Sentence examples for attempts at progress from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, the relationship between Mistress Epps and Patsey draws attention to the unacknowledged bitterness that still poisons attempts at progress.

The report concluded that the department was making attempts at progress but needed a far greater effort against entrenched abuses.

German nationalism began to stress instinct against reason; the power of historical tradition against rational attempts at progress and a more just order; the historical differences between nations rather than their common aspirations.

Tallec sets the two enemies up across terrain that conjures the futile trench warfare of the Great War, sketching winter, Christmas and spring; their puny attempts at progress; and the patterning of characters caught in a trap.

If you're looking for a less serious take on the apocalypse, consider "Last Man on Earth". The show centers on Will Forte's Phil Miller, a sometimes caustic man-child: He's lazy, selfish and finds a way to intentionally undermine any attempts at progress by others.

Second, sometimes it's easier to notice the failings of earlier attempts at progress than it is to just accept them as fucked up ancestors and try to write something much better.

At the fourth evening session, the two sides learned that their attempt at progress was falling short.

However, a project team's understanding of the backlog items' business implications and dependencies may often not be deep enough to identify all necessary tasks this early, so in addition to the tasks defined in the beginning of the sprint, more necessary tasks might be discovered as the sprint progresses, making any attempt at progress estimation or risk management difficult.

Consequences The net effect of the HIV/AIDS pandemic is to undermine or reverse hard-won gains in education and other development areas, as well as to complicate any attempts at further progress.

Although most people with suicidal ideation will not progress to suicidal attempt, the older adult is however more likely to make determined effort at progressing through to actual suicide using the most lethal methods compared to younger subjects [ 12].

"After three years of minimal, but incremental, funding growth, we are sorry to see an attempt at this progress erased," Mr. Lynch said in a statement.