Sentences with phrase «year for just»

Mickey and Mallory Knox were a fictional hypothetical, for they asked audiences if, in an age where O.J. Simpson was front - page news for a year for just two killings, could a pair of young murderers win over the hearts (if not the sympathies) of a nation with dozens?

I bought these earlier this year for just a bit cheaper (I had an additional discount from an email).

I actually picked up a similar coat from H&M on the sale rack last year for just $ 3!!

Such a sweet relief it is, because even though it happens every single spring, I still worried this year for just a little while.

Yeah, sure, he was playing in Ligue 2 just 2 years ago, but clearly Lorient spotted something in the 6» 1 ″ central defender when they bought him last year for just 1.7 m Euros.

Having signed him from Fulham last year for just # 500,000, Celtic are in line to make a huge profit on the player, although naturally Rodgers will want to keep hold of him to spearhead their continued domestic success while also trying to make a splash in Europe next year.

And if the coming big releases «Jumanji» or «The Greatest Showman» (a Fox movie, by the way) do knock «The Last Jedi» from the top spot in the coming weeks, Disney still earned $ 5 billion - plus at the worldwide box office for the third year in a row (Warner Bros. hit that mark this year for just the second time in its history) and is likely to surpass WB as the top - earning studio at the domestic box office for the year.

One Banaban elder called Kamaria placed his mark on complex contracts with no understanding that he and his fellow Banaban elders were signing their Island's phosphate away for the next 999 years for just 50 pounds per annum.

In March the agency introduced a $ 4 million, six - ton screening robot called Tox21 that is on track to test 10,000 chemicals over the next two years for just a few hundred dollars each, says EPA biologist Bob Kavlock.

Given the material's half - life, they estimate that it will take between 630 and 2200 years for just half of the black carbon to leach out of the region's soils.

And yet, the CDC reported that it takes on average 17 years for just 14 % of what is discovered in science to make it into day - to - day clinical care.

One Banaban elder called Kamaria placed his mark on complex contracts with no understanding that he and his fellow Banaban elders were signing their Island's phosphate away for the next 999 years for just 50 pounds per annum.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky of Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business published a study indicating that the presence of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).

Comcast's (cmcsa) Universal Studios held the previous single - year box office record, which it set just last year, and the studio has a handful of sequels from franchises that have recently produced billion - dollar films on deck for 2017 — The Fate of the Furious and Despicable Me 3 — as well as the sequel to last year's sleeper hit, Fifty Shades of Grey.

Just ask the U.S. Federal Reserve, which has been fighting a rearguard attack on its independence for eight years because many Americans were angered to learn that technocrats could wield such awesome power.

Pivoting doesn't look quite so sweet when you've just sunk $ 500,000 into a machine for a tool and die shop or hired 30 new employees to staff your restaurant or signed a five - year lease on a warehouse.

«Those two things moved him from being just another sheriff in the Midwest to someone who has to be reckoned with nationally,» said Daniel Bice, a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel who has spent years covering Clarke.

The result is nearly double what video accounted for just five years ago.

The problem for Nintendo is the NX's launch is at least a year away — likely more, as the company reportedly just started talking about it with third party partners at this year's E3.

Similar data for China was not available, but the country's consumption has been growing, Last year, Chinese consumers reportedly spent 840 billion Chinese yuan (just under $ 140 billion) in retail and catering services over the week - long holiday, an increase of 11.4 percent from 2016.

Global stocks have been a hot trade for investors with the iShares MSCI emerging markets ETF (EEM) surging more than 15 percent in the past year, outperforming the S&P 500, which is up just 10 percent in that time.

The dollar made most of the running, though, as it turned positive for 2018 just ahead of a two - day Fed meeting that is expected to pave the way for another two or even three U.S. rate hikes this year.

As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.

It debunks the idea that small business is a 30 - year - grind, and introduces the concept of building a business in just three - to - five years that can run for extended periods without the founder being physically there.

For instance, if a 22 - year - old is just entering the workforce, she has more than 40 years before she retires.

In 2016, at just 22 years old, Mazrui was appointed Minister of State for Youth Affairs in the United Arab Emirates.

Rick Santorum, for instance, suggested raising workers» hourly pay just 50 cents over the next three years.

Even though I've been an iPhone disciple for, like, 10 years, I feel like that's just because it's been a force of habit and not really because I felt like iPhones were the best phones.

That figure drops by about 50 % in a non-movie year, Hasbro said, underscoring just how important film and television content can be to drive sales for toys.

For many years, consumers had to live with the inflexible, waste - prone process of brewing a whole pot of coffee just to make a single cup.

We've been hearing a lot about start ups that became wildly popular in just a small amount of time.WhatsApp was sold for $ 16B after 5 years.

«For most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang saFor most of the last 80 years, venture as an asset class has been really difficult for the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang safor the average investor to get in, unless you are a high net worth individual, unless you get the deal flow, you are part of an angel group or you invest into VCs, you just didn't have access into this asset class,» Wang says.

But being truly customer - centric is more than just a press release, says Justyn Howard, CEO of Sprout Social, a company that provides social media management software (that Firebrand Group has been using for years).

For example, I just added up the total word count for the articles I've written this yeFor example, I just added up the total word count for the articles I've written this yefor the articles I've written this year.

For example, you might note to a new acquaintance that you just marked your fifteenth year in marketing, having progressed into a role that lets you work with some of the smartest people in the business.

Meanwhile, the typical small retailer holds onto its terminal for six years, Aite says, so depending on where you are in the cycle, you could have to replace a terminal you just bought.

Neither existed in Germany or the Netherlands just a few years ago, but they now account for 17 per cent and 32 per cent of their respective markets, the analysis firm says.

It was renewed again for one year in December 2014, just as DWA was under the gun on Wall Street after a series of box - office misses.

The two CEOs hope that the changes resulting from the merger will be implemented over the next couple of years, creating a «dramatic change» for consumers in which the store will be «not just about products, but also service offerings that can help people on their path to better health.»

I want to test Daniel Coyle's premise that if you practice a skill (really practice, not just put in the time) for an hour every day for a year or two, you won't get ten or twenty times better — you'll get immeasurably better.

In just four years, Warby Parker's chic glasses and affordable prices have helped establish the company as one of the go - to places for eyesight - challenged.

Amazon Go's opening was delayed for about a year as Amazon struggled to get the technology just right.

A decision not to impose tariffs would have capped an incredible turnaround for Cohn, who just last year was in Trump's doghouse for criticizing the president's divisive comments blaming people on «both sides» for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

It's rare for families to successfully navigate even one generational transition in the boardroom — a Canadian Business Insights study from last year found that just 17 % of family - run businesses have a firm succession plan in place.

But the announcement comes just before the company posts earnings for the final quarter and full year on Thursday.

Earlier this year, the company whittled down its more than 70 different privacy agreements for all of its products to just one.

For one thing, those 10 - year Canada bonds are yielding just 1.14 % and could lose value should interest rates rebound from their recent lows, as many market - watchers expect.

For years, I just rolled with it.

We only just marked the 10th anniversary of Apple's iPhone, but the future waits for no one: Designer Mike Rundle has put together an essay laying out what the iPhone unveiled in 2027 will look like, drawing on visible technology trends today, as well as patents that Apple has filed in recent years.

Coal has seen significant declines in recent years, accounting for just 9 % of electricity generation in 2016, down from around 23 % the year before, as coal plants closed or switched to burning biomass such as wood pellets.