Sentences with phrase «of effort to the contrary»

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To the contrary, he has spoken thoughtfully and only about recalibration of financial regulations and efforting to adjust to changing circumstanceTo the contrary, he has spoken thoughtfully and only about recalibration of financial regulations and efforting to adjust to changing circumstanceto adjust to changing circumstanceto changing circumstances.

An inconvenient truth of mainline Protestantism is that, despite efforts to the contrary, it remains the stronghold of WASP Christianity.

Contrary to what the bellyaching women and gays want you to believe, most of the Church's efforts are on helping people in need.

So the virtues of humility and resignation are rejected as despicable, and every effort is made to show that they have nothing to do with Christianity — in spite of all the biblical passages to the contrary.

Mark, on the contrary, still moves upon the level of the received tradition, and makes almost no effort to interpret it in terms of general ideas.

Quite to the contrary, as Mircea Eliade has so skillfully shown us, a major effort of the archaic narrative vision was precisely to exclude the new from the story.

Contrary to Weber's effort to show «how abstract ethical doctrines could influence everyday life,» Zaret concludes that «practical ethics in profane activities can be no less influential for the formation of abstract doctrine.

Contrary to what has been said by western historians, there is evidence to show, though very scanty and fragmentary, that Christianity found its way into South East and East Asian countries even before the coming of western missionaries, through the efforts of Nestorian merchants and missionaries from Persia or India or China or from all the three places.

There will be no questioning as to whether I have won men (quite on the contrary, it might well be asked whether I had any notion of having by my own efforts done the least thing toward winning them); no questioning as to whether, by the talk I have gained some earthly advantage (quite on the contrary, it might well be asked whether I had any notion of having myself done the least thing toward gaining it); no questioning about what results I have produced, or whether I may have produced no results at all, or whether loss and the sport that others made of me were the only results I have produced.

It calls every member of the Church • to renew their faith; • to make an actual effort to share it; • to recognise, certainly, a growing awareness of people to the changing circumstances of life today; • to value what is positive in every culture, while at the same time purifying it from elements that are contrary to the full realisation of the person according to the design of God revealed in Christ.

On the contrary, during the decade after the World War heroic efforts were made to maintain intercourse by organizational devices of one kind and another.

On the contrary, political and cultural efforts to rationally solve the problem of man and woman — and we are, to be frank, in the midst of such Utopian spasms — will almost certainly be harmful, even dehumanizing — to man, to woman, and especially, to children — not least because the matters are so delicate and private, and their deeper meanings inexpressible.

To the contrary, it was the shocking events at the end of Jesus» life that caused his early Jewish followers to search the scriptures diligently in their effort to understand how God's Anointed One could have been crucifieTo the contrary, it was the shocking events at the end of Jesus» life that caused his early Jewish followers to search the scriptures diligently in their effort to understand how God's Anointed One could have been crucifieto search the scriptures diligently in their effort to understand how God's Anointed One could have been crucifieto understand how God's Anointed One could have been crucified.

Unfortunately, it did not lead the lovers to God» on the contrary, it led to death without God» but the yearnings - against - their - will, their overwhelming attraction and desire despite their efforts to avert them are of the very same emotional and spiritual and factual material that dramatic religious conversions are made of...

Furthermore, the notion that the way to «punish» World Vision is to withdraw support from its efforts to feed, clothe, heal, comfort, rescue, and shelter «the least of these» is so contrary to the teachings of Jesus — particularly Matthew 25:31 - 46 — it's hard to know where to start.

Even if the state was to carry out raids on the homes of judges in pursuit of legitimate corruption allegations, I am persuaded (and I've not seen any provision to the contrary in spite of the best efforts of many pro-DSS persons) that such should have been carried out by the Police or EFCC, and certainly not the DSS.

Similarly, Vance's office said that the de Blasio team's effort to funnel money to upstate Democratic Party county committees — which do not face the same donation ceilings as individual candidates --» appear contrary to the intent and spirit of the laws.»

«The fact that results of studies that are partly under German management and have been financed mostly by public funds are kept from the public is still unacceptable and contrary to all efforts for more transparency,» says IQWiG's Deputy Director Stefan Lange.

Patterson observes that «Some senior [Romanian energy authority] staff believe that efforts to increase the efficiency of energy use would lead to a continuing fall in sales, and would therefore be contrary to the interests of the company — a view also frequently found in utilities in OECD countries.»

And contrary to my expectation that their efforts would be geared to the needs of undergraduates, with little of relevance to postgrads, there was in fact plenty for those finishing higher degrees too.

Released smack in the middle of the»70s, Nashville would become the director's most decorated effort and, contrary to IMDb's «Known for» section, one of the films Altman is best remembered for today.

On the contrary, Ubisoft remains very supportive of Nintendo \'s efforts to revolutionize gaming with the gamepad.

Because of the near - constant efforts to the contrary, this Funeral is more dreary than most.

Final results of these movies vary big time, some become lame efforts, where we think it was not right in the first place to go for the movie adaption, but some on the contrary and to our surprise turn out to be the best examples of how a video game should transform into a movie.

Quite to the contrary, the outstanding athlete is the «star,» extra effort is applauded by one's fellows, and the informal group rewards are for positive achievement, rather than for restraint of effort.»

Put simply, contrary to the arguments of many White Democrats (as well as pundits such as Jonathan Chait of New York, Frank Bruni of the New York Times and academic Mark Lilla), focusing on the efforts of Black, Latino, immigrant, and low - income communities for economic, social and political equality (which has often been derisively called «identity politics»), is critical to Democrat success in winning elections as well as in winning support from younger voters who are also concerned about these matters.

You're awfully quick to dismiss the work of the Gates Foundation (which, contrary to your claim DOES most certainly have phenomenal success stories to show for its efforts), Oprah Winfrey, Rhee, etc...

Contrary to current practices, districts should be investing the majority of their retention efforts on early - career teachers.

Contrary to the longstanding argument by some that states are laboratories of democracy in which innovation is the norm, legislators and governors often duplicate efforts undertaken by counterparts elsewhere.

In general, the EcoBoost hustles this two - plus - ton SUV around with gusto, and despite efforts to the contrary, my right foot was still able to extract a reasonable 20 MPG average out of my week of mixed city and highway driving.

This could be contrary to the efforts of some companies to launch bigger 12.2 - inch sized devices, such as the Galaxy Tab 12.2 from Samsung.

You either need to put in the effort one time to learn the principles yourself or you need to connect with a community that will help you make sense of all the stuff being pushed down your throat that is contrary to an emotionally balanced take.

On the contrary, I found lots to be proud of and hope the effort bears fruit for readers.

On the contrary, these owners are acutely aware of the need for strong non-breed-specific dangerous / vicious dog laws, and they fully support efforts to strengthen and enforce those laws.

On the contrary, it proved that although dating has changed and been complicated by the influx of digital options and the waning efforts to meet each other in public, putting yourself out there (yes, way out there, even) can really pay off.

In the Hawaiian language, the name translates as «House of No Work,» which is not to indicate that the estate has been built without effort — quite the contrary.

Both histories show at once the importance of race in the visual culture of the West and the ways in which, despite the strenuous efforts of many to the contrary, the result has been a hybrid creolization» (N. Mirzoeff, Bodyscape: art, modernity and the ideal figure, London and New York, 1995, p. 15).

On the contrary, the above serves as a call — or, really, a shout or a yell — to double down on efforts to make sure the board of the GCF, and its supporting secretariat, do the right thing.

On the contrary, the above serves as a call to double down on efforts to make sure the board of the GCF, and its supporting secretariat, do the right thing.

To the contrary, many posters have responded to Paul Bain's and Judith Curry's outreach efforts by redoubling their output of criticism, personal abuse, conspiracy theories (etc.To the contrary, many posters have responded to Paul Bain's and Judith Curry's outreach efforts by redoubling their output of criticism, personal abuse, conspiracy theories (etc.to Paul Bain's and Judith Curry's outreach efforts by redoubling their output of criticism, personal abuse, conspiracy theories (etc.).

In addition, offshore drilling is contrary to New York's aggressive efforts to move toward cleaner energy resources, including the recent nation - leading $ 1.4 billion investment dedicated to on - shore renewable energy projects and a goal of developing 2,400 megawatts of offshore wind generation by 2030.

Not because I wish to disparage the effort here (quite the contrary, since I believe Chip Knappenberger does valuable work) but rather because the issue of climate is so incredibly complex and complicated.

To the contrary, the beginning of these harms should serve as a clarion call for our redoubled efforts.

In addition to concealing the known risks, Exxon and Suncor... directed, participated in, and benefited from efforts to misleadingly cast doubt about the causes and consequences of climate change, including: (1) making affirmative and misleading statements suggesting that continued and unabated fossil fuel use was safe (in spite of internal knowledge to the contrary); and (2) attacking climate science and scientists that tried to report truthfully about the dangers of climate change.

Contrary to a lot of the sniping you hear these days, the efforts of those involved have been heroic.

I have followed Mr. Christie's cases for 30 years and have never seen or heard he supported positions he was asked to defend, on the contrary, I believe his position was quite clear, freedom of speech in Canada needs support and he intended to give his best effort to that cause.

On the contrary, even with all of the efforts outlined above, we are constantly triaging in order to cope with a crushing caseload and to avoid delays.

● Contrary to what GE had argued, there is no need for an employee to show any kind of loss or that his effort or skill exceeded what was ordinarily required by him.

To the contrary, as this TMZ article reports, those charges appeared on California attorney Debra Opri's invoice for services provided in connection with her former client Larry Birkhead's efforts to gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, whom he claims to have fathereTo the contrary, as this TMZ article reports, those charges appeared on California attorney Debra Opri's invoice for services provided in connection with her former client Larry Birkhead's efforts to gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, whom he claims to have fathereto gain custody of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, whom he claims to have fathereto have fathered.

On the contrary, the respondent made all reasonable efforts to accommodate the applicant as is required by section 11 of the Code.