Sentence examples for a first effort to from inspiring English sources

A first effort to produce a joint-security strategy last year came up with more than 200 "priorities".

A first effort to float the Asian business was put on hold after the British insurer Prudential offered $35.5 billion for A.I.A. early this year.

Some date a first effort to ban such weaponry to 1675, when France and the Holy Roman Empire agreed in Strasbourg not to use poisoned bullets.

A first effort, to rank firms on the amount they spend on lobbying, was no use: it just corresponded with the largest firms.

Late last month, The Times made a first effort to describe several means by which Syrian fighting groups are obtaining arms, including via smuggling and organic manufacture.

After a week trolling the 60 active YouTube "channels" that are meant to be a first effort to compete with online television, the critic Mike Hale has some initial conclusions.

A second effort to convene a support system was more successful.

A25 Malpractice Legislation Stalled Senate Republicans failed in a third effort to curb medical malpractice lawsuits.

After a second effort to merge failed, Western merged instead with Delta Air Lines in 1986.

A second effort to establish an abortion clinic is under way, led by a group of prominent abortion rights advocates.

The plaintiffs were determined to make a second effort to break the source code, and C.E.S. was determined to prevent Nunn from studying it.