Sentence examples for a sensible attempt from inspiring English sources

During her election campaign, Ms Yingluck promised "unity and reconciliation", a sensible attempt to woo voters who were tired of continuous clashes between Mr Thaksin's "red shirt" supporters and his "yellow shirt" opponents.

Using lottery money in this way is a sensible attempt to avoid a major reduction of arts provision outside of London and to avoid the potentially disastrous consequences for several NPOs.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani began the day yesterday with a sensible attempt to clarify his personal and political future by saying that he and his wife, Donna Hanover, would separate.

Sfoglia is where it is because of what it is: not a showy bid for greatness but a sensible attempt at goodness by two seemingly earnest restaurateurs who want to make a go of it in Manhattan, where success doesn't come easy.

Given that only 7% of pupils with low attainment at the age of 11 go on to pass five GCSEs – and we know that a lack of GCSEs is one of the highest predictors of future joblessness – this factor is a sensible attempt at doling out cash while schools can still turn things around.

But now is the time to give some positive reinforcement to a sensible attempt at innovation.

Furthermore, any sensible attempt at solving equation (15) using this approach necessarily entails a highly over-determined system of equations for the results to be significant.

Florida leads the pack in passing bills written by the gun lobby that block any sensible attempt to control the purchase and use of firearms.

And decades of standing in the way of any sensible attempt to improve our legal immigration system by making avenues of legal immigration wider came back to haunt Republicans.

Mrs. Clinton's attempt to reset relations with Russia, though far from successful, was a sensible effort to improve interactions with a rivalrous nuclear power.

There are some very sensible attempts to fix this using carrots, or rather -- carrot subsidies.