Sentences with phrase «lack of effort on»

«As the transcript... reveals, the chambers judge's focus was on the lack of effort on the mother's part «to normalize the relationship with the father» and what he concluded were her attempts to alienate their daughters from their father subsequent to Dr. La Torre's second report.

Writing dear sir or to whom it may concern reflects a dire lack of effort on your side and thus lack of motivation for the job.

Of course, that's not for a lack of effort on the part of the Alphabet - owned company.

In an online statement China's Ministry of Commerce lamented the lack of effort on Trump's part to resolve this matter through The World Trade Organization, which both countries are members of:

Starbucks has claimed that previous efforts to get customers to bring their own cups have not worked due to «failure from the customer to participate,» but it is apparent that there is a lack of effort on Starbucks» part to truly promote the concept.

It wasn't for lack of effort on my part.

The lack of development isn't the result of a lack of effort on the part of TT Games; franchises that they've been working with to bring at least some new Year 3 content have mostly dropped out.

And then there are the baby great horned owls, who manage to be among Shipman's favorite babies despite a total lack of effort on their part.

It's not from lack of effort on my part, though.

And that's not for a lack of effort on Mazda's part, because it has taken steps to broaden the appeal of the latest Mazda6.

It's not the most powerful, for sure, but not for lack of effort on the part of the V - 6, which eagerly revs and has a nice induction note.

Bad communication with a cooperating teacher, behavioral issues among students or lack of effort on the student - teacher's part can all lead to a disastrous experience.

Critics have not been impressed by the film and the crowded opening weekend box office returns have been kind of dismal, but that won't have been for any lack of effort on John Cusack's part.

It's not for lack of effort on Hart's part, but he's just asked to be Kevin Hart -LRB-!)

This is hardly due to a lack of effort on the part of the director, Will Gluck, who showed some astute comedic instincts in movies like «Easy A» and «Friends With Benefits,» and who has clearly tried to transfer those instincts to a more family - friendly context.

Ozil has been carried by his fellow Gunners teammates in the past couple of outings, and it appears that his career is on a downfall following his visible lack of effort on the playing field.

The 32 - year - old only won two on Wednesday, but that wasn't down to a lack of effort on his behalf.

I suspect Wenger punished Walcott when Walcott spoke the truth about our lack of effort on the pitch when he was captain.

It is the lack of effort on catching the ball.

Not exact matches

«We are bearish on efforts to curtail entitlement spending in this Congress given the lack of Democratic support for the effort in the Senate, tentativeness among certain Republicans, and a basic lack of procedural bandwidth before the midterms,» the Compass Point analysts said.

«While we have made progress on some of our efforts to modernize NAFTA, I remain concerned about the lack of headway,» he said in a statement.

Ashley and Aina both expressed their disappointment in what they said was a lack of effort or the «bare minimum» on the part of Tarte.

But her effort to better understand the lack of female representation in tech fields — especially given what she observed in schools while on the campaign trail — ended up changing the course of her career.

British MPs have blasted Google, Facebook and Twitter for their lack of efforts in cracking down on abuse and hate speech, while Germany is considering big penalties if they don't do something about it.

Separately, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer issued his own statement that read in part: «While we have made progress on some of our efforts to modernize NAFTA, I remain concerned about the lack of headway.

If your major barriers to growth are poor messaging, lack of content, poor lead generation or inept sales efforts, then sales enablement should not be on your radar right now.

Mr. Hawking wins easy battles against uneducated (in science) religious persons, but taking his statement on perspective, He is based on assumptions with serious underlying problems, basically everything from mathematics, to the incompatibility of quantum mechanics and relativity, and the lack of proof and evidence for string theories, he is launching a very aggressive statement, probably his last effort on life to counter the anthropomorphic ideas of God, and this is very common in all scientists.

This distinction points to what is perhaps the major flaw in Dreher's otherwise winsome effort: the lack of emphasis on creation as a normative order to which everyone, irrespective of faith, is subject.

I would «base [my] info on inre the non-existence of God, heaven and hell, etc» on the absolute lack of even a shred of hard verifiable evidence for these extraordinary claims, and the fact that even after thousands of years of frantic and determined efforts by the most ardent and intelligent proponents of these claims, they still have been completely unable to demonstrate them in any testable manner.

This lack of support was most marked where it was most needed: in the churches» efforts to rally support on behalf of the Jews desperately trying to escape Europe.

The family is also threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life.»

I knew also that any effort I might make on behalf of justice would be triggered by my own lack of self - esteem and by the painful inclination to identify with the underdog, rather than by the human and sexual impulse to work for justice on the basis of a strong confidence in both myself and the power of God to love.

And he has noted what any person of common sense has also noted: «The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of the ephemeral, by a lack of openness to life.»

In an effort to produce more creative writing on the de-conversion website (and stir the able minds of our readers to seriously consider their faith (or lack thereof (wow, I'm not sure a triple parenthetical is good grammar)-RRB--RRB-, I hereby present to you: the gospel story in its entirety.

You will note the complete lack of efforts directed to enacting legal bans on recognizing them.

What has been lacking has been some concerted effort to train laymen in the pastoral care of souls, to enlist them in the mental health movement on a par with the clergy, and to use the church effectively as an arm of the community.

I have been sorting, packing and cleaning like a mad woman (hence the extreme lack of posting, due to an extreme lack of cooking) as we have been trying to prepare our house for going on the market and making a cross country move and I just didn't feel like putting a lot of effort into my breakfast but I knew it still needed to be healthy and delicious.

Food charities in the past have reported that efforts to redistribute surplus food have been held back due to a number of obstacles, such as the lack of infrastructure and storage facilities like refrigeration units required to safely transport and store meat and dairy, or confusing «best before» dates on food packaging that lead retailers to throw out food when it is still safely edible instead of marking it for redistribution.

Despite his lack of starts, Pedro was still able to weigh in with six goals and assists including a stunning effort in against Real Sociedad which left the Catalan giants on the brink of clinching the La Liga title.

I have been openly critical of the Rox passing on FA 1Bman this entire off season and lacking effort to trade for one — and it just makes it even easier when the teams plan might include a 1B trio of Desmond / Valaika / Parra at 1B.

He'll begrudgingly put the shirt on, go out there and do what he does with the same lack of effort he always shows.

how many times have we see him playing with disdain losing the Ball and not doing any effort to recover, how many assists never mind goals has he offered lately (b4 injury), ask why Le Fraud doesn't change him for a SUB because is pitiful watching him play...... even the Donkey Giroud (second class striker) compensates his lack of ability by working hard on the field.....

I do think that the football media made too much out of Ozil's supposed lack of form and effort last season and then it became open season on the 25 - year old.

Give him a break??????? are you kidding me??? He had his chance and has consitantly failed to make an impression he has always lacked the ability to put in maximum effort and he should be sold immediately he maneuvered himself into a possition whereby we will NEVER be able to sell him and he moons around the pitch when he does play like he's not really aware of what is really going on.

While that's all positive and are steps in the right direction, the lack of trophies has made them an easy target, and that also arguably has a negative impact on keeping their best players who will be desperate to secure silverware to have something to show for their efforts.

I blame this partially on his lack of speed, and partially on his lack of effort to «go get the ball».

Maybe that Phil goal (which was pretty soft) that made it 2 - 0 on the heels of good sustained pressure took all the wind out of their Sails or maybe Coots being out doomed them to defeat, but for a team only down 2 - 1 in a Playoff series, the effort and compete level the flyers put out there Wednesday was lacking to say the least.

Anyone who hates Arsenals perceived softness, big match imploding, lack of desire, little to no effort, anyone who hates this should be on Mesut Ozils back also.

A long time ago I said it's like playing with a man short when he's on the pitch and the other players are getting p ***** off with his lack of effort.

The impressive Januzaj collected the ball on the edge of the box and swiveled past a number of challenges before he curled a shot to the right of Oblak but the effort lacked power and it was a comfortable save for the keeper.