Sentences with phrase «despite major efforts»

Just like in humans, slimming down can seem painfully slow for dogs, despite major efforts.

This is despite major efforts to spread best practices widely, including the work of education schools and $ 15 billion spent annually on teacher professional development.

The obvious conclusion is that there are no practical limits to economic growth now or in the foreseeable future despite the major effort to dream them up over many years.

Not exact matches

This reputation was confirmed during the Kosovo conflict when, despite Serbian criticism, his church made major efforts to assist Muslim refugees flooding into his country from Kosovo.

I ate a couple of these cookies (okay, maybe like five) one evening after taking two final exams earlier that day (read: major sleep deprivation), and I was still wide awake until about 4:00 am, despite my best efforts to relax and catch some winks.

But despite the strong efforts that Alexis Sanchez has put in up front and the performances from the likes of Giroud, Welbeck and Perez, I still think a major talent up front would be the missing piece to the jigsaw, especially when it comes to our chances of winning the league again!

Despite that, it may seem all their efforts have now gone in vain, as there is some major news come in relating to his future, which will be liked by the fans of the two English giants.

Despite that, defense officials insist that the order has not had a major impact on the war effort.

But despite the city's efforts, such as providing free breakfast for students and placing restrictions on snacks sold in school vending machines, childhood obesity continues to pose a major challenge.

Australia's fragile Great Barrier Reef remains under threat despite efforts to rein in major sources of damage to the World Heritage - listed icon

Despite these efforts there have not yet been significant reductions in new HIV infections in major cities, for instance.

One major problem is a ridiculously unconvincing villain: The script attempts to shoehorn in a bit of Skyfall - style backstory between Bond and his enemy, which sadly leaves the character looking more laughable than terrifying, despite Waltz's best efforts.

Despite a lack of noble intentions, at least Disney put some effort into it by tossing in a few side jokes aimed toward adults, and spiffed up the effects to theater - worthy levels we would expect for a major summer release.

One major problem is a ridiculously unconvincing villain: the script attempts to shoehorn a spot of «Skyfall» - style backstory between Bond and his enemy, which sadly leaves the character looking more laughable than terrifying, despite Waltz's best efforts.

Nationwide, school administrators identify only a tiny fraction of their teachers as ineffective, despite major evaluation - reform efforts by state and federal governments.

Despite the rail industry's efforts to prevent new entrants into the market, 1920 ushered - in a major challenge to rail's hegemony.

Despite efforts from different major publishers to sell books directly through their own websites, even in the face of pricing disputes and lack of access to titles offered by retailers at one point, it isn't a concept that has grown.

But I'm sure we're not the only ones who, despite our best efforts, had management failures that lead to major setbacks.

Despite the pet food industry's efforts to offer more nutrient - dense diets and fewer weight - gain - inducing formulas for the nation's chunkier dogs and cats, obesity is on the rise for the fifth straight year, according to a report from Nationwide, a major provider of pet insurance.

The emotional impact of a game is severely lessened by the fact that, despite my best efforts, I come across a major plot element before playing.

The reason for this was that Western indies had been getting truckloads of attentions for their efforts, but I felt that - due to the fact that the teams that I had worked for had had their games published by major game publishers - we weren't being perceived as independent, despite being self - sufficient and wholly - owned companies.

Despite the significant amount of «dark money» being funneled into efforts that seek to obstruct action on climate change or misinform the public, Brulle concludes that sufficient evidence exists that «a number of major conservative foundations have clearly played a crucial role in the development and maintenance of the [climate change counter-movement].»

«That's in part why, despite consistent efforts to weaken or roll back existing federal climate policies, the administration has yet to successfully suspend, weaken, or repeal a major climate protection.»

But, despite their best efforts, researchers at major universities including Caltech, Stanford, Perth, and Glasgow could not match the Russian's results.

In the 2011 biographical movie about Oakland Athletics» general manager Billy Beane's efforts to assemble a winning team from a small budget, Brad Pitt starred as the guy who employed the assistance of a number - crunching economist to use data and analytics to put together a competitive team despite having less money than most other major league teams — about one third that of the New York Yankees.

When there is enough proof that these major concerns are not going away, despite your effort to forgive, your marriage is in trouble.