Sentences with phrase «upon first attempt»

My students improved upon our first attempts after they discovered our initial protocol demanded luck as a major ingredient.

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Which is to say that the path which the individual life must take is one of growth from nothingness to being, by attempting first to understand that one's life situation is ambiguous; second, by opening oneself up to the creative God - power within oneself and waiting for its revelation, however gradually it may come; and third, by acting upon its discovery.

In the first century, some of the most advanced of Jewish teachers, faced with the growing complexity of the system of ethics contained in the so - called Law of Moses and its constantly proliferating interpretations and supplements, were attempting to bring out its central or overruling intention by giving prominence to one or another «great commandment» upon which the rest might be supposed to hang.

On the other hand, attempts to construct a picture of the historical Jesus have been fraught with personal biases to the extent that Jesus the first century Palestinian often comes out resembling nothing so much as the ideal nineteenth century European liberal or twentieth century American conservative or twenty - first century third world radical, depending upon who is constructing this «historical» picture.

Upon first glance, First Things's sponsorship of the Marriage Pledge struck me as a noble endeavor, a brilliant attempt to distinguish between Christ's challenging teaching about marriage and the flimsy requirements of the state tfirst glance, First Things's sponsorship of the Marriage Pledge struck me as a noble endeavor, a brilliant attempt to distinguish between Christ's challenging teaching about marriage and the flimsy requirements of the state tFirst Things's sponsorship of the Marriage Pledge struck me as a noble endeavor, a brilliant attempt to distinguish between Christ's challenging teaching about marriage and the flimsy requirements of the state today.

Those who remained loyal to the Church — and they were legion — were, in general, more faithful in their attendance upon its worship and more earnest in attempts to observe the requirements of their faith than had been the rank and file of church members at any time since the first three centuries.

However, as in the seventeenth century the various later theories were not produced independently of each other but came to be developed by working through, and in divergence from, the first great attempt at a philosophical structure built upon a profound insight into the problems at issue, namely, that of Descartes, so in our time the new efforts which are required in the philosophy of nature will need to come to terms with the pioneering work of Whitehead.

Whatever the internal inadequacies of that paper, the attempt there was apparently the first to spell out in full detail the logical structure of the ontological argument — an attempt similar to that of Jan Salamucha with respect to the ex motu argument of St. Thomas.11 Hartshorne has not built upon the basis of these attempts, both of which would have helped him to see how easily a mere verbal predicate like «M» can conceal the need for a full and careful delineation of vocabulary and for an explicit need for spelling out the postulates needed.

Now that's a pretty hefty list, and yes some of those things in there may seem pretty healthy upon first glance if you weren't so clued up — I mean, they did at least attempt to use natural colourings in their «fairy dusts», but my main qualm with this multicoloured monstrosity however, is its sheer amount of refined sugars — 59g per 16 fl oz (grande) to be exact.

Phil Mickelson - The eyes of the golf nation are upon him and, so far, Phil is delivering in his attempt to win his first U.S. Open.

Just because a company spends millions of dollars each year on marketing in an attempt to bring their brand to mind first when stroller buying decisions are thrust upon you doesn't mean that the new loaded (sometimes overloaded) version that they are pushing at the time is the best choice for your family.

This is the first attempt to analyse the Brown government and relies upon interviews with many of the leading staff inside No 10.

The World's End finds a group of friends trying to finally complete an epic pub crawl that they first attempted two decades ago; along the way, they learn that the fate of the entire world could hinge upon their success.

In a follow - up intervention study of first - grade teachers engaged in small - group instruction, Anderson, Evertson, and Brophy (1979) found that greater achievement was related to more time spent in reading groups, more active instruction, shorter transitions, introduction of lessons with an overview, and follow - up by teachers to incorrect responses with attempts to improve upon them.

If there are concerns about passing the exam or if you are unable to pass the exam on your first attempt, we will work with you as a candidate to make sure that you are successful upon your second attempt.

First shown as a thinly disguised concept at this year's Geneva Motor Show and sitting underneath the recently refreshed QX50, the all - new 2017 Infiniti QX30 is the brand's first attempt at the growing compact crossover segment, already crowded with vehicles like the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and the vehicle the QX30 is based upon, the Mercedes - Benz GLA - CFirst shown as a thinly disguised concept at this year's Geneva Motor Show and sitting underneath the recently refreshed QX50, the all - new 2017 Infiniti QX30 is the brand's first attempt at the growing compact crossover segment, already crowded with vehicles like the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and the vehicle the QX30 is based upon, the Mercedes - Benz GLA - Cfirst attempt at the growing compact crossover segment, already crowded with vehicles like the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and the vehicle the QX30 is based upon, the Mercedes - Benz GLA - Class.

When I started writing A Promise of Fire over five years ago now, there was a good chance this manuscript would end up like my other works of fiction: perhaps unfinished, never seen by anyone but me, definitely never presented to agents or editors and using up space on my hard drive in a folder with a misleading enough name that hopefully no one would ever open it and stumble upon my first (and sometimes hilarious) attempts at writing a novel.

(1) A credit services organization, its salespersons, agents, and representatives, and independent contractors who sell or attempt to sell the services of a credit services organization may not do any of the following: (a) conduct any business regulated by this chapter without first: (i) securing a certificate of registration from the division; and (ii) unless exempted under Section 13 -21-4, posting a bond, letter of credit, or certificate of deposit with the division in the amount of $ 100,000; (b) make a false statement, or fail to state a material fact, in connection with an application for registration with the division; (c) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration prior to full and complete performance of the services the credit services organization has agreed to perform for the buyer; (d) dispute or challenge, or assist a person in disputing or challenging an entry in a credit report prepared by a consumer reporting agency without a factual basis for believing and obtaining a written statement for each entry from the person stating that that person believes that the entry contains a material error or omission, outdated information, inaccurate information, or unverifiable information; (e) charge or receive any money or other valuable consideration solely for referral of the buyer to a retail seller who will or may extend credit to the buyer, if the credit that is or will be extended to the buyer is upon substantially the same terms as those available to the general public; (f) make, or counsel or advise any buyer to make, any statement that is untrue or misleading and that is known, or that by the exercise of reasonable care should be known, to be untrue or misleading, to a credit reporting agency or to any person who has extended credit to a buyer or to whom a buyer is applying for an extension of credit, with respect to a buyer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity; (g) make or use any untrue or misleading representations in the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization or engage, directly or indirectly, in any act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as fraud or deception upon any person in connection with the offer or sale of the services of a credit services organization; and (h) transact any business as a credit services organization, as defined in Section 13 -21-2, without first having registered with the division by paying an annual fee set pursuant to Section 63J -1-504 and filing proof that it has obtained a bond or letter of credit as required by Subsection (2).

Alternatives include provisions for notification of the appropriate authorities upon identification and broader education campaigns that seek to discourage animal abusers from attempting a purchase in the first place.

For this, undoubtedly the most widely anticipated sequel of the year, the developer has primarily built upon the first game's successes rather than attempting to reinvent them, a wise decision that pays off handsomely.

However, by attempting to remake a game that remains precious to adventure gamers worldwide even today, LucasArts has not only faced the tremendous challenge of updating a classic without diluting any of the ingredients that made it so special in the first place, but also the task of improving upon last year's Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition, which split fans down the middle with its bold graphical updates and somewhat clunky controls.

This genuinely puzzles me as, despite initial misgivings coloured by the lame attempts at virtual reality during the Nineties, upon actually using a VR headset I was well and truly on board the hype train, describing the experience to all that would listen as akin to those mind - blowing first moments playing Super Mario 64 and realising how irrevocably the transition into three dimensional gaming was going to change the industry going forward.

An early standout of home console entertainment and one of the first sports video games, Punch Out was successful for targeting arcade - style fun rather than attempting to emulate the sport it's based upon.

This exhibition, comprised exclusively from works held by the Frederick & Frances Sommer Foundation, is the first attempt to represent the complete artistic oeuvre of Sommer in over 50 years, and is organized to expand upon the knowledge and understanding of a truly complex and prolific artist.

They also build upon the collective histories of their chosen medium — clay as nature, clay as origin, clay as shelter, clay as dam, clay as vessel, clay as terra firma — and choose to play with those histories in their attempts to give the viewer pause while, simultaneously, addressing twenty - first - century aesthetics and concerns.

Eleven years before the term genocide originated in 1944, the legal scholar Raphael Lemkin had attempted to make illegal the sort of mass killing perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire upon Armenians in the First World War.

The driver requested a second breath test which the officer allowed but after a couple of breath attempts that did not produce any valid results on the ASD the officer took the ASD machine away and served the driver with a Notice of Driving Prohibition based upon the first FAIL result.

This Judgment for the first time signals that litigation privilege will be unlikely to protect that legal work, meaning that genuine attempts by clients to investigate allegations will have to be embarked upon knowing that privilege will not cover whatever is produced.

The Committee supports the policy aim that underpins clause 5, namely the attempt to avoid the destabilisation that would result if, upon exit, pre-exit domestic law suddenly prevailed for the first time over retained EU law.

We've been talking a fair amount about upcoming Surface tablets lately, first thanks to a wave of rumors arriving to attempt to outline the hardware changes we'd be seeing, and then upon Microsoft sending out invitations for a Surface event later this month.

One aspect of the budget announcements that may impact upon this is the reduction in Medicare rebates for GPs developing mental health care plans, which in a community controlled environment where we are attempting to provide a holistic service for our clients, now presents a new challenge, as this may force clients whom we have built faith and trust in to access our service in the first instance, which is very difficult for mental health clients, now potentially having to go elsewhere for the care that they would be much more comfortable in accessing through a community controlled family based centre, who not only understand their needs, but also a aware of their family and social circumstances.

Especially if you're attempting this endeavor for the first time, you can expect to come upon some unforeseen predicaments that may have you questioning whether purchasing an investment property was the right choice for you.