Others said the party's attempts to manipulate the outcome also produced a backlash.

Several attempts to pick up signals have produced nothing but silence.

It was another six months before the attempt produced conclusive results.

The challengers' attempts to get voters' attention have produced limited results.

The attempt to train them had simply produced frustration on all sides.

The only known attempts to mate the two have produced stillborns.

A vague attempt to think of home produced nothing.

Very likely this was a sensible suggestion - though whether the attempt would ever have produced the desired result is a different matter.

The first attempts had produced plenty of responses, though none was from Blake.

My poor attempts at the healing arts had produced little result despite the village's great need for them.