Sentences with phrase «how sincere your efforts»

There have been suggestions in recent years that the whole notion of meaningful citizen participation in lawmaking has fallen out of fashion — that no matter how hard you try, or how sincere your efforts, the legislative outcome is predetermined by forces beyond your control.

Not exact matches

And how sincere is our antidrug effort going to be when the financial community realizes that the cash flow from the drug trade is the only thing preventing a default by some of the heavily indebted Latin American nations or major money - laundering banks?

Sirs: The article by Tanya Matthews showing how American champion Bobby Fischer forfeited his way out of the recent world international chess tournament in Sousse, Tunisia, in spite of the sincere efforts of the officials and players to meet his almost incessant demands and to placate his petulant faultfindings, was eminently fair and factual.

We have to thank Michael Simons for many things but mostly for his honest and sincere effort to show Sally and I how «PURA VIDA» is really lived in Costa Rica... Jerry and Sally — Hawaii

Things like: You can't just watch the exercise video while having your afternoon snack of cheese puffs and Snickerdoodles, going a full mile on your exercise bike in just under 4 hours because you had to stop three times for an ice cream break, and getting up at midnight to finish off the leftover lasagna because you were so hungry when you went to bed, will really dive bomb your efforts no matter how sincere you may be.