Sentences with phrase «earnest attempt»

A new year means a new set of occasionally earnest attempts at self - improvement.

The final section, «Observations on the Process», makes the greatest sense after the reader has not only read section two, but has made earnest attempts at exploring and internalizing its many suggestions.

Despite earnest attempts by BookScan, BookStats, and StatShot to suss out overall U.S. print sales, no one in publishing really seems to know... and the various «official» estimates that come from the above sources vary by 250 %, which doesn't help things.

Despite earnest attempts, Mr. Franco can't bring the fervency of Crane's poetry to life in the extensive recitations.

One could say that after the ill - fated $ 549 iPhone 5c from 2012, the $ 399 iPhone SE has probably been the company's most earnest attempt at cracking the mid-range smartphone market.

And only some such openness of Christians to other religions will give any fruitful meaning to the present earnest attempts at encounter.

Through our work with the colleges implementing TAACCCT - funded programs, we've seen earnest attempts by the colleges to involve industry representatives in revising curricula and practices to make sure the training programs are relevant and responsive to current industry needs.

Sadly, though, it doesn't seem as though Ford has made the same earnest attempt to create a fun, engaging performance crossover like, say, Nissan did with the Juke Nismo.

Instead, it's Jeep's first earnest attempt to go after the much larger population of compact crossover SUV buyers.

A very different sort of pastoral counsel is needed, however, for those who have repeatedly made earnest attempts but never achieved their fondest goals.

As stated, Ground Zeroes is the clearest, most earnest attempt at an MGS yet; Snake has to infiltrate a government facility at night to try and save two prisoners.

You kind of get over how annoying Reynolds can be after awhile and just let the manic energy of the movie do its thing — the constantly shifting narrative framework, Deadpool's fourth wall asides, the movie's earnest attempts at developing a central romantic motivation.

Like those fathers, «Ant - Man» is a flawed, yet earnest attempt to win over those who might not believe in it.

Ryan continued: «I look at this pie - making as an earnest attempt from you to reach out to all of us, not just to me.»

In light of this, why does Pearl Jam deserve a PBS documentary that shows their earnest attempts to be the next big global rock stars?

Second, since an earnest attempt is needed to return Christianity to its Jewish roots, Kaplan's thought provides a welcome bridge for an American to traverse.

It is important to realize that a very able and earnest attempt is being made by Catholic scholars in this country, with much support from Catholics in western Europe, to change the principles as well as the practice of the Church in this matter.

Here's an earnest attempt to sum up the major happenings in pro wrestling this year.

In a statement, Cuomo called the fee «an earnest attempt at a real solution» to the problem of bag waste, but said that allowing the stores to keep the money amounted «to a $ 100 million - per - year windfall to merchants.»

«While there are no doubt institutional political issues at play, and while New York City's law is an earnest attempt at a real solution, it is also undeniable that the City's bill is deeply flawed,» Cuomo said.

Are the recent Enterprise Zones, part of a policy of «managed decline» or an earnest attempt to promote authentic economic growth in the Regions?

In a statement to the press, Cuomo acknowledged the concerns that inspired the surcharge, and called Lander and Chin's proposal «an earnest attempt at a real solution.»

Despite this lack of social intelligence, Finch understands how funny his earnest attempts at empathy come off to neurotypicals.

One day, they're never off their phone, idly watching television, casually batting away your earnest attempts at conversation.

Sydney Pollack's The Interpreter is an earnest attempt at that increasingly rare item, an adult entertainment.

She's unfocused, and her life is a series of earnest attempts to move forward, while also lacking the confidence to take chances.

There is no earnest attempt to try to salvage the series in the slightest, and consequently, only the most die - hard of fans might actually be forgiving enough to endure the horrendously ill - conceived physical humor to the conclusion (I have to admit to all of you that I had to shut this off about a half hour before the conclusion for sanity's sake).

And despite some earnest attempts to patch together a metaphorical framework for things via some outlandishly surrealist sequences, writer - director Paolo Sorrentino tells more than he shows, and wastes some damn fine performances from his cast.

And one glimpse of Cage's ridiculous hairstyle (an earnest attempt to more closely resemble the appearance of Pawalit Mongkolpisit, the star of the original film) automatically prevents him from being anything resembling cool and more of a laughingstock or that delusional would - be father who's convinced he's still hip.

The Exorcist - Lite with a Hebrew twist, The Possession is an earnest attempt at a family drama masquerading as a horror movie, one that is ultimately rendered toothless by overly familiar tropes and a emasculating PG - 13 rating.

It sheds little light on circumstances and seems more like an earnest attempt to bolster activism than anything else.

Unfortunately, this film isn't supposed to be about how one decent but heavily flawed guy copes with the problems of his unappreciative friends, nor should it be about how his unappreciative friends patronize him constantly and use his earnest attempts to make amends for his mistakes to their advantage.

Despite Rooney Mara's best efforts, there's nothing much about Mary in this earnest attempt to restore the saint's reputation

An earnest attempt to recapture some of the magic that made Superman - the Movie and Superman II so special.

Stuck in a dead - end job, living with feuding flat - mates, and a genuine feeling of lethargy, Shaun makes an earnest attempt to keep Liz, but it backfires badly on their anniversary.

This alone does not guarantee new learning but it does publicly demonstrate the earnest attempt of stepping outside of the personal comfort zone.

Few of them make any earnest attempt to persuade readers to reject Common Core on its merits or lack thereof.

Valorizing growth was an earnest attempt to measure schools» contributions to student learning, not merely demographics or zip code.

Trujillo said what probably started as an earnest attempt to ensure that teachers who have proven themselves to be unfit don't get back into classrooms morphed into a kind of free - for - all where site administrators, principals and assistant principals were able to add people to the list with no oversight.

The Nissan GT - R, Japan's most earnest attempt to build a supercar capable of smiting the European standard - bearers, isn't perfect, but the savings over a Porsche 911 Turbo will easily cover a Boxster.

Few manufactures have made an earnest attempt to offer a high performance package for an SUV of this size, allowing the Durango SRT to enter the market essentially uncontested in the segment.

Buick announced that LaCrosse, Regal and Verano Sport Touring (ST) models will be available in Canada this fall — further evidence of the automaker's earnest attempts to woo the...

Physician is Rajeev Kurapati's earnest attempt to answer this question and others central to the practice of medicine.

Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements.

Final Fantasy VII burst onto the PS1 with graphics that amazed and a story that overwhelmed gamers everywhere, but in its earnest attempt at creating a connection to the player, something happened that allowed the genre to slowly spiral out of control into a never - ending battle against goofy dialogue, uncanny graphics, and an over-abundance of drama played up for the sake of drama.

It began as an earnest attempt at a Mega Man revival from producer Keiji Inafune, who had guided the series for much of his time at Capcom.