Sentences with phrase «not taken hold»

For example, it is amazing to me that most of Doug Engelbart's big ideas about «augmenting the collective intelligence of groups working together» have still not taken hold in commercial systems.

But given it is over 15 years old and we don't seem to hear much about that hypothesis, I wold take it that it has not taken hold too well...

Second, a viable domestic cellulosic biofuels industry has not taken hold, with only a tiny fraction of the fuel mandated by the RFS actually being produced.

As incremental change has not taken hold in time, nations are now exposed to sudden change at the point social systems catch up with climate physics.

It is found in cat's that have not been vaccinated, in cats where the vaccination has not taken hold such as kittens that were vaccinated too early, outdoor cats and adopted cats.

RCIA, if the brain washing has not taken hold you can get an advanced degree at the RCIA.

His personality has not taken hold until recently.

Underwood's focus on prophetic inquiry as opposed to more catechetical modes of learning has not taken hold in these years when the conservative churches have been growing, in part because they proclaim an unequivocal, no - nonsense gospel.

WhatsApp became enormously popular in countries where messaging services were expensive or where social networks like Facebook had not taken hold.

A weak attempt at repeating the truce was made in 1915, but a tradition would not take hold due to «the high numbers of dead and hardened attitudes on both sides but also because of actions of senior commanders.»

It's unfortunate that attitude didn't take hold sooner.

«Be aware that Q1 has several unique headwinds that could present the appearance that a turnaround is not taking hold,» they wrote in their report.

The idea did not take hold in Europe, but it made its way to the U.S. over the next few decades.

Without follow - through, any initiatives you put in place to improve the culture won't take hold and nobody will truly believe in the mission.

As for one sect, the whole Catholic new catachism thing that the Vatican has been trying to push isn't taking hold with the new generation.

Some say that ending tyranny means «imposing our values» on people who do not share them, or that people live in parts of the world where freedom can not take hold.

Wilson bristles at the example - and yet it appears that he still hasn't taken hold of the point: the fact that 95 percent of the people in the country «loved their children» would still not establish why the law is justified in protecting those children at the hands of those parents.

The practice of numbering years consecutively from the supposed year of Christ's birth didn't take hold in Western Christendom until the eighth century.

As long as the legislative «leaders» see that the ground campaign to win over the rank and file public isn't taking hold and that the only folks attending all the budget briefings and road shows are the same suits that fill the room whenever a statewide pol shows up in their communities, they will feel empowered to go it alone without the Governor.

The party - switching trend hasn't taken hold yet in Congress, but there's still time.

In areas where soil nutrients are limited, such species can not take hold.

For example, one method involves directly implanting stem cells in the heart wall, but the cells often don't take hold, and sometimes they trigger an immune reaction.

Epidemics couldn't take hold when populations were scattered in small bands that constantly shifted camp.

Their invention didn't take hold, however.

The Potter balance of whimsy and darkness means to tip more to whimsy here, but it doesn't take hold as well as you'd hope.

The tone is sometimes over-the-top, but the message is that conflict can't take hold among people who deal with each other in trust, good faith, and common cause, and that no sacrifice is too great for people firmly dedicated to peace.

Though the true meaning of this quote won't take hold until the final act, it presents many questions.

The publicity efforts surrounding XQ «reflect a view that has been disproved over time — that the reason these reforms haven't taken hold is that people are not aware of them,» said Annenberg Institute senior fellow Simmons.

But unless we shed our reluctance to speak any language other than English, the potential of this renaissance may not take hold, and we could lose our edge.

A caveat here in the history of such an initiative more than two decades ago: The California New Teacher Project, which funded reduced class loads and extensive mentoring for rookie teachers, resulted in improved performance of both students and teachers, but that success did not continue when the efforts did not take hold in a systemic way.

That project didn't take hold, but through my research, I became fascinated with the march itself.

Oddly enough, this trend hasn't taken hold in the self - publishing world, despite that producing a book in all format types is astonishingly easy.

A little bit of yogurt in your pet's diet is not only a healthy treat, but can boost the immune system so that skin and ear yeast infections can't take hold.

Puppies that are too young or where a vaccination didn't take hold are most at risk.

Dogs that receive the vaccine should be protected from the virus unless the vaccine did not take hold as is sometimes the case in puppies, who need to be several months old (4 to 6) since antibodies in their system from their mother can prevent the vaccine from taking hold.

In most cases, small infections will heal on their own within a couple of months, but only if the infection did not take hold because of an underlying deficiency in your dog's immune system.

We can not take holds over phone or email.

When the body is working properly, it is likely that a urinary tract infection in dog will not take hold.

This usually occurs after 4 months since there is a risk the vaccine will not take hold when younger due to antibodies in your puppy that remain from the mother.

Let's just hope a big gust of wind doesn't take hold of Tree and send it crashing into an elementray school like McCarthy's inflatable poop sculpture, Complex Shit, back in 2008.

Further, it's amazing how even when something like better fuel economy is promoted with a «freedom from foreign oil» pitch, it can not take hold.

wouldn't some take the holding firm on a position for more than a decade as «dogmatism»?

A lot of things have been made in edible versions — necklaces, tableware, under garments, even shoes — but they are mostly novelty items or prototypes that haven't taken hold in a meaningful way.

When certain things I was trying to do weren't taking hold right away, my initial thought was, «This whole idea is wrong,» as opposed to how I was implementing it.

Real estate analyst Jonathan Miller says the micro-unit concept hasn't taken hold in New York City, because the rents aren't that much cheaper on a square - foot basis than existing older buildings.

Not exact matches

«One never holds people necessarily responsible for their government, but one does have the ability to be very careful in what one does with the government itself,» said Smith, who became Microsoft's president in 2015, taking on a title that had not existed at the company since 2002, when Richard Belluzzo left.

It didn't cost the company in actual stock price or value, but many hold the view that the legal troubles took Microsoft's focus off innovation, costing it untold potential profits, specifically in search engines, and permanently damaging its reputation.

Taking employees» miles sends the message that you don't appreciate their sacrifice and that you'll hold on to every last dollar at their expense.

Subscription - based pricing for SaaS platforms has clearly taken hold across the industry, and it's not difficult to see why.

Particularly as an entrepreneur, it's more important than ever to steel your resolve, take a giant step backwards, and say «hold up, not so fast!»