Sentences with phrase «over a number of years ago»

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Having put off the building of the hotel complex for a number of years after the global financial crisis, construction of the 307 - room DreamMore, which will be is next door to Dollywood, started over two years ago.

About two years ago, the attorney at law firm Cooley took over as chair of the Partnership Nominating Committee, and the numbers weren't inspiring when it came to women's progress.

A little over a year ago, Chesky reached out and asked if he could travel to Omaha to have lunch, in part to talk about how Airbnb might help expand the number of rooms available in town during Berkshire's annual meeting weekend.

The number of U.S. IPOs priced this year has risen nearly 79 percent from a year ago, according to Renaissance Capital, while the total U.S. IPO proceeds have risen over 220 percent year - over-year.

I have long since lost count of the number of times my father has told me that I am going to hell or have spit in the face of God while my mother sits there sobbing and nodding in agreement, since I came out to them just a little over a year ago.

Over fifty years ago, G. Ernest Wright in The Biblical Archaeology (1955, p 46) said: «It may be noted that the new Carbon 14 method of dating ancient remains has not turned out to be as free from error as had been hoped... Certain runs have produced obviously wrong results, probably for a number od reasons.

Now, following a number of seismic lurches over the past two years, M5S appears to be moving into a post-Grillo phase, having six months ago replaced the comedian as de facto leader with 31 year - old Luigi Di Maio, in what seems to be a sign that the movement is about to grow up and join the political mudbath (albeit with Grillo remaining in the wings as «guarantor»).

And just as we no longer countenance slavery, which both Old and New Testaments regarded as normal, so we also no longer countenance the use of female slaves, concubines and captives as sexual toys or breeding machines by their male owners, which Leviticus 19:20 f., II Samuel 5:13 and Numbers 31:17 - 20 permitted — and as many American slave owners did slightly over 100 years ago.

For just one example, the number of persons in mental hospitals — over a quarter - million, seven years ago — has been cut in half over the past six years.

U.S. food retailers and milk processors have informed customers that they can't meet demands for organic milk a number of times since the organic dairy sector gained traction with consumers over a dozen years ago.

Shawna McAusland overcame a number of personal challenges when she took over full - time management of Gulf Smoked Seafood 18 years ago, as she and her son fled a life - threatening abusive domestic situation at the time.

This is up from less than 3 % five years ago, however, and the actual number of launches has nearly tripled over that period.

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

Same old Wnger same old Arsenal scared of spending too much on a flop, but he not dome that with a number over the years I mean how many sanogo's have we had and why keep Diaby on wages that have added up to millions when it was clear years ago that he was never ever going to stay fit!!

There are a number of factors that have contributed to the growth of Major League Soccer over the past decade, but nothing accelerated progress quite like the landmark arrival of the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star 10 years ago.

The number of traffic fatalities in 2017 in New York City plummeted to the lowest level since record - keeping started over a century ago, city officials said — a decline led by a steep drop in pedestrian deaths, which fell by nearly a third from the year before.

Dogs Trust's Chief Executive, Clarissa Baldwin OBE, coined the phrase «A dog is for life, not just for Christmas» over thirty years ago to help address the problem of large numbers of dogs being given as Christmas gifts every year.

MOD figures show that the number of young people signing up to the army continues to decline with just 880 16 - year - olds enlisting last year, down from over 3000 a decade ago.

Just take the horrific scale of the numbers: borrowing over the next four years is projected to amount to # 394 billion — more than twice Alistair Darling was predicting only eight months ago.

The number of children and young people in Wales waiting over 14 weeks to access psychiatric services is nearly five times higher than two years ago, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have revealed today.

«I proposed, just over a year ago, a Women's Equality Act that the Legislature's considering... that points out a number of areas of injustices and inequalities vis - à - vis women and possible solutions for it.

Two weeks ago, after the House of Commons vote on the budget, when Labour MPs joined with a number of Tory backbenchers to demand cuts in EU spending over the next seven years, slightly more voters (42 %) wanted the EU budget cut rather than maintained or increased (39 %).

Other challenges, it said, included special schools, such as schools for the blind and the deaf, which were either closing down or about to do so, subvention not being released to the psychiatric hospital in Accra, nearly all statutory funds being in arrears and a significant number of public sector workers, including nurses and district chief executives employed by the government over a year ago not being paid.

Just over a year ago, Secretary of State Clinton launched an international initiative to promote this approach and it has won an increasing number of adherents, helping to build international attention and action.

Doctors believe he is one of a small but growing number of Vietnamese children who are third - generation victims of the toxic pesticides — in particular Agent Orange — that were sprayed over the country by the US Air Force at the height of the Vietnam War 30 years ago.

Woolly mammoths roamed over much of Eurasia and North America from the mid-to-late Pleistocene about 300,000 years ago until numbers began to decline 15,000 years ago, before the beginning of the Holocene.

In the same vein, the article describes how a chance «mistake» — an apparently meaningless mutation that took place over 700 million years ago — became the molecular driver for complex morphological developments in a number of vertebrates (including the human species).

The theory of the Cambrian Explosion holds that, beginning some 545 million years ago, an explosion of diversity led to the appearance over a relatively short period of 5 million to 10 million years of a huge number of complex, multi-celled organisms.

The fossil record documents no such thing; we have modern humans appearing about 100,000 years ago, preceded by a number of more primitive fossils spread over the previous few hundred thousand years.

Over 2.000 years ago, the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates, would prescribe apple cider vinegar as a remedy for a great number of illnesses because this popular household product, usually used for cooking and cleaning, is actually packed with an amazing mix of antioxidants, essential amino acids and enzymes and can be a wonderful home remedy with health boosting and weight loss benefits.

Heart disease is the number one killer in our country today, which is startling considering that a little over a hundred years ago, it was practically unheard of!

It originated over 3,000 years ago in India and uses a number of natural herbs and spices (including spices we now recognize here, in the US for their health benefits — spices such as Chili, Cinnamon, Cumin, Ginger, and Turmeric).

My thyroid was hyper and out of control, I was given RAI treatment over 2 years ago which resulted in hypothyroidism and now my ENDO says looks this is where I have levelled out, she sent me back to my family doctor with my Synthroid presription and said I no longer require her treatment, she's done her job, numbers are what they are.

So, a number of years ago, a good friend of mine, Angela, invited me and my husband over to dinner one weekend.

Despite selling out over a year ago, one of EA's community members managed to snag the Lucky Numbers Choker last month when one popped back into stock.

One story that was mentioned a number of times throughout the day was The Match Group's amazing acquisition of PlentyOfFish for $ 575m, which was singlehandedly built by founder Markus Frind over 10 years ago.

At Match, 23 % of subscribers are over 50, more than double the number two years ago.

«Fifty - plus daters generate more subscriptions than younger daters, and they are more likely to subscribe for a longer period of time,» says Maida Goodman, spokesperson for Match.com, where 23 % of subscribers are over 50, more than double the number two years ago.

While the 2 wheeler segment was mainly dominated by men about 2 decades ago, it has seen a significant increase in the number of female riders over the years.

While these numbers represent an improvement from twenty years ago, they have actually remained almost completely static over the past decade, suggesting that the post-Cold War march to democratization tapered off in the first years of the new millennium.

Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

As mentioned in our update of two weeks ago, the Federal Budget announced an increase of $ 1.2 billion over three years for school funding, but it comes with a number of caveats.

The intervention was developed and trialled in New Zealand over 20 years ago and is now implemented in a number of education systems.

An Ofsted rating based on an inspection three years ago doesn't necessarily reflect the current status of a school, and neither do last year's exam results (any number of teachers or the head may have left over the summer holidays).

«Policies and practices put in place by city leaders a number of years ago have yielded greater equity over time, although charter students continue to receive less public funding than their peers in district schools,» he said.

A little over a decade ago, Chicago Public Schools began tracking the number of freshmen failing two or more classes who had a 10 percent absence rate or more than eighteen unexcused absences in a year.

Publishers Weekly also reports that the number of people who read a book this past fall decreased 3 % over the same time a year ago.

When Amazon Publishing, the book giant's retail arm, announced over a year ago that they would pay their traditionally published authors monthly instead of quarterly, a number of critics scoffed at the idea that this upstart company would change a four hundred - year - old system.

Good e-Reader published an interview with ACX, Amazon's self - publishing platform for audiobooks, over a year ago, and the site has seen tremendous growth in the number of titles produced.

The number of African Americans who were in congress 30 years ago was about five; today it is over 40, an 800 percent increase.