Sentences with phrase «seems more intent»

So while it may be true that individual members of the AGU are beginning to wake up and smell the coffee, the organization itself seems more intent on keeping traditions alive than helping the world face the future by demanding that its members be accountable for their behavior.

However, when your advisor seems more intent on impressing you with what he or she has and makes a big show of being successful, he or she may be more intent on promoting themselves than advising you.

Now, Lee is determined to stop Parsons and bring Bourne in, even as her boss, CIA Director Robert Dewey (Tommy Lee Jones), seems more intent on killing them both before Iron Hand, the CIA's revolutionary new «black» spying program, goes live.

The daughter was going through her disobedient stage (at one point, she seems more intent on helping her murderous boyfriend, rather than her father, who her boyfriend is trying to kill), and Mary Sanders seemed a bit more able to take control of her own life.

Yes, he seems more intent on attacking, which he does very well.

The manager seems more intent on his own footballing philosophy than actually winning things and the players seem to accept draws and defeats with a bit of a shrug.

The government seems more intent with not providing the public with information, rather than engaging the public in discussion on critical policy issues.

For some reason the Minister seems more intent with not providing the public with information, rather than engaging Canadians in discussion on critical policy issues.

The government seems more intent with not providing the public with information, rather than engaging Canadians in discussion on critical policy issues.

With the website dogged by bottlenecks and bugs, she faced a wall of finger pointing and nitpicking, where critics seemed more intent on scoring points and pushing agendas than offering solutions.

At times during his reign at the Bernabeu, he has seemed more intent on his battles with the Spanish press than he has on football and this is one of the main reasons that the fans of the club never really took to him.

One baby may be laid back and take longer to nurse than a sibling who seemed more intent on getting the job done.

But during the 2001 election, Mr Blair seemed more intent on reassuring those at the top.

If I know for sure that my efforts can make a concrete difference in the lives of the relatively small number of kids, teachers, and parents I interact with every day, why divert a single ounce of energy to reaching out to lawmakers who seem more intent on bickering with each other than listening to the people they represent?

These paintings seem more intent on conveying movement and transience than on capturing particular instants of lived experience.

This resulted in generic2 dropping its obviousness attack; however it unsuccessfully re-argued insufficiency — the slightly different allegations raised by Apotex in fact appeared to stress the futility of both generics» arguments: «Apotex and Cobalt seem more intent in casting about to pick at whatever [sp] they can than to argue genuine ambiguities or insufficiencies».

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«If you're wondering why marketers seem intent on e-mailing you more and more,» McKinsey states, «there's a simple explanation: it works.»

How then, to foster more reader - driven competition, when Big Media with big money seems intent on drying it up, and hollowing it out?

Feeling a need to save time is natural; we all seem intent on cramming ever more activities into already busy lives while increasing demands are made on us.

Duane Bobick, the American boxer, seemed intent only on impressing the world so that his professional contract would be more lucrative.

Instead of lamenting the fact that Americans seemed to be more intent on individual happiness than upon public good, some began to argue that just such a principle was the basis of the new American system The new Constitution, it was felt, harnessed individual acquisitiveness to public order.

For my part, I find these benefits of uncertain value, suggestive but not wholly persuasive; and, in any event, Kass seems intent more on evoking insights or feelings than in rigorously proving the case for mortality.

*** Since you seem intent more on trolling than in having an honest conversation, you might try a different approach — like actually trying to provide proof...!

Having been a winner wherever he has played, Arsenal's supposed lack of ambition had begun to frustrate the Chilean international, but after being given the number 7 shirt, which shows his importance to the team, as well as more intent in the transfer window with the signings of Xhaka, Lucas and Mustafi, it now seems that Alexis is keen to stride forward with Arsenal and hopefully sign a new contract in the process.

He seems to have a lot more of that intent in his game now.

I thought he showed a lot of improvement when he returned last season, and so far from what I've seen he's been a prominent figure in our attack, created a lot of our better chances and seems a lot more intent on making things happen.

On a more positive note, Ozil seems to be intent on making the most of his Arsenal experience.

We are indeed, unlikely to see any more big incoming signings (zero reports about interest in central midfield, and with Arsene seemingly intent on keeping Ox and even Wilshere, it seems like he's erring on the side of mostly keeping faith with the same players for the umpteenth summer in a row; just once I'd like him to err on the side of taking risks with the squad by shaking things up and having a bit more turnover in order to significantly improve us, but there you go...).

The goal seemed to lift the spirits of the Leeds players, as they got a lot more of the ball and showed more attacking intent after the goal as Brentford pushed forward in order to attempt to equalize, but didn't really challenge the goal and the half ended with Leeds leading 1 - 0 for once.

I will take them to win here and lay the half goal but under Bilic the Hammers seem to have more attacking intent so will swerve the goals markets.

After the substitution, Leeds looked a bit more disjointed, with passes not quite connecting as Leeds seemed to rely on free kicks to provide most of their attacking intent.

Sunderland, however, seemed to be the more intent side, and struck again through Niklas Bendtner deep into first half injury time.

When your teenager seems to be intent on pushing your buttons, minimize the words you use even more.

It seems for every constitutional question at least one side uses a framers» intent argument, with a few more more words in the constitution each of those arguments would be silly or unnecessary.

Aldermen, more intent on making political points, seemed to have no clue.

By leveling trumped - up charges of fraud, the sole intent of the powers that be seems to be to push Assembly Speaker Silver off of his pedestal, so that they can install their own person, who will be much more compliant to their wishes.

At the same time, the first sentence seems intent on convincing the scientific community that Culberson is much more supportive of science than the president.

The only way to stop the terrifying disease is to face its source — a sinister supernatural creature whose evil intent seems more powerful than any force on Earth — in this chilling series that also stars Mía Maestro, David Bradley and Sean Astin.

The film seems to have followed that intent, though feels more like the team's chaotic first outing.

Unlike most recent documentaries, who seem intent on doing nothing more than dictating and informing, The Royal Road is an exception, a film that allows viewers the room to breathe and, more importantly, to think.

For the last several seasons, Rescue Me has succeeded more as a fraternal sitcom than a drama, and seems intent to go out with a fizzle, not a bang.

The trailer for the Solo A Star Wars Story, to be released May 25, seemed intent on assuring fans that Solo will be a more typically somber chapter in the science - fiction franchise.

The Dolby Digital 5.1 audio seems more faithful to intent, but having said that, don't expect fireworks — the only scene that really needs or utilizes the discrete soundstage takes place inside a dance club and is vidcapped above.

Unfortunately, every director in the industry seems intent on making a protest film, and while Kimberly Peirce's «Stop - Loss» is arguably more pro-soldier than anti-war, her message is overshadowed by a contradictory (and ultimately more government - friendly) ending.

None of this, unfortunately, is reflected in Politico's piece, which seemed much more intent on taking a dig at people who think «Adam and Eve strolled the garden with dinosaurs» than understanding how science is taught in America, and what can be done to make it better.

Rather than trying to do too many research based strategies without understanding their expected outcomes or how to maximize those outcomes, it seems more reasonable to focus on building our portfolio of teacher moves gradually and with intent.

That overall finding is critically important now as Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos seems intent on the Department doing less rather than more to protect children from discrimination in suspensions and expulsions and other areas and reversing what progress has been made.

Despite all the problems that have recently cropped up in the last year concerning the utter lack of accountability for private schools and for - profit managed charters receiving public taxpayer dollars, Speaker Corcoran seems intent on giving more and more money away to those who will line their own pockets rather than educate our children.

Hyundai seems intent on changing that with the 2019 update, or at least making it stand out more on the road.

«More than any other brand in the segment, Nissan seems intent on driving sales at any cost,» Lyman said.