Sentences with phrase «as weak attempts»

The abundance of shirtless hunks, along with Anderson's knack for keeping M'lady cleavage in the frame whenever possible rank as weak attempts to keep attention from waning.

I thought that maybe if I played some VR Missions — which you unlock by discovering data cases strewn about the linear path to completion and only serve as a weak attempt at adding exploration — that I could hone my skills, get used to the awful parry system, and have a less frustrating time.

Not exact matches

By now, most people are likely aware of the government's attempts to use the All Writs Act from 1789 as a tool to force Apple write new software with weaker security so that feds could unlock an iPhone 5c they had in custody.

The relatively fixed exchange rate remained a weak point in the monetary control process, as attempts by the Reserve Bank to change monetary conditions were significantly offset by private capital flows.

Amnesty, even in its weakest forms of non-enforcement of the law and deferred action, without corresponding action to tighten the border and control unlawful immigration, leads directly to the current human crisis as thousands of desperate children (and adults) attempt to enter the United States on the promise that the administration will take no action against them.

I concluded at the time of the riots that of all the things the government now needed to do, it was the married family which most urgently needed to be rebuilt: I was and remain as certain of that as anything I have ever written, and I have been saying it repeatedly for over 20 years: I was saying it, for instance, when I was attacking (in The Mail and also The Telegraph), as it went through the Commons, the parliamentary bill which became that disastrous piece of (Tory) legislation called the Children Act 1989, which abolished parental rights (substituting for them the much weaker «parental responsibility»), which encouraged parents not to spend too much time with their children, which even, preposterously, gave children the right to take legal action against theirparents for attempting to discipline them, which made it «unlawful for a parent or carer to smack their child, except where this amounts to «reasonable punishment»;» and which specified that «Whether a «smack» amounts to reasonable punishment will depend on the circumstances of each case taking into consideration factors like the age of the child and the nature of the smack.»

The enemy is a few fools who are weak minded enough to listen to those attempting to acquire power and using religion as a guise to gain that power.

Les Misérables protagonist, Jean Valjean, attempts to mask his own mistakes behind strength his entire life — only becoming vulnerable and receiving the forgiveness he desperately desires as he lays weak and sick on his death bed.

Jesus wept over Jerusalem; but Jesus was definitely not weak in spite of all the bad Sunday School material that attempts to present him as «gentle Jesus, meek and mild.»

The problem, however, is when people use violence as the means by which they attempt to protect the weak and advance freedom and justice.

Ecumenism may be weak as an attempt to unite all Christians organizationally, but the trend toward interchurch cooperation on matters of education is strong.

When we think of all that has come from him in the impulse toward human freedom and dignity — the challenge of ignorance and the attempt to remedy it, the concern for and conquest of disease, the sensitivity to the needs and plight of the weak, destitute, helpless, and those in every kind of suffering, the stabilizing of the inner lives of millions of his followers around the world, and the fostering of a prophetic attack on such giant social evils as prejudice, injustice, and war — when we consider the things that have stemmed from this «penniless teacher of Nazareth,» we are dull indeed if the wonder of it does not sweep over our souls.

After letting it sit in the fridge for a few hours, I thought the favors would become stronger, however, if anything they became weaker As this was my 1st (but definitely not my last) attempt at hummus, I'd have to say it wasn't a complete success, but it wasn't a failure either.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

In an attempt to answer to the Intelligence and Security Committee's damning criticism of the weak and «inconsistent» privacy protections, Part 1 of the bill, formerly known as «General Protections» has been renamed «General Privacy Protections».

Their crusade against the public broadcaster has no basic standard of decency, and using its attempt at intellectual consistency as a way of painting it as a weak - willed terrorist sympathiser is apparently well within the rules of the game.

While the designer thought the finished product felt «a little weak,» he said the effort was likely an attempt by the campaign to emphasize Quinn's status as the race's only female candidate — while perhaps trying to play down her perceived brashness.

«It is clear that the governor has no interest in keeping his word on supportive housing, and (Thursday's) announcement is nothing but a weak attempt to divert attention as he ignores his own promises to the most vulnerable New Yorkers,» Hevesi said.

Many who attempt heavy Front Squats with kettlebells are surprised to find that their upper back and abs are highlighted as their weak points.

Also As I mentioned above this is my 4th attempt, I always hear that every one gets so energetic and vibrant on this diet but the last 3 times I tried every time is the same I lose a considerable amount of muscle get weak and after a few weeks the hunger kicks in and because I could not stop eating I end up with a lot of fat.

Gamers will hate this game because of the weak attempt to use sex appeal in order to sell this hollow drek as a worthy purchase.

Other weak areas include the cast, mostly in believing Berke, a geeky misfit, could get not one, but three hot babes fall for him, and a curiously bad attempt at a Brit accent by Shane West as the antagonist.

Though his attempt to trick Thanos was his weakest effort of all time, it's more poetic to think Loki knew he was outmatched and that it was better to die trying to trick the Mad Titan than to serve him as a coward.

His friends include recently separated Baptiste (Franck Dubosc) and Olivia (Florence Foresti) and an assemblage of other undeveloped characters dealing with other issues that comes across as an attempt at adult issues bingo rather than an incisive vivisection of middle age — divorce, professional / financial strain, intimacy, children — that can be the strongest and weakest parts of the film.

Lucy Punch plays well against type (she usually gets the kinky sex vixen roles) by going goody - two - shoes, though Timberlake's attempt to do the same is the film's weakest link, as he is given little more than the same joke told different ways.

Back to Boss, where things get more interesting (in between the various hauntings) as Mayor Kane attempts to find redemption on a number of fronts: at home, where his wife (the terrific Connie Nielsen) and estranged daughter Emma (Hannah Ware, a pallid weak link) can barely stand to share a dinner table with him; and more compellingly, with the city at large, where his efforts at urban redevelopment of a run - down housing project seem unusually selfless — he certainly impresses the alluring and earnest political operative (Sanaa Lathan) whom he lures into his inner circle.

closes the book on this incarnation of Chucky, as the family sits down to share their vacation slides of a cross-country tour — a fairly weak attempt at comedy that continues to extract awful punchlines from the idea that, gee, Chucky sure likes to kill people.

Despite the humor aspect of trying to keep the robot from destroying everybody, Monster Seeking Monster does come off as the weakest game in Jackbox Party Pack 4, but that could be an effect of attempting to play the game with a group of teenage girls.

All the weak attempts to disprove it, such as a thought experiment with a wire outside a cylinder of gas, are flawed, simply because they neglect the temperature gradient in the wire itself, or other similar oversights.

It does not seem possible that they are attempting to further our knowledge of science, as their arguments are so weak and inconsistent, and rarely published in scientific venues.

I'd summarize it as an attempt to claim that the weak results of their poor statistical analysis means that the better techniques used to successfully identify the «hockey - stick» temperature trend are invalid.

Since batteries get weaker as they age, Apple's updates are an attempt to smooth out performance so it remains optimal throughout the battery's life.

This means that you'll need to reach 6 - star missions before even attempting to get the horn, as trying beforehand with a weaker version of the monster won't produce the resource you want.