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The phrase "a last attempt for" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used when referring to a final effort to achieve something, but the preposition "for" is not the appropriate choice in this context.
Example: "This is my last attempt to solve the problem before seeking help."
Alternatives: "a final attempt to" or "a last effort to".
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At this time the Swiss aviation industry and the ETH Zurich made a last attempt for a Swiss made fighter jet, the ALR Piranha but they had no success.
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"It could be someone in labor, having a heart attack or who is about to commit suicide and is making a last attempt to reach out for help.
With the California primary approaching, Humphrey tried to bring all the objections to McGovern together in a last attempt to save the nomination for himself.
At Fontainebleau, meanwhile, the marshals had refused to follow Napoleon in his demand for a last attempt at resistance with his 60,000 troops and had prevailed on him to abdicate in favour of his son.
In a last attempt, he appeals to the court for custody of the children, but he is denied and avoids imprisonment only because the judge forgets that prisons exist.
34 The Slaughterhouse 2004 ★★★ Another instalment of previously downloadable tracks, and Prince's last attempt for a while to make an album himself before getting back into bed with the industry.
The last attempt for such a facility in the United Kingdom came to a halt in 1997 when a planning application for construction at Sellafield in Cumbria was refused due to opposition by the local community.
It's also likely the last attempt for this Congress.
And we got their presidential straw poll winner, Ron Paul (the conservative version of Dennis Kucinich) whose last attempt for president amassed him 41,905 votes - and whose CPAC victory with 31% was booed by the very convention that voted for him!
On Feb. 28, 1997, John R. Wing, Mr. Weinig's lawyer, wrote to Mary Jo White, the United States attorney in Manhattan, in a last-ditch attempt for a reduced sentence.
In a desperate last attempt, she asked for "clarification" on what the judge's August ruling meant, and how to interpret his order.
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