Sentences with phrase «relatively solid year»

In Saskatchewan, a relatively solid year for agriculture partially offset the negative impacts of the energy downturn.

But this was a relatively solid year for female - fronted movies, with both Brooklyn and an unexpectedly strong Room getting Best Picture nods.

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While wage growth has been solid over the last five years, the salary gap between new workers and experienced rig hands tends to be relatively small.

Meanwhile, the employment cost index (ECI)-- which is compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on a quarterly basis — suggested relatively solid 2.8 % gains in wages in the year to end - March.

This indicates a relatively solid earnings per share growth rate of 184.23 % over the next few years, which is an optimistic outlook in the near term.

Businesses spent more on structures, up by an annualized 12.3 percent and the best reading in one year, with relatively solid growth for both equipment (up 4.7 percent) and intellectual property products (up 3.6 percent).

It should be noted we still wound up drafting a DT relatively high last year (4th round), even though we signed Jones and had two solid back - ups supposedly behind him on the depth chart.

This is a pretty solid franchise that did relatively well last generation, but has slipped in terms of overall quality in the past three or four years.

Tom McCarthy has been producing relatively solid dramedies for a handful of years.

As the game takes place in 1984, he would make an appearance as a 12 - year old child, like Liquid, but some fans theorize the game could also make another jump in time to the events of Outer Heaven, when Solid Snake was a young and relatively green soldier.

They are admirably aligned with rigorous research (on early reading instruction, for example); explicit about the quality and complexity of reading and writing that should be expected of students every year; very solid on arithmetic as a clear priority in the elementary grades; ambitious in aiming for college and career readiness by the end of twelfth grade; and relatively jargon - free.

DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: Still a solid driver, the Chevy Equinox manages to hide its age relatively well — this generation has been on sale for over five years now, an eternity in the competitive...

Ideally, I would like to open an account with my main bank (Royal Bank) but RBC's TFSA is relatively unappetizing — while there are no administration fees or withdrawal fees and the savings account pays a relatively solid 0.75 %, the redeemable GICs pay a paltry 0.05 % for a 1 - year term with an early redemption rate of 0.03 %.

The company has shown a relatively impressive ability to keep operating expenses in check and generate solid free cash flow, while the P / E is less than 10, the dividend payout is more than 5 % and profits per share are expected to increase from $ 6.14 last year to $ 6.67 this year and $ 7.79 in 2015.

Nintendo platforms have seen a few Metal Gear ports and remasters over the years, from the GameCube's Twin Snakes to the relatively recent Snake Eater 3D, and with that in mind you might consider Metal Gear Solid for the Game Boy Color to be no different.

As the game takes place in 1984, he would make an appearance as a 12 - year old child, like Liquid, but some fans theorize the game could also make another jump in time to the events of Outer Heaven, when Solid Snake was a young and relatively green soldier.

A solid state drive, decent processor, and enough memory means it will run well for years, it's relatively light and compact, and it has a touchscreen and a 360 - degree hinge.

Meanwhile, if you're not too keen on waiting until next year for Apple's proprietary AirPower wireless charging mat, you can choose from a solid and relatively affordable duo of third - party correspondents.

The Bush administration is projecting relatively slow job gains this year even though it expects solid economic growth.

Overall the first quarter of this year experienced a relatively healthy transactions market with robust deal flow and solid pricing.