Sentences with phrase «were tough for»

If things were tough for first - time buyers, they were even tougher for small real estate investors who saw foreclosure discounts — the difference between the median price for full - price homes in a market and the median REO price - shrink and even disappear altogether in some markets.

He scrapped several original video series, which were tough for users to locate on the service and struggled to gain an audience.

But if these messages were being sent to your work email, it wouldn't be tough for your employer to figure it out.

That is tough for Greek workers, but will give the country's employers an incentive to create more jobs.

Employee absences are tough for any company in which each person's role is essential to operations.

I think as a marketer that's going to be tough for us.

Succession planning is tough for any business, but try doing it with billions at stake and tens of thousands of jobs on the line.

I know that times are tough for many.

Competing with an integrated Google in building Android phones is therefore going to be tough for its former partners.

Bradley said: «I know it's tough for him.

Parties are tough for introverts and shy employees.

By then, the hard times of 2009 could seem like a distant memory, and the allure of $ 4,000 sunglasses could once again be tough for the wealthy to resist.

The business model is tough for an upstart firm, however.

On the surface, support from two advisory firms for the LSE - TSX merger will be tough for Maple to contend with, though neither one backed the offer unconditionally.

Additionally, the first quarter of 2016 was a tough for Goldman, with volatile markets, regulatory burdens and fewer deals in the first half of the year pressing on its compensation pool.

As ReCode puts it, it's tougher for Facebook to attract more users after hitting a billion.

Vazquez says that since it can be tough for female business owners to connect with big companies, her organization tries to get women to «think big.»

«The restaurant business has been tough for the last year and a half,» Auerbach says.

This one is tough for some people to accept.

Magazines and newspapers are moving in the same direction, though it's tougher for them to make the economics work.

But the decline of cable could be tough for smaller players, such as niche channels which currently get a share of cable fees but might not be able to attract subscribers on their own.

Admittedly, this may be tough for overworked employees in a difficult labor market.

Not only is it tough for existing managers to cede control, but it can be equally difficult for junior employees to find equal footing with people who used to be their superiors.

But finding a way for a computer chip to be able to retrieve and process information stored in photons is tough for the same reason that makes light so appealing: it's too damn fast for existing microchips to read.

Supporting a product that's 12 jet - hours away has also been tough for Peter Provenzano.

It was tough for him to pass up on a chance to be closer to home, and thought it was a good time for him to join a disruptive business model.

But prices for new units in Toronto are so high that it's tough for investors to use rental income to cover the mortgage and maintenance fees and still have something left over for themselves.

As the Journal pointed out, it would be tough for Huawei to sell into the U.S. because of fears that it has built or will put back doors into its gear for stealing trade and government secrets.

Keeping the faith was tougher for John McManus, who was overwhelmed trying to write and produce the catalog, hire people, pay the bills, run interference with the bank, meet with dozens of vendors, and settle employee issues.

People have become enslaved to their devices and it's tough for them to regain control.

China has warned that it will be tough for its foreign trade to improve this year, especially if a Trump administration and other political changes limit export growth.

With new ideas and the changing factors in a startup, this can be tough for leaders to understand.

He instituted a «results only work environment» (ROWE), which is tough for any company to manage, let alone a small, new, geographically dispersed company.

The last year has been tough for bitcoin.

It'll be tough for a marketer to outdo a seasoned journalist when it comes to strict editorial, but if there's a competitive advantage to be had in the battle for millennial attention, look no further than digital video.

It can be tough for military spouses to pursue career aspirations because of frequent relocation.

All five options you have read about here are great but make sure you choose one that you know won't be tough for you or your child to enjoy.

It's tough for people to define failure, so you'll really have to push for this.

But what's tough for buyers is good for sellers.

It's tough for any of us to figure out which — ARPU?

But the reality is that times can be tough for first - time homebuyers.

But legal experts have already begun to weigh in on the coming legal battle, and there seems to be a consensus that it might be tougher for the Justice Department to lobby against this vertical integration, because blocked mergers in the past have typically been among direct competitors.

Over on the government side, it seems that standards might actually be tougher for FHA and VA loans.

If you can not honestly say that you possess these attributes, being a landlord is going to be tough for you.

I always said it would be tough for any one person to replace Henry, but I believe that goal will be accomplished.

Given the impending takeover of speedy delivery from Amazon's Prime membership program, it's tough for a lot of other retailers to compete...

Getting at the goals of buyers can be tough for this reason: buyers may not always be able to articulate their own goals clearly or are yet precise about goals of the organization.

** At a meeting — heard about the «Year 7 Cycle» — years ending with 7 seem to be tough for markets (2007, 1987, 1977.

With representation that spans the political spectrum, from liberal states to conservative ones, getting agreement on a best interest standard for annuity sales was always going to be tough for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Active social communities can be tough for brands to penetrate under the best of circumstances; so if you find yourself trying to forge a path tangled with Vines and Vimeos (see what I did there?)