Sentences with phrase «with little progress»

Some days it can truly feel like you're running up a descending escalator, exerting a lot of energy and effort with little progress to show for it.

The review of the accreditation schemes which were returned from the SRA to the Law Society some months ago seems to be taking a lot of time with little progress being made;

To date, however, these remain concepts with little progress in the hardware department.

All of this explains why climate science appears to have stalled in recent years with little progress.

What this all means is anyone's guess, inasmuch as the negotiators for the district and the union have been at it for months with little progress to show.

An international deal to combat climate change is meant to be agreed in December but a meeting in Bonn, Germany, last week ended with little progress toward an agreement to keep average temperature rises within 2C.

Donor countries have vowed to offer $ 100 billion annually by 2020 for clean energy and adaptation, but with little progress

With little progress on an international climate change agreement, state and municipal governments worldwide are coming together to address the issue.

Two years went by with little progress in negotiations.

Other issues seemed increasingly likely to be pushed to next year, such as ride - sharing — its backers were pessimistic they would get a deal to allow an upstate expansion — and the tax break and development program known as 421 - a, which was the subject of some last - minute negotiations with little progress.

I pushed for over 6 hours with little progress.

The Newcastle owner announced last autumn that he wanted to sell up before Christmas but that deadline came and went with little progress having been made.

With little progress having been made over recent weeks, Sterling has now revealed that he will make a decision at the end of the current campaign, after discovering whether or not the Reds will secure a second successive season of Champions League football.

U.S. companies are parking trillions in cash overseas, with little progress from policymakers trying to bring all that money home.

U.S. companies are parking trillions overseas, with little progress from policymakers trying to bring all that money home.

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«There seems to be very little progress on some of the big things in terms of getting user growth going again, in terms of making Twitter more accessible for new users, in terms of dealing with abuse, in terms of driving revenue growth.»

And most of all, the industry needs to work with the FAA, rather than rail against it — otherwise, little progress will occur.

Secondly, he noted «the root causes of the global crisis have not been prop ¬ erly tackled» with the financial system remaining «the Achilles heel of the world economy» and thirdly, «little progress is being made in reducing working poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work.»

Officials who have been briefed on the inquiry described it as having made strikingly little progress in answering the basic questions of the case, with frustrated FBI agents reporting that they are running out of rocks to overturn.

Canadians tentative about trade with China; more bullish on the EU, UK September 7, 2017 — As negotiators for Canada, the United States, and Mexico revealed this week they've made little progress on revising the North American Free Trade Agreement

The German chancellor's meeting with Trump was cordial and warm, but there was little sign of progress on the Iran nuclear deal or EU exemptions from trade tariffs.

After a long stretch characterized by ultra-low interest rates, slow growth, minimal inflation, cheap oil, and little policy progress due to a conflicted Congress, we are now doing a dramatic 180 degree turn to a lower tax, less regulation, pro-growth environment, with higher rates and higher inflation — a normalization of sorts.

♦ Then there's Sandy Newman, president of Voices for Progress, writing to John Podesta in 2012 when the HHS mandate was announced: «This whole controversy with the bishops opposing contraceptive coverage even though 98 % of Catholic women (and their conjugal partners) have used contraception has me thinking... There needs to be a Catholic Spring, in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.

I loved filling out the little progress sheets the librarian handed out each May and taped to the walls each August, and I loved how she always raised her eyebrows with feigned surprise when I showed her how much I read every week.

But even though we may have to endure a spiritual odyssey and may meet many unexpected obstacles, we ought to make a little more progress than those who have merely been indoctrinated with a little external Christianity which expressed itself merely in a bored attendance at Sunday Mass, perhaps an Easter confession and the receiving of the last sacraments.

We just watched their progress as each day their home grew from a mess of moss and twigs to a sturdy little fortress, high and safe from the elements, with a lovely view of our garbage cans.

As the food chain progresses, big fish eats little fish et cetera, the bigger fish end up consuming all of those chemicals and fish like tuna and salmon end up ridden with them.

Still no progress, so added some nutritional yeast which finally did it for me with a little cooking down.

We looked at only a few food service companies — but found the majority making little progress, with half buying no certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) at all.

I'm documenting my progress on this little adventure and I'm not going in any particular order... I'm just having fun with it.

It's been easier with the warmer days and more frequent opportunities to make some progress, so a little cheers to spring's unavoidable vibe of opportunity seems just right today.

I enjoyed the convenience of this little gadget; it syncs with your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch (Android support coming soon), and lets you track the progress of your dinner without having to open the oven door.

i agree with you about us making progress tho, we are 10 points behind a Chelsea team who cudn't beat a 10 man PSG, we haven't gone too far, however i feel the form of Coquelin and the attitude of Sanchez has improved us, but in football these days a little improvement is basically standing still

Liverpool have worries in midfield, however, with Adam Lallana missing the whole season so far due to injury, while the Daily Mirror report that little progress is being made on efforts to keep Can at the club.

I realise that time marches on and that progress can't be stopped, but sometimes it would be nice if we could be a little more civil with people who have a different opinion than ours.

Benitez revealed that negotiations over a new contract with Danish central defender Daniel Agger are at an advanced stage, but is concerned that there has been little progress with Kuyt.

Having made little progress with either player, it has forced him to look elsewhere which won't come as the most reassuring assessment for his former Chelsea midfield general, but the 28 - year - old now looks set to become his latest signing and will be a crucial figure in the side next season.

The 35 - year - old appeared set for an emotional farewell this summer, with little in the way of progress being made over a new deal.

Ozil — 7 Looked a little overawed and suntanned to start with, but gradually became more influential as the game progressed.

Here we have players like Arteta, Flamini and in the past countless others chewing up the wage bill with little to contribute towards the progress of the club.

In an age where the story of a team is tethered closely to either progress, faux - progress or a teardown, there is a disorienting quality to witnessing resiliency for its own sake, with little upside outside of personal growth.

Struggling in the French Ligue 1 and with Dimitar Berbatov their top scorer with just four goals, Monaco should not be able to cope with the likes of Alexis, Giroud, Ozil and Ramsey and it really is looking good for Arsenal to progress at least a little further in Europe this season.

Moreover, with all of this potentially useless research, there is precious little time for what the NCAA calls degree progress.

If Mr. Boyle recognizes and accepts this paradox of progress, he will certainly agree with the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who stated in his second inaugural address of 1937: «The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.»

if there little to no progress with our two players (alexis and mesut) then by next winter at least 1 will be gone, more likely that will be alexis.

While Arsenal appear to have brokered an agreement with the Chile Football Federation to delay Sanchez's departure to his homeland, Wenger accepts should La Roja progress through the championships which culminate at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, then there would be little option but to give one of their star men some extra recovery time ahead of the new domestic campaign which kicks off on August 8.

How much his tight hamstring had to do with this is hard to tell but he offered very little in helping the team progress and create through the middle and the team lost some of his potential dynamism against the Norwich back line.

As a reminder, the Liverpool midfielder's contract runs it course at the end of this season, and there has been little public mention of any progress in contract talks, with many supporters already operating on the assumption that the player will be somewhere else next season.

Arsenal had won the European Fairs Cup in the previous season, our first trophy in seventeen years, and although we were locked in combat with Leeds United for the League title we really were given little hope of progressing.

Nevertheless, there has been little sign of progress, but with Per Mertesacker sidelined until Christmas and Gabriel Paulista out for around six weeks, pressure will remain for Wenger to dip into his back pocket and spend big on much needed defensive reinforcements.