Sentences with phrase «well over more than a decade»

Mark is often described as committed, empathetic and trustworthy, qualities that have served him well over more than a decade of advising individuals and families on their finances, both in advisory firms as well as his own boutique family office, which was known as Capella Wealth Management.

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But van Beurden has been slimming down his portfolio of oil projects with the intent of keeping only those lean enough to make good returns in a world in which oil prices average no more than $ 40 a barrel, well below the average price over the past decade.

Over the coming decade, the 600 largest and best - connected cities on the planet will contain a fifth of the world's population, capture almost two - thirds of its economic growth, and encompass more than half of global GDP, according to the McKinsey Global Institute.

[2] These jobs tend to provide higher pay and better benefits, and they have been more resilient to economic downturns than other private sector industries over the past decade.

Last August, at the time of the announcement of the sale of the Washington Post, I noted that Washington Post Co. shares had proved a mediocre investment over the past two decades, trailing the S&P 500 by more than 2.5 percentage points on an annualized investment (although starting at the time Buffett began accumulating shares, in 1973, the performance was much better, with an estimated annual return of 11.5 %).

And, as the current leader in the space, Netflix has a good shot at accruing more than its fair share of profits as home entertainment morphs into an internet - based service over the coming decades.

Over the course of more than three decades, they have continually refined their curriculum and standards to meet the changing understanding of what best contributes to such value.

After being in a Calvinist church for over a decade, and witnessing person after person and family after family leaving the church in a more broken condition than which they came, including several divorces, one woman abandoning her family to become a sex slave, and many rejecting the faith altogether, I discovered, to my great chagrin, that it had taken a toll on my family as well.

For the first half of the decade, the freshman class had been more than 100 — well over double the past two years.

Organic food over the past few decades has become widely perceived to be healthier, more natural, and better quality than non-organic alternatives.

That means a little more than half the teams in baseball have had an average - or - better first baseman over the last two decades, which is roughly what you should expect.

There hasn't been a solid back 4 that played more than one good season for Arsenal in probably over a decade.

People are always arguing over what world class means or who is... When youve been one of the very best GKs in world for more than a decade make no mistake about it..

And secondly no matter how you call the true Arsenal fans who have decided to be less sentimental and face our issues the way they really are, evil, or draft this kind of well scripted article to defend Wenger and his philosophy, it will not change the fact that we have not won the EPL in over a decade and Wenger's approach has not worked and there nothing more factual than that.

The volunteers were affiliated with the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which over the last decade has arranged to make food shows week its best operation of the year: more than 200,000 pounds of food, or about 25 semitractor trailers» worth of everything from pizzas to bananas to boxes of macaroni and cheese.

(This is not a criticism of people involved in ECPC - indeed arguably insider lobbying worked better over the past decade than grassroots mobilisation, but campaigns which rely on lobbying are inherently more vulnerable to changes in government).

«The average car sold in the EU is now over 20 percent more efficient than a decade ago, which is clearly good news,» EEA Executive Director Hans Bruyninckx said in a statement.

Organic agriculture is not as good for the environment as commonly believed, according to a new scientific study reviewing multiple lines of evidence over more than two decades.

And unlike most things that sound too good to be true, this actually isn't, because we're not talking about the latest fitness fad, but a method of training that has been proven over decades to be far more effective than normal steady - state cardio (where you maintain the same pace for an extended period of time).

Research suggests that many adults over 50 can enjoy a fitness level as good or better than they had in earlier decades by working just as hard, but may need more rest to enjoy a better fitness level.

After more than a decade online and with over two million users, Dating Agency is well established within the online dating world.

Of course the caveat would be that not all of these films are good, and in recent years it's been true that he's had more misses than hits, but 2014 saw him deliver two films in the same year for the third time this century and one of them is the best he's given us in over half a decade.

Of course, we've already seen plenty of would - be kid - friendly franchises fall by the wayside over the last decade or so, but «I Am Number Four» promises more action than most — and if there's one thing Caruso knows how to do, it's keep you on the edge of your seat with a well - timed set piece or two.

Working at HPZ for the past 12 years, I am also well aware of the high standards for quality and relevance of research that David Perkins and Howard Gardner have set and maintained over their more than three decades as co-directors.

But my Spectra, which is still purring like a kitten after over 100,000 miles with darn near nothing more than oil changes, tires, and brake pads is a helluva lot better than the burn - out - after - five - years cars that automakers made for decades.

Asked about the «increased focus on standardized testing and data in public schools over the past decade,» 33 percent feels that it has «had little effect,» while 36 percent believes it has «actually done more harm than good.»

In terms of optimism over whether schools are better than a decade ago, countries such as China, India, South Korea and Vietnam were much more likely to think schools had improved.

As someone who has been licensed to operate a motor vehicle for more than four decades and who has driven a couple of thousand cars and trucks over that same time period, I try to approach each new test with some semblance of maturity as well as a Spock - like logic.

The later 1.5 liter American - market CRX HF (high fuel economy) model (chassis codes EC1 and AF) could also reliably achieve very good gas mileage, more than a decade before gas - electric hybrids appeared on the market, and at no price premium over the base model; the 1.5 liter is rated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(under the new rating system) at 42 miles per U.S. gallon (5.6 l / 100 km; 50 mpg ‑ imp) city and 51 miles per U.S. gallon (4.6 l / 100 km; 61 mpg ‑ imp) highway.

Mao tse - tung, who for decades held absolute power over the lives of one - quarter of the world's population, was responsible for well over 70 million deaths in peacetime, more than any other twentieth - century leader.

Whoever the mourning widow is, she's been married to Todd for more than a decade, and with that fact everything Jake thought he knew about the best time of his life — a time he has never gotten over — is turned completely inside out.

Over the course of the more than four decades this novel tracks, Mevlut remains a charming and good - natured protagonist, taking things in stride even as social customs and a set of misplaced coincidences conspire to ensure that his marriage is first built on compromise and only later, love.

Andrea Cagan has been writing, ghost writing, collaborating and editing for over two decades, with more than a dozen books appearing on the best seller lists, including four # 1 NY Times and LA Times best sellers.

The fund's average annual return over the past decade is 8.4 %, more than a percentage point better than the S&P 500.

The kicker: «An investment that changes just once a decade actually forfeits more than half of the tax deferral benefits over the span of 30 years, and for a portfolio with dividends as well, a mere 10 % turnover forfeits more than 2 / 3rds of the tax deferral value.

And as promised, a good time to kick - off The Great Irish Share Valuation Project, with the ISEQ on a breather for the past year (down 0.6 %)(but still over 40 % off its all - time high, as set nearly a decade ago now), and the Celtic Phoenix offering more opportunity than ever... Long - time readers will be familiar with TGISVP (here's my kick - off posts from 2012, 2013 & 2014), where I attempt to analyse & value every listed Irish stock out there (and usually piss off some tired & emotional shareholders in the process).

This tactic has clearly worked well for ABT stock, with share prices up more than 80 % over the past decade, even considering the stock's -2 % return in 2008.

With more than three decades of professional veterinary experience, our staff has conducted over 125,000 surgical procedures as well as administered over 1.2 million medical treatments to enrich the lives of our patients and their owners.

With over $ 183 million donated in the form of food and general supplies, as well as direct monetary aid, the pet industry and has helped more than 7.5 million homeless and shelter pets in the last two decades.

While she gets some things wrong (starting with the title that these approaches are «new» rather than something she ignored and fought against for well over a decade), the video was a breath of fresh air and an important contribution to the movement because of who she was and is, a key barometer of things to come, and one more nail in the coffin of the «catch and kill» paradigm of animal sheltering she used to epitomize.

This exhibit is a great way to see how this organization has evolved over the past three decades and to learn a little more about the rock through the eyes of those who know it better than anyone.

With no guest request left untended, Crystal Cruises has been the perfect choice for luxury travelers for over two decades, earning «World's Best» ratings more than any other cruise line, hotel or resort in history.

Over the course of a career spanning more than two decades, Simmons has built this arsenal into a powerful and profound visual vocabulary, leveraging the potency of familiar images as well as drawing from imagined spaces.

Shot over more than a decade from 1993 until 2007, the film will acquaint audiences with Bourgeois» captivating personality, providing insight into the artist's thought processes as well as her practice in the studio.

Her debut solo show, entitled Disco Ball Soul is a testament to this, formed of more than 90 small collage works created over a decade from photographs and journal entries, as well as 14 large - scale photographs.

More than 130 couture items designed over five decades, in many cases for well - known personalities, trace the career of this influential designer.

Featuring more than 60 of her most notable paintings, drawings, small sculptures, notebooks, and the diptychs for which she is best known, the exhibition traces her career over more than four decades and culminates with her recent paintings of monumental landscapes and Native places.

This idea has been evolving over more than a decade — quantification of the impact on global energy dynamic depends on good information on top of atmosphere reflected shortwave.

GREEN - FINGERED folk who invested in British forests over the past decade did better, on average, than those who planted their cash in more obvious places, such as stocks and bonds.

Increased weed and pest pressure associated with longer growing seasons and warmer winters will be an increasingly important challenge; there are already examples of earlier arrival and increased populations of some insect pests such as corn earworm.64 Furthermore, many of the most aggressive weeds, such as kudzu, benefit more than crop plants from higher atmospheric carbon dioxide, and become more resistant to herbicide control.72 Many weeds respond better than most cash crops to increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, particularly «invasive» weeds with the so - called C3 photosynthetic pathway, and with rapid and expansive growth patterns, including large allocations of below - ground biomass, such as roots.73 Research also suggests that glyphosate (for example, Roundup), the most widely - used herbicide in the United States, loses its efficacy on weeds grown at the increased carbon dioxide levels likely to occur in the coming decades.74 To date, all weed / crop competition studies where the photosynthetic pathway is the same for both species favor weed growth over crop growth as carbon dioxide is increased.72