Sentences with phrase «at least attempted because»

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This is at least the third time that Meredith has tried to buy Time Inc, including an attempt earlier this year that fell apart because the Des Moines - based publisher couldn't secure enough financing.

Nevertheless, we are not yet listing either ETF as an «official» trade setup because we first prefer to see at least a bit of broad market stabilization, which would reduce the odds of a false breakout if these ETFs attempt to move to new «swing highs.»

Just off the top of my head, but perhaps Bono should get modern day sainthood status, or at least a relevant prophet of - the - day award simply because his one statement â $ œI still havenâ $ ™ t found what Iâ $ ™ m looking forâ $... bets are heâ $ ™ s still searching even while heâ $ ™ s cranking out more great tunes and attempting to alleviate a bit of the third world debt.

First he attempted to apply a logical argument, whose history extends back at least as far as Cicero's On Divination.4 According to this view, contingency (chance) and foreknowledge (fate) are contradictory assertions because a contingent event, being unnecessitated, can not be known until it occurs.

come on that's hardly regularly and you call ppl plastic fans because you support an outdated manager and have a season ticket since the 70s sorry don't share your views but that's your opinion but here's mine a manager on 9 or 10 million a year should have by now won the club at least one European trophy he's had 21 attempts 2 finals, 2 defeats and has never looked close to winning one since then on top of that maybe your happy of the countless embarrassingly heavy defeats we received down the years 6 - 1 and 8 - 2 at Old Trafford, 6 - 0 at Chelsea, 5 - 0 by Chelsea at Highbury during the early years..

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

Maybe because of all the stupid propaganda out there things are blown up out of proportion, but what it is, I believe, is an attempt to have someone who I think probably can easily wade through it all tell me what's up, but also what he uses to decide what's up at least briefly.

Waiting until at least 37 weeks to attempt a version gives your baby time to turn on his own and makes the version safer because if any complications occur the baby can be born immediately.

For instance, Donnelly takes issue with Abelove's alleged attempt at circumventing the Cuomo executive order, but at least partly because she thinks it may have denied Sgt. Randall French, the officer who killed Thevenin, the chance of a «clean exoneration.»

At least one previous attempt to create an identity system for the internet, Microsoft's Passport initiative of the early 2000s, failed in part because privacy advocates objected to one organisation controlling the process.

I'm back to posting today because I know we have to at least attempt to return to a sense of normalcy around here.

The mockumentary format is at least an attempt to do something fresh in the animated film world, but mockumentaries are only really funny because they mirror real life in an ironic, satirical fashion, often featuring comedians employing a naturalistic ad - lib delivery.

Whether you liked, disliked or haven't seen Snowpiercer, you know that it's a film you have to at least attempt to see because there's a crap ton of noteworthy things to discuss.

I don't count myself among them because I appreciate that the movie at least attempts something different.

Films like Basket Case and It's Alive because they take the ludicrous and at least attempt to allow them to play out like they would in reality.

«Attempts at reform to help struggling students backfired, at least in part, because policymakers neglected to spend more time engaging in dialogue with teachers about how to address student motivation issues and the ramifications of failure on high - stakes universally required tasks,» Mac Iver writes.

The S trim's larger wheel - and - tire package and available manual transmission allow it to at least attempt some fun on twisting back roads, but don't look for a lot of zip coming out of the corners, because the Corolla's 1.8 - liter engine can't provide much.

Which was a damn shame, because the book is quite good, or at least that's been my impression on my attempt to slog through the initial chapters and follow the action.

In her piece in Forbes announcing the news, Suw Charman - Anderson states that «Most reviewers don't want to deal with self - published authors directly because they don't really want to deal with any authors directly...» (emphasis mine)... and that «reviewers depend on publishers acting as winnowers, sorting out the wheat from the chaff, and at least attempting to make sure that they are sent books they are actually interested in.»

After all, these guys are owner - operators, with a controlling stake in the company — so they're properly aligned / incentivised for long - term success alongside all shareholders, not least because they presumably recognise any attempt to milk the company (at the expense of other shareholders) would likely be offset by the fall in value of their stake.

I'm not saying we automatically have to like it just because of the attempt, but at LEAST try to avoid complaining about the game before it comes out.

We also have a commitment to at least attempt to purchase works by the artists in residence that are on view in their shows because that's really a nice way, whenever possible, to cap off their time at the museum.

Your attempt to estimate equilibrium climate sensitivity from the 20th C won't work because a) the forcings are not that well known (so the error in your estimate is large), b) the climate is not in equilibrium — you need to account for the uptake of heat in the ocean at least.

On the other side, while there will undoubtedly be high costs to any serious attempt at mitigation, this would also require something like a global agreement (covering at least the rich world, India and China, and probably other states with large and currently poor populations) which would inevitably have to bring in issues other than greenhouse gas emissions — such as those you mention — if only because these states will say, reasonably enough, that they can not bring their populations on board without serious help in those other areas.

To a large extent, clear answers will only come in hindsight, largely because much of what is being attempted has never been tried before, at least on the scale of the global energy system and climate.

Our temperatures are not unprecedented and the Hockey Stick is a proven lie as are all the other reconstructions which attempt to resurrect it because they rely on at least one of the infamous proxies used by Mann.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg did not grant an injunction sought by the tribe because the Army Corps of Engineers had done due diligence and documented dozens of attempts to consult with the tribe from the fall of 2014 through the spring of 2016, including at least three site visits to Lake Oahe to assess any potential effects on historical properties.

A number of well - written articles chronicle at least some of the history of legal writing in the law school curriculum.1 However, those articles were written with a different purpose in mind: the authors sought to employ history to show the pedigree of legal writing and argue for an equal place in the curriculum with doctrinal courses and an equal position for its teachers with other «case - book» faculty.2 Because of this purpose, they understandably focused a large part of their historical narrative on legal writing in the «modern law - school,» an entity that has existed only since the late 1800s.3 The articles paid considerably less attention to the era that preceded it, beyond brief mentions of the Inns of Court in England, apprenticeship in America, and the private law schools and early attempts at law teaching that preceded Langdell's introduction of the case method.4

Recently, several magistrates at a demonstration of an Intoximeter 3000 breath machine provided specimens and «at least three of them would now face 12 months» disqualification from driving because, after several attempts comprised of much huffing and puffing, they where unable to satiate the machine's appetite and so provide a reading».

Because less and less people can be charged overdraft fees, banks have had to increase those fees in an attempt to keep revenues high, or at least stable.

This analysis was done because a substantial increase in the risk of attempted suicide was seen for persons reporting at least 1 experience.

Because the risks for attempted suicide increased substantially beginning with an ACE score of 1, we used an ACE score of at least 1 (prevalence = 64 %) to calculate ARFs.