Sentences with phrase «followed by an effort»

This question usually triggers among non-converts an uncomfortable silence broken by the phrase, «Well, I was born in a Christian family,» followed by an effort to locate a singular moment of conscious conversion some time during middle school, probably at the altar call of a church youth - group retreat.

New insights into the variable nature of the Sun have almost always been followed by efforts to find possible impacts on the Earth — chiefly through comparisons with weather and climate records.

One traditional pain point for in - house counsel and businesspeople alike has been contract drafting and approval, followed by the efforts involved with getting contracts signed and returned promptly... Read...

Because personal values may be violated, feelings of shame or remorse after «acting out» are often part of the cycle, followed by efforts to stop which inevitably fail.

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That, in turn, followed ambitious cancer efforts over the years by Michael Milken and the late Andy Grove, among others (read more here).

The move follows several other AI - related fraud protection efforts by Mastercard, and could indicate a push on the company's part to develop a full - suite solution.

Uber Canada's general manager Rob Khazzam said the introduction of the feature follows similar moves made by the company in other countries, as part of an effort to curb driver drowsiness and make the platform safer.

But the first of many boycotts against Nike was followed by corporate efforts at reform, and the company now has a history of holding suppliers to account and cutting off those that don't measure up.

Sanger - Katz lays out eight questions that are on a lot of folks» minds after President Trump's latest efforts to undercut the Affordable Care Act — an executive order Thursday morning, followed by an announcement last evening that the government would stop making certain ACA - related payments to insurers — and answers them.

Japan «Spurred in large part by rebuilding efforts [following the devastating earthquake and tsunami], Japanese GDP should expand by 2.2 % next year.

The appeal follows ramped - up efforts by U.S. authorities to crack down on insider trading, with the SEC announcing charges against more than 550 people in the past six years.

By following your efforts and thinking back on the activities you have already been doing, it's easier to identify what your passions are.

Following the revelations, YouTube said it would step up its efforts to prevent children from seeing that type of content by restricting access to inappropriate videos to users that are logged into the site and are older than 17.

The warnings follow a communiqué issued by the Reef 2050 Plan Independent Expert Panel earlier in the month, which argued that reducing emissions of greenhouse gases must be central to protecting the reef, in addition to efforts to bolster coral resilience and reef ecosystems.

The budget could include an effort to increase procurement opportunities for female entrepreneurs, following the recommendation of the Canada-U.S. women - in - business group created by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Lynch leaves office following a nearly two - year tenure marked by massacres carried out by violent extremists, including the shootings at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida; persistent hacking from overseas, including Russian government efforts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election; and an election - season investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server that entangled the Justice Department in presidential politics and led to criticism for her ill - timed meeting on an airport tarmac with former President Bill Clinton.

This includes quarterly press conferences by the Fed chair following FOMC meetings; publishing growth, inflation and short - term interest rate forecasts of FOMC participants on a quarterly basis; and a concerted effort to lay out the guideposts that the FOMC will look at in assessing progress towards our dual mandate objectives.

«People tend to follow their networks,» said Mr. Vance, who was recruited to the effort by Mr. Case.

According to a recent Morgan Stanley Research report, these POC efforts, which test Blockchain's viability as a settlement and payment alternative, are the first critical step toward adopting the technology, followed by broader socialization within the industry and regulatory scrutiny.

Billed by many on Wall St. as a financially inviable acquisition and «bailout» of a company bleeding cash to survive, Tesla began shifting SolarCity's business model almost immediately following its acquisition — shifting previously focused efforts on door - to - door sales and long term leases to sales of products with the highest profit margin.

Lew said that while the Obama administration has failed in its efforts to get tax reform through Congress, he believes the unhappiness expressed by both Democrats and Republicans following Europe's announcement on Tuesday could push Congress to act.

In an effort to prevent this alliance forming against it, look for China to announce the opening of more sectors to foreign businesses followed by American accusations that they have not gone far enough.

Renewed efforts to rein in shadow banking by China's financial watchdogs began in earnest last year following the Communist Party's 19th National Congress in Beijing.

The two people with knowledge of the effort said Ullyot expressed confidence on the call that President Trump would fire Shulkin by the following Tuesday.

What followed was one of the most aggressive, and costly, expansion efforts ever undertaken by a young startup.

The measure is part of a wide - reaching effort by the bureaus to improve credit report accuracy and transparency following a settlement agreement with 32 state attorneys general in March 2015.

That the rising interest - rate trend isn't new and isn't related to the Fed's rate - hiking efforts is clearly illustrated by the following chart.

The Fed's actual efforts on the monetary loosening / tightening front over the past 5 years are encapsulated by the following weekly chart of Reserve Bank Credit (RBC).

It also followed some recent wild tweets by Musk about building a cyborg dragon, how his eyebrows can grab things and an April 1 post in which he wrote, «Despite intense efforts to raise money, including a last - ditch mass sale of Easter Eggs, we are sad to report that Tesla has gone completely and totally bankrupt.

This latest recruitment effort follows similar job fairs hosted by Walmart Canada in late 2016 and early 2017, as the company continues to roll out additional departments within the Cornwall Distribution Hub.

The donation details can be found on the cryptocurrency exchange's blog: «Join this campaign and help the efforts made by the RED CROSS in Mexico by using the hashtag #BitcoinAidMexico and make a donation to one of the following accounts: Bitcoin (BTC) 1DaHfXsoPfZ2jznJhB62vR3QEVFhhZ2tMREthereum (ETH) 0x88B6021aE4BB9830f2E9D5BB38B83427b9D7ffEcRipple (XRP) rEFMdiTbLmZq5ZiMGrWGoyP48DMFqXjNkM [No Destination Tag required]» The Red Cross thus far has been able to set up collection and relief centers in several areas affected by the earthquake, especially in the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, benefiting around 24,000 people.

Announced at the first meeting of a cryptocurrency exchange study group established by the FSA in early March, the data release marks the latest effort by the financial watchdog in bringing greater transparency to the industry following a recent hack of one of the domestic exchange Coincheck.

The same thing followed throughout Biblical times, man tried earning redemption by own merits and efforts / works but could not keep God's Covenants & Law, man's efforts were not sufficient.

In this perspective he was following a trail first blazed by a fellow Alexandrian a century and a half earlier, the Jewish philosopher Philo, a contemporary of Jesus who attempted to clothe the Septuagint in amenable patterns from Greek philosophy, particularly Platonism.11 His synthetic effort is echoed throughout the corpus of Clement's writings, which are far less systematic in approach than one would wish; the Stromata («Miscellanies») is less an orderly treatment of theological topics than a series of notes woven into a tapestry whose warp and woof are difficult to discern.12

In recent decades, ministries that are involved in crusade evangelism have tried to increase the long - term effectiveness of their efforts by engaging local churches and ministries to perform follow - up discipleship with those who come forward at a crusade.

This book is clearly written and with a little effort could be followed by a non-specialist.

Bombing and forced displacement were followed by the delivery of «humanitarian assistance» in an effort to win support from the survivors.

Imagine that these hearings were on «the radicalization of Judaism in America» and that they were following on efforts to stonewall a proposed Jewish community center in Lower Manhattan by a group calling itself «Stop Judaization of America.»

The expropriated people of the world have experienced this truth and are progressively becoming aware that they must focus their efforts, experience and innovation on another agenda of priorities to the one followed by the «Men of Davos».

A Florida nun has helped the clean - up efforts following Hurricane Irma by taking a chainsaw to downed trees while dressed in her full habit.

Joint book project by Orthodox, Catholics, and Protestants follows efforts to present accurate information about Christianity in Muslim - majority country.

The principal paths that have been followed are an apocalyptic, cataclysmic, second coming to put an end to the present world and the prophetic or social gospel kingdom that has accented the conquest of earth's evil by human effort to increase love and justice in response to God's call.

Even without acknowledging God, the atheist in this article feels and knows that it is good to work for charitable efforts like helping the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society fight cancer... for by doing so we live out «love your neighbor as yourself» and by following this commandment from God — Jesus Christ's summary of the Law — we experience «God is Love.»

Fourth, a man can thus overcome the cravings which cause his ills by following the eightfold path: right views, high aims, discipline of speech, right action, right living, right effort, watchful - mindedness, concentration.

What follows is an effort to modernize Lincoln by recasting his 1838 remarks as though they were delivered yesterday — that is, according to the strictures and opportunities of the present.

Male - type tendencies (vigorous play, sexual arousal by females, and physical aggressiveness) followed the testosterone - rich intrauterine fetal development of the people he studied, regardless of efforts to socialize them as females after birth.

By both Roman Catholics and Protestants, and especially by Protestants, efforts were being made to reach the young and to follow those who were moving into the urban districts and factory townBy both Roman Catholics and Protestants, and especially by Protestants, efforts were being made to reach the young and to follow those who were moving into the urban districts and factory townby Protestants, efforts were being made to reach the young and to follow those who were moving into the urban districts and factory towns.

Whether you join a small group at your church, find an FPU or Crown Ministries class, or seek out virtual community by following a blog or hashtag, begin to knit together a group of people to support your efforts and point you toward God's plan for your life (which includes your money).

puts us in contact with a whole continuity of duration which we should try to follow either downwardly or upwardly: in both cases we can dilate ourselves indefinitely by a more and more vigorous effort, in both cases transcend ourselves.

The Third Crusade, in which Philip Augustus of France and Richard «the lion - hearted» of England participated and Frederick Barbarosso lost his life, was undertaken in the effort to retrieve the defeat (1187) and near annihilation of the warriors who were supporting the Kingdom of Jerusalem, followed by the loss of Jerusalem and many of the Christian strongholds.