Sentences with phrase «making modest efforts»

Wyman, a white female teacher and researcher, and Kashatok, a Yup» ik male school administrator and researcher, describe ways that non-Native teachers can come to know the Native Alaskan community in which they teach: by attending community events; recognizing and accepting social invitations; making modest efforts to learn the language; and developing two - way trust.

A few students were making a modest effort to participate.

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Ten years later, in another bipartisan effort, this time led by President Ronald Reagan and Senator Russell Long, the Tax Reform Act of 1984 altered the tax incentives to make ESOPs with modest levels of generally 5 - 20 % of employee stock ownership attractive to publicly traded stock market corporations.

These efforts of McGinn to make Antichrist relevant are decidedly modest, even half - hearted; they cover only seven pages out of 280 pages of text.

Or were they just working very hard to keep the country running as their ads claimed, only wanting to make an honest and modest profit for their efforts?

Needless to say, Ford backing could make the difference between a modest Cobra effort and a significant one.

Even as he briefed them on critical issues bordering on security, the economy and energy crisis and efforts being made he expressed disappointment at how some Ghanaians have refused to recognise the modest gains made by the country

Defence budgets will always be under pressure, but the situation has been made worse by the recent revelations that despite Hammond's efforts to plug the UK MoD's budget «black hole» — defence is still set to suffer deep cuts.

What is wrong in Sullivan making modest cities out of Nsukka, Orji River, Awgu, 9th Mile, Agbani, Obollo Afor and other parts of the state which would require precious little efforts to be transmuted into a city?

Finally, despite failing to obtain a more substantial salary increase, I was satisfied that I had made a significant effort to change my situation and had experienced a modest measure of success.

At the other end of the scale are the modest efforts that make use of disused railway lines to join patches of wasteland in inner cities, bringing a taste of the countryside to town dwellers.

Spreading this modest collection into multiple sections and sticking them on the main menu seems like an effort to make the disc seem fuller than it really is, but the images are nevertheless welcome.

Amy Baker, a LAUSD parent, criticized the state for making «no effort to improve our broken teacher evaluation system» and asked the committee to pass the bill because it was «a modest step in the right direction.»

Grassroots reform will require a modest but critical mass of consumers who will make the effort to inform themselves about local schooling facts and raise the awareness of their neighbors.

With a quick - fire seven - speed double - clutch automated transmission, an array of chassis dynamic tech like the active differential, M drive mods and servotronic adaptive power steering, plus efficiency aids like regenerative braking and auto start / stop BMW has made a decent effort to make sure the ability to cover ground at warp speed is tempered with the option of reasonable economy.

I've made the effort in my last two contract negotiations, and that's a non-negotiable point for them, at least for authors at my modest level.

Investors who pursue broadly diversified portfolio made up with funds with rock bottom fees have the potential to generate above average returns with a relatively modest investment in time and effort.

We have invested a lot of time and effort in making the full game a major step up from the mod version.

It was a conscious effort to find his own new approach to painting: «Since I had just come back from Canada and was again searching for a subject, I started making these quite homely paintings, paintings of quite modest subjects».

The outfits are made up of found, recycled and charity shop bought objects such as masks, beads, plastic flowers and cloth, which reflect upon a modest upbringing, whilst becoming an auto - biography through an effort to transport the familiar into the fantastic.

In it's modest way and while the name of the photographer, who is the subject of its current exhibition, Giuseppe Cavalli (1904 - 1961), is entirely new to me, North London's Estorick Collection is to be applauded for making a tremendous effort to draw elements of Italian photography out of the darkness and into the light.

Modest efforts have been made since the mid-1970s to explore renewable energy technologies.

A perfect storm of entry - level RAM, modest SSD write speeds, and lack of Hyper - Threading makes for a slow effort, which we didn't expect.

Like the recently introduced Moto Z2 Play and all other members of the Moto Z family, the Moto Z2 Force boasts full support for Moto Mods, the Lenovo - owned company's lineup of accessories designed for its modular smartphones that allow users to physically customize their devices in an effort to make them more suitable for their daily or even just occasional needs.

Although treatment effects for several outcomes were small in magnitude, as reported previously, HS was modest in intensity and cost, relative to other early intervention efforts.5 For example, HS families made 11 well - child visits and received < 2 home visits within their child's first 2.5 years, at a cost of $ 402 to $ 933 / year.