Sentences with phrase «took years as»

Development of rescue associations for some breeds took years as national and regional breed clubs slowly recognized the need to care for the breeds they protect and promote.

You shouldn't just take the year as it comes.

If we take a year as the unit of measurement, GDP grew almost every year.

Its taken years as I have been reading for longer than I can remember and now I have the excuse to drop you a comment!

Let's take this year as a potential example.

(This will take years as it took years to build.)

Then when students graduate with a degree in small - animal medicine, they would need to take another year as an intern or resident in a practice or college specializing in large animal in order to qualify to be a large animal or mixed animal veterinarian.

Around 1.5 million hazard perception tests are taken every year as part of the theory test, with an average pass rate of 85 percent.

They are slowly being fixed - but fixing them completely will likely take years as they require changing all wallet software.»

That is the perspective I take each year as I review a wide range of movies, studying them using the criteria of a positive psychology movie, separating the wheat from the chaff, and highlighting those exemplars that have something important to teach us.

Not exact matches

Only two years ago they were rating AAA all the toxic bonds that created the crisis,» said Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, adding that the downgrade was executed «not because of what Greece is doing but because of the decisions being taken by the EU that are not considered as going far enough.»

But as Robertson points out, the implementation and ratification will take another year - plus.

She says it can take as long as five years to build deals with major lenders, but she was able to make it happen after just two - and - a-half years.

As the economic environment continues to soften, many young professionals are contemplating returning to graduate school so they can «take shelter» during the downturn and be set to reenter the workforce as the job market turns around a couple of years from noAs the economic environment continues to soften, many young professionals are contemplating returning to graduate school so they can «take shelter» during the downturn and be set to reenter the workforce as the job market turns around a couple of years from noas the job market turns around a couple of years from now.

As for Nike, it and many of its peers took a hit from last year's bankruptcies Sports Authority and City Sports.

Mexican leaders took the action on medical marijuana - and Pena Nietro has taken a new stance on illegal drugs as a whole - as the country faces a continued escalation in the drug wars that have ravaged Mexico for years.

Former Telus top man Joe Natale officially took over as CEO of Rogers Communications Inc. this year, signaling a return to stable leadership for the company after former CEO Guy Laurence was axed last fall.

Mervyn Kitay has been anointed as chief executive in waiting at Crowe Horwath Perth, Western Australia's eight biggest accounting firm, taking over from Geoff Kidd, who has run the partnership for the past 19 years.

To take advantage, you must have an export credit sales volume of less than $ 5 million in the past three years before application, your company must qualify as a small business under the Small Business Administration's definition of the term and you must have been in business at least one year with a positive net worth.

Harley Finkelstein, Chief Platform Officer of Canada's tech darling Shopify, took on a second job this year as a judge on CBC's Next Gen Den, the web - only version of the hit show Dragon's Den, featuring younger entrepreneurs and riskier deals.

Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant day when his father took him to discover ice.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

As such, he estimates it would take at least 25 years to develop the technology to build and land a ship of the size that Musk is proposing, which would place a manned trip to Mars sometime in the 2040s.

'' [CEO Marissa] Mayer could take home a whopping $ 44 million after her four - year stint as CEO; Goldman, $ 12.2 million.

Airbus said its order intake for its helicopter unit fell 5 percent last year from 2016, while demand for passenger jets is surging as record numbers of travelers take to the sky.

«I can at most venture a personal judgment, based on some examination of the historical evidence, that the initial effects [on employment] of a higher and unanticipated rate of inflation last for something like two to five years; that this initial effect then begins to be reversed; and that a full adjustment to the new rate of inflation takes about as long for employment as for interest rates, say, a couple of decades.»

Thirty - four years after beginning her General Motors career as a co-op student, Barra took over as CEO in mid-January, but she had little time to savor the accomplishment.

Former Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh will take up the position of Australia Council of the Arts (ACA) chair, as of July, after almost two years on the board.

As part of the 25 - year Business News anniversary, we take a look at how the retail trade debate has changed.

As a record number of people took to the skies in the U.S. last year, the airline industry found customer satisfaction edged lower.

As we celebrate the top 100 crowdfunded companies, we take a look at some of this year's biggest crowdfunding flops.

As you well know, expertise develops over years of successes, failures, false starts, experimentation and risk - taking.

It would take at least two years to negotiate the breakup and then as long as a decade to extricate the UK from Europe.

Papa John's founder John Schnatter, who stepped down as CEO at the end of last year, had blamed falling sales on the NFL's failure to resolve the raging controversy over players taking a knee during the national anthem, in order to protest against police brutality.

This time, it'll take the shape of a 2015 bill that actually reached President Obama's desk (and was promptly vetoed)-- one that's come to be known as «repeal - and - delay» because it, well, sets a two - year timetable for Obamacare repeal.

As Jeannes knows from experience, it takes an average of 20 years to bring a gold discovery into production.

It took two to three years to start seeing real results (i.e., inbound inquiries) as a result of my writing, but the branding payoff over time has been substantial.

The Dell role lasted a couple of years before Legere joined telecoms company Global Crossing in 2001 as CEO, taking it through a «really tough» restructuring and eventually selling it to CenturyLink (then Level 3) in 2011.

In a traditional civil rehabilitation, once the court gives the green light, it typically takes six months for the plan to be finalized — meaning optimistically, creditors could begin to get paid, preferably in Bitcoins, as soon as late this year.

On her site, Fobes uses the example of a person who drives an old clunker or even takes the bus for a few years, so as to be able to afford to pay for a new car in cash.

Don't forget, a credit card balance of as «little» as $ 6,000 can take more than 40 years to pay off if only the minimum payments are made.)

To that end, you may want to take care of as much of your medical needs as possible before the end of the year, Haas said.

(Full disclosure: I have two small children, and after the birth of each I opted to take the full year of combined maternity and parental leave to which I, as a Canadian who made sufficient contributions to employment insurance, am entitled.

Barbara Corcoran took an interest and six years later, Cousins Maine Lobster has become a national lobster franchise with 20 trucks in more than a dozen cities and some brick - and - mortar restaurants as well.

UPS took a stake in Optoro last year, as the company, like FedEx, tries to generate revenue from not only returns but from placing unwanted items in channels where they're most likely to sell.

It was a first - of - its - kind move from the streaming giant, which may have taken its inspiration from the traditional TV networks that have used the post-Super Bowl time slot to promote new TV series or special episodes (such as last night's long - awaited This Is Us installment on NBC) for years.

The cash will help D2L rebuild its platform as a data and analytics powerhouse, and take advantage of its biggest secret weapon: 15 years of student data.

The CEO, who took over the top spot in January 2013, had heard about the incident on the radio that morning as he drove to work, unaware that it would have anything to do with him or the company where he's worked for 28 years.

New discoveries such as Alturas in Chile are promising, but it can take 10 years to bring a project into full production.

Tamerlan, neighbors said, often stayed home and took care of his 3 - year - old daughter while his wife worked as a home health aide.