Sentences with phrase «time years before»

With no training or ministry background, I was forced to trust God — I only stood in front of the church for the first time a year before.

I missed last years party and had a great time the year before that and I am bringing my party shoes this year.

In effect, one hour of an organizers's time a year before the election yields much more benefit than that same hour of work a week before the election.

At mid-year we are probably behind a bit where we were at the same time the year before.»

Not exact matches

Originally planned as a five - year competition, the deadline shifted a number of times before being called off in January.

AT&T was confident it would win regulatory approval for its $ 85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner before year's end as the Justice Department continues its review, but was still awaiting details about any final requirements for the deal, a senior executive said.

Oklahoma has seen a massive spike in earthquakes in the past few years, registering 2-1/2 earthquakes daily of magnitude 3 or greater - a seismicity rate 600 times greater than before 2008, according to the Oklahoma Geological Survey.

The tariffs, which have increased frictions with U.S. trading partners worldwide and have prompted several challenges before the World Trade Organization, are aimed at allowing the two U.S. metals industries to increase their capacity utilization rates above 80 percent for the first time in years.

Before joining the Times, Kate worked for more than six years as an on - air television reporter at CNBC, appearing on the channel's daytime programming with news, interviews, and analysis.

While trafficking routes have changed over time, in recent years narco subs and other vessels leaving southwest Colombia or northwest Ecuador laden with drug cargos often head out in the Pacific, even around the Galapagos Islands, before turning north in an effort to skirt law enforcement closer to home — which may include underwater sensors in Colombian waters — as well as US - led interdiction efforts.

«We were very quietly dating for about six months before it became news, and I was working during that whole time, and the only thing that changed was people's perception,» the 36 - year - old «Suits» actress also said.

ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences got plenty of «no thanks» before they settled on Jimmy Kimmel for this year's Oscarcast (Kimmel will be back for a second time in March).

A 30 - year - old man who was flying for the first time thought that opening the plane's emergency exit door before takeoff was a good way to avoid air sickness, according to the South China Morning Post.

Back in the old days of television programming — say, 15 years ago — most standup specials like Black's ran for a limited time on one of the three main cable channels that aired comedy (HBO, Showtime, Comedy Central) before being shuffled off to the archives.

Whether this is an extremely busy time for your business, or not, there are many efforts you can make to drum up some sales before the end of the year.

As it turns out, it's not just the Hulk Hogan case: Thiel admitted in his interview with the Times that he decided several years ago to secretly fund multiple cases in an attempt to cripple the company, and that there is at least one other case before the courts that he's involved in.

Before the summer of last year, it has been years since crude was considered «cheap» for an extended period of time.

«As I've said before, if we don't do anything about climate change now, in 50 years» time we will be toasted, roasted and grilled,» Christine Lagarde said during a panel discussion Tuesday at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

«Before this year, there were four different times when we saw a weekly decline of 4 percent or more — that happened in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016,» he said.

Yet before the holiday distractions take hold, donors use this time of the year to remember the sacrifices made by the men and women serving in the U.S. military, and to support causes that help them when they return home.

In 2009, Canada's exports fell 28 % from the year before because of the crisis in the U.S., yet at the same time our exports to China actually rose 7 %.

According to a New York Times report, Honda, one of the companies using the bags, and Takata knew about the dangerous airbags for years before disclosing it to the public and issuing recalls.

What really stands out in terms of value, though, is that the Winix has a longer - lasting, washable HEPA filter, which can be cleaned up to six times before having to replace it in about three years.

For most of that time, he headed up marketing for Nintendo of America, before moving back north last year to take the reins of the Canadian operation.

The Asian giant may still accounts for only 15 % of the province's lumber exports, but exports to China are up 71 % in just one year, and many believe it's only a matter of time before China, and not the U.S., becomes B.C.'s largest forestry customer.

I ask for five - year projections, since that's the average time before investors can cash out.

I hold news conferences four times a year and testify often before congressional committees, including twice - yearly appearances that are specifically designated for the purpose of my presenting a comprehensive monetary policy report to the Congress.

It's a year in which, in tennis, the women's side is the bigger attraction: the women's final sold out before the men's final for the first time.

He's been complaining about the CRTC having a lack of AMP teeth for at least three years and he sang a similar chorus during his time at the Competition Bureau before that.

«Take the time to think back on the year critically before heading out to holiday,» Kahn said.

Jeet Banerjee, a 19 - year - old serial entrepreneur and college studentbased in Orange County, Calif., says he tries to run through each speech under «real - world» conditions at least four or five times before the main event.

Three years before, as a 16 - year - old high school kid, Dan Price saw bar owners being gouged by big financial firms every time they swiped a patron's credit card.

This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.

For a retailer with scant discounting and zero debt, Nasty Gal has racked up some seriously drool - worthy numbers: international sales of $ 128 million in 2012, four times higher than the year before; 535,000 Facebook fans; 420,000 Instagram subscribers; 68,000 Twitter followers; and more than 2 million monthly unique visitors to the website in September 2012.

Whole Foods founder John Mackey has joked it may be 31 years before he publicly preaches more vegetables and less government - sponsored health care again, but he isn't wasting time sticking to his vow for less dough for the CEO.

Since that time, the Washington, D.C. - based company has opened five new stores in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, with plans to open two more New York stores before the end of the year.

Liabilities now correspond to 4.8 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, up from from 1.3 times two years ago.

Before Guy Baroan began running his Elmwood Park, N.J. - based IT firm, Baroan Technologies, full time, he spent several years managing an indoor amusement park.

Before the year is over, there is still time to ensure that everyone in your life who has invested in your success in 2013 gets a refresher on how important they are in your life.

In addition, everyone is now fretting about an «inverted yield curve,» which is the phenomenon when long - term yields, such as the 10 - year yield, fall below short - term yields, such as the three - month yield or the two - year yield.The last time this happened was before the Financial Crisis.

After a year at Syracuse, he dropped out and transferred to NYU before ultimately dropping out again to join Seamless, which was just getting started at the time.

For instance, Budge's titles require players to answer a math question that a typical kid can't solve before making a purchase: A game targeted at four - year - olds might ask, «What's nine times eight?»

Wellard shares were hammered for a second time in less than a week, with the company warning of yet another potential profit hit before the end of the financial year.

Two days before Starbucks» announcement, 30 % of consumers said they'd consider buying from Starbucks the next time they were craving coffee, the highest proportion in nearly a year.

Sirius stock is enjoying its best run in more than a decade: It's up about about 45 % from its low of a year ago, and on Thursday it briefly hit $ 5.00 for the first time since 2006 before settling just under that mark.

This year's broadcaster, NBC, sold out of its time slots just after Thanksgiving, and most units were gone before the NFL season even started.

This year Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin have been wetter than ever before; Australia, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh have severely flooded; in New Zealand the rainfall is four times the usual.

His family first moved to the US when he was a year old, but they moved around the world a few more times before settling in Foster City, south of San Francisco.

The Pet Rock (whose inventor I consider the greatest entrepreneur of all time) made its debut in October 1975 - in other words, 19 years and nine months before the launch of Amazon, which is now 20 years old.

The second method is to have the equipment purchased and installed at the beginning of the business year or quarter closest to the time when you'll actually need the equipment, allowing time for training and working out bugs before the equipment is placed into full production.