Sentences with phrase «despite persistent efforts»

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Despite the big - effort, these corporate programs will likely do very little toward making a dent in the country's persistent unemployment problems.

«Despite tight budgets and persistent challenges, school nutrition professionals are making efforts to incorporate more clean label foods and expand menus to encourage children to make healthier choices.»

Despite a decades - long effort to restructure schools — in part, at least, to give parents a greater voice in school decisions — we see little evidence that teachers perceive much influence from parents, or from students.48 This outcome probably reflects the wellknown and persistent challenges teachers and administrators face in creating authentic relationships with parents for school - improvement purposes.

Despite continuous efforts at NSRLP to bring forward the voices of (intelligent, polite, reasoned, thoughtful) members of the public, this is an astonishingly pervasive and persistent assumption.

Her persistent efforts to pursue the University on this issue, despite numerous rulings against her, are simply not reasonable.

Despite Nvidia's persistent efforts to break into the console gaming business, its Shield devices struggled for relevance with a limited slate of exclusive software, ultimately offering little beyond what was already available on consoles and other Android platforms via Google Play.

cope when they are unable to change a challenging social situation through problem solving or persistent effort (e.g., struggling academically despite their best efforts).