Sentences with phrase «such efforts appear»

Several real estate brokerages have launched their own contests, from open house treasure hunts to online photo competitions, and such efforts appear to be effective.

For now, such efforts appear to be paying off in a political sense.

Such efforts appear to be having an effect.

The motivation for such efforts appeared to be the increase in exports of liquefied natural gas from the United States, a challenge to Russian dominance in European markets.

Not exact matches

The positive effects appear to depend on workplace policies and norms that support cooperation and higher effort, such as employee involvement in decisions, participation in company training, and job security.

It appears that some time in the third or fourth century of the Christian era an effort was made to bring together all the writings that remained, and to put into written form such oral traditions as were still retained concerning the lost parts of the book.

One may certainly refrain from insisting, as some Jewish leaders have, upon mandated Holocaust studies in the public school curriculum: for many people, such «mandates» might appear as an effort to establish the passion of the Jews as the larger culture's defining story, thus, ironically, giving plausibility to anti-Semitic claims about Jewish power.

This remains true even if on the one hand such people contradict each other in their original notional self - understanding, and, on the other, if the Church as the incarnational and social presence of God's grace can never give up the effort to let the uniting forces in their heart and conscience also appear in their profession of the one creed of the one Church.

Such thinking would appear to eliminate organized religion from any concerted effort to deal with world hunger, poverty and illiteracy, public health and sanitation, and prison reform, despite the disturbing implications of Christ's warning:»... for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me....

In this what appears to be a well - meaning and even innocent effort towards the meeting of the East in the West at this Christian center of meditation, no fundamental theological questions such as these seem to be raised.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

«It appears to this court that as of today, ten months after this court ordered just such relief for German, Harvard and Rubin continue to frustrate German's efforts.»

Such rocks may prove good news for efforts to combat climate change because basalt reacts with carbon dioxide to form carbonate, locking a greenhouse gas in a carbonate mineral that often appears as white as snow.

When such faultlines appear, the research predicts that employees will be less willing to take on new tasks that help their company — or more generally to put in extra effort at work.

«Active and direct management, perhaps in the form of sustained culling, appears to be essential to curbing local lionfish abundance and efforts to promote such activities should be encouraged,» the study concluded.

This server will not link to external servers if such a link would appear to provide an official endorsement of fundraising efforts or lobbying for a political agenda.

One such effort is the use of antibiotics, although the benefits appear short lived.

She subsequently appeared in such efforts as Sweet Home Alabama (2002) and director Steven Spielberg's sci - fi miniseries Taken.

Additionally appearing in such made - for - television efforts as Fail Safe and An American Daughter (both 2001), Rothaar has also made frequent appearances in television's JAG.

Similarly, for a film that uses such a treat of a location, little effort appears to have been made in crafting an unsettling and atmospheric film.

Thankfully, his latest directorial effort appears to be more «Good Night, and Good Luck» than «Leatherheads,» and it doesn't hurt that he's surrounded himself with such an incredible ensemble cast.

As Darling - Hammond et al. (2009) argue: «The duration of professional development appears to be associated with stronger impact on teachers and student learning — in part, perhaps, because such sustained efforts typically include applications to practice, often supported by study groups and / or coaching.»

One such recent effort appeared in the New York Times on February 6th.

Hlavinka credits Citi's effort at making its new program «seamless and automatic for the customer,» because it has consolidated statements and appears easy to manage, with no downsides such as additional fees or negative effects on credit ratings.

Such attempts, whether undertaken from a feminist point of view, like the ambitious article on women artists which appeared in the 1858 Westminster Review, 2 or more recent scholarly studies on such artists as Angelica Kauffmann and Artemisia Gentileschi, 3 are certainly worth the effort, both in adding to our knowledge of women's achievement and of art history generaSuch attempts, whether undertaken from a feminist point of view, like the ambitious article on women artists which appeared in the 1858 Westminster Review, 2 or more recent scholarly studies on such artists as Angelica Kauffmann and Artemisia Gentileschi, 3 are certainly worth the effort, both in adding to our knowledge of women's achievement and of art history generasuch artists as Angelica Kauffmann and Artemisia Gentileschi, 3 are certainly worth the effort, both in adding to our knowledge of women's achievement and of art history generally.

Since the government banned the use of shark fins in government banquets, for example, and celebrity - fronted campaigns such as Wild Aid's effort with Yao Ming, it appears that demand for shark fins has dropped.

The history of such efforts follows a mostly standard path — local chronologies are put together, different «standardisation'techniques are applied, more data is collected, wider collations are put together, and then regional reconstructions start to appear.

Wegman and others would appear to be the most important contacts for furthering such an effort.

The new estimate appears likely to be far more accurate since it is based on actual experience in Western Europe where similar efforts have been pursued for a number of years and rates have increased rapidly where there has been extensive use of non-hydro «renewables,» and includes all the hidden costs such as rebuilding the electric grid that are so difficult to model using engineering studies.

However, even with such a preference, greater efforts to reduce PIC and methane emissions appear warranted due to their large impacts.

In one case, it appears that the Chinese government may have targeted several Canadian law firms in an apparent effort to derail a $ 40 billion acquisition.11 In another, a firm's managing clerk is alleged to have accessed inside information about the firm's clients as part of an insider - trading scheme.12 Also, it recently was revealed that hackers working for the Chinese military targeted one company for information useful in ongoing litigation.13 Failure to secure such data from malicious employees, cyber-attacks, or carelessness can cause drastic reputational damage as well as liability.

Perhaps these unnecessary qualifications are an effort to appear more precise, but such redundancies simply fatten up the content until it can't be buttoned into the space or time allotted.

Efforts to reform the most egregious failings appear to be mostly illusory: ministers retain final decision - making authority over appointments, vacancies are rarely advertised, qualifications are so broadly worded as to permit virtually anyone to qualify and governments generally structure the appointments system such that they have the discretion to appoint from a pool of qualified candidates (some of whom will inevitably have the requisite partisan credentials) rather than being forced to appoint the most qualified candidate.

Because judicial performance evaluations are «one of the few opportunities that attorneys have to comment on the efficiency and performance of a judicial officer,» JPE commissions should make an effort to explain the importance of such surveys to attorneys and ensure identifying information never appears in the results.

The law in this area is far from clear and there tends to be an element of something going beyond mere non-payment, such as effort to hide assets such as in Parent, however, the law does seem to have evolved to provide that a court may direct payment of funds — in contrast to simply directing a judgment — and if the creditor can establish the debtor was aware of the order, had the ability to comply and refused, it would appear that Rule 10.52 (3) will not prevent a Court from jailing the party in default.

However, with other companies such as Amazon and Apple reportedly looking to create their own TV packages for online streaming, YouTube's effort appears to be getting closer than ever.

According to Steves, the value of the blockchain technology market is also growing due to international remittances — the sending of payments overseas is currently estimated at half a trillion dollars per year — «fat protocol» layers that increase in value as the applications grow, and throughput scaling efforts, such as the Lightning Network, which «appear on track to deliver scaling that accommodates higher transactions / second, ultimately driving higher utility and network value.»

No such advice is given to fathers, and it appears that not much effort is being made to force absent fathers to shoulder their support responsibilities,

Most children understand the absurdity of such a feat, but at the same time it opens up discussions centered around the fact that there will always be people who don't understand your specific goal, or who will laugh at the efforts you put into something which, to them, may appear to be impossible.

«If your partner really won't make any effort to change and doesn't appear to care how it makes you feel, it's likely you have other such issues and couples therapy may be in order.