Sentences with phrase «done as an attempt»

Hey Sam: I've added the nested comments feature so that you can do as you attempted with this comment.

This is done as an attempt to recover as much of their investment as fast as possible before the borrower is unable to repay.

I don't read what it's doing as attempting to apportion blame - though the word «cause» does crop up.

They did this as an attempt to distract attention from anything Lord Monckton said.

Not exact matches

People don't see themselves as one - dimensional, so you shouldn't attempt to define them as such.

Instead of downplaying her femininity in an attempt to be taken more seriously as the CEO of a women's sexual health company, Whitehead did the opposite.

People may perceive your heavy nods as an attempt to show you agree with or understand something that you actually don't.

Whether it's the barista frothing my cappuccino as I impatiently embark on my next transcontinental flight or the construction workers blocking the street while cars pile up and they, doughnuts in hand, mosey along attempting to clear the blockage du jour, people seem to be flat - out taking their blasted time.

The new rules by themselves will likely give the carriers more incentive to buy content - producing companies, as Verizon (vz) did in acquiring Yahoo and AT&T is attempting to do by acquiring Time Warner (twx).

They did the research without consulting Theranos or informing the company of it, in an attempt to replicate real - world conditions as closely as possible.

The unilateral statement issued by the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, initially caught some defense, military, and intelligence officials off guard, NBC News and BuzzFeed reported late Monday, and struck many as President Donald Trump's attempt to draw a red line for US military intervention in Syria — something he had criticized President Barack Obama for doing in the past.

My first attempt at homemade brunch may not have been as «Insta - worthy» as $ 16 avocado toast, but everyone was well - fed and happy, and my friends didn't spend a penny.

As Russia's president attempts to reassert his nation's clout in Europe, he is doing so on an ever shakier economic foundation.

And it's not as if Williams doesn't have the money (he made a reported $ 50 million selling Blogger to Google) or the connections (Twitter's angel investors read like a who's who of Silicon Valley) to attempt something more ambitious.

As the tweet notes, the prospect of Telegram becoming a dominant currency will be challenged in part because other companies could easily attempt to do the same with ICOs of their own.

Fitzgerald said last week that she did not recall receiving an email in May 2015 that detailed an attempt to discredit a police whistleblower whose allegations of widespread misconduct in the force cost her predecessor his job as justice minister.

It doesn't attempt to hold the reader's attention for an extended period of time, and this is important if you're presenting to a potential investor who will have other plans he or she will need to read as well.

Or better yet, as Kevin Fleming pointed out «Starting a business is like attempting to climb up a mountain during a hurricane,» which tempts me to ask what he does to relax.

Self - consciousness can cause us to put on a mask or attempt to please those whom we perceive as having greater status or power than we do, while simple laziness makes it easy to overlook the average Joes or Janes on the street and offer them less than the best version of yourself.

As McLaughlin attempted to do her job and ask questions related to the game and Gayle's performance, the athlete responded that he wanted to come on the interview «just to see [McLaughlin's] eyes for the first time.»

«Yo, what are we going to do with this stuff,» Jake asks as we're all attempting to deflate the props we just spent an hour inflating.

Who knows: after a few attempts you may even come to appreciate flights as a chance to do good work.

Knowing your industry will allow you to change the below diagram as you see fit, but what I am attempting to do here is give you a rough sense of what the middle of the road industry might look like.

What began as an attempt to win in the courts what they couldn't get from Congress ended with the FBI acquiring an exploit from a «third party» — reportedly from Cellebrite, from one of the growing cadre of professional hackers who do this kind of thing for money.

«If I look at what they've done since (Wilson) announced he was stepping off the board, they've ramped up their product quality team, they've attempted to reinvigorate the design process as they were the clear leader three years ago in the space,» Burns said.

What is more, he did his work as someone whose academic credentials made him acutely aware of the historical moment he was capturing, in attempting to create a whole new category of knowledge around the way organizations are run.

But take it as a learning experience and attempt to do better in the future.

Businesses may actually end up buying more online ads on Facebook to promote themselves, because simply creating content and attempting to share it on the news feed for free will no longer work as well as it once did.

Although the release doesn't mention it, while Tribune was becoming tronc, it was also taking a vote on a new slate of directors — a vote that Gannett attempted to influence by trying to convince shareholders to withhold their support, as a show of non-confidence.

The problem occurs when brands attempt to gather as many followers, likes and retweets as possible through the use of content, including material that does not provide true value, as well as questions.

But what made this company's work so revolutionary was not what it was trying to make so much as how it was attempting to do it.

That's an attempt to circumvent Content ID and fighting it costs money, as does handling disputes when the system incorrectly flags videos as infringing copyright.

Sevigny said as social media continues to increase its presence with public commentary on matters such as Question Period — which doesn't just rely on mainstream media for coverage anymore in a sea of tweets — it may lead to a change in behaviour of MPs as they attempt to come across in a warmer light to a broader reporting audience.

However, that didn't stop detractors from arguing that the government could attempt to block the merger since Amazon might use it as a way to dominate a new market with its retail and supply chain power.

It typically didn't take a big push as I always had a high drive to succeed at anything I attempted.

The big money knows to hold on while a steeply profitable move is in effect (as seen in the trader saying, «let profits run») and to patiently stay in cash in the grip of a market panic («don't attempt to catch a falling knife»).

[12] Nor does the notion that monetary policy operates by expanding the money supply (or base money) and this excess supply bids up demand for goods and services (and their prices) as people attempt to get rid of their excessive money balance.

But making an attempt to do something is necessary, as there is every indication that Russia will continue to try to meddle in US elections moving forward — and it will use the internet to do it.

What does seem to be new is Wylie's personal account of his experience with the company, as well as reports of Facebook's ongoing attempts to get CA to destroy the data it harvested.

Although the private company's finances are a mystery, industry experts question whether the company is subsidizing rides to grow market share, much as it did recently in a failed attempt to break into the Didi Chuxing - controlled Chinese market.

So again, the company is being shown doing the minimum possible — in what might be construed as a cynical attempt to check another compliance box and carry on its data - sucking business as usual.

While he took great pains to point out that it's still months away from his July start date and by that time «the UK economy might be in an entirely different place,» he did attempt to clarify his position on specific points such as inflation (he supports a continued course of «flexible regulation») and further stimulus (he's for it, should the British economy need it).

Smith believes Apple is the first major company that's attempting to utilize differential privacy at scale, although he notes other large commercial entities such as AT&T have previously done research on it (as has, perhaps surprisingly, Google via its Project Rappor).

And all this avalanche was caused by a not very successful attempt by a porn actress Stormy Daniel to make a photo robot of a man who allegedly threatened her and her daughter if she did not give up attempts to cancel the agreement between her and Donald Trump, forbidding her to publish memories of their not quite platonic relationships, at the time in his life, when he could not imagine himself as President of the United States even in his worst nightmare.

My increasing concern is that we won't see much from the incoming administration that doesn't involve intimidation, misuse of power, self - dealing, and attempts to use discretionary edict - as a substitute for equal protection and legislative process.

Seeing as how the Federal Government has done nothing to show that the millions of Coinbase users have engaged in suspect tax - avoidance conduct, Mr. Berns attempted to protect the interests and personal information of all of Coinbase's customers who are the subject of the summons.

As a policyholder, do not attempt to claim the personal property of a roommate if they are not listed on your renters insurance policy.

As NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman leads the NHL into its latest war of revenge against Jerry Moyes for trying to recoup his losses by attempting to sell the Phoenix Coyotes to the outlaw buyer, Jim Balsillie, it is well to remember that his triumph in the courts over the now three time loser didn't change one ugly fact: the Phoenix Coyotes still lose huge sums of money every year.

As my PaidContent colleague Jeff John Roberts reported last month, Harris» attempt to have this court order struck down failed for a somewhat unusual reason: namely, the judge hearing the case decided that Harris did not have any legal interest in the tweets he sent, because such rights only apply to things a user actually owns — and users do not own their tweets for the purposes of the U.S. Constitution.

As such, it's not at all clear that the Province has the right to enact the powers it is attempting to here over refined products, although it clearly does have the broad power to restrict exports in the case of crude oil, synthetic crude oil, and bitumen and other resources.