Sentences with phrase «after earnest effort»

Even after earnest effort, adults could still get lost among the wands and swords, the lockets, diadems, rings, and whatnot, but the endless, flowing talk — of curses, potions, prophecies, and destinies — was gibberish so confident and good - humored that it was impossible to ridicule.

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The PC dynasty's final budget in March 2015 did propose a bad - medicine combination of modest budget cuts and assorted tax hikes — earnest efforts to bail Alberta out of chronic deficits, and exactly the sort of unpalatable budget a shrewd premier releases after an election, not before one.

Aside from puberty, this is a time when the school environment becomes more impersonal, academic grades are much more public, «being popular» becomes fervently sought after and efforts to separate from parents start in earnest.

However, the film is very, very forgettable just because it becomes tedious after awhile, despite Washington's earnest effort to make it somewhat respectable - it is just a downright bore.

But in the end, the legislation succeeded after a rushed, secretive process that began in earnest only after the Senate gave up on its Obamacare - repeal efforts in September.