Sentences with phrase «at least attempts something»

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

Tom Green's follow - up to Gareth Edwards» inventive «Monsters» does at least attempt something interesting: Just as the first film fused monster - movie sci - fi paranoia with a gentle indie love story to become an offbeat take on genre, «Dark Continent» basically wants to be a war movie with vague sci - fi elements.

Not exact matches

At least the USA is doing something worthy in this world - they are attempting to ensure that people like you don't rule the country and take them any further back into the bronze age of thinking.

However, seeing as there are clearly people in this discussion thread who are disinclined to lend equal weight and credibility to the words of a woman when there's a perfectly good white man about I will endeavor to break down one particularly telling statement (to me, at least) in McLaren's non-apology apology so that, perhaps, something might pierce the fog McLaren is attempting to deploy as a defensive shroud.

The deeper I look into myself the more clearly I become aware of this psychological truth: that no man would lift his little finger to attempt the smallest task unless he were spurred on by a more or less obscure conviction that in some infinitesimally tiny way he is contributing, at least indirectly, to the building up of something permanent — in other words, to your own work, Lord.

This was Heidegger's attempt to provide something like a non-metaphysical alternative to Aristotle's order of causes, at least in understanding the creations of human culture.

So in a valiant attempt to do something sweet for my dear hubby, I decided to transform fruitcake this holiday season into something better, something yummy, or at least something not quite so creepy and mysterious.

So this year, I thought I could at least attempt to make something delicious that wasn't so terrible for my diet.

After weeks of failed attempts, I have something that at least doesn't smell or taste horrible... but no matter what I do, it doesn't thicken.

Wilshere plays generally well with the ball, taking risks and running with it, at least attempting to get something going.

But at least Jack does something and attempts to justify his selection.

At least he is trying to do something and attempting to plug some obvious gaps.

This might just be something that is within Theresa May's grasp, so making immigration the top priority could be seen as an attempt to lower the bar enough that somebody with two left feet can jump it, and proclaim success at at least one policy goal.

Those who call for a British West Wing always overlook at least two attempts in the 1970s to do something similar.

At least it is an attempt to stimulate the viewer with something a little different..

Dead Creatures gets half a star for at least attempting to do something different, even if it fails completely.

The characters act in the way you expect, and despite Cianfrance's attempts to layer the film with long, sweeping moments and beautiful cinematography, it doesn't do much to elevate the story into something more unique, or at least more riveting.

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.

The original film played too easily on sexist stereotypes, and while some similar problems might be present in this new version, at least it's attempting something different with its approach of the material.

Monster Hunter Tri, by contrast, at least attempts to recreate what it might actually feel like to smack something with a hammer the width of a manhole cover, and not simply for shits and giggles either.

It's something that, when taken with Harry's attempts to show women respect, makes of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang a boy's movie that's actually interested in teaching boys, at the least, how their actions impact women.

While Prometheus at least attempted to try something new, Covenant is simply more of the same.

There are also attempts to try and turn the film serious on us, but hey, at least it does not end with a court scene or something similarly predictable.

But at least the script attempts something brave; in a franchise where the time - travel element has always been a Class A head - shag, this takes things to a whole new level.

At least a half dozen students have entered Walden determined to write a novel, and the teachers have encouraged them; though none has finished more than a chapter or two, Schlein says, «to attempt to do something grand and fail — that's great learning.»

They also gave up the BEST program in exchange for something I can't recall, too which at least gave «failing» teachers options for assistance and additional attempts to improve.

Of course, feeling for it is one thing, finding it is another matter (and not something to be attempted in six laps of Grandrive), but at least it seems the R32 speaks our language, that of mechanical grip, not the daunting, alien cipher of downforce.

The fact that many automakers attempt to offer us vehicles that have the seats packed in with the thought that we must need at least seven seats has become something that might seem redundant to you.

For a shady character from California named Jay Gentile — owner of the sites in question — to cough up the cost of Amazon's legal team on this one seems a little far - fetched, so perhaps this really is just an attempt on Amazon's part to at least look like they've tried to do something constructive.

The attractive full - screen apps and deep Windows integration in Windows 8 suggest to me that we'll at least see something native, if not an attempt to replace dedicated ecosystems like Kindle and Google Books.

It needs to be something everybody agrees should exist or should at least be attempted but few are willing to buy (and even fewer actually read).

First, the teachers are going to have to abandon their tried - and - true lesson plans and be willing to at least attempt the switch to something new, a daunting task for some teachers who may have begun their teaching careers before the advent of graphing calculators, let alone iPads.

That's not easy when you're talking about something as basic as a book, and most attempts to do so up until now (i.e. video embedding, hyperlinks, etc.) have been at least somewhat obtrusive during the act of reading.

but Dying Light at least attempts to do something different with it's more serious narrative..

I am terrified of drawing but realised that actually to make my art better I needed to learn at least the basics - something I have attempted before elsewhere.

At the very least, attempting to create an abstract painting still evokes modernism's abiding search for something fresh, for the what - has - not - been - done - before.

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.

You would think that someone asking such a broad simple question would have at least enough curiosity to have made an attempt to understand something of what the science actually tells us.

At least when I see those efforts that attempt to sell something, boast client testimonials, report an alliance or a deal struck with a significant customer, it's all part of the marketing mix.

This is not something ISPs are used to, so we may well need a legally valid reassurance to them that they can do such a privacy - friendly forwarding operation without the victim's permission, and in addition that they have at least a moral duty to attempt a forwarding.

If you will fail in your first attempt, at least you will have something to expect in your second attempt.

Based on what we can find in the white paper, it appears that 0x is attempting to make something that, at least on the surface, looks like what the Lightning Network is doing for bitcoin.

Well, here's the thing: if someone's saying something about you that isn't stellar, if you know about it then at least you can jump in and attempt to solve the problem.