Sentences with phrase «significant attempts at»

Taken together, the two measures constitute one of the company's more significant attempts at self - regulation in its 14 - year history.

The public launch of sponsorships — basically a riff on Twitch's own business model — is a significant attempt at changing that.

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Attempts to export its excess savings can only lead to one of three outcomes: A) global growth rises because Europe's savings are all directed at developing countries with significant infrastructure investment needs and insufficient capital, B) global growth drops sharply, global unemployment rises, and China's adjustment becomes all but impossible, C) international trade and capital flows collapse in a repeat of the 1930s, so that Europe is forced to resolve its savings imbalance either by a massive increase in unemployment or a wave of sovereign defaults.

Focus on Value: By targeting high - yielding securities at significant discounts to their intrinsic values, we attempt to generate capital appreciation on top of high current income.

Most significant, the imminence of the final coming of the Kingdom of God dominated the thinking of many in the early church and lowered the priority accorded to worldly goods, economic systems and attempts at social transformation.

In response to recent controversies, Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll has written a candid letter to his congregation that attempts to clarify the significant staff turnover at Mars Hill Church and the controversial marketing campaign that gave Real Marriage bestseller status.

It is obvious that nothing significant is going to happen between us and the alcoholic if we attempt to change his way of life without at the same time permitting ourselves to become genuinely involved.

He noted that although human attempts at bettering people's lives have been significant and worthy of praise, in many cases, they are either not advanced enough or completely incapable of helping, and, therefore, a miracle is the last and often only resort.

I still can not understand why the Nana Addo described the perfect submission by the President at Agona Nkwanta as insults directed at his person.Nana is free to continue his anti-transformation chest thumping that's his cup of tea attempts to sow doubt about the President's capabilities has failed and will forever fail.So far he has failed to mount a significant challenge Mahama's #Changinglives, TransformingGhana # agenda leaving him in the confused state he finds himself.

But, given the commission's appointing authorities, it's not surprising at all.Plus, its sole significant response to the Silver - Skelos convictions — an attempt to impose commission oversight on contact between public relations firms and journalists — is a grave insult to the Constitution, and would itself be an ethical affront anywhere other than in Albany.

At a time when the Western New York region is seeing significant investment in an attempt to jump start Upstate's economy now is not the right time it to raise the minimum wage.

In addition, it is thought that a significant percentage of attackers who survive are also clinically suicidal, but they failed in their attempts to die or changed their minds at the last moment although, as Adam Lankford notes, this is difficult to prove because suicidal intent is so difficult to measure.

This shows up in all sorts of different ways: we might yell at our significant other or kids, argue with others to convince them we are right, or cry when overwhelmed in a last ditch effort to attempt to make our world «right» as it relates to what we believe.

After a lot of failed attempts at diets, following the Glycemic Load diet is the only diet I've followed that's resulted in significant weight loss for me.

So, back to our poor fellow wildly swinging dumbbells around in a half - baked attempt at bicep curls — by using his whole body's momentum to move the weight, all the focus on the biceps is eliminated, and the muscles are likely not getting any significant workout at all, and certainly not getting an effective one.

If Juan doesn't belong here, where he's a stranger to all except his children, neither does he belong among the poor villagers whose problems feel so much more significant than his own the one time he attempts, at a local AA meeting, to open himself up to them.

And the appearance of a certain character at the very end of the movie struck me as a well - intentioned attempt to include a significant idea from the book that ultimately left the final scenes slightly overstuffed.

There's an attempt at creating an emotional subplot for her character's struggle with Alzheimer's, but there's not nearly enough to connect with for it to make any significant impact.

Title has no sense of the rhythm of material like this, so the attempts at frights happen without much or any context (Basic staging is a significant problem here: In one scene, four actors are talking, and each one is shot in complete isolation, meaning we're spending more time determining who's responding to whom instead of listening to them).

In fact, it's the second such attempt at remaking that game, but when they remade it the first time they added the number 2 to show how significant said update was.

Chester E. Finn Jr.'s tiresome and laborious attempt to show that there are significant differences between President Clinton's education policies and those of former President George Bush («related story, 01/25/95) merely obscures the fact that Mr. Clinton's program basically follows through on the policies set by Mr. Bush and the governors at their famous education summit held in September 1989 at Charlottesville, Va..

An emailed statement says that although Fisker is still attempting to find a manufacturing partner, «Unfortunately we have reached a point where a significant reduction in our workforce has become necessary... Today, Fisker met with a group of employees in our Southern California office to inform them that this is their last day with the company... We expect that at the end of the day we will have retained approximately 25 percent of our workforce.»

Any information about new McLarens may be simple puffery in an attempt to bolster an entity at significant risk.

At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, brands set up their stands in a parkland setting and attempt to lure show - goers who are primarily there to see historically significant racecars driven at high speeds by famous driverAt the Goodwood Festival of Speed, brands set up their stands in a parkland setting and attempt to lure show - goers who are primarily there to see historically significant racecars driven at high speeds by famous driverat high speeds by famous drivers.

Against the background of the political upheaval and violence in Italy during the seventies, Elena details significant incidents in her own life: the mixed reception to her novel, her marriage, children, her further attempts at writing, her encounters with her dear friend, Lila and with the man she has always loved, Nino Sarratore.

Appreciate both of you, — it's been a great tour, and «Rules» is making a significant impact that it simply didn't with my previous attempts at self pub.

Service animals will not be permitted on board if the service animal displays threatening behavior that is not successfully mitigated (for example, growling, snarling, lunging at or attempting to bite people, etc.) or if the animal causes a significant disruption in cabin service.

Most cats will attempt to defend their home range, or at the very least the area they consider most significant to them, against invasion by others.

«We invest significant resources in this space, with full - time staff and budget to secure advertising,» said Kenneth Oh, general manager for the pet care division of W.F. Young in East Longmeadow, Mass. «More importantly, we not only attempt to educate the consumer, but also give them a reason to complete the purchase at their local retailer through sale incentives and other means.»

The trouble with Bradshaw's statement is that she is at the very least taking an extremely liberal view of what «a significant amount of... calculations» means in an attempt to run damage control on the botched launch of a game that many fans are disappointed by.

General fixes • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

However, significant strides in technology mean that these latest attempts at VR gaming have a far better chance of realising their potential than before, and the implications this has for racing games is potentially massive.

In fact, it's the second such attempt at remaking that game, but when they remade it the first time they added the number 2 to show how significant said update was.

«I associate the significant moments of my life with the character of light at the time,» he wrote, and these personal moments were what he attempted to evoke in physical form.

With a significant portion of the Amazon book catalogue occupied by these «Fulfilment Centres», featuring self help books on The Seven Laws to Spiritual Success and Reiki for Dummies, the exhibition attempts to negotiate Michael York's «contemporary religious consumer market» at that «awkward zone of uncertainty» between cynicism and sincerity.

They are on view at «Crossing Brooklyn», the Brooklyn Museum's attempt to create a significant borough - wide survey.

In other words, nobody went out and did transects in places with bats to survey for MMEs - this study just looks at reports of MMEs however they came to be, creating a significant bias because what gets reported is not even an attempt at a random survey of MMEs.

From Inderscience Publishers and United Nations University: Loss and damage from climate change Despite attempts at adaption losses and damage from climate change are significant An open access special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming brings together, for the first time, empirical evidence of loss and damage from the perspective of affected people...

The latest attempt at regulatory alignment is on methane emissions for the oil and gas sector, with former President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (along with Mexico) agreeing to reduce this significant source of emissions.

By attempting to prove a point by using 3 significant digits when the accuracy of the data at best is to one significant digit, he is illustrating the problem.

Any attempt at cleaning up an oil spill in the Arctic would face challenges ranging from shifting sea ice to constant darkness, and the United States is far from ready for an Arctic spill of any significant size.

Big global attempts at establishing climate targets, like the one to convene this year in Paris, have largely failed to spur nations to act at the speed or scale necessary to effect significant change.

«These are real people getting real divorces — or at least attempting to get real divorces — and it has all of the human drama of this significant process all condensed down into a very short period of time,» said Mickey Stern, co-chief executive of Base Productions.

Two of those laws in particular take direct aim at the safety of residents who use the roadways by attempting to make drunk driving more difficult — welcomed news in an area where driving under the influence continues to be a significant problem every year.

In 2008, an attempt at more significant reform was watered down in the Mexican Congress.

You are at a great disadvantage if you attempt to represent yourself when up against ICBC adjusters who have significant experience in these cases.

This means that pedestrians are at a significant risk of harm, especially when they attempt to cross the street.

1 For attempts to measure the effect of advocacy quality through other means, see, e.g., Banks Miller et al., Leveling the Odds: The Effect of Quality Legal Representation in Cases of Asymmetrical Capability, 49 Law & Soc» y Rev. 209 (2015)(finding that high quality representation evened the odds for asylum applicants and that asylum seekers fared better when unrepresented than when represented by a poor lawyer); Mitchell J. Frank & Dr. Osvaldo F. Morera, Professionalism and Advocacy at Trial — Real Jurors Speak in Detail About the Performance of Their Advocates, 64 Baylor L. Rev. 1, 38 (2012)(finding statistically significant correlations in criminal cases between jurors» perceptions of closing argument persuasiveness and jury verdict, and finding statistically significant correlations in civil cases between perceptions of defense counsel's closing argument persuasiveness and defense verdict); James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton, How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make?

In addition to helping to defeat future attempts at class certification, the opinion is expected to be significant in supporting (or defeating) dispositive motions or claims at trial that fail to take causation seriously in evaluating liability.

The plaintiff typically will nonetheless attempt to prove damages at trial, as otherwise the jury may conclude that no significant injury resulted from the defamatory statement and return a verdict for nominal damages (e.g., $ 1).