Sentence examples for a frank attempt from inspiring English sources

One, Worldwide Plaza by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, finished in 1989, is a classical tower topped by a copper-clad pyramid, a frank attempt to replicate the spirit of the great romantic skyscrapers of the 1920's.

We have to ask ourselves all the time the question: are we doing the right thing by conducting this counter-insurgency operation and in building up the Afghan forces?" The warning of more casualties this summer is seen as a frank attempt by the prime minister to prepare the country for more deaths as the Taliban push a military offensive.

It is not only because this war was a frank and literally misguided attempt to redress years of misguidance.

At the end of the exhibit, in the latter-day entrance building, a separate exhibit documents the Franks' attempts to leave Amsterdam ahead of the German invasion; Otto Frank wrote in 1941 in a phrase printed on the wall that he knew that there would be no safe place for the family except for the United States.

In the wake of the financial crisis and resulting G-20 commitments, Dodd-Frank attempted to regulate comprehensively the derivatives markets, through such measures as swap dealer registration and required clearing, exchange trading, margin and reporting.

Dodd-Frank attempted to rein in taxpayer-backed Wall Street speculation with the Volcker Rule, which barred banks that accept deposit insurance from placing securities and derivatives bets for their own accounts.

Second, DWI discriminates between a frank abscess and inflammation and, thus, helps in avoiding futile attempts of percutaneous aspiration [13].

He described the session as "a frank and full discussion" and called it "a very, very important first step". "This is an attempt, I think a successful attempt, to try to achieve understanding," the Mayor said.

— In a frank self-critique, Green Bay Packers tight end Tom Crabtree rated the Lambeau Leap he attempted Sunday as weak.

But the case riveted the public and fueled a frank discussion online and in the state-run media about the extent — and the limits — of official attempts to shape popular opinion.

"We had a frank exchange of views.