Sentences with phrase «last ditch effort before»

Marriage counseling should not be a last ditch effort before divorce.

What struck me most about your comments was the final component in which you reflected that the students assigned to your classroom would be reorganized in homogenous groupings in a last ditch effort before the state testing.

After several attempts with no success, I made one last ditch effort before throwing in the towel (or throwing a pathetic, whiny fit).

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He would have noticed Fergie's iron will to win, compared to AW, and decided to go there as a last ditch effort to win the EPL before he got too old.

Mandzukic had a similar chance but saw his toe - poked effort saved by Subasic before Andrea Raggi's last - ditch block denied Dybala.

Virgin airlines and Theresa May have been urged to cancel the deportation of an asylum seeker who is understood to be close to death, amid a last - ditch effort to stop the flight before it leaves tomorrow night.

The only thing standing between thirsty New Yorkers and a Sunday morning bloody mary or mimosa is an upstate killjoy who is making a last - ditch effort to stop a bill allowing Sunday alcohol sales before noon.

Supporters of each of the five candidates for the Labour leadership are making a last - ditch effort to secure votes before polling closes.

With just two days until the 421 - a tax abatements expire, Capital has learned a last - ditch effort is underway in Albany to overhaul the controversial development subsidy program before the legislative session ends next Wednesday.

In a last - ditch effort to push this issue before de Blasio is likely elected, the NYC Department of Education is giving the green light to open or expand 23 charter schools before Bloomberg leaves office and provide them with free space in city buildings.

«Our opponent's attempt to distract the voters from the real issues is nothing more than a last - ditch effort to gain traction before Election Day.»

Hi Tasha; Just wanted to let you know that I ordered your dvd and look forward to my last ditch effort to strengthen my basket before I make a final decision on surgery.

Is this a last ditch effort to get those people waiting on the sidelines for a Kindle before Apple release their tablet / eReader next week?

Or will they be thrown together from existing assets and cut content in a last - ditch effort to make back some more money from Imaginators before the series goes on the out?

Laure Prouvost says: «This hand - printed tea towel launches one last ditch effort to find my grandfather before Christmas»

Often our society sees therapy as a last - ditch effort before divorce.

Before leaving the last store in defeat, I made one last ditch effort and went to the aisle that held regular, non-seasonal garland.

At this point it was mid-November and we were at our wits with this darn toilet so as a last ditch effort we enlisted the help of Nathan's dad to help re-install the toilet one last time before we called a plumber.