Sentences with phrase «repeated efforts by»

In sum, despite its longevity, and despite repeated efforts by Florida courts to give flesh to the «essential requirements of the law» standard, it remains amorphous.

Despite repeated efforts by cat owners in the United States to stop the import of all chicken jerky treats from China, a...

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Trump repeated the claim that the Russia investigation is an effort by Democrats to save face after an embarrassing loss, citing the number of electoral votes he won.

We see the social proof — JetBlue continues to win over repeat and new customers by its consistent efforts to meet customer demands, a cornerstone of its brand.

It lowers your reliance on willpower and motivation because, as Tynan, the author of Superhuman by Habit, says, habits are «action [s] that you take on a repeated basis with little or no required effort or thought.»

Kogan described it as a «big leap» to connect the piece of research to Kremlin efforts to use online platforms to interfere in foreign elections — before essentially going on to repeat a Kremlin talking point by saying the US and the UK engage in much the same types of behavior.

He repeats «no collusion» again and again, despite well - reported episodes such as the Trump Tower meeting in June 2016, outreach to Russians by campaign aides George Papadopoulos and Carter Page, and his own efforts to egg on more hacking of Hillary Clinton and to trumpet memos released by pro-Russia WikiLeaks.

We can't see that all those controversial policies developed by the Bush and Blair administrations were not really put forward in good faith as efforts to protect American and British citizens from repeated terrorist attacks.

Repeated efforts are made to regulate sexual behavior by punitive measures, such as the «squeal» regulation that would require a medical facility to inform parents when an underage girl seeks medical help if she is pregnant or if she wants to obtain contraceptives.

(Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope, 23) From Auguste Comte to Karl Marx, philosophers have made repeated efforts to eliminate any profound uncertainty about the future by placing it within some scheme of inevitability or determinism that might calm our vexation about its destiny.

After the parents spent their entire savings and remortgaged there house in repeated efforts to save their daughter from the evils of drugs, which lead to many other horrible life styles, including prostitution, she was finally murdered by her supplier / pimp.

Without these repeated opportunities to gain «feedback» by noting the actual way my fingers are moving, I would be helpless in my effort to discover just which patterns of physical feeling in my brain cells should be deflected by some fresh novelty.

It should be remarked that the repeated efforts to control and eventually to suppress the chorepiscopate were prompted in part by the recurrent involvement of the rural bishops, because of insufficient stipends, in part - time economic activities inconsonant with the episcopal dignity.

A late fourth - quarter score by St. Helena couldn't mask the dominant effort by Salesian's defense as the Pride repeated as Div.

The only thing that will save this season for the underachieving Pacers is, at minimum, a repeat of last year's dramatic playoff effort that ended in a five - game defeat by Boston.

«Because of repeated efforts to block this reform by the Senate Majority, we request that you once again include closure of the LLC Loophole in your Executive Budget proposal and ensure that it is included in the final enacted budget.»

More to the point, Illinois was the site of the most extensive challenge process, which fell short despite repeated efforts spearheaded by Cook County state's attorney, Benjamin Adamowski, a Republican, who also lost his re-election bid.

Nicholas A. Langworthy, the Republican Party chairman in Erie County, N.Y., said he's taken aback by Clinton's repeated references to what he described as «small bore» efforts, such as securing federal money for a Buffalo project called Artspace that created residential living space for artists.

Advocates of such primaries say they would prevent a repeat of Falkirk where a relatively small party threatened to be taken over by a union - backed effort to recruit new members.

The repeated and diverse efforts by Senator Skelos, a Long Island Republican, to use what prosecutors said was his political influence to find work, or at least income, for his son could send both men to federal prison.

Nicky Arnold, too, has found that the effort put into initial preparation can be repaid by repeat bookings.

Tabata's are best (20 seconds max effort, 10 seconds rest, repeat 8 times) by running or on stationary bike.

Other studies I've seen on intervals get it right, such as the study showing a 10 - 12 second all - out maximal output effort, followed by 2 - 4 mins of rest, then repeat 3 - 4 more times.

One of the best examples of this form of training is the «Tabata Protocol» of an all - out effort for 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated for 8 intervals.

In Kundalini yoga, anahata is awakened and balanced by asanas, pranayamas and the practice of ajapa japa (japa, without the mental effort normally needed to repeat the mantra) and purified by bhakti (devotion).

A 2006 study by Martin Gibala, a physiologist at McMaster University in Ontario, showed that a 3 - minute sequence on a stationary bicycle — 30 seconds of maximal effort pedaling, followed by a brief rest, repeated five or six times — led to the same health benefits as 90 to 120 minutes of steady - state cycling.

By working with as much effort as possible for 20 seconds, then recovering for 10 seconds, and repeating this pattern for a total of four minutes.

THE BLU - RAY DISC by Bill Chambers First things first: While Warner has made every effort to rebrand Edge of Tomorrow within the packaging of its Blu - ray release, its title has not been changed to Live Die Repeat on screen, though who knows how far they'll take this campaign?

Stone's movie, an avant - garde effort by a mainstream filmmaker, basically repeats and expands some of the «experimental» stylistic procedures of his JFK but using very different material.

But as is its wont Fire Emblem Warriors still insists on making the most minimal effort possible, with dialogue that sounds like it was written by a 10 - year - old and the same plot point, of mistakenly thinking someone has been kidnapped, repeated for almost half the game.

Credit Paul Rudd for portraying the character with an utterly convincing innocence, even if that dedicated effort is regrettably oft undermined by the script's repeated reliance on repugnant misogynistic and mean - spirited flourishes.

4] and keep repeating the same tone - deaf talking points, mostly just infuriating the skeptics (the enthusiasts are apparently in disbelief that anyone might regard an enterprise driven by two DC associations and backed by federal incentives as anything other than a truly «voluntary» state effort).

In 2006, Ed Next published a study by Marcus Winters and Jay Greene, «Getting Ahead by Staying Behind,» that reviewed the efforts of several states and school districts to end social promotion and analyzed the impact of Florida's policy of requiring low - performing students to repeat a grade.

By repeating this cycle, students will learn to replace «going through the motions» with the kind of purposeful effort that leads to true learning.

Considering the amount of time you will save by preparing this content once instead of repeating it regularly in a classroom, you have the option to really put effort into making it a terrific course.

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We see this same phenomenon repeated every single day with «Kindle Daily Deals,» where a product or book is singled out for spotlight attention and invariably soars right to the top of the Kindle bestseller list — then sinks in the days that follow, despite every effort by the author to keep it up there.

One is an effort by the banks to anticipate higher bond yields and avoid repeated increases in mortgage rates.

In an effort to persuade you to reward him, your rabbit will respond by repeating the behaviour harder and faster.

The campaign, bearing the theme «Discover the Other You», was organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand in a global effort to boost its Internet and social - media profile, especially among young people, and attract more repeat visitors in the off - peak season months.

«According to the complaint, defendants» Class Period statements were materially false and misleading because they failed to disclose and misrepresented the following adverse facts which were known to or recklessly disregarded by defendants: (a) Battlefield 4 was riddled with bugs and multiple other problems, including downloadable content that allowed players access to more levels of the game, a myriad of connectivity issues, server limitations, lost data and repeated sudden crashes, among other things; (b) as a result, Electronic Arts would not achieve a successful holiday season 2013 rollout of Battlefield 4; (c) the performance of the Electronic Arts unit publishing Battlefield 4 was so deficient that all other projects that unit was involved in had to be put on hold to permit it to focus its efforts on fixing Battlefield 4;»

Now, I hope others will use this as an opportunity to come out and repeat similar sentiments so we can go forward and begin all out efforts to embrace the science and use it to attack global warming caused by CO2 emissions.

Note also that in their post-Frontline damage control efforts, the climate denialists continued to repeat the «no consensus» myth ad nauseam, including in three seperate blog posts on WattsUpWithThat alone — by the Heartland Institute, its director Joe Bast, and International Climate Science Coalition director Tom Harris.

This Synthesis Report repeats with greater certainty findings that have figured prominently in earlier IPCC assessments, that the Earth's climate is warming «unequivocally,» that the human influence in this process is «clear» and that the changing climate is very likely to bring impacts:» [w] ithout additional mitigation efforts beyond those in place today, and even with adaptation, warming by the end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally.»

The Washington courts have supported this principle in cases such as Mike M. Johnson Inc. v. Spokane County, 2003 WL 22410697, which has triggered repeated legislative efforts by contractor groups interested in eliminating claim documentation requirements.

In our efforts to control escalating claims costs for administrative dismissals (more than $ 10 million in the last four years), LawPRO has circulated repeated warnings and resources about the risk of having a claim dismissed for delay or by reason of abandonment under Rule 48 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

They learn by repeated efforts in the makeshift courtrooms at Spence's secluded, austere ranch - how to select and connect with a jury, how to make an effewctive opening statement, how to deliver a winning final argument and empower a jury to give justice to their clients.

But repeated repeal attempts and the Trump Administration's efforts to undermine the exchanges by cutting advertising money and reducing the signup window may make it difficult for many families to learn about their options.

Google is making a large effort to ease user discovery by repeating apps among categories and with its new desktop version of the Google Assistant app directory, which launched earlier this month.

• Retained the outlet's best customer by providing him with exceptional services, after he had had a particularly bad experience with another customer assistant • Trained 15 new customer assistants (to be deployed to Tesco Express outlets within the state) within a short time span of 20 days • Handled shelf stocking activities by ensuring that all shelves were properly stocked and straightened • Assisted with visual merchandising efforts by setting up displays of items and banners • Priced merchandise according to the company's pricing policies • Ensured that any discounts were displayed appropriately • Ensured safety and wellbeing of customers • Handled customer complaints according to company policies, to ensure repeat business opportunities