It represents a rare attempt at turning a collection of short stories into a single, feature-length film.

That is true despite a rare attempt at freshness.

It represents a rare attempt at a hostile takeover of a French company.

The idea is a rare attempt to punish lawmakers financially on the basis of how they vote.

His rare attempt at humor left Kitiara silent for a moment.

Hence a rare attempt by the white right to end its chronic divisions.

The ship made one of its rare attempts at humor.

That was one of my rare attempts at a serious historical-and it was a total failure.

And the rare attempts to spin television westerns in a younger direction have failed.

The concert is a rare attempt by musicians to organize the context in which they play.