Sentences with phrase «was a difficult year»

«It has been a difficult year, no question about that, for the company and for me personally,» Gavin Patterson told CNBC Thursday.

For money - conscious Canadians, this has been another difficult year.

These have been difficult years for U.S. manufacturers.

There can be no doubt that 2016 was a difficult year across the board.

Caroline Russell, CEO of Malaysia's homegrown tea maker Boh Plantations, told CNBC in an interview with «Managing Asia» last month: «Malaysians are beginning to feel the pinch after what has been a difficult year for Malaysians, especially with the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) in April.»

This has been a difficult year for Malaysians with the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in April.

The only thing I can really say for certain about 2014 is that it's a difficult year to predict.

2011 was a difficult year for the supermarket giant.

John Stopford, portfolio manager of the Investec GSF Global Strategic Income Fund and co-head of the Investec multi-asset team, says 2014 may be a difficult year for corporate credit and a modest one for emerging markets debt, «but there may be an attractive long - term buying opportunity later in the year.»

Investors are all too aware that 2015 has been a difficult year, with most of the popular investment averages showing modest gains or declines, and most active managers having fallen short even of these disappointing benchmarks.

So far, 2017 is looking a lot like 2015, which was a difficult year for the majority of our stock selection models.

«This has been a difficult year for Christians in Egypt with recent and ongoing attacks, and thus the visit will also be an opportunity for their brothers and sisters to hear directly from His Holiness about the situation there, and how they can provide greater support for them.»

Travel bans, Jerusalem and Twitter kept the US president in the headlines in what turned out to be a difficult year for his country as it battled flooding and yet more mass shootings.

«Back East, 2007 and 2008 were difficult years,» he continues.

«It has been a difficult year for him.

For example, last year was a difficult year for many professionals in the NFL, as it has been called «The Year of the Favorites.»

Even though 2005 was a difficult year for dogs, Betting Against the Public in the NFL still shows a 53.6 % winning percentage (compared to 48.3 % for all dogs), since inception three years ago.

Compared to other seasons, 2003 was a difficult year for Michael Schumacher.

For Sheffield Wednesday fans, the 31st January 2006 merely confirmed what they had already known — this was to be a difficult year.

Last year was a difficult year for him.

With new orders for construction falling significantly at the end of last year, 2012 is going to be a difficult year for the construction industry with output forecast to fall by almost 3 %.

It has been a difficult year for the WFP after its heady success of the 2009 NYC elections, thanks largely to a federal investigation and a protracted legal battle with former Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro.

Commenting on this year's GCSE results, NUT Secretary, David Evans, said: «This has been a difficult year for education in Wales with huge upheaval due to policy reforms introduced by the Welsh Government which are still bedding in.

«We'll stay involved in New York,» Ball said, noting that 2016 may be a difficult year for Republicans in New York given the likelihood Hillary Clinton will run for president.

It has been a difficult year for Libous, who also faces a charge of lying to the FBI in connection to a case involving his son being employed by a politically connected law firm in Westchester County.

«These have been difficult years.

The chair of the state Senate Finance Committee says 2018 will be a difficult year for balancing the state budget.

«This has been a difficult year,» said Commissioner Elia.

Washington (CNN)-- Iowa voters hold Sen. Chuck Grassley in high regard, but the veteran Republican potentially faces a tough re-election in what is shaping up to be a difficult year for incumbents.

The deputy leader of the New York state Senate says 2018 will be a difficult year for balancing the state budget.

Top state officials say it's going to be another difficult year for the state budget.

This is going to be a difficult year for our political leaders and the public.

2011 will be a difficult year for the country and the government.

This has been a difficult year for me and would love to shop at one of my favorite stores and spruce up my house.

Its been a difficult year for me, I have just been blessed.

It was a difficult year for the nine, however, as they were subject to daily harassment from their peers.

For Solberg 2007 was a difficult year, unable to match the results of his earlier years in Subaru and — in common with the rest of the WRC field — unable to match the rampant pace of Sebastien Loeb in his Citroen C4 WRC.

If that's a difficult year, I can't wait for an easy one.

The past year has been another difficult year for the adventure genre.

These were difficult years for those who, such as Zappettini, identified themselves as «painters,» an anachronistic definition at the time.

They were difficult years.

Finding «significant» cases was difficult this year, because much of the real action in making class action law was occurring in the Supreme Court's certiorari pool.

It has been a difficult year so far for Canadian civil libertarians as U.S. whistle - blower Edward Snowden's massive exposure of the National Security Agency's metadata collection has spilled into Canada.

2015 and 2016 were difficult years.

Samsung warned six months ago that 2016 would be another difficult year for the consumer electronics giant after a disappointing 2015, suggesting that not even Samsung itself expected its new flagship smartphones to sell so well.

2017 was a difficult year for anyone hoping to upgrade their gaming PC.

If recent rumors are accurate, 2016 was a difficult year for Faraday Future.

When you consider the various cover letter 2017 examples or resume types 2017 could be a difficult year for anyone who doesn't have their wits about them.

This has been a difficult year for many in our country.

Not exact matches

At the beginning of 2015, Orlando predicted there would be a «mid-stage capital crunch» that year, owing to the fact that it has historically been the most difficult stage of a young company's growth, and because U.S. investors that might otherwise back Canadian companies have their pick of opportunities at home these days.