Sentences with phrase «tried over a dozen»

It's not because we haven't tried because I swear we've tried over a dozen different programs and methods but reaching someone who's attention span is about 2 minutes proves to be quite difficult.

I've tried over a dozen, but I haven't tried them all.

He has tried over a dozen federal and state jury trials in the past 10 years involving claims of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.

Not exact matches

We have tried about a dozen times over the last four years, and as you say, it feels like such a charade.

Thankfully I've put together over a dozen of my tried - and - true family feast recipes that are suitable for any time of year, but will come in handy especially right around the holidays.

I've tried probably a half dozen coconut flour pancake recipes over the past year and have the same complaint with all of them — they are thin and eggy.

* Try one of our craft pizzas or choose from over 35 fresh toppings and a dozen different sauces to create your own masterpiece.

I have over 2 dozen ripe ones now so I'm going to try to whip a batch of these and share with hubby:)

... alexis is an exception to these as he can play comfortably in multiple positions... arshavin was a WC player until wenger laid his arms on him... gervinho seems to be better now and so does a dozen others... i know giroud lovers will be all over me but try to remind me the day that we lost a game with walcott as our main man!!!!.....

My nursing clothes also hold up a lot longer than my regular clothes because I'm trying to pull my boob up and over a neckline that didn't want to be stretched a half dozen times in one day.

I have tried dozens of diaper bags over the last seven years.

Noah probably heard the flipside of that sort of thing a dozen times a day, as I unconsciously prioritized the baby over him, so I tried to make sure I announced the times HE got first dibs on Mommy's time.)

A serial deadbeat who admitted stiffing dozens of creditors over 20 years, Howe said Thursday on cross-examination he also tried to recover the $ 604 cost of a Waldorf Astoria stay while he was meeting with prosecutors in 2016 — telling his credit card company he wasn't there after signing a cooperation agreement in which he agreed not to commit crimes.

As their colleagues noisily traded blame over the shutdown, about two dozen centrist senators from both parties crammed for hours into the Capitol Hill office of Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins to try to chart a civil way out of the mess, using a Native American «talking stick» to take turns speaking.

Unions have experienced mixed results over the past year in trying to beat back efforts in dozens of states to restrict bargaining rights, pass right - to - work laws or limit how unions collect dues.

There have been dozens of meetings held between residents, business owners and the Department of Transportation over the past several years to try to come up with the best solution to ease traffic.

DOE has spent billions of dollars over several decades trying to prevent a hazardous stew of wastes produced during and after World War II and stored in dozens of underground tanks from leaking into the nearby Columbia River.

I've probably tried about a dozen protein powders over the last 10 years, so I have a good idea of the differences in taste.

Did you know that there are over a dozen different types of squats that you can try out?

I have have spent thousands of dollars over this 8 - year period trying dozens of probiotic formulas and have not found even one that was effective until I tried your custom probiotic formulations.

I trip over half a dozen just trying to get up my front steps!

I was like a kid in a candy store over the past few weeks, trying out dozens of shades and categories (sheer, shimmer, cream, metallic, sparkle) from the brand, which does capsule collections six times a year.

Over the course of two weeks I must have tried the dresses on a dozen times — hemming and hawing over which one would be more appropriate but also which one was moreOver the course of two weeks I must have tried the dresses on a dozen times — hemming and hawing over which one would be more appropriate but also which one was moreover which one would be more appropriate but also which one was more ME.

It's the placebo version of the glorious drug that Warner Bros concocted with 2014's «Godzilla,» the majesty and grace of which the studio has been trying — and failing — to replicate across a half - dozen monster movies over the last four years.

After years of build - up, the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe will come together in Avengers: Infinity War, where over two dozen heroes will try to keep Thanos from the all - powerful Infinity Gauntlet.

Over the course of a few days, Riggan faces dozens of issues — from the personal to the political — and tries to face them all, despite the voices in his head that keep telling him to return to the Birdman franchise.

With the Senate joining the House in advancing bills that would replace dozens of vocational - education and job - training programs with block grants, educators are trying to assess the likely impact of handing most authority over federal funding in those areas to states and their governors.

They propose applying many of the same destructive and ineffective polices to higher education that haven't worked for preK - 12 in over a dozen years of trying.

I tried to reset this device over a dozen times — it only shuts it down.

Over the course of about a week, I used the web site a dozen or so times to try to buy it.

Forget about managing over a dozen different accounts and trying to remember 12 variations of «Password123».

Have tried manual download a dozen times or more over the past 2 days.

I have over 50 books and I have launched dozens, and dozens of books, but it still a pain point trying to get reviews.

However, the credit algorithm understands if you are, for instance, shopping for a mortgage; over a short period of time, the small amount of harm you've done to your credit by trying to get a mortgage at a half dozen different banks will go away.

Pat includes dozens of game ideas collected from trainers all over the country you can try out with your dog (s).

Las Gatas has over a dozen restaurants specializing in seafood, so it can be a little confusing trying to decide where to throw your towel.

Many credit card issuers don't like to see a dozen plus inquiries over the past year or two, so by trying to go for certain bureaus, you can minimize the appearance of being a credit savage.

Over my years working with Her Packing List, I've probably tried out dozens of backpacks, from ones for hiking to others better for overnight stays.

Over the course of the year I've spent dozens and dozens of hours simply playing around with the systems, seeing what the game will do when I kill a certain character or try using the absurdly fun teleportation gloves.

There are over a dozen levels to navigate through and, without a guide, simple amounts of time ends up being a lot of times with trying and trying and trying some more.

As such, I hadn't paid much attention to franchise to know how it had evolved over the years but a quick look shows that Frogger has tried to «be cool again» no less than a dozen times since 1997 with countless ports for just about everyone platform on the planet.

Learning how to do things is one thing, but when you have over a dozen extremely precise jumps with a limited time available to you isn't hard at first, but after your first couple dozen tries to finish, only to be greeted with yet another stage like it once you reach the end is beyond frustrating.

This may just be a guess, but around the point Pokemon became this huge hit in the late 90's and pretty much owned the turn based strategy genre, spawning dozens of hashed out clones, that could be contributed to why turn - based RPG's started to lose their muster a bit in the last generation and why Square Enix has been so fixated on trying to develop new and interesting combat systems with their latest installments, rather than focusing on what they used to do so well, which was create unique, yet cohesive, quest based stories with endearing characters and gameplay that favors using your mind over your thumbs.

Not exactly going to go over very well with the dozens of people near you trying to sleep.

Of course, crazy only goes so far, because despite Roberts mentioning me over three dozen times in his response, even trying to connect the writer and myself to GamerGate, I never did receive any legal threats from them.

Over the last dozen years and more, the tried - and - true regulatory system that protected Ontario's electricity consumers and the financial viability of the power sector as a whole have been systematically sidelined by politicians at Queen's Park.

You get a great idea like wouldn't it be cool if we did this and then all you have to do is start it and you go and do it and there's another half a dozen companies I would gladly start but I'm trying to give these a chance to grow before I change my attention over to do something else.

Though we've tried any number of models for engaging dozens of writers over the years, always over the internet since people are all over the world using tools, we started with Google groups and instant messages and now we're using Slack a lot.

Markus has successfully tried over 25 federal and state civil and criminal jury cases, briefed and argued dozens of federal appeals throughout the country, directed more than 400 investigations, and regularly advises public and private entities and individuals on challenging ethics and compliance matters.

Of course, summarising seven years of research conducted by over three dozen researchers and partners is not an easy task, nor one that we would even try to take on in one column.