Sentences with phrase «rather desperate attempt»

In a rather desperate attempt to claw back support, Cameron has performed yet another U-Turn: possibly the most talked about of his time in office.

Not exact matches

In one desperate attempt to dodge the bullet the government has turned to outsourcing which rather than solve problems merely moves them.

I am rather glad overall this has arisen.It is such a naked and desperate attempt to rig the system that all future ones will be tarnished.

It works better when it becomes a lifestyle, rather than a series of sporadic, desperate, panicky (and often unsatisfactory) attempts at wiping the years away.

I actually feel rather embarrassed around this flick: I feel like I'm at a party, and in the corner is a normally inoffensive but not particularly interesting girl, who has applied red eyeshadow with green mascara, and come in nothing but fishnets and a T - shirt in an attempt to get some attention, but everyone's still ignoring her except me, and now she's coming over to talk to me because she's just so desperate... I want to say to her, «Gee whiz, Joey, even with that colossal wardrobe blunder, still no - one cares!

When the inevitable double - cross came, with Reyes and her lackeys hijacking the Bus in an attempt to secure the 0 -8-4 for the motherland, Coulson's faith in his imprisoned team seemed genuine rather than a desperate bluff.

In a desperate attempt to make it easier to solve California's complex and contentious water problems, a dangerous new idea has recently been floated — intentionally letting some species go extinct rather than take the difficult steps needed to save them and their ecosystems.

They would do their cause far better by publishing, rather than in engaging in desperate and transparent attempts to fabricate controversy and spin.