Sentences with phrase «one's valiant efforts»

Others, like the ancient Pharisees, prompted by equally noble motives, are making valiant efforts to keep the church structures buoyant and active by winning converts from the lost world as occasion offers.

Despite valiant efforts at punking up «O Come, O Come Emmanuel» and «White Christmas,» this is starting to sound like a bad joke.

Despite valiant efforts from Jack Harrison and Toby Pettman, who survived 108 and 51 balls respectively, the game was lost around half an hour into the final session.

While there have been valiant efforts in porting big AAA games to Nintendo's latest hardware — Bethesda's DOOM and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus come to mind — the next AC game may be too ambitious for the Switch.

Therefore, despite valiant efforts by Colorado, Penn State and, yeah, fine, Florida, I have no choice but to award the Huskers the title of Bust University.

With these accusations brought to the table, we can confidently surmise that the rumination process along with the ruminant are certainly under assault, and we must be prepared to defend these animals and our right to consume their products with the same valiant effort with which we have defended raw milk.

That was about as valiant an effort as we've ever seen from a 16 - seed, and about as heartbroken a group of college players as you'll ever see in a game's closing seconds.

Despite the win proving elusive at home, Blackpool's performances on the whole at Bloomfield Road have been very pleasing, especially their latest valiant effort against Man City, who the pushed all the way and never gave up until the final whistle in typical Holloway / Blackpool fashion.

No matter how valiant our efforts, it pops up with all its vitality, splashing everyone around.

The Christian conscience put forth valiant efforts to curb and redirect to its ends the traditions of the former «barbarians» by which the rulers emerged from the professional warriors and retained their power by prowess in battle and skill in directing their subjects in military objectives.

After Szczesny was sent off Arsenal put in a really valiant effort as Bayern gave a textbook example of how to play against ten men, spreading the play and working Arsenal to their absolute limit, and to only concede two goals in the second half is a real credit to the whole team.

Despite my most valiant efforts and deep commitment to positive discipline, I often find myself making and correcting mistakes.

That sense of waste extends to the actors, whose valiant efforts aren't to be faulted as they are literally and figuratively pulled in so many directions by thinly developed material.

Such valiant effort is what American Humane's Emergency Rescue program is all about.

Despite rescuers valiant efforts the following morning, the bull became entrapped in a rocky area on the riverfront, fell into a small ravine and died.

Giorgione in Clapton @ The Tram Depot A valiant effort to recreate the lost paintings of Giorgione.

LG has an ongoing smartphone problem: despite a few valiant efforts (the G2x comes to mind) the company continues to live in the shadow of rival Samsung.

-LSB-...] have made valiant efforts to improve the Bill in the House of Lords.

Tragically, Sunbear died 3 days later on August 14, 2002, despite valiant efforts by the veterinary staff.

While I don't have any insight about this retail giant's cyber security operation, many companies large and small have no idea if a breach has occurred in their networks despite their valiant efforts.

«The valiant efforts of Snopes and other debunking organizations were insufficient; Facebook's labyrinthine sharing and privacy settings mean that fact - checks get lost in the shuffle,» he wrote.

The hope was that antisense oligos for everything from cancer to HIV would roll off the pharmaceutical assembly line — but despite a generation of valiant effort, the successes on this front have been meager.

Google, Samsung and Microsoft have all had valiant efforts to build out their own selections of personal devices that come with brand - specific features, but all are undeniably playing catch - up to Apple's empire.

But there isn't such a computer, and without proportional representation, our valiant efforts at voting our principles are undermined or rendered neutral by a crude system designed to favour incumbents and lower expectations of what is possible.

Everyone feels the need to be recognized as an individual or member of a group and to feel a sense of achievement for work well done or even for a valiant effort.

Of course, we all have our favorite example of the hurt or crippled or deprived individual who through determination and valiant effort has managed to overcome all obstacles and go on to lead a useful and meaningful and maybe even a joyful life.

A major reason why the world is now on the brink of the abyss in spite of many good intentions and valiant efforts is that there has been no general openness of life to direction and power from God, and hence no general acceptance of responsibility for doing «the things which belong unto peace.»

Charlie makes a valiant effort at preaching and otherwise playing the role.

I have gone out of my way to support Father Maturi fight against crime and am working closely with him in this valiant effort to make some positive change.

Sex Education, A Parents» Guide is a valiant effort to present the controversial Catholic teaching in a friendly way.

Her honesty about the uncomfortable realities of life and faith — the unresolved, the disappointments, the mysterious, the gray, the hopeful, the routine, the failures, the valiant efforts — give this book a more conversational and intimate feel than any of her others.

Despite these valiant efforts, countless Coptic tunes have slipped silently into the sands of time with the death of some white - haired cleric in a nondescript Egyptian village.

They have fought long and hard and the Sikh community takes pride in these members and their valiant efforts towards the greater good.

A valiant effort.

When Pope Francis arrives in America next month, he will undoubtedly find a very different country than did Paul VI, John Paul II, or Benedict XVI.In the past decade, the culture of death has gained momentum (even as pro-life marches and valiant efforts to chip away at it continue), the sexual....

In the past decade, the culture of death has gained momentum (even as pro-life marches and valiant efforts to chip away at it continue), the sexual revolution has expanded into runaway legal and popular support for same - sex marriage and gender ideology, and religious liberty, once regarded as our country's «first freedom,» has come under sustained attack.

Instead, her honesty about the uncomfortable realities of life and faith — the unresolved, the disappointments, the mysterious, the gray, the hopeful, the routine, the failures, the valiant efforts — give this book a more conversational and intimate feel than any of her others.

I was under the impression that 12 - minute Saucy Chicken Breasts with Limes was a pretty genius weeknight answer to chicken under a brick, and a valiant effort on my part to rehabilitate the bland, stringy, flavorless brand identity that has followed chicken breasts around for the past, oh, 35 years or so.

But it was a valiant effort.

A valiant effort went into trying to make the blender photo look Instagram worthy but I couldn't get it right and in the end my eldest daughter took my phone away because by this point she was seriously worried they'd be late for school.

Despite a valiant effort from the Jets, the Patriots were able to do what they always do: win.

It was a valiant effort, Marshall had a head start and also is fast and not a 305 - pounder.

Despite a valiant effort, the Men were less successful, with both Blues and Assassins teams losing narrowly to Cambridge.

The Magic made a valiant effort, but in the end they didn't have enough firepower to keep up with the hottest team in the NBA.

Persistent rain postponed Sunday's Sprint Cup Series race and washed out officials» valiant efforts to try and dry the track to get the event underway.