Sentences with phrase «hearted attempts at»

After a couple years of half - hearted attempts at real estate investing, I finally closed my first deal!

By his own admission, Hunter has made some half - hearted attempts at developing his own games.

It's not enough to make things exciting, though, even if the missions occasionally give half - hearted attempts at variety, like the downright infuriating airport mission where you have to rescue spies who insist on WALKING through a heated battle.

While the other Call of Duty's made only half - hearted attempts at getting players to form emotional connections with the burly on - screen soldiers before just accepting that they were explosion filled blockbusters, Call of Duty: Ghosts actually feels like it's genuinely trying to make you feel something.

The River View has made some half - hearted attempts at adding boutique - y touches, but it remains one of the only good old - fashioned guesthouses found beyond the Khao San Road area in Bangkok.

Beyond this I did have some half - hearted attempts at a Recurring Deposit.

Pull - outs, special classes, accommodations within grade level, and other half - hearted attempts at educating our country's brightest have failed to meet the needs of eg / pg children.

The story feels like a whole lot of half - hearted attempts at an interesting idea, and this is where I can only assume (since this is from the director that brought us the awesome La Haine) that all the clever plot points were blunted in an attempt to make the film a little more mainstream.

There's an interesting subplot involving an anti-government rebellion led by Michael K. Williams, but it's never fully explored (perhaps they're saving that for Part Three), while the half - hearted attempts at social commentary are difficult to take seriously when DeMonaco is constantly cutting away to people being mindlessly murdered.

It will feature an unlikely love story with a beautiful and constant woman (sort of a stultifying «beauty and king gimp» conceit), a few half - hearted attempts at portraying the world from the «special» protagonist's literal perspective (by using a jittery handheld camera or some similarly unenlightening gimmick), and end on a high note tinged with the bittersweet for that vital splash of lingering «importance.»

Liberals remain skeptical, however, Cuomo is truly on their side, pointing to what they see as half - hearted attempts at public financing of political campaigns and flipping control of the Senate to his own party.

Like the Italians who used to declare, «At least Mussolini made the trains run on time,» this CEO's half - hearted attempts at paying someone a compliment were so feeble that it would have been better if she'd said nothing at all.

@Scott in Atlanta; You're right on that one but Jesus knew that this man's faith was in Him and sincere, not some light - hearted attempt at trying to save one's self from eternal hell.

Glad she's sober and all, but to me it looks like a rather half hearted attempt at 15 minutes of fame.

You had me at «moroccan» and «chickpea»... and then I saw the photo of your salad and pretty much immediately regretted my half - hearted attempt at a warm spinach and chickpea salad I had for dinner last night (not that my salad was bad, but now I am out of cooked chickpeas so am a minimum of 24 hours away from making this!).

Andrew had made a half - hearted attempt at following the Total Wellbeing Diet book.

That's why the half - hearted attempt at Evans.

She occasionally responded with a half - hearted attempt at cooperation or humorously declined to cooperate, but more often than not just dug in her heels and determinedly upset the normally peaceful and happy timbre of our home.

From the first day of school, make sure your child knows there will be a real conversation about school every evening — not just a half - hearted attempt at discussion and one - word answers.

When: April 27th Why: In what can only be described as a half - hearted attempt at cashing in on the success of the «Sherlock Holmes» films, James McTeigue's «The Raven» re-imagines American poet Edgar Allen Poe as a sort of makeshift action hero who solves crimes.

With several seemingly good opportunities for Greg to take responsibility for his falsehoods, the filmmakers wimp out, letting Greg get away with a last minute, half - hearted attempt at an apology.

There was also a lack believability in other characters - There was a desperate and half hearted attempt at a romantic storyline from Kate Mara's character and Sean Bean seemed to be completely incapable of playing the minor role of «man who looks after crew».

In Insurgent, there's a half - hearted attempt at depth, as the story focuses on Tris's psychological guilt, but the torment becomes a shallow one - trick pony.

There is a half - hearted attempt at setting up a romantic dynamic between Carlyle and Zendaya's Anne Wheeler (which also bafflingly looks to tackle social commentary), but that is essentially an afterthought by the time the credits roll.

At first, we were disappointed by what looked like a half - hearted attempt at adding cabin tech, but we decided to run some errands with the system to see how well it worked and were pleasantly surprised.

In the back the bench has been ditched for two individual reclining seats and a half - hearted attempt at a middle pew.

With the exception of the Pod, none of the hostels we've stayed at so far have made more than a half - hearted attempt at breakfast — one place didn't even supply plates!

Ride To Hell will not be a half - hearted attempt at a biking game either, as Cathy Tische, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Deep Silver says, «They are pulling out all the stops to bring the biker gang world alive in Ride to Hell, from the 1960s art style, music and scenery to the completely raw and intense game play.»

There's a half - hearted attempt at some light stealth gameplay by allowing you to arrest unsuspecting criminals, an act which scores more points than simply killing them.

Meanwhile the game makes a half - hearted attempted at combating its own problem by giving every building capable of producing a resource an automated mode so that it'll churn out resources indefinitely, but again it's a wonky fix for a problem that shouldn't exist.

Bliss Island is about as uninspired as mini-game compilations get, with a flavourless selection of challenges and a half - hearted attempt at adding charm and character.

I posted this below, but the game does make a half - hearted attempt at breaking away from zombies, only to make more zombies.

It's a half - hearted attempt at the Tales Of skit system, and that brings me to my next topic.

Biggest problem I see is artists making a half hearted attempt at marketing and then when little happens they just sort of back off and give up.

A half - hearted attempt at a job search is going to waste your time, energy, and money.

After a half - hearted attempt at small talk with the kids, you head upstairs and shut yourself in your bedroom with a bad taste in your mouth.

Not exact matches

Your half - hearted attempts would likely not provide any returns at all.

I've always made at least a half hearted attempt to skin chickpeas for hummus.

I only hope this article was offered in a light - hearted but weak attempt at being mildly humorous.

Furthermore, the immediate management of the crises has taken up attention and resources, which were diverted away from the Commission's attempts at enhancing EU donor harmonisation, and led to delayed and often half - hearted implementation.

This is the one that I think separated Leslie from another half - hearted attempt and failure at weight loss.

Recently, a good - hearted single man showed up at her door in a last - ditch attempt to learn on how to date.

Steely - eyed and soft - hearted, Mike connects with Judy instantly — he also happens to be attempted to be repossessing her TV at the time, just one of the odd jobs his de facto father, Klan boss Tom Griffin (Tom Wilkinson) provides for him — his first experience feeling any kind of connection with a woman.

Attempts at sweet sentiment — the romance between Hope and soft - hearted gym manager Ben «Twitchy» Lawfort (Thomas Middleditch)-- are ham - handed and bungled.

Well intentioned yet pervasively dull, The Stone Boy follows farmers Joe (Robert Duvall) and Ruth Hillerman (Glenn Close) as they attempt to cope with the accidental death of their teenage son (Dean Cain's Eugene) at the hands of 12 - year - old Arnold (Jason Presson)- with the movie also emphasizing the impact that the tragedy has on several periphery family members (including Frederic Forrest's sleazy Uncle Andy and Wilford Brimley's kind - hearted Grandpa George).

No, you don't — what you usually see is really some half - hearted & half - arsed attempt at a genuinely diversified portfolio.

While it's good to see that the series is expanding its horizons with the MP mode, half hearted attempts might as well not be there at all, especially in a game as good as this.

Whether it is for Horizon: Zero Dawn, the stunning open world action RPG that took the world by storm, or Uncharted: Lost Legacy, a light hearted swashbuckling new Uncharted game that shows us where the future of the beloved franchise might lie, to even something like Gran Turismo Sport, which for all its flaws is a daring attempt at reinventing a tired franchise, to the great announcements by Sony, including Ghosts of Tsushima, Mr. Yoshida's contributions in securing PS4's place at the top of the console pile can not be understated at all.

To answer your second question first, the object of the exercise was a light hearted attempt to show how a completely misleading conclusion could be arrived at, in spite of immaculate logic supported by mathematics and proven science.