Sentences with phrase «talking for years»

The Oakland Institute has been talking for years about increasing food security by increasing food sovereignty in poor nations, rather than fighting hunger by dumping cheap, overproduced food from rich countries, driving local farmers in those poor countries out of business.

It was not the greatest shooter, nor did it have the best sense of freedom of choice, but it brought excellence in all areas to bear in a way that kept gamers playing and talking for years.

- Tamarindo Restaurant has eclectic Mexican décor that will keep you talking for years to come.

And I've been talking for years about putting together a retreat for people who want to learn the ins and outs of financially sustainable full - time travel; this might be the year to get off my butt and organize one.

I feel like we've been talking for years and we've done webinars.

Those of us who have been talking for years about the importance of school culture or school climate and how it can improve student achievement, are heartened by the inclusion of this topic in the national conversation about school improvement.

I've been talking for years with another buddy, Owen Wilson.»

Actually Caroline Pidgeon [the Liberal Democrat candidate], to give her credit, has been talking for years about the Rotherhithe - Canary Wharf [cycle pedestrian] bridge, which I've pinched.

unnecessary flicks when easier was to put it through, given ball away in dangerous positions so i really think he needs a break.what we have been talking for years is what we saw today.

John Babcook, Kairos» founder — now senior vice-president of discovery research at Zymeworks — says he and Tehrani had been talking for years about some sort of partnership.

That, say many, seemed to lift the issue above the fractious politics that have dogged the U.N.'s climate talks for years, and added a moral dimension to the negotiations.

If you had not been able to talk for a year, what would you say when you finally could speak?

And although my husband and I talked for years about sharing parenting responsibilities, he took only a few days off from work after each of our children was born.

Did I know that I hoped for meals, trips, talks for years to come?

We have talked for years about getting Flacco weapons.

I have tried to talk for years.....

Crystal and I have talked for years about how we might help others develop the kind of relationship we stumbled into with each other.

In Brussels they have talked for years about creating a two - speed Europe.

«We had talked for years about having Mrs. Kelly.

I like that you can get to the bottom of questions, unlike, say, politics or religion where you can just talk for years with people and no one will change the other's opinion.

We became friends, talking for a year and suddenly without noticing it, the script started to absorb elements coming from Daniela.

As an example from the home front, my wife had talked for years about the need for a staircase of some sort leading up the slope from our driveway to the house.

There has been talk for years about the death of the manual transmission.

Plans by the Dymocks bookstore chain to sell ebooks in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore have had the industry talking for a year.

Céline said there's been talk for years of shutting the village down, or at least enforcing more family - friendly behavior, but the mayor opposes such efforts for the local economy's sake.

We've had to look past PR talk for years when it comes to video games and there's no reason to stop doing so now.

The real - time demand for energy and economic vigor continues to trump long - term climate concerns, as has been clear in the climate talks for years.

There's been talk for years of an Amazon, Apple or Google emerging in the American energy industry — a company that offers consumers a seamless solution for their energy needs, combined with choice, control and access to their own energy - generating potential.

Walking the talk for years the World Resources Forum 2017 was once again a climate neutral conference.

There have been talks for years about how SXSW is «over» — that the festival is no longer about big ideas and innovation but rather which brands can out - gimmick others.

I've been talking for a year about how AI was going to be Google's thing and their future, and it was awesome to see them start to capitalize on it.

Scientists, and society, have talked for years about the brains of mothers being «hardwired» for parenting.

Not exact matches

Department stores like Macy's (m) have been talking changes and new initiatives for years, so next year is the time to put up or well, you know.

My friend took my hands in hers, looked me in the eye and said, «Ric, you've been talking about that dream for twenty years.

The problem for Nintendo is the NX's launch is at least a year away — likely more, as the company reportedly just started talking about it with third party partners at this year's E3.

I have a friend that has been talking about starting a business for the past 10 years.

«Start - ups are going to talk to a reporter about their fundraise, it will hit the media — they won't have filed their form in advance — and then, apparently, they will be ineligible for 506 for one year,» Joe Wallin, a start - up lawyer in Seattle, pointed out this morning as he live - blogged the hearings.

Dan Eisenhardt: The overall theme this year for TEDx Vancouver is around the perceptions and realities of personal identification — who we are, where we're going — and within that theme my talk is honing in on the role of vanity in technology adoption, specifically wearables.

The two companies have been talking about a potential movie for over a year, the report said, and it builds on a previous deal between Nintendo and Universal to build Nintendo - related rides and attractions at various Universal theme parks.

He says he recently attended one of the largest industry trade shows, Mipcom, and ended up talking to the same people he'd last encountered six years ago, most of whom were still thinking in terms of selling programs region by region to established channels as opposed to «worldwide deals for rights to be exploited via the Internet anywhere.»

Her contract with Fox comes up for renewal next year (she reportedly makes more than $ 6 million a year at Fox), and there has been much talk about the opportunities that might await her.

I have a family member that has been talking about quitting her job for the past five years.

In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately acquired the company earlier this year for $ 46 million.

Backstage at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, preparing for his talk with the founder of Frontback — an app that lets you take pictures with both of your iPhone cameras at the same time — Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch, is reflecting on the six - year history of this start - up launch conference.

«When you talk to guys who've been in this for 25 to 30 years, they're likening what's happening now to the»80s boom,» Segura says.

When I spoke with Geddes last year, he talked about how there's a bright future for specialty and niche - oriented streaming services.

«Eventually you're going to have to talk to Roham about how things are going,» explains Caleb Lai, a UX designer at MetaLab who worked at Axiom Zen for two years.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

«I've been talking about this issue of off - duty conduct, and especially social media, for years now,» says Stuart Rudner, a founding partner at the law firm Rudner MacDonald LLP that specializes in employment law.

On Monday, U.K. prime minister Theresa May won approval from Parliament to begin talks for the country's exit from the E.U. May plans to invoke what is known as Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which outlines how an E.U. member may leave the bloc — provided it gives two years» notice.