Sentences with phrase «part of a decade»

After a run - up in housing prices in the early part of the decade, home prices plummeted, then thousands of borrowers couldn't afford to pay their loans.

After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.

The US smart home market has still yet to meet the expectations many observers had in the early part of this decade.

Had it not been for Tiger's absurd run for the better part of a decade between 2000 - 2010, more people would be talking about Dustin Johnson's run of top - tier performances over the past year.

You'd think that the GOP would be speeding through a structured dismantling of the health law they've been maligning for the better part of a decade given the party's control of the House, the Senate, and the White House.

And on the handful of occasions where the Obama administration did draw legal scrutiny, the investigations did not block out the sun because they were not part of a decades - long legacy of ethical missteps.

Armed flying drones have been taking to the skies in Afghanistan and Iraq for the better part of a decade, while Israel is currently using armed ground robots such as the Guardium, likely in its current conflict in Gaza.

In a bid to sustain the double - digit growth the company had enjoyed in the early part of the decade, the brand opened far too many retail stores, making their goods too widely available and reducing their status as a luxury label.

Pink Slime For better or worse, lean, finely textured beef — otherwise known as «pink slime» — has been an additive in most ground beef in the U.S. for the better part of a decade.

From growing at double - digit rates in the earlier part of this decade, growth of bank assets (loans advanced by banks) shrunk to 4.4 percent in the first half of 2017 for the top 16 banks, according to Moodys.

America's growing income inequality has been a persistent concern of both economists and activists for the better part of a decade.

Following a collapse in its stock and real estate markets in the early 1990s, it took Japan the better part of a decade to get back on track.

During the first part of that decade, Asia - Pacific was growing more rapidly than North America, and in 2010 total volume in that part of the world surpassed North America for the first time.

For the better part of a decade, average U.S. commercial real - estate prices have climbed relentlessly, not only recovering all the value lost during the 2008 - 09 financial crisis, but also far exceeding the pre-crash heights of 2006.

All the major countries had reduced interest rates to unprecedented levels in the early part of this decade — 0 per cent in Japan, 1 per cent in the United States and 2 per cent in the euro area — and they maintained this position for a prolonged period.

I spent the better part of a decade witnessing the destruction first - hand.

Backpage successfully wielded Section 230 for the better part of a decade to avoid prosecution or liability before being shut down just this month.

One factor supporting the Australian dollar over the past couple of years has been that interest rates right across the yield curve in Australia, and perceived returns on other assets, have been higher than those in a number of other countries, particularly those which experienced a recession and a collapse of share prices in the early part of this decade.

This relationship broke down in the early part of this decade, when strong global growth coincided with an unexpected weakening in the Australian dollar, but seems to have reasserted itself lately.

We've owned the airlines for the better part of a decade and foresee owning them many years more with fundamentals like this.

As I wrote at the time, I think that we could see a real bubble in biotech in the latter part of this decade, and just once, please God, I want to be at the beginning of a bubble.

Thor has spent the better part of the decade as the Avengers» awkward third wheel.

The early part of the decade was a tense time, with Senator McCarthy making his reckless charges and the nation on edge after a war in Korea against communist North Korea and the People's Republic of China (often termed Red China, even in the Century, for most of the decade).

Ziegler writes: «[F] or the better part of a decade after the Court's decision, the vast majority of lawyers, law professors, and grassroots activists in the antiabortion movement opposed efforts to strip the Court of its authority or to return the abortion question to democratic politics....

«It's been our third - biggest market for the better part of a decade and, although it's about half the size of the Japanese market, that share is increasing.

We've been hooked on Rachel Yang's playful interpretations of Korean food for the better part of a decade.

One part Southern soul, one part Asian spice, and one part New York attitude, Chef Edward Lee is a Korean - American who grew up in Brooklyn, trained in NYC kitchens, and has spent the better part of a decade honing his vision at 610 Magnolia restaurant in Louisville, KY and his more recent venture Milkwood.

His father, who once starred at Colgate in soccer, held the exclusive chemical formula for tanning chinchilla and held it fiercely for the better part of a decade.

But in practice, Wenger has ignored these requirements for the best part of a decade.

If Wenger had any balls left he would have employed a 4 -4-2 or even a 4 -1-3-2, with Auba and Laca up top, immediately upon PEA's arrival, but we know this would have been difficult for a manager whom has sh*t the bed for the better part of a decade regarding our defensive options, and it likewise wouldn't have provided him with the usual excuses if it failed to produce the desired results right out of the gate.

The man who has been Rhode Island's star for what feels like the better part of a decade hit clutch shot after clutch shot to put the Rams» win over Oklahoma on ice.

He was a solid starter for a large part of the decade.

Just don't think about how their keystone combination is still impossibly young and otherworldly and how they'll be around for the better part of the decade, because that's extra scary, too.

Arsenal have been holders of the 4th place trophy for the better part of a decade now because our manager structured the team to depend on Jack, Aaron, theo, and the ox (and giroud to an extent).

I used the shit out of a $ 40 pancake compressor from there for the better part of a decade before the regulator gave out.

Button started his F1 career with the Williams team in 2000 and in the middle part of the decade went through messy negotiations with the team as he signed to drive for them again, but ended up staying with BAR after a contract dispute.

We've all wanted one the best part of a decade.

In the latter part of the decade increasing restrictions and the eventual ban on in - season testing meant that Badoer had less and less track time.

Hans - Joachim Stuck will be out in a Porsche 962c - a car which remained competitive in various guises in sportscar racing for the best part of a decade.

The team has been a hockey.blackhole for the better part of a decade and a half so going to the playoffs for consecutive years is a bigger deal than most think.

But that's very unlikely given the fact Wenger likes to give players the best part of a decade to prove themselves.

It has, disgracefully, been a massive hole for best part of a decade now.

Yes, he was the architect of both good and bad, but the qualities which made the 1998 Double winners and 2004 «Invincibles» stand out from the pack have been absent from his Arsenal squads for the best part of a decade.

Our lack of consistency for the best part of a decade has meant we have not seriously challenged for the title during that time.

And while he hasn't stopped innovating — the guy mentioned expected goals in a press conference — Arsenal still haven't bought that striker it seems like they've needed for the better part of a decade.

We haven't had that for the best part of a decade and it could be within our grasp.

The monstrous Uruguayan defender won't move in January, but if United could sign him to partner Bailly they would have two of the best young defenders in the world anchoring their defence for the better part of a decade.

During the early part of the decade, he was a regular supplier of superb crosses to the head of Wayne Rooney, providing the striker with so many assists that Rooney scored more goals in a season than he ever had before.

For the best part of a decade now, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have battled it out to be considered the best football player in the world.

With the best part of a decade at the club behind him, and with yet another contract soon to expire, -LSB-...]