Sentences with phrase «particularly difficult year»

Apple never seems to be able to make enough iPhones to meet launch day demand, but it seems the Cupertino company has found that task particularly difficult this year.

Here are a few sentences I wrote to myself during a particularly difficult year: «I appreciate that you weren't really frustrated today with your first period.

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Small - business owners can have a particularly difficult time getting capital from a bank if they've been in business fewer than two years, if their credit score is less than 640 or if they need less than $ 250,000.

The company, which invests about evenly in stocks and bonds, performed well against the backdrop of a particularly difficult bond year, portfolio manager Chip Carlson said.

We are the people that are creating opportunities and jobs for others particularly in a difficult economic recession being the worst since I graduated from university 24 years ago.

Although both parties want to avoid the fiscal cliff, compromise is seen as being difficult to achieve — particularly in an election year.

Oil analysts say forecasting the timing of a bottom in prices has been particularly difficult because of the unknowns around U.S. production, and most have now extended their forecasts for low oil well into next year.

This approach is a significant answer to the dilemma of the isolated nuclear family — a problem that's particularly difficult during the early and most vulnerable years of a marriage.

had come to the throne in Jerusalem a few years after Samaria's fall (perhaps a few years before; his dates present particularly difficult problems).

Encanto's economic contributions are particularly critical in Puerto Rico, which is still struggling to reclaim its footing during an on - going and difficult five - year recession.

Particularly in recent years, Australian vegetable growers experienced a difficult operating environment, largely due to rising production costs.

The Nittany Lions don't have years of top - five recruiting to lean on if injuries strike, and having to go to Columbus in late - October will make a 12 - 0 run and division title repeat difficult, even if the injury bug isn't particularly cruel.

Arsenal were able to celebrate a last - day St Totteringham's Day triumph, while the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool will be hoping to climb the table next year with the race for the top four looking particularly difficult to predict.

This year has been particularly difficult for me.

The 29 - year old forward's move to Russia might see him end his career as subsequent offers would be difficult, particularly if he does not impress again.

I remember about five years ago when one of her kindergarten students fractured her wrist during a particularly difficult tantrum.

We did venture out but it was difficult as he would want to feed for about 45minutes to an hour sometimes and if I had Leo with me this could be particularly challenging, 3 year olds don't like to sit still for long.

Growing up is full of challenges but the tween years can be particularly difficult for children.

Ask if there have been any particularly difficult classes for them and if there are any classes they truly enjoyed, and start thinking about academic goals for the next year.

A recent meta - analysis of 11 studies that investigated the association of bed - sharing and SIDS revealed a summary OR of 2.88 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.99 — 4.18) with bed - sharing.158 Furthermore, bed - sharing in an adult bed not designed for infant safety exposes the infant to additional risks for accidental injury and death, such as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, falls, and strangulation.159, 160 Infants, particularly those in the first 3 months of life and those born prematurely and / or with low birth weight, are at highest risk, 161 possibly because immature motor skills and muscle strength make it difficult to escape potential threats.158 In recent years, the concern among public health officials about bed - sharing has increased, because there have been increased reports of SUIDs occurring in high - risk sleep environments, particularly bed - sharing and / or sleeping on a couch or armchair.162, — , 165

It's going to be a difficult task for whoever the GOP settles on, particularly since it's a presidential election year that will pull those once - every - four - years voters to the polls in this Democrat - dominated state.

This is particularly important given the costs of the scheme, which include # 3.4 billion from the IT budgets of local NHS trusts over the next ten years - a large investment at the best of times, but particularly difficult for those dealing with million - pound deficits.

The other component of Skyler's job is labor negotiations, which could be particularly difficult in the coming years, given the ongoing fiscal woes and the city and the state.

The three year rule was introduced so that those trying to move house (particularly those moving to follow work) are not disadvantaged when it is difficult to sell a house in a property slump.

This year is a particularly difficult.

It could prove particularly difficult in a presidential year.

As the years go by, however, they become more spirited and their natural instincts surface — particularly if the opinion polls become difficult.

Additionally, it's been difficult to get data from ferrets because the ferrets» immune systems have not recognized the vaccines particularly well over the past 10 years.»

The international life science job market, which traditionally cycles through highs and lows, has endured a particularly difficult period in the last 2 years.

It proved particularly difficult to trace the inheritance of the defective gene through families because many people were already dead: most die within five years of the symptoms appearing.

The closest globular cluster to Earth is still several thousand light - years away, making it difficult to find planets, particularly in a cluster's crowded core.

Plant drought - tolerant species in years with strong El Niño forecasts, particularly during Pacific Decadal Oscillation warm phase; plant trees that require sufficient water during establishment in La Niña years and during Pacific Decadal Oscillation cool phases Focus planting more in spring as fall planting becomes more difficult with reduced soil moisture and test different planting timings as springs shift earlier

This has meant that the fabrication of this mirror has been particularly difficult and a careful exercise and also polishing it was a very, very long activity that took about a year and a half.

But El Niños and La Niñas are particularly difficult to predict at this time of year, so exactly what happens remains to be seen.

Dr. Goldberg: Glaucoma is really difficult to diagnose and particularly to diagnose if people are getting worse, because the only tools we have to do that right now — we really need to watch patients over a couple of years and see them get worse to know that they've been on that track.

During a particularly difficult time in my life a few years ago, I found myself reaching for my running shoes and heading to the West Side Highway in New York at a friend's suggestion.

It's not so difficult for the rest of the year as I can add layers to my spring and autumn outfits when it is winter, and have one winter coat and a thick jacket for particularly cold days.

January can be a difficult month even if you're in a relationship, but being single at this time of year can be particularly tough.

Personally I found meeting new single Christian people in the Chhurch a particularly difficult thing to do and after meeting what amounted to one or two people that I could have dated in ten years, I decided to do something about it and started Fusion 101 with just Christians in mind.

Flynn Sr. is loud and in your face and though De Niro's performance here is one of his better showings from the last few years, the character is over the top and demands attention and yet, Dano's Flynn Jr. plays beautifully against it and when Dano does eventually break, the confrontation is particularly difficult to watch.

• The Department has missed its targets for filling training places over the last 4 years with secondary training places particularly difficult to fill.

«However, it will be particularly difficult to measure children's progress over the next few years as schools are dealing with a new «more rigorous» national curriculum, new key stage 2 tests, new, tougher GCSEs and new scoring systems.

The past year has been a difficult one for the trust, with a critical letter from Ofsted in February saying AET was was failing too many pupils, with «mediocre» secondary academies, unacceptably low attendance and poor children doing particularly badly.

Two weeks into the new school year, LA Unified administrators are still working out bugs in a new computer system, a disruption that has made instruction particularly difficult for special education teachers, who need specific information for each of their students..

Some teachers struggle to teach a year's worth of content in a semester, even with longer class periods, and this can be particularly difficult for AP teachers.

It's difficult to believe that phoss1 taught for 34 years, particularly in charge of innocent elementary school children.

(a) From each State's allotment under this part for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall pay to such State or, at the option of the State agency designated pursuant to section 101 (a)(1), to a public or nonprofit organization or agency, a portion of the cost of planning, preparing for, and initiating special programs under the State plan approved pursuant to section 101 to expand vocational REHABILITATION services, including programs to initiate or expand such services to individuals with the most severe handicaps, or of special programs under such State plan to initiate or expand services to classes of handicapped individuals who have unusual and difficult * problems in connection with their REHABILITATION, particularly handicapped individuals who are poor, and responsibility for whose treatment, education, * and REHABILITATION is shared by the State agency designated in section 101 with other agencies.

Earlier this year, Marchionne had some harsh words for the designers of the 200, whom he criticized for its particularly snug rear door frame and roof line, which makes ingress and egress difficult.

While the recent recession has not spared any age group, it has been particularly difficult for older Americans who may have been counting on their fixed income to last through their retirement years.

Older investors can find it particularly difficult to stay focused on the long term, but even someone in their mid-60s should plan to be investing at least another 20 or even 30 years.