Sentences with phrase «efforts fall flat»

Yet despite the investment and focus, research studies show that many of these efforts fall flat, producing few, if any, gains in student achievement and interest.

Unfortunately, you can create the most cutting - edge program, but if there aren't any learners interested, your efforts fall flat.

Why is it that companies can spend hours upon hours investing in content creation, only to have their efforts fall flat with the audiences they're trying to reach?

I tried to get other teachers and parents involved, but my efforts fell flat each time.

Attempts have been made to bring the two men together, sometimes through intermediaries, other times through direct talks, with all those efforts falling flat.

It also attempts to inject some depth into the main character, but in reality, the execution is so hamfisted that the entire effort falls flat.

No deal: Foreclosure mediation efforts falling flat.

The cable operators have toyed with the idea of becoming mobile carriers before — going so far as to buy their own spectrum nearly a decade ago — but all of their efforts fell flat.

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However, despite high expectations, so far Trump's efforts to overhaul healthcare and reform taxes have fallen flat and have been short on substance.

In the wake of this, Twitter's efforts to convince the investing community of the opportunity ahead fell flat.

My earlier efforts to interest him in pureed vegetables fell flat.

Their efforts shall fall flat because you are a man of integrity & principle.They shall be put to shame by #MahamaLegacy,» the first lady tweeted.

Efforts to weaken the cap by making it a «straight» 2 percent limit and discarding the rate of inflation component have fallen flat at the Capitol and is opposed by Cuomo.

That effort largely fell flat, though the crowd laughed at his other jokes.

Ultimately, however, the reform effort largely fell flat.

Jeffrey Lord, a Trump surrogate and a former aide to Ronald Reagan, said on CNN the effort will fall flat because voters don't trust her.

Efforts to secure a ceasefire at the UN fell flat on Saturday after the US vetoed the text of a draft resolution which strongly condemned Israeli action.

In the biggest test of public opinion since the general election, efforts to wrest the strongholds of Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet from the Tories fell flat.

The reasons range from historical disagreements to present strategy — but they start with a two - month effort at bipartisanship that finally fell flat on Tuesday.

After falling flat on my face with my last sugar detox effort, I've decided that this time around, I am going to be better prepared.

I suspect Match.com could, with not too much effort, determine exactly what types of emails work best, what causes profiles to fall flat and so on.

He expects you to respond a certain way (flattered and falling for him), that he barely has to put any effort into his sweet text messages or witty emails.

Still, in the end, despite the best efforts of the onscreen and offscreen talent, the final product falls flat in way too many places, even as a character study, in spite of Turtorro's inspired performance.

Jack's killer - disease revelation admittedly does inject the proceedings with some much - needed energy, although even this aspect of the film ultimately falls flat due to Bell's overtly sinister turn (ie one's efforts at buying into the character's claims are consistently thwarted by his exceedingly evil demeanor).

It is, of course, not surprising to note that the sentimental elements that crop up towards the end fall completely flat, as the viewer has absolutely nothing invested in these characters or their happiness - with the end result a nigh worthless piece of work that manages to waste a fairly impressive cast (ie it takes some effort to drain Allen of his natural charisma).

Similarly, attempts to humanize the conflict by zeroing in on Logan's efforts to improve his strained relationship with his daughter fall flat, largely because Eckhart's default mode is an unconvincingly expressed controlled outrage.

It's clear right from the get - go that Christopher Cain is in absolutely no hurry to tell this story, as the director has infused The Stone Boy with an almost achingly deliberate pace that does prove effective at establishing the film's very specific locale, admittedly - yet there's little doubt that the laid - back atmosphere, when combined with the uniformly subdued performances and the less - than - eventful nature of Gina Berriault's script, effectively ensures that the viewer's efforts at forming any kind of emotional attachment to the characters fall flat virtually from start to finish.

's success is Hutton herself, as the actress delivers a painfully, obnoxiously over-the-top performance that remains a total distraction from start to finish - with the viewer's efforts at connecting to her character's plight, as a result, falling completely flat.

But his efforts in Flaming Star and Wild in the Country fell flat with audiences, leading Presley to return to the weakly plotted musical romantic comedies that were big hits at the box office.

Based on the novel Don't Point that That Thing at Me» by Kyril Bongfiglio, its efforts at whimsy fall flat, while its attempts to attain the quirky begin and end with the waxy curls of Johnny Depp's... Read More»

The story this film is based on is truly remarkable and showcases some remarkably brave men, and although the film mostly honors the efforts by these men, it ultimately falls flat.

Despite having all the pedigree of a good or even great film, this true - ish tale of the effort to save art works from the Nazis falls flat.

To be fair, movies like this are a difficult balancing act, and even more so with such a large cast of characters, but despite Levy's best efforts, «This Is Where I Leave You» falls disappointingly flat.

Unfortunately, despite its own efforts, Carrie falls flat on its face.

Predictably, in industry after industry, efforts to reinvent products and services from within fall flat because organizations» existing RPPs reject new efforts that excel on different performance parameters.

Together, they provide a clear - eyed picture of the challenges facing teachers in U.S. classrooms, and why so many efforts to prepare teachers fall flat.

If teachers do not view assessment data as timely, or if they feel that it does not accurately measure student learning, efforts to get them to use the data fall flat (Marsh, Pane, & Hamilton, 2006).

A Hail Mary effort to block the transfer of about 100 special needs students to new schools falls flat in Henry County.

Apple's efforts to maintain iPad momentum have fallen flat so far as the latest generation of the iPad Air and mini offer very minimalistic upgrades over their previous versions.

There's an occasional effort to flesh out his backstory and make him more relatable, but it falls mostly flat because it simply has no emotional range to it.

But with very little in the way of change when compared to the first Star Wars Battlefront and a story that falls flat once you look past the protagonist, Star Wars Battlefront II is a major disappointment, and a poor effort from a studio who have become renowned for making top quality shooters.

While creative in its efforts of producing an enrapturing plot and environment, this game unfortunately fell flat across the board.

While creative in its efforts of producing an enrapturing plot and environment, this game unfortunately falls flat across the board.

It can at least be said that the gameplay mechanics have been robustly implemented, but Japanese developer Skip's efforts fall remarkably flat in nearly every other area.

As we ratepayers continue our conservation efforts and demand for power remains flat, or falling, wind and solar generation contracted but not yet constructed will enter service producing more surpluses.

Too bad their efforts - for the most part - fell flat on their faces.

Only partly because the effort has always fallen a bit flat once I start enumerating the steps involved.

Otherwise, your networking efforts will make you fall flat on your face.