Sentence examples for elusive formula from inspiring English sources

But the so-called Nabucco pipeline has never managed to put together the elusive formula of plentiful supplies, customers and financing.

What is it, that elusive formula that elevates obviously gifted Australian athletes to somewhere special, somewhere where even failure cannot touch them?

Marks & Spencer P.L.C., once the unchallenged flagship of British Main Street retailing, ousted its chief executive and other longtime managers today, pursuing its quest for an elusive formula to reverse declining sales and a plunging stock price.

But the greatest constant in the tabloid wars is reinvention, as alchemists at both newspapers seek the elusive formula of words and graphics that will charm enough readers and advertisers to evaporate the opponent.

Gerets still has no idea how best to play Hatem Ben Arfa, Mathieu Valbuena and Bakary Koné, and has them regularly switching from left to right to the centre to find the elusive formula.

It is extraordinary how all Israeli politicians – Ehud Olmert being the latest in a long line – suddenly discover the elusive formula for peace once they are no longer in power.

Providing performance picks up it could yet become an example of a hedge fund that is capable of making profits year in, year out, with a long-term ownership structure: a formula as elusive as that behind any black-box trade.

However, uniform formulas remain elusive for real dual pairs of type I.

Although the nucleus of the captain, Jonathan Toews Patrick Kane Duncan Keithth; Marian Hossa; and Sharp remained, duplicating the formula for playoff success proved elusive.

The flavor was markedly different from the previous batch, more elusive and less chocolatey, perhaps because the formula for Nutella varies slightly from country to country.

But in the modern music landscape, where the biggest streaming services continue to claim big losses and opportunities for artists to make money from their recordings remain elusive, it seems nobody has gotten the formula quite right.