Sentences with phrase «showed encouraging signs»

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says sales picked up in December to close a 2014 that got off to a sluggish start but showed encouraging signs of activity the second half of the year.

Consumer spending showed encouraging signs of improvement during the fourth quarter, with 2009 holiday sales rising by 2.3 % over the depressed levels of the same period a year ago.

«Enabling» innovations that can boost carbon removal in the future have also showed encouraging signs in 2015.

Liverpool slumped to a 1 - 0 defeat at Anzhi's temporary home stadium in Moscow, but the young side showed encouraging signs throughout the game, but also displayed an incompetence in front of goal which is seeping down from the first team.

Non-energy exports are also showing encouraging signs.

Thanks to its ongoing transformation, the company has already shown some encouraging signs.

Maga also confirms that Distell travel retail sales in Brazil and Argentina are showing encouraging signs and picking up in many of the commodity - based economies in Africa.

Clearly bookmakers are of the same opinion as me, that Blackburn have shown some encouraging signs of mounting a recovery whereas Wigan cut a despairing figure and are generally a team to avoid at all costs right now.

The results show some encouraging signs, but they also show that some of us are being selective when it comes to our children's education.

The system aspires to, and already shows encouraging signs of, a fair degree of predictive validity.

The rustic but photogenic pier was destroyed (along with some of the reef) by a storm in early 2013, but a new pier has since been built and we've been told the reef is showing encouraging signs of regeneration.

This market is showing some encouraging signs with strong growth anticipated over the next five years from this region.

Capps, who is in charge of Epic's portfolio of projects, said the risk in handing great responsibility to untested staff is already showing encouraging signs — with new ideas and approaches to development emerging.

Android is showing some encouraging signs, which might eventually dislodge the iPhone - maker's position in the market, but it's going to take a company like Google to do it.

Although many pieces must fit together for real estate to gain after the tax credit expires, we can say the most important underpinning of economic health — jobs — is showing encouraging signs.

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Despite definitive action on the part of Congress and regulators to encourage this company to become smaller and simpler by splitting up, you have shown no sign of urgency and have chosen a «wait and see... for years» strategy void of decisive leadership.

As the third quarter ended, there were some encouraging signs the US economy remained on course to deliver a better showing over the second half of 2016, after the sub-trend growth seen since late 2015.

There were some encouraging signs the US economy remained on course to deliver a better showing over the second half of 2016, and we would concur with this broadly positive outlook, in large part due to the contribution from US consumers.

(1) clarity, strength and persuasiveness of Christian conviction and commitment; (2) good preaching and the ability to design and lead meaningful worship; (3) conviction of and commitment to pastoral calling as integral to Christian ministry and pastoral care; (4) deep sensitivity to the needs of people individually and in groups; (5) concern for, dedication to, and skill in working for congregational development and growth as a part of faithfulness, for the nurture and retention of members who show signs of slackening commitment, for the motivation and training of lay persons to work for church growth; (6) capacity to generate enthusiasm in other people, personal warmth, competence, spiritual authenticity; (7) ability to encourage and generate a spirit of unity in a congregation; and (8) organizational development and conflict management skills.

New manager time, we are signing some quality players without Wenger being involved and that was his last thing, finding the good players while Gazidis was signing players like Welbroke and Perez... Now we need a man who will install that desire to fight for our club, to train and want to train to show themselves ready for the 1st team... Wenger constantly picking Xhaka can't be encouraging AMN to try harder when he may not believe it will matter.

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It is a fact, and it has shown in the results year after year, However, the are some very encouraging signs this year, that maybe Wenger has finally seen the writing on the wall.

I was very encouraged when I saw a picture of Guzidis, Sven and the other guy going to Germany to have Auba deal done that is an encouraging sign, it shows the club is hungry for success.

So the last couple of appearances from Lacazette have been very encouraging for the Gunners and whereas I thought previously that Arsene Wenger might ease the new striker into Premier League and first team life with Arsenal, I think we can now expect Lacazette to start the opening game at home to Leicester City on Friday and to quickly show just why the boss broke the club's transfer record to sign him.

There were some encouraging signs of improvement during the game at Everton yesterday, but are still trying to find some of the attacking fluency that was on show last season and, strangely, during the comfortable Community Shield win over Man city at Wembley.

The change to a back 3 showed some really encouraging signs, and could be the structural platform for Arsenes philosophy to flourish?

However, Anfield has been Liverpool's only source of comfort this season, where they've shown encouraging yet brief signs of reincarnation as a team who can actually play football at this level, and it isn't as though Bolton have an impressive record at Anfield in recent history to suggest they can capitalise on their opponent's recent humiliation.

Fournier also says to watch your baby's signs, as it is easy to overfeed your little one by encouraging the baby to finish the bottle when they are slowing and showing signs of being full.

The announcement coincides with World Breastfeeding Week 2014, where the hospitals and other health partners — who are members of the Philadelphia Multi-Hospital Breastfeeding Task Force **, will be declaring Philadelphia «The City of Motherly Love» and encouraging members of the public to sign a pledge showing their support for nursing mothers in the city.

In fact, many experts believe that overriding that innate ability (by encouraging children to «eat up» at the point where they begin to show signs of being full) may contribute to problems with weight gain in later life.

When babies are formula fed it's the parents that decide the amount consumed, and it can be tempting to encourage a baby to have «just a little more» when they start showing signs of disinterest before the bottle is finished.

When baby is starting to show signs they are ready to roll over try to encourage this by placing baby on their back and putting a toy on their side just out of reach.

every child is different so u have to treat them different, with my son i think that he should be talking to where i can understand him and he starts to show signs of not liking his diaper dirty which u can encourage by saying ew everytime they go to the bathroom (bc he has never cried when his diaper was dirty) so i would say when they show you that they are ready.

From the project's initial conceptualization or invention sketches, to the exact materials purchased and the experimental design, to the day when a shoot first emerged in a plant biology project or a field of bacteria showed signs of antibiotic resistance, you want to encourage your students to write it all down.

«By covering the mirrors, we're encouraging our members to take a stand with us and sign the mirror cover showing their support that exercise is about so much more than what we see in our reflection.

Part of this may be showing inactive profiles to encourage other people to sign up which, while not «right», may be well within their «rights» (that is, you create the profile but they technically own it).

While Gobiel said his friends don't like discussing DateMySchool.com because the concept is stigmatized, others he has spoken with are encouraged to sign up once he shows them the site.

When a new Japanese family arrived in the middle of the school year, the origami instructors worked with the principal to encourage these children to sign up for their after - school class, where they could show off Japanese culture as experts while experiencing the comfort of using their own language in a classroom setting.

Arizona shows signs of a virtuous circle: suburban charters and private choice programs helped to encourage school districts to offer open enrollment.

We're proud to be one of the first schools to sign up to Active Kids Do Better, and it was great to be able to show Daryll how we're encouraging our pupils to be more active.

We will release the names of everyone who has signed on after February's week of action to show the broad support this statement has and encourage UFT leaders and members to support the week of action in the future.

Non-SEMA-member buyers are encouraged to sign up for a SEMA membership at the Show so that they can not only receive perks at the Show but also receive year - round member benefits.

Space for the SEMA Show Exhibitor Summit, April 14 — 16, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, is filling up fast, and exhibitors are encouraged to sign up for the event online.

Let us show you how to encourage people to sign up.

It's true that owning a home is not an entitlement, but as the economy begins to show signs of recovery, encouraging home ownership is an important aspect of reviving sluggish housing markets.

If it's not near the training pad when it shows the behavioral signs, quickly move it there to encourage it to use the pad.

Some encouraging signs for next year were shown at Gamescom this year, which has us crossing our fingers, toes and everything in - between.

For Yilmaz Dziewior, director of the Museum Ludwig, Gerhard Richter's decision to premiere his new paintings at the Museum Ludwig is a sign of recognition as well as an impetus for the future: «The fact that Gerhard Richter has chosen the Museum Ludwig as the location for the first showing of his new paintings once again demonstrates the artist's enduring and intensive relationship to our institution and encourages us to continue to deepen it.»

Encouraging our own reflections on the place - based distinctions between art and food, curator Lauren Godfrey has sourced tables and chairs that double up as plinths for other works, whilst Bella Pace's commissioned sign adds a further dimension to the site - specificity of the show.

«It's a truly meritocratic environment to show in,» said Mr. James who is showing bright, vintage - styled neon signs by Steve Lambert with witty tag lines like «Tell The Truth» and «It's About Power» alongside interactive works that encourage visitors to adorn themselves with equally cheeky stickers by Jennifer Dalton.