Sentences with phrase «crude attempt»

In short, however crude his attempts, he is trying to prove that he is more than a physical entity.

Consequently, if mythical statements are considered in themselves, in abstraction from their actual function in human life, they can only too easily be taken as simply man's first crude attempts at what we now know as science or history.

Georges's utter exhaustion with life manifests itself in crude attempts to get others to play accomplice in his death and role - playing as an amnesiac.

I enjoy my day job as an Information Developer, but I love being able to vent about my teams and make crude attempts at humor on the side.

The provocative title is aimed at distinguishing genuine relationship building from crude attempts at networking based on empty business card swapping that are ultimately pointless.

«many of the climate scientists I've been reading and listening to... dismiss theories of that sort as crude attempts to get around the «fact» of the hiatus....

Crude attempts at public debate have been made by one or more people hiding behind a false name: «The Callous Wind».

We require no crude attempts to «modernize» his words.

This whole «Khazar» garbage is a myth invented by Arabs in a crude attempt to delegitimize Israel How lame.

A cynical and crude attempt to divert attention away from the real truth.

«The mayor will stand in solidarity with our friends in Paris and across France to send the clear message that together we will fight terrorism and anti-Semitism at every turn, and that crude attempts to intimidate free expression will not succeed,» de Blasio spokesman Phil Walzak said in a statement.

«This publicity stunt by Plaid Cymru is a crude attempt to weaken our strong and historic link with the Labour Party and to deprive trade unions of a legitimate political role.

Undoubtedly in favour of the government's stance, Cooper's crude attempt to entice Tory backbenchers to pour scorn on the government, was easily countered by Miller, who assured those behind her that she «understood people's concerns» over the proposal.

It's a wound on his conscience that refuses to heal despite his crude attempts to erase his shame.

At the time, the government called the study «a crude attempt to second - guess» the results of its consultation on new schools.

So you used to have to pump the brakes, in a crude attempt to stop and maintain control of the car.

The result is that the Royer / Veizer tropical data seriously underestimates the global average change, even after my «x2» fudge (I multiply the plotted Royer / Veizer temperature anomalies by 2.0 as a crude attempt to globalise them).

What a crude attempt at changing the subject!