Sentences with phrase «to gather momentum»

In the first few years of this new century, mass demonstrations have gathered momentum as the preferred manifestation of social and political conflict.

All these developments gathered momentum over the last six months or so.

But the president is just trying to catch up with states, where work has been gathering momentum for years.

There was a sense of gathering momentum, of the tide being drawn out from under our feet and a large costs tsunami forming on the horizon.

The coalition's family values agenda is gathering momentum at present.

Small bars hadn't really gathered momentum when I stopped working in the city.

As tech gathered momentum through the 1990s, it became more difficult to hire and retain.

In the mid 20th century, when nutrition science began to discover the value of whey by itself, it became a popular supplement and has only gathered momentum since.

It has to be a priority, or it just never gathers the momentum, and you never accumulate those 10,000 hours.

And as the build up to general elections next year gathers momentum, matters are made worse.

As the survey gathered momentum, it generated a great deal of interest.

I would not be surprised to see it fly up the ladder to the top 100 spots in the next few years as the name gathers momentum.

Some of the predictions we made way back then are now a reality, while others have not yet gathered momentum — to our disappointment.

He got over 150,000 signatures — more evidence that the movement to make rent reporting a tenant's right is gathering momentum worldwide.

But the inevitable reality is that once a consensus gathers momentum, even the best of minds begin to close.

Innovative funding patterns such as crowd funding platforms are gathering momentum in the renewable sector.

-- but never gathers the momentum to make a break for it in any one of them.

Insurance industry gathered momentum with post-demonetisation savings.

It quickly gathered momentum on social media, even prompting speculation that it was a carefully - orchestrated pre-publicity stunt.

Meanwhile, a petition seeking to head off the challenge to Corbyn's leadership quickly gathered momentum after it was circulated on social media.

«With a move for the Argentine rapidly gathering momentum after fresh claims of Wenger's interest emerged.»

Such hopes gathered momentum from the pacifist reaction to World War I and from the new technology of strategic air bombardment.

The #DeleteUber campaign gathered momentum on Jan. 30 after a weekend of protests against the travel ban.

They were strong in Volleyball a year ago and that is the perfect opportunity for them to start gathering momentum for the second half of the season!

they were gathering momentum before theo came on but seeing him they knew they might lose by a larger margin.

An alternating current of victory and defeat for favorites appears to be the persistent theme of conference play as races gather momentum around the country.

The idea of crowdfunding for access to justice also gathered momentum in October, with the Howard League for Penal Reform and Prisoners Advice Service crowdfunding for their challenge to the legal aid cuts for prison law and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants also using CrowdJustice to raise funds to challenge the government's decision to increase asylum and immigration tribunal fees by up to 500 %.

It is no coincidence that a far - right military junta decided to try to take the islands by force in 1982, partly to distract from its own economic inadequacies and partly out of the need for right - wing dictatorships to gather momentum by virtue of perceived strength.

Only now, decades after the first clean cookstove, does it appear that these projects are finally gathering momentum among major institutions.

Ramsey's own form is also gathering momentum following a season that has been undermined by persistent hamstring injuries.

Despite gathering some momentum in recent months, the stock cratered this week.

«We're beginning to gather some momentum now,» McClennon says.

Meanwhile, coffee had been introduced to Brazil in 1727, although its cultivation did not gather momentum until independence in 1822.

Arsenal face one hull of a fight on their hands when Steve Bruce's men visit the Emirates this Saturday afternoon, as both sides look to gather momentum heading into a crucial phase of their respective seasons.

Rumours gathered momentum once again yesterday as Stambouli was reportadly spotted at White Hart Lane during Tottenham's 3 - 0 defeat at the hands of Liverpool.

This year's transfer window is finally gathering some momentum thanks to Romelu Lukaku's move to United, Wayne Rooney's to Everton and now Kyle Walker's to City.

Cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi's muted palette respectfully reflects the seriousness of the story, the chilly, humdrum environs and the frosty reception that greets the paper's investigation; while Howard Shore's unobtrusive score creates a sense of a story gathering momentum and keeps things nail - biting when they're up against the clock.

Brazilian director Da - Rin has been quietly gathering momentum on the festival circuit, starting with her acclaimed documentary «Lands,» which won at the Panorama Coisa De Cinema back in 2010.

In comments at a University of Arizona conference this morning, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said that «absent some exogenous shock, the recovery that began last summer is unlikely to be reversed and will instead proceed, slowly gathering momentum as we progress through the year ``.

Speculation about a challenge to May's leadership gathered momentum Saturday after Johnson set out his own plans for Brexit.

The idea of staging Premier League games overseas seems to have gathered momentum again.

It did prove to be a temporary buyers» strike (as I'll highlight below), but clearly the December auction heralded a more serious & sustained market disruption — the Chinese crackdown on luxury gifts was just gathering momentum at the time, and Putin was on the verge of sending the Russian economy (& ruble) over a cliff by backing military intervention in Ukraine.

Subdued inflation has forced the Bank of Japan to maintain ultra-loose policy even as the economic recovery gathers momentum, suggesting it will lag behind its global peers in dialing back its crisis - era stimulus.

On the one hand, economists like Robert Shapiro, a senior fellow at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, says there have been recent signs of wage growth gathering momentum.

As the debate surrounding pay disparity gathers momentum, U.K. businesses are being pressed to publish their own reports on how much they pay each sex.