Sentences with phrase «at least some semblance of»

Part of the difficulty stems from the temptation to believe that God in Christ constitutes a second divine subjectivity distinct from the Father's, both of which must be united in the Trinity to preserve at least the semblance of monotheism.

Enough to feel comfortable, or at least a semblance of comfort.

And he seems to have at least a semblance of originality to his persona, even if he does come across as a bit of a douche a lot of the time.

As you'll recall, Bloomberg has long supported the Senate Republicans in their increasingly more difficult quest to retain control of the chamber — or, at least a semblance of it.

Director Peter Berg promises that there's at least some semblance of a story in his Navy vs. aliens board game adaptation:

However, it is Depp's subdued performance that anchors the film into something interesting, always keeping the mysteries of his thoughts hidden, and making this otherwise formulaic film have at least the semblance of depth.

I assume that this school chose to become an academy to escape the clutches of its supposedly «controlling» LA, where there was at least a semblance of democratic accountability, only to fall into the hands of «unelected, unaccountable» civil servants who «are suffocating headteachers from doing their jobs».

This is very much a matter of personal preference, but I like my cars to have at least some semblance of sportiness and this Lexus is much more at home on the freeways than the backroads.

This major event in my writing life occurred because I could prove I had at least some semblance of an author platform in the form of blog readership.

It's practically a beloved heirloom these days and Square Enix had the right idea, or at least the semblance of one, when they tried to bring the saga into the present day.

Please, mike — as someone who cares about you, unless you've got something hidden up your sleeve that you haven't yet revealed I'm begging you to stop now, take your losses, and try to rebuild at least some semblance of respectability.

Put another way, the British are waking up to the implosion of the UN's theories, and so, if the government wishes to impose its radical schemes with at least a semblance of public support, more alarmist propaganda is urgently needed.

Naturally, it'd be great to see WhatsApp disable this functionality so we can maintain at least a semblance of privacy in our lives.

Many investors, especially those who have some experience with the traditional stock market, wish that the crypto market had at least some semblance of stability.

So, as the resume writer, your job is to show relevant skills and experience, yet maintain at least a semblance of the chronological format.

Not exact matches

The 2014 law required states to take certain steps to help families get and retain child care assistance — and many have taken steps like allowing families to stay eligible for assistance for a full year without having to continuously recertify their income level, giving them a semblance of certainty about their finances for at least the coming year.

It's all beginning to look like an Orwellian / Service Economy / Banana Republic, at least to me, and I'm beginning to have serious doubts as to our sustainability as a nation or our ability to maintain any semblance of quality of life as we've come to expect.

But yes, I am grateful for some semblance of winter in the city I live in, so I can at least savour the comforter, hot drink and cookie routine

And now tensions are rising over issues on which there should at least be a semblance of common ground.

Might as well give the youngsters a run out, at least the there will be a semblance of an excuse if they lost, and I bet they would at least show an effort.

At least with the fan voting, in theory, you get some semblance of the wisdom of crowds.

The International Break at least provides breathing space for someone to try to re-arrange the current shambles into the semblance of a football team.

Freedom of Information laws (such as the US's Freedom of Information Act) were implemented in an effort to at least give a semblance of transparency, as well as allow the general public to feel as if they can help hold their Government accountable.

At least there was some semblance of trying to keep reigns on the growth of state government.

Even in defeat, the fight against Juncker offered some semblance of British relevance, a fight in which it could, at the very least, rattle a few cages.

I swear that's what helped me develop some semblance of style (or, at least, my own personal style!)

I present to you this outfit, which is a testament to the vintage lover's desire to be dressed in some semblance of fashion, while also desiring to keep at least slightly warm.

At least the first one has a semblance of a plot.

At least Michael Stuhlbarg, as a professor whose male teen progeny has a passionate relationship with an older doctoral student in «Call Me by Your Name,» could represent some semblance of parental parity if he makes the cut.

They don't even bother trying to research to at least give the semblance of plausibility to the wholly contrived situations that the story is full of.

A reason which shouldn't be discussed until after the film releases as a means to preserve spoilers forces the anti-hero to assemble the X-Force team (or, at least, some semblance of it) which brings out the best in the film's early acts.

Well all bets are with the» so called» president in the oval office all semblance of fuel economy and efficiency are about to go out the window as he rips the EPA to shreds to the benefit of Big Oil... that at least here in the (not so) Good (anymore) Ole US of A bigger will reign supreme with concerns about efficiency and emissions once again going by the wayside.

If you are going this route, you need to cover it with the final color in order for it to survive as well as at least make it look like some semblance of normal.

Their publishers are really not «publishers,» at least in the sense that they have the infrastructure to create and support a quality book and its author or that they have their internal team — from editing to some semblance of book design and publishing marketing and publicity and that they are accountable in the critical accountability departments of actual book sales and responsibility.

These publishers are really not «publishers,» at least in the sense that they have the infrastructure to create and support a quality book and its author; that they have their internal team — from editing to some semblance of book design and publishing marketing and publicity; and that they are accountable in the critical accountability departments of actual book sales and responsibility, sometimes.

Their publishers are really not «publishers,» at least in the sense that they have the infrastructure to create and support a quality book and its author; that they have their internal team — from editing to some semblance of book design and publishing marketing and publicity; and that they are accountable in the critical accountability departments of actual book sales and responsibility.

This at least keeps some semblance of balance to the game or you'd easily stockpile these abilities and wreak havoc on the enemies, something I so desperately wanted to do after each death.

Still, the idea of a rhythm game with even a semblance of a plot is novel, so points for originality at least.

Most of McLean's art is conceptual, and most of his concepts involve comedy (or, at the very least, some semblance of a sense of humor).

Since then, the fungus has spread through much of the gypsy moth's range, and — at least in spots where weather is wet enough at the right time — appears to be restoring some semblance of control.

For a model to be accurate it has to at least give the semblance of mimicking reality.