Sentences with phrase «despite little success»

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But despite all his successes and wealth, Bach even thinks he may be a little too conservative at times.

China has had little success in projecting «soft power» (despite considerable effort and investment), and has far less recent experience than the U.S. in managing global affairs.

Despite its success, little was known about the company or the people behind it.

But despite the fact that his popular success stories brought him wealth and fame, his own life was little short of tragic.

Robson added that Zinedine Zidane's success despite a lack of experience has to be taken with context, claiming he needed to do very little in his role to maintain themselves.

For the second season in a row, Arsenal have lost their super-influential midfielder Santi Cazorla to a long term injury, and there is little sign of him returning any time in the near future, despite his Achilles operation judged to be a success.

David Ospina has since taken up the reins as Arsenal's first choice keeper and despite his steady displays, the Colombian has done little to show that he can be a long - term success at a club harbouring ambitions of winning the Premier League.

After winning both the 2010 World Cup as well as the European Championships in 2012 they have been considered a large threat despite achieving little success since.

Despite Leicester City's remarkable success last season, the Premier League campaign drifted by with little excitement, drama, controversy, and more than anything, quality.

Despite the lack of success, Boro have had some notable ex-players include Brian Clough who scored a phenomenal 204 goals in 222 matches for his hometown club, the little Brazilian Juninho and Fabrizio Ravenelli.

, built as it was from the emerging Labour movement, any more than Labour could «strangle» the environmental movement and Green Party or the Liberal Democrats (despite your best efforts: little sign of success post-1974); or any more than the LibDems could conceivably «destroy and replace» the Labour Party in the next decade or two.

Rebuts Redistricting / Polarization Claims that despite the overwhelming success of Republicans in that state, the district lines changed very little from 2010 to 2012.

Researchers elsewhere have been testing metformin in pancreatic cancer patients with little success, says Le, despite indications that it's a good candidate to treat glucose - dependent tumors.

Despite the importance of cognitive performance for mission success, little is known about how cognition is affected by prolonged spaceflight, and what aspects of cognition are primarily affected.

Despite writing the book and screenplay of «Fast Times At Ridgemont High» (1982), the film that established the parameters of»80s teen movies; despite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and diDespite writing the book and screenplay of «Fast Times At Ridgemont High» (1982), the film that established the parameters of»80s teen movies; despite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and didespite establishing or redefining a host of contemporary film stars; despite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and didespite major box office success, despite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and didespite an Oscar, despite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and didespite his role as a pop music shaman — there's little written about Crowe's work as a writer and director.

Despite their enduring fame and commercial success the Musou games have, in the past, come dangerously close to self - parody, and it's easy to see why critics of the series consider them to be little more than repetitive button - bashers.

Interestingly, despite their higher population and usual strength, the US and Canada's contribution of just $ 19 M was fairly paltry, even trailing the UK's $ 21 M. North American distributor Summit Entertainment has had little success outside the Twilight franchise and their parent company Lionsgate has rarely fared well outside of a few reliable brands.

Adapted from the famed samizdat novel of the French Resistance, Jean - Pierre Melville's first feature, Le silence de la mer (1949), despite critical and commercial success, gained its director little glory: overshadowed by the book and the celebrity...

In almost every school district in the country, teachers are currently paid based solely on their years of experience and degree level, despite a consensus in the scientific community that these two factors bear little relationship to their success in improving student performance.

Despite this track record of modest success, many parties seem poised to throw the policy overboard and use the guise of «parental choice» or «local control» to return us to a time when we had little idea which schools were educating children well and which were not.

Such programs, which can offer certification in three months to two years, are booming despite little more than anecdotal evidence of their success.

For example, every year my school offers enrichment classes, intervention classes, and an extended week despite little evidence of success.

Amid all the doom and gloom surrounding the Wii U, Nintendo can at least draw consolation from the success (little remarked upon) of the 3DS handheld — achieved despite dire predictions at its launch that handheld games consoles would no longer be able to cope with the rise of mobile phones as gaming platforms: «Some indie developers have told us that when they offer the same software on iOS and Android, and in the eShop on Nintendo 3DS, the 3DS eShop version sells most.

[8] Despite her tremendous success, Ruth Asawa is little - known by the people of Japan.

Parties go to court knowing that they may have little chance of success despite being extremely well represented.

The coin has experienced tremendous success despite having very little exposure outside the core blockchain community.

Indeed, despite my personal affinity for Windows, even I can see that Microsoft's approach to mobile devices has always been a mess, and there remains little evidence of a clear and cohesive strategy to propel its smartphone platform to success.

Despite poor school performance by adolescents in secure residential care and the potential importance of education during care, little is known about how to achieve academic success with these adolescents.