Sentences with phrase «from at least attempting»

But debt collectors are a persistent bunch, and despite everything we've mentioned here so far, that usually won't prevent collection agencies from at least attempting to persuade a person's survivors into paying off an outstanding debt balance, even if they're not legally responsible for it.

Not exact matches

By parallel, if you forbid a company from competing for government contracts for 10 years, those are 10 years during which they will engage in precisely zero instances of attempted bribery or other acts of corruption, at least with regard to bribery or corruption of Canadian officials.

At least one psychologist has attempted to create a «psychological portrait» of Trump in the June 2016 issue of the Atlantic using information gathered from the media, his own public statements, and his biographies.

The Commission has presented evidence that, from at least April 2010 to January 2012; July 2012 to June 2014; and September 2014 to present («Relevant Period»), Defendants have manipulated, attempted to manipulate and / or spoofed the near month of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange E-mini S&P futures contract («E-mini S&P»).

And the problem with praise music is that, in its attempt to be «approachable» to all, it becomes monotonous, tepid and uninspiring by comparison (at least from the point of view of someone who can sing and sight - read).

Even how she saved at least Rigsby from his noble attempt at self - sacrifice has to be weighed against her elation at «winning» even after so many have been lost.

From reading this thread, it appears to me that, at the very least, some well - intended individuals attempted an overreach that seriously backfired on at least one person that they thought they were helping.

As of this weekend, at least 1,500 people have died attempting to flee the region for Europe, and, according to The New York Times, «Officers intercepted 10,445 migrants from Jan. 1 to March 31, compared with 2,863 in the same period in 2014.»

Working along with science, theology is obliged at least to attempt some response to them from the point of view of whatever intelligibility is discerned by faith in revelation.

He also justifiably insists that while research on Jewish Christianity has been summoned to argue that Islam is nothing but a Christian heresy, or that Christianity is nothing but an Islamic heresy (or at least a heretical departure from the teachings of the Muslim prophet Jesus), his work attempts to strike a balance between these two trends.

Yet judging from my own abilities at least, the attempt to make that alleged acknowledgement explicit leads either to an obvious case of merely relative nonbeing, such as the black background of my imagination, or to an unfulfilled and apparently unfulfillable intention, such as that involved in the attempt to conceive of a round square.

This is not a subjective test attempting to measure the «true» value of the law to benefited individuals; rather, it's a more objective test (at least in theory) which simply attempts to measure the number and scope of allowed exemptions from the law.

Such an attempt as that of the late Professor Turner mentioned above to view the Gospel as autobiographical, at least from 1:14 to 14:72, with the exception of the doublets in 7:24 - 8:10 (or 12), we can not follow.

Freeze for at least six hours before you attempt removing the cream pops from the mold (s).

No other player to attempt at least one per game from the left pocket last season shot better than 50 percent.

Davis made 14 - of - 22 from the field and all 12 of his free throw attempts, and he became the youngest player since Shaquille O'Neal in 1993 to put up at least 40 points and 20 rebounds in a game.

At least I can go into my summer just wondering if the drop from cl, and attempted Usmanov bid will cause any change within my beloved arsenal.

The attempt is taken on a line, at least 10 meters from the try line, straight out from the point where the ball was touched down.

In O'Neal's most dominant seasons (he was Finals MVP every year during the Lakers» three - peat from 2000 through» 02) he would attempt at least one field goal every 2.0 minutes of playing time; last year that figure was one shot every 2.6 minutes.

As you pointed out, now we have DAWGS back there, and receivers who actually take their craft seriously; who can catch the ball or at least make an attempt to bat it down and prevent the defender from catching it (KEEPING IT 100 DEZ) AND a pissed off, motivated, full engaged Zeke (in the best shape of his life) to pound defenses into submission???

For Gascoigne's free - kick, Arsenal at least had a flimsy 2 +1 - man wall which stood about 15 yards away and it was in footballing terms «dead centre» and so the disguise of a cross was eliminated but the audacity of attempting to score from so far out was the element of surprise.

But Jamie Mackie has been ruled out for at least another three months after suffering ankle ligament damage during his attempted comeback from a hamstring injury.

«We played well enough to get at least a point here last season and were unfortunate to concede from one of the few attempts on our goal.

If a child from 6 - 12 months is not attempting to make eye contact with you when talking, does not respond to their names or start babbling by at least 9 months, here may be a dely.

There could be factors that make breastfeeding better or worse for an individual baby and factors that make formula better or worse for a particular baby, ranging from extreme prematurity (breastmilk's benefit is larger due to protection against NEC, this is probably the only situation in which I would attempt to at least pump breastmilk) to the mother being unable to cope and care for her child without a medication that is bad for breastfeeding (formula is much healthier for that child).

Remember, all the recipes in this book come from home cooks, so there's no reason you shouldn't be able to at least attempt these recipes.

Kids typically do a little better being left with a grandparent or family friend who they've already spent some time with, and who they've grown to trust a little, so call in a favor, put some wine in the fridge, and plan to spend at least an hour away from the house for the first few attempts.

THAT»S how I ended up diving into John Toland's 1000 - page history of the Pacific War from the Japanese point of view (in paperback, thank god) while on the bus on a FIFTH - GRADE field trip... starting with 200 - odd pages of 1930s Japanese nationalist politics, which at least was full of plots, assassinations, coup attempts, ritual suicides, and other exciting stuff.

In the 2000 Florida election, at least 1,100 eligible voters were wrongly dropped from voting rolls in an attempt to purge a list of felons

So, for any State, California or otherwise, to leave, would require either new laws that would require at least majority support from the remaining States, or a military operation to try and assert their independence, which would most likely be a bloodbath for the State attempting to do so.

Both state law and district policy prohibit elected officials from disclosing information discussed in executive sessions, and there has been at least one previous attempt to remove a member of the Buffalo School Board on those grounds.

As well as the rather crass attention - seeking, I was mocking the attempt to provide an «evidence base» with «at least one» anecdote from a country which everybody knows has liberal gun laws and a much higher murder rate.

At least 37 people, including members of the team, died when rescuers from the military and vigilantes attempted to free them.

If, in an attempt to get 2 Democratic districts, you took 28,000 Democratic votes from the only Democratic district and transplanted them into the district the Republicans won most narrowly, the result would instead have been 4 Republican districts, at least for this election.

Interstate 787 severed downtown Albany from the Hudson River, and attempts to regain access may be at least a couple of decades away.

On the basis of those results, at least one company is attempting to replicate the effect in humans using blood plasma from healthy young people to treat patients with Alzheimer's disease.

More attempts followed, including Richard Reid's attempt in December 2001 to ignite explosives in his shoes on a flight from Paris to Miami, and at least 10 airliners were targets in a plot involving liquid explosives in 2006, forcing new policies regarding shoes at screening and liquids on airplanes.

In my book The Myth of Martyrdom, I present evidence that far from being normal, these self - destructive killers have often suffered from serious mental trauma and always demonstrate at least a few behaviours on the continuum of suicidality, such as suicide ideation, a suicide plan or previous suicide attempts.

PHILADELPHIA (April 6, 2011)-- Following years of futile attempts, new research from the Monell Center demonstrates that living human taste cells can be maintained in culture for at least seven months.

What would a post from me be without at least one shot attempting a twirl?!

Christophe Gans's Silent Hill, though flawed, at least attempted to translate more from its source text than merely a seductive look or feel.

Since Darwin is known to most people solely from his photo as the bearded, stern - faced eminence behind «The Origin of Species,» the filmmakers behind «Creation,» in attempting to give us the «real» Darwin, are practically inventing the wheel — or at least creating a new one.

The new 10 - episode mystery series Gracepoint (airing Thursdays) at least has a solid pedigree, remaking last summer's acclaimed eight - part Broadchurch from BBC America, even starring David Tennant in the same role (albeit with an off - putting attempt at an American accent) as a detective newly arrived in a coastal California town, where the murder of a young boy rocks the local residents to the core — including his resentful partner (Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn)-- turning neighbor against neighbor until a shattering denouement.

If one is going to make a movie that glorifies the aforementioned activities — which Project X is clearly attempting to do with director Nima Nourizadeh's implementation of a found - footage conceit to give the movie a «you are there» feel and screenwriters Matt Drake and Michael Bacall's complete and total whitewashing of whatever consequences might arise from a party that results in what is essentially a war zone in a sleepy subdivision of Pasadena, California — it should at least give a sense that the entire affair is fun.

The first outing for Craig, when he was the brute, may not have been the Bond we've known, but at least we could see what the filmmakers were attempting with the shift from our established perspective of the character.

But Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of the Hulk has been so popular that a new attempt at a feature - length Hulk film seems almost possible, at least from a customer - demand standpoint.

Ruth's perfectionist impulse to have the best decorations and give the most expensive gifts is an overused conceit in holiday - themed films, but A Bad Moms Christmas at least attempts to mine the deep insecurities that drive Ruth to demand perfection from herself and her daughter and still garner laughs while doing it.

Long considered by many to be the de facto «worst movie ever,» this notorious effort from cult director Ed Wood finds aliens attempting to take over Earth by animating dead bodies — at least three of them.

In Housewife (1934), she's second billed but really only a supporting player, the «other woman» who seduces — or at least makes a valiant attempt to — advertising professional George Brent from his devoted wife Ann Dvorak.

At least with this 1987 film, starring Steve Martin and John Candy as a pair of mismatched traveling companions attempting to get to Chicago from New York City in time for Thanksgiving dinner, the ordeal is a hilarious one.