Sentences with phrase «several years a number»

A 63rd Senate seat would likely help keep the Republicans, who hold a slim one seat majority, in power in the Senate, even though over the last several years the number of Republicans in the state is declining, while the number of Democrats is growing.

In the past several years a number of companies have sprung up to offer these events.

For the last several years the number of tourists going to Tanzania has been edging up, according to East African travel specialists like Hippo Creek Safaris and Abercrombie & Kent.

During the past several years the number of super commuters in both the United States and abroad has risen exponentially.

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That number is expected to double over the next several years, he said in the interview.

The number of patients at the clinic grew 40 percent in a year and people now wait several weeks for an appointment, Rashid said.

«In the appliance market, the number of connected devices is still very small and we're still several years away from greater adoption,» John Taylor, vice president for public affairs at tech company LG.

Rippleshot (www.rippleshot.com) is a company started several years ago at 1871 that provides fraud - deterrent services to help merchants and card issuers protect themselves from stolen credit card numbers in ways they can't do alone.

As well, several consumer - confidence studies published in March reported improved confidence numbers — about 25 % of Canadians believe they will be better off financially a year from now.

The number of global cruise passengers is set to rise again in 2017 after several years of consecutive growth, according to the largest industry trade group.

A Tesla spokesperson told Mercury News, «While we can always do even better, the BBB numbers are based on a tiny number of customer issues dating back several years, most of which were resolved a long time ago.

The FDIC's Summary of Deposit numbers released in October showed for the past several years, community banks have continued to lose deposit share to larger institutions.

«For the last several years, Walmart, Best Buy, Staples and a handful of major Big Box retailers have made extremely limited numbers of doorbusters — traditionally the hallmark of Black Friday — available both in - store and online on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday,» says de Grandpre of DealNews.

ESPN has broadcasting rights for dozens of different sports locked up for the next several years at least — that's what the fortress walls are constructed from — but those deals will eventually expire, and there are a number of ways to get around them in the meantime if you think creatively.

Amnesty believes China executed several thousand people last year — more than all other countries put together — but its government won't confirm any exact numbers.

Heisman said that in the last several years, an increasing number of illiquid assets are being donated, including real estate, collectibles and other tangible property.

But at least one rule change appears to have improved the numbers: touchbacks have only resulted in 17 to 20 concussions over the last several years, about half the injuries compared with pre-2011 seasons when that play moved the ball to the 20 - yard rather than 25 - yard line.

The head of Glenview Capital Management said a number of stocks have been held in limbo over the past several years as they were stuck in the middle of deals that weren't getting completed.

The announcement follows a significant increase in the number of animal - related safety issues over the past several years.

After heading to Asia for year - end client meetings, Levkovich wrote: «A 10 % total return in the next 13 - 14 months was perceived as being too conservative by many even as our year - end target is in line with mean and median top - down forecasts... Interestingly, several clients suggested that our outlook was far below the bullishness expressed by other even when our numbers are pretty much well within the Street's consensus.»

While the three letters C, E, and O in my title signify leadership, I in fact played a slightly modest role in my company, winning numerous number - one Best Places to Work awards the past several years — and I mean that in a good way.

The Democratic - aligned economist Austan Goolsbee says there's a wrinkle in the new tax package that might make those numbers even worse: the individual tax cuts are set to expire after several years, and along with other tax changes, could mean higher taxes down the road for many lower - and middle - income people.

There have been a number of proposals and ideas for doing it and I think unless [Zuckerberg] finds a way to honor the promise he made several years ago, he's gonna have a law on his hands.»

The $ 330 - billion spending plan says while several economic indicators such as employment numbers and tax revenues are up, and this year's deficit will likely be lower than expected — there are risks ahead: oil prices are expected to remain low; Canadian exports may remain flat; and «possible U.S. policy actions affecting trade could restrain exports to the U.S. even further,» the budget says.

Over the past several years we have seen a few amazing moves in futures positioning in a number of commodities, such as e.g. in crude oil, where the by far largest speculative long positions in history have been amassed.

The number of individuals getting late in life divorces has quietly increased over the last several years.

This wage measure, along with a number of others, has been gradually trending upward over the past several years.

Incidentally, ING, provided a simple calculator to find the «retirement number» that applied to you several years ago.

I have a number of arthritic issues that were nullified by the Bondi 4's, which I used for several years.

A September study published by the Brookings Institution found that a large share of the growth in the number of students struggling to pay off their loans over the past several years is tied to students borrowing to go to for - profit schools and to a smaller extent two - year community college.

Banks developed online services that allow their customers to send money to anyone with a phone number or email address several years ago.

These numbers might not spell all - out trouble if it weren't for Amazon's performance during the same period: The company's electronics and general merchandise business — basically the core of its retail operation — grew 35 percent in North America in the quarter, marking the segment's highest growth rate in several years.

He also spent a number of years working for several early - stage technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.

We already have more than 40 institutional clients, including Mex Exchange, FxPro, JFD Brokers, Halifax and many other industry leaders who have been working with us for several years, and every day the number of our customers grows.

That number is expected to rise continuously over the next several years.

However, February's outsized rise may have been enhanced by unseasonably warm weather, with the number of additional construction jobs rising by the largest amount in several years.

Now, with several years under their collective belts, we can report some intriguing numbers.

The 31 % difference between these numbers may not matter much in today's expensive market, but it definitely would have mattered several years ago when valuations were reasonable but were being made to look expensive by the distortions.

Last year, I trimmed positions in Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) and ONEOK, Inc. (OKE) for tax - harvesting purpose, however, I may add them this year As a result of addition of new companies over last several weeks, total number went up to 73 wonderful companies in my portfolio.

Several years ago, I researched a number of junior exploration companies to invest in.

(Disclosure: I've joined a number of IAA lobbying days to see first - hand how IAA's voice has grown over several years.)

The number grows by several million each year, a phenomenon some have described as a gushing well or geyser.

Many reviewers rejected the first printing and the brothers set out to make several updated editions over the next number of years that toned down some of the graphic content.

My wife and I saw this same dynamic play out a number of years ago in several social clubs we were part of.

Mark, I can, off the top of my head, count on one hand the number of churches that have closed in the past two years in just one diocese, on top of that, several elementary schools and one high school.

Numbers at the Evenings of Faith have been steadily increasing over our two years: in this summer series several large pizzas and some bottles of wine were needed every time for the party that follows the discussion.

«But in the past several years, a new current has arisen in conservative evangelical thought: A small but significant number of theologians, psychologists, and other conservative Christians are beginning to develop moral arguments that it's possible to affirm same - sex relationships not in spite of orthodox theology, but within it.

The reason children require a number of years to develop mastery of certain basic concepts, according to some child psychologists, is not that they are slow in learning the words — they actually know the words quite early — but that they have to start experiencing the world in a new, more simplified way that corresponds with the classifications suggested by these words.4 For example, young children may know the words spoon, teaspoon, silver, knife, and metal but find it difficult for several years to apply them appropriately to objects in their environment, the reason being partly that these words form multiple and overlapping classifications.

These laws, known as «Romeo and Juliet laws» provide that a person can legally have consensual intercourse with a minor provided that he or she is not more than a given number of years older generally four years but sometimes some other number of years Romeo and Juliet laws were passed Several ped membership org endorsed lowering or abolishing age of consent laws to legalize fleshly activities involving an adult and a child.

During the past year Louisville's news has been dominated by several seemingly disparate issues — the troubled relationship between the police department and the African - American community; efforts to build more mixed - income housing in the city; adoption of a regional plan intended to moderate suburban sprawl; disagreement about the number and location of proposed new Ohio River bridges linking Louisville and southern Indiana; a campaign to attract high - tech business to the downtown area; and a lively election campaign around the issue of a city - county merger.