Sentences with phrase «particularly strong this year»

And while you may not have thought this was a particularly strong year for homegrown films, there are a full six nominees for Best British film, albeit that definition seems to include Saving Mr. Banks, presumably on the basis that screenwriter Kelly Marcel is British as well as producer Alison Owen.

But this is a particularly strong year for female directors, led by Gerwig, and to leave out at least one from the lineup is particularly thoughtless.

The Academy Award nominations are here and even though almost all of the choices are worthy of the honor, there are a number of deserving films and filmmakers that didn't make the cut, proving 2013 really was a particularly strong year.

But the category is particularly strong this year, and the emergence of Room as an Academy favorite seems to have bumped Sorkin from consideration.

British Columbia led the country in economic growth in 2016, supported by a particularly strong year in manufacturing and housing.

Art at the silent auction was particularly strong this year.

The photography is particularly strong this year; we really liked the post-apocalyptic visions by Suzanne Moxhay.

The food line - up is particularly strong this year, highlighted by the excellent Black Tap Burger, which you can actually just walk up to and buy without having to wait three hours behind all those milkshake - snapchatters who clog up the restaurants proper.

«aosphere had a particularly strong year after a concerted drive to expand its client base beyond banking.

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, luxury - goods companies were trying to maintain a buoyant attitude last year as 2009 approached; Bain & Co. even suggested in an October 2008 report that some ritzy categories (particularly watches) would remain strong.

A strong statement, yes, and one particularly welcome by a LGBT community that, while on the rise in recent years, needs as many icons as it can muster.

At the same time, companies, particularly large ones, are facing stronger economic headwinds than in the past few years.

In all, auto sales rose 27 percent from the same month a year before, with General Motors posting particularly strong gains due to sales incentives.

In fact, according to our analysis, though higher U.S. valuations were associated with lower future returns, there were numerous instances in the past, particularly in the mid-to-late 1990s, when very high U.S. valuations coincided with strong returns over one - and three - year horizons.

«Despite the fact that Q1 2017 was a particularly strong quarter for trading on the heels of the U.S. Presidential election, we do think we'll see year - over-year growth in trading revenue,» said Barclays» bank analyst Jason Goldberg.

For turnover in FX derivatives, several things stand out (Graph 4): (i) activity has generally risen over the past decade even when scaled by a measure of cross-border transactions; (ii) developed Asian markets stand out as having a high degree of turnover; (iii) there was a particularly strong increase in turnover in these markets between 2013 and 2016; and (iv) FX derivatives turnover in emerging Asian economies has also increased significantly in the past few years, but remains a small part of the global market.

While public spending increases were important in sustaining activity last year, stronger private spending, particularly personal consumption, has contributed the bulk of the increase in demand in recent months.

In aggregate, GDP increased by 5.6 per cent over the year to the September quarter, with particularly strong growth recorded in Hong Kong and the Philippines.

The Employment Cost Index rose by 1 per cent in the June quarter and has increased by 4.4 per cent over the past year, driven by a particularly strong increase in growth in the private sector component.

Both of these risks increased appreciably in the first half of the year, with the international economic data generally disappointing and the Australian dollar on a strong upward trend during that period, particularly during May.

This was a result of several factors: solid business investment in the second half of the year, some further growth in housing construction, and particularly strong growth in household spending during this period.

Combined with low gearing and favourable external financing conditions, this has underpinned a substantial increase in business investment of 11.1 per cent over the year to the March quarter, with particularly strong growth in investment in ITC equipment.

At around two - thirds, the share of Australian entities» issuance that went into offshore markets was noticeably lower than in the first half of 2003, when offshore issuance was particularly strong, but broadly consistent with its average of the previous two years.

The telecommunications sector recorded particularly strong growth in net profits, with Telstra reporting an increase of 44 per cent on the same period last year.

Approvals for loans to investors have been particularly strong, rising by almost 40 per cent over the past year; these now account for a record high 43 per cent of total approvals.

All major import categories rose solidly in the December quarter and over the year, with particularly strong growth in the goods categories over the past year (Graph 38).

While raisings by non-financial companies have recently been below past years» averages, raisings by financial companies have been particularly strong.

Growth of renminbi payments in Europe was particularly strong in the third quarter of this year, bringing Europe almost on a par with Asia.

But what's particularly remarkable about this facet of Apple's business is that it seems to have been getting stronger in recent years.

Their relationship had grown particularly strong in the years following her father's passing away in 1999.

First, the conventional wisdom on the role of economic factors in elections is overstated; even in a year when such short - term factors were particularly strong, they operated within the context of long - term cultural alignments.

Demand remains strong, particularly from China, where imports have increased significantly in the last two years following the Melamine scandal and subsequent decline in local production.

El Niño Now Among Strongest in Modern History; Unusually Warm and Unsettled Conditions Persist in California: Not only is 2015 California's warmest year on record to date (beating the previous record set all the way back in 2014), but the details of the persistently elevated temperatures have been particularly oppressive...

This is ahead of Latin America, which saw particularly strong growth over the year to reach 11 percent.

If he did he might not be welcomed as openly as Fernando was, as earlier this year Hamilton suggested that the IndyCar field wasn't particularly strong, which led to him getting absolutely roasted by the drivers.

«Both he and Seb have driven awesome this year, and Lewis particularly in qualifying has been very strong.

Arsenal haven't had a natural born leader in defence since the days of Sol Campbell, so Evans, who win multiple Premier League titles during his time at Man United, would be a signing that would seriously improve Arsenal's defence, a position they haven't been particularly strong in for years.

Further, my guess is that most knowledgeable hockey people would say that that isn't a particularly strong group and certainly not a group that you'd expect to compete for the Cup as early as next year.

However, after coming back from that injury, Alves became a vital component in Juventus» surge to the end of the season, particularly in Europe, where strong performances helped Juventus get to the Champions League final for the second time in three years.

Growth of the UK asset management industry has been extremely strong in recent years; particularly among authorised funds, which have trebled in a decade.

Holtzman was encouraged to get into the AG's race this year by a poll conducted by Doug Schoen (Mayor Bloomberg's pollster) that found she had the strongest name recognition of any of the Democratic contenders — particularly in NYC, where the bulk of the primary vote originates.

As announced on 15 January, we had a strong production year in 2012, particularly in our low - cost iron ore business where we produced a record 253 million tonnes.

In the preceding years, a strong movement calling for this had built up in opposition to the ruling Conservative governments, which many opponents claimed had undermined the social and economic consensus that had prevailed until then - particularly in respect of labour rights.

Jailing the 13 - strong gang of baggage handlers, mules and dealers today for a total of 139 years Judge Michael Hopmeier said: «Millions of people use Heathrow each year and depend on the honesty and integrity of baggage handlers to do their job properly, but it is not simply a question of confidence in flight so far as a passenger getting his bag on arrival, but there is a security concern also, particularly in the times we live in.

Two years later, the new poll suggests that voters are not particularly enthusiastic about either candidate, but have stronger negative feelings about Buerkle.

In New York, charter school interests and the teacher unions each have pumped millions of dollars in recent years into state races, particularly in the Senate, where Republicans hold a slim majority and are strong charter - school backers.

«The challenge for me now, and all of the shadow cabinet and Jeremy Corbyn as leader, is to demonstrate we can be a strong opposition and a convincing alternative to the Tories and that we can win over and win back public opinion, particularly voters we've lost in recent years.»

This increase, which would be particularly strong in the early childbearing years, is primarily due to women with young children entering the labour market while they would not participate previously.

The rice loss is particularly strong during the dry season, the higher yielding of the year's two crops.

At the meeting of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association in Poland last year, Paul Mathews and Rebecca Sear of the London School of Economics reported that women in the UK are more likely to start a family if they have strong kin ties, particularly if the relatives live within 80 kilometres and are in regular contact.