Sentences with phrase «like little attempt»

Of course, Insomniac didn't develop this, but it feels like little attempt was made to play to the series» strengths.

Not exact matches

After more failed attempts than I would like to admit at the perfect hard - boiled egg, I discovered this little beauty — perfect every time and you never end up with egg on your face... or your desk.

I like to see retirees attempt to smooth their income, paying as little tax over their entire retirement, rather than just in the first few years.

But the Facebook founder also seized on the opportunity to indulge in a little suggestive shade throwing which looked very much like an attempt to blame - shift responsibility for the massive data scandal embroiling his company onto, of all things, one of the UK's most prestigious universities.

Largely I would echo what Christine has already said about the way in which we feel accepted within our community, but if you'll bear with me for a little bit, I'd like to attempt to explain to Trey in particular what I see as the difference between this type of acceptance and the attitude of the many Christians who view homosexuality as sinful such as what you have encountered with your sister.

In a culture like our own, which exalts sex and disparages celibacy, it is little surprise that many fail when they attempt celibacy without much support from the church, without clear models, and without practical advice in facing the challenges they face.

Sure, there have been times when Ned took his religious zeal a little too far — like attempting to baptize the Simpson kids without telling their parents — and is prone to the occasional existential crisis («I think I'm coveting my own wife!»)

Time has come to stop catering to a tiny minority of our population that for the most part live in insular ghetto like enclaves of fellow muslims and makes little attempt to be absorbed into the American way of life.

the type of little coward who likes to attempt to be a bully, but is also a failure at that... because their entire life is a failure.

Like the victimization of grace upon which the law incessantly attempts to invade and encroach and replace... often successfully... likewise your community will be ceaselessly tempted to allow just a little purpose, some kind of goal or a vision.

Although it fell a little short, my first attempt was still an attempt and it was followed by several more and now I feel like I have a good feel for the recipe and technique.

I am looking forward lounging a little more this week because I feel like I have been going to to sleep way to late and working myself a tad too hard.Wednesday I attempted to do Zumba like I normally do, but it had been 3 weeks since my last Zumba session.

And so, in my attempt to cling on a little more to the last days of Summer, in my efforts to take me back to the beach, wishing I could walk barefeet with the sand between my toes once more — I'm taking all of us momentarily to Brazil, through introducing you to a classic snack that Brazilians like to have for breakfast or tea.

So I read not to use whey, but I have a TON of it and not a whole lot of money (like... so little I had to wishlist the Kindle version of your book and am waiting for a little extra to buy it haha)... did you attempt whey?

While the predicted «special breeds» like «Moscow Morich» didn't show up (yet), it looks like India is attempting to patent the pepper that got its fame mostly to the CPI's merits (and with all due modesty, our SuperSite report most likely helped a little bit as well).

It turns out that many people — especially little generals like CP3 and Jordan and crusty sportswriters (you know who you are)-- don't find the Race for 200 Points, absurd alley - oop attempts, or lazy threes galore fun.

When the United midfielder attempted to protest about Wilshere, the little Terrier jumped into the Belgian's face, head - butting him like a goat on heat.

As for his heart issue, a little thing like the «flat T - wave» that will require him to undergo an echocardiogram every six months and an MRI scan annually, won't stop McIlroy from attempting to accomplish his goals.

why was Sanchez truly playing... no one believes he was too injured to play to start the season, and some like myself would go as far to suggest he wasn't injured at all... so why play him... they can't say it was to appease the fans because when was that ever a factor at this club except when «panic buys» were in the offing... I believe that this was to give Arsenal a little leverage when it comes to negotiating his transfer... just imagine their horrible bargaining position if Sanchez never saw the field before the deadline then heading back to South America and played for Chile... regardless of the facts, this was sadly again another example of a team putting business ahead of fielding a team with the greatest chance to secure 3 points... of course, some will say that Sanchez is, or was, our best player, so obviously he's a no - brainer to start, but those who really watch the game know that his heart hasn't been truly in it for quite some time... even at the end of last season you could see a definitive difference between the Sanchez who played for Chile and the one that played for Arsenal... that being said, 70 % of Sanchez is still better than a 100 % of the vast majority of our remaining roster... shame on you Arsene and shame on you too Sanchez for that telling smirk... I've supported your attempt to push this squad to the next level but don't pretend for a second that you didn't know you were being watched... don't lower your standards or you'll end up like this club, on the outside looking in

After many attempts since, all of which have failed, bar arguably Francis Coquelin, Arsenal have finally found a player who is not afraid to get stuck in and have a little nibble at his opponents (not literally like Luis Suarez of course).

maybe you don't understand that Wenger's words are simply an attempt to recover some of the market value that was lost due to the way they have mishandled his contract negotiations, which means that everyone, once again, knows that we have little to no leverage when it comes to negotiating a transfer... much like we did with RVP, when we sold the EPL trophy to ManU for less than $ 25 million... any reputable team with a sporting director would never have allowed this situation to occur again and if they had heads would roll... if handled correctly the worst case scenario would have seen us get a minimum of $ 65 million for a player of his ilk in the present economic climate and we could have used those funds to purchase the best available striker in the early days of the transfer window... just imagine what outsiders must think about the state of our team if all you did was read the headlines... sadly, things might just might be worse than they think

Elsewhere in the midfield, I had been eagerly anticipating the chance to see Jake Forster - Caskey but the game largely passed the on - loan youngster by — at first glance, he would appear to share more with his biological father, preferring to sit and spray a few passes rather than attempting to join the forward line as an auxiliary and he appears to have little of his Stepdad's gazelle - like rapidity.

He might not be as successful as you'd like, but you'll know by the attempts, but don't make him do everything, you have to give toward him as well and become at least a little more of what he needs of you as well.

I am leaning towards being a little more stern with him tonight because it's starting to feel like perhaps he's playing me and it's his attempt to get more alone time with Mommy.

I'm sure I'm not the first mom to attempt to make something like this and truth is, most sleep - deprived moms would do anything for a little extra shut - eye, so thank goodness DockATot fulfilled the need for a product like this that is actually safe!

The actual reason there is very little «useful dialogue» going on in this blog is because people appear to be approaching discussion somewhat like a chess game... attempting to anticipate my moves and characterize my «style of play» based on previous experience with others.

I knew because of my baby's disposition and our past attempt that CIO would work for him (he is definitely too tenacious for gradual methods like Pantley's), but I did things a little differently this time.

Though it might seem like a pretty straightforward concept, when you're sleep - deprived and attempting to remember the basic guidelines of, well, anything, it'll be the little things like knowing how often to toss those crib sheets in the washing machine that'll bring you a sense of calm.

Although this normally has little impact on my daily life, I did experience flashbacks during my first labor and would like to attempt to avoid this during this labor.

«We are very excited about the things we have done in the last two years, it has inspired us also to continue to partner with structured platforms like yours so that we can take Nigeria out of the recession because the bottom line is we should continually reflate the economy in a way that everybody feels so comfortable to spend that little disposable income in their hands without actually feeling the pain, we are tired of suicide attempt».

It could look like an attempt to exploit the downturn to extend his mandate, a dangerous act when people feel little real affection for any party... So talk of a snap February 2009 poll is wide of the mark... he knows the bounce will probably end soon.

In an attempt to see off the proposal for votes at 16, the government declared there was little public support for such a move and it would have looked like an attempt to rig the contest.

Jackie Doyle - Price has been PPC for Thurrock for over two years and her attempt to gain the seat from Labour at the next election (a task for which she requires a swing of 6.5 %) looks like it will be a little easier this evening.

An answer may come from the attempts the people are making to try to develop a theory of quantum gravity because under one of the models for this called up loop quantum gravity spacetime itself almost consists of, like, you can think of it is like a little a atom of spacetime; and one possibility is that when you start to cram everything very close together when space itself is packed down into a small enough point that it can't keep shrinking it, it can't keep compacting it.

Crude devices a little like this already exist; years ago I helped Joe Rosen, a reconstructive plastic surgeon at Dartmouth Medical School, build one — the «nerve chip,» which was an early attempt to route around nerve damage using prosthetics.

An unsuccessful attempt to catch the Earth - like exoplanet passing between its star and us means we still know little about its atmosphere and surface

I'd like to do my little bit to help, so here is an attempt at a commonsense explanation of how image - recognition algorithms work.

I attempted to drizzle the hot fudge and mint sprig as a decadent little garnish but it quickly became looking like a hurricane hit it.

You either begin to move like a robot, or you decide to remain in bed (for the time being), stuck in agony as you compress one of the joints in your body — the knee, the wrist, or the lower back in an attempt for the pain to subside just a little so you could kick start your day.

My mom makes an amazing pumpkin bread that I wouldn't even attempt to try to recreate but this recipe adds a little something with the chocolate chips that I really like.

Looks like both companies overshot a little when attempting to change sizing to fit American customers.

In an attempt to find some capsule Spring items that will really add a little vavavooooom to my wardrobe I've been hauling clothes from every store, 90 % I've taken back, but the 10 % I've kept has been like finding a pearl in the big, vast oyster ocean.

I wore it on our third full day in the city, when we decided to take it a little bit more easy and to stop running around like crazy in the attempt to capture everything we see.

I have attempted a couple cutout rompers in the change room but the cut out is always too close to the bra line -LSB-?!?!??] luckily, it looks like lulu's is a little smarter than the average bear.

Like Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Godzilla, Days of Future Past tries to use real - world history and iconography to prop up its storyline, and while its allusions aren't particularly deep, the attempts at contextualizing its fantastical action at least evince a little bit of ambition.

The film's uncomplicated plotting allows plenty of space for goofy little throwaway gags — like a running joke about the young McGregor's feeble attempts at birdwatching — that other films might have cut to make way for various subplots or emotional character moments.

To attempt a critical evaluation of Orion's new Caddyshack is a little like describing the esthetic qualities of an outhouse.

There is an attempt at some sort of twist ending, a la M. Night Shyamalan, but even this adds so very little to the story as a whole, and comes off like a gimmick just to give the film a «big reveal» even if it doesn't really merit one.

On the one hand, it's quite a funny little bromance movie as it turns out Kim Jung Un is a very camp fellow who enjoys everything Skylark does like margaritas and the music of Katy Perry, leading to the two of them bonding and threatening the assassination attempt — as well as the bromance between Dave and Aaron.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction