Sentences with phrase «take close to a year»

Unless your child is like mine, and takes closer to a year to potty train, rather than just a few weeks or months.

It only took me close to a year to attempt making homemade marshmallows again, but there is no better motivation than being thrust onto the food allergy playground!

Not exact matches

A large 2011 study of close to 39,000 older women over 25 years found that women who took them in the long term actually had a higher overall risk of death than those who did not.

Eighty percent of shopping takes place in a span of just two weeks and among three retailers, Google said, typically closer to the start of the school year.

«With this process taking close to two years to come to a conclusion, we think the final outcome and the structure of the transaction were well anticipated,» said Jain, who has a hold rating on Walgreens.

The two nuclear - powered probes launched 40 years ago and became the first and only robots to take close - up photographs of Uranus and Neptune, the planets» moons and rings, and other objects in the outer solar system.

Yes, the year's biggest story was Serena Williams and her push to become the fourth woman ever to complete a calendar grand slam (win all four of the sport's Majors in one year) by winning this Open — a push that ended Friday in a crushing defeat that did not take away from the achievement of how close she came.

This paper, however, proposes a different approach: Before pressing the overdrive button on money printing presses, Tokyo might wish to take a careful look at why the last 15 years of ultra-loose credit policies failed to move the economy closer to its estimated potential growth rate of 1.5 percent.

A trip to Mars is projected to take place sometime within the next 20 years, but Massimino thinks humans should try someplace closer.

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.

Still it took six years for the first digital camera to hit the consumer market, and even then, it wasn't very close to what we see today.

We not only rallied going into the close of the year, the rally at the start of the year has taken everyone by surprise, far surpassing the typical first - day putting - money - to - work story.

Meanwhile, if you were just invested in the S&P, it took you closer to five years to recover.

Relations between the U.S. and its closest ally have been repeatedly strained since Trump took office a year ago and U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May became the first foreign leader to meet him at the White House.

Outsiders have estimated that Spider - Man will need to play to sold - out houses for four years to break even, though those close to the production contend it will take half that time.

I'll close with some good news: You don't have to wait till April rolls around next year to start taking steps to get smarter with your money.

While we grapple continually with how to stop more suicides (close to 3,700 Canadians take their lives each year, according to Health Canada), we must always ask ourselves if the suicides of eight soldiers within three months could have been avoided.

It's probably a good move to align the two, but it's going to take some getting used to after so many years of displays that are closer to squares.

I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described.

It's a process that can often take more than 10 years, sometimes even closer to 20.

The layoffs represent close to 10 per cent of Bombardier's global workforce and are expected to take place over the next two years, the Montreal aerospace giant said.

Salesforce has typically rolled out its new products closer to its own annual conference, Dreamforce, which is taking place in early October this year.

The merger, which is expected to close by the end of 2016, is the first stage in a complicated reorganization that will take years to complete, and will surely produce a lot of fees for investment bankers and lawyers.

In quick succession, Murdoch closed the 168 - year - old News of the World and abandoned his multibillion - pound attempt to take full control of the lucrative British Sky Broadcasting, while Prime Minister David Cameron appointed a judge to conduct a sweeping inquiry into criminal activity at the paper and in the British media.

Last week, a group of prominent senators sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, asking it to take a closer look at peer - to - peer lenders and other alternative lenders that have emerged in the past few years.

In recent years, Bettencourt became a household name in France as the central figure in an infamous trial in which judges examined whether the billionaire was taken advantage of by those close to her.

Economic factors like consumer confidence, financial obligations, and delinquencies are all improving and the consumer may be more insulated than investors think from a back - up in yields, given 75 % of their financial obligations are in the form of a mortgage, close to 90 % of all mortgages are 30 - year fixed, and the average mortgage is termed out at the lowest rate ever... Taking these factors into account, we generally think it pays to remain sanguine.»

«To take close to two years worth of executive changes and lump them all in together and then and paint them as part of the same pattern is really unfair,» Doll saiTo take close to two years worth of executive changes and lump them all in together and then and paint them as part of the same pattern is really unfair,» Doll saito two years worth of executive changes and lump them all in together and then and paint them as part of the same pattern is really unfair,» Doll said.

Moon Express, a Mountain View, California - based company that's aiming to send the first commercial robotic spacecraft to the moon next year, just took another step closer toward that lofty goal.

WTI has been climbing steadily towards US$ 50 and Brent has inched closer to US$ 55 a barrel — a price level past seen at the beginning of the year, when optimism was rife that OPEC's deal would quickly take care of excess global supply.

The 90 - Mt saving «is like taking every car off the road in Canada or closing 20 to 23 coal plants in a year,» said Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna.

It took me close to 2 years to bring my online income to the $ 1,500 - $ 2,000 / month range, and sadly that's fallen off a bit (100 % my fault though, for focusing on other things).

The bond yield surge Thursday «brought additional confirmation of the end of the friendly springtime consolidation trend, and it took us one step closer to the highest yields in more than four years.»

With upwards of 8 - year backlogs investors are paying close attention to on - time delivery numbers and, by this metric, one of the two takes the win.

Rather, taking a closer look at how the return landscape is likely to shape up this year, and for years to come, shows that it's more important than ever to be selective as you take risk in search of returns.

The notification says that companies applying for public road tests should have already tested the cars in closed roads and areas, and that a driver with at least three years of experience should always be in the driving seat and ready to take over if necessary.

Economic growth has been weaker than anticipated, it'll now take more than two years for the output gap to close absent further stimulus.

At this rate of progress, it will take another century to close the overall global gender gap, compared to 83 years last year.

Taken from a helicopter view, strong sales to close the previous year led analysts to ask this question: Is a sudden downturn evidence of a fresh trend, or just Mother Nature's latest cruel twist?March's results would, thankfully, point to the latter.

As President Donald Trump takes the country closer to an economic nationalism that calls for tearing up agreements like NAFTA and the Trans - Pacific Partnership, potentially enacting higher tariffs on imports and obsessing over trade deficits, it is worth reflecting on a similar debate that inflamed the electorate 130 years ago.

Often times these deals (if legitimate), take up to a year to close, so in the meantime the broker is starving because no income is coming in.

These price increases have been driven by low stocks and expanding global industrial production, and have taken base metals prices close to 15 - year highs.

Silver lining: by virtue of having renters in place before the local market went further south (when hospital closed), we were able to take a substantial ordinary loss on last year's tax return.

With the GFC close to 10 years ago now and a substantial amount of regulatory reform having been undertaken, the focus is turning to implementation and taking stock of the effectiveness of the reforms.

It does appear that over the years constant pressure by the media and other forces made the search engines take a closer look at the problem and try to figure out some solutions.

With 2011 coming to a close, it's a good time to take inventory of which ETFs fared the best which may lend some insight into trends and sectors to keep an eye on going into the close of the year.

Considering the last auction took a full year to close bidding, it could be a long blackout for T - Mobile and Sprint.

The joint venture will take up closed - ended municipal - bond funds in the next year or so that when the predicted bond market collapse comes, it will drive fund prices down to as little as 40 % of net asset value.

At that junction, both parties will strive toward closing the transaction, which can take from a few months to a year to complete, depending on the size and complexity of the transaction.

The big increase in the in the last six months of 2012 was because of tax changes, with entrepreneurs and companies trying to close deals before New Year's to take advantage of capital gains treatment, John Guzzo, managing director of Berkery Noyes, said.