Sentences with phrase «despite assiduous»

The best witness may be in any part of the world and not necessarily known to the defence when needed at the trial, despite assiduous efforts to discover them.

Despite assiduous efforts, however, they have usually found no discernible relationship.

The failure of the United States to close the international test - score gap, despite assiduous public assertions that every effort would be undertaken to produce that objective, raises questions about the nation's overall reform strategy.

Not exact matches

In my case, retrospection from the sidelines prompted me to remember many instances in my earlier years when my wife had protested my making an extra trip or going to yet another conference, despite my weariness; I always pleaded the importance of the cause that engaged me, and it never occurred to me that I might have been so assiduous in these engagements because the invitations flattered my vanity.

«I expect Donald Trump to be very assiduous in keeping his promises, despite all of the flack he is going to get from his opponents,» he told the media at a briefing in London on Monday.