"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- A barracks was built in the Altmore area in an attempt to curb his activities but to little avail.
- It was the kind of place "new" money often built in an attempt to mask ill-gotten gains with mock respectability.
- A toll bar was built in an attempt to raise funds for roads but was not successful.
- This last city had been built in an attempt to replicate Troy.
- During the 19th century China also built hundreds of coastal fortresses in an attempt to counter Western naval threats.
- Only three were built, with a variety of different engines installed, in an attempt to overcome the lack of power.
- Several salmon hatcheries have been built in an attempt to mitigate the damage.
- In 1951, the authorities started building a school for workers and farmers in an attempt to expand their horizons.
- Several individuals and organizations pay for children's school fees and build new schools in an attempt to increase village children's access to education.
- The camp was then dismantled and a farmhouse was built in an attempt to hide the evidence of genocide.
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