Sentences with phrase «despite earnest efforts»

It's frustrating because, despite your earnest efforts, requests, and pleadings, you can't seem to make a breakthrough to accomplish your goals.

If a marriage can not be healed or moved toward satisfying fulfillment — either because of the recalcitrance of one of the partners, or because of the inability of the couple despite their earnest efforts — then other courses may be searched out.

Despite my earnest efforts to make sessions on the sacraments, church history, the Bible, ethics and...

Despite my earnest efforts to make sessions on the sacraments, church history, the Bible, ethics and beliefs interesting, the last thing on earth these youth wanted was to be put through two more hours of school every Thursday during Lent.

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Despite setbacks, that effort is now moving forward in earnest, officials say.

However, the film is very, very forgettable just because it becomes tedious after awhile, despite Washington's earnest effort to make it somewhat respectable - it is just a downright bore.

Despite Rooney Mara's best efforts, there's nothing much about Mary in this earnest attempt to restore the saint's reputation

Despite 15 years of earnest efforts to improve public schools and raise student achievement, states haven't made much progress.

It is something that, despite a lot of earnest effort, we have not been able to close, and it is going to take more than what we thought was possible in terms of our capabilities, and bandwidth, and means, to accomplish change.

Your client has put up $ 5,000 in earnest money and entered into a contract to buy a house, but despite her best efforts, she's unable to secure financing.