Sentences with phrase «despite strenuous efforts»

Both histories show at once the importance of race in the visual culture of the West and the ways in which, despite the strenuous efforts of many to the contrary, the result has been a hybrid creolization» (N. Mirzoeff, Bodyscape: art, modernity and the ideal figure, London and New York, 1995, p. 15).

Despite strenuous efforts, and with vocal support from the public, the Audience All Stars could not keep up with such bold originality.

These skills sets are rarely found in a single individual and relying solely on internal resources to translate and localize training courses, leads to poor quality courses, delayed rollouts, and unnecessary costs — despite strenuous efforts.

Despite the strenuous efforts of anti-GM protestors, a field experiment was conducted, a clear result was obtained, and the scientists involved can now use this information to refine and improve their technical approaches to control aphids in crops without using insecticides.»

Despite strenuous efforts by regulators, a significant fraction of the offset credits is fictitious «hot air» manufactured by accounting tricks, critics say.

These not only survived until modern times in many indigenous cultures, such as those of the New Zealand Maori and the North American Indians, but they often continued beneath the surface of the post-Axial faiths, despite strenuous efforts over the centuries to destroy them.

Another factor in the victory for «the right to die» was a striking inability of the opposition, both religious and secular, to secure high - profile support within the cultural and political mainstream, despite strenuous efforts to do so.

Not exact matches

Science and reason on the other hand have improved the human condition, despite religion's strenuous effort to throttle science in its cradle.

But we feel from the outset that the human characters are caught like strong swimmers in an undertow that is much stronger than their most strenuous strivings, an undertow that will take them where it will, despite their efforts.

RobB will either follow the suggestion up or not — despite your strenuous (and transparent) efforts to dissuade him with your mischaracterisations of a book that you haven't read or even heard of until now.