Sentences with phrase «was a challenging year»

«If the current bear does follow the average path in a broad sense, our historical study suggests 2011 could be a challenging year.

He said it was a challenging year in some ways, but made the company more disciplined.

Once again, it was a challenging year to be a U.S. - domiciled diversified global investor.

Rougher waters ahead in 2015 «We expect 2015 to be a challenging year in light of lower oil prices but we have built our business and our balance sheet to capitalize on this type of market environment.

I have said it before, and I still believe this: 2015 is going to be a challenging year which should be used to learn as much as possible about the metals and value chains we continue to write about with an eye on 2017 as a more fertile environment.

My nephew is allergic to dairy so holiday cookies have been a challenge this year!

Needless to say its been a challenging year, but I choose to see the glass half full.

«It has been a challenging year,» Quinn says, admitting that the temporary space the company used is less than ideal.

All these factors added to ongoing uncertainty around post-Brexit trade terms with key wine producing countries, it is undoubtedly going to be a challenging year ahead.

«2018 will be a challenging year for the UK's bulk wine supply chain» says Marc Graham, Branch Manager, JF Hillebrand UK.

It is shaping up to be a challenging year ahead for Australian beef exports, with expected increases in production and exports from many of our major competitors, including the US and Brazil.

«Virtuoso has been hand - selecting the world's finest properties for its famed Hotels & Resorts program for more than two decades, so deciding which ones represent the Best of the Best is challenging each year,» said Albert Herrera, senior vice president, Global Product Partnerships for Virtuoso.

Yes we pay a lot of money, Yes we expect to be challenging each year.

Certainly that is our challenge this year, to continue to do well against the top teams but as well in these kind of games, like Stoke today, where you have to win and we dropped some points last year.»

Fourth place and finishing 20 odd points from top isn't consistent — it's embarrassing for a club that is supposed to be challenging year in year out!

«This has been a challenging year for us in a lot of ways,» Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.

«Some of those guys would not be challenged all year if we did not go to those events.

The holidays are over and it seems as if 2015 will be a challenging year for you.

No doubt that 2017 was a challenging year... for me, maybe for you, certainly for a lot of folks.

Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, a security expert at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPC) has predicted that 2016 would be a challenging year for Ghanaians due to the stakes for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

Rhetoric that it's a challenging year, with a shortfall that needs to be closed, but the spending plan will be done on time would be heard ad nauseum.

It's unusual for lawmakers to release statements on the record to say they are indeed running for re-election, but then again this is something of an unusual year: Republican Sens. John DeFrancisco, John Bonacic, Kathy Marchione, Bill Larkin and Tom Croci within the several days of each other announced they would not seek re-election ahead of what's expected to be a challenging year for the GOP candidates running up and down the ballot.

«This is going to be a challenging year, my friends,» Cuomo told state legislators.

2011 was a challenging year for small businesses.

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

Jim Battista, a political science professor at the University at Buffalo, said because Katko did not win his last two elections by very wide margins, 2018 is going to be a challenging year for the Republican.

A security Analyst at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, says 2016 would be a challenging year for Ghanaians considering that the stakes are high for the presidential and parliamentary elections.

Whether this was a challenging year for you, or a particularly great one, now is a great time of year for emotional release.

Valentine's Day is coming, are you challenged each year with finding «unique gifts»?

Once again, the organisers have been hugely encouraged by the efforts of schools in all sectors in what has been a challenging year, with several policy changes and funding issues occupying plenty of time.

For those developers with localization needs, international holidays can be a challenge year round.

Our students deserve to be challenged all year round, so let's start now.

Seventh grade is a challenging year for many reasons.

ANTONIO GARCIA, NO. 3 MOBIL 1 / SiriusXM CHEVROLET CORVETTE C7.R: «There are challenges every year.

Representing television crews, radio programs, print and online publications, the media at the SEMA Show are challenged each year with conducting interviews, shooting videos and / or photos and writing stories on tight deadlines and shrinking staffs.

2018 will be another challenging year for the book industry - There's no way to sugar coat it so I won't.

It was a challenging year: the MSCI World Index, which measures the equity markets in all developed countries, was down 3.2 % in 2011, and emerging markets plummeted over 16 %.

Rachel adds: «It has been a challenging year with the floodgates seemingly opened on abandoned dogs needing our help and being in ever more distressing conditions when arriving in our care.

Carolyn Brown, director for the UK, Ireland & Scandinavia for the Anguilla Tourism Board, said: «It has been a challenging year for the people of Anguilla, but their strength and resilience has ensured that the island, known for its pristine white sandy beaches, is ready to give guests a warm welcome this Christmas.

It has been a challenging year to work out where I want to go but i feel that I am on track now to progressively grow my business into the future.

2017 has been a challenging year for Xbox fans.

«We're also currently coming up with a new title, so personally speaking I think it'll be a challenging year.»

It has been a challenging year in the art world with record auction prices and soaring fair costs.

By any measure, 2016 has been a challenging year on all fronts and the UK legal sector has been affected like any other.

However, 2016 was a challenging year for most countries throughout the world.

2012 was a challenging year in many respects: the introduction of the omnibus crime bill described below, Bill 78 in Québec to restrict student protests, the resort to criminal libel prohibitions in New Brunswick, Bill 115 in Ontario that denies rights to bargain collectively... CCLA was present in all of these fights.

2016 has been a challenging year for the legal sector, with increasing court fees threatening the access to justice, and the Brexit vote introducing uncertainty.

2016 was a challenging year for minorities in our nation.

Drafting Software Patents in a Post-Alice World April 16, 2015 It has been a challenging year for software patent owners following the Supreme Court's decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International.

While it was another challenging year for most federal agencies, some lost far more footing than others.