Sentences with phrase «valiant efforts in»

While there have been valiant efforts in porting big AAA games to Nintendo's latest hardware — Bethesda's DOOM and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus come to mind — the next AC game may be too ambitious for the Switch.

He's put forth some valiant efforts in Pitt's 17 - game losing streak, including 17 - plus point performances against Virginia Tech, Duke, NC State, Syracuse, Miami, and Florida State.

For Team Kowalczyk, it was a valiant effort in this one.

I was persistent in pursuing his acceptance into the school because I always believe you should make a valiant effort in whatever it is you seek to accomplish.

If it had not been for its valiant effort in saving as many animals as it could, the death toll would have been even higher.

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While I don't have any insight about this retail giant's cyber security operation, many companies large and small have no idea if a breach has occurred in their networks despite their valiant efforts.

She calls this film a «valiant effort,» and has written a tie - in devotional book to the film for Christian moms.

I have gone out of my way to support Father Maturi fight against crime and am working closely with him in this valiant effort to make some positive change.

Sex Education, A Parents» Guide is a valiant effort to present the controversial Catholic teaching in a friendly way.

Despite these valiant efforts, countless Coptic tunes have slipped silently into the sands of time with the death of some white - haired cleric in a nondescript Egyptian village.

The Christian conscience put forth valiant efforts to curb and redirect to its ends the traditions of the former «barbarians» by which the rulers emerged from the professional warriors and retained their power by prowess in battle and skill in directing their subjects in military objectives.

When Pope Francis arrives in America next month, he will undoubtedly find a very different country than did Paul VI, John Paul II, or Benedict XVI.In the past decade, the culture of death has gained momentum (even as pro-life marches and valiant efforts to chip away at it continue), the sexual....

They lost each time, but Hall of Famer Hall, whom they had chosen in the expansion draft even though he was 36 years old, put up a valiant, Smythe - winning effort that was reflected more by his GAA (2.43) than his won - loss mark (8 - 10).

Despite a valiant effort by their defense, the Florida Gators ultimately fell to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship Game.

Not quite as good as Jerome Simpson's flip with the Bengals, but this was a valiant effort by Bears wide receiver Earl Bennett to somersault in for the score.

Despite a valiant effort, Utah was swept by a Golden State Warriors team amid the most dominant show of playoff excellence in NBA history.

Despite playing a very second - choice lineup in Portland last fall during a tight turnaround, the Red Bulls still pressed the Timbers hard, had more than their share of the ball, and outshot Caleb Porter's side in a valiant, but ultimately losing effort at Providence Park.

Kudos to Mr Tony Attwood for his valiant effort to help us make a good sense of it all with humour by consolidating all the crap being peddled each day by those «in the know» into brilliant mocking articles.

Earlier in the day, Jade Slavin put up a valiant effort against reigning Olympic champion Shuyin Zheng, but was defeated 10 - 7.

In the end, a great victory for Barça, but a valiant effort from Pep's team.

When you think matters just can't get any worse they generally do and that's certainly the case for poor old Avram Grant, whom is rapidly becoming a fan favourite down at Fratton Park after his valiant yet in vein efforts to salvage a club on the cliff tops of Premiership death.

Although PSV lost the first leg 2 - 0 at the San Siro, a valiant effort saw them go 2 - 0 up on home soil and although Abrosini's finish in extra time sealed the Italian side's place in the final Phillip Cocu made it 3 - 1 just after to give Milan a huge headache.

Despite the win proving elusive at home, Blackpool's performances on the whole at Bloomfield Road have been very pleasing, especially their latest valiant effort against Man City, who the pushed all the way and never gave up until the final whistle in typical Holloway / Blackpool fashion.

They done so by the skin of their teeth in previous seasons, but last season Bolton finished a clear nine points above the drop, with the teams results definitely improving in the second half of the season under new manager Owen Coyle, so there were promising signs from the Reebok club that they can do a lot better than they for the most part last term, when positive form was almost non-existent and despite some valiant and brave efforts against some classy opponents they just couldn't convert their courageous performances into points which would have propelled them up the Premier League and into a more respectable finishing position.

Pompey were valiant in their efforts last weekend though as they nearly halted Aston Villa's push for European football.

A trip to Stoke, however, could be a lot worse, and while Bolton have fallen to three successive away defeats in the league, they'll head to Stoke fancying their chances after their valiant efforts at Chelsea on Tuesday despite losing 1 - 0 at Stamford Bridge under controversial circumstances.

The prosecution and defense differed sharply Wednesday over whether a videotape that captured an infant's traumatic birth showed criminal incompetence on the part of a midwife charged in his death or a valiant effort to save the baby's life.

However, despite the valiant efforts of left Rawlsians to press down hard on pre-distribution and force it to yield some radical implications (O'Neill and Williamson, 2012; Doron, 2012), in Miliband's formulation it seems a weak reed, relying on labour market interventions such as education and training to alter distributional outcomes.

Arguably, Labour should have asked its volunteers not to head to Eastleigh, where the impact of their valiant efforts was always going to be minimal, but to Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Kent and other areas which have county council elections in a couple of months.

It does not need to be overstated that Nigeria can ill afford the reputation of a lawless destination at a time the President Buhari Administration is almost recording a breakthrough in its valiant effort to attract foreign direct investment into the country.

«Liberal Democrat peers have made valiant efforts to improve the Bill in the House of Lords.

In fairness, five years ago, the B&ECPL Board of Trustees made a valiant effort through six months of public hearings to impress the community - at - large and its elected leadership with the gravity of what was to come and the wisdom of preparing for it.

Better to take the lumps and sulk for a while, secure in the knowledge of having made a valiant effort on behalf of a beleaguered constituency.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, too, has made a valiant effort to get involved, and has introduced symbolic legislation asking her colleagues in the House to take the issue seriously.

Unfortunately, vaquitas continue to die in totoaba nets despite the valiant efforts by law enforcement agencies, the Mexican Navy, and conservation groups to prevent illegal fishing since the gillnet ban came into effect in April 2015, immediately before the new acoustic and visual studies were launched.

However, despite a valiant effort, he is unable to damage the B7 robot he is fighting, even when he lands an unblocked punch directly in the back of its head.

Despite a warmly interacting cast that includes Jennifer Ehle as Emily's sister and Keith Carradine as her lion - maned, lionized father, and a valiant effort on the part of Nixon and Davies to externalize the poet's inner demons in emotional, high - tension scenes, the film can't escape an underlying static quality that extinguishes the flame before it can get burning.

It is a valiant effort at a sincere depiction of war by developers whose hearts were clearly in the right place, telling a gripping story that is still respectful of its source.

It's a valiant effort (in an otherwise lacklustre film) that benefits from expansive access to the city streets.

When man - child Peter (Jason Segel) is dumped by is ultra-successful girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), he follows her to Hawaii in a valiant effort to win her back.

While Ephron has been paid homage, either directly or inadvertently, in nearly every major rom - com since 1989, valiant efforts have been made to go against the queen's precedence, especially for those with an anti-love axe to grind.

Jeremy Renner delivers an Oscar - quality performance in this true tale recounting the valiant effort of an intrepid journalist to expose the CIA's role in infesting inner city neighborhoods across the country with crack cocaine.

Of course, they can't have one nonstop fart to fill the running length with, although they do give it a valiant effort, so they throw in a virtual kitchen sink of random «funny» characters and gags, none of which feel like they belong in this movie.

In the meantime, the more adventurous of the filmgoing audience can greatly benefit from the valiant efforts of this festival, and Mediabank, the company that runs it, to give Korean cinema the higher profile it deserves in the UIn the meantime, the more adventurous of the filmgoing audience can greatly benefit from the valiant efforts of this festival, and Mediabank, the company that runs it, to give Korean cinema the higher profile it deserves in the Uin the US.

But with his latest work behind the camera that hit the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Doremus makes a valiant, respectable effort in his creation of a new honest portrait of love in the age of Tinder.

There are a couple of badly judged scenes near the end — in one, John takes a gun into an old folks home looking for Ella's high school sweetheart, a dreadfully flat bit of slapstick that also undercuts the valiant efforts of Mirren and Sutherland to sell us on the depth and sweetness of their long relationship.

In To the Bone, there is a valiant effort to portray thinness accurately, but the movie is still missing the realistic portrayal of «less - desirable» side - effects of eating disorders, such as hair thinning from anorexia or acid - eroded teeth from chronic vomiting.

A valiant effort was made by all competitors, but in the end, a girl in 6th grade won the crown for the day by reciting 158 digits of pi without tripping up.

And is it not worsening in our schools — despite the valiant efforts of the Common Core, the AP program, and others to push students to seek actual evidence in original texts rather than just saying what they think about something — as contemporary liberalism pushes them hard to embrace and amplify what historians call «presentism»?

Despite the valiant efforts of Linda Brown Thompson and the other families that were plaintiffs in the Brown v. the Board of Education, public education remains separate and profoundly unequal.