Sentences with phrase «subtle attempt»

Subtle attempts by the two parties to settle the matter out of court came to no avail.

Apple and Samsung are making subtle attempts to draw your attention away from your phone with smartwatches, but there are other companies taking bolder steps toward the future of computing.

A gold - backed dollar would also head off China's not too subtle attempt at replacement of the Greenback with the Yuan as the world's reserve currency.

By directing our attention to these blatant visual comparisons between the slates of inconspicuous Vegas neighborhoods and the tactical POV of high - flying drones drifting above unsuspected, Niccol's invades our sense of docility, in a somewhat subtle attempt to plant us in harm's way and daring to jolt us into action and ultimately caring.

The Market - Power Renewables Act and Renewable Energy Credit Act are two newer, more subtle attempt to weaken RPS laws by phasing in a renewable power voluntary program, creating space for existing and out - of - state energy credits to displace new clean energy, and eventually repealing the RPS requirements entirely.

Our Opinion: Ford's not - so - subtle attempts at sporting the Sport with sportiness results in an overly ambitious nose — they laid it on a little thick.

She described it as a «subtle attempt» to gently nudge the market in that direction.

Intractable as they are, all these problems are relatively clear - cut in comparison with the subtle attempts to read into the Constitution a mandate for a state - blessed civil religion.

Rickie Fowler's not - so - subtle attempts (via his numerous social media posts) to make the no - shows wish they were in Rio may have had the desired impact on Spieth.

In this index case, a feeble condemnation premised on a subtle attempt at equalization with events of 2009 will not suffice.

«We see this as a subtle attempt by this intolerant Akufo - Addo administration to frustrate and thwart our efforts at organising this demonstration.

The subtle attempt to reverse the gains of the Kufuor era has also been a source of worry.

But, the ex-President could not be happy with the subtle attempts to humiliate him.

I asked Scharff is she thought the governor's WEP push was a not - so - subtle attempt to undermine the WFP, with which he has had a contentious relationship since at least 2010.

Following these developments, many have described the fines slapped on the 13 as weak, and a subtle attempt by the government to ensure that the culprits who are members of the ruling party do not spend time in jail.

Some members are already complaining bitterly about what they claim to be a subtle attempt by the camp of former President Mahama to take control of the NDC so that his ambition to lead the NDC again will be fulfilled.

They like her quite a bit, and despite Maddie's embarrassment and not - so - subtle attempts to get her mom out of the way, the other young women want Deanna around.

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I really don't understand what kind of point Roger Pielke Jr. was trying to make, but it appears to be a subtle attempt to slander coverage of climate change.

The Market - Power Renewables Act and Renewable Energy Credit Act are two newer, more subtle attempt to weaken RPS laws by phasing in a renewable power voluntary program, creating space for existing and out - of - state energy credits to displace new clean energy, and eventually repealing the RPS requirements entirely.

Back then Chevy claimed a 200 mile range and a price point close to $ 30,000, with a not - so - subtle attempt at beating Tesla to a down - market, practical EV.

Aren't we just one person talking to another, or is this phrase about something else — a subtle attempt to put the other person in a one - down position?