Sentences with phrase «recent years by»

Efforts in recent years by state legislators to amend the law failed amid opposition from the real estate industry.

In an industry hard - hit in recent years by labor shortages, the median age of men and women who hammer, saw and build roads has crept to 41, according to an assessment by the National Association of Home Builders of the 2015 American Community Survey.

The Globe's investigation into questionable activity in the Vancouver real estate market discovered multiple cases where luxury homes were bought and sold in recent years by students.

In an industry hard - hit in recent years by labor shortages, the median age of men and women who hammer, saw and build roads has crept to 41, according to an assessment by the National Association of Home Builders -LSB-...]

Atlantic City, which relies mostly on low - rolling day trippers, has been crushed in recent years by the expansion of gambling in neighboring states and many of the city's casinos have shuttered.

Prices on acquisitions have largely gotten too rich for REITs, which made a killing in recent years by growing FFO through purchases and mergers.

We point out that this is the latest and most dramatic twist in what has felt like a war of attrition against our communities in recent years by governments of all stripes, State and Commonwealth.

Recruiter opinions about resume length have been colored in recent years by the growing practice of reading resumes on a computer screen rather than printing them.

It has since been regarded as one of the few most overlooked games in recent years by many gamers and critics.

Seven in 10 auto accidents in 2011 involved another vehicle, according to Department of Transportation data, as did 52 percent of car insurance claims filed in recent years by more than 31,000 Consumer Reports subscribers surveyed last summer.

Oregon has also diversified its economy in recent years by becoming a regional leader in the manufacturing and data technology industries.

«Everybody knows that...» a refrain made more famous in recent years by Leonard Cohen's song of the same name.

And the state attorneys general have also gained more visibility in recent years by taking on tobacco, corporations like Microsoft (for antitrust violations) and Wall Street firms for fraud.

He rattled off a list of companies that have thrived in recent years by building effortless experiences: Uber, AirBNB, Apple stores, Amazon.com and even bank ATMs.

The firm has been further weighed down in recent years by a protracted round of partner exits and a continued struggle to build upon the sizeable US structured finance practice it acquired in 2009.

This system, which is fundamental to our democracy, has been under attack in recent years by big business and the insurance industry.

The country's bee population had already been shocked in recent years by a tiny, parasitic bug called the varroa mite, which has destroyed more than half of some beekeepers» hives and devastated most wild honeybee populations.

Again, to have any chance of passing politically, it will need to come with the feature proposed in recent years by Peter Barnes, and that Obama has semi-endorsed: a «cap and share» approach that would return the revenue raised directly to consumers.

Some of them have been shocked in recent years by what they are seeing.

Despite concerns over global warming, scientists have discovered something that may have actually limited the impact of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in recent years by reducing the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the Earth.

Global warming enthusiasts have responded to the absence of warming in recent years by arguing that the past decade has been the warmest on record.

Japan's energy policy has been dominated in recent years by its efforts to overcome the impact from the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima nuclear accident.

These include millions of trees killed in recent years by beetles that prefer warmer weather, and declines in spring soil moisture brought on by earlier snowmelt.

So overturning the steps Obama's administration has taken to curb the US's emissions in recent years by passing new legislation isn't on the table.

Early to mid-20th century works by artists such as Francis Bacon, Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti and Willem de Kooning are included with examples of figuration from more recent years by Sue Coe, Tony Cragg, Robert Gober, Philip Guston, Julian Schnabel, Paul Thek, Franz West, John Currin, Ron Mueck, Dario Robleto and Yinka Shonibare.

SFMOMA to go Barney: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has put itself in a prestigious yet difficult position in recent years by organizing and hosting a cascade of important exhibitions, including «Diane Arbus: Revelations,» «Richard Tuttle» and the current «Kiki Smith: A Gathering.»

While The New may have become diluted in recent years by a growing market's increased need for new product to consume and gamble upon, we are, at the same time, in a golden age of knowledge, gained and shared through technology and globalization and the resulting diversification in knowledge, taste, and sense of cultural responsibility.

He had lived and worked in Spencertown for the past 45 years, although was restricted in recent years by a respiratory condition which required him to be hooked up to an oxygen bottle.

All the major American artists and works from the seventeenth century to today are included, such as epic history paintings by Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley; sublime landscapes by Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederick Church; society portraits by John Singer Sargent; groundbreaking abstract expressionist and pop art by Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Andy Warhol; and challenging sculptural, installation, and video works from more recent years by Robert Gober, Fred Wilson, and Matthew Barney In architecture, dozens of different building types are illustrated and discussed, from the earliest colonial houses and churches to the most spectacular modernist and postmodernist houses, stations, museums, and iconic skyscrapers.

Formerly a slick, realist painter of dreamy allegories in the Bo Bartlett mold, Mr. Vincent evidently has been transformed in recent years by the painting of John Currin.

Containing nearly 100 works by 34 artists, the show continues the trend of museum - quality exhibitions that have been mounted in recent years by mega galleries such as Gagosian and Pace in New York.

In town as a spectator to «the sales,» as he put it, the man who has made out like a bandit in recent years by selling choice Warhol silk - screen paintings (a torn soup can, a Marilyn) expressed some consternation over Sotheby's forty - million - dollar estimate.

The French artist Pierre Huyghe, who has stretched the concept of sculpture's stability in recent years by making work with decidedly unstable elements like bees, spiders, horseshoe crabs and artificial snowstorms, has won the Nasher Prize, an award created by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas to draw attention to the work of the most influential contemporary sculptors.

To my mind, some of the strongest work in recent years by a highly influential painter.

The profile of artists working in moving image has been elevated in recent years by those who've made the leap into cinema — Steve McQueen, Sam Taylor - Wood, Gillian Wearing — and those taking over leading gallery spaces — Tacita Dean at Tate Modern, Pipilotti Rist at The Hayward.

Inspired by the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Corcoran presents this focused collection developed in recent years by Washington collector Julia («Judy») Norrell.

While the exhibition does feature selected predecessors, its main thrust is directed at current works from recent years by younger artists (most of whom are between 30 and 40 years old).

Highlights of the three - hour event included: a preview of the hypnotic rhythm action game Guitar Hero by Alex Rigopulos, CEO of leading US music game developer Harmonix; a demo of one of the most fun and stylish PC games of recent years by Mark Healey of Peter Molyneux's legendary Lionhead Studios; and the first edition of the GAMEHOTEL REPLAY series dedicated to the multifaceted relation between technological innovation and creativity.

The march has been led in recent years by mobile, which has seen explosive growth and is on track to generate upwards of $ 7 billion this year.

The market has been flooded in recent years by toys and games that let kids figure out their inner workings, but none of them have the polish of a Nintendo game.

It's also one of the most expensive home game consoles ever made, matched in price in recent years by the original Xbox One, which came with an expensive Kinect peripheral, and the original PlayStation 3.

Here's a fantastic way to play through many of the great Tom Clancy titles from recent years by paying next to nothing (if you want.)

As you are probably keenly aware, there has been a big push in recent years by hotel chains to get you to book directly with them rather than with a third party like Orbitz or Hotels.com.

Rail booking site for UK train travellers, much improved in recent years by its cheap fare finder function.

Although neglected building sites remain from recession - thwarted projects, the more affluent area of the Strip — from Mandalay Bay to the Wynn — has been burnished in recent years by upscale hotel additions such as the Aria and the Cosmopolitan.

Manufacturers and wholesalers have responded in recent years by providing a cornucopia of products for us.

Both statements are utterly false, popularized in recent years by popular culture.

They have been made popular in recent years by William Wegman, who photographs Weimaraners in costumes and wigs, acting out scenes as if they were human.

A concept called Open Adoption is another example of a data - driven approach that has been widely accepted in recent years by both No Kill and traditional shelters.

The incidence of these sarcomas has been significantly reduced in recent years by altering vaccine protocols.