Sentences with phrase «conscious efforts by»

A conscious effort by Trump to mislead the FBI director could lend weight to the allegation, contained in the private research dossier compiled by a former British spy in 2016, that Trump engaged in compromising activity during the trip that exposed him to potential Russian blackmail.

They set up NPP constituency collation centres where there was a conscious effort by NPP agents to collect pink sheets at the end of polls and first get them to NPP constituency collation centres before they got to the EC collation centres.

A safe and supportive environment and a conscious effort by teachers to dissociate reading aloud purely with some form of testing or task were also seen as key to helping youngsters improve their skills.

Christopher Knight's brilliant essay on Warhol's Jackie series being a conscious effort by the artist to replicate the weeping woman motif that Picasso used to make sense of the bombing of Guernica as he tried to mark the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

But in most of the UK and North America, cycling is a lot more dangerous than it should be, not only because of a lack of cycling infrastructure, but a conscious effort by the motoring world to get bikes off the roads, and to create a culture of «normalization»:

India — «An assessment by the Planning Commission is that from 1990 to 2005, India's carbon emissions naturally came down by 17 to 19 per cent because of efficient and cleaner technologies without any conscious effort by the government.

However, whether this is a conscious effort by the makers of Hello Kitty to influence the way we consume products, or if this is a moment of clever PR work is hard to know for sure.»

At the time of implementation, there was a conscious effort by the legislature to distinguish civil partnership from marriage, but it is a sign of constantly changing attitudes that the government now proposes to legislate for same - sex marriage.

A string of recent developments clearly demonstrate a conscious effort by the government to fund and create these AI innovations, much of which will be achieved through cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology.

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After awareness, comes action and rewiring yourself by making a conscious effort to improve something every day.

Hugh Lawson, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Institutional Client Strategy and ESG and Impact investing efforts, is joined by Scott Brown, CEO of New Energy Capital, and Elizabeth McGeveran, Director of Impact Investing at the McKnight Foundation, to discuss how socially conscious investing has become mainstream and where it could be headed.

But little by little, day by day, imperceptibly, without conscious effort on our part, our lives began to change, not always better in the short run, but definitely different and unquestionably better in the long run....

There is a conscious effort made by Christian theologians to capture the growing awareness among Dalits that they were «members of an ancient primeval society disinherited and uprooted by the alien Brahmanical civilization.

Maintained without conscious effort but still entirely controlled by brain function.

This question usually triggers among non-converts an uncomfortable silence broken by the phrase, «Well, I was born in a Christian family,» followed by an effort to locate a singular moment of conscious conversion some time during middle school, probably at the altar call of a church youth - group retreat.

Before the impact of Freud's rediscovery of the irrational in man, one could talk about man without taking account of his persistent efforts to justify himself by conscious and unconscious means.

We must make a conscious effort if the presence is to be known to us at first hand and not simply by hearsay.

But because it is a higher level that is comprehending a lower, the symbolic forms by which it is embodied will always have a quality of incomprehensibility about them that eludes our conscious efforts at mastery.

Others, however, make a more conscious effort to let piety enter the teaching - learning process by way of «rabbit - chasing» — discussion of topics tangential to the main subject, and personal commentary.

A more likely view, and one held by many competent interpreters, is that this present collection of ten commandments, this Decalogue, this aggregate of «ten words,» probably represents not an original nucleus around which the growing fullness of Old Testament torah formed, not a chronologically prior basic code which was subsequently expanded, but rather a self - conscious, consummately discerning effort to reduce to its most significant essence a relatively comprehensive and detailed body of torah.

similar to the almond milk, i was very pleased by how many restaurants made the conscious effort to accommodate their non-gluten-consuming patrons.

Fuelled in part by the rise of the health and wellbeing trend, consumers are marking a conscious effort to improve their diets and lifestyles.

When I made the conscious effort to incorporate seeds into my diet on a daily basis, I was surprised by their versatility.

I had been taught by my parents to be honest, and I always make a conscious effort not to separate one part of my life from another.»

Speaking at the 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

Speaking in Abuja to mark 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

By proposing that trade unionists must now «opt in» the object is clear - fewer members are likely to make a conscious effort to do so, so funds would decrease.

For a long time, brain scientists believed that maintaining focus in these situations required a cascade of mental events: momentary distraction, followed by the realization that our attention has been diverted and a conscious effort to bring it back on the task at hand.

While I don't feel the need to take iron supplements (as recommended by doctors), I am going to make a conscious effort to eat more iron - rich foods.

The physical downturn brought about by techno - culture can only be staved off by conscious efforts to stay more upright and linear in our figure.

For this reason, I make a conscious effort to use only as much cooking liquid as is needed when using a pressure cooker and to re-use the liquid in the meal by making a gravy, drinkable broth or sauce of some kind.

Furthermore, some of these population groups may also be affected by their choice of lifestyle or other health - conscious efforts.

Without making the conscious effort to take time to yourself once in a while, days, weeks, even months can go by, resulting in fatigue and a short temper.

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Shot in the square academy aspect ratio by cinematographer Alexander Dynan, in long, measured takes captured by a mostly stationary camera, it marks the director's first conscious effort to mimic the hushed, contemplative aesthetic of directors like Robert Bresson, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Yasujiro Ozu, as brilliantly explicated in Schrader's seminal 1972 book, «Transcendental Style in Film.»

The producers of the Academy Awards also seemed to make a conscious effort to diversify the representation on their stage, having women present the awards not only for Best Actor but also for Best Actress (which in years past was done by men), as well as Best Director.

A24 purchased the film, which stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, ahead of the festival, and judging by its first trailer, a conscious effort is being made to position Ari Aster's feature - length directorial debut as less miminalist in the horror department than both The Witch and It Comes at Night.

A fact - finding report examining the Los Angeles Unified School District's financial condition urges employees to accept pay cuts this year to help the district avert bankruptcy, noting that a «conscious and consistent effort» by the district to raise its employees» salaries is a leading cause of its current budget problems.

By simply looking at existing data in a smarter way, schools and colleges can make a conscious effort to reduce their effect on the environment, minimise costs and increase engagement.

With teens, we can take it a step further by making a conscious effort to explain the process, our roles, and the reasons we do what we do.

Storing information in the long - term memory is created by a conscious effort on behalf of the learners.

Legal efforts to correct the effects of past official discrimination were followed by sporadic attempts, initiated by local governments and school districts, to reduce school segregation by voluntarily adopting race - conscious school - assignment plans.

By contrast, Miron says his team made a conscious effort to report the actual number for all trends reported and to identify the sources of data so that others could replicate the analyses they conducted.

Efforts by reformers along with reform - minded (and, in many cases, budget - conscious) governors to make it harder to attain tenure or abolish near - lifetime employment altogether, along with moves to subject teachers to performance - based evaluations, means that they would lose the benefits for which they have long worked.

Both instances have driven some consumers to make a conscious effort to only shop locally, and the majority of UK independent booksellers surveyed by The Bookseller have reported they are feeling the effects of the sentiment.

Most puppies that exhibit this behavior will outgrow it by the 5th month if you make a conscious effort to work them out of it.

For this reason, verbal praise in dogs must be accompanied by a conscious effort to have the dog recognize the reward when it is given.

This renovation is part of Nikko Bali Resort & Spa's conscious effort to anticipate the needs of guest by continuously upgrading services and facilities to the highest international standards.

Conscious that most gamers have the memory span of fruit - flies, Rocksteady have been keen to fill the delay by releasing oodles of video of the game in action in an effort to keep our appetites suitably whetted.