Sentences with phrase «vain as»

However the activity was not in vain as it provided inspiration for a quick compilation post.

It followed that whatever disciplinary measures were used for a particular child, these would be in vain as they would not address the root causes of the problem if the person disciplining the child does not know the child and what he or she is like.

Concerning yourself with your income is not as vain as some would have you believe, especially when your very quality of life is closely tied to the number.

But looks likes it isn't about a slimmer experience anymore, because of that company had to cut down certain important features like battery capacity, and that sacrifice would go to vain as the device would struggle to offer good battery life.

Many Quebec citizens feel that the debate is needed in the same vain as the one held on abortion, the death penalty and the right to assisted suicide.

Sadly though, it's attempt to find another tree with which to reproduce will likely be in vain as there's only one more like it in the whole country.According to a report from Sky News, the modest tree is a descendent of a specimen brought to Ireland from China in 1908 by plant collector E.H. Wilson, and one of only two Goat Horn trees that still survives in the country.

The money on such programmes is spent in vain as far as emissions are concerned.

And vain as well.

Other than a handful of people who appreciated my efforts, I think all my time was spent in vain as 90 % of the people there held a level of dogmatic certitude that was unassailable by logic.

Originally the series was conceived as a modest puzzle game in the same vain as Dr. Mario or Tetris on the MSX and Famicom Disk System, before making it big with the arcade games Puyo Puyo and Puyo Puyo Tsu.

Unfortunately it won't be in the same vain as San Andreases RPG style skill customisation, but you will still be able to customise the look of each character with clothing etc..

On the earth - like planet Palma where the dictator resides, a boy called Nero vows to get to the root of the problem by confronting Lassic, but his efforts are in vain as the poor guy is killed off by guards while his adopted sister Alis watches in horror.

Price point parity with the PS4, a revamped Games for Gold program much in the same vain as PlayStation Plus and the removing of apps such as Netflix and Hulu Plus from behind the Xbox Live pay wall.

And unlike most torture porn, at least this victim didn't die in vain as all by - products of the show are recycled into art, with the best of the bunch featured on exhibit at the Baltimore National Modern Art Museum.

I think a col war one would be interesting but so long as it's in the same vain as Strangelove.

If your balance is $ 10,000, then $ 250 goes in vain as pure interest each month.

The discount though has not been entirely in vain as Woot reported having sold 612 of the WebOS running tablets during the period.

Assange might be as vain as he is portrayed here — the best bit in the movie is when they have Cumberbatch respond to the statement cards just before the credits, and he lets it all hang out — but there are surely shades of humility to him as well, yet we do not see them.

Starts out pretty well with some good tense action and a solid revenge plot building in the same type of vain as your average Seagal or JCVD flick.

Likewise, The Weinstein Company's third consecutive MPAA ratings appeal triumph — which managed to get the movie re-rated from R to PG - 13 without editing any content — seems as in vain as the studio's preceding mission to give the world a family - friendly PG - 13 The King's Speech.

As vain as it may sound, but sugar dating has a lot to do with your external appearance.

Your clothes will dictate your attitude... As vain as it might sound to some, the more you like what you see in the mirror, the more confident you will feel and will be ready to meet whomever you do or don't expect to meet on that certain day.

My efforts were in vain as we arrived late.

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Bettinelli grasped in vain as the header hit the back of the net and Maupay celebrated in front of the visiting fans.

Pierre Lasogga's double goes in vain as Millwall score two late goals to beat Leeds at Elland Road

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Schmeichel's outstretched efforts were in vain as Liverpool doubled their lead and Coutinho relieved some of that weight from his shoulders.

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Their patience throughout the day was not in vain as they brought back a fantastic 62 — 41 victory over their opposition!

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The followers could only speculate in vain as to what he meant by the mysterious version of Hegel.

Don't you find it a little odd that god would be so vain as to make the first four commandments all about him?

Their prayers are all vain as they teach for doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15:9).

Christ did not pray for this world (John 17:9) and the prayers of the so - called Christians are all in vain as they teach for doctrines the commandments of men (Matthew 15:9).

He really is at least as vain as Obama, but without the self - discipline:

You would think a God as vain as he would have such a system come standard in every church.

I've always thought that a so - called «god» that could be so petty and vain as to demand that people worship him or burn for all eternity was quite a silly thing to WANT to believe in.

They quickly attained a wide customer base, but a few years later their reputation began to vain as they fell behind the competition.

At the same time I'm not so vain as to think I have what everyone needs, because I most definitely do not.

Not exact matches

As much as I enjoy writing and coaching, if no one feels inspired to action through my words, then it feels like my work is in vain — «What's the point?&raquAs much as I enjoy writing and coaching, if no one feels inspired to action through my words, then it feels like my work is in vain — «What's the point?&raquas I enjoy writing and coaching, if no one feels inspired to action through my words, then it feels like my work is in vain — «What's the point?»

A younger me might have criticized appreciating my own body as vain.

It's always seemed a bit sad that trees died in vain to create books that sit in our Midtown offices, which is as close as I'll ever get to waxing environmental.

Insurers, once forbidden from supervising physician work, now act as managers, peering over the shoulders of doctors in a vain effort to counteract payment incentives that have created an oversupply of insured care.

Together over the course of the past year, Uber and Lyft have spent up to $ 9 million in a vain effort to overturn the city's proposed safety measure, viewing Austin as an important test case in the broader struggle between local regulators and Silicon Valley upstarts with novel business models and global ambitions.

What about being mentioned a few years ago as the possible inspiration for Carly Simon's «You're So Vain»?

They all participated in the 3 month testing of our prototype platform (as well as 40 invited hackers who tried in vain to blow our platform up).

There is no point in writing complex content, as at the end of it if customers don't have a valuable takeaway, the content campaign is in vain.