Sentences with phrase «despite bleak»

Despite the bleak news, Creutz still believes that a price cut is imminent.

Despite its bleak history, the city has undergone massive development over the years, where you can find breathtaking temples, royal buildings, and interesting museums set within close proximity to stylish restaurants, shopping malls, and lively bars.

Despite his bleak past, Able's «loving and forgiving personality» shone through to his rescuers.

Despite a bleak economy, the percentage of pets in homes that were adopted from animal shelters and rescue groups has risen from 27 percent to 29 percent in the last two years, with the number of healthy and treatable pets losing their lives for lack of a home dropping from 3 million to 2.7 million.

Yet, despite bleak conditions, they still believe in the redeeming power of education.

Despite the bleak prospects for immediate passage, there has been a flurry of efforts as different leaders from both parties and in both bodies introduce their latest versions of full ESEA bills and specific language around the CSP.

Despite this bleak picture, Oakland schools do have one advantage as they attempt to transform through blended learning: nobody thinks the status quo is good enough.

Despite the bleak situation, Rodriguez - Farrar was eventually able to see a silver lining: the experience of losing it all made her realize what she was missing — school.

Despite the bleak outlook — at least 5,000 schools are defined as failing under No Child Left Behind — efforts to break the status quo are emerging.

Despite her bleak surroundings there is a light in her eyes that can not be extinguished.

It's a dark and obviously perilous journey of two friends on a suicide mission, but despite its bleak undertones, the film is well - enough produced that it doesn't become too depressing of an experience.

Just as much, the cinematography from Mike McLaughlin serves to register the beauty of the barren Albertan landscape, at times breathtaking despite its bleak nature.

Despite the bleak - ness of the situation, the film vibrates with color, noise, music, ferocious arguments (both serious and teasing), and eye - catching snapshots of everyday life in Havana.

Despite my bleak outlook, I knew I had to start down the right path to lose weight before choosing what type of insulin was right for me.

Depressed parents don't doom their children Despite the bleak prognosis, depressed parents and their families should know that there is much one can do to mitigate a childs risk for becoming depressed.

Despite a bleak outlook for many sectors of biotechnology, there seems to be a consensus that people with certain skills in this field will be in high demand.

Most recently, in 2010 Sarah Teather held the newly redrawn Brent Central seat despite bleak projections of her demise and there are many other examples across the UK.

Despite bleak prospects for success, Trump promised «to do whatever is necessary» to forge an Israeli - Palestinian peace deal.

He made clear that, despite the bleak outlook in the polls, he was not prepared to consider resigning before 2015.

Despite bleak forecasts, the holding company has been placing expensive bets on traditional sectors of the U.S. economy.

Not exact matches

Costly Lessons Despite the many examples of companies that report shining success in applying cutting - edge customer - service concepts to get a competitive advantage, there's a bleak side to that brave new world.

Interestingly, despite Millennials» social mistrust, bleak financial situations and all the other mind - numbingly depressing data that apparently characterize their existence, Millennials tend to pretty upbeat about the future — both their own and that of the country as a whole.

The bleak among analysts assessment comes despite much hype surrounding Australian food companies and their ability to cash in on the so - called Asian «dining boom».

Despite Southern California's fabled sun, it can get mighty bleak and chilly in an outdoor pool during the winter dusk.

I want all of us to better understand the past so that the future is not so bleak and disappointing as yesterday's announcement that no one was elected despite there being several deserving candidates.

It looked bleak for the visitors at half - time, as despite an heroic effort from David de Gea to deny Roman Eremenko from the penalty spot, Seydou Doumbia had given the hosts the lead as he reacted first to the rebound.

But if, despite three centuries of shared history and the absence of deep cultural or religious cleavages, two political communities can not find a way to inhabit the same state, the outlook for these much harder cases is surely bleak.

These disappointments have left Carswell frustrated, but he remained an MP despite those initial bleak thoughts.

Despite rising threats and an uncertain world, there is increasing concern that UK's planned strategic defence review in 2015 will be bleak indeed for the defence sector and especially those on the front line as austerity bites deeper.

Industry regulator Postcomm claims post offices lost # 111 million last year, despite the # 150 million annual subsidy for rural branches, and says the situation looks bleak.

Despite efforts from local officials, who are working to bring change, any future development plans often look bleak as many sites are highly contaminated from the days of Bethlehem Steel.

Despite the cosy notion that British research is among the best in the world, the hard numbers paint a bleak picture of a nation in decline

Despite decades of public CPR training, in most communities fewer than half of all individuals with cardiac arrest receive any BCPR, and bleak survival rates persist.

The American, despite its name, is distinctly European in its pace (slow) and outlook (bleak), and it wears its lack of thrills almost as a badge of honour.

The best part of Lars von Trier's fascinating, engaging and often didactic Nymphomaniac is that, despite the sometimes - grim tone and bleak color palate, it's an extremely funny film, playful, even.

Despite its unfulfilling finish, there's a lot to appreciate in Shults» utterly bleak movie.

Despite a tough and rather bleak story, this Central American drama is bolstered by strikingly beautiful cinematography and involving characters.

But despite these flaws, the movie still amounts to a singular viewing experience: a multi-colored downer fantasy which combines bursts of imagination with a bleak worldview, resulting in something that rarely feels mainstream.

Despite there being a blatant nod to a sequel, due to its reception among consumers, things are looking bleak for W: LOT2.

Both stories contain deaf children who, despite being audibly - impaired, run away from their bleak small towns to NYC where they're left to their own devices in the overwhelmingly big apple.

Despite an upcoming appearance at this years Film4 Frightfest, the future still looks bleak for Stephen Sommers» big - screen adaptation of the first of horror author Dean Koontz» ODD THOMAS series of novels.

Despite the films bleak subject matter and flashback structure that — although handled well, does — at times, break the momentum of the here and now, Away (trailer) remains a thrilling and often extremely moving character drama, that is anchored by two exceptional central performances.

Despite an upcoming appearance at this years Film4 Frightfest, the future still looks bleak for Stephen Sommers» big - screen adaptation of the first of horror...

Despite stunning visuals, a satisfying score, and three all - in lead performances, «Out of the Furnace» is still bleak, boring and lifeless.

«King & Country» is a very harsh and bleak anti-war film that's been largely relegated to the cinematic dustbin of history, despite being very well - regarded at the time — enough to earn four BAFTA Awards nominations (the British equivalent of the Oscars), including Best Picture.

Despite some heavy themes, it is never too bleak nor does its emotional core ever become too sentimental or cloying.

The realities Ngounou saw for teachers, administrators, families, and students working in education painted a bleak picture of the future, one in which despite all the hard work a certain feeling of powerlessness about policies and practices remained.

LOS ANGELES - Despite painting a bleak outlook for school funding next year, Governor - elect Jerry Brown pledged Tuesday to take an even - handed look at what areas can best afford to be cut in the upcoming budget debate.

As you can probably tell, I started out by listing the worst things about this car and the picture may seem bleak right now, but in reality, this is probably the car I want the most in the BMW range, despite all the drawbacks.

In those bleak days, despite unrelenting hardship and fear, they sought to maintain their religious faith by smuggling a potato and some margarine into camp — elements which they used to construct a makeshift candle so they could surreptitiously celebrate Hanukkah.»