Sentence examples for surprising shortfall from inspiring English sources
The most surprising shortfall is in the strain of wintry humor that once animated Crace's work.
The company blamed the surprising shortfall partly on higher-than-expected legal fees stemming from its lawsuit against Mattel, as well as shifting retail orders.
After the closing bell Google reported a surprising earnings shortfall.
Interpublic, which owns agencies like Deutsch, McCann-Erickson and Weber Shandwick, has been searching for months for an executive to serve as second in command after a cascade of surprising financial setbacks and shortfalls that severely damaged its credibility.
This shortfall suggests a role for regulation.
While this finding appears to contradict the New Economics of Labor Migration proposition that migration income is used to compensate for labor shortfalls and make agricultural improvement (Stark 1991; Taylor 1999), it is not surprising given the low returns of smallholder farming and the devaluation of agriculture in rural migrant households' diversified livelihood strategies.
"On the one hand the size of the revenue shortfall is not that great," said Brian Piccioni, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, "but what we found surprising with the announcement is the lower than expected sales across all business segments.
However, the exit of Earl Galleher Earl Galleher, Akamai's executive vice president, gives meaning to the somewhat-expected revenue shortfall, says Houlton. "The departure of Earl Galleher, its head of sales, is a little bit surprising to me.
It is not surprising, therefore, that lenders pay particularly close attention to the risks of project delays, cost overruns and performance shortfalls.
