Sentences with phrase «much recent effort»

It's also nice to see the brand making a major effort to update one of its more affordable choices after putting so much recent effort into premium sedans like the Genesis and Equus.

Much recent effort in the UK has been on evaluating existing interventions (particularly by the Education Endowment Foundation), although they are now investing in more «grass roots» activity, for example Research Schools.

Not exact matches

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

In recent years, however, Noise Solutions has adopted a much more targeted and directed approach to growth, a strategy that depends on a lot of advance work and then a direct sales effort.

Analysts said they weren't reading too much into what they described as a «backward - looking indicator» and were hopeful about the economic prospects given an upturn in recent indicators such as confidence and machinery orders, not to mention efforts by Japan's new government to revive growth.

In real terms, while the display certainly is nice to look at — and a giant step up over the grainy screen of LG's other recent effort, the bendable Flex — it's not that much better looking than its competitors.

The general's efforts were vital in maintaining much of Libya's oil production in recent years.

Recent efforts in Europe to ban the face veil (the niqab or burqa) are not so much concerned with women's rights and security as they are with obtaining votes from an electorate that is increasingly xenophobic and anxious about national identity.

Bu tthe effort of trying to live a good christian life got to much ad i was disollutioned.Spent ten years as a backslidden barely believing christian and then in recent years as a transformed renewed Christian and i finally got it.It is all about a relationship with Jesus Christ and working in submission to the holy spirit he is the one that inspires his word he brings it to life.If you want to understand the word we must apply it to our lives then it becomes part of us thats the difference between knowledge and understanding not just knowing the word but living the word.The bible is a book useful for living not just a theoretical analysis or a history book.Jesus is the living word its through him that he opens his word to us without the holy spirit in us the carnal mind can not comprehend Gods word it a mystery.It was designed that way so only those who are truly seeking God shall find him.brentnz

When the play was revived on Broadway in 1995 by Tony Randall's National Actors Theater, Randall — citing recent renewed efforts by the Tennessee state legislature to restrict the teaching of evolution — asserted that the play is «much more timely today than when it was written.»

Kidd points out that the recent rise of SDP coincides with the fall of apartheid as much as it follows from the efforts of Koss and MYSA.

We finally have a solid striker (even if he will take some adaptation time I think he'll be true class) in Lacazette, we have solid center backs (once they are all healthy) much better than in recent seasons, Giroud is our killer weapon off the bench rather than the key we are relying on as the main source of goals, Coquelin and Elneny are now midfield fall - back options rather than Flamini (no offense Mathieu, I appreciated your efforts, just making the obvious comparison), two high quality keepers, etc..

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

The governor has used father's name and image in recent speeches and political efforts, and some have speculated he hopes to deliver the much - feted oration this year.

He thanked UJA for partnering with himself and Councilman Levine to provide much needed supplies in this time of need and look forward to a continued partnership as we embark in this long - term relief effort to help Puerto Rico and all those impacted by the recent wave of devastating hurricanes.

In recent years, our laboratory has focused much effort on understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating muscle cell fusion.

Archibald seems to think the sun will save us from ourselves and with his most recent effort that even if the sun doesn't step in the carbon isn't much of a problem anyway.

Despite more gym memberships sold and a greater effort to engage in regular workouts in recent years, it seems they're not having much of an effect on our nation's collective weight loss — more than half of Australian adults are either overweight or obese, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Universal Pictures is clearly hoping to resurrect a character with whom they've been in business for some 83 years, but this fantasy - feeling effort delivers little in the way of scares, relying mainly on the charismatic presence of Welsh actor Luke Evans (Fast and Furious 6) to anchor the lackadaisical proceedings... [Much] like the recent, widely reviled I, Frankenstein, this misconceived project mainly signals a need to go back to the drawing board.

«Funcom has gone through some challenging times in recent years and seeing the game we have poured so much time and effort into gain this amount of traction so quickly is very invigorating for everyone who works here.

What makes «Year of the Rat» so vital is how, incidentally or not, it goes from denouncing the auteur theory (through not only the typically insecure observations of actors, but also the deflective statements of Morgan and long - time creative partner Wong) to validating it: In a coda, we see that the movie's poor box - office showing has shaken Morgan and only Morgan to the core; call filmmaking a «collaborative effort» to your heart's content, but as William Shatner, of all people, opines on the recent Star Trek V discs, at the end of the day no one on the set has as much emotionally invested in the picture's success as the person at its helm.

The actions have been varied, from expanding the Best Picture nominee pool to as much as 10 in 2009 to outgoing Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs's recent efforts to diversify the voting body.

While much of the look of the film was created with the aid of visual effects, the branch has been warming up to such efforts in recent years.

Few efforts to spur the recovery of endangered animals have evoked as much opposition as recent programs to reintroduce the wolf to the wild.

Also not to be missed — and directly related — is a recent Atlantic Cities blog post about why the Harlem Children's Zone, Geoff Canada's much - vaunted effort to provide wraparound services (including education), hasn't been replicated.

In recent years, some districts have attempted to improve charter and district collaboration, but efforts often don't go much beyond public relations.

Those who are watching the education reform industry's massive effort to «transform» public education in the United States won't be surprised to learn that the influx of SFER, DFER money into the Denver Board of Education election was just the tip of a much bigger attempt by the Corporate Education Reform Industry to control the outcome of recent Colorado elections.

Though it's worth pointing out that in the two years since this controversy, Ubisoft has made clear efforts to improve the representation of women in the core Assassin's Creed games, with the most recent entry, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, giving the option to play as Evie Frye through much of the campaign.

«Lifeforce» is one of a string of recent exhibitions featuring mostly all - women rosters, part of a much - needed effort to increase the representation and visibility of women artists in the art world.

Playful yet very much attuned to a notion of found beauty, these sculptures ($ 5,500 for the cheese ones, $ 6,000 for the basketball) were the most recent efforts by Chiappa, who on the side does high - profile design work — his company built the store Moss in New York — and who currently has a solo show at MASS MoCA running through next spring.

As much as I prefer the older work, I anticipate the new challenges posed by his recent efforts.

I think that short commentaries like this on recent climate science papers and reports that are «in the news» are very valuable to your readers, and hopefully don't take as much time and effort as the longer, in - depth analyses of studies that you do so well.

Reflecting the reality that recent efforts to strengthen that treaty are as much about economics and energy policy as climate change and its impacts, the flow of attendees has greatly broadened.

While recent headlines about the woes of U.N. - led efforts to assemble a comprehensive picture of the science have caused gleeful headlines on The Drudge Report and other skeptical media outlets, the vast weight of the evidence — from melting glaciers to warming oceans to satellite temperature readings, and much more — still points to a changing climate caused by human activity.

Well I do admit that it hasn't required much effort to refute your more recent attempts.

If we do nothing to reduce our carbon emissions, scientists project that global sea level could rise as much as nearly two feet (59 centimeters) over recent average levels by the end of this century.14, 15 If, on the other hand, we make significant efforts to reduce heat - trapping emissions, sea - level rise between now and the end of the century could be limited to at most 1.25 feet (38 centimeters).14, 15

And (as was abundantly clear from Martin Durkin's recent effort) much of the so - called climate «scepticism» is based on shamelessly dishonest distortion and suppression of evidence.

For example, look at this recent about - face: «Much recent attention has been paid to the email about the «trick» and the effort to «hide the decline».

And while some warming delusionists have tried to claim biases associated with urban heat islands (the most recent effort, led by Anthony Watts, was a total fizzle) an IPCC admission that the planet had only warmed half as much as we thought would be a big story indeed.

Needless to say this has been deeply disturbing to an «ordinary Joe» (with 5 grandchildren) who has made an effort to understand the science and the politics that underlie the climate change «debate», especially since my country has become such an important player in the fossil fuel business with its tarsands and pipeline industries that affect us all, so I've tried to find out more about Judith Curry's recent contributions to the debate, not so much the hair - splitting, angels on the head of a pin, esoteric dissections of graphs and stats that I see here on your website but the ethical stance that you take on the larger issue of «killing» the IPCC and all it represents.

Much like Richard Branson's recent efforts to encourage energy independence for island nations, a country like Bhutan serves to benefit disproportionately from cutting the cord from fossil fuels.

One might think that since there has been a substantial effort made just to ensure that money from California's cap - and - trade funds gets spent on California's own low - income residents (the focus of California's SB535; for recent news, see for example, here), there isn't likely too much appetite today for sending a share of the revenue overseas.

Much of his recent research efforts are focused on using boron isotopes in the calcareous shells of foraminifera to reconstruct the state of the oceanic carbonate system in the geological past.

Personal injury cases may not share the spotlight with recent cases which have been much - discussed in the media, but all cases deserve the full time effort and intensive focus of assigned counsel.

Copyright didn't play a large part in the recent Canadian election (despite Michael Geist's admirable efforts), and it hasn't played much of a role south of the border either.

While, as we have noted, the CMD 2 proposals contain some measures to mitigate market power on an ex ante basis the MSA will have additional jurisdiction both to monitor the AESO's efforts to limit the exercise of market power as well as ex post authority to sanction behaviour in the capacity market that fails to live up to the FEOC principle, much as it can in the energy market: see Market Surveillance Administrator allegations against TransAlta Corporation et al., Mr. Nathan Kaiser and Mr. Scott Connelly, AUC Decision, 3110 - D01 - 2015 and see also a recent case management decision dealing with a class proceeding relating to this matter Carlson v Transalta Corporation, 2018 ABQB 343 (CanLII).

Not simply to take advantage of the latest features, but also because the most recent versions represent a long effort by Google to hone its operating system so that it works on much older hardware than previous Android versions.

That's why we made an effort to go through all of the current and most recent Huawei phone models in order to find the best ones you can buy, no matter how much money you have to spend.

The ostrich - starring ad isn't particularly aimed at promoting the Galaxy S8 series as much as it's focused on the Gear VR powered by Samsung's new flagships and the general appeal of virtual reality technologies, which is in line with the company's recent efforts to «humanize» itself and reinvent its marketing strategy.

A string of recent developments clearly demonstrate a conscious effort by the government to fund and create these AI innovations, much of which will be achieved through cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology.