Sentences with phrase «despite sustained efforts»

Last year's global sensation Pokémon GO didn't crack the overall or App Store revenue top 10, despite sustained efforts by publisher Niantic to reignite the frenzy of 2016 with new Pokémon and other content, but did appear at No. 9 on Google Play.

The commission presented three main findings: «(A) despite sustained efforts to expand the public's access to legal services, significant unmet needs persist; (B) advancements in technology and other innovations continue to change how legal services can be accessed and delivered; and (C) public trust and confidence in obtaining justice and in accessing legal services is compromised by bias, discrimination, complexity, and lack of resources.»

Relatively few were successful in accessing legal services on this basis despite a sustained effort.

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And despite the authority that population «scientists» today lend to the worldwide effort to promote birth control, convincing evidence that voluntaryfamily planning programs have resulted in sustained changes in fertility norms is still lacking.

Their ability to sustain a push for European football has surprised many and Dyche admits that emulating this season's success will only become harder, despite ongoing efforts to improve every aspect of the club.

A concerted effort to eradicate invasive plants, or to remove a dam in a surface waterway are both examples of how our staff and volunteers can boost the resilience of a given landscape — helping the creatures that live there sustain long - term, despite the impacts of climate change.

Despite a sense of inevitability, he believes with a sustained effort he can win over sceptics in Parliament when expansion is voted on in 14 months» time.

Despite their best efforts to stabilize abdominal wounds sustained on the battlefield, military first - responders have few options when it comes to stanching internal bleeding caused by, for example, gunshots or explosive fragments.

The Human Placenta Project, launched last year by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) despite uncertainty over how much money would back in the effort, has just received a whopping $ 41.5 million in 2015 to study the vital mass of tissue that sustains a developing fetus.

By emphasizing the importance of «working strenuously toward challenges, and maintaining effort and interest over years, despite failure, adversity, and plateaus in progress,» educators can help to encourage the habits of sustained effort and focus that increase the likelihood of achieving goals (Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, & Kelly, 2007).

Despite the best efforts of the teachers to provide leadership for their school, along with efforts by the district to establish formal teacher - leadership positions, the combined effects of frequent principal turnover and frequent teacher turnover made it impossible for this school to sustain any momentum in its improvement efforts.

Despite the urgent need, cooperation is too often treated as a time - limited, forced marriage rather than a sustained effort and long - term relationship.

A municipality that is experiencing a problem with pit bull attacks needs to consider for itself the best course of action to protect its citizens, especially those most likely to be unable to defend themselves from the tenacious and sustained attack of a pit bull, who will likely bite, hold, and tear at its victim despite efforts to stop it.

Despite these minor graphical transgressions, Ray Gigant is a fundamentally enjoyable effort, demonstrating Experience Inc.'s sustained expertise with dungeon crawls.

Tipping the balance in Nigeria toward more effective governance is vital if promising trajectories on girl's education (despite Boko Haram's efforts) and agricultural productivity are to be sustained.

The victim survived the incident initially and was taken by ambulance to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center for emergency treatment, but despite the best efforts of physicians, the man, described as a 31 - year - old, died from the injuries sustained in the crash.

But despite your efforts to stay safe while you drive, another person's negligence or choices could cause you to get into a car accident and sustain injuries.