Sentences with phrase «than the progress made»

[2] Indeed, to my mind, the value of these initiatives has been less the «integration» aspect than the progress made in enabling eight local bond markets to function more effectively for foreign and domestic investors and, not least, for the governments and other borrowers of those countries.

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«While revenue for Q4 and FY18 was below expectations due to lower than anticipated smartphone unit volumes, Cirrus Logic made meaningful progress this past year on numerous strategic initiatives that we expect to position the company for a return to year - over-year growth in FY20,» said Jason Rhode, president and chief executive officer.

More than 75 % of the city is now cleared of ISIS fighters, he said on Thursday, adding that Syrian Democratic Forces, a mainly Kurdish force partnering with the coalition, «have made clear progress and we are seeing ISIS begin to lose its grip on their self - declared capital in Raqqa.»

By focusing on hairy problems rather than rote tasks, I believe I'm able to face down bigger issues and make more progress.»

More worrisome than the lack of progress is the way these companies are learning to massage the announcement of their annual reports, the excuses they offer for their disappointing results, and the comments they make to temper expectations.

McDonald's (MCD), which is suffering through one of its worst years in more than a decade, hinted at its investor meeting last week that it's looking to make progress in this department by simplifying ingredients.

It is more important to make progress than it is to be flawless, because every choice an entrepreneur makes carries risk — even if it's the right choice.

Men still make up 60 percent of all managers, but that is much smaller than the 75 percent of 1980, suggesting progress.

The eminent technical analyst Walter Deemer, who gained a wide following at Merrill Lynch, Putnam Investments and his own firm starting in the 1960s, said on Twitter, «A market that swings violently in both directions without making any net progress is usually a sign of a reversal rather than a consolidation.»

Spending less than 1/5 of that time making progress against my most important tasks is well worth it.

I know that after seeking professional guidance, I made significantly more progress in my game than I would have been able to achieve on my own.

Rather than split up the leadership functions, they tackled priorities together and traded off if one wasn't making progress.

Taking a closer look at the numbers shows progress needs to be made across the industry, and counter to what the survey respondents think, at more than half of all tech companies.

Over the past year, European defense collaboration has arguably made more progress than in the past decade.

More than five years after the Great Recession tore a giant hole in their budgets, most states have made big progress in stabilizing their finances.

«I've just seen cities everywhere and have found that mayors and city governments are far more focused on progress in their cities here in China than I've seen elsewhere, and it makes me incredibly optimistic.»

One word that makes us happy: Progress [21:21] We grow because that helps us give more — share it with someone you love, it magnifies it [22:04] More excited about feeding one billion people than any material thing, so much more meaning when it's not just about you [22:19] The challenge is our brain: it's looking for what's wrong, because that helps you survive [22:30] Peak state = high energy, feel extraordinary, producing results is easy [22:46] Low energy state = say things and do things that hurt your relationship [23:39] Peak State = Beautiful state, Low - energy state = suffering state [24:08] Over achievers don't suffer, right?

[09:10] The science of achievement [09:25] Effective execution [09:45] The element of grace [10:00] The art of fulfillment [10:45] The key to happiness is progress [10:55] When you grow you have something to give [11:30] What's more rare than a billionaire [11:45] Taking 100 % responsibility for yourself [12:10] Add more value [12:55] Dreams + Embracing reality + Determination [13:15] The quality of life is the quality of your decisions [13:55] The meeting of a lifetime or a critical business obligation [16:15] Decision - making must be done on paper [16:25] What makes decision - making hard?

The prestigious award validates the progress the company made in 2015 and speaks to our dedication to providing reliable, affordable IT services to small and medium - sized businesses in more than 150 North American locations.

I think we made a lot more progress in these areas than we were ever given credit for internationally.

``... the work I have done with her has enabled me to make more progress in my trading than my 15 years of experience did on their own.»

Since its launch in 2010, the fund has made more than $ 1.3 billion in grants through the end of 2017 to 6,000 organizations that further Goldman Sachs Gives» mission of fostering innovative ideas, solving economic and social issues, and enabling progress in underserved communities worldwide.

Kretchmer went to work on the product, social media software for publishers and brands, and when Kalanick thought it had progressed enough, he made 45 introductions to other angel investors in less than a week and agreed to invest in the company himself.

The company changed «in response to a rather prominent and visible legal action, but when you look at what it has been able to do and how much progress it has been able to make, I would assign Denny's less credit than others.»

This is important progress and has contributed to more prudent monetary policies than otherwise would have been made and the avoidance of a deflationary psychology taking hold particularly in Europe and Japan.

However, considering the standards that Cardano set for itself, there's no surprise that progress moves more slowly than the less scrutinized blockchains that make up the rest of the top ten.

Danny has made nothing less than groundbreaking progress in a very short amount of time with Search Engine Land and from all accounts, the SMX conference.

The company is making good progress towards a sustainable return on equity of at least 10 % which is why the stock trades much closer to NTA today than when the Fund purchased it.

The Eurozone has made some progress on institutional change in terms of creating a banking union, but they haven't gotten all the way there yet so rather than saying they have a banking union I'd say they have a loose banking federation.

GFI's innovation department has two primary areas of focus — firstly, encouraging scientists and entrepreneurs to join the plant - based and cultured meat industries, and secondly, supporting the ongoing success of existing companies in the industry.26 They have assembled a list of potential companies based on what they believe are promising ideas that have not been capitalized on, 27 and they have developed a list of more than 220 entrepreneurs and scientists, many of whom take part in monthly video calls led by GFI.28 In the last year, they have had some success in assisting in the founding of a plant - based meat company in India, Good Dot, and a plant - based fish company in the U.S., SeaCo.29 The companies have both raised millions in venture capital and are making progress towards competition with animal products.30 Although venture capitalist funding is a good indication that the companies themselves will be successful, and while the companies might not exist without GFI, it is unclear what portion of the responsibility for the companies» outcomes should be attributed to GFI.

The TPP may or may not be the next big thing, but if it succeeds (and 14 rounds of negotiations during which substantial progress has been made on most of the chapters of the agreement suggests it is more than just talk) Canada will be better positioned being in than being out.

It didn't meet guidance, but the progress on improving its balance sheet makes the company look much more compelling than it did as recently as a year ago.

The book, «Mutav Lehizaher K'dei lo Lehitzta'er» (which translates roughly as «Better Safe Than Sorry»), published privately by Ella Bargai and Nitai Melamed, appears to be making significant progress in making the issue less of a taboo topic within the Haredi world.

Speaking after the documentary Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, the peer and former chairman of the Conservative Party, said British Muslims had made more progress in changing their attitudes on various social issues since they arrived in Britain in the 1950s than the Church of England and the Conservative Party had over the same period.

But it was more a forced existence than a «lifestyle choice,» and men abandoned it when economic progress made it possible.

From the Cabaret Voltaire to Andy Warhol's Factory, from the silent film comedians to the Beatles, from the first comic - strip artists to the present managers of the Underground, the apolitical have made much more radical progress in dealing with the media than any grouping of the Left.

The lower castes have made great progress, and they enjoy much higher status in society than they ever did before.

But even though we may have to endure a spiritual odyssey and may meet many unexpected obstacles, we ought to make a little more progress than those who have merely been indoctrinated with a little external Christianity which expressed itself merely in a bored attendance at Sunday Mass, perhaps an Easter confession and the receiving of the last sacraments.

I may get more help in deciding how to make ethical decisions as a Christian by reading Pilgrim's Progress or a biography of Dorothy Day or Martin Luther King, Jr. — or by reading the Gospels — than by reading an academic discussion of medical ethics.

Augustine said: «Such is the depth of the Scriptures that if I were attempting to study them and nothing else from boyhood to decrepit old age, with the utmost leisure, the most unwearied zeal, and talents greater than I have, I would still daily be making progress in discovering their treasures.»

... [Americans] have become a nation that may defy every foe but that most dangerous of foes, herself, destined to a majestic future if she will shun the excess and perversion of the principles that made her great, prate less about the enemies of the past and strive more against the enemies of the future, resist the mob and the demagogue as she resisted Parliament and King, rally her powers from the race for gold and the delirium of prosperity to make firm the foundations on which that prosperity rests, and turn some fair proportion of her vast mental forces to other objects than material progress and the game of party politics.

It's difficult to make progress when you are focusing on someone else rather than on your own path.

Rather than regress, they must begin to make progress.

The religious opposition to the Vietnam War was certainly more effective than the opposition of those who spelled America with a «k.» And if we have made some significant progress with respect to the place of racial minorities in our society in the last twenty years, it is due mostly to religious leadership.

When, little more than a century ago, Man first discovered the abyss of time that lies behind him, and therefore the abyss that lies ahead, his first feeling was a tremendous hope, a sense of wonderment at the progress our fathers had made.

However, know that sniffing out only the stories of greed and abuse in the church while ignoring all the stories of actual progress for society that it brings pretty much negates all of your arguments to that of an obsessed critic with nothing better to do than make up facts against the church.

Modern psychosomatic medicine has made some progress in analyzing along these lines; for example, it seems quite possible that the emotional tone of my soul may directly alter the patterns of physical feeling in my stomach.4 Still, we should not suppose too quickly that the aims of a human personality have any very effective direct influence on the molecules of body cells, other than those in the brain.

The State makes laws which are plainly for the good of all, and the whole scheme is obviously making more physical and technical progress in a few years than was previously made in as many Centuries.

More than once in the twelfth and the thirteenth centuries progress appeared to be made toward ending the schism between the Armenians and Rome From practically all the Eastern churches groups were won.

I feel more than ever that I have only made a few steps on the long road of progress; but I look at its length without dismay, for I have confidence that the day will come when all my efforts shall be rewarded.