equity performance in May, each year there has been some volatility in the markets during May and the overall gains have been only marginal.

Even though investing in the best decile of a composite of value factors averages out to have excess returns of almost four percent annualized, when looking at shorter investment periods it only works a little better than two out of three years on a one - year basis.

So if you pass after 10 years, the payout may only be $ 250,000 (though the decrease in coverage each year isn't always a direct correlation).

«After the whole Sarah Lacy thing from a few years ago, I decided I was going to only use Lyft, though I gave in and Ubered a few times when it was a necessity,» Staples told Recode.

Even though some investors came into 2015 thinking that stocks like Netflix and Amazon were in bubble territory, they only accelerated their share - price gains during the year.