Sentences with phrase «with little attempt»

To describe the rules as mongrel does not strain the metaphor: they are adapted, with little attempt at stylistic cohesion, from a number of sources.

Here, culture is interrupted by nature, with little attempt to reconcile the two forces.

Novels with a strong social message — much like vegan food — tend to come in two types: blatantly good for you with little attempt to dress up the flavor, or deceptively healthy, so tasty you don't even realize you are consuming something that's beneficial.

Not exact matches

There is a funny joke that tends to circulate among those who are more than a little beauty - obsessed: The moment we're running late is the moment we attempt a complicated eye look with liquid eyeliner.

After more failed attempts than I would like to admit at the perfect hard - boiled egg, I discovered this little beauty — perfect every time and you never end up with egg on your face... or your desk.

However, Spicer then signaled that the White House sees recreational pot very differently, with the press secretary even attempting to link recreational use of the drug to the abuse of opioid drugs across the U.S. (In fact, there has been little scientific evidence linking marijuana legalization to opioid use, with some studies actually showing a decrease in opioid overdoses in states where legal marijuana is available.)

Successive governments have attempted to find the «perfect» funding formula, with little success.

WCB had earlier attempted to merge with GBM Resources and had little money to advance the Misima project, while Kingston has plenty of cash to advance the project and will focus on the 2.8 million ounce gold resource, rather than porphyry copper.

Her conversations with Eckhart Tolle were a little sad as she constantly attempts to align his ideas about spirit, always trying to rename things «God».

Largely I would echo what Christine has already said about the way in which we feel accepted within our community, but if you'll bear with me for a little bit, I'd like to attempt to explain to Trey in particular what I see as the difference between this type of acceptance and the attitude of the many Christians who view homosexuality as sinful such as what you have encountered with your sister.

So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end in itself, rather than his attempt to bring others to an experience of the living God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much of the divisiveness between believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so on and so on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little more adverb, as in maybe....

But it was a very unsatisfying attempt — to have weighty theological questions determined by delegates who came together for a few days with little prior study of the issues, who were sometimes inclined to suppose that such questions admitted of «yes» or «no» answers, and who passed judgment after rather limited opportunity for discussion and debate.

Given this confinement, they have had little direct access to the great social questions of the day... [They are] encouraging nostalgic attachments to former ways of life... and abandoning the victims of social dislocation in rapidly changing urban environments... They appear more interested in maintaining secure spaces which can sustain them in their attempts to cope with the daily problems of living.»

Unfortunately, her reply is little more than a show of concern for herself and her friends, and the fact that we are once again faced with an accused person in a ministry position who spews indigation without the slightest attempt to engage by offering counterpoints or supported statements lends still more credibility to Julie's account.

By redefining the term they were attempting to backdoor their way into going after abortion rights, stem cell research, and anything having to do with little cells of «persons» living inside one big person.

And with those honest but fearful souls whose faith is so weak that it amounts to little more than an intellectual conformity to a passive attitude of assent to religions of authority, the Father is ever alert to honor and foster even all such feeble attempts to reach out for him.

This discussion has little or nothing to do with a belief in a god, it has everything to do with making some intelligent attempt to understand and expand upon science.

My imaginations could not let me think past few things I read and know about God but in an attempt to invent God I would rather put the play this way; putting a light bulb on a center of table with little particles of crystals scatter all around the light bulb that the light shine so bright it reflects the crystals scattered on the table.

My faith in God, then, born or reborn out of the ruin of thirty years» attempts at thinking, was slowly taking shape in the midst of close companionship with working scientists, a little of whose temper I may have caught.

That is to say, he appears to have reproduced what came down to him with comparatively little attempt to write it up in his own way, unlike Luke, who composes with an eye to literary effect and with an effort to give some semblance of chronological continuity, and unlike Matthew, who presents his material with a sure pedagogical touch.

I am a little concerned that Mitt's only prior foreign affairs experience is having attempted to convince French citizens, one by one, that they should toss away the religion they had grown up with and convert to Mormonism.

There can be little doubt that when Allaah (swt) uses daiivetrons from the root k - f - r in the Qur» an that almost all of the time it does have a highly negative connotation and implication, often with extreme consequences of kufr mentioned.I am not sure what you are getting at with an attempt to at - Tasriyf [othewise known as «ilm as - Sarf].

I would plan to spend little time, however, attempting to argue them into a sense of connection with that upper room in Jerusalem.

Since they are close neighbors and business associates, the worshipers in the first churches find little religious or theological distinction between the two congregations, and some of them expressed discomfort with my attempt to discuss with them whatever differences there might be.

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure you have a little better imagination than you display here with the pathetic innuendo and attempts to distract from the reality of our current knowledge.

Finally, there is increased anxiety concerning climate change — with some environmentalists demonising human beings, consumer - based Western cultures castigating poorer nations for their waste and pollution, and little attempt to think more profoundly about what a more ecologically - aware approach to our world may demand from such societies.

It has to do with your attempts to fill children's brains with your nonsense, or to allow innocent people to die because you've decided god would rather you save a little slurry of three - day - old j1zz instead.

Both Delumeau and Bossy feature in Eire's bibliography, but he has little sympathy with these attempts at an overarching morphology of «Reformation.»

In fact, even though my childish interpretation of «American Pie» was little more than the confluence of my theological naiveté with an ambitious singer - songwriter's attempt to sound deep by turning dead rock stars into martyrs, I am quite confident in calling «American Pie» a modern Psalm.

It is possible to be concerned either too little or too much with whether one is getting anywhere in his attempts to pray.

On April 8, 2013, the Little Sisters responded to the «Notice of Proposed Rulemaking» from the Department of Health and Human Services by stating that «the federal government should not force us to counteract through the health benefits for our employees the very same Gospel of Life that we attempt to live out in communion and solidarity with the needy elderly.»

Next attempt I plan to try with a little raspberry preserves in the middle too.....

In all honesty, I was hoping that the green layer would be a little more vibrant and just a little more enticing, but after multiple attempts to make it brighter, I will settle with the murky green I got instead because taste trumps visual appeal in this case.

I'd rather have a little bit of extra fat on me and be satisfied with and by the food I eat than suffer day in day out in an attempt to force my body into letting go of those few extra pounds it just obstinately clings to.

I strayed from my basic b pie decorating ways and attempted an uneven lattice with braids and many many little autumn leaves.

Some of you might remember a few early attempts that we have done (with a little help from our friends).

I don't always have much luck with gluten free pastry and my first attempt at these mince pies were a little overdone... keep an eye on the oven as they don't take long to cook!

And so, in my attempt to cling on a little more to the last days of Summer, in my efforts to take me back to the beach, wishing I could walk barefeet with the sand between my toes once more — I'm taking all of us momentarily to Brazil, through introducing you to a classic snack that Brazilians like to have for breakfast or tea.

I made the mistake of attempting the same with the raw Italian sausage, and the sections were mushy and a little difficult to deal with.

OMG, I just finished blogging about my first attempt at Gluten Free Birthday Cake Pops, thanks to you and Bakerella, and am now completely in love with these little things.

there is also another little piece of significance to this recipe... it was the very first recipe i attempted a photo shoot with!

They were a little too oily, so I did have to wipe down the pan with a paper towel between each naan attempt.

While the predicted «special breeds» like «Moscow Morich» didn't show up (yet), it looks like India is attempting to patent the pepper that got its fame mostly to the CPI's merits (and with all due modesty, our SuperSite report most likely helped a little bit as well).

With everything cooking there was little to do but visit with teams and see Mike of Hawgeyes prepare the world's largest pork burger in an attempt to beat last year's record burWith everything cooking there was little to do but visit with teams and see Mike of Hawgeyes prepare the world's largest pork burger in an attempt to beat last year's record burwith teams and see Mike of Hawgeyes prepare the world's largest pork burger in an attempt to beat last year's record burger.

Then there was my love - hate relationship with the tricky par4 16th hole, a nasty little creation that required a layup off the tee unless one dared to attempt the 300 - yard carry over water.

If 95 % of the suppporters want me sacked then I have to make out that somehow we are actually not doing that badly at all, an attempt to confuse people with little or no logic.

But I do not believe Wenger really agreed with 3 at the back and seems to have made little attempt to make a success of it.

The Gunners are also looking to enter talks with big - name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil in an attempt to keep the duo, however there seems to be little chance of either player signing a new deal at the Emirates as per the Telegraph, with the club also unwilling to up their recent offers for the pair, which have both been rejected.

The league leaders stretch the gap at the top to 10 points with Manchester United failing in their attempts to make the title race a little more interesting following Chelsea's resolute defensive performance.

Can we not attempt to give a little bit more grace to other people instead of our first reaction to something we disagree with being to set the world on fire?