"And what did you think of our modest attempt?"

Second, it is making a modest attempt to restore the greenery to denuded areas.

Finally, the government foundered over a modest attempt to loosen labor regulations.

A very modest attempt to get kids into primary school means you are going to have to get teachers.

I left the car to walk over it in a modest but specious attempt to gain pilgrimage authenticity.

Others soon followed, some making modest attempts to farm the broken and often mountainous terrain.

The amendment at issue Saturday actually represented a relatively modest attempt to resolve the matter.

It's a very modest attempt to do what almost all progressive libraries are doing around the country already.

A more modest attempt to control the ant with pesticide applications on the ground also failed.

Maybe the E.C.'s modest attempt is inadequate at this late point.