Sentences with phrase «spite of attempts»

We are slowly converging and reducing uncertainty, in spite of your attempts to be a large impediment to any kind of progress.

Any scientist will do to shoot down a poor hypothesis, but what Steve is doing is keeping the door open for these other scientists to get the data and funding to do that, in spite of attempts by the entire scientific establishment to shut it.

One of her ongoing interests concerns the ways that humans represent and act upon the animal world, and the autonomy of nonhuman creatures in spite of these attempts to enculturate them.

It's hard not to be resentful and angry when your dog is peeing and pooing everywhere in spite of your attempts to teach him to do the right thing.

What transpired next makes me wish that I had been the one holding the video camera so that I could have captured, on tape, the bizarre and truly stunning statements in defense of killing animals that these people, in lockstep, repeated over and over again in spite of my attempts to have a reasoned dialogue based on the facts.

In spite of attempts to provide some standards to define undue hardship, bankruptcy courts have been left to create «tests» which have only created more controversy.

In spite of attempts by Google and others, Apple's iOS App Store should still represent the majority of mobile app revenue three years from now, IHS iSuppli estimated on Tuesday.

Officials admitted then that the contractor was regularly exceeding the city noise codes by about 10 decibels, in spite of attempts to make the work quieter.

In spite of attempts to paint a vast plot on the part of world Communism to take over and dominate the American Protestant Churches, the best evidence that could be produced pointed to a handful of well - intentioned but sometimes naïve clergy who had at times been used by Communist - front organizations or by the party itself.

It is curious that in spite of attempts to avoid offense, matters don't actually seem to improve.

However, in spite of their attempts to destroy the North American tight oil industry be assured that the Saudis have failed.

Mary I, Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon's only surviving child, was the first Queen Regnant of England, Ireland, and Wales, acclaimed, crowned, and anointed in spite of an attempt to change the succession after Edward VI's death.

In spite of the attempt of national leaders and the mass media to interpret the incident as a malicious terrorist act of disgruntled and frustrated people full of evil intensions, for many North Americans it was difficult, if not impossible, to accept it as non-religious.

In spite of my attempt to provide an alternative to Kantian - inspired accounts of morality, I continued to support too uncritically the isolated «I.» In that book I tried to isolate Aristotle's account of virtue from his account of happiness and friendship.

Labour will get a little momentum from the government's troubles and ideas of a Tory majority in 2015 in spite of the attempted gerrymandering of constituencies is now for the birds.

Not exact matches

In spite of the city's many attempts to put a stop to it, Uber said it planned to keep its self - driving cars on the road.

Hoppen usually talks about making use of the brand, although Linney, in spite of telling the Skinny Tan founders that he had no require for fake tan, did say «my bum is undoubtedly firmer» right after making an attempt the solution.

In spite of all that you attempt to do to deter and minimize us.

Our city is attempting to crack down on these people, but some of them seem to persist in spite of efforts to document what they're doing.

We have an online community full of women who are impressively strong in spite of the overwhelming attempts to weaken them.

Jesus wept over Jerusalem; but Jesus was definitely not weak in spite of all the bad Sunday School material that attempts to present him as «gentle Jesus, meek and mild.»

In spite of the fact that Karl Barth in the Commission on the Life and Work of Women at the Amsterdam Conference attempted to put the relation of women to the work of the Church on the theological basis of Adam's rib and Ephesians 5:23 («For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church» [R.S.V.]-RRB-, most of us still believe that Paul comes nearest to the mind of Christ in Galatians 3:28.

In spite of the heroic renunciation of the religious orders they live in the world, depend upon it, and become entangled with its economic and political injustices.13 What actually takes place in the Catholic attempt to meet the relativities of moral choices is a continuous compromise with principles to fit situations.

Much of the Old Testament centers in the attempts of the Hebrews to live up to the requirements of this covenant, their apostasies, God's judgments upon them, his promise of a Messiah to deliver them even in spite of their sins.

That flash of insight, that glimmer of hope comes to us sometimes in fragments, the poet seems to suggest, a «loop in time,» when in spite of our spiritual drought and the church's ineffective attempts to bring Christ to us, he comes anyway.

And so the anti-Judaism of the church is passed on from generation to generation, in spite of all its attendant horrors, even after the attempted Endlösung of Hitler.

We have excellent morals that evolution has given us that come naturally in spite of religion's attempt to corrupt them.

I attempted to sketch the difficulties of relating the Resurrection narratives of the New Testament to the kind of world in which we live, and to show that, in spite of these, the Resurrection faith of the church can still have meaning for men who have left behind the world view of the first century.

The new church, in spite of whatever human goodness it may foster, can be henceforth counted on as a staunch ally in every attempt to stifle the spontaneous religious spirit, and to stop all later bubblings of the fountain from which in purer days it drew its own supply of inspiration.

You're not taking some sort of high ground here Adam, in spite of the obvious attempt to spin it that way.

Consigned as we are to utilizing elements of our own experience in our symbolization of ultimacy, we should at least attempt to base our models of deity in those experiences that move us most deeply, that allow us to grow in interior strength, and that give us a sense of being deeply cared for in spite of fateful threats to our existence.

Furthermore, in spite of the plethora of books on Christian ethics, there are not many which do what this one attempts.

Nineteen - year - old French speaking Charles Habsburg, already ruler of most of Spain, the Netherlands and Burgundy was elected in spite of all the attempts by Pope and Curia to prevent it.

In spite of these limitations and dangers, it is important to attempt to differentiate health - stimulating from sickness - spawning religion.

But what happened in spite of my continued attempts to reinforce my beliefs, was that the continued assault of my alternative thinking slowly but surely expanded the walls of my beliefs.

(I also attempted to use lubed up wax paper for smushing and that didn't work since the dough stuck to it in spite of the Pam.)

It took Chelsea several attempts to win it too, in spite of having a top team as good as any out there.

Deputy Communications minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu has said claims by former President John Rawlings that the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party is not tribalistic is an attempt by the NDC founder to spite the ruling party.

In spite of this, an instance where a flagbearer of New Patriotic party Nana Akufo - Addo, seeking our mandate to make him President, deliberately engages in an unpleasantness where he mischievously churns out unrealistic, abnormal and false data and information regarding our sector in a desperate attempt to mislead we the farmers and Ghanaians, of whom he seeks to lead, then that is quite disturbing and poses danger.»

It remains to be seen whether online chatter tonight will be at all reflective of engagement with the debate itself; and ITV ratings figures released on Friday will be an intriguing indication of the impact of the broadcasters» attempts to invigorate the British public (in spite of Lynton Crosby's best efforts).

Attempts to reach the spokesperson of the group, only identified as «Blackman» has proved futile as all calls to his phone were unanswered in spite of an earlier agreement to grant an interview.

Still, workplace stress may have affected the study's findings in spite of the researchers» attempts to control for it, says Dr. McInnes.

Such reactions may be due to the brain «s attempt to maintain homeostasis and a functioning adaptation in spite of the medication.

this is IN SPITE of Michael Bays constant attempts to ruin it through overly cheesy lines and rubbish editing which makes the film appear to lurch towards

this is IN SPITE of Michael Bays constant attempts to ruin it through overly cheesy lines and rubbish editing which makes the film appear to lurch towards new revelations in the plot and then sink into boredom again.

Capote and Moneyball director Bennett Miller returns with what many have described as his passion project, a film about the late John du Pont, whose attempt to support the US wrestling program in spite of declining mental health.

Day - Lewis» journey is moving, in spite of the film, because we see someone who's defined himself solely by attempting to get away from his father gradually embrace his family, as much to prove to himself as to his departed dad that he is, in fact, good.

This season threw all kinds of irons in the fire as Bill, along with his three wives and now nine children, attempt to stay anonymous in spite of pressures from his drama - inducing outer family.

Also focused on the access to education for communities of color, The Pushouts, directed by Katie Galloway and co-directed by Dawn Valadez, tells the story of professor and author Dr. Victor Rios, a former gang member, who attempts to inspire the youth in neighborhoods similar to those where he grew up, so that they can change their personal paths in spite of a system that sets them up for failure.

In spite of the wizardry of Pixar et al in their attempts to bring human characters to life, The Simpsons still presents the most realistic collection of animated humanity going around.