Sentences with phrase «frantic attempt»

Despite frantic attempts by the Tory leadership to salvage the boundary review it seems very unlikely that it'll proceed.

In The Fidelity of Betrayal, Rollins goes on to criticize the Western Church's almost frantic attempt at «closing over this traumatic rent in the text» by affirming some biblical narratives over others and by explaining away passages that are inconsistent with favored narratives.

The film's essentially a political procedural, following the almost - frantic attempts of the Lincoln White House to finally, once and for all, eliminate slavery in America.

Sometimes it is possible to spot the warning signs: her face screwed up in frustration while trying to open the toy box, or the increasingly frantic attempts to open the fridge (ah, those pesky child locks!).

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, which also had the unintended side effect of launching frantic attempts in the US to reform math and science education.

Each new character introduced tightens the noose just a little bit, and there's more than a little «out damn spot» to Carl's increasingly frantic attempts to free himself from his cyclic nightmare.

About $ 24 million of North Korean funds was frozen at Macau's Banco Delta Asia (BDA) after the U.S. Treasury accused it of helping to channel earnings from the North's illicit activities, leading to a frantic attempt by Pyongyang to retrieve the money.

I was intrigued by what is happening in Iceland, so the following is a piece I've written on it. It has some introductory macro-economics in it,  which I think it is good to keep in perspective as we consider the frantic attempts being made to prevent an economic depression.

The frantic attempts of hospital staff to resuscitate the baby, attempts that ultimately failed.

The public don't like police commissioners - but that doesn't mean they'll understand Labour's frantic attempt to get rid of them

When I reached the age of eleven, the first spots made their appearance, and despite (or maybe because of) my frantic attempts to get rid of them, continued to expand from my forehead all over my face.

We feel the pain of Ross» mistake in his frantic attempt to cover his tracks after his one - night stand.

He is such a wonderfully understated performer that in the one scene where he does shed tears, he also goes out of his way to show Brian's frantic attempts to wipe them away.

False assumptions, guilt, and fear all lead to a frantic attempt to conceal evidence and the heart - pounding, irony - filled denouement.

As Ross and Emily prepare to wed, Rachel makes a frantic attempt to reach London before the ceremony.

On paper, the jump from an emotional funeral scene to a frantic attempt at shower sex during a party might seem like a shock of humour, but on - screen, it's rather unbalanced.

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Just consider the opening moments, which intercut a frantic attempt to record a concerto and appease the USSR dictator, images of citizens are being dragged out of their homes by NKVD security forces, and Joseph Stalin himself forcing his drunk confidantes to watch a movie.

Trying desperately to combine the only two types of British films that have seen commercial success in the last decade (the gangster farce and the Jane Austen empowerment fable), this product from the director of Bean and the screenwriter of Spice World is so rote that its frantic attempts at good natured quirk come off as grotesque and uncomfortable.

Director Louis Leterrier rushes through all the misdirection like a man with a rabbit hidden in his pants, while the script repeatedly pulls stupid plot twists out of its sleeves in a frantic attempt to appear unpredictable.

Her first appearance is marked by Calvin's frantic attempts to prove to himself that he has finally gone insane.

While the authorities scramble to find the killer in a city paralyzed by fear, the Monkeewrench staff are playing their own game, analyzing victim profiles in a frantic attempt to discover the murderer's next target.

The Fed can certainly talk about raising rates, and might even trot out an initial hike, but every time credit trouble threatens the markets, the Fed will predictably shift to frantic attempts to calm the market with easy money.

The loud noises will push the hamster even deeper into hiding and moving furniture or carelessly throwing items around in a frantic attempt to find your lost hamster can lead to an dead or injured hamster.

Arizona Sunshine — Dead Man DLC drops you in an infested US missile base where you lead a frantic attempt to contain the expanding zombie outbreak.

In this mission, which is for the most part set in a missile silo, you head a frantic attempt by US Army Special Forces to launch a nuclear - warhead loaded missile that is vital to stopping the spread of zombies in the American Southwest.

Picasso's late paintings — those frantic attempts at channeling Rembrandt and Velasquez — were, I think, an attempt to reclaim all that was lost in the wake of innovations he, more than anyone, had put into motion.

Perhaps some one can provide the answer as to exactly what is the point in this frantic attempt to (partially) decarbonise the advanced economies.?

And we are experiencing a series of harsher winters across much of the northern hemisphere, which are very difficult to reconcile with the CAGW story, despite the frantic attempts by some climatologists.

Anxiety gets expressed as an emotional shutting down, a tendency to withdraw from the relationship into oneself, or a frantic attempt to problem - solve or appease the other person to avoid further conflict.

We have read every book that seemed to faintly relate to our situation, tried every possible discipline approach in a frantic attempt to impose order on our chaotic family, and, in short, tried every resource we thought was available.

Control these symptoms: Frantic attempts to prevent abandonment.