Sentences with phrase «of fair effort»

Not exact matches

Even when your customer service team is giving their best effort, you'll still likely encounter a fair share of unhappy or frustrated customers.

The export strategy, he concedes, involves a fair amount of serendipity: «We spend a lot of time and effort to execute communications and web marketing.

I put a fair amount of effort into landing opportunities to talk to incredibly successful people.

With SpaceX hoping to make its rockets completely reusable, the company has been upgrading its payload fairings — the nose cone at the top of the rocket — as part of these efforts.

To be fair, many of Avon's problems can be traced back to Jung's mistakes: there was a federal bribery probe that cost Avon $ 500 million and distracted management for years, stemming from overseas expansion efforts and deprived Avon of any viable China business.

In an Asset & Wealth Management report released on Monday, PwC said the public was increasingly hostile towards those perceived to be not paying their «fair share» of tax, and that businesses would need to put more effort into tax transparency in future.

«And so it's a fair question about whether it was realistic at the beginning of the second term that with a concerted effort we could achieve an appreciably different result,» Shapiro said.

It will demand a fair degree of consistency and persistence as far as your interaction efforts are concerned.

It's a sleek - and - modern affair, but in typical West Coast fashion, management makes an effort to let guests know they're eco-friendly, which means an in - room supply of custom - roasted fair - trade coffee.

In the next stage, firms typically have to expend a fair amount of internal R&D effort to create the platform itself from the initial seeds of ideas from complementors.

And while there is no legal requirement that underwriters like Mr. Thiel reveal their involvement to the opposing side or the jury, it is considered fair game for lawyers to ask questions about financial backing — something that Gawker Media did on Wednesday in court as part of its efforts to overturn the Hogan judgment.

We feel confident that we submitted a fair valuation of the company's US assets in an effort to save the business and over 130,000 domestic jobs.»

Fair trade legislation granted producers the right to set the final retail price of their goods, limiting the ability of chain stores to discount.58 When the Supreme Court targeted these «resale price maintenance» efforts, Congress stepped up to defend them.

Unfortunately, there are also a fair few projects which do not even have a working livenet at this stage, despite having raised millions of dollars through an ICO or other crowdfunding effort.

We understand the proposed tax changes are an effort to ensure all Canadians are paying a suitably fair share of tax on income, and to eliminate circumstances where private corporations might be used to gain unfair tax advantages.

This effort is part of Starbucks ongoing commitment to creating pathways to opportunity for young people in Phoenix, which includes: the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative hiring fair last fall that helped 1,700 young people connect with jobs and resources needed to improve their lives; a revolutionary partnership with Arizona State University to establish the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, with 6,000 partners (employees) now completing their college degrees with full tuition reimbursement; and two Military Family stores (near Luke Air Force Base and Davis - Monthan Air Force Base) employing many baristas and managers who are veterans and military spouses.

And he has been active for years in Uganda, a place where persecution of gays has taken a turn for the worse — partly, it seems fair to suppose, thanks to his efforts.

In February, readers of the New York Times were enticed by this puzzling headline: «Clinton to Order Effort to Make Pollution Fairer.»

This debate is also timely, given that the boxing fraternity is about to descend on Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, even though the Olympic Charter states that it will «dedicate its efforts to ensuring that, in sport, the spirit of fair play prevails and violence is banned».

The fact was that while a comparative few were building vast fortunes by every means conceivable, great masses of laboring people were being denied even the fair return of their efforts.

Taylor paid serious attention to its efforts to stop the abuses of child labor and to develop fair wages, compensation for injured workers, and pensions.

Referring to the success of U.S. government efforts to bias press coverage against Nicaragua, the organization Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) states: «By sheer force of repetition, the administration has driven home its anti-Sandinista propaganda themes in the media.

When the State Kills is the model for such an approach, with fascinating and accessible chapters on such topics as the never - ending quest for «painless» executions, the role of and pressures on the jury in capital cases, the portrayal of executions in contemporary films, and the increasingly desperate efforts of death - penalty lawyers to ensure that those who are condemned to die have received something approximating fair treatment under the law.

This is human nature, of course, but what I've been telling myself lately is it's not fair to the 199 readers who took the time and effort to add something personal, thoughtful, wise, and encouraging to the conversation when I only remember and engage that single negative comment.

When the Utah Compromise was passed two years ago, Moore and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission colleague Andrew Walker called the effort to ensure fair treatment of LGBT individuals «well - intentioned,» but took issue with the «arbitrary threshold» for which entities gained religious exemption under the policy.

campaigned for a Local Food Act and multi-million dollar Local Food Fund to support and resource the efforts of all Australians who want a fair food future;

Despite the opportunity lost with the cancellation of the forum, AFSA and the VFMA will continue our efforts to engage regulators in a constructive dialogue of how they might work within the existing regulatory framework to best support and enable the producers and communities who are building local, transparent and fair food systems.

While the prices of our meat is likely higher than you will see at most Supermarkets, we are proud to offer humanely - raised, healthy meats and pleased to pay farmers a fair price for their efforts.

The team at Bostock New Zealand is focusing their Fair for Life social program efforts primarily on wages and overall health of their workers:

And while Kraft deserves some credit, as none of the other Big Coffee companies is making this type of effort, real environmental preservation and fair prices for farmers is far, far better served by purchasing sustainable coffees from small companies and roasters with relationships with their suppliers, especially those that provide information on the specific farms where their beans are sourced.

And yes, we completely re-invented the content sessions that were going on, introduced new content, rebranded the show entirely and put an awful lot of effort into bringing, what we considered, to be the right type of buyer to the fair.

The SOAAN Steering Group concluded at its meeting on 24 November 2015 that focusing its think - tank efforts on the Organic 3.0 feature of True Value and Fair Pricing should be its next priority.

And when it comes to fair trade, Green and Black's is one of the first chocolate brands who made a conscious effort to source fair trade certified ingredients in their chocolate, and their first bar to be awarded the FairTrade mark was back in 1994.

Sirs: The article by Tanya Matthews showing how American champion Bobby Fischer forfeited his way out of the recent world international chess tournament in Sousse, Tunisia, in spite of the sincere efforts of the officials and players to meet his almost incessant demands and to placate his petulant faultfindings, was eminently fair and factual.

If he does nt play in his favorite position he does nt try and thats not fair to the other plays like Alexis who are putting in 100 % of their effort.

From what Iv read it sounds like they've put a fair bit of effort to it.

The Premier League runners - up are in urgent need of strengthening after a disappointing season, and have been boosted in their efforts to land their top targets this summer after UEFA relaxed its Financial Fair Play restrictions on the club.

It's fair to say that De Gea was the busier of the two goalkeepers as he produced some stunning saves in a game which Chelsea dominated and eventually won 1 - 0 thanks to a long - range effort from N'Golo Kante.

After a time, the incurably weak - ankled will abandon the effort, but a fair percentage of the novices will persist and master the sport that oldsters can enjoy as much as the kids.

The Humphry has unfortunately often seemed like a one - sided competition in previous years, but thanks to the efforts of our Match Rifle Captain, Katherine Lightbown, and the hard work of our match rifle shooters, the competition is now a much fairer fight.

Instead of offering a salary, we could make a more concerted effort to make life more comfortable and fair for the players.

«The girls have put in an absolutely superb effort and on another day we'd have come out victorious — 3 - 0 is not a fair reflection of the game.

Harry Winks had a fair game today, but it was a dull one - sided affair in which anyone could have shone with a bit of effort.

(A small part of us wishes Ashley Cole had made the list for a brave, inspiring effort including the game - winning assist, but the former England National Team regular was lax on Vela's first goal so fair's fair.

«Milner's effort was a decent height to be fair,» said Pickford of his first half stop.

April 12 — Paris St - Germain are facing fresh accusations of failing to meet financial fair play (FFP) regulations with officials set to meet with UEFA in an effort to stave off being sanctioned again, according to reports.

In a season which has produced just as many high points as lows, would it be fair to say their workmanlike efforts at The Emirates last Sunday in grounding out a hard - fought 1 - 0 win away to Arsenal was their best performance of the season?

I am actually trying to regrow the skin now, but that can take years (and a fair amount of effort) unlike fingernails that someone compared foreskins to above.

I'd like to have a list of where to go to find arts and craft fairs in my area and how to find out if they are worth the time and effort.

Give back in the schools: We also provide STEM workshop in French free of charge to locals schools and happily donate weeks at camp to local schools» fair and fundraising efforts.