Sentences with phrase «something close to it this year»

There were nine such players in 2016, and we could reach that number or something close to it this year, too.

Not exact matches

The federal government has indicated its interest in a free trade deal with China, something that would undoubtedly take years to negotiate but would result in closer economic relations.

«Safe harbour has been criticised for 15 years [because] it actually doesn't provide the same protection that is already in Europe and not even something that is close to it,» said Mr Schrems.

Our goals are something close to 4 - 4.5 % in the next two to three years.

Snap has come quite close to recovering from the significant crash it had through its first year as a public company, something Spiegel said — like many fresh CEOs often say — has made them a better company.

I thought something else as well: with her five - year term as F.D.I.C. chairwoman drawing to a close — her last day was July 8 — she never really got her due.

2017 was the year that driverless cars made the leap from far - out concept to something closer to reality.

Donald Trump managed to close out his first year in the White House with a major tax reform package that had something for everyone, except for homeowners in deep - blue states, but most especially for investors.

I'd like to see something closer to (or even a bit higher than) the revenue growth rate, but AT&T's reported GAAP EPS can bounce around a bit from year to year.

Maintain that profit, or something close to it, for five years — through some business advances and more cost - cutting — and the acquisition would have paid for itself.

Can you be comfortable on $ 40,000 a year, or do you require something closer to $ 80,000 a year?

Unions, working with employers, have come along way to making these workplaces safer over the past 30 years, but there's much more work to be done - particularly as we discover the toll these types of jobs take on workers mental health and as the Conservative government moves closer and closer to total industry self - regulation (something that puts all Canadians at risk).

I am definitely late as I am writing a response to something you wrote in 2016 as the year 2017 is coming to a close.

Even if things get better for one, or two, or three years, a ration of six years of recession and economic uncertainty followed by a few years of something close to economic security should not be what anyone hopes for from our economy.

As the Jesuit high school where I work began to wind down for the year, I reached a point where I needed clarity, something to bring calm to the chaos of the closing weeks and to center me in a reality more timeless than the NBA playoffs.

Biblical literalism is a powerful force today; it tends to imprison people in attitudes that were suitable enough when science and technology were little dreamt of but which fail to illuminate a society in which, for instance, it is desirable, because of the effects of modern hygiene on death rates, for women to bear, on the average, perhaps a third as many infants as were appropriate two or three thousand or even two hundred years ago, a society in which war might mean something like the end of the species, or at least vastly closer to that than any war of the past could be.

Not since the year 787 has the Christian world gathered in an assembly to which the whole church, or something close to that, eventually granted the status of «ecumenical council.»

In the closing years of the 20th century we are being called to do something unprecedented: to think wholistically, to think about «everything that is,» because everything on this planet is interrelated and interdependent and hence the fate of each is tied to the fate of the whole.

«The fact that we are still here 28 years, five beautiful kids, one grandbaby (yep, Terry Crews is a grandpa)- — I know a lot of people in Hollywood that wish they could be close to something like that.

But something came out one Sunday evening in the academic year 1932 - 33.6 It was near the close of an «at home» for his Harvard students; the circle that was talking to him and the circle talking to his wife had become one.

As we're getting quite shockingly close to Christmas now (WHERE has this year gone) I wanted to make something a little fruity and festive.

I know that as the years pass I will collect a new idea of home, something to keep close at heart and carry with me in an intangible way.

I made 3 batches of panettone prior to New Year's using another recipe and managed to get something close on the first try, but subsequent batches were too dense.

As this year draws to a close, I have something to whet your appetite for our December / January issue from our resident Can Man and his irreverent ramblings.

Aside from a few fringe elements, there appears, despite all the angst and hand - wringing, a sense that we are closer than we have been for at least 8 or 9 years to achieving something.

Let's not forget how close he was to doing something extremely special at St. Andrews last year.

This team is dangerously close to building something great, and I agree the CDM would have made it easier this year.

within 2 years he won something big which our experienced and educated Manager couldnt do in 20 years and still keep preach he is the right person to take this club forward — may be to heal which we are very close!

Gazidis pointed out something last year «catalyst for changes» and he was blaming our poor infranstructre we have at Arsenal where a head coach / manager had so much power to do almost everything sorrounded with incompetence / yes man like Dick Law reporting to him and going out to close a deal or push it to a finishing line with fixed price set up by Wenger!

Unless the boss has something up hi8s sleeve or a big change of heart then the 21 - year old will be the only addition as the window is set to close tomorrow night.

Mike Moustakas was probably expecting something close to $ 100 million after a career high in home runs; he might get a one - year deal to get back on the market next year.

The Gunners were previously linked with Kondogbia when he was just emerging as a star in La Liga for Sevilla but perhaps the boss was worried about his ability to prove himself at the top level, something he has now done and so it appears that Arsenal will launch a bid of around # 18 million for the dynamic 22 - year old when this season comes to a close.

Would be closer to 4/70 or 4/80 is my guess... EE was the best free agent hitter out there this year (in my estimation) if you don't factor in his defense... we need something to get excited about!!

Before the year this line would have been something like -55, but their lackluster performance all season means they probably open closer to -40.

Arsenal have been close to the title since then but something has always got in the way, most notably the injury to Eduardo in 2008 and the host of injuries to players like Ramsey and Walcott a couple of years ago.

His tactics and his lack of winning mentality so often often gets us close to something (i.e. we have all the top 4 in the league), but it has not given us a great result for more than 10 years.

But something needs to done... maybe dropping out of the champions league will do us a favour... we've been in it however many years and no closer to winning it... what are we going to miss... the anthem?

TheGiallorossi paid close to $ 31m after fees were taken into account only 18 months ago for the once - dubbed Paraguayan Messi and so for the 22 - year - old to be moving to the newly promoted Cherries comes as something of a shock.

Griezmann did sign a new one - year extension to his contract, on condition that the $ 100 million release clause would remain in the contract, which could mean his path to Manchester could already be something which is being discussed, ready for a swift summer move as the World Cup will give little waiting time, especially with the transfer window in England closing before the Premier League season starts.

KEY FACT: Everton haven't ended the year with a Premier League victory since 2013 MATCH ODDS: Bournemouth 5/4 Draw 11/5 Everton 9/4 bet365 Pick: Over 2.5 goals @ 11/10 ANDY SAYS: I can see Bournemouth grabbing the three points, but I don't see a classic... 1 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Has to be Everton for me, Bournemouth just aren't clicking... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Close game, and I think Everton will get something... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wayne Rooney continues to be good value on the Index

Wenger isn't losing his stubbornness, no he's just appreciating how close we are to something special this year.

For years my sister, my mother and myself all participated in The Weekend to End Cancer for Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation because we really believed in the cause, but it was not something that had come any closer than our family friends.

I would love to win this for my almost 8 year old son Garrett, it would be a great Christmas present, His Birthday is Jan 1st, and being soo close to Christmas I aways try to get him something extra special!!

But this year, as I inch closer to my mid-forties, to mid-life, the top of the proverbial slide, I decided to be proactive and do something that would challenge me, empower me, make me feel a tiny bit transformed.

But staying close and connected to your child isn't something that should stop as your child gets older, into their preschool and school - age years and beyond.

The «old» Pioneer Park swimming pool closed for the season on August 16, 1998, with a «Something Old is New Again» good - bye party to celebrate 41 years of service and construction started the next day.

Since children spend so much time together in close quarters during the school year, it's a good idea to make sure hand washing becomes something they do automatically, as a matter of habit.

I know we did the best we could with our knowledge from the time he was born: he nursed for 2 years and spent wonderful evenings on the «big» bed with his father reading to him as he got older; which they have parlayed into a very close bond (something I always hoped for and am so happy about).

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As this year closes out I have been anxious to do something radical.