Sentences with phrase «but weak attempt»

It's neither memoir nor expose, but a weak attempt at both and a lot of filler to try to glue it together.

I'll give you points for trying, but your weak attempt at massaging semantics to fit your erroneous perception of racing games is... well, just wow.

«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.

I only hope this article was offered in a light - hearted but weak attempt at being mildly humorous.

Not exact matches

A weak attempt at repeating the truce was made in 1915, but a tradition would not take hold due to «the high numbers of dead and hardened attitudes on both sides but also because of actions of senior commanders.»

I resist your attempt to control and I push back and challenge you to consider what it is that is driving you to be a pastor — is it out of desire to dominate others and make the weak, or is it a calling from God that you are being equipped by God for, not trusting in your understanding, but in submission to God and in him directing your steps (no need to answer).

And with those honest but fearful souls whose faith is so weak that it amounts to little more than an intellectual conformity to a passive attitude of assent to religions of authority, the Father is ever alert to honor and foster even all such feeble attempts to reach out for him.

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.»

You can attempt to use the comments by anyone you like, strong or weak atheist or believer, but without real evidence, all you have is an opinion and faith.

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

Sorry Mr Smiley... But thanks for the weak attempt to strereotype... Not particularly religious... Just thinking clearly without any induced mind altering states..

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.

You see the sky sports pundits ripping our defence apart for being weak and cowardly, the pathetic challenges the defence don't even attempt to put in, this pathetic team representing so embarrassingly the club you love, but if you were on the pitch, you may not have the same quality, but a million times the heart and passion.

We can't really say the result is a surprise but it doesn't stop us feeling let down by our weak attempt to stop Man City....

I don't necessarily think Ray is weak (21 reps on the bench press at the Combine), but I didn't see him attempting many power rushes in the games I watched.

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

I think this is the real point; too often we see weak boards attempting to appease mob rule... Levy has more nous than that, but with Portsmouth turning us over in the cup an fourth place slipping away, I hope he holds his nerve.

«They say we are weak but we know that there were some people who, while they were abroad, some people drugged them and put them in crates and attempted to fly them to Nigeria but they were intercepted by superior powers.

In the latest attempt, three crack teams of investigators pooled genomic data from 8,000 schizophrenics of European ancestry but could lay claim to only a handful of weak genetic risk markers.

«We believed from historical records and certainly knew from recent X-ray observations that this star was there,» Camilo remarked, «but despite many attempts, no one had been able to find any radio pulsations from it because the signals are, it turns out, incredibly weak.»

But for today, we'll leave all that aside and take a look at McKitrick's hasty attempt to buttress his weak case against IPCC scientists by quoting from the latest dump of stolen emails.

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.

It is filled with weak attempts at sketch comedy, resulting in a few funny moments here and there, but not enough.

An ambitious but ultimately weak attempt to set an ensemble drama inside Hugh Hefner's hallowed, smoke - filled nightclub of early 1960s Chicago.

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.

There are a few weak attempts at jump scares, but they make little sense in context of the story and feel out of place.

Weak attempts at humor provide a few chuckles but overall this screenplay falls flat and is predictable at almost every turn.

It's weak, but at least it's an attempt at a punch line.

The only downside to the film is the occasional attempts to be too hip for it's own good, spawning a few weak moments, but there's definitely more hit than miss in this fun and wild adventure.

Pupils realise that they are stronger in some and weaker in others, but begin to understand and accept these differences whilst attempting to develop all of them.

We at EdVisions attempt not only to change how and what students learn, how teachers teach, and how teachers organize, but also attempt to illustrate that different outcomes do not mean weaker outcomes — that transformational learning is a positive, productive path, and worthy of regard.

This year a group of Republican legislators in the Connecticut General Assembly introduced H.B. No. 7017, an Act Concerning Student Data Privacy, but following a public hearing, the Education Committee passed an extremely weak version of what might be called an attempt at beginning to address the student privacy problem.

The TD Aeroplan makes a weak attempt at providing these benefits but only on award travel.

It may be the weakest but the region still has enough PS3 owners to warrant good sales if publishers attempt to appeal to them.

The enemy AI improves noticeably, with enemies not only doing more damage to the player but also making more attempts to take cover from grenades, outflank players and in some cases even try to cover their weak spots so that you can't land one hit kills.

I can understand the european «get it up ye» two armed gesture but the middle finger is just so tame and immature and weakest attempt to be edgy.

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.

The evidence reviewed does not fully confirm the weak underbelly hypothesis, but it provides enough evidence that we had best monitor the situation and expand our attempts to understand it.

In my experience, the best way of establishing your credibility with technical people is not by attempting to bully or one - up them, but by focusing with laser - sharp focus on the technical issues and potential weak points of the argument.

Forgive the weak attempt at humor, but I couldn't resist given that Ethereum has advanced more than 10,000 % since the start of 2017.

Conditional associations of mental disorders with attempts among ideators, controlling for plans, are somewhat weaker and less consistent than with plans (9 disorders have ORs greater than 1.0 [3 of them significant], but with the OR for alcohol abuse significantly less than 1.0).