Sentence examples for environment is challenging from inspiring English sources
Even the most optimistic economists concede that Japan's retail environment is "challenging".
It states the environment is "challenging" and reported lower new orders in Engineering and Construction due to delays in prospect awards.
In fact, in a poll of 125 UK entrepreneurs by Silicon Valley Bank, nine out of 10 say the UK fundraising environment is challenging.
"The macro environment is challenging and we believe will remain clearly so in 2009," Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia's chief executive, said recently in a conference call with investors to discuss the earnings.
"In light of Sony's business portfolio centered on television, the business environment is challenging, and R&I is increasingly concerned that improvement in revenue and expenditure will require further time," the agency said in a news release.
In an e-mail sent to Microsoft employees on Thursday, Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, said that "while the mobile device environment is challenging, the decisions we made with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 set us up well for long-term growth".
It said it was on track to meet full year expectations for its operating profits, but added that the sales environment was "challenging".
The half-yearly assessment of risks to the system – which warned that the global economic environment was challenging – was published alongside heath checks on seven major lenders.
While the external environment was challenging and characterised by political change, social unrest and uncertainty among national partner agencies, the programme itself was not well braced for dealing with such difficulties.
