Sentences with phrase «however vain»

We all have our dreams, however vain, absurd, or unlikely to come true.

However vain and conceited men may be, they have nevertheless for the most part a very lowly conception of themselves, that is to say, they have no conception of being spirit, the absolute of all that a man can be — but vain and conceited they are... by way of comparison.

Not exact matches

844 In their religious behavior, however, men also display the limits and errors that disfigure the image of God in them: Very often, deceived by the Evil One, men have become vain in their reasonings, and have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and served the creature rather than the Creator.

A few years later I was sitting in the home of one of the great elder statesmen of German New Testament scholarship, attempting to describe to him my efforts to relate Freud and Paul (however much I knew it would be in vain).

However, this effort to save Hartshorne's position seems in vain to Neville, for it terminates the explanation of the existence of reality in a transcendent individual who consists of or at least causes the illustration of the categories; for Neville, such an individual needs an explanation as much as any other instance of order, and the fact that no explanation can be found on Hartshorne's grounds simply shows again the futility of «rationalism» on this issue.

However, he sent back a message of gratitude, though again qualified with «the praise of men is always vain», a pious remark that had an energy about it rather beyond mere «piety».

However there are those whom Shakespeare described that «It is in vain to talk to him that means not to understand.»

However, most of their efforts were in vain.

However, it was Russia who finished strongly with substitute Aleksandr Bukharov appealing in vain for a last - gasp penalty after going down in the box before defender Georgy Dzhikya heading inches over Rui Patricio's crossbar deep into injury - time.

However, their efforts were not in vain.

However I suspect that Buhari's anti-corruption fight ended in the eyes of most objective Nigerians with the president's letter to the National Assembly attempting in vain, to clear the SGF of serious and seemingly clear allegations that he might have misappropriated funds meant for internally displaced persons in the North - East.

However, anything you do will be in vain unless you shed the extra fat to make the abs visible.

I loved the flavor the hazelnut flour imparted, however, the bread cubes are very dark and for appearance sake (what can I say, I am vain about my food presentation), the almond flour cubes will lighten the dish up.

However, since I am immensely vain and care about the way I look, it still affects my life to some degree.

However the rest of them are vain self absorbed preteen girls.

Conceivably, I could create my own bio-data in a single statement using the fourteen different punctuation marks before arriving at the full stop with the final closure of a period, however, it would be too verbose and utterly vain in my part to do so and would merely cause an instant boredom to...

However as it is free to use, chances are, there will be several profile that will either be unreal or will not be active as most of it users are always offline and you may end up waiting in vain for a quick reply from other herpes singles you send messages to.

However, their efforts eventually prove to be in vain, leading to the evacuation of the US and South Vietnamese forces in the Fall of Saigon.

However, after placing the young nobleman under a spell, the vain monarch still finds herself frustrated by her magical mirror's answer to «Who's the fairest of them all?»

In a slightly misguided effort to present a more unified story, however, Jackson has incorporated a grand skirmish only related in a supplementary work (The Silmarillion), as well as one too many scenes that express the importance of an event in vain.

Fifteen seconds into the movie, however, and it's abundantly clear who this character is: he's a vain, silly, womanizing, and probably deeply sad, buffoon.

Their car, however, is dead, and as they try in vain to get help, they come to realize they are not alone on these desolate backroads — a terrifying evil is lurking in the surrounding woods, intent on never letting them leave... The Monster is both written and directed by American filmmaker Bryan Bertino, of the horror films The Strangers and Mockingbird previously.

This protection would be vain, however, if a state would at the same time violate this right itself on the very basic level — in school education — by either not having the topic in the programmes or teaching it in the way which actually diminishes or denies the crimes.

The dieting efforts seem somewhat in vain, however, when you consider the battery and electric motors alone weigh - in at 230 kg.

With climate change now more and more an establishment concern, and attempts to avert it now increasingly institutionalized in the established order, some have pointed to the «death of environmentalism» as an oppositional movement in society.12 However, if some environmentalists have moved toward capitalist - based strategies in the vain hope of saving the planet by these means, others have moved in the opposite direction: toward a critique of capitalism as inherently ecologically destructive.

However, one looks in vain at ERA 1996, s 129 (or in the corresponding provision considered in Taplin, s 78 of the Employment Protection Act 1975) for any reference to exceptionality as a material consideration when construing the statutory word «likely».

However, one seeks in vain for a consistent definition of the doctrine of laches in the authorities and it has been suggested (see Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity: Doctrines and Remedies, 4th ed, paras 36 — 50) that the term is used to mean (at least) three things: - to denote «mere» delay; - to denote the delay from which the claimant's acquiescence in the state of affairs later complained of can be inferred; and - to denote delay together with some change of position of or prejudice to the defendant and / or a third party which renders it inequitable to allow the remedy.

If you're loading up your resume with tired, worn - out resume buzzwords, however, your work may be in vain.

However, it is preferable to avoid exaggeration as the candidate can be misinterpreted for being arrogant or vain.

There's no need to stare at a blank page in vain, however.

Of course an apology generally prevails, however... Only have them apologize if you believe it is sincere, otherwise it will be in vain.

However the activity was not in vain as it provided inspiration for a quick compilation post.