"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The conditions which Lasker demanded for World Championship matches in the last ten years of his reign were controversial, and prompted attempts to define rules for championship matches.
- Her first position at Nineteenth Avenue Baptist Church in San Francisco prompted repeated attempts to have the church removed from the state Baptist Convention.
- The loss of profitability prompted several attempts to reorganise the business, but the best years were clearly over and on April 7, 1863 the forges were closed.
- This dual capability prompted attempts to keep DAT off the market.
- This split prompted several attempts to start specifically anarchist Internationals, notably the Anarchist St. Imier International (1872-1881) and the Black International (1881-87).
- For some, the perceived negative connotation of alcohol or alcoholism prompted attempts to hide, or change the road's name.
- The new Pope's intentions come as a death knell to the plot against the ratification of the Immobiliare deal, prompting frantic attempts by the plotters to cover their own tracks.
- The nuisance of smoke in the tunnel created by steam locomotives prompted attempts by the Railways Department to alleviate the problem.
- These changes have caused resentment among some non-Moldavians, prompting attempts by some groups to secede from the republic.
- As audiences shuffle in through the snowlike rectangles of white paper that blanket the floor and seats, prompting immediate attempts at artificial snowball throwing, this show announces itself as something unusual.
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