During the last three hundred years, there had been several attempts to reach the lost city.

An attempt to reach and educate the public must be made.

Sometimes, problems begin with the attempt to reach the state insurance department on the telephone.

Maybe the film is an attempt to reach tomorrow using the language of yesterday.

They will be expecting him to make another attempt to reach them.

"Very well, if you say that he isn't there then I'll make another attempt to reach him later."

It was his second attempt to reach Arizona, he said.

Attempts to reach him by telephone or through friends were not successful.

Attempts to reach the two men for comment were not successful.

This failed, and so they did nothing for two years, but in 1776 made another attempt to reach agreement.