Sentences with phrase «though little progress»

Though little progress looks to have been made over the signing of the trio, other than the embarrassment of having their initial offer for the latter publicly rejected.

Not exact matches

♦ Then there's Sandy Newman, president of Voices for Progress, writing to John Podesta in 2012 when the HHS mandate was announced: «This whole controversy with the bishops opposing contraceptive coverage even though 98 % of Catholic women (and their conjugal partners) have used contraception has me thinking... There needs to be a Catholic Spring, in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.

But even though we may have to endure a spiritual odyssey and may meet many unexpected obstacles, we ought to make a little more progress than those who have merely been indoctrinated with a little external Christianity which expressed itself merely in a bored attendance at Sunday Mass, perhaps an Easter confession and the receiving of the last sacraments.

And this is a little something in progress, though I'm not certain what it is yet.

Though your body will need a little time to heal from the off - plan, potentially inflammatory food, it doesn't undo all the progress you had made until that point.

Though I haven't seen the confirmaton, I would be willing to bet that little progress has been made in the last century, after adjusting for the reduction in infectious disease deaths to infants and young children, in extending the human lifespan.

Efron, who reportedly exercised himself down to 5 % body fat, plays up the «swimming Bad Boy» character for laughs, though as the film progresses you do begin to feel a little affinity for him.

There's little doubt that Real Time's admittedly intriguing premise initially seems as though it's going to be squandered by writer / director Randall Cole, as the filmmaker generally stresses hopelessly quirky situations and conversations that grow increasingly tiresome as the movie progresses.

For the synopsis, there's very little that can be said given how important it is audience members can indulge in this production without having it spoiled for them beforehand — but let's just say that Rey (Daisy Ridley) is vying to convince Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) to teach her the ways of the Jedi, though as they progress, he becomes overwhelmed, and a little frightened, by her powers.

There's little doubt, though, that Finley slowly - but - surely loses his grip on the viewer as the picture progresses, with Thoroughbreds» meandering midsection essentially highlighting the various deficiencies within Finley's padded - out screenplay (ie one can't help but wish the director would just get on with it, already).

Even though the parent trigger appears more acceptable than school closings to policymakers, since it is the parents who decide about the school which their children attend, why has so little numerical progress been made, and how can it be expanded?

I like activities like that and even though the students were making very little progress on the project, they were trying and I'm all for students doing something interesting and getting to exercise their creativity.

It is widely rumoured that Dennis had been trying to organise a board meeting to discuss management for some time, though his fractured relationship with the board meant little progress was made to achieve this.

Forward progress is decently swift, though against the newest generation of German twin - turbocharged V8s, you do have to wait a little longer for the torque to come on song.

I think everyone in the team is quite happy with the progress that we are making and hopefully, we can make a little bit more even though tomorrow looks a little iffy weather-wise.»

Even though Chase said that the fee only applies to those accounts that made a little progress in -LSB-...]

Congress introduced legislation last year to permit private loans to be discharged in bankruptcy, though it has made little progress.

Many cases resolve spontaneously with little or no treatment, though in some dogs it progresses to the generalized form.

One notable improvement from Persona 3 is that each dungeon has a story line that ties into events going on in Inaba — while Persona 3 ′ s dungeon made me feel as though I was progressing through the dungeon simply because I had to, Persona 4 gives plenty of motivation to make it feel a little bit less like a grind-fest and more like you are working towards something tangible.

The story progresses through a series of cutscenes, though I found them a little lame.

Still, it's better than nothing, though I can't help but feel like fans of the genre and backers of the project (those that remember they even backed it) would probably like to see a little more progress at this point.

As the game progresses, though, the little hero amasses a pretty hefty arsenal of guns and rocket launchers.

The consequence though is very little to explore, and little to interact with outside of ammo pickups and the occasional environmental scan which progresses the primary mission.

The mainstream media by and large got the story right — puzzling anomaly tracked down, corrections in progress after a little scientific detective work, consequences minor — even though a few headline writers got a little carried away in equating a specific dip in 1945 ocean temperatures with the more gentle 1940s - 1970s cooling that is seen in the land measurements.

Though they might leave us a little thirstier and annoyed, these two small, specific examples aren't likely to drastically alter the way the world works, at least as much as the effects of global warming noted in a new report by the Center for American Progress.

In the end, counseling becomes more of a hassle than an asset and you can feel as though you are making little to no progress and this may just be a waste of precious time and money.

I found a picture of a similar idea in progress at HGTV.com (though I wish the painting were a little neater and the ceilings weren't popcorn).